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John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

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John Requa: 我们在大学时期就开始了合作，最初拍摄的关于死亡的严肃电影不受欢迎，而一些轻松幽默的短片却广受好评，因此我们决定专注于喜剧创作。我和Glenn Ficarra在大学酒吧相识，我将一整壶啤酒倒在他头上，从此我们便开始了长久的合作。导演团队在早期职业生涯中非常罕见，工会最初并不接受双导演模式，我们不得不独立制作一部电影来获得导演工会的认可。我们对待自己编写的剧本非常开放，认为任何改进都比糟糕的剧本更好，这与许多作家对剧本的珍视态度不同。我们喜欢执导试播集，因为这让我们有机会建立剧集的世界观和风格，之后剧集就能独立发展。我们对《我们这一天》试播集的拍摄非常自由，因为当时剧组和电视台都不确定该剧能否被选中。我们不擅长担任剧集的单集导演，因为我们更喜欢参与剧集的整体创作，而不是仅仅负责其中一集。 Glenn Ficarra: 我们在大学时期就开始了合作，最初拍摄的关于死亡的严肃电影不受欢迎，而一些轻松幽默的短片却广受好评，因此我们决定专注于喜剧创作。我和John Requa在大学酒吧相识，我将一整壶啤酒倒在他头上，从此我们便开始了长久的合作。导演团队在早期职业生涯中非常罕见，工会最初并不接受双导演模式，我们不得不独立制作一部电影来获得导演工会的认可。我们对待自己编写的剧本非常开放，认为任何改进都比糟糕的剧本更好，这与许多作家对剧本的珍视态度不同。《我们这一天》的创意最初来自Dan Fogelman，他向我们讲述了这个关于一个大家庭的故事，最终的揭秘是观众一直在观看一个相互关联的家庭。我们希望《我们这一天》的拍摄风格能够营造一种亲密而窥探式的氛围，因此采用了大量的摇晃镜头和手持拍摄。我们认为《我们这一天》是一部兼具幽默和悲剧元素的电视剧，这种风格与我们之前的作品类似。我们使用幽默来分散观众的注意力，从而制造出意想不到的剧情转折，这种手法我们称之为“冲洗”。在拍摄杰克重返火宅的场景时，我们使用了防火材料搭建场景，并通过管道控制火焰，确保安全。我们喜欢执导试播集，因为这让我们有机会建立剧集的世界观和风格，之后剧集就能独立发展。我们对《我们这一天》试播集的拍摄非常自由，因为当时剧组和电视台都不确定该剧能否被选中。Dan Fogelman是一个才华横溢、幽默风趣的人，但他的作品更能体现出他内心的温柔和情感。所有创作都应该以合作的方式进行，我们努力营造一个包容的创作环境，让每个人都能参与其中。 Chris Sullivan: 我认为John Requa和Glenn Ficarra两位导演兼编剧才华横溢，他们执导了《我们这一天》的试播集和《坏圣诞老人》。我在纽约演出时认识了John Requa和Glenn Ficarra，之后他们邀请我出演了他们的电影《威士忌探戈：狐步舞》。我和妻子看过John Requa和Glenn Ficarra执导的《疯狂愚蠢的爱》，这部电影让我对他们执导的《我们这一天》充满期待。John Requa和Glenn Ficarra作为编剧和导演，在执导自己编写的作品和他人作品时，会有不同的侧重点和处理方式。

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The podcast welcomes John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the directing duo behind This Is Us. They discuss their career journey, from early collaborations to directing iconic episodes. The conversation touches upon their casting of Sterling K. Brown and their unique directing style.
  • John Requa and Glenn Ficarra's early collaboration started in college.
  • They directed the pilot of This Is Us and wrote Bad Santa.
  • Their unique directing style contributed to the show's intimate feel.
  • They share anecdotes about casting Sterling K. Brown.

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This week, dynamic directing duo and Executive Producers on This Is Us, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, join the podcast! It feels like a family reunion with Mandy, Chris, Sterling, John, and Glenn as they reminisce about memories on set and what it was like working together. John and Glenn talk about what life was like before This Is Us and how they got started in their careers, world building on the show and how their directing style informed the show’s “peak behind the curtain” feel viewers came to love, and they spilled behind the scenes secrets about iconic episodes, like when Jack went back into the burning house, plus so much more!

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That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith.

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