Template:Did you know nominations/A New Old Play

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith talk 13:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

A New Old Play

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... that the filming sets of A New Old Play are so visibly fake that shaking white fabrics and plastic bags were used to mimic turbulent waves?

Source: ^[1]^[2]

ALT1: ... that the director designed a character in A New Old Play to be aphasic because he believed the actor would struggle to remember the character's lines? Source: ^[3]
ALT2: ... that all the costumes in A New Old Play came from the director's father's former opera troupe? Source: ^[4]
ALT3: ... that the materials used to renovate the filming set of A New Old Play were sourced from the surrounding factory, primarily consisting of cloth, cardboard, wood, and cotton? Source: ^[5]
ALT4: ... that most of the cast and crew of A New Old Play are the director's family and friends, with him describing the filming as a "party"? Source: ^[6]
ALT5: ... that no sound was recorded on set while filming A New Old Play? Source: ^[7]
ALT6: ... that the 2021 film A New Old Play is the second film to be made primarily in Sichuanese, following a 1962 film? Source: ^[8]
ALT7: ... that Qiu Jiongjiong wanted to create a film about his grandfather after illustrating his grandfather's biography? Source: ^[9]
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jarinko Chie (film)

Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 37 past nominations.

—👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 13:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC).

Article is new enough (created 10 April and nominated 11 April), appears to be reasonably neutral, well written, very well sourced and QPQ is done. There seems to be a "Violation possible" Copyvio score of 69.9%, though I'll accept it since it is mostly blockquotes. ALT0 is good, but I find ALT1 to be the most engaging. Cited Mandarin hook is spotchecked. Cattos ^💭 02:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for your detailed review, Cattos! I actually preferred ALT0 because the article features an image extracted from the exact scene mentioned in the hook, which can provide visual aids for readers to better understand the film. I agree that ALT1 is also a fun hook, but I would prefer to proceed with ALT0 if you do not mind. —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 12:12, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

References

^ Li, Weike (20 February 2023). ""A New Old Play": Clown Spirit and Handmade Craftsmanship". 34th Street Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2025. The film is shot entirely in obviously contrived sets with stage props and painted canvas, and forgoes any sense of depth as the cinematographer operates the camera to move only horizontally. To give one simple yet brilliant example, the film uses huge plastic bags blown by wind to mimic the turbulent waves of a river.
^ Wong, Lung Hsiang (12 March 2023). "你说历史是一出戏". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 April 2025. 如国共内战后期，剧团暂避台湾时，画面是全团人站在搖晃的假船上，地面抖动的白布象征海浪 [Like in the later stages of the Chinese Civil War, when the theater troupe temporarily sought refuge in Taiwan, the scene shows the entire troupe standing on a wobbling fake boat, with shaking white fabric on the ground symbolizing waves.]
^ 朱嘉喬 (10 March 2023). "《椒麻堂會》：一場生死的流水席". P-articles (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 比如戲中飾演失語者駝兒的是獨立紀錄片導演願桃，而邱炯炯曾分享這角色之所以是啞的，是因為他覺得願桃肯定記不住台詞，就乾脆為他度身訂做一個適合他演的角色。 [For example, the aphasic character Crooky, is played by independent documentary director Qu Tao. Qiu Jiongjiong once shared that this character is mute because he felt that Qu Tao would definitely struggle to remember the lines, so he simply tailored a role that would suit him.]
^ 王新然; 张骏马 (14 January 2023). "十万人想看《椒麻堂会》，把大时代的痛落到细节". The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 听薛老师说这些服装都是您父亲当年的川剧团留下来的 [According to Xue [Xuchun], these costumes are all from your father’s former Sichuan opera troupe.]
^ 朱嘉喬 (10 March 2023). "《椒麻堂會》：一場生死的流水席". P-articles (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 《椒麻》也不例外。電影拍攝全程於一個四百平方米的影棚內進行，其實所謂的影棚不過就是臨時搭建在導演朋友工廠的布棚。大概就是基於這個原因，全手工打造的場面有種就地取材的美學，所用的總是大家熟悉的材料，比如是布、或硬紙皮、木、棉花等。 [A New Old Play is no exception. The entire filming took place in a 400-square-meter studio, which was actually just a temporary fabric shelter set up in the director's friend's factory. Due to this reason, the handcrafted scenes have an aesthetic of using materials that could be sourced nearby, always employing familiar items such as cloth, cardboard, wood, and cotton.]
^ Wang, John Pao-chuan (17 March 2022). "A NEW OLD PLAY: Director Qiu Jiongjiong Interviewed by Producer Ding Ningyuan". DGenerate Films. Retrieved 25 March 2025. The people involved in this film are mainly my family. Family, in the broader sense, includes not only my relatives, but also people from my hometown, many of whom have close ties to my relatives. Many of my friends, who I also consider to be my family, not only play roles in the film, but are also involved in the production. In a way, this was a fulfillment of my wish to tell a story locally. The production of this film was a like a party that gathered my family, friends, and co-workers together for a summer bash.
^ 項貽斐 (12 July 2022). "川劇名丑百年風情畫《椒麻堂會》手工美學舉重若輕". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 《椒麻堂會》全程棚拍，也不採同步錄音 [A New Old Play was filmed entirely on set, without synchronous sound recording.]
^ Wang, John Pao-chuan (17 March 2022). "A NEW OLD PLAY: Director Qiu Jiongjiong Interviewed by Producer Ding Ningyuan". DGenerate Films. Retrieved 25 March 2025. In 1962, a film titled "Conscription" was filmed in the Sichuan dialect. / Unfortunately, however, there has not been another film of note made in the Sichuan dialect since "Conscription".
^ 項貽斐 (16 July 2022). "川劇世家出身戲班長大他最討厭別人以這兩種眼光看待". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 2017年，邱炯炯祖父逝世30週年時，他的父親寫了一部祖父的傳記，並讓邱炯炯在書裡畫插圖。「我把15個章節的插圖放好，意猶未盡，一下子把所有的感覺都勾起來，我要用自己的語法寫一個爺爺的影片。」這個決心讓邱炯炯開始著手寫電影《椒麻堂會》的劇本。 [In 2017, on the 30th anniversary of his grandfather's passing, Qiu Jiongjiong's father wrote a biography of his grandfather and had Qiu Jiongjiong to illustrate the book. "I placed illustrations for 15 chapters, and it brought back all the feelings at once. I wanted to use my own language to create a film about my grandfather." This determination led Qiu Jiongjiong to begin writing the script for A New Old Play.]

