Sohu Entertainment News (Zhuang Zixiu/Wen Xiaowan/Planner Ma Sen/Photo)
On October 19, the 29th Beijing Television Program Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "Trade Fair"), known as the "Vane of Chinese TV Dramas", is underway.
According to Sohu Entertainment Observation, this year's promotion meeting recommended more than 450 works, compared with previous years, has declined for two consecutive years, and most of the works that have been promoted have been broadcast on video websites, and the new dramas are very few; in the new dramas promoted, the works related to the "centenary of the founding of the Party and the Ice and Snow Winter Olympics" are the mainstream, and there is no shortage of young actors in these works, so that the main theme works have also begun to be younger.
In addition, the "2021 China TV Drama Industry Development Trend Report" was released at the trade fair, which showed that the number of TV drama filings "shrunk", and in the filing of online dramas, the number of revolutionary themes increased, and legendary themes and public security themes emerged in batches.
The main theme works continue to exert their strength
Young actors starring in "Grounded Gas"
This year's trade fair is based on "the centenary of the founding of the Party and the Ice and Snow Winter Olympics", so the works related to these two themes are exhibited in a conspicuous position. The former theme area exhibited 25 excellent TV drama works, including "The Age of Awakening", "Meritorious Service", "Hundred Refining into Steel", "The Power of Faith", "Hutong", "The Sun Is Out", "Fragrant Mountain Leaf Zhenghong", "Armageddon", "Our New Era" and so on. The latter also introduced a number of key projects on the theme of the Winter Olympics and ice and snow, including the TV series "The Winter Olympic Family", "The Name of Ice and Snow", the documentary "The Way of China's Ice and Snow", the animation film "2022 to Beijing", the network drama "Red Star Nine", "Love in the Powder Snow Time", the online movie "Fly, the Light on the Ice", the radio drama "Gui yan", etc., many of which are expected to meet the audience next year.
2021 is a year of great victory for the main melody works, and the word-of-mouth of dramas such as "The Age of Awakening", "Mountains and Seas", "Meritorious Achievements", and "Ideal Shines on China" has been double-harvested, igniting the patriotic feelings of the audience again and again, and also raising people's expectations for the main melody works again.
In the coming year, a number of main theme works are highly anticipated. For example, "Our Southwest United Congress" starring Wang Hedi and Zhou Ye, "Rising with a Storm by The Column" starring Hu Dayi and Zhang Ruonan, "Ice, Rain and Fire" starring Chen Xiao and Wang Yibo, "Human World" starring Lei Jiayin, Xin Baiqing, Song Jia and Yin Tao, "Opponent" starring Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo, "Love Full of Nine Dao Bay" starring Han Dongjun and Re Yiza, "Hutong" starring Lin Yi, etc.
It is not difficult to find that at the important node of the "Centenary of the Founding of the Party" in 2021, the main theme works are not only greatly improved in quantity and quality, but also more and more "younger", and the popular actors who once appeared in mostly fashionable urban dramas are now also in touch, such as Lin Yi playing the neighborhood committee staff in "Hutong", Han Dongjun playing a Beijing child in beijing hutongs in "Love Full of Nine Dao Bay", and Wang Yibo playing an anti-drug policeman in "Ice Rain and Fire".
There are few new dramas with a decline in the number of works exhibited
"Qing Yu Nian 2", "Young Pie 2" and many other sequels have struck
It is reported that this year's trade fair has promoted more than 450 TV drama projects and more than 80 network dramas. Compared with more than 700 in 2019 and 630 last year, it has declined for two consecutive years. Moreover, it is not difficult to see from the dramas on display that most of them are works waiting for the second round of broadcasting, and there are relatively few new projects.
Although the number of new dramas is small, the theme and actors are quite attractive, and many of them have been recommended by the organizers of the trade fair.
