Premiere of | Let’s talk about the scenes behind the ‘Line’ with the key crew

Premiere of <Draw The Line> | Let’s Talk About the Scenes Behind the ®Line wwith the Key Crew

The project lasted for 3 years, visited more than 60 courts in 7 cities, and built 3,000 square meters of court interior scenes. <Draw The Line> rooted in the creation of life, let this judicial reform practice story, with realistic texture and exquisite filling.

As soon the gavel bangs, the story of the Xingcheng District People’s Court begins.

Is a panorama of the people’s court judicial reform of the latest results of the rule of law theme drama.But the novelty is two-sided: the subject matter is new, it has a spontaneous appeal to the audience, and it means there is not much discipline to follow.

On its broadcast day(19th September), let's find out the creation journey of this drama with ¡®Guang Dian Shi Ping¡¯.

Base on reality, display the ®ecology oof the court

As a law theme drama, the story of <Draw The Line> has begun in 2019, on September 2020, the acquisition team formed by the project team started more than 10 times of acquisition.Wang Kai mentioned that since he received the creation task in August 2020, he has spent a year and a half on the whole drama, visiting more than 60 people’s courts in 7 cities including Beijing and Changsha. “The goal is to get a comprehensive understanding of the court and feel the real characters,” Mr. Wang said. “Because of the strong professionalism and theme, we also attach great importance to the audience. If we want to be compatible properly, we can only polish it repeatedly.”

In order to present the texture of realistic theme, there are many considerations in case construction. The project team collected more than 500 representative real cases and established a case library.Wang Kai introduced that the cases selected for film and television creation can be basically divided into four categories. One is the cases showing the current social development, such as the sudden death of network influencer , etc. Second, cases that reflect the new regulations of the Civil Code; Third, cases highlighting judicial progress; Fourth, the cases closely related to the common people.

<Draw The Line> focuses on popularizing the law by depicting typical cases. “We hope that after watching The Bottom Line, people will have a better understanding of courts and judges and know how to use legal weapons to protect themselves.” “Liu Weitong added.

The rhythm of <Draw The Line> is also being decently considered, with more than 40 different cases being presented throughout the drama.At the beginning of the Bottom Line, the first trial of Lei Xingyu’s murder case enters a state of anxiety. On the other side, the family of the influencer who died unexpectedly during the live broadcast made a big fuss in the filing hall. Liu Guotong mentioned that such a setting is to restore the real state of judges handling cases. “When we visited the judges, our first impression was that judges were busy, and many judges were handling multiple cases at the same time.”

The shooting paid attention to detail to restore the atmosphere of the real court.

The actor’s performance is very important to the appeal of the play, and his image and temperament should fit the judge is the first step in casting. “Judges have a special temperament, which we pay special attention to when casting,” Liu said. In the early stage of filming, all the actors entered the group two months in advance, went into the real court and experience the real life together with the professionals.

“An actor should not only act like a judge, but as a director, he should also recognize what is not like a judge.” Liu Guotong said that in order to ensure that the judge’s image stands, the early filming crew and each actor talk, and play, trial play. In addition, the cast also has three real judges to follow the whole process, strict control of legal content, lines and so on.

The working process of the court has also been carefully handled. In the first few episodes of <Draw The Line>, the court process has been completely restored, such as live trial, evidence, cross-examination and other links. Liu Guotong mentioned, on the one hand out of the scientific popularization of the trial process, on the other hand reflects the procedural justice presented by the court.

The scene setting, costume and make-up are all craving for restoration. Liu Guotong introduced¡¯80% scenes are court scenes, 60% for restoration for the real court, our production team set up a 3000 square meter of court interior.In terms of details, from signs and slogans to file placement, from bookcases and books to small ornaments on the desk, are carefully presented. The appearance of the actor’s clothes, fabrics, makeup and hair modeling are based on the real judge.¡¯

“The creation process of the show is a process of learning from the judge, and we integrate our strong feelings for the judge into the show,” Mr. Liu said. “Real stuff is always the most powerful thing.”

Breakthrough and innovation, highlight the new era

¡®New¡¯is one of the key word has frequently brought up thoughout Wang Kai¡¯s comment.

First ¡®New¡¯ is about its theme. It was the first TV drama which revolved around the people’s court judicial reform of the latest results of the law-based drama. Liu Guotong introduced that since he received the creation task in June 2021, he set up a team for research and interviews, and the temperature of the judge also stimulated the team’s enthusiasm for creation. Compared with the police, doctors and other professional dramas, the judges are mostly listening, discussing or sentencing. How to reflect the “inner drama” of the judge’s trial has become a difficult problem to create, Liu said. “We need to think from the judge’s perspective, and the cast and actors have done a lot of preparatory work.”

Before <Draw The Line>, Liu Guotong has also involved in one of the work which presented by XiangXiao Pictures <Faith Makes Great> in one of the episode.

Second New, to show the new problems of the current society. Wang Kai said ¡®we focus on current cases which have been highly discussed on the internet, after showing the turning point of the case itself, agreements from the judges, feedback from the ordinary people, what we see is how the time has been changing, problems of society in nowadays as well as the reason of causing such problems¡¯. Cases like ¡®the sudden death of an internet influencer ®e-restaurant¡¯s restricted choice¡¯ and other problems occur on the internet, have