The "Taiwan celebration drama" "Black Moonlight" jointly produced by Youku and Hong Kong Wireless (TVB) has quietly come to an end recently. The drama is a "new drama" launched by the well-known director and producer Zhong Shujia after "News Queen". Hong Kong Drama". With its str

The "Taiwan celebration drama" " Black Moonlight " jointly produced by Youku and Hong Kong Wireless (tvb) has quietly ended recently. The drama is the second time that the well-known director and producer Zhong Shujia cooperated with Youku after "News Queen" "Xingang Drama". With its strong plot and fast pace, it attracts audiences and the fate of the heroine sisters touches people's hearts. However, some people think that the show is still far from the level of "News Queen". In an interview with

, Zhong Shujia, the director of the drama, said that "her-themed series" is the focus of "Xingang Drama". "In the era of Hong Kong dramas 2.0 and 3.0, the improved content needs to retain the characteristic elements of Hong Kong dramas in the past. One of the characteristic elements that needs to be retained is female themes and feminism."

Focus on female issues,

But rationalization is difficult

"Black Moonlight" is produced by The well-known director Zhong Shujia serves as the director of the production, starring Yang Xiyao, Wang Haoxin, Lin Caiwei and other TVB actors. The drama is based on the public relations industry and tells the story of Yu Manyue, a working woman who was assaulted after 18 years of careful layout and planning. With his strong strength and wisdom, he seeks justice for himself and his family and pursues fairness and justice.

"Unlike "News Queen" which focuses on the news workplace, "Black Moonlight" explores the issue of gender equality with more characters, multiple scenes, and multiple dimensions. It attempts to show women's growth, conquering difficulties, and fighting injustice from a female perspective. "Black Moonlight" inherits the creative advantages of traditional Hong Kong dramas, and uses a more international story core and poignant female issues. and more realistic and textured shooting techniques to broaden the audience of Hong Kong dramas, hoping to make Hong Kong dramas more "national".

Zhong Shujia revealed, "At that time, we collected a lot of information, read works from different countries, and were thinking of a story about a girl's self-redemption that happened in Hong Kong. The creation of this story went very smoothly. After considering the theme, we started Establishing the biggest trauma and unfair treatment faced by modern women. We thought of the subject of sexual assault, and after this incident, we began to gradually build the entire story. "The biggest highlight of

's story is "women's persistence." "Don't mistakenly think that women are easily bullied. When you think that girls are weak and hurt or bully them at will, once they fight back, you can't imagine how powerful every woman is." Zhong Shujia said in "News Queen" , we see the growth of professional women, who can use their own strength and all their advantages to obtain the jobs or benefits in life they want. The place where "Black Moonlight" and "News Queen" have the same origin are the values ​​​​of modern women. "Once you decide to be like our protagonist Yu Manyue and seek justice for yourself, your parents, your family and your sister, you can spend all your life planning, planning, and studying to make yourself stronger."

But it is true The difficulty with the story is whether the details make sense. "How she overcomes and overcomes many difficulties is what the story wants to tell. When we make the script, we need to spend more time to express its rationality and logic very rigorously, and carry out many reasonable plot designs to ensure that The story maintains a higher level of follow-up. "

There are fewer and fewer "parental affairs" scenes.

It is understood that "Black Moonlight" and the upcoming " News Queen 2" and "The Queen of the Tower" are in the preparation period. "Goddess of Justice " and the 2023 "hit drama" "News Heroine" jointly form the "Newport Drama Her Theme Series". "When "News Queen" was produced, we planned to make it into a series. It is currently a four-part series."

As a new Hong Kong drama, the difference between "Black Moonlight" and traditional Hong Kong dramas is that "the times are constantly improving, and the picture and The narrative scale is very different from the past. The picture is more realistic and is shot closer to the heroine's perspective. We hope that the audience will have a stronger sense of involvement when watching. We also make different adjustments to the image style."

