At the end of April, the national drama is particularly lively, but in the bustle, it also reveals a coldness.
On the one hand, the new drama continues to broadcast, on the other hand, the real ratings of the king of explosions, did not really appear, the overall ratings of the market, and even a certain slippage.
Chen Baoguo and Feng Shaofeng led the historical drama "Mountains and Rivers Yueming", which is barely supported at about 0.6 under the support of the old drama bones. Behind the Douban 5.4 score, there is also a controversy about the historical common sense in the play.
Hunan Satellite TV took over the "Jade Face Peach Blossom Always Meet" of "Speak Well", with a rating of about 0.5. Zhejiang Satellite TV and Oriental Satellite TV's "Special Battle Glory" ratings have always hovered around 0.4.
Although the quality of the Central Eight historical drama "Wind Rises in Longxi" is good, it has encountered a low tide in ratings, and after the ratings on the first day failed to break one, the ratings continued to decline significantly on the second day of broadcasting.
Only one set of CCTV broadcast Pan Yueming Wang Ou's new drama "The Covenant of New Residence" has become the only new drama with a rating of breaking 1.
The new drama "The Gate of Rebirth", starring Zhang Yi wang Junkai and cameoed by Pan Yueming, has gradually exceeded expectations and its popularity has risen all the way, but it is only online.
Is there really no dark horse in this April satellite TV drama?
Don't worry, the big drama is coming.
What is a drama? In my opinion, "The World of Man", the first major drama since the beginning of the year, is undoubtedly the first.
Why big? Because this is a civilian epic of a Chinese family spanning 50 years. Big, not big in the lineup, not big in the number of ratings, but the pattern, vision, and connotation of the episode.
In this sense, tonight's new drama of Beijing Satellite TV can also be called a real era drama - the new work created by the team of "Breaking into Guandong", "Canal Wind Flow".
There is a once well-known name behind the series: Mountain Shadow. Once upon a time, Mountain Shadow produced, must be a fine product.
And this mountain shadow drama, it has a series of well-known names, for example, Sarina, whose acting skills are amazing in "Breaking into Kanto", and who once again shocked the audience with "The World of Man".
There are also Gong Zheng, Li Naiwen, Song Jialun, Wang Yuanke, Yue Yang and other good actors.
Some people may ask: the era legend drama, there are still points to watch?
Perhaps, the golden age of legendary dramas of that era belonging to "Breaking into Kanto" has passed, but those good dramas with resounding quality and sound on the ground are always worth another fire.
1. Let's start with two cattle people
To say "Canal Winds", we must first say a drama, "Breaking into Kanto".
To say "Breaking into Kanto", we must first say two people: director, Zhang Xinjian, screenwriter, Gao Mantang.
In 1991, Zhang Xinjian served as the director of the historical figure drama "Confucius", which also opened the creation of Zhang Xinjian's epic drama.
The style of Zhang Xinjian's works is solid and thick, revealing the rough and heroic of a northeasterner, the protagonists in the play, usually "pure masters", watching his drama, it is like a cold winter moon, a pot of old wine poured down, cheerful.
But a good director must meet a good script and a good screenwriter in order to give full play.
Zhang Xinjian, on the other hand, met Gao Mantang.
The biggest feature of Gao Mantang's works is roughness, atmosphere, and full of grandfather style, often with a kind of national epic tragedy and pride, but it is very romantic in the bones.
You can see that when these two people meet together, it is absolute.
In 2006, Shanying planned to shoot "Breaking into the Guandong", Gao Mantang and Sun Jianye co-wrote the screenplay, and Zhang Xinjian and Kong Sheng co-directed.
Gao Mantang revised the outline of the script five times, revised the script three times, and finally changed his manuscript eight times to complete the script.
After the drama started, a total of 148 days of shooting, Zhang Xinjian and Kong Sheng each took a film crew, to Heilongjiang Heihe, Xuexiang, Hailin, Weihe, Harbin; Shandong Zhujiayu, Liubu, Zhoucun, Jiaonan; Shanghai Songjiang; Wuxi and other places, the transition reached as many as 16 times, the cycle was short, the itinerary was long, the weather was cold, the male protagonist Li Youbin once considered the physical condition and did not plan to pick up, but the crew eventually filmed a total of 1669 scenes.
