General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The vast number of literary and art workers must establish a grand view of history and a grand view of the times. The right way is to carry forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, carry forward the great spirit of party building, and sing the main theme of the times."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's TV drama creation has entered a prosperous period of sustainable development. This is especially true for the development of major revolutionary historical dramas. It has been 40 years since the short TV drama "One Day in the Life of Premier Zhou" was broadcast in 1982. In the first 30 years, represented by the long-running dramas "Long March", "Ode to Yan'an" and "Schoolmate Cha", a number of outstanding works marked the fruitful achievements of major themes and also led the development trend of Chinese TV dramas.
In the past 10 years, adhering to the people-centered creative orientation, adhering to integrity and innovation, major TV dramas have entered a period of prosperity and development that continues to rise. From "Changed World", "Begonia Is Still Still", "Deng Xiaoping in the Turn of History" to "The Great Turning Point", "Diplomacy", "Amnesty 1959", from "Lovely China", "Marshal Peng Dehuai", "Crossing the Yalu River" to "Awakening" Age", "Glory and Dreams", "Big Waves Washing the Sand", etc. These excellent works have won wide acclaim for their good quality, and their experience is worth summarizing.
Good works and great works emerge one after another
Looking at the development of the past 10 years, good works and major works of major revolutionary and historical TV dramas have emerged in a concentrated manner, showing remarkable characteristics.
In the major festivals and anniversaries of the party and the country, the key works carefully created are concentrated to meet the audience. For example, in 2015, "On Taihang Mountain" was launched to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War; In 2019, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Foreign Affairs" and "Amnesty 1959" were launched; in 2021, "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Awakening" were launched in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Age", "Glory and Dreams", "Big Waves Washing the Sand" and so on. These excellent works are broadcast in conjunction with important time points, which effectively enhances the festive atmosphere and actively expands social influence.
Respect the laws of creation and make steady progress in order to achieve stability and long-term progress. In the years of non-major nodes, one excellent work is mature and one is launched, which ensures the continuous release of excellent new works. For example, major revolutionary and historical TV dramas such as "Changed World", "Begonia Is Still", and "Marshal Peng Dehuai" have not been launched at major nodes, but they still won wide acclaim for their good quality.
Phenomenal works continue to emerge and win a good reputation. Especially in the five years from 2016 to 2021, good works and great works on the theme of major revolutionary history emerge in an endless stream. Phenomenal works such as "The Begonia Is Still", "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Age of Awakening" came one after another, arousing widespread attention from the society.
The theme content, narrative perspective, and detailed description have breakthroughs
Writer Ba Jin once said that writers live by their works. We should also uphold this attitude when evaluating TV dramas, no matter what the subject matter, ultimately rely on the works to speak. As far as the ideological and artistic level of the works is analyzed, the representative works in the past 10 years, especially the excellent works in the past five years, have at least three aspects of development and innovation.
First, the development of subject matter and content. Many TV dramas with major themes are the first to vividly express the main revolutionary experience of the protagonist's life, and there are many new discoveries about historical details and historical spirit. "Changed World", "Begonia Still" and "Crossing the Yalu River" turned some difficult points of historical writing into the highlights of the works, which are valuable explorations in artistic transformation.
Second, a breakthrough in narrative perspective and creative style. "The Begonia Still" attempts to use the West Flower Hall as the main narrative carrier, and uses lyrical poetic expression to reveal Zhou Enlai's inner world. "Big Waves and Sand" compares the life choices and endings of the 13 representatives of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and tells people extremely powerfully that the establishment and persistence of lofty beliefs require the devotion of believers, and they need to be practiced with life. "Smelting into Steel" cuts through several important moments in the history of the Communist Party of China to express the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party. "Crossing the Yalu River" pursues the epic style in the classic sense in the grand narrative, and strives to create sublime beauty in the discovery of history. These artistic refinements are helpful to innovate and enrich the creation mode of TV dramas with major themes.
Third, pay attention to the density and depth of detailed description. Detailed description is the cell of artistic life and the most basic and effective means to describe characters and reveal themes. One of the important reasons for the lack of artistic appeal and appeal of some major TV dramas is the lack of density and depth in the detailed descriptions. In the past 10 years, this situation has changed a lot, and the representative works in the past five years are even more eye-catching.
"Crossing the Yalu River" has created a rich and vivid image of national and national heroes. From the highest decision-making level, to the battalion and battalion of the military division, to the combat heroes Yang Gensi, Qiu Shaoyun, Huang Jiguang, etc., many characters are unforgettable, and there are many details It is a poetic presentation, especially the silence of the "ice sculpture" at this time is better than the sound. "Smelting into Steel" mentioned that the reason for the failure of "Dongfeng No. 2" was that one of the wires was broken. This is a detail that was not written in the previous TV series. This detail is the main creator's new discovery of historical content, as well as a new discovery of human spirit. "Lovely China" is dedicated to expressing Fang Zhimin's unique personality charm and spiritual appeal because he has always been firm in his beliefs. Fang Zhimin's charisma is a shock to the enemy, and an inspiration to comrades and all other people with conscience. In the play, Fang Zhimin was escorted to the public by the enemy, and the enemy tried to "beat his spirit". Unexpectedly, as soon as Fang Zhimin appeared on the stage, all the people, regardless of life and death, stepped forward to greet him and shouted "Release Fang Zhimin". After Fang Zhimin was imprisoned, he became a beacon for the souls of the prisoners and a role model for them. In "Age of Awakening", Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu cried heart-to-heart when they witnessed the victims of the disaster by the Haihe River... So many, dense and colorful, these detailed descriptions are in line with the logic of life and the character logic of the characters, which not only condenses rich historical and cultural connotations , and penetrating and shocking, it has become an unforgettable chapter of colorful colors.
