Let’s talk about its biggest problem first.
is empty. For criminal investigation themes to be valuable and good-looking, they need to follow a basic principle and not be empty-handed. This includes the reality of the regional background and the reality of the era. After taking away the two backgrounds of region and era, the criminal investigation story can only be reduced to a third-rate story, unable to carry other effective values. Screenwriters and their teams with little education like to make such low-level creative mistakes.
The most obvious distortion in "Behind the Truth" is its geographical background. The second most important thing is the background of the times. From this TV series, it is difficult to tell whether it is a southern urban environment or a northern urban environment. A truly valuable TV series needs to take the lead in solving the problem of regional background. In the same plot, it is not clear whether it is the 10s or the 20s. The blurring of the two backgrounds has made this TV series struggle among third-rate dramas.
Let’s talk about the failure of the play’s creative techniques.
A TV series that has blurred two backgrounds has lost its qualifications for evaluation. So, if it can pass the test in terms of narrative techniques, the drama will still be good to watch. However, "Behind the Truth" also failed very much in terms of screenwriting and narrative techniques. It can be said that the screenwriter and director team do not understand the basic narrative techniques of criminal investigation dramas. Let me give you a few examples.
The first example starts with the death case of an old man. This section is the most important hook in this criminal investigation drama. However, the screenwriter did not make this hook deep enough to hook the audience. The old man struggles, red high heels appear, and the drunk man comes out to make fun of the scene, which instantly breaks the tension of this section. The drunken man took out his cell phone to take pictures, the drunken man's unsatisfactory performance, etc. all reduced the suspense of this opening to zero. Skilled screenwriters need to work harder on these scenes, not withdraw their efforts.
The second example is that the male protagonist starts off cool. Many American dramas and Hollywood movies like to have the male protagonist act cool at the beginning. Although this creative technique is very routine, like workshop work, it can still be seen if it is done well. However, in "Behind the Truth", the male protagonist played by Han Dong becomes a "criminal", enters the bathroom, and then flicks things outside, etc. This series lacks a clear narrative purpose. If the purpose of the narrative is first revealed to the audience and the audience is allowed to predict whether the male protagonist will succeed, then the storyline of the play will come out. The current narrative of "Behind the Truth" is too superficial, too bland, and lacks basic storytelling. This is an imitation of Hollywood assembly line scripts.
Similar problems are widespread in the opening plot of "Behind the Truth". The script of this TV series can be used as a correction template for professional script courses. After a large number of failures in narrative techniques, a TV series becomes unwatchable.
then said that this TV series is shallow in terms of creative awareness and cultural awareness.
is uneducated and the most terrible thing. A TV series is the most terrible if the narrator has no culture. If you don’t have any skills, you can still learn it. If you don't have much culture, you will easily show your timidity in a lot of scenes. For example, literate screenwriters, directors and filming teams will know that criminal investigators are not allowed to race cars, let alone where non-motorized vehicles are driving, and therefore will not create such cool scenes.
On the other hand, the team of "Behind the Truth" lacked this awareness. At the beginning of the play, after the heroine appeared, it was another show of pretense. How to show off your garlic? She rides a motorcycle and races with the male protagonist, racing on the highway with cars coming and going. This is simply breaking the law.Normal criminal investigators cannot do this kind of thing. Later, the heroine chased the nanny on a motorcycle in the living area of the villa. By the way, when a female nanny faces criminal investigators, haven’t our female criminal investigators received physical training? Why chase on a motorcycle? Besides, what should I do if I encounter a child in the living area, a speeding car?
A team with no culture will not consider these issues. Regarding these issues, literate creators will, with the support of their own cultural and ethical bottom line, make themselves cautious and not allow their characters to endanger society because of their coolness. If you are uneducated, it is easy for you to do this.
The problem of common sense in criminal investigation is also a flaw in the drama. In the first episode of
, the heroine came to the crime scene. Although the cordon was in place, she didn't even wear shoe covers and rushed directly inside. Of course, she heard something moving inside. It was an emergency and it was understandable that she rushed inside. However, the male protagonist who was "showing off" on the ground was not wearing shoe covers. By the way, if you are just stepping on all kinds of big footprints, why bother setting up a cordon? Obviously, the creative team of this TV series does not understand real criminal investigation. TV dramas that ignore chaos are prone to similar loopholes.
In addition, this TV series also lacks story impetus and effective climax points in the main narrative. This is a relatively unsuccessful work. It's a pity that Han Dong and Qu Jingjing are two well-known actors. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
