【Literature and Art Trend】
Establish a great view of history and a great view of the times
Domestic TV dramas sing the main theme of the high-spirited era
Author: Ma Jing (Unit: Supervision Center of the State Administration of Radio and Television)
In contemporary China, the country and mountains are magnificent, the people are heroic, and the future is far-reaching, and the times have provided an unprecedented broad stage for the prosperity and development of literature and art on the mainland. At the opening ceremony of the Eleventh National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Tenth National Congress of the China Writers Association, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward earnest hopes for literary and art workers, asking us to establish a big historical outlook and a big era view, see thousands of rivers and rivers, raise millions of soldiers in our chests, grasp the historical process and the general trend of the times, reflect the great changes of the Chinese nation over the past thousand years, reveal the right way in the world in China in the past century, 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 party building spirit, and sing the main theme of the times.
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to literary and artistic work, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward ardent expectations for promoting the high-quality development of domestic TV dramas. In 2021, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television adheres to the people-centered creative orientation, regards the people's satisfaction or dissatisfaction as the highest standard for testing art, advocates refining themes and extracting themes from the changes of the times, the progress of China, and the people's call, encourages the beauty of Chinese history, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of culture, expresses the aspirations of the Chinese people to struggle, the power of creation, and the fruits of development, and guides the creation and production of a large number of high-quality works that meet the people's cultural needs and enhance the people's spiritual strength. Loved and sought after by young people online and offline, especially young people, there are 3 TV series with a rating of more than 9 points.
In 2021, Shouzheng innovation has become the fundamental guarantee for leading the creation and broadcast of TV series "high open and high walk", and the management of new has become an important premise for TV series to achieve good social and economic benefits. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has clearly put forward the principle of "keeping the bottom line and climbing the peak", firmly grasping the five key words of "the times, the people, innovation, external propaganda, and work style", and exploring the successful practice of "grasping theme creation and producing excellent works". Looking at the creation and production of television dramas in the past two years, there have been several rather obvious changes: from "sowing seeds and waiting for the flowers to blossom" to "taking the initiative to come up with problems and organize creations"; from "sweet pets", "delay reforms", and "anti-Japanese dramas" to "three major" creations that pay attention to major revolutionary themes, major realistic themes, and major historical themes; from the past audiences "chasing Korean dramas" to now "chasing domestic theme dramas". The creation, production and broadcast of domestic TV dramas have realized the circle-breaking transmission from the TV screen to the network end, achieved good results in the overseas popularity of Chinese TV dramas, and created a new high point in the ratings of domestic TV dramas in major festivals.
Adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, vividly praise the fiery practice of reform and innovation
In 2021, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will guide the creation of TV dramas to grasp the theme, grasp the creation, grasp the process, grasp the publicity and promotion, and grasp the broadcast, closely follow the important time node of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, focus on the themes of not forgetting the original mission, decisively winning the battle against poverty, fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, etc., and create and broadcast excellent works such as "The Age of Awakening", "Mountains and Seas", "Ideals Shine on China", "Meritorious Achievements", "Glory and Dreams", "Ebola Frontline" and other excellent works, singing the main theme and carrying forward positive energy. It has given full play to the role of radio and television and online audio-visual literature and art in inspiring people and rallying strength.
In 2021, the theme works have a distinct theme, frequently break the circle, attract many young fans, and become a new viewing phenomenon. In the filming process, the main creative team of "The Age of Awakening" always thinks about the young audience group, the whole drama innovates the layout of the plot, the plot details are portrayed young, the fashion shows the style of the times, the small incisions reflect the big themes, the small characters refract the big times, and the small stories tell the big truth. In the process of watching "The Age of Awakening", many young students learned party history while chasing dramas, and wrote notes while chasing dramas; many students immediately found relevant party history books to read after watching the drama; more readers quietly became small teachers of party history learning in the online community and began to popularize historical knowledge. The artistic appeal of red TV drama works has made the study and education of party history "alive", "hot" and "moving", guiding young people to follow the footsteps of the light and shadow of the revolutionary ancestors, relive the party's century-old glorious course, inherit the genes of the red revolution, and continue the spiritual genealogy of communists.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to build a more authoritative, credible and influential literary and artistic evaluation system, strengthen industry services, industry management, and industry self-discipline, and further promote the construction of business style. To promote the prosperity and development of TV dramas, it is inseparable from the important "lever" of awards and reviews. From "Together" in 2020 to "Mountains and Seas" in 2021, "Ideals Shine on China", "Meritorious Achievements", etc., these works that have achieved good social repercussions, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television held seminars in a timely manner, with the help of expert arguments, summarized creative experience, and guided the production of fine products.