bloom new brilliance
Successfully shaped the artistic image of revolutionary characters
The successful shaping of character images is an important symbol of the ideological and artistic level of works on major themes. In the past 10 years, the artistic images of some representative figures have been significantly expanded and deepened. Among them, the creation of artistic images of revolutionary figures, especially leaders, has reached a new level, adding new brilliance to the gallery of characters in TV dramas.
Among the above-mentioned successful works, the ones that are quite exploratory and can stand up to artistic analysis are "The Begonia Is Still" and "The Age of Awakening". The two provide experience and enlightenment for the creation of major revolutionary historical dramas in our country.
Different from the common chronicle-style biopics with major themes, "Begonia Is Still" does not construct the story with the direct representation of major historical events as the main point of view, but instead focuses the camera on the protagonist's emotional world, and sets up dramatic conflicts around the portrayal of characters. Zhou Enlai sang "We Walk on the Road" when he inspected the disaster area, and had a humorous dialogue with Cohen in the ping pong diplomacy. realistic connection.
The Age of Awakening is a truly character-centered narrative literary work. Its artistic presentation of revolutionary figures is rich and vivid, fully expressing the personality charm of revolutionary figures leading a team and shining an era. The play is not only people-centered, but also really promotes the development of the plot by the collision of characters, and achieves the climax of the dramatic conflict. For example, in the conflict between Chen Duxiu and Chen Yannian, Chen Duxiu threw the frog that his son teased him back into the water. This dramatic climax was born out of the most intense conflict between the two characters, depicting Chen Yannian as well as Chen Duxiu.
Earnestly summarizing ten years of experience is a necessary condition for the creation of major TV dramas to achieve greater prosperity. Combining new experience with new practice, the creation of major themes is expected to achieve new breakthroughs.
(This article was published in the 20th edition of People's Daily on June 30, 2022.)
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's TV drama creation has entered a prosperous period of sustainable development. This is especially true for the development of major revolutionary historical dramas. It has been 40 years since the short TV drama "One Day in the Life of Premier Zhou" was broadcast in 1982. In the first 30 years, represented by the long-running dramas "Long March", "Ode to Yan'an" and "Schoolmate Cha", a number of outstanding works marked the fruitful achievements of major themes and also led the development trend of Chinese TV dramas.
In the past 10 years, adhering to the people-centered creative orientation, adhering to integrity and innovation, major TV dramas have entered a period of prosperity and development that continues to rise. From "Changed World", "Begonia Is Still Still", "Deng Xiaoping in the Turn of History" to "The Great Turning Point", "Diplomacy", "Amnesty 1959", from "Lovely China", "Marshal Peng Dehuai", "Crossing the Yalu River" to "Awakening" Age", "Glory and Dreams", "Big Waves Washing the Sand", etc. These excellent works have won wide acclaim for their good quality, and their experience is worth summarizing.
"Crossing the Yalu River" poster
Respect the law of creationGood works and great works emerge one after another
Looking at the development of the past 10 years, good works and major works of major revolutionary and historical TV dramas have emerged in a concentrated manner, showing remarkable characteristics.
In the major festivals and anniversaries of the party and the country, the key works carefully created are concentrated to meet the audience. For example, in 2015, "On Taihang Mountain" was launched to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War; In 2019, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Foreign Affairs" and "Amnesty 1959" were launched; in 2021, "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Awakening" were launched in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Age", "Glory and Dreams", "Big Waves Washing the Sand" and so on. These excellent works are broadcast in conjunction with important time points, which effectively enhances the festive atmosphere and actively expands social influence.
Respect the laws of creation and make steady progress in order to achieve stability and long-term progress. In the years of non-major nodes, one excellent work is mature and one is launched, which ensures the continuous release of excellent new works. For example, major revolutionary and historical TV dramas such as "Changed World", "Begonia Is Still", and "Marshal Peng Dehuai" have not been launched at major nodes, but they still won wide acclaim for their good quality.
Phenomenal works continue to emerge and win a good reputation. Especially in the five years from 2016 to 2021, good works and great works on the theme of major revolutionary history emerge in an endless stream. Phenomenal works such as "The Begonia Is Still", "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Age of Awakening" came one after another, arousing widespread attention from the society.
