The dramatic treatment of the main theme TV series brings a better aesthetic feeling.

for a long time in the past, people generally had a stereotyped impression of the theme TV series, that is, they were not good-looking. Therefore, how to look good is the core problem of the main theme TV series at present.

for a long time, people generally have a stereotyped impression of the theme TV series, that is, they are not good-looking. Therefore, how to look good is the core problem of the main theme TV series at present.

in my opinion, four "have" are needed for the main theme to look good.

first of all, you have to "have balls". There are feelings, responsibility, backbone, a kind of inner soul and spirit. Some theme TV dramas seem to be in a meeting to make a report, or a general display of life, lack of deep-seated inner feelings and integrity. They intercept some seemingly real sections of life, but lack of height and spiritual support beyond the appearance of life, leaving only superficial life landscape and scene, which is called "seedless". Why do people think "in the name of the people" looks good? As a matter of fact, corrupt elements also have many seemingly innocent aspects, and even some officials have made contributions to the place, but no matter who you are, where you are, how many places you deserve sympathy and pity, and for whatever understandable reasons, as long as you are exposed to corruption, violate party discipline and state law, and infringe upon the interests of the people, you will never be forgiven. If such a theme is put there, the play will have a responsibility, a great feeling, a backbone and a soul-this is a kind of guts. Therefore, the reason why ordinary people feel energetic, energetic and enjoyable is that it really shows integrity, responsibility and feelings, and has a particularly strong sense of strength.

the second thing is to "have something in stock". Having goods means having ideas, unique insights, and memorable views. Many of our theme TV dramas are out of stock, they do not give special inspiration to the audience, there are no alarming or thought-provoking views and opinions. After these dramas have been watched by the audience, they feel that they only show some landscapes of life, leaving not many memorable thoughts, which is also the reason why people feel dissatisfied and unattractive. On the other hand, those TV dramas that make us feel good are that those works have a lot of Chinese-style wisdom under ordinary life, and express the creator's unique views, views and enlightening ideas in the relationship between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, husband and wife.

third, it is necessary to "have something". To have material is to have material. For the main theme TV series, this "material" is, to put it bluntly, a vivid story. TV series itself is a big story, many TV dramas do not look good, but lack a sense of story. If there is a story, there will be ups and downs, joys and sorrows, ups and downs, and a good TV series should be "one wave after another." But perhaps many artists' summary of life is not enough, some TV dramas are insipid, the sense of story is not strong, the dramatic conflict is not enough, no material.

fourth, it is "interesting". Interesting is interesting, interesting. Some theme TV dramas in everyone's impression, is too rigid, rigid, lack of interest, not vivid and lively, people are stiff. Those funny, hilarious, knowing and smiling interesting details and characters are not enough in many plays.

< strong > using routinization, topicalization, and humanization to prescribe the right medicine for the unattractive TV series < / strong >

having guts, goods, materials, and fun are the major elements of how to shoot a good-looking theme. However, at present, many of our main theme TV dramas are not good. The main reason for not looking good is the three "overpasses".

first of all, it is too stiff, serious, and serious, which is the feeling of many main theme TV dramas. In these works, the whole plot, characters are not negative, negative and opposite things, the characters are too serious, there is no humor, of course, people do not like to watch.

the second is that the character image is too single, monotonous, lack of change and waves. A character appears on the stage, always wearing an outfit, an expression, a character, a way, unchanged from beginning to end, lack of color.

the third is mandarin, platitudes, and written words.

these are the outstanding problems and problems of some theme TV dramas we have seen. How to solve it? In my opinion, three "changes" should be used to deal with the problem.

for problems that are too serious, we should find ways to deal with them with "regularization". Because the story is too rigid like a conference, showing a too formal, rigid state, which needs to be dispelled through daily life and let it return to its natural state.

