[Audio-Visual Observation]
[Sponsored by the China Television Arts Committee Guangming Daily Literary and Art Department]
People often compare the times to trains to describe their development and changes. This metaphor was used in the recently popular TV series "South to North" Concrete: The story begins on a train traveling between Ningyang and Harbin in 1978. It goes through the various aspects of life on a train over the past 40 years, the warmth and warmth of human relationships between a group of neighbors, and the passion between a master and a disciple. Inherit, demonstrate the silent dedication of railway police officers, highlight the vigorous development of the railway industry, and witness the development and changes of the great era.
Miles of railway tracks stretch, and trains run along. Amidst the rumbling wheels and whistling whistles, the moods of the characters and the audience are like the thick smoke emitted by the steam locomotive. It seems that the blood is rising and the passion is surging. The work "South to the North" attracted public attention as soon as it was aired. The first broadcast ratings exceeded 3%, and the number of reads of the Weibo topic #南来北去# exceeded 2.3 billion. An important reason why this drama has become one of the most popular electronic New Year products during the Spring Festival is that its main creative lineup is very hard-core: director Zheng Xiaolong and screenwriter Gao Mantang collaborated for the first time, and there are also a number of powerful actors joining the show. Almost every main creator’s name is a golden one. The creators not only inherited the excellent genes of the realistic period dramas that have been praised by the market in recent years, such as sophisticated production and realistic creative techniques full of sense of the times, but also set up refreshing character relationships, original narrative structures, and vivid Vivid character language.
Passengers traveling from north to south, up and down, and railway people who witness and promote the continuous development of China's railways, as well as the railway compound where the main characters in the play live together, create a unique dramatic space. When the camera switches back and forth between the three, the audience gets a glimpse of social development and the progress of the times from the daily lives of ordinary people, and a sense of depth and freshness comes to their faces.
's work is told from the perspective of the central characters of the whole drama, Wang Xin and Ma Kui, the railway police master and apprentice. They shuttle on this railway, not only ensuring the safety of passengers' lives and property during the operation, but also shouldering the responsibility of maintaining the safety of stations and territories along the line. Different from previous public security themes that mostly focused on the detection of major criminal cases, focusing on the showdown between the intelligence and physical strength between calm police officers and thoughtful criminals, emphasizing the legendary and suspenseful nature of the story, this time "Come from the South" "Northbound" has opened up an innovative path of life-oriented expression, focusing on the daily life of grassroots police officers, allowing the audience to truly experience the joys, sorrows and joys of their work. Wang Xin, a newcomer who just joined the job, is full of enthusiasm, but has an irritable personality. He made mistakes such as being defrauded by scammers and carrying the aunt who was walking to the station onto the train; Ma Kui, an old policeman, was wrongly accused and suffered ten years in prison. Wang Xin's father clearly witnessed the case but did not testify for himself. He was very upset and had a hard time understanding the situation. The master and apprentice were tit for tat at first and disliked each other, but they got to know each other and established a tacit understanding in the process of investigating and solving major and minor cases of people's livelihood, such as anti-piracy, patrolling, cracking down on theft, robbery, abduction, and anti-drugs. Feelings. In the exciting, serious or funny daily work of the two people, the image of the grassroots police who are silently dedicated and dedicated becomes fuller.
The play revolves around a railway and a train, not only professional honors, but also the various situations of the world. People from the south, people from the north, people from Jiamusi, Hegang, cotton spinning, factories, people who are about to take over are not easy to be away from home, so take care of each other! At the beginning of the TV series, a one-shot long shot accompanied by the conductor's humorous words vividly unfolded a group portrait of the times. "South and North" has many supporting roles, many of which only have a few scenes, but it still manages to show that people have their own temperament, their own temperament, their own shapes, and their own voices.An old father is blind and makes the train his home, relying on his sense of smell to look for his lost daughter; a couple is separated due to work reasons, and the woman falls in love with another person, and the relationship breaks down; a young Wenzhou man is quick-witted and sells new trends on the train Commodities, make a fortune; there are also the enthusiastic Niu Dali, the vain and fearful Yao Yuling, and the humorous and down-to-earth Angkor. In the specific scene of the train, the world's sophistication, joys and sorrows are all immersed in the texture of life, making the work both realistic and profound. Emotional temperature and mental strength.
Hand-made furniture, old-fashioned radios, new Phoenix bicycles, and the public pool in the center of the compound. These old objects remind us of the long gone years and bear witness to the progress of the strivers. The trains of the times roar past and keep running forward. Many things have changed, but there are also many things that have remained unchanged, such as the railway police’s insistence on fairness and justice, railway people’s love for the railway industry, and ordinary people’s pursuit of happiness. pursuit of life. These are the humanistic core of this TV series and the driving force for the development of the Chinese film and television industry and even society. (Author: Li Lei)
"Guangming Daily" (Page 15, March 13, 2024)
