[Literary and Art Review] "Our Ten Years" Sets a Model for the Lightweight Creation of Major themes

Gao Xing

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"Praise the New Era, Forge a New Journey" - Welcome to the party's top 20 outstanding TV dramas, the key play " Our ten years " premiered on November 3 and ended. After the broadcast, the social responded strongly to . "Our Ten Years" consists of 11 units. By excavating good stories in the "five-in-one" overall layout of , it comprehensively presents the changes and development achievements of Chinese society in the ten years of the new era, and depicts the people's increased sense of gain, A beautiful picture of happiness and security. The

TV series "Our Ten Years" is a gift work directed by the TV Drama Department of the State Administration of Radio and Television and produced by Huace Group. The play is based on unit dramas, consisting of "Night Banquet in the Tang Palace", "Love", "Qianhai", "Three Meals a Day", "What Your Heart Wants", "Ideal Life", "Light of the Desert", "Xixiang Bright Moon", "Sharp Sword" ”, “The Future Has Come”, “Perseverance” and other 11 units, which received good social response and audience reputation after the broadcast.

First, the theme concept focuses on "connecting the antenna"

First, focusing on "connecting the antenna", comprehensively and accurately interpreting new ideas, new concepts and strategies for state governance. From the perspective of the theme core, "Our Ten Years" is based on the in-depth grasp of the new ideas, new concepts and new strategies in the past ten years of the new era, focusing on comprehensively and strictly governing the party, comprehensively deepening the reform and opening up, and comprehensively complying with the law. Great achievements in governance, economic construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction, national defense and military construction, maintenance of national unity, diplomatic work, etc. to "find the right topic", and screen from hundreds of topic selection ideas. , integrated and refined, and finally through 11 units and 44 collective storylines, the practical achievements of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics are vividly reproduced in the form of art.

It is understood that the main creative team of the play has systematically studied and studied Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics at the beginning of the project, studied relevant important reports and theoretical literature, drew mind map for analysis, and after repeated demonstration and planning, will Policy documents are translated into audiovisual language, resulting in selected topics and original stories. As the chief producer Fu Binxing said, "To do a gift project in the new era, we must not only understand theories and policies, but also insist on original stories. Only when the creators enter the fields and workshop teams can the stories they write have breadth and characters. has depth".

The second is to focus on the internal and external linkage of the unit drama . The unit focuses on "change", and the "strong association" between the units reflects the idea of ​​the theme. From the perspective of unit drama creation rules, each unit of "Our Ten Years" has only 4 episodes. The unit mainly presents the changes, development and innovation of various industries and fields in my country in the new era from 2012 to 2022. ization characteristics. In addition, although the individual stories between the units are highly independent, their cores are strongly related, that is, from the perspective of the people, they will jointly build a splendid sense of achievement, happiness and security for ordinary people in the new era. History and struggle group portrait.

The third is to proceed from reality and follow the creative concept and technique of realism. Most of the stories in each unit of "Our Ten Years" are drawn from real people, real events or real prototypes, and fully extract the spiritual connotation of typical characters and typical cases, sublime the reality of life into the reality of drama, and transform the perspective of the story, contradictions and conflicts. , narrative clues, etc. are integrated into realist creation, which truly reflects the important statement that "only when the value of beauty is injected into beautiful art can a work have a soul". For example, when the unit "Three Meals a Day" was created, it boldly abandoned the original idea of ​​leading cadres who felt the great changes brought about by the implementation of the eight regulations after returning to their hometown. The starting point is to integrate this originally political subject into the daily life of the audience, which has won a lot of praise.

Second, the storyline is highly concentrated, and the characters are "grounded"

First, the sliced ​​creation is used to create highly concentrated and massive materials to form a typical story. The new era has produced many creative materials and rich subject categories in the past ten years, and the unit dramas with a small volume carrying capacity need to subtract a large number of interviewed characters and event materials. "Our Ten Years" builds a storyline based on the industry field, and highly condenses the storyline through sliced ​​creation, and digs deeply into the content and plot with strong dramatic conflict, rapid arc of main characters, and three-dimensional group portrait description. For example, in the "Love" unit, which is most recognized by the audience, the protagonist Zhang Lei went to Xinjiang to coach in order to prepare. Dramatic conflict is strong. The "Light of the Desert" unit presents the significance of the construction of photovoltaic power plants in China and the local changes through the dual perspectives of a Chinese engineer and a left-behind teenager from Egypt, Hassan, and presents the connotation of a public body of human destiny.