On the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television organized a survey of the post-production site of "Beyond" of the key project "Our New Era". The drama is produced by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and focuses on the key events of the "short track speed skating" Winter Olympics, and tells the story of ice and snow sports that "transcends the era of competition and development" through the struggle and growth of two generations of athletes. In order to truly restore the various large and small events in the play, the crew not only built two new ice rinks with stands in Qingdao, but also rented and rebuilt 5 ice rinks in Qingdao, Yantai and Harbin, and successively used more than 100 professional athletes to assist in filming, with 20,000 group performances and 8,000 costume productions.
Establish a big historical outlook and a big era view, and guide TV dramas to create fine products
In September 2019, Yu Min, Shen Jilan, Sun Jiadong, Li Yannian, Zhang Fuqing, Yuan Longping, Huang Xuhua and Tu Youyou were awarded the "Order of the Republic". Immediately afterward, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television launched preparations for the TV series "Meritorious Service". "Meritorious Service" is based on the real past of the characters, jumps out of the highlight moments of typical characters, integrates the big historical view and the big era view, adopts realistic shooting methods, creates according to the real logic of life, truly reflects the blood and dedication of that era, and rejects pseudo-passion, pseudo-sublime, and pseudo-loyalty. Now watching TV dramas, few people watch the title, generally automatically skipping, but the title of "Meritorious" has been noticed by many young netizens: the use of technical special effects, let the actors take a calm and firm step, walking towards us, walking, and gradually becoming the face of the hero of merit in reality. Netizens praised that paying attention to every shot and choosing every frame of the picture is the expression of the craftsman spirit. The TV series uses youthful expression and contemporary excavation to achieve the spiritual resonance of the merits of the republic and contemporary youth, and also allows the heroes and ordinary people to find the greatest common denominator of common values.
Promote the creation of high-quality products with key projects, deepen the coordination and management mechanism of the whole process, and escort the creation of excellent works. The first two drafts of the script of "Mountains and Seas" were not passed, and then the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television organized research and collection, and the screenwriter Wang Sanmao was inspired by the interview in Ningxia, after carefully conceiving, repeatedly polishing, and finally out of the stereotypical thinking of theme creation, abandoning the conventional epic narrative, transforming historical facts into moving stories, using the technique of local novels, narrating the spiritual history and development history of millions of hanging village immigrants, the big historical view, and the big era view throughout the whole play. In order to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' going abroad to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, "Crossing the Yalu River" respects history and truly restores the scenes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea 70 years ago, from script creation, props, photography, lighting to art scenes, character images, costumes, and light source design, a large number of historical materials have been examined, from a scene to a scene, as small as a map, and a telegram, and strive to be accurate, convincing people with historical facts, and convincing people with details. The 20-episode anti-epidemic era report drama "Together", each story is adapted from real people and real events, recording the common era memory of Chinese and people in 2020, shaping the heroes who can sing and cry on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, and showing the great power of the times when the Chinese people are determined to become a city and overcome the difficulties of the times. "Loading the Stage" will focus the camera on the ordinary people around them and their sorrows and joys, insist on finding the real texture of life from the essence of life, and find the soil of reality, so that the characters can take root. The creative experience of the crew is: Only by adhering to the concept of big history and the big era, the creators will not engage in flower fist embroidery legs, will not be keen on engaging in drama and palace fighting drama, and will pursue some artistic standards, that is, to produce fine products, not just products.
