Interview with Xin Yukun ｜ ＂Hot Search＂ directly hits the public opinion field, and the reality is far more intense than the movie.

Special feature of 1905 film network"It’s been almost two years, challenging the limit of a theme and completing a type of attempt."

On November 30, the national cinema was released, and the director who was running a roadshow in Chongqing was so emotional on the social platform. At this time, it has been five years since the release of his second feature film.

In 2015, the first feature film directed by Xin Yukun was released nationwide. The film is not only a small box office, but also a calm expression of multi-line narrative, which also makes the director leave the audience with the impression of "juvenile maturity". Xin Yukun began to become one of the young directors expected by domestic audiences.

This time, Xin Yukun returned to the big screen with his new work Hot Search, which also brought many surprises and thoughts to the audience. In the three realistic feature films, the director’s exploration of human nature has never stopped.

1905 Film Network Interview with Director Xin Yukun

A war without smoke

News is the first draft of history.

At present, how do media people, as news producers, shoulder the mission of digging the truth and transmitting it? What kind of resistance and pressure will they face in the process of seeking the truth?

Thinking about these issues became the earliest origin of Xin Yukun’s filming Hot Search. In daily life, some hot search events that are constantly reversing also make him curious about the forces behind the trend of public opinion.

"Because this may be the word we are most familiar with at the moment, it is not completely limited to hot search in Weibo. In fact, all major platforms have their own hot lists." In an interview with 1905 Movie Network, Xin Yukun admitted that in the era of fragmented reading, the hot search list of major platforms has become a hot content filter on the Internet. The film named Hot Search can let the audience know the theme and main story content of the work for the first time.

In the process of filming, the most difficult place also lies in the theme itself and its expression.

First of all, every audience is more or less involved in the discussion of hot search topics. Because everyone’s cognition is different, it leads to different views on the same news event, so the film can’t completely copy the stories in a real world to the big screen. This film is just an incision used by the director to show the complexity of online public opinion.

Secondly, the content of the story mainly tells the public opinion war, and the main shooting scene is also in the office. How to make the literary drama more visible is also a difficult problem that the crew needs to solve. The addition of commercial war film elements makes the film more viewable. The director bluntly said, "This is a war without smoke."

"Because when it comes to war, people will actually die, and so will online public opinion wars. Many times, under the premise that we can’t see the truth clearly, blindly following the trend, forwarding, leaving messages, and even participating in some fierce discussions may directly affect the disappearance of the lives of the parties to an incident. There may be many forces behind this to influence the presentation of this truth." Xin Yukun admits that in the hot events of public opinion, some people want the truth to be seen, while others want the truth to be covered up. This is actually like a war. What the main creator of this film wants to do is to show the silent engagement between the two sides on the big screen in camera language.

At present, online public opinion is a double-edged sword. "It can save people and kill people." The director wants to let the audience know how to rationally judge the truth behind a hot news through this work. How to think independently, and not be held hostage by popular sentiment and mainstream speech.

I don’t expect a hot search on Hot Search

As a self-media person, the film left a deep impression on the audience. The villain role played has made many premiere audiences call "pervert".

The natural fitness between actors and roles has become an important reference for Xin Yukun’s casting. Regardless of age, image and personality, there are many intersections between Zhou Dongyu and Chen Miao. In addition, the director’s outspoken unlocking of a new professional role can also stimulate the actor’s desire to challenge to the greatest extent. Before that, Zhou Dongyu had never played the role of a media person.

Before Hot Search, Justin and Xin Yukun had a pleasant cooperation. For Justin’s performance, Xin Yukun thinks there is still a lot of room to explore, so this time let Justin challenge a villain who is different from the previous image.

Judging from the effect, both of them have higher ability to shape the role than the director expected. Before that, the audience had never seen a particularly powerful and powerful Zhou Dongyu on the screen. The feedback from the audience at the premiere also showed that Justin played a villain.

Compared with the intense suspense created by Labyrinth of the Heart and Silent Burst, Xin Yukun bluntly announced the truth from the beginning of Hot Search. This play focuses on the contest between two different forces behind hot events.

In terms of narrative structure, Hot Search does not extend the multi-line narrative mode of Heart Labyrinth, nor does it use a more soothing and objective perspective to interpret it like Burst into Silence. The director hopes that each of his works has its own style and characteristics, and presents each specific story in the most appropriate way.

In real life, if a family member or friend encounters similar cyber violence in the film, Xin Yukun suggested that it can be classified according to the severity of the incident. For serious acts such as mailing dangerous goods or intimidation, the parties concerned should resort to law to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. If there are only minor negative comments, you can choose to actively block negative information, communicate with people with good intentions and stay away from negative energy.

"In fact, people who often surf the Internet will find that many people regard the Internet as a vent. He doesn’t care about the truth, and he doesn’t care whether it is right or wrong. He just wants to vent a few words." Xin Yukun said that for such people, no matter what you say, he can find mistakes, so he doesn’t have to care about their opinions.

The director frankly didn’t expect much about whether he wanted the audience to see Hot Search. The creative team still hopes that the audience can walk into the cinema to learn about this work, not just on the hot search list.

After the filming of the three feature films, Xin Yukun said that the most attractive place for the audience of realistic works is the emotional resonance based on the truth of the story. When watching realistic works, it is easy for the audience to put their daily life experience into the story, thus gaining a stronger sense of substitution.

For the next work creation plan, Xin Yukun admits that the script is being developed, and it should also be a realistic work. At present, "Hot Search" has been released for five days, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 48 million yuan, which is expected to surpass "Burst Silent" to create a new box office for directors.