for a single problem, use "topicalization" to deal with it. That is, in view of the guiding content, especially the too monotonous content, we should think about how to give it more wavy and diverse things, make it lively and colorful, and find ways to make it a topic. Because there are topics that are controversial. For example, "Little Farewell", the core of the play is how to accompany the children to school. In the process of expressing this content, if it is not done well and makes the problem of being too single, it is easy to complain about some disadvantages of education and the hard work of parents from beginning to end, so it cannot be a topic. But there is no single event in "Little parting". It makes a variety of screenshots-children's, parents', school's, social's, and each angle is different, so it constitutes a topic. In the face of the same problems of cheating, plagiarism and studying abroad, what kind of way and which interpretation is correct? Everyone said their own words and formed a topic, which is not a single one.

for the problem that characters are too conceptual, it is necessary to find ways to deal with and interpret them in a "humanized" way. When the content of "making a report" appears, we should consider whether we can go back to the perspective of father and son, mother and daughter, and husband and wife, and look for various contents that test or return to human nature, so that emotion and interest can cover those concepts.

< strong > reasonable situational design and appropriate aesthetic distance add charm to the play < / strong >

in addition, how to make the main theme TV series look better on the basis of the four "have"? I think two points are particularly important: first, situational design should be more scientific; second, it is to increase, or open up, the aesthetic distance.

situational design is generally weak in the theme TV series at present. The situation is the design of the logic and rationality of the plot of the character story, which is composed of a specific relationship between time and space. Now many main theme TV dramas are copied mechanically, and there are a lot of loopholes and irrationality. For example, in order to promote the concept of filial piety to parents, some plays have been talking about how bad children are to their parents and how their parents suffer and suffer. But in the end, the child's attitude suddenly changed, and the reason was often explained by very simple scenarios, such as the education of leaders, or being stimulated by something happened to their children, and so on. But we always feel that such a sudden change is not reasonable, and the reason is that the situation design is not scientific. Situational design is divided into three levels: macro, meso and micro. The macro situation refers to the distant time and space, the meso view is the near time and space, and the micro situation is the present time and space. There is a complex relationship between these time and space, and it is necessary to find the logical relationship between them in many different situations. Some plays are reasonable from a macro point of view, but meso and micro are not scientific and impersonal; some meso and micro levels are reasonable, but from a large point of view it does not make sense, which is easy to produce contradictions. The reason why the plot of "in the name of the people" is convincing is that the logical design is more reasonable and convincing in the far, middle and near situations. It not only has the complicated relationship in a city at present, but also has the past entanglement among the characters, and then it has the grand background of the historical stage we are in. There are family affection, friendship, love, but also hometown, classmate feelings and other complex feelings. It is these complicated entanglements that form a reasonable and reasonable relationship in the name of the people, and the situational design is in place. A character like Cai Chenggong is a very important center in the whole play, and he has its multifaceted nature. In the relationship between him and several old classmates, there are some emotional factors formed by history as well as complex interest reasons. The reason why he does all kinds of strange behavior is that he used to be a poor student in history, and then he won his business achievements by another kind of persistence, but was taken advantage of at the same time. The factors gathered in him are not only the entrepreneur, but also the factor of not abiding by the rules of the game, as well as the victim factor. And his behavior, his abominable and pitiful, because the previous situation design-from the distant primary school to decades of changes in different spaces, far and near, and make people feel logical and reasonable.

at the same time, TV dramas are still dramas after all. On the one hand, it needs to design a good plot, on the other hand, it also needs to maintain a proper aesthetic distance from life. As Zhu Guangqian said, we need to properly design some "beautiful frames" to generate some aesthetic distance so as not to let it get too close to life. For example, the use of "play in the play" technique, we can build a beautiful framework, and then well open the aesthetic distance. For example, the performance of "the White-haired Girl" in "the Wind blows in the North Wind" and "the Snowflake in the Wind" uses the techniques and means of "the play in the play", which can keep a proper distance from real life and have more aesthetic interest and interest. Because the theme is mostly realistic, it is easy to get too close to life and can not produce an aesthetic response. Therefore, some artistic treatment can make the audience get rid of the daily life or the realistic association brought by the drama, and bring a more "good-looking" aesthetic feeling.

(the writer is dean of the School of Arts and Media of Beijing normal University and special professor of Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education)

Editor: mary