For example, "Female Psychologist", starring Yang Zi and Jing Bairan, is based on Bi Shumin's novel of the same name, telling the story of psychologist Horton's growth and change, and deeply exploring the psychological confusion of contemporary people and the road to redemption and breakthrough. "Everything About Dr. Tang", Qin Lan plays a superb doctor of cardiac surgery, it is reported that this is her second cooperation with the director of "Yanxi Raiders", the two tacit understanding, people look forward to. "The Gate of Rebirth", starring Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai, takes the theft of ancient paintings as the main line, telling the story of Luo Jian, the leader of the criminal investigation team, and Zhuang Wenjie, a talented college student, who have joined forces to solve strange cases. There is not only the twists and turns of the traditional detective theme of high-energy suspense, but also the deep thinking of the fate of the characters and the exposure of human nature. "Opponents" starring Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo revolves around the story of "spy warfare" in the era of peace, telling the story of a group of intelligent national security policemen, relying on superb investigation technology and love for the country and the people, to investigate spies against all odds.
There are also Yang Mi and Chen Weiting's long-backpiled "Lady Hu Zhu", Yu Shuxin and Zhang Binbin's "Two People's Little Forest" with a full sense of atmosphere, Wang Yibo's "Ice, Rain and Fire", and Li Yifeng's "Mirror • Twin Cities".
In addition, some excellent works have also launched sequels.
For example, the "Trident" starring Chen Jianbin has a second part, according to the novel and screenwriter Lu Zheng, "Trident 2" is a prequel, so it is likely to be the story of the three policemen when they were young, then the second part may not appear Chen Jianbin and others. "Qing Yu Nian 2" is also in the episode display, and the current information shows that the drama is still starring Zhang Ruoyun and Li Qin. "Young Pie 2" is still the original team, starring Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni, Zhao Jinmai, Guo Junchen, Jiang Guannan, Wang Yuwen and others, telling the story of four former friends Lin Miaomiao, Qian Sanyi, Deng Xiaoqi, Jiang Tianhao and their families who are about to graduate from college. Although "Holiday Warm Yangyang 2" is a sequel, the starring role has changed blood, from Yao Chen, Bai Yu, Zheng Yunlong to Liu Tao, Chen He, Zhang Jiani, I don't know if it can continue the reputation of the first season.
Tv series filing continues to "reduce"
The filing of the theme of the network drama revolution has been improved
At the trade fair, Si Ruo, associate professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, also released the "2021 China TV Drama Industry Development Trend Report".
The report reflects some of the current situation in the TV drama industry.
In terms of TV drama filings, according to data from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, compared with the first eight months of 2020, the number of TV dramas filed in the first eight months of 2021 decreased by 133 and 5816 episodes, down 28.9% year-on-year and 35.3%. The reason is due to the impact of the new crown epidemic and "quality improvement and reduction". In terms of subject matter, contemporary themes are the mainstream genre.
In terms of TV drama distribution, in the first half of 2021, TV dramas were allowed to issue 85 domestic TV series, which increased compared with 2020, but the overall number of EPISODES decreased, and the supply side of TV drama content maintained "quality improvement and reduction". In terms of distribution themes, the number of reality-themed TV dramas and episodes occupy the top position in the list, which is the mainstream distribution option of the TV drama industry since the new era.
The filing of key network dramas, the current number of online drama filings has increased steadily, "a hundred years since the founding of the party", the filing of revolutionary theme network dramas has improved, in addition, urban themes are still the mainstream of network themes, legendary themes, and public security themes have emerged in batches.
In summary, it can be seen that in the current TV drama environment, "improving quality and reducing quantity" is the mainstream, but one point that cannot be ignored is that the number of TV drama filings has declined, the filing of key network dramas has increased steadily, and the withdrawal of Taiwan from the network is an unstoppable trend.
In terms of content, whether it is a TV series or a network drama, in the special period, revolutionary theme dramas are key projects, and the number has increased compared with previous years, in addition, TV dramas are still based on realistic themes, while online dramas are differentiated through legendary themes and public security themes.