The main theme of film and television dramas bloomed collectively this year.
Both blockbusters and word of mouth.
"1921" and "Revolutionaries" in the cinema have already grossed hundreds of millions of dollars, and young people will be moved to tears by the idealism of their predecessors.
Last month's "Magnolia" award, as a judge, Tao Hong has a unique view on "the main theme of the work out of the circle":
Our previous annotations on the main melody were too narrow and rigid, not to say that the main melody is what is something, and the work that can reflect the spirit of the times is the main melody.
"Melody" is a metaphor, and the body is a hot era, and the spirit of striving for the upstream and persevering.
"Hundred Refining into Steel", which is being broadcast, is a new model for the main melody work.
The series is directly divided into chapters in eight sections: "The International Song", "The Long March", "The Yellow River Is Roaring", "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China", "The Loveliest Man", "Singing the Motherland", "Toasting for Hope", and "Young Friends Come to Meet", to lay out the historical journey of the party in stages.
Each melody represents an era, and it is a sincere intention flowing from the bottom of Chinese's heart, and these familiar songs solve the problem of "import" in the first step. However, under such a "heavy" theme, can the actors interpret the main theme well? Can you respond to the call of the times? Can you interpret the spirit of a specific era?
Among them, there are Li Naiwen, Guo Xiaodong, Liu Wei, Wang Jinsong, You Yongzhi, and Sarina at the level of drama bones, there are "Mesozoic" Wang Lei, Xia Dejun, Chen Xiao, Tong Liya, Li Jiahang, Dai Xiangyu, there are Tong Mengshi, Peng Xiaoran, Zhang Linghe, Zhao Zhiwei after the 90s, and Zheng Wei after 00, etc., the gradient is reasonable, and the proportion of young people is very large.
On the cast list, in addition to professional actors, there are also hosts Wang Han, He Jiong, Liu Ye, Liang Tian, Singer Cai Chengyu, and Dong Li, who transformed from athletes.
Age, profession, and experience all span quite a lot.
But when they merge with the characters, do those labels still exist?
Wang Lei plays Mao Zedong, acting from the age of 24 to the age of ancient rarity, from posture to charm, which is remarkable.
Tong Liya plays Qin Zizhen, from the age of 18 to the end of his life, his makeup has become more and more plain, more and more old, closer to the old man who has experienced wind and frost.
After 95, Zhang Xincheng, faded his sense of youth, played jiao Yulu, a servant of the people.
Everyone is a note in this symphony, giving off their own voice, eventually converging into the majestic century-old symphony.
From the background of the times, the "Internationale" responsible for the opening was also the period when communism was in the bud in China.
Chen Duxiu's son, Chen Yannian, had a different view of saving the country than his father, would directly tear his father's letter, and also quarreled fiercely with the progressive youth on the ship.
This is a showdown between faith and affection.
Even though Yang Kaihui knew that following Mao Zedong would suffer hardships and live a life of upheaval and displacement, he still did not ask for three media and six employments, "naked" Mao Zedong, and share the hardships and hardships with him.
Mao Zedong was forced to leave Changsha for Shanghai, and Yang Kaihui was reluctant to send him off, giving him the word "Yang" engraved in his pocket watch. This watch was later passed on to Mao Anying and became an emotional thread throughout.
This is an ordinary and moving convention.
In the section of "The Long March", the spark of stars has been ignited, and what is needed is to mobilize the broadest possible crowd and devote themselves to the revolutionary cause together.
Whether you are a mere puppet or a common man, as long as you have a common ideal, you are a comrade.
The 18-year-old was infected by Ma Sheng and his comrades-in-arms, joined the Red Army, and embarked on the Long March.
Ma Sheng asked him: Why do you want to join the Red Army? Why is there a belief that is not afraid of death? Is it because the Red Army has given you grain and clothes?
After knowing you, in fact, I understood what you said as soon as I heard it, what should I do if I don't like it? Resist and fight.
18-year-olds, who do not yet have such a thorough understanding of the revolution, also want to break the old world and create a new world.
He was only an ordinary member of the countless soldiers of the Red Army, but as long as all ordinary people could be mobilized, the ocean of revolution would surely overwhelm the old forces.
The grander the subject matter, the more specific and vivid emotions are needed to connect with ordinary people.
