1. Lin Mu's deep disappointment and frustration
The first rays of morning light were gentle and bright, pouring down, but they still couldn't calm the anxiety and worry in the heart of screenwriter expert Lin Mu. He leaned back in his chair wearily, cup of hot coffee in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he stared intently at the screen of his phone, silently reading the flood of criticism and dissatisfaction from netizens about his latest masterpiece, "Her City."
Lin Mu's heart was filled with endless pain, and the hard work of the past few months dissipated like a dream bubble, and his emotions fell into a deep trough. As the core screenwriter of this drama, he once had high hopes for his masterpiece, eager to truly depict the life situations and changes in the inner world of urban women at various stages of life through vivid and vivid female characters.
However, contrary to expectations, the director's understanding of female roles was too narrow and one-sided, and the two high-profile powerful stars starring Zhang Jingchu and Gao Lu failed to fully interpret the rich connotation of the roles, and even the selection of supporting roles had many flaws, and the final result was far less than Lin Mu's expectations, but became a bad drama that was scorned by the public.
Lin Mu recalls the whole process of creation, and still has lingering palpitations. At the beginning, he carefully designed the personality traits and life trajectories of each character, hoping to dig deep and show the life status and inner world of women at different stages.
However, the work that was finally presented to the audience seemed bland and difficult to arouse the audience's emotional resonance, which made him feel extremely disappointed and helpless.
Second, the crew's understanding of female characters is seriously insufficient
Lin Mu recalled the whole process of creation, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. At the beginning of the role setting stage, the director's understanding of the female image was too simplistic and one-sided, and the importance of the female perspective was also ignored in the casting process, resulting in many problems in the final selection.
For example, although the heroines Zhang Jingchu and Gao Lu are both powerful actors, they can't fully control the rich connotation of these female roles Lin Mu still clearly remembers that when selecting the second female role, the director interviewed a large number of young actresses, but in the end he chose a little Huadan with an ordinary appearance and ordinary temperament, the reason was "closer to real life".
The play's screenwriting team repeatedly suggested to the director to choose a more vivid and infectious actress to replace the originally planned actor, but the director firmly refused, saying: "We don't want to portray the flawless female image, but a more realistic, deep and diverse group of women!" "He was firm and confident in his words.
The director's unique insights and creative concepts deviate from Lin Mu's original vision to a certain extent. Lin Mu hopes to deeply reveal the dilemmas encountered by women at various stages of life and the deep emotional fluctuations in their hearts through a series of vivid female characters, and show their contradictions and struggles in family, career, love and many other aspects.
However, the director does not seem to have a full knowledge and understanding of this.
In the casting process, the director paid too much attention to the appearance characteristics of the actors, and ignored their comprehensive quality and in-depth understanding of the role, resulting in many of the actors who were finally selected did not have excellent acting skills and could not fully grasp the core connotation of the role.
This undoubtedly brought great challenges to Lin Mu's portrayal of female characters.
3. The crew lacks a female perspective
In order to make up for this shortcoming, Lin Mu and the screenwriting team have sincerely consulted the director many times, trying to portray the life of women at different stages in the script more comprehensively and deeply, but with little success.
The crux of the problem is the lack of a woman's own perspective.
In fact, the entire production team of "Her City" is almost entirely composed of men, from directors to screenwriters to key positions, and there are very few women. It is very difficult to truly gain insight into the inner world of women, because there are huge differences between men and women, and there are very different ways of thinking and life experiences.
Lin Mu still deeply regrets this. He recalled the scene when the crew had a meeting, and when he proposed to show more of women's troubles in the fields of family, career, and relationship, it seemed that it was difficult for the male colleagues present to fully grasp the true meaning.
"It's true that women face a lot of obstacles in the workplace, but with enough effort on their part, these problems will eventually be solved." A senior screenwriter said with emotion. Although Lin Mu disagreed at the time, he did not elaborate too much.
