On the evening of August 30, a TV series called "Original Sin" was launched on iQiyi. This TV series stars Wang Haoxuan, Chen Huan and other actors. It tells the story of forensic doctors and criminal investigators working together to solve various criminal cases. Based on the pl

On the evening of August 30, a TV series called "Original Sin" was launched on iQiyi. This TV series stars Wang Haoxuan, Chen Huan and other actors. It tells the story of forensic doctors and criminal investigators working together to solve various criminal cases. Based on the plot content that has been launched so far, this criminal investigation drama can be regarded as one of the "best-looking" criminal investigation TV dramas in recent times.

Our previous TV dramas with criminal investigation themes, especially those with all-star casts, often told stories while also telling the rationale behind the stories. To put it simply, after telling this crime story, I want the audience to understand some truth. This is a criminal investigation drama with narrative ethics. And this "Original Sin" obviously does not insist on any theory, but only wants to make the audience feel happy when watching the drama.

Of course, if criminal investigation dramas want to make the audience feel happy, it is relatively simple. It is nothing more than making the scale of the crime larger, the pace of the narrative faster, and the crime content centered around women as much as possible. Some of our criminal investigation drama screenwriters who have a bottom line in narrative ethics are generally reluctant to write about crimes against women, because this kind of content was once considered "criminal incitement to the unknown."

The TV series "Original Sin" is different from previous criminal investigation dramas. It uses all three "cool" techniques I mentioned above. For example, in the play, the first crime content is large-scale. How big is the scale? A naked female body was found in the river. After the discovery, the female body turned out to have no head. This is obviously a large scale attempt to whet the audience's appetite.

Immediately afterwards, a female head was found in the barber shop. The head was placed among a bunch of hair models in the barber shop. Isn't this scary enough? Obviously, "Original Sin" takes this large-scale approach. In the later plot, other criminal content is still the same, centered around human organs. It is really as thrilling as it gets.

Then, the narrative pace is fast. This TV series has a fully plotted episode of less than 20 minutes, but the narrative of the show is definitely worthy of this length, without any sloppiness. In the past, criminal investigation dramas usually lasted for dozens of episodes, so they could add water to the plot. But this "Original Sin" does not involve water injection, it just tells a crackling story and pushes the audience to run.

Moreover, it is good at using narrative techniques to achieve one wave of horror after another. With the support of large-scale narrative, the storytelling of this TV series is simply taking off. We can call this kind of narrative the screenwriter telling stories while driving a Dongfeng missile. This rapid narrative rhythm is very capable of capturing the hearts of fast-paced audiences.

In addition, as I just said, the crime content of this TV series is all centered around women. In the first crime story, the victim is a mother who works in a nightclub. As soon as you hear this setting, you will know the direction this TV series is taking. In fact, after watching the beginning of this TV series, I knew exactly what plot route it would take later. This kind of entertainment venue has fallen women, and crime stories are unfolded around them, which itself attracts male audiences. This kind of attraction has always been discussed in terms of screenwriting ethics.

If the game starts with a male corpse, would you think it looks good or weird? Obviously not. This is the crux of the matter. In terms of audience psychology, criminal content targeting women can indeed attract more viewers. This point has been clearly understood by Hong Kong films and dramas decades ago. Therefore, at that time, a large number of large-scale Hong Kong dramas and films followed a similar path. In fact, some men actually feel pleasure in this kind of drama.

Because of this, screenwriters who have narrative ethics requirements will not create such works. Criminal investigation dramas are meant to warn people not to commit crimes, not to entice people to commit crimes.Of course, many comrades do not agree with the claim that a large-scale TV series is about hooking people up to commit crimes. This is really a controversial issue of narrative ethics. This kind of controversy is not exclusive to "Original Sin."(Text/Ma Qingyun)