In the end, the word-of-mouth ratings of the series were double-fried, which not only became the king of 2008, but also maintained a Douban score of 9.3.
After this drama, Zhang Xinjian directed the peasant epic drama "Old Farmer" written by Gao Mantang in 2014, which finally scored 8.7 points on Douban.
It can be said that as long as the two era drama cattle people cooperate, they will never disappoint the audience, and the Douban score has not been lowered to 8.5. And "The Great River Flow", it is the mountain shadow preparation, following the "Zhiqing", "Qingdao Past", "Old Farmer" and other classic Lu dramas, "Breaking into the Guandong" The original team of people and horses cooperated again.
Some people say, what is the original class? Li Youbin is coming, you restore the class. But I would like to say that the root of a series is not only in the actors, but also in its writers, directors? Otherwise, why did so many episodes full of old drama bones fail to meet expectations?
And Gao Mantang Zhang xinjian this combination, so far, the reputation has not been defeated once.
Now, it's time to tell the story.
2. Tell the story again
If "Breaking into the Guandong" mainly tells the story of the northeast, then "Canal Wind" mainly tells the story of Shandong.
First of all, "Canal Wind Flow", which canal is it?
Answer: Jining, Shandong, south of Weishan, east of Qufu, the Grand Canal through the city, the convenience of transportation, immersion in the wind of Kong meng, since ancient times, political dignitaries and merchants gathered, literati and scholars gathered, is the north of the well-known water and land docks, was named "canal capital" reputation.
It seems that Gao Mantang's pen together is an epic legendary drama.
The story starts from the early years of the Republic of China, spanning the historical changes of the nearly thirty years of the stormy meeting, compared to "Breaking into the Guandong" and "Old Peasants", which are all about a core character, this time Gao Mantang wrote more like a group drama: with the story of the three major families of "Jining Sanjie", the fate of many characters is legendary.
Combined with the trailer, there are four core characters in the story: Huang Zirong (played by Gong Zheng), who thinks that he is just and upright, Yi Yun , who is chivalrous and infatuated with yiyi (played by Wang Yuanke), Song Lusheng (played by Song Jialun), who is honest in business, and Yang Chunzao (played by Li Naiwen), who teaches and writes history.
There are officials, merchants, writers, soldiers, and bandits in the story, there are villains in the chaotic world, there are heroes who stand up to the sky, and there are children of the rivers and lakes full of righteousness.
But at the end of the story, it is still about the family style, family training, home country, and family, which is the righteousness of our Chinese. And the grand finale of the whole drama, it should be, is also a bloody battle to resist Japan and defend the family and defend the country.
It is not difficult to see that this should be a work with the style of "Breaking into the Kanto" and the "White Deer Plain" style character group portrait, and at the same time integrating the wild nature of the legendary drama of the Republic of China.
The thirty years in the story are exactly the thirty years of turmoil in history, and those who have experienced that year and month are all experienced, no matter how cruel the fate is, the spirit of one party has never been lost.
3. Eight major acting schools
Zhang Xinjian and Gao Mantang's drama to find actors also has a characteristic, the focus is not on fame and popularity, but on whether the actors and roles are right, so the dramas they cooperate with are also very actors and acting skills.
The cast this time is still a strong faction without exception, and such a solid cast is also worth watching.
What I'm most looking forward to, there are eight.
First, Sarina.
When Zhang Xinjian filmed "Breaking into the Kanto", he admired Sarina very much, and when he looked for Sarina to shoot this drama, "The World of Man" had not yet been broadcast, and he did not expect to catch a new ratings blessing.
Sarina is a late-blooming actress, and she was a classmate of Gao Shuguang and Guo Donglin in her early years. Although he had excellent grades in school, his development after graduation was not satisfactory, and he could not receive a play for six years, and he once wanted to give up.
But after seizing the opportunity, Sarina's acting skills quickly exploded, and "Breaking into Kanto" completely released her acting skills, but she did not expect that many years later, her acting skills in "The World" would go to a higher level.
