The plot of "The World of Man" has come to an end, and the story of the old Zhou family is about to end. A wave of reluctance gradually surged into the hearts of the audience.
With the popularity of TV dramas, "The World of Man" has become another successful case of "excellent literary works being adapted into high-quality dramas", providing experience for literature to continuously extend its own value in the new era.
In order to deeply discuss and summarize the experience of literary film and television adaptation, a symposium on "The World of Man" sponsored by the Chinese Writers Association with the theme of "From Literature to Film and Television" was held in Beijing today.
1. Illuminate the beautiful life with the light of literature, film and television
"Human World" is a novel created by Mr. Liang Xiaosheng, a 1.15 million-word masterpiece of contemporary reality, known as "50 years of chinese people's life history", creating a miracle in the release of original novels in recent years.
After the adapted TV series was broadcast on CCTV, the original novel quickly became a "hit" again, climbing to the forefront of the best-selling versions of major book sales platforms. This is an excellent example of the deep integration and connection development of literature and film and television.
Tie Ning, chairman of the China Writers Association and chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said in his speech: "The popularity of "The World of Man" has once again effectively proved the intimate relationship between literature and film and television, from literature to film and television, which is not only describing a process, but also marking a vast space for vigorous creation and acceptance."
Zhang Hongsen, secretary of the party leading group, vice chairman and secretary of the secretariat of the China Writers Association, said in his speech: "'The World of Man' has been successfully adapted into a TV series, which has become the focus of social culture and become a blockbuster TV series, which is an inspiring thing and full of enlightening significance!"
"Our screen has been unfamiliar with what 'The World' has been saying for too long, and we must once again reaffirm this common sense with successful practice – the spirit of realism. Literary character is the spirit and character necessary for film and television creation, and human fireworks are the daily sexual objects of the screen and screen. The success of "The World of Man" once again proves the epic pursuit, the great vitality of the people's aesthetics!"
Shen Jijun, deputy director of the Film and Television Drama Documentary Center of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, introduced the broadcast effect of the TV series "The World of Man" at the meeting: It has created a new high for CCTV in the past five years.
He also said that this drama shows a characteristic: "People of all ages are very concerned, even after 00, after 10 are pursuing this drama, and chasing dramas from generation to generation has become a phenomenon." Some ratings analysis pointed out that soon after the start of the broadcast in the world, it led to a significant increase in the ratings of people of all ages, especially stimulating the enthusiasm of young people to chase dramas. ”
2. Creative words: The birth of "The World of Man"
At the meeting, there was a scene that touched everyone present: after the screenwriter Wang Haiyu's speech, Liang Xiaosheng stood up, and the two shook hands excitedly with gratitude to each other.
The original Liang Xiaosheng, director Li Lu, and screenwriter Wang Haiyu told everyone about the birth process of "Human World" at the meeting, as well as their perceptions and gains from it.
Liang Xiaosheng told everyone that when he first learned that he wanted to adapt "The World" in film and television, he was strongly opposed. However, when director Li Lu took over and said, "This is the work I am looking for", the pendulum of "Human World" from literature to film and television adaptation began to swing officially.
Director Li Lu said that the original novel of "The World of Man" provided a basis for the transformation of literature into film and television: First, the living and standing group portraits of characters; The second is the depth of history; The third is the human fireworks smell of the story.
He told everyone about the bitterness behind the adaptation and production of the TV series: there were a thousand people in the highest period of the whole crew, which was divided into two groups for a period of time, and the other group needed a person to shoot on the screen, he shot one, and the director watched one.
When "The World of Man" was broadcast, director Li Lu said: "The hot heart of our creators has been accepted by hundreds of millions of viewers across the country."
Screenwriter Wang Haiyu took the invitation to adapt the novel in 2018 as the timeline, telling his own four years of creative process.
"From 'The World of Man', I peeked into what the truth of history really is, and I saw a certain group of representative small people in a certain historical stage of China, who are real, solid, and vivid, and can be regarded as the image of traditional Chinese culture."
The TV series "The World of Man" builds a dramatic structure with the family as the core, not only because the family ethics drama has a wide audience and is Wang Haiyu's area of expertise, but also because of the family culture in traditional Chinese culture, so that each life is no longer an isolated life, but has an emotional connection with other lives, which is the reason why the Chinese nation is standing firm.
3. Expert hot comments: the strong combination of literature and film and television
At the meeting, several experts and scholars also expressed their views on "The World of Man" and the transformation of literature and film and television.
Hu Ping, deputy director of the Novel Committee of the China Writers Association, believes that "The World of Man" is not only loved by people who have experienced this historical era, but also by young people, because this drama is close to our real life, which has the delicate logic of life.
"Whether it's a TV series or a novel, 'The World' is Chinese encyclopedia. For example, how to give gifts, how to get along with relatives, how to be a good person, and the foundation of a family..." Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of Literature and Art Daily, gave such an evaluation.
Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association and former secretary general of the China Filmmakers Association, expounded his understanding of the "epic" to everyone: "It is not only an objective and true presentation of this social history and people's hearts, then it also includes some very important dimensions, first of all, there must be a people's stand."
"In such a dimension, the original novels and TV series of "The World of Man" have reached a new height of artistic writing of people's epics, and are also an iconic work of people's aesthetics."
When talking about the "IP" development of literary works, Pan Kaixiong, former member of the party group and vice president of China Publishing Group Corporation, said that the novel "Human World" is a veritable "IP", and when its classicity is gradually recognized and determined by people, the space for it to be interpreted will inevitably continue to enlarge, which also means that the space for this "IP" to be developed will be greater.
"The success of this feature-length TV series not only brings pleasant aesthetic enjoyment to the audience, but also provides a successful case for the construction and development of the mainland's cultural industry."
Wang Yichuan, a professor at Beijing Normal University and vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Critics Association, commented from an aesthetic point of view: "'In the World' has allowed Chinese-style mental wisdom to lead the spiritual principles of realism, and has embarked on an artistic path of Chinese-style realism, which can give useful aesthetic paradigm enlightenment to contemporary TV dramas of similar themes and other types of artistic creation."
"The World of Man" provides us with a particularly good example, so that everyone can deeply understand where the direction of literature in the new era and literary and artistic creation in the new era is.
Looking forward to more excellent works integrating literature and film and television in the future!
Source: China Net