If we had paid more attention to this issue at that time and solemnly invited several outstanding female directors or screenwriters to join, the situation would have been very different! However, at that time, they were in their youth, and their views on this issue may not be comprehensive and profound enough, so the show inevitably had obvious flaws in the portrayal of women.
Fourth, the plot of the script is weak and the depth is lacking
In addition to the significant shortcomings in character development, the quality of the entire TV series is also regrettable. The plot design is bland, lacking in-depth social insight and deep thinking, and the character images are dull and boring, far from real life.
Lin Mu recalls his original creative concept, which originally hoped to reflect the micro picture of a city's development and change by depicting a group of vivid and vivid female images, and show the various challenges faced by urban women at various stages.
Unfortunately, the final work is almost superficial, failing to dig deep into the inner world and existential predicament of these women.
In the case of the heroine Yan Li, she was sexually harassed at the beginning of her career, but the TV series depicts her inner activities too rough and rudimentary, lacking depth.
The play simply depicts her momentary anger and helplessness, but fails to reveal her reflection on the workplace environment, her doubts about her self-worth, and the psychological process of how she finally regained her strength.
And Yan Li's growth clues of working hard in the workplace and finally becoming a successful woman are also superficial. The audience can only see her shrewdness and ability at work, but they can't understand how she balances the relationship between career and family, how to face the doubts of relatives and friends on the road of pursuing her career, and so on.
After watching it, the audience can only feel all kinds of encounters of a woman in the workplace, but they can't really touch her inner world, which is far from Lin Mu's original idea.
It is precisely because of the lack of in-depth observation and thinking about women's lives that the whole drama seems monotonous and boring.
5. Lin Mu's reflection and determination
Although "Her City" has a poor reputation, Lin Mu was not discouraged because of this. On the contrary, this experience of failure made him deeply realize that in order to be truly close to life and create a full-bodied and three-dimensional character, it is necessary to deeply understand all walks of life and fully listen to the voices of others.
Lin Mu is deeply determined that in his future creative projects, he will go all out to strengthen the perspective of women, and warmly invite the majority of female colleagues to participate in the grand event. Only by deeply interpreting the inner world of women and deeply feeling their joys, sorrows and sorrows, can we create a female image full of humanity and resonance.
To this end, he specially visited Ms. Zhang Li, the top in the industry, and invited her to join with great admiration, "You not only have profound experience, but also have a unique and profound insight into women's lives, I wonder if you would like to join our new drama creation team?" Lin Mu asked earnestly.
After Zhang Li heard this, she bowed her head slightly and responded earnestly: "I heard about some of the criticisms of "Her City" earlier, and it did expose many problems. However, I firmly believe that if we listen to women sincerely, we will be able to create better works.
In addition to Ms. Zhang Li, Lin Mu also specially invited several screenwriters who have achieved great achievements in the field of urban women's themes. He is full of expectations, believing that through the collaboration and brainstorming of men and women, he will definitely be able to inject new vitality and perspectives into the new drama, and create more full-fledged female characters.
Lin Mu knows that it is not easy to create a lifelike character, and the road to creation will be full of ups and downs and challenges. But he is willing to move forward bravely, constantly sum up experience, and humbly ask for advice.
Because only in this way can we create more outstanding and influential masterpieces that live up to the love and expectations of the audience.
Everyone has setbacks on their creative journey, and forests are no exception. The poor reputation of "Her City" is only a temporary setback in his life, and it is by no means a heavy shackle that hinders his progress.
Lin Mu will learn from this experience and remain humble and correct his mistakes in his next creative project. He has invited a number of female colleagues to join the new crew, hoping that through the collaboration of men and women, he can show the inner world of women more deeply.
Because he has always had a dream, that is, to create excellent film and television works that truly touch people's hearts and are full of warmth. In order to realize this dream, Lin Mu has embarked on a journey.
As long as you persevere in learning and reflecting bravely, you will eventually reach the pinnacle of art and create amazing masterpieces.