On the evening of July 31, the TV series " Fu Yuan " was launched on Mango TV and Tencent Video in 4 episodes, officially starting the premiere mode. This TV series stars Qi Yuchen, Wu Junting, and other actors. It tells the story of the male and female protagonists who went from never dealing with each other to falling in love with each other in a costume environment. This story is relatively routine, trying to follow the route of costume light comedy and sweet pet, but because the screenwriter's narrative level is too low, the quality of the drama is poor.
The story is routine, which is a common problem in almost all sweet pet dramas. The routine of "Fu Yu Saddle" is also very obvious. The first routine is that the male and female protagonists go from not wanting to fall in love to each other, to gradually getting in touch and wanting to fall in love. This path is used by a lot of sweet pet dramas. Nowadays, sweet pet dramas like love at first sight are rare. The second routine of
is that the hero and heroine must have other stories besides falling in love, especially stories that can take on suspenseful tasks. In "Fu Yu Saddle", the story that undertakes this task is the battle between the two countries and the internal strife on the side of the hero's country. The male protagonist not only has to take on the task of falling in love, but also has to find the mole. After watching too many costume dramas about sweet pets, I feel that this approach is no longer new.
These routines in "Fu Yu Saddle" are not its original sin. Sweet pet dramas are themselves produced through assembly line operations. What causes its real poor quality is the screenwriter's arrangement of specific scenes. Let me give you two examples. The first one is the heroine Kefu. The setting of this bridge section is very important. This is an important reason why the famous heroine cannot get married. However, in the play, this characteristic of the heroine cannot be justified. It should be noted that in ancient times, even if the princess was a husband, there were still people who wanted to marry her. In other words, ancient China was really not feudal and superstitious to this extent.
Therefore, in the play, when the heroine appears, men and women run away, which seems very low-level. Even if she is Croft, there is no need for women to be so scared. The screenwriter of "Fu Yu Saddle" wanted to achieve an exaggerated creative method, but forgot some bottom-line principles in the exaggeration process-respecting the basic logic of narrative. Therefore, when at the end of the first episode, a handsome supporting actor said that he wanted to marry the heroine, the previous setting became even more unreal.
By doing this, it is tantamount to saying that the TV series's coffin setting and authority have collapsed, and the previous content of men and women running away seems very nonsense. Narrative logic must be unified before and after to achieve the desired dramatic effect. When the screenwriter's basic narrative skills are not up to par, the current problem of the show will arise - the setting is not established and everyone is embarrassed.
For another example, the male protagonist comes to live in the palace, and the female protagonist plays pranks to make the neighboring country cancel their marriage plans. This plot requirement is storytelling. However, the screenwriter failed to realize this drama in the specific arrangement of the plot. In the play, what pranks does the heroine play? The red silk was replaced by old ones, the flowers were replaced by green plants, the fine tea was replaced by Lu'an melon slices, etc.
These so-called pranks are embarrassing. It can even be said that these practices cannot achieve the intended dramatic effect. Especially the scene about Lu'an Guapian at the end. Is this an insult to this tea brand? By the way, Lu'an Guapian is also a high-grade traditional tea. The screenwriter's creative wisdom is worrisome, and many plots are unconvincing. The design of the plot that was supposed to be interesting and surprising to the audience turned out to be embarrassing for the audience because of the poor screenwriting skills.
Even at the end of the first episode, the male protagonist accidentally entered the female protagonist’s room while the female protagonist was taking a shower. This has reached the point of making things up without respecting basic logic. Sweet pet dramas can be made up randomly, but the basic logic must be followed. For example, in the basic logic of the play, everyone was wearing very thick clothes. At least, it was already autumn and winter, or early spring. In this season, if you leave the door open while taking a shower, is it because you want to catch a cold?
This is the basic narrative logic.If the screenwriter wants to have the male and female protagonists collide in this way, then he might as well pay attention to his narrative season and set it in summer, which is reasonable. Of course, there are too many stories in previous novels, film and television dramas, where the male protagonist watches the female protagonist take a shower, and then the female protagonist and the male protagonist have sex. The writers of this TV series really lack narrative intelligence.
To sum up, I think "Fu Yu Saddle" is a sweet pet drama of very low quality in recent times. Within its own genre, it fails to be sweet and interesting. On the contrary, it does something that is not valid. The plot and non-dramatic scenes have the effect of embarrassing the audience. For a TV series like this, it’s obviously a matter of screenwriting. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
