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 the period of "Parents' Love" and "Chicken Feather Flying to the Sky", slowly getting out of the circle through word of mouth, to the slow popularity of "Awakening Age" and "Mountain and Sea Love", and then to the explosion of "The World", period dramas finally ushered in their own good time.
But have you noticed that in the past two years, there have been many popular dramas and not many explosive 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, Chen Xiao's "Road to Life", and Xiao Zhan's "The Sea in Dreams", which finished airing not long ago, can't be said to be bad ratings, but they are still far from the success of "The World". The problem with
lies in the background of the story.
htmlThe dramas of the 1900s are one of the best crafts 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 big dramas of the era are ready to go, such as "Dajiang Dahe 3" by Sunshine at Noon, "South to North" by Zheng Xiaolong, "Glory of the Fathers" by Kang Honglei, etc.
But, to see, to wait.
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 Prairie and Mother's River" at the second prime time at 9:30.
really gave me a trembling feeling of "long illness startled sitting and lying down". Just being the director of
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.
is more exciting than the ratings. It is a sentence from director Kang Honglei: "It has always been my wish to shoot a TV series for my hometown. "Father's Grassland and Mother's River" allowed me to fulfill this wish, and it was done very simply, without hesitation, and vividly." I believe what the Mongolian man said.
In the cast list of the series, Teacher Tu Men and Teacher Xie Yuan have both left us.
In a sense, this play is also the final farewell between the audience and the two performing artists.
Then walk together, father's grassland, mother's river.
1. Entering the play: tuberculosis that cannot be cured, and a cello that cannot be played, this drama tells the fate of a generation.
"Father's Grassland and Mother's River", as the name suggests, tells the growth story of the three brothers and sisters of the Mo family who took root in the grassland.
However, director Kang Honglei did not point the camera at the Inner Mongolia prairie at the beginning of the scene. On the contrary, he first pointed the camera at the scene where the second son of the Mo family is rushing from Nanjing to Inner Mongolia by train.
In this scene, both the language of the lens and the texture of the picture are far superior to many period dramas, and a taste of the 1960s and 1970s hits the face. The sense of time 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 in 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.
is the first, 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 can't keep up. "The remaining days may not be many."
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.
What pushed her to the grassland was a misguided fate.
As soon as the story begins, this sensitive and self-respecting girl is detained as a spy.
It turned out that the third sister, who was tired of using the toilet used by more than ten people, went to the foreign consulate next door to her house to clean the toilet in order to use the clean and comfortable 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 got him out.
On the road, the Pianer 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 brother Guobin asked the girl to go to her if she had something to do, and the third sister really found his place of work, hoping to find a technical school.
Brother Guobin talked about the difficulties, and the third sister said, "It's difficult, that's why I came to you, brother Guobin. As long as I can go to the technical school, I will agree to anything."
The 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
paid for changing her destiny was waiting for her ahead.
The third is the second child of the Mo family.
What pushed him to the grassland was the cello that couldn't play.
This young man with music dreams in his heart practiced 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 this piano?
Not to mention, endless quarrels with my father, and 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 step up and write his name.
In this way, 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 one by one by the train of fate.
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 perplexed, will gradually find himself in Ulan Muqi, changing from a fake hero to a real hero.
Compared with many era dramas that impatiently threw out a series of famous scenes of era dramas at the beginning, Kang Honglei, however, slowly and slowly explained the background and scenes of the three brothers and sisters' past lives one by one, laying the foundation for future stories.
In a nutshell, not everyone who stays in their hometown will make do with their lives like Mo's father. The rigid body and mind can only fall to the ground heavily, or be broken or smashed to pieces.
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.
Kang Honglei single-handedly selected the powerful factions, all of them are wonderful.
is the first, Xie Yuan.
Teacher Xie Yuan has passed away, but his performance in this drama makes people miss this old drama player 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 being engrossed, and vividly played 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 also seemed to have the feeling that everyone was 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. The old father of the Mo family, played by Xie Yuan, waited at the door early in the morning. When he saw his son going out, he handed him the newly bought cello with a smile on his face 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, but through Xie Yuan's sluggish movements, he captured the sadness of an old father.
With a few strokes, it outlines the rough edges of fate. It's really amazing acting. It's a pity that we will never see it again in the future.
is second, 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.
played a precocious teenager suffering from lung disease vividly.
Every movement, every expression, is full of aura, especially in the birthday scene of the second son of the Mo family, where the family sits together, and he performed a toasting scene wonderfully and vividly. It's so funny to be so dumb and clever!
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.
ranked fourth, Wang Tonghui.
The brother Guobin he plays is the most surprising character at the beginning.
seemed honest, safe, kind and reliable, but in the blink of an eye, their true colors were 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 well, this is the face-changing acting skill. The last one of
is Ding Yongdai.
In fact, this old period drama actor only appeared in the trailers of episodes 2 and 3, but as soon as this face appeared in the period drama, 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 played by Ayunga.
Siqin Gaowa plays the "gold thread thread" grassland mother.
Tumen plays the grassland herdsmen.
The grassland cadres played by Hou Yansong are all worth looking forward to.
Sure enough, in Kang Honglei's contemporary group drama, even if there are only one or two episodes and supporting characters with less than a few dozen lines, you can figure out his life and character from it. Everyone tells their stories in the play, which is the vast grassland of the acting school.
3. Breakthrough: How do period dramas really impress audiences? Kang Honglei's drama may be a sample of the
00s 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 and feelings breaking 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, 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 hard work we put into 'how to restore the era'. During the filming process, all the actors changed from underwear to outerwear to the clothing style of the 1960s (20th century), including props and scenes. Every actor in the play is "disgraced", without the exquisite makeup in some era 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 release of the golden songs of the times, 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. With
, the audience is pulled into the environment of that era, and they are instantly involved in the drama.
The second is the sense of 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 herding horse.
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 Prairie 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 streamers?
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 full of emotion and romantic and tear-jerking, but in essence, they are actually a rigid flow formula.
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 series 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. The song contains 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.
