A while ago, foreign media news directly let Sir take a roller coaster ride.
September.
Dominic Purcell, who played "Lincoln" in "Prison Break", admits that he will shoot the sixth season!
father! green! return!
However, another month.
The other protagonist of "Prison Break", Mi Shuai, directly announced that he would no longer take over the filming of "Prison Break".
father...... green...... knot......
It wasn't just "Prison Break" that made Sir sigh.
There are also "Friends", "Lost", "The Big Bang Theory", "Bankrupt Sisters", "Gossip Girl", "Vampire Diaries", "The Walking Dead", "Breaking Bad"...
Those enlightenment Dramas that once existed in our hard disks, CDs, and DVD players were once the latest talking points for the post-80s and post-90s generations.
Well, once.
It has been 40 years since American dramas were informally "introduced" to China.
You must have taken that roller coaster.
The changes in Sino-US relations, the rise of national dramas, and the infiltration of globalization, the current Chinese almost no longer need to open up horizons and cognition through American dramas.
But Sir believes that we have all been more or less changed by that group of exotic faces.
The conservative and mysterious East, for the first time, met the blunt and impulsive West.
Cow, can a TV series still be filmed like this?
You probably won't sigh like that again today.
A part of us", "ourselves", has long been left at the starting station of the train.
Today Sir takes you on a revisit.
Reclaim that excitement that leads to the unknown.
ignorant
In 1980, a film called "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic" was broadcast on television.
It was the first American drama that mainland audiences watched on television (no, you won't really watch it).
Every Thursday night, all the restless youth stood in front of the television and waited for it to start broadcasting.
Ordinary sci-fi adventure elements such as underwater people, underwater monsters, and aliens are eye-opening in the eyes of the Chinese people.
What the play is about, I have long forgotten.
This toad mirror is a generation of memories to kill.
The Toad Mirror, worn by our protagonist Mike, was once called the "Mike Mirror".
The original Chinese hippie comes standard with elements.
Wear a pair of flared pants, with a radio, like the most beautiful boy/girl in the whole street.
The earliest influence of American dramas began with changing fashion.
In the same year, another American drama, "Garrison Death Squad", was also crazy with goods:
Flying.
An American drama in which prison inmates fight German devils.
Brandon Boone plays the chief, and his best weapon is the flying knife, which unexpectedly hunts the enemy.
△ This clip, this shot after shaking, is too pompous
Unfortunately, this fun is too ostentatious.
At that time, the media reported that there were teenagers who imitated flying knives in TV dramas, thieves who imitated serial theft, and students who imitated smoking, drinking and handsome...
This makes Garrison a direct scapegoat.
It also got a "first".
The first American drama banned in China (it was not fully rebroadcast until 1992).
An episode reflects our strong yearning for the other side of the ocean at that time.
The introduction of American dramas has not stopped.
Throughout the 1980s, major television stations have successively broadcast TV series such as "240 Rescue Team", "SWAT Team", "Gloria", "Sheriff Pars" and so on.
△ Stills from "240 Rescue Team"
Never heard of it?
Yes, maybe the Americans themselves have never heard of it.
whole. be. rotten. drama.
In the era when aesthetics were just beginning, the quality of the American dramas introduced was uneven, and there were works like "Detective Hunter" that could be remembered by a generation, but more shoddily mediocre works.
In addition, television was not yet widespread at that time.
If you only have a TV at home, do you think that the parents who hold the "power of life and death" are willing to watch American dramas that may not be able to recognize all faces, or are they willing to watch Chow Yun-fat's "On the Beach"?
In the 80s, it was a small number of people who could watch American dramas.
In the 1990s, the audience's aesthetic gradually kept up with american trends.
There are two that you must have heard.
Growing Pains.
Both China and the United States are regarded as classics, and the dubbed version was broadcast in Shanghai in 1990 (and then repeatedly on major provincial and municipal stations and the Central Education Station).
△ Xiao Lizi also made a cameo appearance in this drama that year
For the first time, domestic audiences got a taste of the daily life of American children, as well as the so-called American education.
For example, there is an episode.
