text|Linghu Boguang
In September 2022, "Langya Bang" starring Hu Ge has been on the air for 7 years. This costume drama is definitely the highest rated, the most classic, the most influential in the past ten years. One of the domestic costume dramas.
Many netizens may say that "Langya Bang" is really good, but it's not as good as it is.
So why is "Langya Bang" so popular? Why can "Langya Bang" be conferred a god? Why does "Langya Bang" have such a profound influence on domestic costume dramas? How can
's "Langya Bang" be "appointed god"? To a large extent, it "saved" the domestic costume drama
film and television dramas are after all cultural industry commodities, since they are industrial commodities, they should naturally have production standards. In 2015, the Chinese cultural industry was in a very special environment, that is, the peak period of " traffic economy ". There are about two phenomena in costume dramas in the same period, which will bring up two common differences in domestic dramas at that time. Team (at that time, online dramas had not yet risen).
Because of different geographical environments, different shooting modes, and different production standards, the TV series they shoot are very different.
1, the directing team of serious dramas in mainland China is a directing team that comes from our "planned economy" state-owned factories. The Four Great Classics, etc.
After 2001, China signed WTO for further marketization. Like historical dramas, the costume dramas of the mainland director team have experienced the peak of " to the Republic " and "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", and then only " Daqin Empire " is left. to the point of.
2, the costume drama of the director team of Hong Kong and Taiwan, the locality and environment of Hong Kong and Taiwan are narrow, coupled with the early successful development of the economy, the marketization of film and television works has been successful. Although the technology was ahead of the mainland director team at the time, it was relatively more market-oriented, more commercialized, and more fashionable. Most of the costume dramas were idol dramas.
After the director team of Hong Kong and Taiwan went north in 2001, the costume dramas co-produced by the cross-strait and the three places include "Storm", " Legend of Sword and Fairy ", "Juvenile Zhang Sanfeng" and so on. It represents the childhood feelings of many people.
After 2010, the serious costume dramas of the mainland director team and the costume idol dramas cooperating with the three places have declined. Behind is the financial capital entering the domestic film and television industry, making peace with the director team of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and some factors gave birth to the freak of "traffic economy", eventually caused the phenomenon of violent dance in the domestic film and television industry.
Then why is "Langya Bang" conferred a god? Why is the influence so great? Why is
"Langya Bang" a god? When we look at its production level, we know that
analyzes a film and television drama based on four aspects: expression, light, shadow and text, and finally technology. "Langya Bang" is indeed a work that has been completed in a few aspects of domestic costume dramas in recent years, and it is a leader in domestic dramas.
1, the production level of "Langya Bang" was a dimensionality reduction attack at that time, and the impact was very far-reaching.
"Langya Bang" was a hot topic when it was broadcast, in addition to the character building and plot highlights, as well as art, composition, pictures and various cultural details were touted by netizens, because the domestic costume dramas at that time were divided into two extremes.
One is the "Great Qin Empire" series of mainland historical dramas. The art is serious and the service is exquisite. The problem is that the works are not popular in the market, and there are really not many historical dramas in this period.
Another is Yu Zheng's "Palace Lock" series after , Yu Zheng's remake goldAfter the Yongwuxia drama, there are the kind of costume dramas that make up a lot of colors, microdermabrasion and matting, special effects of five hairs, fluorescent colors of art clothes, and random make-up of spicy eyes.
, don't look at this. Netizens are still scolding it, but in the domestic drama market at that time, this kind of costume drama was the mainstream.
At this time, "Langya Bang" appeared. Its art is the ink style of Chinese traditional culture . background. But the rigorous and beautiful design is not exaggerated and has the beauty of traditional culture.
These plus the level of special effects that were praised at the time, and the martial arts design that is obviously not bad for a plot drama, not to mention the foreshadowing of various cultural details. For example, I remember Wang Jinsong, played by , who was on the hot search at that time, the prince who went out with a few food boxes, Jing Wang went to rescue the soldiers and there were three spare horses. Necessary to travel around the clock.
The costume dramas at that time don't have such real details, there is no one that can make art and kimono look good.
This is combined with the costumes for actors' makeup, and then to the sunken buildings and scenery. Not to mention that costume dramas were a dimensionality reduction attack at that time, even today, I believe everyone will still tout them.
In addition to a few historical dramas on the market at that time, 99% of the costume idol dramas were in Abao color, the set of microdermabrasion cutouts and special effects of Wumao, the high-level aesthetic ink painting style of "Langya Bang", and the sophisticated clothing, composition, and movement. The level of design and special effects suddenly set off other costume dramas as shit-
2, the actors open up the mode of talented young directors, and match the old drama bones, which is between idol dramas and serious dramas.
The costume dramas at that time were either "Da Qin Empire" and " No War in Peiping " with all the best actors and actresses and veteran actors, or the "four top-notch" at that time, and then to Yu Zheng's "Palace Series" Yang Mi , the remake of Jin Yong's martial arts drama Chen Xiao , Chen Yanxi , Chen Qiaoen are mainly idols.
The Hu Ge of "Langya Bang" is the same as the earlier " Pretender ". The heroine Liu Tao is not a traffic, right, and the Wang Kai , which became popular later, is not a traffic, let alone a powerful actor.
At that time, costume dramas were popular and were traffic stars who sold their faces. They dubbed and rolled the show, and they made a lot of money without being dedicated to their work. The key is that their acting skills are still bad. "Langya Bang" chooses the roles that fit, Hu Ge and Mei Changsu are integrated, Wang Kai, Wu Lei and other gods choose roles, Wang Jinsong, Liu Mintao and other old drama bones match.
said that you may not believe it, and now domestic drama actors are matched with this model.
