The situation of domestic period dramas really needs to be broken by big directors.
Undoubtedly, period dramas are currently the hottest favorites of domestic dramas.
From "Parents' Love" and "Chicken Feather Flying to the Sky", it slowly gained popularity through word of mouth, to "Awakening Age" and "Mountain and Sea Love", and then to "The World" became a big hit on the Internet. The period drama finally ushered in its own good time.
But have you noticed that in the past two years, there have been many popular dramas and not many hit dramas.
The most anticipated period dramas with the strongest lineup this year, "Our Days" starring Li Naiwen and Song Chunli in the beginning of the year, "The Road to Life" by Chen Xiao, and "Dream" by Xiao Zhan, which was broadcast not long ago "The Sea in the Movie", the ratings cannot be said to be bad, but it is still far from the grand occasion of "The World". The problem of
still lies in the background of the story.
htmlThe dramas of the 1900s are one of the best handcrafted works in Chinese dramas. The sense of the age created by the bloody plot and the excellent production will certainly make the audience more and more addicted, but it is not enough to really impress people. .Next, several major dramas of the era are ready to go, such as "Dajiang Dahe 3" by Sunshine at Noon, "From South to North" by Zheng Xiaolong, "Glory of the Fathers" by Kang Honglei, etc.
But, you have to wait and see.
The first half of the year has passed, isn't it true that there will be a phenomenal period drama this year?
I didn't expect CCTV 8 to release a good drama - "Father's Grassland and Mother's River" at the second prime time at 9:30.
really gave me a trembling feeling of "long illness startled sitting, lying down and getting up".
just being the director makes people look forward to it.
Kang Honglei.
Looking at the actors, none of them are top-notch or even first-line. They are all powerful actors like Ding Yongdai, Siqin Gaowa, Tumen, Yu Hui, and Ayunga, and they tell stories on the Mongolian prairie.
The play is simple and simple, with a strong atmosphere of the times, but it seems that it lacks some of the explosive atmosphere of popular period dramas. Can
really work?
released an episode late at night, ranking first in the country.
What is more exciting than the ratings is a sentence said by director Kang Honglei: "It has always been my wish to shoot a TV series for my hometown. "Father's Grassland and Mother's River" made me fulfill this wish, and it has been fulfilled very well." Very simple, unhesitating, and incisive."
This Mongolian man who has filmed "The Years of Burning Passion", "Soldiers Assault" and "My Leader My Regiment", I believe it.
In the cast list of the series, Teacher Tu Men and Teacher Xie Yuan have left us.
In a sense, this play is also the final farewell between the audience and the two performers.
Let's walk in together, father's grassland, mother's river.
1 Entering the play: tuberculosis that cannot be cured, cello that cannot be played, this drama tells the fate of a generation
"Father's Grassland and Mother's River", as the name suggests, is about the three brothers and sisters of the Mo family taking root The growth story of the prairie.
However, director Kang Honglei did not point the camera at the Inner Mongolia prairie at the beginning of the scene.
In this scene, both the language of the lens and the texture of the picture are far superior to many period dramas, and there is a taste of the 1960s and 1970s. The sense of age in
is no longer based on eye-catching filters and age labels, but on precise details such as one military kettle per capita and era songs along the road.
The audience seemed to follow the protagonist, lined up in a long line, and walked on the train that had left Inner Mongolia amid bursts of enthusiastic singing.
But Kang Honglei turned the story here again, instead of letting the story follow the train to Inner Mongolia directly, but rewinding the story of the three brothers and sisters in Nanjing a month ago.
why?
Because what Kang Honglei wants to tell is not just a story on the grassland.
is the fate of man.
It is easy to photograph the galloping horses on the grassland and the afterglow of the setting sun, but it is even more difficult to photograph how the three brothers and sisters of the Mo family were pushed to the vast grassland by the tide of the times.
Kang Honglei vividly shows the fate of the characters from three angles.
one, the fourth of the Mo family.
What pushed him to the grassland was an incurable lung disease.
The youngest of the Mo family, played by Han Haolin, met an unpredictable fate at the beginning.
In the hospital, Mo's mother learned from the doctor that the child's foundation is not good, and the follow-up nutrition cannot keep up. "The remaining days may not be many." He walked out of the hospital with one hand, but the fourth child of the Mo family had already secretly listened to the doctor's words.
Logically, he is the person who has the least reason to go to the grassland, but who would have thought that it was the grassland that cured his disease.
The second is the third sister of the Mo family.
It was a misguided fate that pushed her to the grassland.
As soon as the story begins, this sensitive and self-respecting girl is detained as a spy.
It turned out that the third sister was tired of using the toilet used by more than ten people. In order to use the clean and comfortable toilet, she went to the foreign consulate next door to her house to clean the toilet.
