Restore the logic and scenes of the original work
Tell Chinese-style science fiction stories well
The "Three-Body Problem" literary work is of great significance to Chinese science fiction. . For example, the classic scenes of "ghost countdown" and "cosmic flickering" in the original book were vividly presented, which surprised many "original fans". The appearance of these classic scenes not only advanced the plot, but also enhanced the sense of immersive experience , It also demonstrated the strength of the film and television industry in the visual presentation of sci-fi, and demonstrated the texture of Chinese-style sci-fi.
In addition to being loyal to the background logic of the original work, the drama version of "Three-Body Problem" will allow the fantasy and magnificent scientific fantasy and the real and palpable reality of life to be harmoniously intertextualized, allowing the audience to obtain an aesthetic experience that combines artistic scalability and realistic penetration. . How does
's sci-fi works make the audience have a sense of substitution? The element of reality is essential. For this reason, the drama version of "The Three-Body Problem" adopted multiple explorations, shooting in real scenes as much as possible, such as several major filming locations that caused heated discussions after the broadcast: Particle Center, National Nano Science Center, Beijing Electron-Positron Collision Stations and other scientific scenes, and highly restored the surrounding environment, service, character language, and even voice and mentality of the different historical eras involved in these scenes, showing the unconstrained thought experiments in the original work with real details Come out, the reproduction of the real scene not only enhances the audience's sense of immersive experience, but also adds persuasiveness to the science fiction story.
In addition to setting the scene, shooting and other links, it fully reflects the level of domestic film and television production. In terms of story, "Three-Body Problem" also incorporates Chinese spirit around the theme, telling Chinese-style science fiction stories. The core story in "The Three-Body Problem" is the confrontation between two major civilizations, but it presents the tenacity and resistance of human beings as "bugs". Compared with the cool special effects and individual heroism emphasized by western science fiction, Chinese science fiction pays more attention to conveying the Chinese spirit and oriental wisdom rooted in the soil of Chinese culture, and focuses on telling the connotation of the story well. This also makes the audience realize that whether it is science fiction or For other types of works, the story will always be the most important part.
For example, in episode 15, the wonderful details such as adding the Guanzhong accent to Qin Shihuang and injecting Huayin old accents into the "computer" all reflect that "Three-Body Problem" is always telling Chinese science fiction stories, and the film and television processing in the film is even better. It expresses the original "Oriental taste" everywhere, which can not only immerse people in the universe-like imagination space, but also full of strong oriental color. Yang Lei, chief director of
, said with emotion, "Liu Cixin used Chinese methods and Chinese attitudes to let us realize that we can get rid of overseas sci-fi imitations and special effects worship." The
TV series "Three-Body Problem" ushered in the finale, but the story of "Three-Body Problem" is not over yet to be continued. According to the copyright owner Three-Body Universe, the sequel "Three-Body Problem II: Dark Forest" and the extra drama "Three-Body Problem: The Great History" are in full swing. The fourth season of the animation "My Three-Body Problem" is already in production and is expected to be launched next year. More forms of products such as movies and vr interactive narrative works have also been included in the plan and will be available to the public one after another. "The Three-Body Problem" is the first time to adapt a hard-core sci-fi IP in the form of a live-action drama. It is a brave attempt on the vertical track of sci-fi dramas, and it is also a brave attempt to tell Chinese-style sci-fi stories well through film and television. It will help promote the perspective of the film and television industry Broad, to achieve high-quality development of the film and television industry.
mentioned the idea of ip development. Zhao Jilong, CEO of Three-Body Universe, said that in the early stage of development, the main creative team made many attempts to subdivide the field, including "My Three-Body" in the subdivision field of stylized animation, and the voice user's subdivision collarRadio dramas in the field, etc. Animations, dramas and episodes of TV dramas, movies, and other more forms of content works, including vr, offline immersive experience, pan-cultural humanities variety shows, and book publishing, have all been included in the company's overall plan for follow-up development middle. In terms of
movies, Zhao Jilong revealed, "The company is very cautious about all the development of movies. It has been looking for suitable adaptation ideas and story presentations. It hopes to make bolder progress under a more complete industrial system. The main creative team will also follow the recent animation version. Based on the feedback from the TV drama version of Three-Body Problem, we will make relevant adjustments to the follow-up filming plan."
The "Three-Body Problem" has made great achievements abroad
Raise the sail of domestic sci-fi overseas
While the popularity of domestic word-of-mouth has doubled, the drama version of "Three-Body Problem" It has also won the recognition of overseas audiences.
For a long time, most of the audience's cognition of science fiction works comes from European and American dramas, and science fiction themes are not the main type of domestic dramas going overseas. And this time, with the TV series "Three-Body Problem" officially going abroad, it has also opened up a new overseas track for domestic dramas.
According to the show, as of now, "Three-Body Problem" has been confirmed to be released in Hong Kong, China, Macau, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Russia, America, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, India and other regions. Domestic broadcast progress, and exclusive cooperation with many countries, multi-channel multi-media integration of resources, covering a wider audience overseas. Not only has
been successfully released in many countries and regions, but the drama version of "Three-Body Problem" has also won the love and praise of overseas audiences. The number of viewers on the youtube platform exceeds 4 million, and the average daily broadcast volume of Tencent Video's overseas version of Wetv North America ranks top 1. The imdb score exceeds 9.0 for 19 consecutive episodes, and the highest score for a single episode is 9.9. The results of the
drama version "Three-Body Problem" not only raised the sails of domestic sci-fi themes, successfully set a new benchmark, but also laid a solid foundation for the subsequent overseas expansion of domestic sci-fi dramas. The main creative team said that in the future, the drama version of "Three-Body Problem" will continue to be released in overseas regions, so that more audiences from all over the world can experience the Hualiu sci-fi charm of the drama series.
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