Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 1, title: A mutual fulfillment of literature and film and television - behind the hit "The World"
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Sibei
Based on the life trajectories of the three brothers and sisters of the Zhou family in a civilian community in a northern city in China, the story describes the great changes in Chinese society and the ups and downs of people's lives... Adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Liang Xiaosheng, who won the Mao Dun Literature Award, Reality The theme TV series "The World" has been well received since its launch on January 28, and has been on the "hot search" for many times.
The popularity of the TV series further boosted the sales of the original book, and the novel "The World" also quickly climbed to the top of the best-selling list of major book sales platforms and became a hit.
This successful case of deep integration of literature and film and television, and the development of China Unicom, what kind of experience enlightenment has it brought to literature's continuous extension of its own value in the new era?
At the recent symposium on "The World" from literature to film and television held by the China Writers Association, Liang Xiaosheng, the original author of "The World", Li Lu, director and chief producer of the TV series "The World", experts, scholars and industry insiders, etc. The successful experiences and methods of film and television adaptation are discussed.
"The long novel "The World" is a veritable big 'IP'. When its classicity is gradually recognized and confirmed by people, the space for its interpretation will inevitably continue to expand, which means that this 'IP' is developed. The space will be bigger." The critic Pan Kaixiong said at the meeting that the success of this long-form TV series not only brought pleasant aesthetic enjoyment to the audience, but also provided a successful case for the construction and development of my country's cultural industry.
The participants believed that the explosion of this realistic drama and literary work stemmed from the original author's rich historical and life background and the ingenious production of the main creators. Emotions, and finally presents simple and lovely characters, touching storylines, and vivid and real people's life landscapes, which arouse the deepest emotional resonance in the audience's hearts.
"This work of 'paying tribute to literature and life' is not only a rich and warm life history of the common people, but also a magnificent history of reform and development, providing a solid literary foundation for the production of TV dramas." As the producer of the play Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of China Reading Group, believes that the organic crossover and integration of literature and film and television is an important innovation path for the two literary and artistic forms to move from "plateau" to "peak", and also from "work" to "" The high-dimensional refined expression of "boutique".
In the opinion of Li Lu, director and chief producer of the TV series "The World", this novel has brought a very good foundation for adapting film and television dramas, "First of all, it has a group of standing characters, and secondly, it contains nearly fifty The history of all living beings in the past few years has enough depth of time, and finally there are vivid stories and the smell of fireworks in the world."
""The World" is serious literature, serious literature is personal thinking about life experiences, and TV dramas are popular art. The more serious the literature, the more difficult it is to change into a TV series." Wang Hailing, the screenwriter of the TV series "The World", is sharing his creative experience Shi admitted that only by insisting on writing what he thinks, thinks and feels can a writer impress others.
The adaptation of the film and television drama has also been recognized by Liang Xiaosheng, the original author of "The World".
"The film and television dramas have refined the thoughts I want to express." Liang Xiaosheng said that the TV series changed some characters and plots from conceptualization to concreteness, and displayed the drama more intelligently, such as the portrayal of Zhou's mother, the Zhou's father agreed that Zheng Juan's plot was changed to let Zheng Juan hear it at the door, etc., "If the novel can be rewritten, I want to incorporate the wisdom of the main creators."
"Literature and film and television are a relationship that distinguishes, inspires, inspires, complements each other, and ultimately strengthens and magnifies each other." Tie Ning, chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said that the popularity of "The World", Once again, it is a strong proof of the close relationship between literature and film and television. From literature to film and television, this is not only a description of a process, but also a broad space for vigorous creation and acceptance.
Zhang Hongsen, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, said that today, in order to better integrate literary creation into the modern communication pattern, it must more fully and actively communicate with many art categories and cultural forms to exchange, learn, and integrate.
"We believe that the new era literature can grasp the initiative of history and open up infinite possibilities in the process of continuous embrace and derivation." He said that the Chinese Writers Association will launch and implement the "New Era Mountain and Township Creation Plan" and "New Era Literature Climbing Plan" this year. ”, to focus on creating and launching a batch of high-level and weighty literary masterpieces, delivering more and better literary resources for film and television and other cultural fields.