Can this toilet be used casually? Sure enough, he was detained by the security officer.
Fortunately, the police in the area arrived in time, brought the street certificate, and told about his relationship with the security officer's superior, and finally fished him out.
On the way, the Pian'er policeman told her not to call her uncle, but to call him brother Guobin. When they got home, they helped her cover up the details of going to the toilet, saying that she was in a hurry and happened to be arrested.
Looks like a first class good guy?
But things are not that simple.
This Guobin brother asked the girl to go to her if she needed anything, and the third sister really found his place of work, hoping to find a technical school.
Brother Guobin said it was difficult, and the third sister said, "It's difficult, that's why I came to you, Brother Guobin, as long as I can go to technical school, I will agree to anything."
Brother Guobin was silent for a while, and asked her again, " Are you really willing to do anything?" Third Sister nodded affirmatively.
This man tore away all the hypocrisy at this time, got up and pulled down the curtains of the room, turned around and said to the third sister, "I want it now." .
The price she paid for changing her destiny was waiting for her ahead.
The third is the second child of the Mo family.
It was the cello that couldn't play that pushed him to the grassland.
This young man with music dreams in his heart practiced the violin since he was a child, but the burden of life gradually obliterated his dreams, and he felt aggrieved and suffocated in the alley.
The place at home is too small. The place where he practices the piano is one step away from the toilet. Here he is squatting on the toilet while the other side is playing the piano. How can he practice the piano?
Not to mention, endless quarrels with my father, endless learning from thoughts.
He was desperate to get out of the house, and when the call to the countryside started, he was the first to go up and write his name.
Just like that, the three brothers and sisters of the Mo family have started the roulette wheel of fate one by one. One day, they will be taken to the prairie by the train of fate one by one.
There, the kind and sincere young man on the grassland played by Ayunga will heal Mo Sanmei's heart.
The enthusiastic herdsmen on the grassland will save the life of the little brother of the Mo family.
The second child of the Mo family, who is the most confused, will gradually find himself in Ulan Muqi, changing from a fake hero to a real hero.
Compared with many dramas of the era who impatiently threw out a series of famous scenes of the era at the beginning, Kang Honglei, however, leisurely and eloquently unfolded the background and scenes of the three brothers and sisters' past life one by one. With the foundation.
In a nutshell, staying in their hometown, not everyone will just live like Mo's father. The rigid body and mind can only fall to the ground heavily, or be broken or smashed.
On the vast prairie, only the fate of young people urgently needs to be rewritten.
2. Actors: Han Haolin's aura, Xie Yuan's raw edge, and Ding Yongdai's military salute, all support the story's background.
There is no popular actor. Maybe this kind of period drama is what the audience wants to see.
And Kang Honglei single-handedly selected the capable faction, all of them are wonderful.
First place, Xie Yuan.
Teacher Xie Yuan has passed away, but his performance in this drama makes people miss this old actor even more.
Xie Yuan plays the father of the Mo family. He doesn't have many scenes, but his performance is unfathomable.
appeared on the stage a few times, dressed in old pajamas, and in a state of utter obsession, fully portraying the past of a middle-aged man who has experienced family decline.
He greeted everyone loudly, and when he saw the people in the street office, he stood upright, seemingly sincere and smiling, but at the same time he seemed to be walking on thin ice.
The complexity and helplessness of people, the traces washed away by the torrent of the times, are in every detail of the character.
Xie Yuan did a great job.
Especially the parting scene with his son, the second son of the Mo family secretly left home early in the morning, not wanting to say goodbye to anyone, but the old father of the Mo family played by Xie Yuan was waiting at the door early in the morning, seeing his son going out, with a smile on his face He handed him the newly purchased cello and asked him to take it with him.
Mo's second son, however, looked indifferent, turned and left without saying a word.
The Mo family's old father was left alone on the cold street, the camera didn't even need to show Xie Yuan's expression, just through Xie Yuan's sluggish movements, the sadness of an old father was captured.
A few strokes, but outline the rough edges of fate. It's really amazing acting. It's a pity that we will never see it again in the future.
Second place, Han Haolin.
This young old actor, Xu Zheng's queen actor, and the young hero in "Celebrating More Than Years", his acting skills are too stable.
A precocious teenager suffering from lung disease is played vividly.
Every movement, every expression is full of aura, especially in the birthday scene of the second son of the Mo family, where the whole family sits together, and he performed a toasting scene wonderfully and vividly. It's so funny to be so dumb and clever!
This character is like an active factor. If it weren't for Han Haolin's performance, the story of the first episode would be too heavy and depressing.
third place, Li Hongliang.