The protagonist, Mike, comes home late, and Dad sees that Mike is on his mind and asks him what's wrong, to which Mike responds:
"Dad
Can I talk to you like a friend on an equal footing? ”
Father?
Friend?
Talk as equals?
Boy.
For Chinese families who are accustomed to talking about "respect and inferiority," they simply see a new continent.
It is difficult to say whether the parents agree or not, but the young people are directly captured.
Who wouldn't fantasize about having a pair of parents who call themselves brothers/sisters?
"Growing Pains" is like the fuse of the Explosion of American Dramas in China.
It's no longer just an index of trends that young people imitate.
It's more like a pack of jumping candy that stimulates ideas.
A word accompanied by American dramas sprouted in our hearts:
"Personality".
With another work on fire, the word finally grew stronger.
Friends.
Ten seasons of "Friends", the Douban score remained 9.7.
Even today, it is still a memory that countless people can't let go.
Big and small cities, you can always find a Friends themed café.
Unlike Growing Pains, "Friends" didn't go viral because of TELEVISION. Although NBC aired in 1994 and landed on Hong Kong Pearl Tv the following year, this was not related to mainland audiences.
Its popularity is mainly due to pirated CDs and English teachers.
The earliest audience of "Friends" was teachers and students, and everyone found that the sitcom dialogue in the play was very suitable for practicing listening and speaking.
"Brushing up drama in the name of learning English" began more than 20 years ago.
Everyone "uses" "Friends" at the same time, but also loves it.
There is no ups and downs of the plot, no tall characters.
It's all the daily life of life— the ordinary as you and me, doing what we yearn for but don't dare to do, saying words that make us wonder but all step on our g-spot.
Friends is the story of Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, and Rose, as well as life between you and me and our friends.
Girlfriends can overeat and gossip when they are together.
In front of friends, you can do all kinds of sand sculpture things.
When a friend is sad, you can hug each other without stinginess.
Among friends, there is joy and there is vulnerability.
Freshness is the biggest charm of "Friends".
When you're happy, watch Friends and share it with them.
When you are sad, watch "Friends" and talk to them.
As the saying goes:
There is nothing that no annoyance can't be solved in an episode of Friends.
If so, two episodes.
△ At the end of "Friends", New York's Times Square was broadcast live
"Friends" has a more special meaning for the Chinese people - the release of personality, such as opening the floodgates and discharging floods.
We want more.
enlightenment
From TV to pirated CDs.
From "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic" to "Friends".
Domestic audiences are still ignorant of the concept of "American drama".
Until the internet "invades" life and brings it to our eyes:
△ Prison Break began airing on FOX on August 29, 2005
"Prison Break", a tepid prison drama in the United States, directly exploded in China.
It is said that the people who went to the Internet café at that time mainly did two things:
One, fight Warcraft;
Second, watch "Prison Break".
Where does it look good?
Young people first look at it, with energy.
The prison looks chaotic, but in fact it is well-ordered.
Blacks and whites are in separate camps, both opposed and coexisting.
However, as long as you have money, you can still do whatever you want.
Here, it is important not to offend people, and it is more important to have a good relationship with the boss.
Prisons are essentially a miniature American society.
We follow the perspective of the male protagonist Michael and go deep into the enemy line.
According to the common routine, bald head + tattoo, this must be a villain full of evil.
however.
Our protagonist is an exception.
High appearance, high education, high IQ.
From the beginning, Michael was destined not to be an ordinary prisoner.
The coolest part of "Prison Break" is to see how Michael implements his plan and plays everyone in the palm of his hand.
The average person only sees the "superficial story", but Michael has already prepared the "ending".
tattoo.
At first glance, handsome?
Too naïve.
This is the blueprint for the prison and the blueprint for his escape plan.
How to help his brother Lincoln open up the escape route step by step, this is the story that "Prison Break" makes everyone think.
At first?
Yes, Prison Break never makes you guess the next step in the story.
Successful jailbreak is only the first step, the praying mantis catches cicadas, but the cicadas are just bait to lure the praying mantises to the bait.
When they discover that the outside world turns out to be a bigger prison.
The worldview of the whole film has been broadened.
The two brothers are not only against prisoners and prison guards.