Many domestic actors are good at emotional outbursts, but it is easy to put it, it is not easy to receive, and there are many moments in "The World" that need her to receive. In the end, her play touched so many people, also because the role of Zhou Mu encountered a lot of wind and rain, but most of the time Sarina's treatment was to hide the tears as much as possible. Either turn your back on your face, or you can't see the child and cry silently.
The power of the characters in this performance is very powerful. This time back to the mountain film drama, but also with the good at digging up her acting skills of the main creator cooperation, Sarina in the play, is obviously a deep sense of the role of the family mother, the trailer has a scene in which she reprimanded the villain played by Yue Yang, which has made my blood boil.
It is estimated that sarina's acting skills this time will brush the screen again.
Second, Li Naiwen.
This time, his name ranked third on the cast list.
Many people will ask, such a good golden supporting role, why can't you play the main role well?
At that time, on the drama stage, Li Naiwen was a well-known figure. From "A Street of Bad Words", "Rhinoceros in Love", and "Life Show", it has long established a performance style of steady knowledge and humor.
After "The Gathering Number" played the demolitionist Lü Kuanggou, he entered the film and television circle and became one of the most popular green leaves for directors in Chinese dramas.
"Great Qin Fu" is a drama in which the collective performance of the old actors and good actors is abnormal, Duan Yihong's performance in the play has not really met expectations, and the only ones who have supported the acting skills are Xin Baiqing's Qin Yi and Li Si, played by Li Naiwen.
However, in recent years, Li Naiwen has acted in many plays, and there are not many roles to play, not negative roles with limited roles, such as Yuan Quan's husband in "Meet the Season", or a comedy character with a slippery tone.
Fortunately, this time his role is Yang Chunzao, who teaches to write history, and several scenes in the trailer, as soon as he appears, a few shots, the enthusiasm of the blood, it comes out. This should also be a rare role for Li Naiwen in recent years to have a heavy role and an extremely bloody character setting.
I can't wait to see how Lee Nai-man plays the character's integrity.
The third, the male protagonist, Gong Zheng.
An underrated good actor.
Gong Zheng was not originally an actor, but a CCTV host. Holding the golden rice bowl of CCTV, he was determined to chase his dream of being an actor, took the initiative to leave CCTV, and applied for the Central Academy of Drama.
In recent years, Gong Zheng has not been popular in the entertainment industry, but he has been silently shining.
In addition to being a regular guest of mountain film dramas, he has also starred in Yong Rui in "The Legend of Mi Yue", and Qin Yuning in "Emergency Department Doctor", and is an actor with good acting skills that the director loves to use.
In "Opponent", he plays a handsome and handsome Kim Shida who specializes in deceiving women.
Although the role is sinister, Gong Zheng does play him very handsome, and this role is convincing.
Although his role this time is not a big male protagonist, he is still the key male protagonist. There is a scene in the trailer where he slaps Yue Yang's role, which can see the explosive power of his acting skills.
Every time the male one of the Gao Mantang drama is a very male charismatic role, the big beam is also Li Youbin, Chen Baoguo and other old drama bones, this time Gong Zheng can not hold the scene, can not be brilliant, then wait for the series to start.
The fourth, Wang Yuanke.
An underrated actress. As early as "Soldiers Under the City", she has performed in a three-dimensional performance of "one person dividing multiple angles", portraying Ye Mei, a character with multiple identities, into three points, which is very three-dimensional.
However, the actress left not enough space for her role after giving birth, but she still left an impression on the audience in dramas such as "Yanxi Raiders" and "Qingping Le".
When playing a supporting role, this is an actor who pays attention to detail, and in "Yanxi Raiders", you can see that her form has gradually straightened up from the beginning of the rickety, and then gradually straightened up, behind which is the character's psychology changes with the environment.
This time she finally got the role of the heroine, but also played the dare to love and dare to hate the jianghu woman, the key moment, wrapped in explosives, single-handedly dare to rob the fierce role of the court, in the trailer, once gentle and gentle pure concubine, playing the female righteous bandit actually has a style, no violation.