Zhong Shujia said that traditional TVB dramas will incorporate more family elements. "In the past, every Hong Kong drama could see the protagonists going home for dinner. In short, the family must be together. However, from "News Queen" and "Black Moonlight" to "Behind the Tower" and "Lady Justice", Newport dramas will reduce this aspect of the plot. Because modern people rarely go home to eat, we have made some adjustments in this regard. Times have changed, and Xingang dramas must be closer to the current living conditions of society. Relatively speaking, there will be fewer or even no dramas about "parental affairs". "Black Moonlight" is more about completing their career and pursuing fairness and justice. "Zhong Shujia said, "In the era of Hong Kong dramas 2.0 and 3.0, what improvements do we need to make, and the improved content needs to retain the characteristic elements of Hong Kong dramas in the past. One of the characteristic elements that needs to be retained is female themes and feminism. "

Among them, "Behind the Giant Tower" is a female-themed film that focuses on the medical industry and elements of family struggle in Hong Kong. Zhong Shujia revealed that it is about a huge medical family in Hong Kong, with the most powerful medical resources and the richest family. , because all the doctors are outstanding medical professionals, so it should be the "News Queen" in the medical field. It definitely has the characteristics of a workplace drama, a family drama, and a medical drama about human life. The content of these three elements combined is "Behind the Tower".

"Lady Justice" is a story about a juvenile court in Hong Kong. We really want to film a story about juvenile law in every place. The "juvenile laws" are different. For example, the juvenile law in Hong Kong is different from the juvenile law in the mainland. This involves an important element. This is also the most discussed topic among ordinary people in our society today. How to deal with juvenile offenders. Whether it is lighter or heavier. Therefore, "Goddess of Justice" tells the story of a female judge's judgment on juvenile law.

"Xingang Drama" promotes the "revitalization of Hong Kong arts"

"Xingang Drama" also brings more new faces into the audience's horizons. For example, Lin Xiawei, who played "Zhuo Huiyun" in "Black Moonlight", and Liu Peiyue, who played "Wen Yijia" in "After the Tower", are "Hua Dan" heroines that Hong Kong audiences are familiar with, but for mainland audiences It may be a "new face" in Hong Kong dramas. There are also veteran actors with superb acting skills such as Chen Zhanpeng and Chen Wei. Zhong Shujia said, "I think this plan is very beneficial to Hong Kong dramas. It not only adds a lot of new dramas, but also It gives many young TVB artists more opportunities, allows the audience to get to know more Hong Kong actors, and allows Youku Hong Kong dramas to go further. "

"New Hong Kong dramas" such as "Behind the Tower" and "Lady Justice" have also attracted some new Hong Kong creators to form a team of screenwriters and directors. For example, the creators of "Lady Justice" are all young screenwriters, a young man in his early 30s, Zhong Shujia He said that it was very interesting to work with them to create the script.

"After the Tower" uses a large team of screenwriters. "We use a traditional creative model, with a big screenwriter leading a team of screenwriters, which is very efficient. . This time for "After the Tower", we hired three great screenwriters to lead eight or nine lines respectively. The Mesozoic era needs to lead several new screenwriters. Screenwriters from three generations are here, and this is the work created by the screenwriter collective that I have used the most. "What's interesting is that unlike "News Queen" where most of the screenwriters are male, "Black Moonlight" is basically all female screenwriters, with only one male screenwriter.

"Lady Justice" will start filming at the end of October. "Behind the Tower" is in the process of filming In the editing stage, it is expected to be broadcast next year. Zhong Shujia said that after the "Hong Kong Arts Revitalization Plan" is released, Hong Kong actors can have more exposure to the mainland market, which will be of great help in terms of business and expanding their horizons and awareness. "For example, during the last few broadcasts, the actors will go to Beijing to promote and hold many activities. This is a very good thing for the actors, the entire production of the show, or before and after the broadcast. Mainland-produced dramas are already very mature, and the company's entire marketing model is very mature.I hope it can be seen and loved by more viewers like "News Queen".”

Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Zhang Nan

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