Why is "The Sea of Dreams" the ratings champion? The plot, characters, and Beijing flavor are the secrets of success
Just started broadcasting and became the national ratings champion, Xiao Zhan's "The Sea of Dreams" achieved more than everyone expected. The subject matter is not pleasant, the actor is still a traffic star, "The Sea of Dreams" can win the first place when it starts broadcasting, why is it?
First, the prop scene is restored, full of Beijing flavor
Xiao Chunsheng just appeared in the first episode of "The Sea of Dreams", and his military coat, thunder hat, 28 bicycles and a green satchel hanging around his neck immediately took the audience back to the seventies.
At that time, this outfit was the favorite fashion style of young people, and the favorite thing for Beijing youth to go to was the ice rink, where the restlessness, flamboyance, and admiration of young people were all released.
Even the accents of the actors in the play are so comfortable, as soon as Beijing films such as "Flying Hat", "Obstinate Lord", "Pulling Parts" and "Not Opening Face" came out, this Beijing-style drama stood up.
The inconspicuous small details are piled together to create the sense of age of "The Sea of Dreams". Maybe some viewers who don't know will wonder how Xiao Chunsheng dressed so well?
But for the audience who lived through that era and watched "Blood Romance" and "Days Related to Youth", this is the big yard boy of the seventies in their memory.
After all, the director of this drama is Fu Ning, who is famous for Beijing opera and hutong opera, plus he himself is a Beijinger and has experienced that era, so he can restore the youthful atmosphere of that era. The chief planner of "The Sea in the Dream" is Ye Jing, the director of "Where the Dream Begins" and "Days Related to Youth".
The two themselves have a lot of experience in the creation of Beijing-style period dramas, coupled with the interpretation of the actors, it seems that the whole drama is quite realistic, youth restlessness has never been related to the times, each generation has the youth of each generation, but this youth has many similarities.
Second, the actors conform to the personality, and the acting skills are not dramatic
The second reason why "The Sea of Dreams" is good is that the actors act well, the old actors have solid acting skills and are very life-like, and the young actors have young acting skills, but they perfectly fit the characters.
As the male protagonist, Xiao Zhan has the heaviest role, he is not from Beijing, and it is a little awkward to talk about Beijing films, but the flaws are not hidden. The original lines in the play are clear, and the wild and unruly performance of the big yard children, especially the ruffian chasing the little girl, perfectly grasps the character characteristics.
As the female lead, Li Qin does not have many scenes, but Tong Xiaomei, who she plays, is herself a gentle and quiet character, and does not like to talk in front of outsiders, but actually has a very good idea in her heart.
Other young actors also acted well, but He Hongling's family was very arrogant, accustomed to the pursuit of others, but never dragged mud and water, and cleanly rejected Ye Guohua.
Ye Guohua has a prominent family, and he has not encountered any setbacks since he was a child, but he is not stalker He Hongling, and he is righteous enough for his good brother Xiao Chunsheng, even if two people like the same girl, he has not had a grudge.
However, the best acting skills in the play are the old drama bones. Ye's mother, played by Liu Jia, dotes on her children, but she is a decisive and neat cadre to the outside.
Xiao Yanpei, played by Wu Gang, is even more unique, his brain is not clear after suffering a major blow, sometimes he is not angry and self-threatening, he is an imposing general on the battlefield, sometimes confused, and a little neurotic about his own son.
Wu Gang only used one play to perform Xiao Yanpei's neurotic temperament, which is the strength of the old drama bone.
Third, the plot is compact and exciting, and the contradictions are interesting
The plot of "The Sea of Dreams" is very compact, the opening scene is that the male protagonist and the female protagonist meet in the library, followed by the flying hat of Shichahai Ice Rink, the noon gate ballast rack, and the famous scene is one ring after another.
Audiences who have seen "Blood Romance" must be familiar with these plots. This is because Xu Bing, the screenwriter of "The Sea in the Dream", is the literary producer of "Blood Romance", so the two dramas have similarities in character and plot.
Xiao Chunsheng went to the meeting alone for the sake of his brothers' righteousness, but he did not expect that the brothers did not abandon him, but found many people, and the scene of the confrontation between the two sides made people's blood boil.
When the two groups of people confronted, Liang Dong intervened to mediate, coupled with the police secretly ambushed, the conflict did not make a big deal.
But Xiao Chunsheng's character shortcomings were exposed, he lectured on morality and stood up for his brother, but he also offended many people. And his personality also has an arrogant side, which also makes him miss out on the real library girl.
Xiao Chunsheng's character has been fully displayed in conflicts again and again, and he is not a perfect protagonist, he has many shortcomings, but that passionate youth is the most impressive to the audience.
As a period drama, "The Sea of Dreams" tells the love-hate entanglement of several young people, and also tells their struggles and yearning in the changes of the times.
They are facing the changes of the times, they stand at a fork in the road in life, an inconspicuous choice, and they go to a different life.
The ups and downs of fate will eventually fall on this land, and their "dream sea" is that period of youth, that period of youth that cannot be returned.