But whether the main drama can be brilliant or not is the key.
Fifth place, Yue Yang.
Another good actor whose role is greater than his popularity. He is also an actor who never makes a mistake in playing a villain.
Yue Yang is also a drama actor, and his first TV series is "Breaking into Kanto". Over the years, he has appeared in many noonday sun dramas, most of which are outstanding villains.
In "The Pretender", he played the role of "Liang Zhongchun", the director of the No. 76 Operations Department set up by the Wang puppet government, cunning, greasy, and even shameless, but the finale scene also played the character's deep sadness, and this role was too wonderful.
In "Ode to Joy", he played Fan Shengmei's idle brother.
This time Yue Yang's role is obviously a negative character who wants to fish in muddy waters in the chaotic world, and in the trailer he is beaten and scolded, and he is a little pitiful in the bad, hoping that this time can make this good actor addicted.
Sixth, Liu Wei.
Another well-known faction.
Since the 1990s, he has been a well-known actor in China, good at playing humorous and witty roles, but also has a heavy historical role.
In recent years, he has acted in fewer plays, but the weight in the industry is still very sufficient, Zhao Liying's new drama "Happiness to Ten Thousand Families", he played the role of the heavy male number two, and Zhao Liying's role from the beginning to the end, but also once again proved his strength.
This time with Shanying, he played a righteous bandit who robbed the rich and the poor in a chaotic world, and should also have a very wonderful performance.
Seventh, Wang Yichun.
The actor whose acting skills are recognized for his successful appearance in "Yongzheng Dynasty" yin yu is also very active recently, playing the "sick tiger" Yang Taiyi in "The Sword In the Snow" at the end of last year, and playing the prototype Yao Guangxiao of Yang Taiyi in "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming".
Watching more Wang Yichun play the role of belly black and conspirator, and then looking at the character played by Wang Yichun this time, who has no remorse in the face of national righteousness, it should be more interesting.
Eighth place, Song Jialun.
It is also an actor whose name is not as good as his role that impresses the audience.
Song Jialun is also best at period dramas, and the Luohan he played in "Red Sorghum" impressed the audience, and in the mountain film drama, an actor like him can be described as a fish in the water.
Although it cannot be the protagonist, it can give full play to the position of the supporting role.
It can be said that with these good actors, the whole drama has a guarantee. Gao Mantang will not let an actor who cannot act spoil his role.
For these good actors, there is no shortage of acting skills, what is missing is good roles, and I hope that this time, they can all create new classic roles.
In particular, these characters should be very dramatic, very full of the wind and bones of the characters in the high-end drama, they are caught up in the tide, unable to grasp the direction of their fate.
But they can keep their own family style and family training, keep the wind and bones of a generation, and the years have already printed the same marks on them.
Come to think of it, these roles are not good characters from the perspective of maximizing revenue, the shooting time is long, the performance is difficult, and the period drama is not the most profitable play, but the talent who has no distractions and no distractions for the performance is like a treasure.
Fourth, the legendary drama of the era at the bottom of the mountain shadow pressure box, is it okay?
It can be seen that this is a standard period drama, with hot blood, arrogance, strong characters, and many magnificent scenes.
Last year, 80% of this type would be considered too old for anyone to look at. But the ratings of several successive period dramas this year show that it is not such a magnificent period drama that is not popular, on the contrary, the audience group has always been there, and the audience does not want to watch, but only failed period dramas. Only this one can withstand the test of the audience, this "Canal Wind Flow", has its own wind flow.
The period drama is like this, the annual rings are one by one, deep into the bones. You can't tell from the outside that it's going through the years unless you cut it open to look at the texture.
If you don't watch period dramas, you will rarely realize what kind of days they had, let alone realize what kind of spirit the people of that era had.
And this is the essence of the era legendary drama witnessed by Gao Mantang, Zhang Xinjian, and Sarina, the creators who came from the golden age of period dramas: the most legendary is always people.
This wave of national drama ratings war, more and more lively, I am not sure that "Canal Wind" will be able to win, but I can be sure that this kind of quality drama, must be worth it.
It's not that being a king bomber is a good drama, but it deserves it.