Multi-platform hits from "Awakening Age" to "The Great Battle" are well received

Innovative expression of party history drama young people resonating at the same frequency

　　Our reporter Li Xiazhi

　　"The Great Battle", which tells the three major battles of the Liberation War, officially ended this week. A party history drama with military warfare as the main storyline has not only climbed to the top of the same period in ratings, but also on Douban, Weibo and other social networking sites. , It also aroused heated discussions among young audiences.

Since the beginning of this year, the party history dramas represented by "The Awakening Age" have almost without exception been welcomed by young people. Many dramas such as "Glory and Dreams", "Idea Shines in China" and "Hundreds of Steel" and other dramas have also been breakthrough innovations. way of expression.

The theme of the theme and the drama of the party history have really made young people into their hearts and souls.

The big narrative has no shortage of small people's perspectives

　　Since "Awakening Age" at the beginning of the year, almost all party history dramas have clearly inherited the core themes of party history dramas, whether it is in the form of serial dramas "Glory and Dreams", "Across the Yalu River", or "The Great Battle", or in the form of unit dramas. "Ideal Illuminates China" and "Hundreds of Refined Steel", these major revolutionary historical theme TV dramas are all planned and step-by-step using TV drama images to systematically, complete and vividly show the magnificent century-old party history.

　　Among them, "The Awakening Age" focuses on the historical situation in the early stage of the founding of the party from 1915 to 1921; "Glory and Dreams" is connected with it, starting from the May Fourth Movement to the Resisting U.S. Aid Korea after the founding of New China; "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Great "Decisive Battle" focuses on a separate history of war, while "Idea Illuminates China" and "Hundreds of Refined Steel" capture the shining moments in the history of a century of revolution, and use individual characters or stories to form articles, illuminating the unforgettable ones in the history of the Party. "When the stars shine."

　　The themes are concentrated, but the expressions are vivid and layered. Almost each of these dramas is well received by the audience. They have a common feature: restore history with vivid character stories and rich details, and restore greatness in historical materials. The party-building spirit uses the brilliance of human nature to resonate with today's audience.

After the broadcast of "Awakening Age", the deeds of the two martyrs Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian became well-known to the audience and became the new "idols" of the younger generation. In "The Great Battle", the Baihuotun blockade was described in detail, using the stories of ordinary soldiers. To reproduce the heroic deeds of the unknown martyr, real characters such as Zhu Rui, the artillery commander, and Gao Yubao, the author of "The Rooster Cry in the Middle of the Night" also appear in the play.

In the barrage of video sites, many young viewers watched the drama and checked the history of the party, thus gaining a deeper understanding of the choices made by those heroes and what kind of sacrifice and courage it meant.

There are many breakthroughs in image expression

　　This year's hit party history dramas, almost without exception, have made great efforts in form innovation and image expression style.

"The Awakening Age" directed by Zhang Yongxin has a lot of cinematic and poetic artistic expressions, and many close-ups and scenes have their own meanings, which make the audience remember a long time.

　　"Glory and Dreams" and "The Great Battle" have made obvious breakthroughs in the war scenes. A large number of war scenes are shown in real shots, and the scene of the war is almost a one-to-one restoration of the scene, which is really explosive and realistic. The style has brought the overall standard of war drama in TV dramas to a big step.

Many audiences sighed that the war scenes seen in these plays were no less than the movie scenes, and the proportion of a large number of war scenes also allowed the audience to deepen their understanding of the cruelty of bloodshed and sacrifice in the course of revolutionary history.

　　"Ideal Illuminates China" and "Hundreds of Refined Steel" adopt a unit drama method. The former is divided into four stages: revolution, construction, reform, and revival, and 40 groups of characters are selected for separate depiction; the latter is based on party building. A hundred years of glorious history is the main axis. Eight classic songs are used to connect eight major sections, and use familiar songs to open up the magnificent history and immerse the audience in it.

　　Fu Dongyu, director of "Ideal Illuminates China", said that the show is not a TV show in the traditional sense. How to tell a story in 25 minutes and quickly move people's hearts is a challenge for the creative team.

Since it is a separate chapter, almost every chapter emphasizes the ultimate in artistic style. The 40 story innovations use 40 different artistic styles. Romanticism must be romantic to the end. If you feel happy, please make it full, and documentary. The pursuit of realism should be maximized.

New faces attract new "resonance"

　　This year’s party history dramas, whether it was the innovative use of young and middle-aged actors such as He Wei and Zhang Tong in "The Awakening Age", or the coincidence of Wang Jinsong playing Chiang Kai-shek in "Glory and Dreams" and "The Great Battle", all have passed more extensive selections. Corner, come to open new horizons.

　　A large number of young actors began to appear in party history dramas, taking on the important task of playing historical figures, and also providing an opportunity to attract more young audiences.

The performance of young actors in the play is also remarkable, and it is easier to have a sense of substitution from the perspective of peers.

Fu Dongyu revealed that the lens of "Ideal Illuminates China" is aimed at the dedication and perseverance of young people in different periods, so it is necessary to use young actors to act, and to express it in a young manner.

"It is a win-win thing to ignite the ideal motivation through the influence of young actors and to make the young audience resonate at the same frequency."

　　Chen Xuguang, director of the Center for Film and Television and Drama Research of Peking University, commented on "Hundreds of Refined Steel", "It has laid a new expression paradigm and is more attractive to young audiences." During the broadcast of "Hundreds of Refined Steel", many viewers who were inspired by the red spirit drove more than two thousand kilometers to punch in the red holy land. And "Awakening Age" has been broadcast for nearly half a year, and there are still viewers who spontaneously go to Yanqiao Road in Hefei to present flowers. The resonance of history and reality, the interaction between the drama and the young people, continues outside the screen.