"Basic Law of Genius" hits the air: How do innovative themes hit the general public?

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"He's here, he's here, Cheese Peizhi, he's here." After watching last night's update of " Genius Basic Law ", the drama chasing party ran and told each other on social platforms.

This means that the protagonist in the play will once again travel through a parallel world. Lin Zhaosheng's thesis plagiarism battle, the results of Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi's postgraduate entrance examination, and the parallel world's mysteries will all be revealed one by one.

And these suspense are also one of the reasons why audiences have been fascinated by the Basic Law of Genius in the past two weeks. On July 22, this drama was directed by Shen Yan , starring Lei Jiayin , Zhang Zifeng and Zhang Xincheng , and was broadcast simultaneously on CCTV 8 sets and iQiyi , with dual time and space as the background and mathematical elements Throughout, it tells a story about growth and self-discovery, as well as an in-depth interpretation of family relationships. Once

was launched, the "Basic Law of Genius" was "killed" from the summer stalls dominated by ancient puppet dramas. Its Douban score reached 7.7. When you open the social platform, you can see a lot of praise and discussions about the series. A audience commented after watching six episodes in one go, "I have already booked my favorite TV series this year, and I thought of "The Back Wing". "Abandoned Soldier", "Harry Potter", "Slam Dunk", and the phrase in " Street of Souls " "Learn how to make your companions stronger, this is the only way for the king"."

At the same time, the data also has a good performance. The professional version of Maoyan shows that the peak popularity of the show on iQiyi has exceeded 9,000.

On that basis, this show deserves some dismantling. Specifically, where are you chasing? In the process of film and television, as an innovative theme involving mathematical elements and dual time and space, what is the basic method for it to hit a wider audience?

Why is the Basic Law of Genius so popular?

Long before the series went live, "Basic Law of Genius" attracted the attention of the audience due to its dual time and space setting. Now it seems that this setting has indeed greatly enriched the dimensions and layers of the story. In the

play, in order to distinguish, the heroine Lin Chaoxi added prefixes to the two worlds: strawberry and cheese.

In the strawberry world, Lin Chaoxi has just graduated from college and lives a step-by-step life like many others: internships and blind dates, but one of her premise is that what she really loves is mathematics, not the philosophy she studied in college , just because he compared his father Lin Zhaosheng and the boy he liked Pei Zhi to think that he was not qualified enough, so he gave up early.

Until unexpectedly crossing time and space, he came to the "different but similar" cheese world twice, and lived as a cheese Lin Chaoxi for two periods of time - the first time was a primary school student growing up in a welfare dean, and the second time was approaching the college entrance examination. As a senior high school student, everything has changed in Strawberry Lin Chaoxi, and a series of interesting chain reactions have also appeared in the audience's perspective.

Although according to the setting, Lin Chaoxi of the two worlds is not the same person in the strict sense, the two story lines still have the effect of complementing each other, showing different stages of life interspersed.

In the three stages that Lin Chaoxi has experienced, there are many familiar plots and topics that can trigger audience discussions. The most typical one is the depiction of the Mathematical Olympiad in the play. On the one hand, it reminds everyone of the fear of being dominated by mathematics in school. On the other hand, Lin Chaoxi and Zhang Shuping's discussions on talent, success or failure, and the strong are all relevant. quite universal.

If it is not set in dual time and space, it is difficult to extend these dimensions in the narrative space of the same volume.

is that the characters in the two worlds have different personalities. After walking through, the chemical reaction between the characters has also become a major attraction. Among them, the interaction between the two Lin Chaoxis is particularly special. The plot where they complete the dialogue through the VCR is called a famous scene by the audience. Through this profile and detailing, a character who cannot show up is created, which also reflects the ingeniousness of the "Basic Law of Genius" in the play.

Compared with most episodes, the superposition of characters from the two worlds gives this drama a richer group portrait.

In addition, the story of "Basic Law of Genius" with the protagonist passing through as a node is naturally divided into different stages, and they have very clear "tasks" in each stage. In order to return to the strawberry world, they participated in the Mathematical Olympiad and wrote programs to save Lao Lin. After returning, Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi both took the postgraduate entrance examinations, and then began to participate in the modeling competition and explored the past of Lao Lin being expelled from the school.

For the audience, whether they can accomplish these things and what difficulties they will encounter is always full of suspense, and some plots even make people taste like a suspense drama.

The process of achieving their goals highlights the youthful, passionate and inspirational side of the story, and at the same time, the play is also filled with a lot of daily life, showing a plain life style as a whole, which has also been recognized by the audience. Especially the interaction between the father and daughter of the Lin family, no matter which world, they are in front of the steps, at the dinner table, and on the way home again and again, the daily life of talking about mathematics, the future, and Peizhi is not lacking in moving.

Regardless of the dual time and space setting or the genre elements of different styles, "Basic Law of Genius" is a work full of imagination and needs to establish enough credibility for the audience. The audience can continue to follow the drama, which shows that it has such a texture, which obviously benefits from the dedication of the main creative team in production.

For example, although strawberries and cheese are parallel worlds, their time backgrounds are not the same. In other words, the characters in the play are at different ages, and even the same life scene needs to reflect the gap brought by time. It is not difficult for viewers who follow the show to find that the shapes of Lin Chaoxi, Lao Lin and others, as well as the setting and pictures of the two worlds, all fit the setting of dual time and space.

