The scene of the seminar of the TV series "Set Sail: When the Wind Rises". Courtesy of the Television Arts Committee
Beijing, 23 Oct (China News Service) -- A seminar on the TV drama "Set Sail: When the Wind Rises", sponsored by the Department of Network Audio-Visual Program Management of the State Administration of Radio and Television and the China Television Arts Commission, was held in Beijing on 22 October. The drama shows the career development and fate of Chinese entrepreneurs in the 1990s, and has been broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video on September 14, with a total of more than 1.3 billion views.
The drama is a support project for the creation and dissemination of high-quality online audio-visual programs of the State Administration of Radio and Television. Zhang Chenxiao, deputy director of the Department of Network Audio-visual Program Management of the State Administration of Radio and Television, said that the drama is closely related to the origin of the Internet in terms of overall planning and structure, showing economic development and social changes, while connecting personal, social and national changes, presenting a good story and closely echoing the spirit of reform and opening up.
"Set Sail: When the Wind Rises" director Liu Chang. Courtesy of the Television Arts Committee
"We have consulted a large number of text, pictures and video materials, and have made a balance between retro fashion and era restoration in visual presentation, so that more audiences can accept and like it." In addition, a lot of restoration and innovation have been combined in photography, soundtrack, packaging, etc., so as to narrow the distance with the audience. Liu Chang, the director of the play, said.
Liu Chang said that the casting was more bold, "We chose young actors whose actual age and character age are very close, which can bring more youthful vitality to the role and easily lead the audience into the story." Liu Chang hopes that through this drama, young people can understand the struggle of their parents in an era full of turmoil and change.
Many experts praised the play's realistic creative concept and artistic approach. Wei Dangjun, vice president of the China Online Audio-visual Program Service Association, said that by portraying and shaping two generations of entrepreneurs and typical figures from all walks of life, this drama reflects that social development is inseparable from the macro background of the times and policy support, and even more inseparable from the integrity and innovation and responsibility of young people. The spirit of the protagonists who dare to think and dare to fight and forge ahead allows young audiences to see their own shadows from the characters in the play, so that they believe that they can grasp the future through struggle.
The drama shows the entrepreneurial group portraits of two generations of IT people, intertwined with the state-owned enterprise entrepreneurship line represented by Tan Qizhang and Pei Qinghua and the private enterprise entrepreneurship line represented by Xiao Chuang, supplemented by the foreign enterprise business line represented by Xie Hang, which together paint a picture of China's economic and social life in the 1990s. Jia Ruiming, deputy director of the Film and Television Drama Center of Shanghai Radio and Television Station, said: "Relying on the two-line growth narrative of career and love, the growth and transformation of characters have formed a better interaction with the times. ”
Liu Shuxin, a professor at the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of the Central University for Nationalities, said: "The play achieves the truth of details, the truth of essence, the truth of the times and the truth of emotions, the portrayal of characters is in line with their identity and personality characteristics, and the lines complement the characters." ”
Huang Dianlin, executive director of the International Communication Research Center of the Communication Research Institute of the Communication University of China, said that the play is very attractive in terms of detail, and the rhythmic sense of audiovisual language is used just right.
Screenwriter Excellence Bubble said that the pace of the show is indeed fast, the number of events in a single episode is close to about 30, and the plot is always moving, conveying a fresh impression to the audience. And pay attention to details, the time point in the play can be matched with the real time point in history. (End)
Source: China News Network