Song Jia, who plays the “fashion devil” in “Dress Up”: Be yourself with confidence, such a girl is the most beautiful
2022-02-22 18:46:52Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Net News TV drama “Double Dress” is being broadcast on Dragon TV. The drama tells the story of the people and things that the fashion magazine “Double Dress” has experienced during the transition period. This drama is also considered to be an “elegy” of the paper media. In the play, Song Jia plays Chen Kaiyi, the deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine and “the devil of fashion”. Recently, Song Jia was interviewed by the national media WeChat group organized by Dragon TV. Talking regarding her understanding of “dressing”, Song Jia said: “dressing is blooming! Every woman can bloom, and being yourself can become the most beautiful you.” “Being yourself” is also Song Jia’s attitude towards fashion: “Don’t follow the crowd. , Follow what others say, only focus on yourself and be yourself with confidence, such a girl is the most beautiful.”
This is a relatively pure fashion professional drama
The play uses the “dressed” fashion magazine as the place where the story takes place, reflecting the appearance of all beings in the workplace when the building is regarding to collapse: the editor-in-chief George suddenly fell from the building, throwing the magazine into chaos and causing an invisible storm. Chen Kaiyi, the deputy editor-in-chief played by Song Jia, has grown and expanded with the magazine, always believing that content is king and has her own “queen” aura; the new editor-in-chief played by Yuan Yuyi, Xiao Hongxue, has a different position from Chen Kaiyi, believing that economic benefits determine everything. As the new editor-in-chief was airborne, the magazine began to break down the ranks.
After receiving the script handed over by Five Hundred Directors, Song Jia was full of expectations for “The Costume”: “Lei Zhilong is an excellent young film screenwriter who wrote “The Unknown”. The feelings are very deep. Therefore, he created a relatively pure professional drama.”
As an actor, Song Jia’s work radius includes the fashion circle, and she often pays attention to the workplace details of her friends in the circle. After taking on “The Dress”, Song Jia has his own observations: “This drama is a story created by a screenwriter, and there must be a distance from the real fashion circle. But I can understand that what he wants to focus on is the alternation of new and old media. The picture of the times, the professional persistence of the old media people, and how they can stay elegant and decent in the new era.”
The suspenseful elements throughout “The Dress” also attracted Song Jia: Why did the original editor-in-chief George suddenly fall to his death? What are the secrets inside the magazine? What is the mystery of the personnel arrangement of the headquarters? Song Jia believes that this arrangement is very new for professional dramas. “My friends can’t stop chasing following them. There is always a suspenseful element in the drama that will lead the audience to watch it. This is the creative temperament that Five Hundred Directors are good at.”
Whispering can also be aura and oppressive
In the play, Chen Kaiyi is a leader with strong professional ability: focus on work, treat things not people, and at the same time have a spirit of humanistic care.
“She has lived herself as a lonely warrior, an idealist with inner strength and insistence that is almost paranoid. She is strategizing, intelligent, in control of the overall situation, extremely magnanimous, and respects her opponents…” Song Jia admires such women very much. . Due to the obvious contrast between her own character and role, in order to maintain Chen Kaiyi’s aura throughout the three-month shooting cycle, Song Jia felt uncomfortable, “I am from the Northeast, I speak quite loudly, and I like to laugh and laugh. Chen Kaiyi wears a I have to manage the sense of proportion under the power, and let the audience understand her. I can’t play aura just for the sake of aura, if I play a domineering female president, it will be too superficial. “
In order to fully create Chen Kaiyi’s “fashion devil” image, the crew invited Deng Li, the former editor-in-chief of “Marie Claire”, and Cui Dan, the former fashion editor, as the chief fashion planner and image consultant. Song Jia said that there are fashion circle masters to escort the character modeling, and the actors are very worry-free. “Makeup, hair, styling, and even bags have been matched for me! I haven’t done much makeup during filming in the past few years, and I rarely enjoy “Dress Up” This kind of treatment with complete makeup and hair.” Interestingly, Song Jia reminded the audience to pay attention to her mouth, which is a “sharp weapon” she added to Chen Kaiyi, “No matter how pale and tired Chen Kaiyi’s face is, there will always be a big red lips stubbornly supporting she”.
After the broadcast of “Dressed Up”, some viewers noticed that Song Jia adjusted her voice and lowered her voice when she spoke her lines. In fact, this is Song Jia’s special design. “I usually observe people with aura speaking. The voice is relatively low and the speed of speech is relatively slow, but the words are clearly spoken. The way and rhythm of speech I designed for Chen Kaiyi is not angry. Self-pretence, you don’t have to shout loudly or slap the table, but speaking in a low voice can be as aura and oppressive.”
Hope to be like Chen Kaiyi
Song Jia was very happy following learning that Yuen Yuyi was playing Xiao Hongxue, “The whole industry knows that Yuen Yuyi is a very good actor and the best actress in the two-time Academy Awards. I have seen many of her classic movies. I heard that she played with me. The opponent’s play, the stone in my heart has fallen!” In the play, Chen Kaiyi and Xiao Hongxue were initially peaceful on the surface, but in reality they were secretly competing, but they finally achieved a reconciliation. Song Jia interprets it this way, “The two characters just have different positions, and they are essentially the same independent women.”
Song Jia was pleasantly surprised to see that “Dignified Dress” depicts a group of professional women from a female perspective, emphasizing the intention of women’s self-power and self-expression. Many scenes made Song Jia feel that the play has abandoned the expression angle of the male gaze. She used the role of Chen Kaiyi as an example, “She has persistence, stance, and attitude, but she is a woman first, and then the deputy editor. She is not only emotionally indifferent Strong, but very fragile. I also observe life, many professional women are like this, not in turmoil, but coexist with pressure and exhaustion. Sometimes, the good state on the surface is forced out. “
Playing Chen Kaiyi this time also made Song Jia feel that the workplace is not easy. “In the workplace, whether it is a woman or a man, there is a lot of pressure. They need to find the best balance between showing their abilities and expressing their hearts, which is actually very difficult.” She is also very happy to convey the beauty and strength of women in the workplace to the audience through the role of “Chen Kaiyi”, and hopes to “become a person like Chen Kaiyi”.
Zhang Jing, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Newspaper Industry