Adhere to the concept of integrity and innovation, and leave an unforgettable artistic classic for the times
"Mountains and Seas", "Together", "Crossing the Yalu River", "Loading The Stage", "Ideal Shines on China" and so on have won a double harvest of ratings and word of mouth, thanks to the unremitting pursuit and dedication to shaping art classics. "Mountains and Seas" has touched hundreds of millions of viewers with sincerity and authenticity, and many young audiences are also deeply attracted by the drama, which is inseparable from the main creators' insistence on integrity and innovation and in-depth life. After receiving the creative task of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the main creative team was arranged to experience life in Ningxia for in-depth interviews, learned about many real characters and events, deeply infected the creators, and stimulated their creative enthusiasm. "Ideals Shine on China" carefully selects 40 great and ordinary Chinese stories, in addition to the leaders and great people who have been expressed in past works, but also adds ordinary and great new characters and new faces. "The Taste of Truth" focuses on Chen Wangdao's translation of the Communist Manifesto, "Buttons" refracts the process of reform and opening up through the peddler Zhang Huamei, and "Signal" tells the story of the hero of Beidou navigation scientific research in the new era. The work dominates the whole drama with "ideals illuminating China", praises the leadership of the Communist Party of China, praises the beautiful life of people of all ethnic groups, and leaves a strong mark in the history of the development of Chinese television dramas.
Throughout the creation of TV dramas in 2021, there is a common feature, that is, rooted in the people, rooted in life, on the basis of respect for reality, so that art originates from life and is higher than life. The creative staff humbly learn from the character image in the play, enter the spiritual world of the character, grasp the pulse of the times, perceive the heart of the character, firmly grasp the key words of the times such as revolution, construction, reform, and rejuvenation, shape typical characters, and reflect the spirit of the times. In order to make an experimental scene, the director of "Meritorious Service" repeatedly discussed whether the alcohol lamp was right? Are test tubes and measuring cups misplaced? Which experimental equipment is placed before and after? Directors Zheng Xiaolong and Wang Xiaoping almost stuck their faces on the monitor, looking for every detail that might go wrong. Because of this, "Meritorious Service" successfully shaped the group portrait of the Order of the Republic and successfully broke the circle among the youth group. According to the statistics of "China Audiovisual Big Data" (CVB), "Meritorious Service" was broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV, Oriental Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV, and the scale of users ranked first in prime-time TV dramas, with an average comprehensive rating of 0.917% per episode of the four channels. The "TV Series Merit" Weibo topic was read by 790 million people, and the Douban score was as high as 9 points.
Decode China's development path and the secret of success, and show a vivid and three-dimensional China
In recent years, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has actively promoted China-Africa audio-visual exchanges and cooperation, translating more than 200 Chinese programs into French, Hausa, Swahili and other African languages and broadcasting them locally, which has promoted the rapid development of the Chinese-African translation and production industry. At the 2021 China-Africa Audiovisual Program Promotion Conference and the launching ceremony of the Chinese TV series "Mountains and Seas" (French version), a number of outstanding audiovisual works such as the Chinese TV series "Meritorious" and "Together" and the China-Africa cooperation documentary "Walking with Africa" were unveiled. These works will be broadcast on platforms such as Senegal, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and orTC in the Comoros, New Horizons in Morocco, among others.
In November 2021, the anti-epidemic tv series "Together" won the highest honor of the Asia Broadcasting Union Television Drama Awards. This is the first time in nearly a decade that the award has been awarded to a Chinese media outlet. The jury commented: "This is a story of love, courage, sacrifice and humanity that resonates with everyone living on the planet under the pandemic. The plot of this TV series is ingenious, wonderfully interpreted, and deeply moving. The drama simultaneously covers more than 200 countries and regions through new media, and has been translated into English, Vietnamese, Persian, Mongolian and other languages to land on television stations in more than 10 countries. Overseas netizens left a message saying that like the Chinese miracle of "Vulcan Mountain", the launch of "Together" is also an "extraordinary" state, which is the "Chinese speed" that is difficult to replicate by the advanced film and television industry system represented by Hollywood.
Throughout the creation and production of TV dramas in 2021, a large number of excellent works with novel creative models, superior artistic quality and significant social benefits have emerged, and art has reproduced the great course of the centenary of the founding of the party, shining with the light of ideals and beliefs. Great times call for great works, and great works reflect great times. We have reason to believe that in 2022, there will be more and better TV series to shine on the screen.
Guangming Daily ( 2022-01-26 15th edition)
Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily