Remember, "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming". Airborne fixed file, won the first place in the ratings, the history of the drama, and indeed can still play.
The Year of the Tiger has not yet reached a quarter, the main drama has already played several trump cards, the era drama "The World" swept the national ratings champion in the past month on CCTV, and the central eighty-two round of broadcast swept the champion for nearly a month, and it ranked in the top five of the whole network for more than two months. The big drama of the era, hardened.
Zhang Fengyi starred in "A Generation of Hong Shang" while the iron was hot, and the series began to rank second in the national ratings, and the legendary drama of the era stood firm.
When will it be the turn of the historical drama that has not been a hit for more than ten years, and also in the spring of this drama, raise your eyebrows and breathe again?
Tonight, Beijing Satellite TV finally ushered in its first costume drama in 2022! One shot is the first tv rating.
Final episodes: 45 episodes. A lot less, but enough to see.
For a long time in the past, the question of a national drama was: Can the historical drama that has not been out of the king for 16 years return to the peak?
Over the past ten years, historical dramas on the market have gradually become ancient puppet dramas. This time, can "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", which gathers 9 top acting schools, end the lasting decline of historical dramas?
When Zhang Fengyi, Chen Baoguo, and Wang Ji, three old drama bones joined forces to play, all doubts disappeared.
A scene in which Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma invite Xu Da to dinner, first Zhu Yuanzhang asked Empress Ma to drink porridge, and the two of them talked about how to reward Xu Da while eating. When it was time to eat, a scene of eating roasted geese not only recalled several major events of Zhu Yuanzhang's fight against the world, paving the way for the ending of Xu Da's character, but also brought back the drama of the historical drama. Isn't this roast goose fragrant? True fragrance.
How exactly does the historical drama turn over? Go, see how magnificent "Mountains and Rivers" is tonight?
1. Story 1: Delete "Palace Fight Drama", "Mountains and Rivers" are still bright
Let's not talk about the lineup, let's talk about two key points: one, deletion, and two, the story. Because this is the key to determining the quality of a historical drama.
The drama has been completed as early as August 2018, but because of the theme, it has been in the review stage.
Why is it so hard? Because the play comes from the most dramatic and magnificent history of the Ming Dynasty, it tells the life of Zhu Di, the "Ming Chengzu", a Ming Dynasty historical song of "The Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the society".
Needless to say, this is a major historical theme.
Audit, of course, rigorous. On January 16 this year, CCTV released a dynamic, saying that in 2022, a number of costume historical dramas are expected to appear on the screen, including "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming".
Fans know that there is a score.
By tonight, airborne and broadcast. In terms of the number of episodes, 80 episodes become 45 episodes.
This of course caused the audience to worry: will deleting so much affect the quality?
Judging from the premiere episode, my judgment is: of course it will, because the quality will be improved.
Listen to what Ghosh said, "The deletions are mainly some palace struggles and power plots that have no historical data to support, and in order to make the plot coherent, the narration is added to the later revisions."
Two key points: First, if there is no historical evidence, delete. Second, delete the focus, palace fight drama.
Isn't that a good thing you can't find with a lantern?
At least from the premiere episode, there is neither a joke about history nor any trace of deletion.
Palace fights? Didn't find it. Only full of fireworks.
2019's "Daming Fenghua" is an example of the standard palace fighting drama dragging down the collection of good dramas, the first half of Wang Xuexi and Liang Guanhua's old drama bone fighting drama to fly, word of mouth ratings double, but by the follow-up palace fight drama code dragged down word of mouth.
This time, if the extra palace fight scene is really deleted in one breath, is it not the blessing of the fans? The audience doesn't want to see so many inexplicable palace fights!
2, the weight of the drama: the ancient puppet ugly man retreated, and finally saw the real historical drama
Let's look at the second key point: after deletion, the main story line has not changed, what is the 53 episodes about?
The answer is that Zhu Di, played by Cheng Yi and Feng Shaofeng, went from a young talent to a later conquest of the battlefield, participated in the competition of the court, and finally launched the Battle of Jingnan, creating a legendary life of "Yongle Shengshi".
In the first episode, it was paved with the appearance of the teenager Zhu Di.
In previous film and television dramas, Zhu Di often appeared as an ambitious usurper, but this time, "Mountains and Rivers Yueming" finally told the three life stages of Zhu Di's life in its entirety.
The first stage: Zhu Di, who was a teenager, was full of vigor and spirit, but he was in the court but his heart was indifferent to the north.
The main plot of the premiere episode is that the teenager Zhu Di is arranged for marriage, but he does not want to get married.
This future Emperor Daming must go through wolf smoke and fire before he can gradually reveal the future emperor's aura.
Zhu Yuanzhang, played by Chen Baoguo, made a conclusion about the crown prince Zhu Biao: In the future, the fourth brother will be your good help.
If Zhu Biao does not die, a generation of famous generals may be Zhu Di's life.
But history sometimes takes a turn for the worse, sometimes because of personal accidents: in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392), Zhu Biao died of illness after returning from an inspection in Shaanxi.
The second stage: the adult Zhu Di, played by Feng Shaofeng, has gradually grown into a mature politician after the experience and baptism of the court dispute and the change of the palace, facing Zhu Yunjiao, who constantly cuts the domain and kills his siblings.
First of all, "learn to dress up as a sheep", pretend to be crazy and stupid to avoid a disaster,
Then raise the banner of Fengtian Jingnan and decide the world in one battle.
The third stage: after Zhu Di seized the throne, he created the cabinet, the canal was dredged, the two expeditions to the north of the desert, the five nanyangs, the three thousand scholars, and the 800,000 troops under Annam. Achievement of Yongle prosperous world.
Zhu Di's life was truly a life of war.
War is also the story charm of historical dramas.
Young soldiers lead the army to fight, the two armies are opposed, and the foreign enemy invades with ten thousand arrows, of course, it is a battle.
But these battles are all tables.
The real battle of kings lies in the hearts of the people.
When he was a teenager, Zhu Dijun was taught by the famous general Xu Da, and his elder brother Zhu Biao took care of him.
As an adult, Zhu Di has a meandering journey, encountering the hearts of the people in power, calculating in the court, and all kinds of crises hidden in the shadows.
After Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, he encountered more power suspicions, palace battles for power, crises in the cutting of the domain, and the strange storms in the dappled shadows.
When the Kings of Zhou, Daiwang, Qi, and Min were deposed one after another, Zhu Bai, the King of Xiang, was humiliated and set himself on fire. Zhu Di eventually launched the "Battle of Jingnan".
What happens is history, and behind history is the human heart.
Don't underestimate it. The human heart, although subtle and invisible, is a grain of fine sand that influences the pattern of the times.
But the human heart is not the human heart of one person, but the human heart of the people in the world, and it is conceivable that the human heart of so many people will be a variable that affects the current situation.
People's hearts are turned on their backs, and history is in full swing.
In the final analysis, it is not the exhaustion of voice and the galloping of horses to call the battlefield, that is the final result of the battlefield -
The human heart is the most fundamental battlefield.
So, how to photograph the hearts of a large number of historical figures such as Zhu Biao, The Prince of Yiwen, Zhu Yunjiao, Emperor Jianwen, Empress Ma, Empress Xu, Xu Da, Liu Bowen, and so on? How to present the wonderful history of Yongle the Great before and after his ascension to the throne?
It is nothing more than listening to thunder in the silent place.
Can it be filmed? Watch the old drama bones.
3. Per capita drama bone: 9 acting school support, male Feng Shaofeng, special role in Cheng Yi, can he hold up?
The best drama is by no means a historical story.
Instead, it is a comprehensive and objective display of historical facts, leaving the merits of the characters to posterity for comment.
In other words, the hero portrayed in the play does not have to be a hero of Wei Guangzheng, but a three-dimensional person.
Therefore, the fans of historical dramas are blessed, because the most enjoyable place of historical dramas is that the full acting school, the immortals fight, and each other!
The most typical is "Daming Dynasty", Jiajing Emperor, Yan Song father and son, Hu Zongxian, Hai Rui, Yang Jinshui, each full of drama, so far evocative.
Some people say that as soon as Chen Baoguo appeared, it was the feeling of a historical drama.
The first drama bone that pressed for "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" was Chen Baoguo.
Last time, without blowing his beard and glaring, a cloud in the blue sky and water in the bottle, performing the Jiajing Emperor who played with power.
In "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", Zhu Yuanzhang, played by him, is a generation of male lords entering the twilight years.
In the first episode, this emperor not only has the momentum of a king, but also the pyrotechnics.
One laughs and controls the courtiers, and the other disciplines his children and grandchildren.
On the one hand, he was spat upon by the queen played by Wang Ji, and on the other hand, he was furious with the thunder of the courtiers...
From the thoughts of the courtiers to the self-endangerment of everyone and the silence of the birds, a change unfolded so slowly.
What a wonderful one-man show.
One character, several attributes, he holds steady. It is not difficult to guess that before Chen Baoguo left the play, the famous scenes of the junchen fighting scene in the whole play must be wave after wave.
After all, if you look down, there is more than one fierce horn.
The second old drama bone, played by South Korean Gong Lee Sun-chang, Wang Qingxiang.
In the trailer, he only appeared for a few seconds, but every word was convincing, which was the strength of the old drama bone.
"Gong Haneda" in "Generation Grandmaster", Hu Zongxian in "Daming Dynasty", and Qin Zhaoxiang King in "Great Qin Empire" are always introverted, and each role is loud.
The third old drama bone, Wang Jinsong, who played with Chen Baoguo in "Daming Dynasty", joined forces again 15 years later to interpret the story of the Ming Dynasty.
This time, his role became a generation of legendary Liu Bowen.
This casting, absolutely!
The fourth old drama bone, Zhang Fengyi, plays Xu Da. This old drama bone also contracted the biggest acting highlights of the first episode.
The representative of the domestic film and television tough guy at that time, it seems, there are no new works for several years, and the result is a series of large-scale productions, CCTV's eight sets of "A Generation of Hong Shang" is him, and "Love to Fight will Win" also has him.
Ancient warrior, Zhang Fengyi has long acted, "Kyushu Muyi".
This time playing the god of war Xu Da is simply handy. Watching the first episode, Zhang Fengyi and Chen Baoguo's opponents can play a lot, well, there are good dramas to watch. A scene of eating roast goose, the old drama bone drama, that taste, fragrant!
The fifth drama bone, Wang Ji. Played Zhu Yuanzhang's original horse empress.
The top actress who won the award with "Beijingers in New York" and "The First Floor of the World" this time was a deep love affair with Chen Baoguo, watching the two get along more like a folk couple, living together, one cooking, one eating, chatting, teasing, and beating the emperor.
A big tear in the next play also comes from her - the allusion of "Empress Ma pity the doctor".
In history, Empress Ma knew that she was seriously ill and difficult to treat, and her life was short, so she could not bear to let Zhu Yuanzhang be angry and punish the Tai Doctor because of this, and did not allow the treatment behind closed doors.
In the trailer alone, watching Feng Shaofeng prostrate his head vigorously, Chen Baoguo saw his wife not looking at the doctor, crying and stomping his feet outside the door, the taste of drama, has exploded.
It's not enough.
There is also a generation of famous ministers Played by Du Yuan, an old drama bone.
Wang Yichun plays yao Guangxiao, the black-clad prime minister.
Zhang Guangbei played the general of the Yuan Army.
The daughter of Xu Da, played by Ying'er, Empress Mingcheng Zurenxiao, the dignified and elegant Xu Miaoyun.
Ying Er is strictly not an acting school, but in the play, she wears a Chinese costume, wears a phoenix crown, is gentle and atmospheric, has the style of a mother of a country, and also has the shyness of a wife, and the correct casting adds points to her acting skills.
There are also some overlooked acting schools. For example, Zhu Biao's actor He Shengming.
As soon as he appeared, he was elegant and capable, had both moral integrity and ability, and was a benevolent man.
This is also the second cooperation between Feng Shaofeng and He Shengming after "Palace", although this time Feng Shaofeng finally has the opportunity to sit on the throne, but He Shengming is still the eldest brother.
Having said all that, the finale has not yet been said.
Protagonist, who? Zhu Di, played by Cheng Yi, and Feng Shaofeng.
Let's start with Cheng Yi, the feeling of the first episode, the right way.
The young Zhu Di, straightforward and courageous, has a heart for the country and the world, disregards the private feelings of his children, and is angry with the young man.
Cheng Yi, who was not yet popular at that time, performed that momentum.
Let's talk about Feng Shaofeng.
From the appearance, it does not belong to that kind of hard school student, and there is less of Zhu Di's "fierceness" and domineering. But you can feel the so-called imperial aura in the character from his eyebrows.
Although Wang Xuexi's Zhu Di in "Daming Style" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Feng Shaofeng should be able to perform his own taste.
Zhu Di is difficult to act, but it is difficult to act before acting.
What's the point? This is a figure pushed by history.
As a teenager in the army, he did not want to compete with his eldest brother Zhu Biao for the world, but he was wrapped up in the turmoil and turmoil of the current situation, and was forced by fate to the road of god king.
In the preview, Feng Shaofeng's two scenes impressed me, one is to hear about the cutting of the domain, and vomit blood in a hurry,
The second is to decide to send troops, squinting eyes, arrogant, wolf-eyed, murderous and determined to write a face.
To put it bluntly, this is a growing king.
To act, just perform those grass snake gray lines that are meaningful in fate, and perform the sense of fate that can't help yourself.
Look at the trailer, is the old drama bone fight drama good? It's so pretty.
But this scene is not only good for those silent hands in the painting.
There is also a blank space between the hearts and battles, a few glances, foreshadowing, a sigh, and the fate of the characters and the direction of the pattern are brought along.
I want to say that only such a first-line hardcore lineup is worthy of this great ming mountain and river bright moon, those epic past events of blood and fire, power and conspiracy.
