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Preface
Now, the historical drama "Ask the Boundless" has been on the air for nearly 10 days.
Since the launch of CCTV, the ratings of "Ask the Boundless" have stabilized at more than 1.2, and it has won unanimous praise from the audience.
This drama takes the young chairman as the main line, and truly restores the magnificent history from 1921 to 1927, which is deeply moving.
On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the chairman's birth, the "historical tribute drama" of "Ask the Boundless" can be said to be just right.
In recent days, another historical drama "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" has also been quietly launched under the banner of "gift and tribute".
"Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" started later but the timeline in the play is earlier, mainly focusing on the period from 1918 to 1921.
At present, these two dramas are broadcast on different platforms, which can be described as "-for-tat".
Although these two dramas are also written to commemorate Chairman Mao, after watching a few episodes each, it can be seen that there is still a big gap, and the superiority is immediate.
"Ask the Boundless" lives up to expectations
Before the broadcast, the distinctive official announcement poster and exquisite production special of "Ask the Boundless" earned enough expectations from the audience.
The names of the participants are lined up on the "letter paper" with obvious characteristics of the times, and the strong characteristics of the times come to the face.
The trailer of "Asking the Boundless" is even more delicious, not only in the gentle tone, the highly restored set and the natural and smooth movements of the characters, but also in the director's lens, there is true feelings.
There is no need for too many dubbing words, and there is no need to shout slogans to forcibly "fight chicken blood", when the scenes are slowly unfolded, the audience has a sense of emotion in their hearts.
The lights flickered, reflecting the faces of people with lofty ideals solemnly swearing to the flags, and the lights of matches conveyed the ideal of saving the country and the people.
In addition to the director's vivid lens language, on the whole, the whole drama of "Ask the Boundless" is also graceful and subtle, with a unique sense of beauty.
Behind this, there is a strong self-confidence brought by a sufficient understanding of this history.
Specifically, the main line of this drama is very clear, and the development of the plot and the transformation of the main and secondary lines are just right and fascinating.
The whole drama clearly revolves around the young chairman (played by Wang Renjun), and the depiction of the rest of the side plots is actually led by the main line.
The play did not rush to explain the historical events in 1921, but started from the preparation for the construction of Hunan Self-study School.
From the difficulties encountered in wanting to run a school, the situation faced by this group of enthusiastic young people at that time was drawn out - lack of money.
The picture turns, and Chen Duxiu (played by Ning Li) is arrogant and resolute in refusing financial support from the Third International in order to ensure the independence of the mainland regime.
His actions put an end to the possibility of the Third International interfering in the internal affairs of the mainland, but it also meant that the construction of self-study schools and other institutions continued to suffer from a lack of money.
So naturally, the picture returned to Wang Renjun and others who were running a self-study school.
In the picture, they did their best, and even though they were short of money, they still set an example for the rest of the aspiring young people.
The connection and development of this plot is really smooth and vivid, and people can't help but continue to read it.
And the advantages of the drama "Ask the Boundless" are not limited to this, and the appropriate lines and pictures are even more commendable.
At the beginning of the play, there is a vast river, echoing the title of the play "Ask the Boundless" (intercepted from "Qinyuan Spring, Changsha"), and at the same time, this grand scenery can't help but make the audience's hearts wider.
In the ears is the captain's horn, but the protagonist is not on the boat, but shows a good water nature, no slower than the boat.
In an instant, the image of the great man who loved swimming in the Xiangjiang River when he was young stood up.
When he arrived on the shore, he had a few conversations with his father, and at the same time, the language was very life-like, but also subtle and meaningful, which made people feel a lot.
The most brilliant thing is that after a few sentences, whether it is a captain or a "great man", the image is plump up all of a sudden, real and concrete.
The "great man" (played by Wang Renjun) who returned to his hometown gathered with his partners, and a group of people sat or stood around the table in the hall.
At this time, although it is said that we want to discuss the establishment of a self-study school together, "Ask the Boundless" does not insist on the theme of cue at the beginning, but combines life and adds some "small talk" vividly and naturally.
"There are thirteen chairs in total, and I sat here when we went to Shanghai for a meeting......"
