's premiere broadcast of "Dragon Family" has finally ushered in the update of the third episode of the first season. If you follow the ratings trend of the first episode, the new episodes will also have good ratings.
As the prequel of Game of Thrones, what does "Dragon Family" rely on to harvest the traffic effect of the original game, and maintain and increase the ratings? Hot fighting scenes, multi-level reversal of the plot and distinctive character characterization.
It can be said that the latest episode of "Dragon Family" did it all! The fighting scene of
was hot, and it really lived up to the tragic wait of
1. The tragic main battlefield of the battle of the stone steps was explained in the opening scene. The director of
deliberately set the time of the battle in the night when the light was not strong. There is no clear visual picture, but there are the cries and wailing of the soldiers of the sea snake family nearby, and there are dragon knights in the air driving the dragons to deliver fire support to the battlefield.
The mourning on the battlefield and the bright changes in the picture caused by the dragon spitting fire, and the tragic degree of the battlefield, are enough to highlight with the cooperation of sound and light.
But it's not over, because no matter how strong the dragon is, it has its shortcomings. On the one hand, the crab corps can enter the air-raid shelter when the giant dragon attacks, and no matter how strong the dragon's flame is, it cannot move deep into the cave; A power that can fire "fire" arrows for long-range attacks.
Although the audience is also aware of the final outcome, the director did not favor Sea Snake and Damon and deliberately weakened the Crab Corps. The pros and cons of the battle between the two sides were clearly presented, which also added tension to the battle at the beginning.
2. The ultimate showdown of the stone steps islands makes the audience addicted.
The deadlock of the battle needs heroes to break. The hero can be an individual or a group. The king hunted back to the palace and worked overtime to deal with a letter. The younger brother of the sea snake wrote a handwritten letter with the theme of asking for help. No matter how the king responds, this shows that there are already differences within the sea snake on the issue of "war" and "retreat".
The warships under fire, the shields that are always floating, the regular soldiers next to the battle meeting, and the concise quarrel between the snake brothers. It was easy for the audience to understand the ill-fated battle and the bleak prospect of war.
doesn't discuss Dimon's kingly ambitions, he is heroic as an individual in battle. So the director presented such a scene:
Dimon crossed the strait alone and went to the battlefield.
Don't talk about tactics and strategies, but the courage to stand up to the enemy alone, can arouse the audience's expectations for Dimon's rise. It's hard to deal with the scuffle scene, there are too many characters, and it's easy to lose sight of the other in photography. But Dimon lured the enemy out of the hole alone, and the camera was more focused. It can even be said that this is a special show for Dimon to show his strength.
surrendered, counterattacked, rushed into formation, fell down with arrows, and fell into a deep siege. The audience was already extremely nervous. The sudden dragon flames brought visual impact and also let the audience breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, the explosion scene of the whole play appeared, and the crabs came out of their nests in a group, under the air firepower of the dragon, there was no chance to turn over. The long-range "fire" arrows in the high place were swallowed up by the fire, and the crab corps on the ground also had nowhere to escape under the attack of the fire dragon. However, when the two sides are in a melee, will the dragon flame have selective attacks when you have me and I have you?
The climax of the plot comes quickly, but it ends soon after the climax. No matter what happened in the middle of capturing the enemy's first prince, in the end the match was Daemon's victory. Because Daemon was standing, the enemy generals had broken bones.
From the moment Dimon appeared at the entrance of the cave with his back to the audience, the audience's hanging heart was put down. The scale of the war was obviously completely on the side of Daemon and the Sea Snake.
The plot ofdoes not drag on, and Dimon's ultimate showdown also leaves room for the audience to imagine. Because of imagination, this battle will remain in memory and will not dissipate easily.
The marriage is decided by oneself, the throne will never be given up, attacking is the best defense
1. I thought it was my brother's birthday party, but it was his own blind date. Not out of the box. In the palace, there were roast pigs with all the colors and aromas on the conference table in front of the palace. As the first time they appeared in the play, the props team really spent a lot of thought.
A group of people in the room were full of laughter, and the king did not have any family and country matters in his eyes, except for his son and daughter. When the subordinates reported the military situation, the king interrupted one after another and asked his daughter. Even though it was explained that the queen and the princess had a brief confrontation with the lute player, they did not see the urgency of the king to marry his daughter.
On the carriage to the hunting camp, the family finally got together. The audience will notice the position of the princess, which was originally far from the king and queen. This physical distance is actually the externalization of the psychological distance between Renella and them, which also lays the groundwork for the quarrel that follows.
"The hilarity is someone else's, I have nothing"
These words are the perfect way to express how Renella felt when she arrived at camp. The king took his younger brother out of the carriage, and the younger brother enjoyed the cheers like a crown prince; inside the tent, few young and old took their status as the crown prince seriously;
Today is her blind date, and she is the last to know. She expresses with her actions that she will never accept an arranged marriage. Renella rebelled and rode away into the depths of the forest.
Audiences may be more accustomed to seeing fighting scenes, but it is difficult to shoot and express deep thoughts when fighting battles. Because in combat, action is the key.
Renella's refusal happened shortly after arriving at the camp, when she knew that her marriage was a political transaction, and it happened in front of everyone at the banquet, which led to a quarrel between the father and daughter.
Her rejection was both unexpected and reasonable.
2. There is no way to retreat from marriage, only to be a king.
Do you have a marriage first and then become a queen, or do you become a queen first and then have a marriage? In terms of time, marriage is about to happen soon; in terms of psychological development, becoming a queen has to cross too many hearts.
