Zhao Junkai

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Personal experience

Director Zhao Junkai started his career as a screenwriter. He has directed dozens of films and TV plays with various types and wide themes, and has won the praise of the public, people inside and outside the industry and experts. Before he became a powerful director, he had successfully planned and operated as a producer "six serious cases", "a pair of embroidered shoes", "one meter sunshine" and "Fire King Kong" 》A series of innovative TV works, such as "wind and rain West Pass", "light sword", "secret sentry of Yangcheng", "Norman Bethune" and so on.

Zhao Junkai has his own understanding: the producer is the operator of the whole project. The director is an art implementer. The screenwriter is a designer. From this artistic point of view, it is more advanced. It comes from nothing. It gives you a drawing. You go to build a building. It comes from nothing. I am the director. I take this drawing and I am responsible for covering it. In the process of covering it, I can be more diligent, adjust it in principle, and give play to some places.

In more than ten years of practice, Zhao Junkai has formed his own unique aesthetic style. His restlessness and heroism make him constantly surpass the tradition and subvert himself in his works. Zhao Junkai said: "every man has his own war in mind. I am a "grassroots heroist", that is, first, I have a hero complex; second, I have a civilian hero complex; third, I have a hero complex in which a small person becomes a great hero who influences the great historical process. " Zhao Junkai said frankly that the core of his works is to create heroes with different images, and to carry out the hero complex to the end.

Unlike other military directors, Zhao Junkai's military plays rarely have the image of women. Even the war drama of saving women, such as soldier, focuses on the feelings of men and the brilliance of human nature. However, even if there is no feminine tenderness, we can still experience a different kind of romance in his works, that is, the wordless tenderness and the tacit understanding of the eyes, the extreme romance of the fierce flesh and blood fighting and aestheticism style in the texture lens, and the visual feast of extreme bitterness and Aestheticism, which brings a real shock to the audience And the thought baptism of sublimation soul. His unique "Zhao's war aesthetics" won him the reputation of a new generation of "young commander in chief".

Personal resume

He graduated from the Chinese Department of Qufu Normal University with a bachelor's degree in 1993.

From 1993 to 1998, he was a teacher in the high school Department of No.1 Middle School in Wenshang County, Shandong Province.

From 1999 to 2002, he studied in the Film Institute of Beijing Film Academy with a master's degree.

Since 2000, he has worked in Hairun film and television production Co., Ltd.

Main works

Gold medal production

As a gold medal producer in the forefront of China's film and television industry, he not only has deep research on the whole industry, but also has a behind the scenes contribution to the whole booming TV industry chain. In his view, to be an excellent producer, cultural judgment, value judgment, capital management and asset management are indispensable. The script is the foundation of a play, and also the starting point of the producer's cultural judgment. He has always insisted on the principle of wide planting and small harvest, naturally producing high-quality products, seeing more, thinking more, and choosing more, so as to achieve the goal of "no one, no one, no one".

As for producer Zhao Junkai, this is the understanding: a better producer should have such a person in my imagination. For example, he has the most direct and acute vision and judgment on the subject matter. The second is to have a very good interpersonal relationship, with your creators, your collaborators, have a very good cooperative relationship. Because in this circle, a lot of things are done by people. If you don't have good interpersonal relationship, people will annoy you and don't cooperate with you. You can't do anything. Third, there is a very good investment platform. What you want to do should be implemented in terms of funds, which can be seen from the front. In addition to these, if you want to achieve the above, such as your personal knowledge reserve, personal morality and quality, as well as your principles and ways of dealing with people, this is placed behind. If you want to achieve the first three aspects, the latter one is very important. Behind is the individual, in front is the individual research, but also very direct.