Behind it is an international-level criminal organization, and even the entire American system.
Five minutes for a small orgasm, ten minutes for a small reversal.
Lock you tightly in your seat and don't dare to gasp.
The reason why "Prison Break" has become the most successful American drama in China:
Its core is familiar to Orientals.
Chaotic rivers and lakes, brotherhood.
The way it is told is Western.
Meticulous and cold.
Thanks to the way American dramas are produced:
While broadcasting and filming, it cannot attract the audience, and investors will directly cut off the project.
Different from sitcoms such as "Growing Pains" and "Friends", chinese people see the sharp rhythm of suspense American dramas for the first time and appreciate the mature TV drama production industry.
Many American drama fans set 2005 as the "year of prison break".
This is not an exaggeration.
The City Express once commented:
"In the eyes of American drama fans, "Prison Break" is not only a good drama with an intricate plot and ups and downs, it is also a sign of the times.
Because of "Prison Break", Chinese know the concept of "season", know that there is a 'volunteer' subtitle group on the Internet that only works and does not take money, and knows that in addition to the protracted Korean idol drama, there is also a very technical and intelligent American drama. The trend of American dramas began to prevail in China with "Prison Break". ”
"Prison Break" also marks the rise of the trend of online dramas.
In 2005, the internet speed was upgraded, and the kitten's Internet access became wider.
Viewers don't need to wait for tv or disc shops to see any American dramas.
With just one computer and one network cable, you can cross the Atlantic Ocean.
The "intermediary" that connects the two ends is a variety of subtitle groups.
Everybody Movies, Eden, Wind Soft, Rag Bear, TLF.........
It starts out of hobbies, but not amateurish.
According to TLF, The first subtitle group in China, the members of the subtitle group have a wide age span, and their academic qualifications include four levels: middle school, university, master's degree and doctoral degree.
It also includes the language elites of the three places on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, a considerable number of whom are overseas students, including students from world-famous universities such as Harvard.
Quality is guaranteed, speed must also be guaranteed.
Sometimes in order to catch up with the heat, the subtitle translation has to be proofread within a few hours.
Professionalism and dedication are all due to their love of American dramas.
However, this kind of pirated porting and translation is actually on the edge of the law.
In 2006, the New York Times published an article titled "Chinese Subtitle Group Breaking Cultural Barriers", in which it interviewed the "Wind Soft" subtitle group:
"They and other groups are fiercely competing for the same goal: to spread American pop culture as often as possible in China for free, while avoiding Chinese censors and American copyright lawyers." ”
In 2016, two members of the subtitle group were arrested in Japan for infringement.
△ Tweet statement from the copyright chief of the "Your Name" production committee
We enjoy the resources carried by the subtitle group.
They may not be aware of their potential risks.
It is even harder to imagine that an exponentially expanding jianghu is approaching.
ripe
Under the silent handling of the subtitle group, the number of American dramas watched by domestic audiences has increased geometrically.
Want to see serious idealism, there is "Newsroom"
Want to sprinkle some romance and dog blood, there is "The Vampire Diaries"
Want to burn the brain suspense, there are "criminal psychology" and "true detective"
Want to have a relaxing time, there are "Bankrupt Sisters" and "The Big Bang Theory"
......
Maturity means more diverse tastes and more picky.
In the 10s, American dramas had to shoot some new tricks.
If you say that in this 10 years, which American drama dominates the entire American drama industry.
The answer is yes – Game of Thrones.
Sir knows you guys are definitely going to want to spit on the show.
Yes, but it cannot be denied that it is still great, and its appearance directly declares that the TV series is not inferior to the movie, or even better.
In the early stage, every detail is done to the extreme.
For example, in order to create the atmosphere of the last season of winter is coming.
Snowmakers needed to use a mixture of confetti and water to dye the walls and land of Winterfell a little bit white in Northern Ireland, where it didn't snow all year round.
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This unprecedented human ghost battle tired the prop group.
Their work includes, but is not limited to, hundreds of costumes of the Human Corps, hundreds of hoods of the Alien Army, and, thousands of ice crystal weapons.
This kind of hard work is still "visible" to the sense of accomplishment.
Willing to invest, but willing to give up.
