It appears that the impact of the effects of the spread of the new corona virus in the Ramadan 2020 drama is greater than it appeared at the beginning of the holy month, as the insistence of the drama makers to complete the filming and participation of their works came in many cases at the expense of the quality of the final work and similar problems in Text and events.
Corona's influence has also appeared in Ramadan drama this year, in some series whose makers have only shown what was filmed before the imposition of the ban in Arab countries, so the viewer saw this year series including only 15 episodes, such as "The Sculptor", which starred Basil Khayat and the artist Amal Bouchoucha, directed by Majdi Al-Sumairi and authored by Buthaina Awad, as the series’s work team decided, with the start of the embargo procedures, to content themselves with viewing the ready-made episodes from it, and to postpone the presentation of the remaining episodes for an unknown period until now. Although the series was able with its distinguishing elements, such as excitement and excitement in the story that it deals with, and mastery of performance, especially by Basil Khayat, the interruption of the show at episode 15 made the viewer feel that there is something wrong with the course of events, it started quiet and perhaps Slowly slow, and with the acceleration and suspense growing, the episodes ended, leaving the audience waiting to answer many questions.
Incomplete parts
A similar decision was taken by the makers of the series "The Magician", which includes in its starring artists Abed Fahd and Stephanie Saliba, written by Salam Kasiri, and directed by the first part, Mohamed Lotfy, and the second by Amer Fahd, as it included only 17 episodes. For his part, the producer and director, Iyad Al-Khazouz, said in press statements that the "sculptor" since its implementation was divided into two stories, each of 15 episodes, and the first story was filmed and presented, while for "The Magician" he explained that 22 episodes of the series were filmed The first story of it in the first formulation ended in the 20th episode, but after the crisis of "Corona" they found that it could end at Episode 17, which happened without any disturbance to the dramatic construction of the work, indicating that the second story of each of the "sculptor" and "The Magician" may complete their filming next September, according to developments in the "Corona" crisis.
"Exit 7"
The same thing was repeated with the Saudi series "Exit 7", starring the artist Nasser Al-Qasabi, which was limited to 20 episodes instead of 30, because the team was unable to complete filming the rest of the episodes, in light of the precautionary procedures used to confront the Corona virus, according to what the artist said Abdul Majeed Al-Rahidi, one of the series’s heroes, adding in a tweet via his Twitter account: “Journey (Exit 7) stopped due to circumstances beyond our control, even though the team tried as much as possible to film as much as possible, and we managed to finish 20 episodes despite pandemic circumstances (Corona), And because the artist is an example, we were the first initiators of the application and the stone, as soon as the work was completed and committed The instructions and regulations ».
"We were ridiculous"
While I encountered some dramas whose makers chose to display and join the season despite everything, which exposed it to criticism from viewers, for its sagging flaws in its events, and the prolonged and prolonged events it witnessed without justification, especially in the second half of it, and there are full episodes that pass From some series without witnessing real events, but only long conversations that have no effect on the course of work.
These criticisms led some artists to admit that sagging is due to the abolition of filming many external scenes, or that require gathering or travel abroad, and from this artist, Bayoumi Fouad, who admitted in his response to the criticisms of the series "Men of the House", which he participates in With the artists Ahmed Fahmy and Akram Hosni, the work really was not up to the expectations of the audience, explaining that the "Corona" crisis forced them to cancel many external scenes, which caused the series to be transformed into something like "com com", and they had to choose between continuing or Stop shooting.
Fouad added that the productive reasons were behind the exclusion of the work team to solve the sufficiency of only 15 episodes, especially since the work had been marketed and sold “and thus the series turned to sketches, and there is no dramatic line of events according to him, and all the scenes in the house became, along with the fear of the actors Corona suffered, all of this led to problems in the scenario. He continued: "The series is not satisfactory. I know and apologize to the people. For every horse we have met with, we were ridiculous and our blood was saying ... but by God the Almighty everything changed and was in trouble and a lot of terror."
"Stretch crime"
The Egyptian director, Khaled Youssef, criticized what he called «crimes of the stretcher» in many of the Ramadan 2020 series, some of which can be summarized in 7 or 10 episodes, indicating that other works are also good and deserve to be shown in 30 episodes and more.
Youssef added in his account on Facebook: "The loss of serials could have been sweet, exacerbated by the crimes of stretching and lengthening, and for the umpteenth time saying the visual drama is the art of intensifying the moment and it is not covered."
As the "sculptor" accelerated and the suspense increased, the episodes ended, leaving the audience waiting to answer many questions.
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Only episode with the series "The Magician", which brings together starring artists Abed Fahd and Stephanie Saliba.
Bayoumi Fouad:
"(The man of the house) turned into sketches and there is no dramatic streak of events, and the filming of all the scenes in the house became due to the horror of (Corona)."