On the whole, the picture of the meeting is not only very modern, but also the state of the actors is naturally relaxed and eclectic.
Not only that, the director skillfully used the side foil method and used the change of light and shadow to set off the "stalemate" of the meeting, vividly showing the state of a group of people who couldn't make up their minds because of lack of funds.
On the whole, the drama "Ask the Boundless" is really worthy of the crew's efforts to dig through the information and strive for perfection, and live up to the audience's expectations.
"Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is slightly inferior
"Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is also a historical tribute drama, and it also features the young chairman (played by Liu Chenglin) as the protagonist.
The historical time period chosen for this drama is from 1918 to 1921, mainly telling the experience of the young chairman who just graduated from Hunan Normal School and participated in the "First National Congress of the Communist Party of China" as a representative of Hunan.
To a certain extent, the content worth filming in the past three years is also extremely rich, presented in the TV series, and it is worth watching.
Specifically, the drama "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is more youthful and vigorous, and it is also quite interesting.
As soon as the trailer came out, the opening sentence "The child is determined to go out of the countryside, and he vows not to return if he can't learn to be famous", which instantly made the audience dream back to the time when they were young and studying, and their spirits were lifted.
After that, a group of young people founded the Xinmin Society with enthusiasm, although the mountains and grass sheds and the conditions were difficult, but because of the support of ideals and beliefs, everyone's joy was beyond words.
At the meeting, although the members looked a little restrained, it also showed the "student spirit" of the members, which was honest and simple.
In addition, "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is also quite good in terms of character building, and the characters in the play are very plump.
It's just that to a certain extent, the publicity of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is really a bit stretched.
It wasn't until the start of the broadcast that "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" slowly released the first group portrait poster, and it took a long time to release the single version of the character's makeup photos.
Looking at it this way, Beijing Satellite TV has released a trailer of about 45 seconds of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" for the start of broadcasting, and the official "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" has not released the trailer for a long time, which seems to have become common.
The most amazing thing is that compared with the crew of "Ask the Boundless" who released the production special when it was finished, the official production of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" did not come up with the appearance of a special until the day of the broadcast, which really made people feel rushed and perfunctory.
can only say that if you just watch the drama "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves", or "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" started broadcasting before "Ask the Boundless", the quality is actually very commendable.
It's a pity that "Ask the Boundless" not only started earlier, but also had better quality.
With "Ask the Boundless" Zhuyu in front, "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" was instantly eclipsed against its backdrop.
The opening of the two dramas is also based on scenery and people, but once compared, the picture quality of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is not half a point.
Just like shooting the river, the picture of green water and green mountains in "Asking the Boundless" is open, which is refreshing, and "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is gray and misty, as if it has suffered from haze, which makes people feel depressed.
Stills from "Ask the Boundless".
Stills from "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves".
Not only the beginning, but the whole drama of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" has always presented such a layer of earthy gray dim tones.
To a certain extent, if you only watch "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves", the tone of the whole drama is quite uniform, and the look and feel is actually not bad.
Stills from "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves".
However, everything is afraid of comparison, and when put together with "Ask the Boundless", "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is really much inferior.
Stills from "Ask the Boundless".
is also "playing in the water", "Ask the Boundless" shows the scenery of the vast river, Wang Renjun is dripping with water in his clothes, and he looks like he has just swam from the river and went ashore to rest for a while, and talked with friends while wiping his hair.
Stills from "Ask the Boundless".
At this time, his classmates and friends were still swimming in the river, splashing water and playing with each other, which was really a "middle stream hitting the water", swimming back and forth.
And the "playing in the water" in "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" instantly seemed very cramped.
Stills from "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves".
From the vast river to only a small stream of water, anyone who looks at it can't say: "This is too far away!"
epilogue
On the whole, the two historical tribute dramas "Ask the Boundless" and "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" are very good.
However, once compared together, regardless of the picture texture or line settings, "Ask the Boundless" is not a little stronger than "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves".
I have to say that the audience can always trust CCTV's vision.
is also a historical drama, although the simulcast of "Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" is not small, and "Ask the Boundless", which can be on the star CCTV, is obviously better.
What do you think of these two dramas? Welcome to discuss them together in the comment area.