"The Age of Awakening" stills
Improve the level of thought and artThe theme content, narrative perspective, and detailed description have breakthroughs
Writer Ba Jin once said that writers live by their works. We should also uphold this attitude when evaluating TV dramas, no matter what the subject matter, ultimately rely on the works to speak. As far as the ideological and artistic level of the works is analyzed, the representative works in the past 10 years, especially the excellent works in the past five years, have at least three aspects of development and innovation.
First, the development of subject matter and content. Many TV dramas with major themes are the first to vividly express the main revolutionary experience of the protagonist's life, and there are many new discoveries about historical details and historical spirit. "Changed World", "Begonia Still" and "Crossing the Yalu River" turned some difficult points of historical writing into the highlights of the works, which are valuable explorations in artistic transformation.
Second, a breakthrough in narrative perspective and creative style. "The Begonia Still" attempts to use the West Flower Hall as the main narrative carrier, and uses lyrical poetic expression to reveal Zhou Enlai's inner world. "Big Waves and Sand" compares the life choices and endings of the 13 representatives of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and tells people extremely powerfully that the establishment and persistence of lofty beliefs require the devotion of believers, and they need to be practiced with life. "Smelting into Steel" cuts through several important moments in the history of the Communist Party of China to express the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party. "Crossing the Yalu River" pursues the epic style in the classic sense in the grand narrative, and strives to create sublime beauty in the discovery of history. These artistic refinements are helpful to innovate and enrich the creation mode of TV dramas with major themes.
Third, pay attention to the density and depth of detailed description. Detailed description is the cell of artistic life and the most basic and effective means to describe characters and reveal themes. One of the important reasons for the lack of artistic appeal and appeal of some major TV dramas is the lack of density and depth in the detailed descriptions. In the past 10 years, this situation has changed a lot, and the representative works in the past five years are even more eye-catching.
"Crossing the Yalu River" has created a rich and vivid image of national and national heroes. From the highest decision-making level, to the battalion and battalion of the military division, to the combat heroes Yang Gensi, Qiu Shaoyun, Huang Jiguang, etc., many characters are unforgettable, and there are many details It is a poetic presentation, especially the silence of the "ice sculpture" at this time is better than the sound. "Smelting into Steel" mentioned that the reason for the failure of "Dongfeng No. 2" was that one of the wires was broken. This is a detail that was not written in the previous TV series. This detail is the main creator's new discovery of historical content, as well as a new discovery of human spirit. "Lovely China" is dedicated to expressing Fang Zhimin's unique personality charm and spiritual appeal because he has always been firm in his beliefs. Fang Zhimin's charisma is a shock to the enemy, and an inspiration to comrades and all other people with conscience. In the play, Fang Zhimin was escorted to the public by the enemy, and the enemy tried to "beat his spirit". Unexpectedly, as soon as Fang Zhimin appeared on the stage, all the people, regardless of life and death, stepped forward to greet him and shouted "Release Fang Zhimin". After Fang Zhimin was imprisoned, he became a beacon for the souls of the prisoners and a role model for them. In "Age of Awakening", Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu cried heart-to-heart when they witnessed the victims of the disaster by the Haihe River... So many, dense and colorful, these detailed descriptions are in line with the logic of life and the character logic of the characters, which not only condenses rich historical and cultural connotations , and penetrating and shocking, it has become an unforgettable chapter of colorful colors.
bloom new brilliance
Successfully shaped the artistic image of revolutionary characters
The successful shaping of character images is an important symbol of the ideological and artistic level of works on major themes. In the past 10 years, the artistic images of some representative figures have been significantly expanded and deepened. Among them, the creation of artistic images of revolutionary figures, especially leaders, has reached a new level, adding new brilliance to the gallery of characters in TV dramas.
Among the above-mentioned successful works, the ones that are quite exploratory and can stand up to artistic analysis are "The Begonia Is Still" and "The Age of Awakening". The two provide experience and enlightenment for the creation of major revolutionary historical dramas in our country.
Different from the common chronicle-style biopics with major themes, "Begonia Is Still" does not construct the story with the direct representation of major historical events as the main point of view, but instead focuses the camera on the protagonist's emotional world, and sets up dramatic conflicts around the portrayal of characters. Zhou Enlai sang "We Walk on the Road" when he inspected the disaster area, and had a humorous dialogue with Cohen in the ping pong diplomacy. realistic connection.
The Age of Awakening is a truly character-centered narrative literary work. Its artistic presentation of revolutionary figures is rich and vivid, fully expressing the personality charm of revolutionary figures leading a team and shining an era. The play is not only people-centered, but also really promotes the development of the plot by the collision of characters, and achieves the climax of the dramatic conflict. For example, in the conflict between Chen Duxiu and Chen Yannian, Chen Duxiu threw the frog that his son teased him back into the water. This dramatic climax was born out of the most intense conflict between the two characters, depicting Chen Yannian as well as Chen Duxiu.
Earnestly summarizing ten years of experience is a necessary condition for the creation of major TV dramas to achieve greater prosperity. Combining new experience with new practice, the creation of major themes is expected to achieve new breakthroughs.
(This article was published in the 20th edition of People's Daily on June 30, 2022.)
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