Kang Honglei's queen actor, the most famous role before should be Ma Xiaoshuai, the 5,000th soldier and the last soldier in the 57-year history of the Seventh Company in "Soldier Assault".
In this drama, Mo Chengming played by him is the protagonist of the whole drama, and also a very unpleasant character at the beginning.
Although there is no emotional outburst in the opening scene, and the characters are too indifferent and alienated, it is this confused state that contrasts with the changes of the characters after entering the grassland.
Kang Honglei knows how to use actors.
The fourth place is Wang Tonghui.
The brother Guobin he plays is the most surprising character at the beginning.
seem to be honest, safe, kind and reliable, but in the blink of an eye, their true colors are revealed in front of the beautiful third sister.
Wang Tonghui, who has performed well in "Police Honor" and other dramas, played this hypocritical villain so wonderfully, this is the face-changing acting skill.
The last one is Ding Yongdai.
In fact, this old actor from period dramas only appeared in the trailers of episodes 2 and 3, but as soon as this face appeared in period dramas, it was already full of drama.
Especially the solemn military salute in front of the son's tombstone is full of affection, which makes people feel unsatisfied.
Of course, there will be Ayunga's gentle and kind-hearted Namkhai who is as gentle as a grassland.
Siqin Gaowa plays the "Golden Thread Thread" grassland mother.
The grassland herdsmen played by Tumen.
The grassland cadres played by Hou Yansong are all worth looking forward to.
Sure enough, even if there are only one or two episodes and supporting roles with less than a few dozen lines in Kang Honglei's group drama, you can figure out his life and character from it. Everyone tells their story in the play This is the vast grassland of the acting school.
3. Breakthrough: How do period dramas really impress audiences? Kang Honglei's drama may be a
0s drama, of course it is popular. Especially CCTV's period dramas, as long as they are broadcast, they will almost always have a big hit in the ratings.
But behind the popularity of the ratings, period dramas have gradually formed new routines, with acting skills to cover the bottom line and feelings to break the circle, but the background of the story is always missing something.
As for Kang Honglei, who has filmed "Soldiers Assault" and "My Commander, My Regiment", this work dedicated to his hometown is the most indispensable thing is the background.
To present this background, Kang Honglei used two tricks.
One is realism.
Before the filming started, the director set the general tone of the creation:
"The time span of this drama is very large. What impressed me the most was the effort we put into 'how to restore the era'. The shooting process In the film, all the actors changed from underwear to outerwear to the clothing style of the (20th century) 1960s, including props, scenes, etc., all need to be covered with padding to create a strong sense of the age. Only the actors believe this from the inside out. It is true, and the audience will believe it."
Sure enough, every actor in the play is "disgraced", without the exquisite makeup in some period dramas, and the state of the characters is exclusive to that era.
The pursuit of realism is so meticulous in the play.
Farewell to the golden songs of the era, the wall posters written by Mo's father, the ubiquitous street offices, the living environment of ordinary Nanjing families, and even the toilet.
The smoke and fire in the world are far away from the grassland, which also verifies a certain definition of "alive":
No matter where you are, life is always lived, and food is always eaten.
This one will pull the audience into the environment of that era, and they will be involved in the drama in an instant.
The second is epic.
When the story begins to enter the Mongolian prairie, the audience immediately feels the vastness of the prairie.
The fluttering horsetail and the afterglow of the setting sun, the boundless grassland and the passionate Ulan herd riding.
Kang Honglei's epic shots instantly show the romance and boldness of the grassland at a glance.
Scenes such as the fierce horse racing in the grassland, the thrilling wolf hunting, and the door-to-door performance of Wulan Muqi are integrated into the story, and the grand epic sense comes to the face.
"Father's Grassland and Mother's River" also uses such a story with a time span of several decades to fully describe the tide of the times and personal legends.
This drama is also like a sample: period dramas must be filmed with first-line celebrities and top-notch stars?
Kang Honglei has already given the answer: As long as there is a real life, a down-to-earth performance, laughter and tears, it is a story that can move people.
Many current dramas claim to be emotional, romantic and tear-jerking, but in essence they are actually hard-charging flow formulas.
Anyway, everyone shoots like this, if there is traffic, it means it is right.
But never underestimate the audience, who is willing to be tempted by an empty blockbuster formula?
On the other hand, Kang Honglei, with his deep affection for his hometown, led a group of less popular actors to film such a heavy drama.
The name of the episode actually comes from the lyrics written by the Mongolian poet Xi Murong in the late 1990s, "I am also a child of the plateau, and I have a song in my heart. In the song are my father's grassland and my mother's river .”
Will the audience be attracted by this vast grassland and pristine river? Director Kang Honglei will give an answer soon.