[1] Li, Weike (20 February 2023). ""A New Old Play": Clown Spirit and Handmade Craftsmanship". 34th Street Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2025. The film is shot entirely in obviously contrived sets with stage props and painted canvas, and forgoes any sense of depth as the cinematographer operates the camera to move only horizontally. To give one simple yet brilliant example, the film uses huge plastic bags blown by wind to mimic the turbulent waves of a river.

[LianheZaobaoReview-2] Wong, Lung Hsiang (12 March 2023). "你说历史是一出戏". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 April 2025. 如国共内战后期，剧团暂避台湾时，画面是全团人站在搖晃的假船上，地面抖动的白布象征海浪 [Like in the later stages of the Chinese Civil War, when the theater troupe temporarily sought refuge in Taiwan, the scene shows the entire troupe standing on a wobbling fake boat, with shaking white fabric on the ground symbolizing waves.]

[3] 朱嘉喬 (10 March 2023). "《椒麻堂會》：一場生死的流水席". P-articles (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 比如戲中飾演失語者駝兒的是獨立紀錄片導演願桃，而邱炯炯曾分享這角色之所以是啞的，是因為他覺得願桃肯定記不住台詞，就乾脆為他度身訂做一個適合他演的角色。 [For example, the aphasic character Crooky, is played by independent documentary director Qu Tao. Qiu Jiongjiong once shared that this character is mute because he felt that Qu Tao would definitely struggle to remember the lines, so he simply tailored a role that would suit him.]

[4] 王新然; 张骏马 (14 January 2023). "十万人想看《椒麻堂会》，把大时代的痛落到细节". The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 听薛老师说这些服装都是您父亲当年的川剧团留下来的 [According to Xue [Xuchun], these costumes are all from your father’s former Sichuan opera troupe.]

[5] 朱嘉喬 (10 March 2023). "《椒麻堂會》：一場生死的流水席". P-articles (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 《椒麻》也不例外。電影拍攝全程於一個四百平方米的影棚內進行，其實所謂的影棚不過就是臨時搭建在導演朋友工廠的布棚。大概就是基於這個原因，全手工打造的場面有種就地取材的美學，所用的總是大家熟悉的材料，比如是布、或硬紙皮、木、棉花等。 [A New Old Play is no exception. The entire filming took place in a 400-square-meter studio, which was actually just a temporary fabric shelter set up in the director's friend's factory. Due to this reason, the handcrafted scenes have an aesthetic of using materials that could be sourced nearby, always employing familiar items such as cloth, cardboard, wood, and cotton.]

[6] Wang, John Pao-chuan (17 March 2022). "A NEW OLD PLAY: Director Qiu Jiongjiong Interviewed by Producer Ding Ningyuan". DGenerate Films. Retrieved 25 March 2025. The people involved in this film are mainly my family. Family, in the broader sense, includes not only my relatives, but also people from my hometown, many of whom have close ties to my relatives. Many of my friends, who I also consider to be my family, not only play roles in the film, but are also involved in the production. In a way, this was a fulfillment of my wish to tell a story locally. The production of this film was a like a party that gathered my family, friends, and co-workers together for a summer bash.

[7] 項貽斐 (12 July 2022). "川劇名丑百年風情畫《椒麻堂會》手工美學舉重若輕". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 《椒麻堂會》全程棚拍，也不採同步錄音 [A New Old Play was filmed entirely on set, without synchronous sound recording.]

[8] Wang, John Pao-chuan (17 March 2022). "A NEW OLD PLAY: Director Qiu Jiongjiong Interviewed by Producer Ding Ningyuan". DGenerate Films. Retrieved 25 March 2025. In 1962, a film titled "Conscription" was filmed in the Sichuan dialect. / Unfortunately, however, there has not been another film of note made in the Sichuan dialect since "Conscription".

[9] 項貽斐 (16 July 2022). "川劇世家出身戲班長大他最討厭別人以這兩種眼光看待". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2025. 2017年，邱炯炯祖父逝世30週年時，他的父親寫了一部祖父的傳記，並讓邱炯炯在書裡畫插圖。「我把15個章節的插圖放好，意猶未盡，一下子把所有的感覺都勾起來，我要用自己的語法寫一個爺爺的影片。」這個決心讓邱炯炯開始著手寫電影《椒麻堂會》的劇本。 [In 2017, on the 30th anniversary of his grandfather's passing, Qiu Jiongjiong's father wrote a biography of his grandfather and had Qiu Jiongjiong to illustrate the book. "I placed illustrations for 15 chapters, and it brought back all the feelings at once. I wanted to use my own language to create a film about my grandfather." This determination led Qiu Jiongjiong to begin writing the script for A New Old Play.]

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