On the evening of May 15th, the TV series " The Hometown of Stars" premiered on CCTV in a two-episode set. This TV series tells the story of Ningxia's vigorous development of the wine industry. Based only on the plot content that has been released so far, the drama is relatively simple and has the typical local style of Ningxia. But at the same time, the play still has traces of creative writing in the main plot design and some plot designs, and the methods are too obvious. This is a creative approach worth being wary of.
At the beginning of "Hometown of Stars", the scene where the protagonists lead the folks in Ningxia to plant grape vines is very simple. This sense of rustic restoration is an important part of ensuring the quality of a TV series. In the follow-up, some labor scenes are also relatively simple. In terms of creative concept, the play obviously follows the principle of "daily work". This is a bit more high-end than those TV series that follow the "daily love routine".
For a TV series with this theme, it is actually more like writing a paper in the style of a TV series. A thesis is the process of using argumentative materials to prove an argument. TV dramas, on the other hand, use storytelling to prove their core values. The core value point of the TV series "Hometown of Stars" should be to affirm the construction of Ningxia's wine industry and then promote Ningxia's wine brands. The core emotions of this TV series are worthy of praise.
In the actual implementation of the story, it seems that it should be better to collect stories on the spot. There are three problems that need to be solved for such a TV series. "What", "Why" and "How". What is the process of the production and development of Ningxia wine? Why should we develop this industry? What is its actual effectiveness in the local area? Why can Ningxia develop this industry? Finally, through storytelling, we will answer how Ningxia develops wine. industrial.
To answer these three questions well, and to answer them in a story-like way that the audience likes to hear, in fact, it requires the creators to collect the ideas carefully. If our creators don't do much collecting, there may be a creative path dependence. This path depends on the "creative writing" courses taught in Chinese departments and screenwriting departments in many universities. I insist that low-end creative writing is actually about learning skills, and then being able to formulate a story in a way and method even if there is a lack of style and relatively limited materials.
The TV series "Hometown of Stars" uses a lot of creative writing content in the main story line and small details. As a result, although this TV series tells a new story about Ningxia wine, it is easy for the audience to have a different idea. A sense of familiarity. For example, the heroine's father develops a wine business, and the heroine is interested in a music career. If the heroine's father has an accident, the heroine can only go home and take care of the crisis. This narrative path is already commonplace in creative writing. Using such a main narrative path can easily make the audience feel that the screenwriter's narrative sincerity is insufficient.
For another example, in the design of a small plot, the heroine's father had just had a car accident, and a creditor came to visit. Such a small plot can easily make the audience think that this is a story content often seen in TV dramas. There are many similar scenes in "Hometown of Stars". TV dramas that rely on creative writing skills are prone to such problems. Therefore, the path dependence of creative writing is really worthy of vigilance.
TV dramas are an artistic form of entertainment that tells stories. The prerequisite for the emergence of storytelling is not only the conflict content, but also that these conflict contents are brand-new and have never been exposed to the people who listen to and read the story before. This requires the creator to write new content to a certain extent. The path dependence formed by creative writing makes many stories lack freshness. How to give a new story is a very restrictive problem that "Hometown of the Stars" currently faces.
TV drama scriptwriters can of course have templates.Many of our excellent TV drama screenwriters also have template stories, but at the same time, they will try their best to optimize the details based on an original template, so that the audience cannot discover the existence of this template, and then give the audience a fresh sense of story.
Of course, the best creation is still rooted in life and artistically summarizes life. Life itself is diverse and rejects templates. TV dramas that follow the principle of realism in life often tell new stories, and sincere stories often gain recognition from the audience. But taking root in life is easier said than done. Many of our young screenwriters want to support their families and make quick money, so they can only use creative writing to achieve rapid mass production of their works. This is another big regret. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
