Over the past decade, China's economic strength and global status have grown significantly. Poverty alleviation, ecological protection, various reforms, and the great changes that are taking place in China have caught the world's attention.
's summary and review of the new era can be expanded from various perspectives and dimensions, such as politics, economy, culture, geography, history, and technology. Using images to tell the stories of the new era can also be done in a variety of ways, such as political films, documentaries, dramas, and the TV series " Our Ten Years " has chosen a unique storytelling method. The key words include: Unit drama , jigsaw puzzles, ordinary people, small people reflect the big era, and the artistic beauty of conflict.
"Our Ten Years" is presented in the form of unit dramas. The theme of each unit is not a random combination, but a meaningful and highly "refined". The whole play uses 11 groups of typical characters and typical events to review the glorious course of construction and development since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the strict governance of the party, the strong army, the journey, rural revitalization, national unity, science and technology, cultural self-confidence, destiny and commonality etc., involving the inside and outside of people's lives and all aspects of the construction of the new era. It not only follows the five-in-one development of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and ecological civilization construction, but also the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it also attracts the most eager attention of the people.
Different themes, characters and stories; different time and space, different regions, different cultural backgrounds, different values to express; different creative teams, different artistic expressions. It is such a multi-dimensional puzzle that presents a colorful picture of the new era.
Compared with TV series, unit dramas have outstanding advantages, but they also have their own unique creative difficulties. How can we achieve unity in style and balance in artistic level through the collective efforts of leaders to set the skeleton and make contributions to the main creatives? The artistic creation effect of "Gathering is a mass of fire, scattered is a sky full of stars" requires a high degree of coordination among the creative teams, and also puts forward higher requirements for the execution of the production company . "Our Ten Years" is produced by Zhejiang Huace Film and Television Co., Ltd. , Huace Film and Television (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Keton Culture Media Co., Ltd. . The play gathers the backbone of the domestic drama creation line: by Zhao Yifang is the chief producer, Fu Binxing is the chief producer, Zhang Xiaodong is the chief planner, Cheng Weidong is the chief editor, Mao Weining is the art director; An Jian , Yang Yang, Teng Huatao, Liu Haibo , Kurban Jiang, Liu Xuesong, Li Ang, Yang Lei, etc. directed each unit respectively; Wang Kai, Tan Songyun , Yang Shuo , Guo Xiaodong , Hou Yong , Yan Ni , Bai Baihe , Bai Yufan, Huang Zhizhong , Wang Ray et al. "Our Ten Years" can gather the backbone of the creation in a short period of time, mobilize the core planning team, gather the first-class directors and screenwriters in China, carefully select topics, create with ingenuity, and achieve the effect of "one-shot". a satisfactory answer sheet.
The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi put forward "the article is written for the occasion, and the poem is written for the event", which is still in common use today. The most unique feature of "Our Ten Years" is that it focuses on the "we" of the witnesses, witnesses, and ordinary people of the times, and eulogizes the new style, new struggle, and new spirit of the people in the new era. As the editor and creator said: "Using small figures to reflect great achievements and small incisions to reflect great times, "Our Ten Years" hopes to leave an accurate artistic archive for China on the move, and to leave a hot imprint on the people and the times."
All the unit protagonists of "Our Ten Years" have no famous characters, but almost every one of them has the real foundation of life. Although it is not a documentary, but as a "time report drama", the characters in the play are all selected from real people's cases for artistic processing, and they may be the "we" watching the play. As the writers and creators of this play have repeatedly expressed: "In a sense, this is a TV play created by the whole people." "From beginning to end, 'we' are the main body of the play, because what is reflected in the play Life is created by all the audience." "The new era is the frame, and we are the protagonists - this is "IThe plot of our ten years is highly condensed. ”
Countless ordinary characters in "Our Ten Years", ordinary enough to have no protagonist halo, are completely restored to real life, but the editor and director use ten years as the basic time span to let us see their stories through the method of storytelling. Growth trajectory. What moves us is their "tenacity", not simply following the trend, but "rooting down", "holding on to dreams", "looking forward to the future" and "practicing boldly". All "we" have worked together in this decade It has created a miracle in the new era, and is also sharing the sense of gain, happiness, and security bestowed by the era.
The small cuts reflect the big themes, and the small characters reflect the big era. The writers and directors have consciously integrated "conflict" into the story in all aspects, bringing a new experience to the viewers and forming a unique "watch" of the play.
The football coach Zhang Lei in " Loves ", He is a growing character, and his "love" was cultivated little by little in ten years of tempering. He studied football theory but never played football. In order to solve the problem, he was forced to choose to teach in a remote middle school in Xinjiang. I didn't get used to it and wanted to run away all the time. The director used exaggeration and contrast in his creation to strengthen his conflict with himself and the environment, making this character very real and vivid. In
"Where the Heart Goes" The "agricultural maker" Li Xinyao and others, the intergenerational differences in understanding of land between them and their parents, the difference in values between them and their contemporaries, the unpredictable ups and downs in the entrepreneurial process, the twists and turns, The song of their youthful devotion to "rural revitalization" was played in countless conflicts. The literary and artistic workers in "Tang Palace Night Banquet" faced the impact of values and the transformation of the market economy and their real predicament. People sigh, in the gap between tradition and modernity, facing difficulties, gorgeous transformation, innovation and upgrading. The success of the hit show "Tang Palace Night Banquet" makes people deeply admire the cultural persistence of literary and art workers in the new era. .
The Hong Kong youth Ye Zhou in "Qianhai" has to face many challenges on the way to achieve his personal dreams, including personal limitations, financial difficulties, business traps, etc. It can be said that there are many obstacles, Xiang Hai, director of DreamWorks Business Department, said: His entrepreneurial story of warm-hearted support and mutual achievement is also presented in countless conflicts, big and small. There is still a turning point in the crisis. This story is quite meaningful and inspires thousands of young people to set sail for their dreams.
" The Chinese builders in "Desert Light" jointly built photovoltaic power plants overseas, which brought great changes to the lives and fate of local residents. By describing the conflict between man and nature, they showed the greatness of human power, and at the same time, through the relationship with the local people. conflict and reconciliation in the Meet each other in the process.
Hegel believes that the more difficult the conflict, the greater the destructive power of the contradiction, and the more profound and strong the subject's character can be. The editors have enhanced the drama of the story through the careful design of various conflicts, arousing the audience's empathy, and also triggering the audience's multi-dimensional thinking about life.
Time cannot be seen or touched, but everything in the world undergoes quantitative or qualitative changes in the movement of time.
Life is like a play, play is like life, "we" are the narrators of the story, and "we" are also the witnesses of the story. "Our Ten Years" helps us see ourselves and illuminate the future with 11 unit combinations.
It takes ten years to sharpen a sword. There are many strategies for storytelling in the new era, but we only have one life. I hope we can all integrate into China and create a life without regrets. (Zhang Wenjuan)