After arguing with the king, Renella chose to gallop into the depths of the forest without saying a word. What she thought was to find a quiet place where no one would disturb her. Out of sight and out of mind is a form of self-deception and evasion. This naive adolescent girl's rebellion is the first hurdle that her queen needs to cross on her way to grow up.
spent the night in a cave, and she ushered in her first sudden attack. Although the target of this attack is a wild boar, the wild boar should be a symbol of the difficulties and tribulations that the 17-year-old crown prince will face, or face alone.
With the help of the Kingsguard, Renella completely subdued the injured boar. The red liquid splashed on Renilla's face. Facing the fallen boar, her stab response was a subconscious, almost instinctive response. The
shot showed the princess after the red liquid splashed half of her face, still glaring at the wild boar without a trace of pity. This may be her attitude towards the obstacles on her way to the Queen. Another shot
mirrors this shift. Renella and the guards watched the sunrise in the early morning of the second day. The surroundings were quiet and the field of vision was broad. Standing on a high place, it had the meaning of a king overlooking the world. If it can't be explained, then the king of the king forest, the white deer, who appears next, it is easier to understand the screenwriter's intention-in order to keep the throne, Renella must change.
This change can be seen from the ignoring of the king in the prey camp, from taking a seat at the imperial conference table, and from her shouting that she has become an item sold for profit.
The king agreed with Renella to choose her own husband, and perhaps the king also realized that Renella's queen consciousness had awakened.
17-year-old Renella, her marriage is destined to be a transaction, wealth, power, status, and interests are exchanged. It's just that she has to decide who to make a deal with, and take the initiative to trade for her own throne. This is also a freedom to control her own destiny.
Otto Power Fight, Renilla grows, the king is weak, each character has their own mission
1. Otto Power Fight is driven by family and power
In the third episode, Otto's desire for power is growing more obvious. This obvious change, first of all, is the extreme enthusiasm for hunting white deer. Whether it is in the palace hall or the tent in the hunting camp, Otto is an active member of hunting white deer.
Otto's understanding is that White Deer, as the king of the forest, should be given as a birthday present to his grandson, Aegon II. This means that he pretended to have the meaning of the sky to create an atmosphere in which his grandson was the king and obeyed the sky.
As the prime minister of the king, Otto's power can be described as one person. But he is still keen to create expectations for his grandson, the king's eldest son, and actively plan, which shows his desire for power.
Prime Minister Otto's family existed long before the Targaryens conquered the continent, and could survive in the Targaryen family 's conquest, and continue the family's status in the court, making Otto more powerful than others desire. The desire for power like
is felt not only by the king, but also by the heir to the throne, Renella.
2. The awakening of Queen Renilla's consciousness is a new source of conflict after Otto
The awakening of Queen's consciousness requires a process, and the third episode gives the timing and performance of the initial awakening.
Renella's Unconscious Kingship first appeared in the first episode. At that time, the queen was still there. Although she did not agree with the view that the mother's birth bed was a battlefield for women, it was fine if she did not object. Because she has good girlfriends of the same age, she can put her mind on Yaoqin. A very representative plot is that Allison once got angry and left because of Renella's desires.
The second stage of Renilla's Throne Unconscious is self-closure and escape. Although she is the heir to the throne, with the king's new marriage, she turned the dissatisfaction and bad emotions in her heart into indifference, escape and secret venting. If the king remarried for three years, Renella would still be hostile to Queen Allison, denying and ignoring all of Allison's favor. Indifferent to relatives, such as not attending his brother's second birthday. After a conflict, stand and dodge, as described earlier, on horseback to the depths of the forest.
According to the classic story structure of Hollywood , the characters grow up to encounter a series of key events. Since the premiere of "Dragon Family", Renella has experienced bereavement, the king's remarriage and deception, arranged marriages, and got married and started a family at the age of 17. Facilitated by past experiences, or the need for responsibility as a wife, mother, and heir to the throne, Renella must complete her growth. To truly grow, her queen consciousness must awaken. Staying in distress in the forest at night and encountering a white deer can be seen as a double reminder.
Don't lose passively in fear, but take the initiative to fight for it so as to keep it.
3. The king's sense of loss of control, the key to shaping the character
There is such a plot in the play: the king arranges a blind date for his daughter, and Renella, who accidentally learns the truth, has a quarrel with her father, and there is a quarrel in the banquet hall , the king is very angry , the sound was so loud that almost everyone in the room could hear it. This kind of father-daughter conflictCivilization implies that the king's anger is largely due to Renilla's disobedience to her father's and king's orders, which is a sense of loss of control within the family. The sense of loss of control like
also comes from his younger brother, Damon, who set himself up as king on Dragonstone Island.
There are no trivial matters in the king's family. The succession to the throne is both a family matter and a national matter, but it has become the biggest source of the king's sense of loss of control. Otto and most of the people around him believed that, with Aegon II, the king would naturally pass the throne to his son rather than his daughter. My prospective son-in-law thinks so, my uncle Otto thinks so, the countess and wives think so, even Princess Renella thinks so.
This kind of understanding is a challenge to the king's power. On the one hand, it appears before the king's decision, which will cause a kind of oppression of public opinion; It will form a will of the people, which will be used by the Otto faction. In addition, this is also a kind of forgetting of the power of the king, and there is no longer the seriousness of "you have no jokes".
So, the king was a little depressed and couldn't easily tell others, so he had to drink wine to drown his sorrows, from high sun to nightfall. Sitting alone on the throne, drinking suffocating wine alone, cup after cup.
Summary
The third episode of the first season of "Dragon Family" presents the battle scene in which the dragon participates for the first time. From the scene, sound effects to the look and feel, it is worthy of praise. Although
has an event span of three years, it does not affect the continuity of the plot at all. Otto, King, and Renilla, as the core characters of the first three episodes, have been very successful in character modeling, and it is worth continuing to follow the drama.
