Starring Lei Jiayin and Yi Yangqianxi, 12 Hours in Chang 'an, which premieres on Youku on June 27, currently tops the list of most popular Chinese dramas in 2019 with an online rating of 8.6. In the series, Lei plays Zhang Xiaojing and Yi plays Li Bizi, who are very comfy. Director Cao Dun praised the Internet's big data casting in an interview.

Speaking about the casting of the hit TV series, director Cao Dun said that when he read the novel, he thought Yi was a good fit for the role of Li Bi: "Qianxi is highly literate, good at calligraphy and likes sculpture. In addition, he has a calmness that doesn't fit his age. Although he was only 17 when he made the play, he already shows the qualities of a big actor. From the whole series, we all think that Qianxi's performance is not bad, and it is no surprise that he can win the audience after the broadcast." Cao also shared some interesting things about Qian Xi's time on the set: "Qian Xi is very dedicated and keeps a relatively stable working status in the set. He sometimes laughs during filming, but he can pull himself back very quickly, which is not easy for a child at this age." It is reported that during the filming of the drama, Qian Xi was admitted to the Central Opera with excellent results. In addition, Cao revealed that the show chose Lei Jiayin to play Zhang Xiaojing because of the temperament of the actor and the character, and also thanks to Youku's big data casting advice. According to the relevant person in charge of Youku, Cao Dun's mouth to provide casting suggestions of Youku big data, in fact, Youku technical team in 2017 to build a pan-content big data intelligent prediction platform, the platform through the user viewing data and the whole network public opinion analysis, has been used in the copyright content before the purchase of evaluation, preparation period of casting, broadcast operation, broadcast after playback, etc.

It is reported that Youku conducted AI analysis of the script of "Twelve Hours of Chang 'an" through the intelligent prediction platform of big data, and compared the various dimensions of the leading actors, and finally determined that Lei Jiayin is the most suitable candidate to play Zhang Xiaojing, whose data analysis ability is comparable to the "big documents" in the play.

It is worth mentioning that "Twelve Hours of Chang 'an" Germaine Han Su, the actor of Ge Lao, is a black star from Hollywood, who has twice been nominated for the best supporting actor in the US Academy Award Film Festival. In the drama, director Cao Dun invited Chen Jianbin to do the Chinese voice over for him. After working together on 12 Hours in Chang 'an, Germaine Hansu spoke highly of the professional competence of the Chinese production team.

For the first time in the North American monthly fee zone

For the film quality of "Twelve Hours of Chang 'an", the most admirable is director Cao Dun's skillful use of long shots. The first set of a large number of characters, scene introduction, a mirror to the end, the Chang 'an city customs, people's fireworks life to show incisively and vividly, make a second dream back to Chang 'an. The long shot of confrontation between the characters greatly renders the sense of tension and enhances the story.

In addition, the film quality of "Twelve Hours in Chang 'an" is also reflected in the meticulous sculpture of the costume road. The costumes of the crew are made of grass and wood dyes. Professionals are invited to restore a variety of Tang Dynasty pastries, and 28 kinds of Tang Dynasty pastries are carefully restored for the daily scenes of various banquets, so as to prepare for the shooting of various banquets. And deliberately the ancient method of papermaking and blacksmithing two intangible cultural heritage cleverly into the play. According to director Cao Dun, most Chinese dramas use engineering plastic to make armor props, which are only tied behind the actors' backs and cannot show the scenes of wearing and taking off, but the Twelve Hours of Chang 'an uses armor that can be worn and taken off.

Nowadays, the strong "Tang style and ancient charm" has not only caused a boom in Chinese drama watching, but also reached overseas audiences. Since July 1, the "Twelve Hours of Chang 'an" has been online in many overseas places, in addition to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and other Asian countries, but also in Viki, Amazon and Youtube in the form of "paid content" online in North America, which is the first time for China's dramas to enter the monthly payment area.

Although "Twelve Hours in Chang 'an" has been compared with the similar theme of high score American dramas "24 Hours Against terrorism" and "Homeland Security", director Cao Dun has elaborated completely different cultural aesthetic propositions. When asked why he did not adopt the splintering editing method used in the opening credits of 24, Cao Dun said that "Twelve hours is not 24 hours", and he should use the Chinese time symbol to complete the narrative of the series. Cao Dun also has his own understanding of the core of the series, "What is culture? Culture is a way of life. When lifestyle is confident, culture is confident." Your correspondent Qiu Wei

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