On April 12, the seminar on the TV series "The Wind Chaser" hosted by the China Television Art Committee was held in Beijing. The seminar reviewed the creative process of the play, summarized the experience and practices, and conducted in-depth discussions on the creative and innovative content perspective, the aesthetic expression that connects history and reality, and the heavy value of carrying spirit and belief in "The Wind Chaser", sorted out the methods and paths of high-quality creation, and helped promote the high-quality development of Chinese TV drama creation.
Financial reform and the growth of small people go hand in hand, showing the fate choices of ordinary people in the big era
The youth growth drama "Wind Chaser" is produced by CCTV and iQiyi, jointly produced by Ruyi Pictures, Enlightenment Pictures, Oriental Panorama, and Wanda TV Series, and created by Qiai Studio. Solid plays, artistic expressions with both high quality and ideological connotation continue to attract high attention from the market. As of the end, "Wind Chaser" iQIYI's peak popularity is 10017, which is iQIYI's first drama series with a popularity of more than 10,000 this year, CCTV's real-time ratings peak exceeded 2.66%, and the market share of feature film broadcasting on the whole network exceeded 21.6%.
The ideological content and artistic expression of "The Wind Chaser" were highly recognized by the leading experts attending the meeting. Tan Songzhi, director of the TV Drama Division of Jiangsu Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, believes that the success of "The Wind Chaser" comes from three key points: first, the theme value of the work lies in promoting the national spirit with patriotism as the core; second, the value of the theme of the work lies in making an important supplement to the literary and artistic narrative of modern revolutionary history; and third, the artistic value of the work lies in making a wonderful interpretation of the classic narrative of Chinese television literature and art.
Ma Jun, deputy director of the TV Drama Project Department of the Film and Television Drama Documentary Center of China Central Radio and Television, believes that the theme of the play focuses on the firm belief of "grinding thousands of blows and being strong, and letting the wind blow from east to west, north and south".
Dai Ying, senior vice president of iQIYI and chief producer of "The Wind Chaser", believes that on the one hand, "The Wind Chaser" allows the audience to re-understand the magnificent era and history, and on the other hand, the work presents the mood of the times in a combination of macro perspectives and individual perspectives, which successfully resonates with the audience. Long Qian, president of Ruyi Pictures and chief planner of "The Wind Chaser", said that the unique angle of "Finance + Spy War" of "The Wind Chaser", the professional ingenuity of the main creative team, and the wonderful performance of the actors have won the love of the audience, especially young audiences. Zhang Shuwei, chief producer of Enlightenment Pictures and chief producer of "The Wind Chaser", affirmed the creative team's dedication and investment in the work, and said that the recognition of the market and the audience is an important driving force for creating more masterpieces in the future.
Representatives of the main creative team and actors of "The Wind Chaser" attended the seminar and shared their creative experience and experience. Chief director Yao Xiaofeng said that the positioning of the work has changed from spy warfare to focusing on personal growth, and finally determined to be a tracing and eulogy of the course of faith, hoping to bring strength to the audience. Screenwriter Weng Liangping said that the creation of the script follows the creative concept of small people and big times, and reflects the choices of the people and history with the growth and choices of small people. Li Qin, the actor of Shen Jinzhen in the play, believes that Shen Jinzhen not only shows the wisdom and resilience of Chinese women, but also embodies the spiritual outlook of women who dare to love and hate and live for their ideals. As an actor, you need to continue to study and focus on the role, and strive to create more vivid and vivid characters.
The heart of a child carries the feelings of family and country, and conveys the power of faith to contemporary audiences
The unique content theme, gripping fate choice, and accurate and vivid portrayal and interpretation of "The Wind Chaser" constitute the "basic plate" of a masterpiece, and the feelings of family and country and the power of faith hidden behind the story and characters bring the audience historical enlightenment and spiritual shock, fully activate the contemporary value of historical themes, and are well received by all walks of life.
Zhong Chengxiang, a librarian and literary critic of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, summed up the reasons for the success of "The Wind Chaser": first, history and reality are grasped and written as a whole, and second, the expression of the work is adapted to contemporary life and coordinated with modern society, and the power of ideals and beliefs is shown to contemporary youth through the stories of the growth and struggle of predecessors. Li Jingsheng, vice president of the China Federation of Radio and Television Social Organizations, said that "The Wind Chaser" puts the revolutionary historical theme in a larger historical field to be expressed, enriches the expression method of the revolutionary historical theme, sublimates the spiritual value of the revolutionary historical theme, and reveals that the victory of the Chinese revolution is the desire of the people and the historical inevitability. Yin Hong, vice chairman of the Chinese Literature and Art Critics Association and professor of Tsinghua University, said that the uniqueness of "The Wind Chaser" is reflected in three "breakthrough boundaries": showing the struggle in the economic field and breaking through the creative boundaries of previous revolutionary historical dramas; making full use of historical background and materials to break through the boundaries of spy war dramas; shaping characters in the historical context, outlining the growth and change trajectory of characters, and breaking through the boundaries of the character shaping mode of legendary dramas.
"The Wind Chaser" depicts the real and vivid group portraits of the little people of the times under the tide of history, explores the profound proposition of pursuing faith and realizing self-worth, and has achieved good results in many aspects of artistic expression, leaving a deep impression on experts and scholars.
Ren Shanshan, deputy editor-in-chief of the Theoretical Review Editorial Office of the Literature and Art Department of the People's Daily, believes that the historical outlook and narrative logic of "The Wind Chaser" are rooted in real history, and the financial perspective cleverly weaves the word "faith" into the suspenseful story, so that the narrative has both new ideas, historical thickness and ideological background. Li Chunli, editorial coordinator and senior editor of the Literature and Art Department of Guangming Daily, said that "The Wind Chaser" embodies realistic observation in historical themes, so that history and the present can be connected; Kang Wei, editor-in-chief of China Art Daily, believes that "The Wind Chaser" portrays characters and tells stories in the dual context of grand history and specific living conditions, providing broad and vivid historical and aesthetic implications, and accurately conveying them to the audience through the actors' superb interpretation.
He Tianping, associate professor of the School of Journalism of Renmin University of Chinese, refined the meaning of "The Wind Chaser" from three aspects: first, it formed a reflection on genre creation, which is more valuable for exploration than genreization; second, it formed a reflection on the meaning of "people", and excellent works should pursue the narrative of "people" and historical narratives to resonate at the same frequency; third, formed a reflection on the audience's consciousness, do not underestimate the audience's aesthetic ability, and boldly create more breakthrough masterpieces.
Relevant leaders, experts and scholars of the Network Audiovisual Program Management Department of the State Administration of Radio and Television, Jiangsu Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, China Central Radio and Television Film and Television Drama Documentary Center, China Television Art Committee, as well as relevant persons in charge of the producer iQiyi, co-producer Ruyi Pictures, Enlightenment Pictures and the main creative team of the show attended the seminar.