Historical drama: connecting history and observing reality
2022-05-05
In 2021, the creation of TV series with the theme of party history represented by the awakening age set off a wave of climax, which deeply described the magnificent and colorful historical picture of the party's founding in the past century; This year, starting from the historical drama "mountain, river and moon", a number of well-produced historical TV dramas will bring a new bright color to the TV screen. Recently, taking the growth of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, as a clue, the story of the history of the Ming Dynasty is on the air; A number of historical dramas such as "the long river in the world", which tells the story of the governance of the Yellow River by famous officials Chen Huang and Jin Fu in the Qing Dynasty, and "Great Han Fu", which writes the story of two generations of kings of Emperor Wu and Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, are also about to meet with the audience. Carve details to enhance artistic appeal Historical drama has always been a popular literary style among the audience. Over the years, it has accumulated a number of excellent dramas, such as 1566 of the Ming Dynasty, the granary of the world, Zhenguan long song, Emperor Hanwu and so on. With exquisite artistic depiction and vivid historical stories, these works carry forward the excellent traditional culture, observe the social reality and nourish the audience's artistic aesthetics. "Mountain, river and moon" not only reproduces the political situation and the grand war of Jinge iron horse, but also devotes its pen and ink to the delicate and warm family narrative, which is different from the narrative in the torrent of history. The play is full of life scenes such as empress Ma's pancakes and shoe soles. The witty daily dialogue between the Zhu family's father and son, monarchs and officials, as well as interesting historical figures such as Zhu Yuanzhang of "protecting the calf" and Xu Da of "daughter control". Such contents full of historical details and artistic emotional expression make the ancient and magnificent history of the Ming Dynasty more realistic and perceptible. The TV series "awakening age" also has rich historical imagination. When telling the story of Chen Duxiu's father and son running for the people and devoting themselves to the revolution, it also depicts interesting stories such as Chen Yannian and Chen qiaonian's brothers playing tricks on Chen Duxiu, sharing vegetable steamed stuffed buns and meat steamed stuffed buns, so that the audience can see the deep greatness of Chen Duxiu's father's love, the youthful vitality of Chen brothers and the warmth of flesh and blood family affection outside the revolutionary history, Thus, when flashback to the fate of Chen Yannian and Chen qiaonian's heroic sacrifice, it will bring strong emotional impact and spiritual infection to the audience. It is the warm historical details of the play that make the audience deeply remember and love the revolutionary hero brothers. After the "awakening era" was broadcast, many viewers spontaneously went to "Yanqiao road" to mourn Chen Yannian and Chen qiaonian. "We should break the barriers, absorb all rivers, expand rich historical imagination and enhance the appeal of art." Zhu Yonglei, deputy director of the State Administration of radio and television, once proposed at the "Symposium on the creation of TV dramas with historical themes", "It is a great creative principle that 'major events are not empty and minor events are not restricted'. On this basis, the creator should fully expand the artistic imagination in line with historical logic, historical spirit and historical atmosphere in the historical space, find the artistic balance between truth and fiction in the historical story, write history, poetry, realism, artistic conception and implication". Reproduce the aesthetic style of great China The screen was once full of historical TV dramas with suspended plot, rough aesthetics and tedious stacking. After some policy correction and market precipitation, more and more historical works began to pursue the "formal drama model". In addition to deliberating the plot, they began to focus on the exquisite restoration of historical scenes and the fine presentation of costumes and objects. In the restoration of historical details, "mountain, river and moon" refers to a large number of historical materials, showing the distinctive characteristics of the Ming Dynasty and the beauty of strong history and culture. Whether Zhai yizhanjia or crown headdress, the characters in the play have evidence to test. At the same time, the use of a large number of low saturation traditional Chinese colors makes the picture full of elegant beauty and thick texture. Countless splendid cultures and aesthetic trends have been born in the long history of the Chinese nation, which is an inexhaustible treasure house of inspiration for historical dramas. The historical drama "the great emperor of Han Wu" reproduces the magnificent court hall and dignified court dress of the Han Dynasty, and the magnificent style of Qin and Han Dynasties is refreshing; The twelfth hour of Chang'an highly restores the costumes and makeup of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperous streets and lanes, allowing the audience to peek into the scene and grace of the prosperous Tang Dynasty 1300 years ago, ranging from wine dizzy makeup, peach blossom makeup and other unique female makeup of the Tang Dynasty to 108 squares of Chang'an city. Zhou Kui, associate professor of Communication University of China, said: "for a period of time, historical TV dramas will focus on artistically reproducing history on the basis of correctly expressing history, and constantly improve the artistic production level and artistic aesthetic level of the drama." Constructing national spirit in observing reality Historical TV dramas are based on today, look back on history, write the history of the past with the pen of today, and take the reality of today with the things of history. Looking back on the past excellent works on historical themes, all contain the thinking of social reality. Not long ago, the historical drama "long river in the world", taking the Yellow River control project during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty as a clue, tells the spirit of Chinese craftsmen "the world is the public", showing the historical view that "the people are the creators of history". Zhang Ting, the chief director and screenwriter of "the long river in the world", said: "I hope to reproduce this magnificent epic of the Yellow River governance by telling a story of selfless dedication and protecting my family and country, so as to make the audience feel the character and perseverance of the Chinese nation." "Knowing the past, learning from the present and being wise with history are an important part of China's excellent traditional culture, and also provide the purpose for the creation of current historical dramas. In order to create high-quality works of art in such themes, we should especially look for the way of dialogue between history and reality and adhere to the people-centered creative concept, so as to better observe the reality in the historical context and build the spiritual home of the Chinese nation." Said Liang Junjian, an associate professor at the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University. (outlook new era)
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