In recent years, historical dramas have not been favored, either falling in love under the cloak of history, or tampering with history to the limit, playing the audience as monkeys.
However, the recently broadcast of "The World is Long", but many viewers were shocked, the plot setting is not a pleasant cool drama, nor is it a sweet and sadistic Yan drama, but it won the first place in the ratings for 13 consecutive days, the broadcast volume exceeded 800 million, and the Douban score was as high as 8. 2。
It can be said that this drama has finally given a proper name to historical dramas, even if you don't fall in love, you can make historical dramas well.
The broadcast of this drama can't help but remind people of a masterpiece more than ten years ago, which can be called the ceiling of historical dramas - "Daming Dynasty 1566".
The drama was scored 9.7 by 200,000 people on Douban, and many netizens have to brush it every year, and they can't get tired of watching it.
It is obviously a historical power drama, no small fresh meat, and even no filter, why is it so liked by the audience? And compared with "The Long River of the World", what is the difference? Let's find out.
01. The main plot line
If the two dramas are compared to the man who embarked on the road to the world, "Daming Dynasty 1566" is like a stumbling and ill-fated student, no one cares about it in the early stage, and finally climbs to the top, raising his eyebrows.
After initially airing a few episodes on Hunan Satellite TV, the ratings were dismal, and the data of crotch pulling was miserable, and he was directly locked up in a small black room. This level is 10 years, until the rise of online broadcasting platforms, Youku saw the potential of the show, bought the copyright, and did not want to directly seal the gods once it was broadcast.
Not only quickly aroused heated discussions on major social platforms, but was once called the pinnacle of historical power schemes.
In contrast, "The Long River of the World" is a student who has been optimistic about everyone since childhood, and it was full of expectations before it was broadcast, and it played steadily all the way, and now the limelight is in the limelight.
Two film and television works, one is based on the story of Jiajing and Hai Rui, and the other is based on Kangxi and Jin Fu.
Both stories start from natural disasters and lead to a real problem: man-made disasters.
The natural disaster of "Daming Dynasty" is snow that cannot be expected. At the beginning, it is a human life.
The Forbidden City in the cold winter moon has no snow for many days. An official who had been stripped of his official robes was beaten to death by eunuchs outside the noon gate.
The person who died was Zhou Yunyi, a small supervisor of stargazing and elephant watching, who was punished with a rod because he told the truth, but the "rod responsibility" was artificially increased and became a "rod death".
When the people were cold, no one cared, and the snow quietly fell all over the ground.
Snow debuted as a metaphor for the overall situation, and the snow flakes flew all over the sky, not like Ruixue, but like mourning clothes for the souls of the deceased.
And the scheming Jiajing Emperor, in the face of this turbulent dynasty, also has his own little Jiujiu in his heart, on the surface, he is dedicated to cultivating immortals and does not ask about world affairs, but in fact secretly observes everyone's movements.
The other protagonist in the play, Hai Rui, is a stunned young man, independent outside the bureaucracy, brave to speak out, and does not spare his life. In a hurry, Lian Qingliu scolded the emperor together, and there was a posture of "even the pot end". This "wantless" weirdo has also attracted endless storms.
The ending is still a snow, Jiajing closed his eyes and enjoyed eternal peace, Hai Rui came out of prison, and what awaits him and this dynasty is like walking on thin ice
The plot is penetrated by heavy snow without a trace, making the characters full and vivid.
Looking at the natural disaster of "The Long River of the World", it is unpredictable water. As soon as it came up, the Yellow River flooded in.
Jin Fu, who carried the flag, and Chen Huang, who called himself Hebo, formed a team to charge ahead, and Kangxi frantically supported behind against all odds. Round after round of floods swept in, but behind it were countless battlefields of gunsmoke.
The same story caused by natural disasters, one is the snow that cannot be expected, and the other is the water that cannot be blocked.
In a country built by people, natural disasters are never that simple. They are greedy desires, foolishness of ideas, in the words of Zhou Yunyi, the chief supervisor of Qin Tianjian in "Daming Dynasty 1566", "the anger of heaven and people's resentment".