Directing career

The grand historical background, the strong heroic complex, the strong masculinity

Zhao Junkai graduated from the Chinese Department of Qufu Normal University with a bachelor's degree. From 1999 to 2002, he studied in the film Research Institute of Beijing Film Academy with a master's degree. Since 2000, he has worked in Hairun film and television production Co., Ltd. and now he is the vice president. In recent years, the Anti Japanese War dramas directed by Zhao Junkai, such as the story of the sword and the legend of the martial arts team, have been highly praised. The 2015 Anti Japanese war drama Dadao Ji is adapted from the novel of the same name by famous writer Guo Qingming. Since its publication in 1975, it has been adapted into films, comic books, storytelling, drama and other forms of works, which have been widely spread. Director Zhao Junkai put this work on the screen for the first time after 40 years. With the skill of "God restoring" of the scene characters of "walking into the TV from the comic strip", as well as the excellent configuration of smooth narration, smooth martial arts and grounded characters, he not only paid homage to the original red classic, but also set a new benchmark of high-quality Anti Japanese war drama with high ratings and good reputation. And the large-scale Anti Japanese war epic "search company", which will meet the audience in the coming year, is another masterpiece created by director Zhao Junkai after "Liangjian". Under the background of the Japanese invasion of China, war is inevitable. For the preference and understanding of war theme, director Zhao Junkai once said: "every man has his own war in his mind. I am a "grassroots heroist", that is, first, I have a hero complex; second, I have a civilian hero complex; third, I have a hero complex in which a small person becomes a great hero who influences the great historical process. " Zhao Junkai said frankly that the core of his works is to create heroes with different images, and to carry out the hero complex to the end.

The script creation is exquisitely carved, and the director's perspective is novel and unique, and the image picture is the ultimate reality

Zhao Junkai transformed from a screenwriter to a producer and later to a director. What has not changed is his hero complex. Zhao Junkai thinks that shooting and writing are two different things. Shooting is a process of constant compromise and abandonment. This is the pain of becoming a screenwriter and director. If a director just needs to make a feature film, it's OK to understand the story. But if you really want to be a director with feelings, you must have the basic knowledge of words. This is also a great advantage for a screenwriter to become a director. Director Zhao Junkai, who has a Chinese background, has a strong ability to convert characters. When writing scripts with historical themes, Zhao Junkai said frankly: I especially like to read notes. Look at the crooked words recorded in those years, and the various media carrying these words -- eggshell, bark, underpants, etc. These incomplete media will make you feel that the predecessors are really amazing. To do a good job in TV series will be of great merit, because what we do is values. The values carried forward in the works may not be believed by the audience, but they must not be despised. I hope that in the works, I can "carry private goods" as much as possible, and pass on what I feel, so that the audience can feel the bravery of the soldiers who fought for today's peace, and the sad beauty of people's mutual affection and love behind the fierce war. And behind these, let the audience feel the responsibility and responsibility that should be paid attention to in this era. Zhao Junkai stressed: a good script must not be written by a screenwriter. If you want to write a good play, you must spend some time looking for such a soul. If the character is found, all he has will flow out naturally without you writing or editing. When a woman faces her lover and is about to go to the battlefield, when she turns around and leaves, her words will come out. The so-called bridge section is very simple. A skilled screenwriter will come up with one as soon as he pats his head. But the real gripping and touching details are the natural flow of the characters.

The most commercial TV drama director in China

Zhao Junkai, as one of the most valuable commercial TV drama directors in China, is a gold medal operator who integrates director and producer. He has a very keen artistic perspective and investment vision. He is not only responsible for the artistic quality, but also for the reception and investment of his works. From the comprehensive rational evaluation and investment of the script, to the design of the cast, the early shooting, the late editing and publicity, we have scientific and rigorous control.

Zhao Junkai is a stable type. He is good at war drama and cost control. He has unique material selection. He does not seek to be bigger. He pays attention to the rate of return on investment and high cost performance. In the appropriate investment range, he dynamically combines actors, screenwriters, TV stations and selling points of works in different themes to maintain a good profit level.

In the field of TV dramas, Zhao Junkai is a rare operator who is also a director, producer, screenwriter and producer. Without him, there would be no "bright sword" which has been replayed hundreds of times. This is also Zhao Junkai's benchmark work which calls the war theme the first person. Since 2000, Zhao Junkai has launched more than 80 works in different identities, all of which have achieved success in audience rating and return on investment.

As the vice president and core shareholder of Hairun film and television, Zhao Junkai is definitely one of the most valuable TV drama operators in China, and the average return on investment of his works in the past five years has exceeded 150%. Zhao Junkai said in an exclusive interview with the media: "I'm a steady type, not able to save money

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