What is the basic method for making high concepts come to fruition? The current reputation and popularity of

show that "Basic Law of Genius" has become one of the boutique dramas in this summer's summer.

The highlights of the setting, characters and style all determine the readability of the story, and there is also room for analysis: how does it impress the audience?

This drama takes dual time and space as the background, involves mathematical elements, and has a distinctive innovation in the subject matter. When it comes to the creative level, the main problem that the main creator faces is how to implement the high concept and make the audience feel distant. The more distant elements of life at this stage are connected.

From the results, they found a reasonable path - builds a solid foundation of realism through thematic expressions that can resonate widely, which is embodied in two aspects.

is first and foremost characterization. The three protagonists Lin Zhaosheng, Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi have in common a love for mathematics. Among them, Lin Zhaosheng and Pei Zhi are geniuses, and Lin Zhaoxi is also a top student with a talent beyond ordinary people. In addition to the original family relationship, mathematics is an important link between them. It can also be said to be an opportunity for the story to unfold.

But from the perspective of the audience, this will also create a certain threshold for substitution and projection. Therefore, while showing the genius attributes of characters and highlighting their superiority, the "Basic Law of Genius" also focuses on depicting their side as ordinary people.

For example, Pei Zhi, in Strawberry World, instead of going to Sanwei University and Germany to continue his mathematics studies, he became a star in the boxing gymThe coach, ostensibly because of his mother's obstruction, was worried that mathematics would trigger the schizophrenia that he inherited from his grandfather. But in fact, he knew early on that fear was the real crux.

On the one hand, he was afraid that he would be like his grandfather, but on the other hand, he felt guilty for his mother because he couldn't help learning mathematics, and he was under huge psychological pressure. This contradiction weakened his genius attribute to a certain extent.

In addition, another "ordinary thing" about him is his obsession with the death of his father. A very telling detail in the play is that as a boxer, Pei Zhi's advantage is not in strength or skill, but in mind. He is good at finding the key to victory by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents, but when he faces defeat in the match , but it was the father in the image that really brought him strength.

This also explains his series of actions in the early stage of the cheese world. In order to get along with his father, he chose to stay and live a life that was questioned by Lin Chaoxi as "cheating". "model.

For most audiences, genius behaviors such as submitting papers in advance and having excellent memory are part of their own refreshing. Pei Zhi's vulnerability and sensibility revealed by his father and mathematics can impress the audience at a deeper level.

is followed by the emotional core, which can capture two key words: growth and family affection.

In the "Basic Law of Genius", the journey through dual time and space is also the process of rapid growth of characters. Before going to the cheese world, Lin Chaoxi gave up mathematics very early in the face of the "crushing" of the IQs of Lao Lin and Pei Zhi. Putting this choice in a larger category, it corresponds to a universal proposition: in the face of love that most likely will not produce results, should you continue to move forward or stop loss in time?

What happened to Pei Zhi is another problem, namely how to accept the departure of a loved one, and how to face the impact of this departure on his life. For Pei Zhi, the broken family also broke the balance of his life: he lost the freedom to study mathematics, the mother-son relationship became delicate and tense, and lived up to the expectations of Lao Lin and Lin Chaoxi...

In essence, Lin Chaoxi gave up mathematics, and Pei Zhi gave up on mathematics. The choice to stay in the cheese world is actually an escape. The travel experience changed them, Lin Chaoxi regained the courage to pursue his dreams, and Pei Zhi also began to face up to his father's departure and his own fears. From escaping to accepting and facing, the character growth line is clear and clear.

In this process, Lin Chaoxi and Lao Lin, Pei Zhi and Lao Pei, family affection has always been an important factor in promoting the development of the plot. In addition to the warmth that shows in their daily interactions, the interpretation of family affection in "The Basic Law of Genius" is an important factor that arouses the audience's empathy with and . In

, ​​Strawberry Lin Chaoxi once was very resistant to Lao Lin's encouragement to learn mathematics, and also very mindful of being compared with Pei Zhi. Because in her eyes, both Lao Lin and Pei Zhi are geniuses, and they are existences that she cannot stand side by side with and surpass. And Lao Lin's original intention was to see his daughter's talent and hope to help her on the premise that she is willing to make progress.

After he couldn't learn mathematics, Pei Zhi chose to become a boxer to commemorate his father. He was also confused whether regaining mathematics meant a betrayal, but in the cheese world, Lao Pei encouraged him to do what he was better at and really loved. Things, this is what a father wants to see.

With these two details, viewers can draw conclusions about the same question, namely, what do parents expect from their children? This kind of delicacy and depth also makes "Basic Law of Genius" rare in the current drama market.

Comprehensively speaking, in the process of film and television, whether it is to disenchant the genius, to show the two-sided character, or to express the love of growth and family.The core of the feeling, all neutralized the high concept of the "Basic Law of Genius" in the theme expression, and laid a solid foundation of realism, making it a fine drama that is watchable and impresses the general public.

Now, with the arrival of Cheese Peizhi to the Strawberry World, the show has ushered in a new climax. Two days later, the finale will also meet the audience. What will Cheese Peizhi experience? What happened to the plagiarism incident of the paper back then? What is the mystery of the parallel world? We will wait and see for the answers to these questions.