The two historical dramas are also about striving for good governance, taking the story of the emperor and courtiers as the starting point, allowing us to see the difficulties under the peace.
Even if the decider makes up his mind, the forerunner has to slow down, because it is these invisible but fierce beasts that form a huge resistance, allowing people to carry the weight forward, and use a lifetime or even a dynasty to eliminate disasters.
It is not easy to shoot serious subjects well, especially historical dramas, the slightest scolding rushes in, the screenwriter of "Daming Dynasty 1566" Liu Heping can be called the "screenwriter god", the popular "Beiping No War", "Li Wei as an official", "Yongzheng Dynasty" are his masterpieces, each word of mouth burst, countless awards.
Zhang Ting, the screenwriter and director of "The World Has a Long River", is also not to be underestimated, and the once popular "Mulan", "Daming Fenghua", "Dream House on the Sea", and "The Wind Blows Half Summer" that has just been broadcast are all written by him.
A good screenwriter is like a hole card, which lays a solid foundation for the presentation of the whole play. And no matter how good the story is, it also needs the second creation of the actor to make the character come alive. Casting has become the main play, and a good director is like a coach on the sidelines of football, and the formation of troops is directly destined for word-of-mouth trends.
02. Casting experience
A well-made historical drama that has remained in the hearts of the audience for a long time is often a vivid and unique character. In terms of casting, "Daming Dynasty 1566" can be described as a twist and turn.
Among them, Emperor Jiajing is played by Chen Baoguo, who plays a suspicious, conceited "Taoist Emperor" into three points, and this drama has become his pinnacle.
In fact, when director Zhang Li first found Chen Baoguo, he wanted him to play Hai Rui, and he also intended to star. At that time, he had just played "The Great Emperor of Hanwu", and the role of looking for him was almost the emperor of Yishuier.
However, after seeing the script, he was moved by this different emperor and took the initiative to ask Ying to play Jiajing Emperor.
Therefore, the important role of Harry was vacated, and it was not until 12 days before the broadcast that the director invited Huang Zhizhong. At that time, Huang Zhizhong was physically strong, and in order to perform Hai Rui's thin characteristics, he deliberately lost 19 pounds in 12 days.
Now the old drama bone Huang Zhizhong is once again worthy of a big task in "The Long River of the World", playing Jin Fu, who swears to death to control the floods of the Yellow River.
This time he fought as always, there was a flood bridge, the crew made a 45-degree slide, used a shovel to lift the water, the water rebounded along the slide, and the monstrous waves rushed straight to people.
During the on-site shooting, the water wave immediately threw him out of the distance, causing his old injuries to recur, but for the progress of the crew, he has been insisting on pain, and said lightly: "There is nothing to be pretentious."
The casting of "The World is Long" is different from other dramas, not only measuring acting skills, but also referring to portraits, striving to restore historical figures to the greatest extent.
However, the portrait is not a three-dimensional GIF, simple line outline, casual makeup can pose for seven or eight portraits, which has also been complained by many netizens as deliberately creating a gimmick, in fact, the purpose of the crew is not to pursue a hairy, but to strive for a godlikeness.
Take Gao Shiqi, for example, his portrait is characterized by high cheekbones, such a popularity is not easy to mess with, and the mind has many brilliant ideas.
And Xu Qiankun, who looks humble, can see from the portrait that the corners of his eyes are stretched and he has a crying face.
His brother Yishui Er, but he was only 39 years old, although he gained fame, but in front of his family is a sesame, so his behavior will not be ostentatious and lively, but afraid of wolves and tigers, and he was even more scheming and introverted in his early years.
The most criticized by netizens is the female characters in the play.
Liu Yiying, who plays Kangxi's mother in the play, looks girly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a brother and sister. In fact, this is not a casting failure, but the role she plays, who has a brain problem, has always thought that she is a little girl, arguing to go home every day, and her mind is stuck at some point in time in the past.
And Liu Yihan, who plays Jin Fu's wife, also caused heated discussions as soon as he appeared, his appearance is too high, his age is too young, there is no white hair on his forehead, there are no wrinkles on his face, and his fingers are as tender as green onions, is this appropriate?
