Variety show creation set off "youth" fever
He went to Tsinghua at the age of 16, worked as a rocket engineer at the age of 24, and has participated in 79 space launch missions at the age of 29... Yu Xinchen, a young man born in the 1990s, has an amazing resume, and he is not alone.
Recently, Sichuan Satellite TV’s youth inspirational documentary observation program "Go Up!
"Youth" led the audience to meet a group of talented and energetic young people.
Looking back on 2020, there are not a few variety shows with "youth" as the key word. More and more program creations have added richer and more weighty footnotes to the word "youth" through different storytelling and character descriptions.
Use "youth" as an incision to see through different industries and social issues
Domestic variety shows have entered a mature stage, and the content areas involved in variety show creation are already very broad.
Looking at the recent creations, we can see that although a number of programs focus on different fields and adopt different formats, they have started with "youth" and "youth + amateur" has become the target of many programs.
The theme series of poverty alleviation "Youth in the Earth" takes youth as the theme and integrates a variety of artistic methods to tell the story of poverty alleviation experienced by young poverty alleviation workers; the interactive national style youth creative program "Go Online!"
"Hua Cai Youth" takes "innovative interpretation of national style" as the concept and core, highlighting the energy of teenagers; "Inspiring Offer" in-depth documentary of the real scenes of "youth masters" entering the workplace; "Kung Fu Apprentice" from the perspective of young people from all over the world Observe the achievements of rural revitalization and poverty alleviation on the land of China; "The Field of Hope" uses "youth power" to break the theme of the project to help farmers, with a cheerful tone and youthful color; "Go Up!
Each issue of "Youth" focuses on an industry, telling the true stories of contemporary youth through a combination of short documentaries and observations and interviews in the studio, and conveys the vigor and vigor to the society with the life choices, work experience and living conditions of outstanding young people. Young voice and positive values.
These programs are mainly composed of young people from celebrity guests to amateurs in the selection of performance subjects, and they fully emphasize their power in social practice.
These programs actively conveyed: In different industries and different responsibilities, the young generation has used their fresh creativity, abundant physical strength and unlimited passion to create great achievements.
Huang Dianlin, Associate Professor of Communication University of China, said: “In this kind of programs, the main story is ordinary young people in various industries. The programs show the ordinary charm and precious qualities of the ordinary youth through their simple deeds.”
Use diverse images to present youth group images
It is also to tell the story of youth, centering on different content areas, variety show creation forms different forms of expression, further showing the creative trend of fusion of multiple forms, with interesting forms and meaningful content becoming a common situation.
"Youth in the Earth" invites young actors into the village to gather and experience, and finally reproduce the real and moving scenes of poverty alleviation through stage performance. The process of gathering has become an interesting point.
"Go online!
Huacai Juvenile integrates national style and talent show to make the spread of traditional culture more popular and youthful.
"Kung Fu Apprentice" and "Field of Hope" organically combine documentary and experience, and the true and intuitive recording makes the core ideas expressed in the program's intentions reach people's hearts.
On the basis of observing reality shows, "Inspiring Offer" also set up a link for guests to guess the ranking of interns' topics, creating suspense to make the show a little more exciting.
"Go Up!
"Youth" presents the work scenes and daily life of outstanding youth representatives from many industries in a short documentary. It is real, intuitive, but not boring. In the studio, guests of different age groups and different industry backgrounds asked questions about the short film, triggering a rich story extension and perspective Expression has given young people a broader meaning and deeper interpretation of their life choices and ideal practice, effectively expanding the content of the program.
Take observation programs as an example. The program model of "documentary short film + observation in the studio" is already familiar to the public. However, most of the programs use celebrity guests as gimmicks and make a fuss about private life, which seem to be "down-to-earth" life topics. It is difficult to overcome the nature of excessive entertainment, and "Go Up!"
"Youth" shifts the focus of observation and discussion to the amateur group, digs into the spiritual world of contemporary youth, and makes "observation" more meaningful.
Hongsheng Ouyang, vice president of the Chinese University Film and Television Association and doctoral tutor, said: "Through observation and discussion of real people and real stories of contemporary youth, and using vivid documentary details to eliminate generation gaps and awkward chats, we explore the essence and commonality of youth in the eyes of people of different ages. , To add a beautiful footnote of'responsibility + energy' to the labelled post-90s."
Linking the proposition of the times with "youth", highlighting the significance of struggle
With the shaping and communication of multiple programs, the current "youth" image is further truly presented to the audience, the image of the youth group is more full and positive, and it also more actively reflects the spirit of the times.
Some of these programs connect the ideals and beliefs of the younger generation with grand propositions such as poverty alleviation and defense of the country, responding to the voice of the times of "the youth is strong, the country is strong", and the close connection between the younger generation and the destiny of the country is concretely presented.
Through a documentary description of a group of young people's deeds, "Go Up!
"Youth" has achieved a higher level of connotation leapfrogging on the theme of "aspiration, career, and future" for young people.
Chen Mingzhi, who graduated from Southeast University majoring in urban and rural planning, gave up high-paying jobs in first-tier cities and returned to a small fishing village in Hainan to make efforts for the environmental protection and fishery development of his hometown. Gu Ya, who graduated from normal school, also formed a band and played music, but he Finally stayed in the col of Liupanshui, handing the guitar in the hands of the children; Liang Lin, an outstanding graduate of Fudan University, came to the front line of poverty alleviation and helped the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich as the first secretary of Minqiang Village, Shizhong Town, Jianyang City, Sichuan Province... …The young people once yearned for the outside world infinitely. Why is the small village more attractive to this generation of young people?
The program tells us with the stories of young people such as Chen Mingzhi and Liang Lin. Under the background of the rural revitalization strategy and with the support of national policies, the passion and ideals of the youth groups have been watered by the spirit of the times, and the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship has been continuously stimulated. Is contributing and setting an example.
"Recently popular youth programs are permeated with a youthful atmosphere and optimism, which can inspire people, and also show us that the current young groups are stronger, more patriotic, more daring to express themselves, and more daring to take responsibility. The character of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has opened up a world of observing young people.” said Leng Rong, secretary-general and associate researcher of the World Media Research Center of the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “I hope that this program will become a constructive program — a positive one. Even the dissemination of content with intellectual and spiritual attributes can change society."
More true stories of young people are being staged on the screen. Topics about ideals, beliefs, self-worth, and the good years continue. The propositions of the times such as poverty alleviation and prosperity, rural revitalization have also been told with a youthful atmosphere and sincere voice.
This is the deep meaning of the youth inspirational variety show. From the topic of youth and youth groups, it portrays the portraits of promising young people, praises the power of youth to give back to the society, and further reveals the profound changes in the current era and the social atmosphere. Develop for the better.
(Our reporter Niu Mengdi)