3, story plot, character building and core expression, although not as good as the main drama, but also hanging idol drama.
"Langya Bang" is a cool article because of the adaptation of the online text, but its plot structure, narrative advancement, and details are laid out, drama conflict , and the logic behind the characters and so on. There's really no way to compare it with a historical drama, but it's an invincible existence in this kind of commodity drama.
, for example, its expression is the traditional Chinese pure heart wrapped in the revenge story of the Count of Monte Cristo.
You can look down on it, or you think it's a good game compared to "The Ming Dynasty". However, if you think about Yan Houye saying yes three times when asked by Mei Changsu, and then to the sinister and vicious Xie Yu who is deeply in love with the eldest princess, etc., I am not sleepy when it comes to character highlights.
I believe that even if I look down on the plot of "Langya Bang", those who have watched the show will still be impressed by these characters, these plots, these dramatic conflicts, and the expression of the innocent heart, and the cruel thing is:
You look down on "Langya Bang", but there are many domestic costume dramas of the same model, but none of them replicate the myth of the cultural phenomenon level of "Langya Bang", let alone the follow-up influence. It’s been 7 years since
, and when you revisit the “Langya Bang”, what do you miss most?
Many people in China have never realized that modern film and television dramas are industrial commodities, but cultural commodities must have cultural pursuits after all, right? It's a commodity, but you can't be too commercial.
If a film and television drama can do it in all aspects, the key is to be very successful in the market and even form a "cultural phenomenon". Then as a cultural commodity, it will become a benchmark both inside and outside the industry, and it is destined to lead the subsequent production mode of similar cultural commodities. In addition to its own quality,
"Langya Bang"'s conferred gods are mainly due to the decline of mainland dramas and cross-strait co-operated costume dramas. When the new era of IP arrived, the market products were fluttering, and it took a fairly successful path. and far-reaching. Behind
is the "Mountain Shadow" of the mainland serious drama team such as "Crossing the Guandong" and " Parents' Love ". Producer Hou Hongliang , producer Kong Sheng and others broke away from Shanying and established Noon Sunshine, the first drama they shot. It's "The Pretender", and the collaboration with Shanying is "Langya Bang", plus the later female urban drama "Ode to Music".
Noon Sunshine used the mode of shooting serious dramas to shoot IP dramas that were popular in the market at that time. To put it uglier, they were IP commercial idol dramas. As a result, all aspects brought the effect of "dimensionality reduction and blow" to the domestic dramas on the market at that time, and then led the production mode of the entire market.
"The Pretender" is an idol spy drama, " Ode to Joy " is a female urban drama, and "Langya Bang" is an IP costume drama. This kind of production model of mainland serious drama teams transforming to shoot popular IPs in the market has basically become the main model of the domestic drama market later. Of course, problems have also arisen, so I won't talk about it here.
Of course, "Langya Bang" is not the only one in those years. Such phenomenal works will become the benchmark of cultural commodities, and then start to lead the market in the production and manufacture of similar cultural commodities in the future.
For example, is the women's palace fighting drama " Step by Step Shocking ", " Zhen Huan's Biography ", and later "Story of Yanxi Palace", " Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace " and other works. After the success of " Legend of Wu Meiniang " in the middle, there are also big female court dramas such as " Splendid Weiyang ", " Miyue Biography ", " That Year when the Flower Bloomed and the Moon Is Full ".
For example, the Xianxia idol drama from " Gu Jian Qi Tan " to "Flower Thousand Bone", then to the peak of " Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom ", then " Fragrant Honey ", " Liuli ", "" Canglan Jue " came all the way like this, originally there was a "delayed change" and then hung up and didn't mention it.
In the era of commercialization of the cultural industry, the market is a product that will continue to replicate successful products, and they will continue to shoot and shoot until the filming is bad like Gong Dou dramas and big heroine dramas, and the audience vomits. Therefore, this year's "Canglan Jue" is so successful, there will definitely be a lot of similar fairy tales and ancient puppet dramas in the future. It's been 7 years since
, and there is no problem with "Langya Bang" being a god. The question is when will the next "Langya Bang" appear.
Finally, after "Langya Bang", there are many such ancient costume dramas, " Tiansheng Long Song " " Hejuhuating " are similar works, but they are the same as many domestic costume dramas in recent years, and the production mode is not very different. The production level of
is getting better and better, and the cast is still the one with the hip pull. The biggest problems are with the script and the presentation. Do you think there have been works like the hexagonal warriors of "Langya Bang" in the past two years, opening the next stage of the myth of domestic costume dramas?
's answer is obviously no, if there are some Chinese audiences can't blow it up, it's already a god. According to my experience and observation of the domestic drama industry, there are two models of similar male lead costume dramas after "Langya Bang", both of which are quite successful, but the works are still a little bit worse.
First, Ma Boyong kind of dynastic crisis or ancient city crisis, " Chang'an Twelve Hours " is a little bit worse in plot, later " Fengqi Luoyang " and "Fengqi Longxi" did not keep up, and there will be "" in the future. Works such as Daming under the microscope of ", "Fifteen Days of Two Beijings", and "Apocalypse Different Stories".
The other is a domestic seasoned series of ancient costumes, from the two episodes of "Jianye" to the success (almost) of "Celebrating More Than Years". Similar models include " Son-in-law " and " Swordsman in the Snow" ", but you can't make it after watching " Celebrating More Than Years 2" for 4 years. The Chinese-style season broadcast mode is obviously immature.
Therefore, if the above two modes contribute to phenomenal hits in the future, perhaps the development of domestic costume dramas will also enter the next stage, but it is still a little bit worse now. Why can
"Langya Bang" be conferred a god? Because it is the only myth of domestic costume dramas in the past 7 years.