Although such a character is not contrary to history from the perspective of age, after all, the average Qing Dynasty woman married at the age of 15. But Li Xinzhe, who plays Jin Fu's son, is 27 years old and stands with 35-year-old Liu Yihan, and he doesn't look like a mother and son.
Especially when the three of them are in the same frame, it is more like the little two listening to their father's reprimand. It is understandable to deliberately show that the old husband and young wife are used, and it makes sense to present the contrast with makeup, but the age gap between the two generations is too small for the audience to fully accept.
The casting of a drama is difficult to follow people's wishes, and mature audiences never define the advantages and disadvantages of a drama at a single level. So how do the two dramas perform in terms of acting skills and details?
03. Actor performance
In "Daming Dynasty 1566", Chen Baoguo, as an emperor professional, has just the right grasp of a narcissistic, moody, and fierce "Immortal Emperor".
In order to play an emperor with an extremely deep city, he rubbed the imperial heart technique in his expression and lines, revealing information with anger and anger.
Today is unhappy, suspicion grows on the face.
Today, when I am happy, let people dress up the adults in an idyllic style, and they love to see the helpless look of old things.
When listening to the newspaper, turn your back and smile slyly, not just for the content.
When empowering officials, they love to play straight balls without faking big air at all.
As long as Lao Tzu is happy, heaven and earth let me dance, and the four seas rely on my waves.
When he learned that Yan Maoqing collected the salt tax and embezzled more than 2 million yuan for the Yan Party, and he had lost a lot, his head tattoo flew angry.
The Jiaqing Emperor played by Chen Baoguo is vivid and tense, shaping the characters into three-dimensional and full, this role runs through the whole play, and the acting skills can withstand scrutiny, which can be described as an indispensable contribution.
Not only is the protagonist vivid, but the supporting roles are not left behind. Wang Jinsong plays the eunuch Yang Jinshui who is powerful and exquisite, and those who have seen this drama must have seen his famous scene full of needles.
This scene is not a special effect, in order to pursue the real effect, the crew found a doctor and pierced more than 40 silver needles into his face, and the rejection reaction made the whole face swollen.
The crew recognized Wang Jinsong as the most sinful of the actors, and there was a scene where the cold winter filmed to test whether it was really crazy, and buckets of biting cold water were poured from the head and 12 barrels were poured alive.
After the play was broadcast, Wang Jinsong was known as "the first eunuch in 30 years", and although the words were ugly, they were full of praise.
In this drama, the whole group is full of big names, but none of them play big names.
Screenwriter Liu Heping said: "No one brought the script to the scene, they have already memorized the words, and when they come, they are dramatic." No one went to drink after work, they all did their homework in the room. "Even Ni Dahong, Zhu Xijuan, Wang Qingxiang, Ni Ni, Zhao Lixin and others, no matter how many scenes there are, they all handed over their sincere hearts to the screen.
Their performance has also been affirmed by the audience: each is a dramatist, a textbook for actors.
On the other hand, "The World is Long", as soon as it was broadcast, the reputation was polarized, especially the young version of Kangxi played by Luo Jin, which became the focus of heated discussions among netizens.
Some people criticized that Luo Jin, who is in his 40s, plays Kangxi in his early 20s, can't play a sense of youth, is not regal enough, has no strength in his lines, and Chen Daoming is incomparable.
Some people justified his name, saying that his eyes were clear and powerful, not greasy at all, and played a spirited young man of heaven to life.
In fact, Luo Jin's performance, but if he pulls his crotch a little, he will be crushed by the supporting role with his strength. Although he is not as good as the old drama bones who are pure and green, his performance is also remarkable.
His appearance is in line with the historical image, and the 23-year-old Kangxi is fledgling at this time, secretly accumulating strength.
His desire is 3 small targets affixed to the wall of the dormitory, and in the face of the ministers whose abacus crackles, plays with essences, and incarnates monkey spirits, he is stoic on the surface, but his heart is like a mirror.
When he heard the news of Pingding Sanban, he trotted and shouted: "All the palace maids over the age of 16 are released from the palace to marry, all the prisoners in Shuntianfu are released, and the old people over 60 years old in the capital are rewarded with half a kilogram of meat." "There is unconcealable ecstasy and determination in his eyes.
