As autumn deepens, the competition for the series becomes more intense. Following the previous period of fashion dramas dominating the screen, with the popularity of dramas such as "Tang Dynasty Strange Tales" and "Please Jun", suspense/fantasy dramas have shown a trend of coming later in momentum.
The recent hit "Tang Dynasty Strange Tales", its twisted plot, real and fantasy visual imagination expression, online obedience Dao, these different "indicators" of good performance, all explain why the show can rise sharply with the progress of the platform.
"Don't need high-priced stars, focus on creating quality", is where many audiences are extremely satisfied with "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories". Not using high-priced stars does not mean that there are no stars: like the leading Yang Zhigang, he has a very wide audience base; Yang Xuwen's potential has always been good, and this time as the role of "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", it has undoubtedly become another plus. Law Jialiang in the starring cast has long been a well-deserved superstar of Hong Kong dramas since the 90s of the 20th century; Yao Anlian and Wang Jinsong belong to the acting school without the titles of "actor" and "emperor of sight", but they are recognized as having strength; Chen Chuang, Yue Lina, Liu Zhiyang, have become drama-level actors on the screen in recent years; "Yuanfang" Zhang Zijian has been broadening the drama path in recent years, and it is more like a surprise to the audience to appear in "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", after all, the character of "Su Nameless" is Di Renjie's student, so that the audience of the "Di Renjie Detective Series" undoubtedly has a little more closeness to the play.
As a representative of the popular and "new public case drama", "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories" is characterized by both suspense and visual imagination. There is a great ambition to integrate the drama version of the "Di Renjie Detective Series" and the Tsui Hark film version of the "Di Renjie Series". This is a difficult goal for series production. But undoubtedly, the production team of "Guo Jingyu - Baishan - Wei Fenghua - the entire crew" has done it. The production of the second season is naturally logical.
If it weren't for "The Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty", "Please Jun" would have almost carried the bull ear of recent fantasy dramas. Unlike "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", which focuses more on suspense, "Please Jun" is in some ways more like the baton of new chatter-type dramas such as "Siten".
The plot advantage of "Please Jun" is originally a typical "drama protector", plus the overall performance team is good, and some sensational details are done very carefully (such as the bridge of the soul of the spirit whale flying in the night sky), and it has been leading in the ratings list for a long time, which is naturally a reasonable reflection of its achievements.
Compared with these two dramas, "Punishment", which had a super hot response in the previous paragraph, suffered a loss in the second half of the plot. Originally, after the series was launched, it had ranked first in the total popularity list of the main platform. You must know that this overall list also includes variety shows, which largely shows the strength of the show's "fighting". If the plot of the second half of the game does not repeatedly use the fratricidal "old terrier" that young and middle-aged audiences do not buy, and pay more attention to the plot arrangement, it will definitely be a topic drama in 2022, and it is possible to impact the top word of mouth.
"Punishment" and another highly popular workplace suspense drama "Simply Word's Summer and Winter", from the age of the protagonist, it seems that they can be classified as "little middle-aged drama". The starring role is a little younger, or older, the requirements are not too strict, and you can control it. Huang Jingyu, Yang Youning, Zhu Yawen, Wan Qian, the challenges faced by actors of this age are not simply in terms of professionalism and performance, debuting for so many years, today is still standing in the position of the leading actor, the attitude is definitely no problem, and the performance ability is definitely above the passing line. So next, what is testing them? It is the ability to choose the script and the insight into the psychological state of characters of different ages, especially the latter, which is the key to determining whether the actor can finally succeed in playing tender or old, and it is also the decisive factor for the audience's reputation.
Film and television production has always emphasized the Tao. The current trend of high-definition playback equipment has also put forward higher requirements for film and television costumes, such as character makeup, styling, and scenes in the play, if they cannot withstand the test of high-definition lenses, it is easy to appear "not exquisite", thus affecting the audience's reputation.
In terms of video language, most hit dramas have pursuits. As far as the recent hit dramas are concerned, the performance in this regard is relatively outstanding, "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories" is counted as one, and "Punishment" is counted as one.
Bottom: "Punishment"
There is also music, several current hot dramas, the musical performance is definitely improved compared to the previous two years, but it is still less amazing. It should be mentioned that the musical level of "Please Jun" (in terms of its main audience age group) is good, and the ending song sung by Land Rover has played a role in icing on the cake.
Cast, plot, costumes, video language, music... Together constitute the word-of-mouth indicators of a series, the producer must be careful in every detail, and the spirit of craftsmanship is cultivated in this way.
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