CDFF:《一出戏》梗概

片名(Title)： 一出戏        

英文名(English Title):  A  Play

片长(Running Time)：55分钟

年份(Year of Production)：2006

全球首映 World Premiere

导演(Directors)：董向阳（dongxiangyang)　董向荣(dongxiangrong)

制片人(Producer)：董向荣(dongxiangrong)             

摄影(Cinematography)：董向荣(dongxiangrong) 董向阳(dongxiangyang)       

剪辑(Editing)：李娅君(liyajun)　柳毅(liuyi)　               

公司(Production) 兄弟工作室( brothers workshop)

梗概Synopsis

本片记录了一群酷爱戏剧、热情冲动的年轻人在面对艺术与商业、现实与梦想———所经历的种种困惑、挣扎、煎熬、焦虑以及难以名状的痛苦感。未来的生活不比以往会好-----急于改善现实环境的强烈愿望最终破灭。

2001年春，在青艺剧院排演了一出戏叫《卡里古拉》。康峰担任该剧导演， 制作人耿胜拉到十万元现金，与中轻贸易公司签订合同——资方要求投资回报。该剧将在青艺剧场商演。

在排练过程中，导演康峰为了使该剧达到好的演出效果，全身心投入到戏剧创作中——带领演员紧张而激烈的排练。简陋的排练场地、剧本的操作难度、导演对剧本的把握和控制难度、演员的领悟难度、资金的短缺以及宣传力度不足加上排练时间仓促———出现了层层困扰。事情变得焦躁不安，耿胜不时在排练场抱怨加担忧，给康峰施加压力，康峰也抱怨演员不用心不积极思考剧本。短短一个月排练结束了——紧张焦灼的排练工作没有达到预期的演出效果，在剧场的舞台上，康峰对演员大发脾气。这时，耿胜的宣传工作没有做到位，匆忙中演出开始了，首场演出全部赠票，观众看后报以热烈掌声。导演、演员士气鼓舞，接下来开始售票，买票来看戏的观众越来越少，再次陷入僵局。票房收入一天几百元，而剧场租金一天三千元。票房收入惨淡，观戏的人少的可怜，演员情绪低落，康峰期盼着观众不甘心退出舞台，耿胜承受不住压力，酗酒发泄内心不满情绪。剧场经理童梅不断要钱（欠场租），时间在推进欠款越欠越多，耿胜、康峰前往北大寻求出路——事与愿违。北大负责人看出该戏不具商业性推辞掉。当天剧场封门不准演出，无奈耿胜拿出所剩无几的四千元，给剧场写了欠条勉强演出，直到5月2日票房仍然惨淡，被迫停演。欠剧场租金一万九千多元，最后的一场演出悲壮热烈，谢幕后观众报以热烈的掌声，笑声背后是更无情的打击，舞台和灯光被扣押，灯光要求拿走灯，剧场不许（因欠一万九千多元），耿胜。康峰被迫给灯光师写欠条，身份证被扣押。当晚，剧组聚餐，酒醉后互相倾诉难过之情，耿胜给演员、工作人员每人五百元。两天后，耿胜、康峰筹借到两万元现金还清剧场欠款。最终，赔款十一万九千多元（包括投资十万元）。拆台运景——留下来空空的舞台。两年后，青艺剧场被个体收购，耿胜用了两年时间还清赔款，康峰两年后改行做电视剧编剧至今。

Synopsis:

This documentary records the bewilderment, struggling, anxiety and indescribable afflictions a group of enthusiastic drama-loving young persons suffered when they struck a balance between arts and business, between reality and dream. Finally, their desire to improve the reality was shattered—the future is not necessarily better than the past.

In the spring of 2001, KANG Feng directed a drama named Caligula at the Youth Arts Theatre. Producer GENG Sheng raised 100,000 yuan from the China Light Industry Trade Corp. As a reward to the investor, the drama will be performed commercially at the Youth Arts Theatre.

To ensure an excellent performance, director KANG Feng devoted himself to the pressing rehearsal with the actors wholeheartedly. However, the shabby rooms, the unmanageable script, the puzzling actors, together with the lack of money, made everyone restless and anxious. GENG Sheng’s endless worrying and complaint imposed great pressure on KANG Feng, who in turn blamed the actors for not having acquired a better understanding of the script. When the rehearsal ended a month later hastily, the performance did not come up to the expectations, which led to KANG Feng’s angry shouting at the actors on the stage of the theatre.

The performance started in a hurry before GENG Sheng lived up to a comprehensive promotion. The first public performance—tickets were donated towards the audiences—was a big success, and the director and the actors were all inspired by the ardent applause. Whereas when the tickets began to be sold in the next days, it turned out to be a fiasco—the number of the audiences was declining; the revenue from the box office was just 200 yuan per day, compared with 3,000 for the rent of the theatre. The actors were depressed, but KANG Feng was unwilling to concede his failure and refused to quit the stage. Overwhelmed by the increasing pressure, GENG Sheng turned to drinking to give vent to his grievances. As time went on, their arrears to the theatre was mounting, and the theatre manager, TONG Mei kept on asking them for money. In order to find a way out, GENG Sheng and KANG Feng tried to performing at Beijing University. Things went contrary to their wishes, because their drama was considered as lacking commerciality. That day, the theatre refused to let them perform again, until GENG Sheng paid with the remaining 4,000 yuan and signed a bill in acknowledgement of the debt. However the situation was not improved, and the total arrears accumulated to over 19,000 yuan. On May 2^nd, the drama was finally forced to quit. The last show was kind of solemn and stirring: despite the applause and laughter from the audiences after the curtain call, the set designer and the light director were detained; besides, they were not allowed to take the lighting away (due to the debt of over 19,000 yuan). GENG and KANG were forced to sign the bill to the light director, and their ID cards were also detained. All the staff dined together that night; they all got drunk and confided their sadness to each other. From actors to staffs, everyone got only 500 yuan from GENG. Two days later, GENG and KANG paid off the theatre by borrowed 20,000 yuan. At last, the drama left them with a debt of more than 119,000 yuan (including the investment of 100,000) and an empty stage. Two years later, the Youth Arts Theatre was privatized, GENG Sheng finally got rid of all the debts, and KANG Feng became a playwright