Luo Jin's overall performance is passable in the drama "The World is Long", but what is more enjoyable are Gong Lei and Liang Guanhua, who not only play the opponent smoothly and relaxedly, but also full of joy.
There are five people and six people in the hall, the sound of horse fart shooting is shocking, and as soon as they go out, they will chirp together, and the down-to-earth spoken language has contracted the laughter of the entire drama.
There are also the hateful Yu Zhenjia and Gao Shiqi, who are double businessmen against the sky, one small role, and they are played alive by good actors.
The casting passes, the actors are powerful, and the service road cannot escape the audience's snowy eyes, and the performance of "The World is Long" in this regard is worth mentioning.
04. Service road configuration
The picture at the beginning of "The Long River of the World" is the real "Yellow River Map of the Qing Dynasty" in history, which uses bird's-eye painting techniques to depict the natural and cultural landscapes on both sides of the Yellow River with a single eye.
Kangxi unfolds the long scroll many times in the play to examine it carefully, and the picture is exactly the same as this picture.
Jin Fu, who was fighting on the front line, and everyone guarded the river to survey, while facing the labyrinthine wooden measuring instruments, while waiting for Chen Xuan's actual measurement to determine the exact location.
Such a traditional measuring instrument, similar to the level in the Song Dynasty's "Wujing General Essentials Water Attack", was the most accurate measurement technique at that time.
Even the top of the ministers is quite elaborate. Take the top pearl, the first product is ruby, the second product is coral, the fifth product is crystal, and the seventh product is plain gold. The costumes of officials such as Ming Xiang, Gao Shiqi, and Yu Zhenjia in the play can be seen. Not only that, the supplementary service style, the dynasty belt, and the dynasty pearl are also strictly according to the standard.
On the other hand, "Daming Dynasty 1566", the service road is indeed a little rough, and even some netizens think: If it is not for the service road, this drama can get full marks. However, the flaws are not hidden, and the flaws of the Tao of service cannot cover up the aura of this drama.
Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of aesthetic standards, the special effects that should add color to the play are becoming more and more unbearable to look at directly.
For example, in the first episode of "The World is Long", many viewers were thundered by the special effects in the play, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the 5 cent special effects are not exaggerated. The core Yellow River flood, want to reflect the fierceness of the yellow dragon, the picture cannot be more obvious, feel:
When the two discussed countermeasures on the shore, the picture looked like this:
When the wind was fine and the sun was bright, Kangxi stood at the bow of the boat, with mischievous small waves under his feet and a blue sky above his head.
One second the river is earthy, the next is beige.
On the other hand, "Daming Dynasty 1566" also shows the flood, the sky is dark, the water is turbulent, and the people who resist the disaster are really stuck in the river.
The bridge where everyone carries sandbags is also in line with the background.
Aesthetics and technology are necessary, but if the effect is distorted, it is counterproductive. For the narrative scene of the symbiosis of the disaster, the audience wants to see the realism of the rapids more than the shock of the huge waves.
Now watch "Daming Dynasty 1566", this is still a drama that is not outdated, although some netizens said that they didn't understand it after watching it, but the more in-depth the drama, the more it can withstand scrutiny, and it is worth savoring.
But "The Long River of the World" is not completely opposite, it also has its own highlights. If you want to relive the classics, choose the former thousands of times, tired of watching costume commercial dramas, and want to see the innovation and intentions of contemporary mainstream historical dramas, you may wish to take a look at the latter.
Although "The World is Long" is not perfect, I believe that mature audiences will have more tolerance and give excellent film and television creators more room for affirmation and progress.
Because they let us walk into history, compassion for those who have struggled, and deep compassion for our suffering compatriots.
Suffering does not stop, but when there is desperation, there is rebirth. Just as no matter how strong the wind and snow are, it will not prevent the arrival of spring, there are always lone brave people clenching their fists, pedantic people repenting and awakening, these are the rays of light shining through the cracks of the dark clouds.
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【Text| Sunny Day】
[Editor| Good Girl]