4. Historical drama "Mountains and Rivers": Once a big drama is out, can the historical drama be "mountains and rivers and moons"?
I know what some fans are worried about — the director, Ghosh.
He has worked on major dramas such as "Armageddon", "The Sky of History", "Legend of Chu Han", "New Three Kingdoms" and so on, with continuous explosions, awards and word-of-mouth controversy.
What is Ghosh's level of directing? I think that the standard line representing domestic historical dramas is absolutely the most stable. On the impact and burst of power of the series, the blood of the perception may not be several domestic directors who can reach his level.
The second biggest weight of the play is investment, and Huanrui has laid down blood for this drama.
One of the statements about the investment in this drama is: 320 million, don't forget, that is the investment amount in 2018, it can be said that this is the ceiling of the current domestic historical drama investment.
If you lack money, how to make such a picture.
This group battle scene of thousands of troops attacking the city is indeed much more magnificent than when "Three Kingdoms" was launched.
If you lack money, how to make this level of lens language.
The cinematography of this drama is Zhang Wenjie, the photographer of "The Age of Awakening", who can see the color matching atmosphere of the series, the composition and light and shadow of the picture, the scheduling and editing are just right, this multi-camera conversion... Texture does not lose the movie.
If you lack money, how to make such a delicate service.
Regardless of the official clothes and costumes of the Ming Dynasty, the makeup and hair of female characters, many historical bloggers and ordinary audiences have given praise, and when they see the Ming Dynasty Empress Zhai and the Prince's Crown Dress, it is certain that the costumes of historical dramas are finally no longer chaotic.
But can the series return to the pinnacle of historical drama in one fell swoop? It's still suspenseful.
For the audiences of the 80s and 90s, historical dramas have occupied the golden memories of their childhood dramas.
In 1995's "Wu Zetian", the viewership share reached 34.7%. "Yongzheng Dynasty" was broadcast on CCTV in 1999 when the ratings were as high as 19%, and the ratings in the northern region once exceeded 80%, and the real crowds were empty.
In 2001, CCTV's eight sets of broadcasts of "Kangxi Dynasty" ranked fourth in the annual ratings, with a rating of 8.47%; in 2002, "The Granary of the World" ranked first in the annual rating of 10.6% on the comprehensive channel.
However, such a golden age of historical dramas has passed too long, and in recent years, more historical dramas have been "rating tragedies".
Which was the last work that can be called the historical drama Wang Bang? Coincidentally, it is also about the history of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also Chen Baoguo starring as an emperor - "Daming Dynasty 1566".
At that time, the average rating of Hunan Satellite TV was 2%-3%, and the ratings of the drama did not exceed 0.5%, and the audience could not understand it, but it was addictive, what a thing, but with the precipitation of the years, it became a Douban 9.7 point divine drama, and director Zhang Li was once again enshrined in the field of historical drama.
But it is also this big drama that makes the historical drama seriously hurt: if Hunan Tv invested a lot of resources, gathered the strongest acting lineup, and came up with the top historical drama quality, it also suffered a disastrous ratings, and the historical drama was still worthy of the market's trust?
Since then, historical dramas in the market, gradually fading, in recent years, the highly anticipated "Great Qin Fu", the score plummeted; the noonday sun's "Qing Ping Le", want to revitalize the weak.
The only one that can be seen in the ratings is coincidentally, and it is the "Great Ming Style" with the theme of Ming History, but it is still far from Wang Bombing.
Why hasn't anyone watched the historical drama?
First, in the era of focus on TV dramas, young audiences and female audiences have further become the mainstream of consumption in the television industry. The audience of the historical drama has been lost.
Second, the historical drama itself in recent years has also fallen into a certain bottleneck. In other words, the current historical dramas are almost devoid of the inner taste of the past.
The good thing about "Mountains and Rivers and Moonlight" is that no matter the grandeur and fullness of the story, or the explosion of the group drama acting skills, it has made the fans find a bit of the feeling of the golden age of historical drama.
Historical drama investment is large, word of mouth controversy, easy to be complained about, it is indeed difficult to shoot. In today's popular urban drama and ancient puppet drama, it is not pleasing.
However, the tide of historical drama is receding, and the audience is not to blame, because when filming historical dramas, they must be able to withstand the taste of examination and playfulness, and they can also resonate with their state of mind.
Can it be done this time? In a word, see if you can shoot the atmosphere of the historical drama.
Big, big with scenes, big lineup, to be worthy of this magnificent history, "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming", full score.
However, the greatness of the historical drama lies in the depiction and restoration of the essence of history, in the filming of the culture, ancient style, and the charm of the characters in the bones, and in outlining the wind and bones of an era.
If it can be done, then the "mountains and rivers" of the historical drama will surely shine again.