For example, the fifth episode of the last season, Dragon Mother Slaughters the City.
Within seven months, the set crew will have to build a King's Landing city on the ground.
Then, burn it.
It was built to destroy it, and every shot was burned with money.
If the amount of energy and money invested is not enough, then scale it up.
At the beginning of the power game, many people were firmly attracted by the large scale.
- Comparable to adult education.
In the first episode, a little boy bumps into his twin siblings who are incest.
Before he could even shout, he was pushed down the castle.
And that's just a prelude.
Sansa mentioned in an interview:
"The first time I knew about BJ was from the script, and I thought, 'Wow, there's this kind of operation?' It was so much fun! ’。 ”
Continue to chase, open your eyes, not only posture.
The brilliance of "Game of Thrones" is that it makes our newly established, self-conceived mature worldview once again ruthlessly shattered.
Do you say kindness works?
How did the Night's Watch Commander-in-Chief, Geo Mormont, die?
Do you say honesty is useful?
Take a look at Ned Stark.
But Rao is so, Snow still believes in kindness, and the second lady has always been loyal to herself.
In the final season of Game of Thrones, one of Sir's most powerful shots:
Episode 3, The Battle of Winterfell.
Theon Greyjoy automatically asked for help to protect Bran.
After the Night King and his army crushed everything, they paced slowly toward his last prey, human memory.
By this time, Theon Greyjoy had finished shooting his last arrow.
He turned to look at Bran, looking sad but determined.
Bran Back:
"You're a good man"
Then, Theon Greyjoy raised his spear and charged at the Night King...
Life stopped abruptly.
The boundaries between good and evil are blurred, and the wicked and the good can be attuned to each other.
The big scale of "Game of Thrones" is not only yellow storm, but also deconstructs all the cognitions about human nature that you have accepted for so many years without thinking.
It's not just American dramas that can do it.
But American dramas do have innate advantages – they require great creative freedom and tolerance.
Compared with Hollywood movies, it has more avant-garde guts and hearts.
Sir's peer, film critic Zhou Liming, once said:
"There's a consensus in Hollywood that if you want to do art, you either go make art movies or you make TV series."
This statement may need to be changed now.
If you want to engage in art, you also want to throw this "art" to the market to challenge public perception.
American drama is the best choice.
The great director Martin Scorsese has set an example.
He once looked down on TV dramas, and after directing "Atlantic Empire", he said:
"I'm so happy, it's like going back in time to the '70s
If I open my mouth to ask for something, no one will bother me
A whole bunch of people are covering me."
The younger generations are bolder – David Finch's House of Cards, Mind Hunter, Jonathan Nolan's Westworld, Ridley Scott's Alien Cataclysm...
The screenwriter dares to think, and the director dares to shoot.
The director dares to shoot, and the audience dares to watch.
American dramas are still on the road to the unknown, drawing vitality from all directions.
Filled with corners and corners that are "people".
Despite our distance from it, it seems far away.
But it still affects us in an invisible way.
There was a chain of contempt circulating in the drama chasing industry:
Britain, the United States> Japan> South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan > domestic production
(British dramas and American dramas are high or low, and it is a topic that can be torn x)
What is visible to the naked eye is that this chain of contempt is crumbling.
American dramas are still the most cutting-edge dramas of the current industrial level, but domestic TV dramas have been shortening the gap.
For example, Xin Shuang's "The Hidden Corner".
Many people say that this is comparable to an American drama.
Feeling right, Xin Shuang is absorbing the American drama shooting method - David Lynch's "Twin Peaks".
He said in an interview:
"Every time I watch Twin Peaks, I discover new details, and when I shoot The Hidden Corner, I use this preference in the play.
The subtitle of each episode is a distillation of the content of an episode, and the ending song is a summary of the emotions after the episode is viewed, and such a split-act method may be drawn from the American drama. ”
The generation that grew up watching American dramas eventually entered the film and television creation with this experience of watching movies.
Watch, absorb, and convert.
Ignorance, enlightenment, and then maturity.
We're not trying to catch up with it.
Just lucky to meet in the same direction, parallel to it.
Thus the back is closed and rigid.
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