Recently, the Zhejiang-made drama “Our Ten Years” has been a hit. The creator condensed countless figures who struggled for the country, society and life in the past ten years into 11 stories, showing the earth-shaking changes in China since the 18th CPC National Congress. The play was appraised by experts as “a new breakthrough in the creation of realistic themes”, and the audience also praised the play for being close to life and touching, “seeing us in them and China in us”.
In 2022, major theme TV series ushered in the peak of creation, such as The World, Police Honor, The Daughter of Dashan, The Story of Xingfu, The Bottom Line, The Great Exam and Our Decade, and so on, and domestic TV series entered the era of high-quality creation.
The main melody film and television drama frequently “goes out of the circle”, which not only becomes the core strength of China’s film and television works creation, but also becomes the “flow code” loved by the audience, becoming a veritable “new mainstream”.
Show the “civilian epic” in different times with a small view and a big view
“Our Decade” is widely praised for its artistic technique of telling the story of the times from small people. Cheng Weidong, the chief editor of the play, said that the ten-year history of China was created by the people, and it was this creation that nourished artists’ creation.
“From the masses, to the masses, to understand the true meaning of life, and to refine artistic examples, works can reflect life more stereoscopically and truly.”
In 2022, major theme TV series took the times as the picture scroll and the people as the brush, showing stories from more grass-roots and more China, realizing the typological expression of theme creation.
For example, “Police Honor” focuses on grassroots police groups, and describes the social service function of grassroots “mediators” in daily contradictions and disputes of people’s livelihood; “Spring Breeze and Green Jiang Nanan” and “Daughter of Dashan” focus on the story of how grassroots cadres lead the masses out of poverty and implement rural reform; The Story under the Lion Mountain, written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, tells the story of Hong Kong people’s return to China and the Chinese feelings of Hong Kong and the Mainland with extremely distinctive regional cultural characteristics and humanistic feelings.
For example, In the World spreads the 50-year history of the development of new China as a time axis, and takes the ups and downs of the fate of “three generations of Zhou family” and “six little gentlemen” as the entry point, revealing the resonant relationship between the fate of characters and the changes of the times; By focusing on the growth of the heroine He Xingfu, The Story of Xingfu focuses on the phased achievements in the construction of spiritual civilization and the rule of law in rural areas in China since the new century. The Bottom Line takes the work and life of grassroots judges as the starting point of the story, and shows the courage and determination of China’s rule of law construction in the new era in the narrative of major cases and civil disputes; The “Grand Exam” puts the “College Entrance Examination” in the special time and space context of the COVID-19 epidemic, and tells the story of parents, students and educators who work together to overcome the epidemic and floods..……
In 2022, the creation of major theme TV series actively innovated in the inheritance, constantly breaking through the prescribed expression of theme creation, and harvesting the collective empathy of audiences in different circles. Next, a number of major TV dramas, such as Courtyard of the County Party Committee, Fighting Shanghai, Beautiful Mountains and Rivers and Girls’ Schools in the Mountains, will also land on the screen one after another, and I believe they will also bring us different surprises.
The theme “Out of Circle” is becoming the “new mainstream” of film and television creation.
In the past ten years, domestic film and television dramas have undergone a transformation, from the flow-only theory to show the social life of the new era and carry forward the mainstream values, and truly achieved “taking the people as the core of creation”, singing for the people and praising the times.
In terms of content production, the production of national drama began to get rid of the single network aesthetics and routine urban themes, and many types such as literary classics adaptation, touching modern social issues and crime dramas that dared to face the cruel reality made breakthroughs.
Major themes lead the creative direction and always adhere to the “people-centered” creative orientation. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, poverty alleviation, national anti-epidemic and celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Party, a number of outstanding works have a high reputation and influence among the audience.
A series of thematic works, such as Action to Break the Ice, Rivers, Old Tavern, Diplomatic Storm, Great Turning Point, Amnesty 1959, Pentium Age, Minning Town, have blossomed on both platforms of the network, which impressed the audience deeply. While highlighting positive energy and great feelings, it has taken into account the acceptance and aesthetics of ordinary audiences, achieving a double harvest of ratings and word of mouth.
In 2021, the broadcast of The Awakeing Age further broke the main theme, attracting the attention of more young viewers, frequently rushing to hot search, and re-creating on the short video platform constantly attracted new audiences to join. A main melody drama can only become a classic with a long history if it is discussed and paid the most attention.
Dai Qing, a professor at the School of Drama and Film of Communication University of China and secretary general of the Audiovisual Committee of the Chinese Literary Critics Association, said that the theme of the main melody is now returning to the mainstream and winning the market by relying on excellent works from one department to another, and this trend will continue in the future, and it will better “paint a portrait of the times, make a biography of the times and be famous for the times” and move from the artistic plateau to the artistic peak.
(Editor: Ai Yuxi, Wang Liwei)
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