Second, the narrative style is concise and lively, with natural and smooth transitions and transitions. Most of the units in "Our Ten Years" are driven by multiple clues, multiple perspectives or scenes, and the storyline presents a concise, lively, natural and smooth feeling. The multi-clue narratives include "Love", "Qianhai", "Three Meals a Day", "Where the Heart Wants", "The Future Has Come", etc., and the multi-perspectives include "Light of the Desert", "Xixiang Bright Moon", etc., and the scenes include "Tang Dynasty" In units such as Palace Night Banquet, Three Meals a Day, Ideal Life, and Perseverance, this narrative method can unfold conflicts and enrich details in a short period of time, making the audience hooked. For example, in "Three Meals a Day", the differences between Cai Wuwei and Cai Yun's father and daughter's business philosophy in the restaurant are the main line, and the "eight regulations" presented in the restaurant have dramatically changed into a branch line, which together reflects the grand theme of comprehensively and strictly governing the party. "I saw the traditional Cantonese food rice rolls, and I also witnessed the whole process of the eight regulations 'keep your mouth shut'," said the netizen.

The third is the "down-to-earth" character building. The drama is remarkable in terms of character creation. Most of the characters are "flesh and bloody", as if they came from daily life. On the one hand, the main characters are all ordinary individuals, including community secretaries, police officers, teachers, scientific researchers, entrepreneurs, dancers, etc. On the other hand, the character relationships constructed in the play are composed of kinship relationships and social relationships. Interwoven together, the main characters in the development of the story also face the confusion, setbacks, struggles or dilemmas that ordinary people often encounter, reflecting the three-dimensionality and diversity of characterization. For example, in the "Love" unit, Zhang Lei almost fell when he got off the bus because he had been in the car for too long, and the mosquitoes and strong winds bombed in the middle of the night. And the picture of the dancing shoes with holes; in "Ideal Life", Li Xinyao, who worked in the city, went from "helpless" unwilling to return to his hometown to actively devote himself to smart agriculture, and so on. This kind of empathy and sense of resonance originating from ordinary people breaks through the "other view" of the audience when watching the theme drama in the past, but fully substitutes itself, and leads social public opinion and correct values ​​imperceptibly.

Third, the breadth of dissemination: extend hot topics from the plot to build social consensus In the context of the deep integration of media, the hot topics triggered by the plot content are one of the signs that the TV series has won the recognition of the audience. Since its launch, "Our Ten Years" has been widely discussed, and many units have triggered discussions on social platforms and netizens. In-depth interviews and behind-the-scenes secrets from the media. The opening "Tang Palace Night Banquet" not only drew attention to the living conditions of the real actors of Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theater , but also extended topics related to women in the workplace; "post-95s" netizens were chasing the "Love" unit with their father, not only let the father Through the lens, I really understand the difference between the industrial drone and the plant protection drone , and I wrote an article on the Internet about the development of the drone in this decade. "Heart ofAfter the broadcast of the "What to Do" unit, reporters followed the characters Fang Xinwei, Chen Chujiang, and Yan Jin to find the real prototype "agricultural maker", including Lang Xueyuan, who focused on mechanized planting and introduction of seedling raising lines, and Rao Chengfang, a big grain grower who established a rice brand. , Ye Jin and others who built a comprehensive farm that integrates agriculture and tourism. The aforementioned cases are numerous.

The second is the high level of artistic aesthetics. This drama is consciously coordinated in each unit, presenting the geographical features and cultural characteristics at home and abroad, especially in Xinjiang, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and even North Africa and other places, so that the audience can feel the humanities of each style. landscape. The unit "Love" takes less than a minute to allow the audience to follow the protagonist's vehicle to visit Xinjiang and enjoy the magnificent scenery of the motherland's great rivers and mountains; in the details of "Desert Light", a minibus is driving on a rural road in Egypt , villagers crammed with luggage and poultry in the carriage; "Ideal Life" was shot in Fotang Town, Yiwu, to highlight the style of the ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River and the prosperity of "the world's small commodity capital". In addition, the azaleas repeatedly appeared in "Three Meals a Day" as a metaphor for the change of social atmosphere; the Tang figurines in the Henan Museum have become an important premise for the dance innovation of "Tang Palace Night Banquet".

(Author: Development Research Center of the State Administration of Radio and Television)

Producer: Yang Mingpin

Rotating editor in chief: Li Qiuhong

Post editor: Jiang Hui