In "The Cutest Man", from Songbone Peak to Sansho-ri, the volunteer soldiers on the Korean battlefield fought to the end with their flesh and blood, proving that they are worthy of "the cutest people";
In "Singing the Motherland", the scientists who sprinkled their youth and life in the desert and laboratories nibbled on steamed buns, played the wind and sand, and played abacus, creating "two bombs and one star" for new China.
In the "Toast to Hope" section, it has entered the early stage of reform and opening up. The republic has gone through a hundred wastes and is waiting to be rebuilt, and it needs to open its hands and feet to engage in the economy.
As the helmsman of Huagang, He Jicang was in danger.
The factory - everyone; the future of the daughter - the small family.
Sitting in this position, how to choose?
He is like a parent who does his best, but may not make everyone happy, but when it is time to make a choice, the livelihood of 50,000 workers exceeds the future of his daughter.
The old state-owned steel plants can't even produce minted steel, which is not true, right?
Workers' bonuses must be paid, steel sales channels must be opened, talents must be arranged in the right position, and daughter's affairs are often not taken care of.
He was determined to cut off the cadre life system, let the able people get on, get rid of the burden of the big pot of rice, and offended many people;
Taking the lead in implementing the pilot joint-stock system, it can only be carried out on a small scale at first, and it is necessary to face the discussion of whether the surname is the capital or the surname society;
We advocate the introduction of foreign advanced equipment and lay off old equipment with high energy consumption and low production capacity, but it is not so easy to change a safety helmet.
With the reform and opening up, in addition to the collision of new and old concepts, there are also changes in people's hearts, and all walks of life have begun to experience the erosion of different values.
Composer Shi Guangnan hoped that his wife Hong Ruding could see the hope of China's vigorous upward movement, but Hong Ruding and his ideas were not unified. The company sent Hong Ruding to work in the United States for a year, and she hoped that Shi Guangnan would go with her and then take her daughter with her, but Shi Guangnan was determined to stay in China.
"Steel second generation" Jian Fan wants to stay in Huagang, girlfriend He Shihui is the factory director's family of thousands of gold, hope he can go to university, the two stay in Beijing together, the concept is different, the two finally drifted apart, regretfully broke up.
Whether it is Shi Guangnan, who insists on writing songs for 1.1 billion people and refuses to go abroad, or He Jicang, whose national interests are always above all else, they all carry their dedication to their mission and pave the way for reform and opening up.
The last section of "Young Friends Come to Meet" has not yet revealed its true face, but it is not difficult to see from the name, with the current poverty alleviation as the background, this section will also become the colorful music of the whole play.
The director of "Hundred Refining into Steel" is Mao Weining, and the first spy drama "Oath of Silence" made in 2002 won the 23rd Feitian Award for Best Director.
Before the filming of "Oath of Silence" began, he sorted out how many extras and which props were used in the play.
His style is both good at realism and freehand; he can control the general direction and grasp the small details.
In his "Hundred Refining into Steel", the picture, props and even food become part of the story, with symbolic and metaphorical meaning.
On the Long March Road, the Red Army fought hard with the Kuomintang army in the upper reaches of the Xiang River for 5 days and nights, with heavy casualties. The camera sweeps over a body by the river, making it impossible to get out of the sad mood for a long time.
In the "International Song", Chen Duxiu gladly promised to personally give his second son Chen QiaoNian the red bean dumplings in his hometown, but who knows, this trip will become a farewell forever.
In "The Yellow River Is Roaring", the red five-star that Zuo Quan held tightly in his hand when he sacrificed himself was an unswerving loyalty to the party and the country to the death.
On the Korean battlefield, when Cao Yuhai, a 28-year-old battalion commander, was sacrificed, he still held the handkerchief that his fiancée had given him before leaving, embroidered with the words "never change his heart".
Moreover, the postmark with the date roller in Ma Sheng's hand is not only frozen in time, but those hot youth and abrupt lives; Mao Anying's relic, the pocket watch, is exactly the souvenir that Yang Kaihui gave to Mao Zedong; the pair of shoes that Shandong girl Chunmiao gave to her fiancé Ding Laixi are deep love and concern that grew out of the red soil of the old revolutionary area...
These are extremely restrained and affectionate Yoshimitsu Katayu.
After the sacrifice of generations of people, we can finally usher in "hundreds of steel", but there are actually three words behind it: soft around the fingers. The will of steel and the gentle emotion can also make the audience's eyes warm and sour.
From the forerunner to the founder, from the pioneer of reform and opening up to the ordinary person who helped the poor, the great cause has always been closely linked to the great payment.