In the past year, the main theme dramas on the TV screen have made rapid progress, breaking through the bottleneck of innovation, winning market recognition, and achieving phenomenal hot dramas and masterpieces. In 2022, many TV dramas worth looking forward to will be released soon. This year, a large number of excellent main theme film and television dramas will be broadcast, and there will definitely be high-rating and high-box-office hits. In addition, realist films and TV dramas have gradually accumulated strength and are developing more and more prosperously. Inspiration for the creation of such works comes from life, paying attention to social hot topics, and can have a strong emotional resonance with the audience. In addition, many suspense dramas to be aired this year have also attracted much attention, among which "The Beginning" has been the first to win the lead in the year. Let’s have a sneak peek at the TV screen in 2022.
Main theme drama
More perspectives
0 The just-passed 2021 is the "New Year" of the main theme TV series. A number of works represented by " Awakening Era ", "Mountains and Seas", and "Meritorious Deeds" shines brightly, reversing the stereotype of the main theme TV series' topic essays. It can be seen that the main theme film and television series are becoming more and more popular with the majority of audiences.
Yan Bin, deputy director of the Department of Radio, Television Director of Tianjin Normal University, said, "2021 is a year of harvest of main theme TV dramas, and a large number of main theme works that experts and audiences like. The success of these works originated from the authors of the new era. It not only continues the 'value advocacy' in character image and narrative, but also focuses on the precise capture of mainstream social emotions."
2022 is also a year of important nodes. The "Our New Era" theme works creation and broadcast activity announced by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has also started. The number of main theme dramas this year, the broad themes and the hard core of expression are worthy of the audience's expectations. The TV series "County Party Committee Courtyard", "Our Ten Years", "Tree of Life", " Beyond ", "Big Test", "Fighting Shanghai", " The Name of Ice and Snow ", "Contend", "The River of the Great Luck", "City in the City", "North of the Sky", "Giant Panda", "Flying Power", "Winter and the Lion", "The Great Seaway", "The World" and other key projects were selected.
The "County Party Courtyard" produced by Noon Sunshine is currently under preparation. "County Party Courtyard" tells the story of the environment being severely damaged by years of rough resource extraction. The new county party secretary Mei Xiaoge was ordered to face all kinds of messes and use his amazing willpower to stick to his original aspirations and solve his chronic diseases. He led Guangming County out of the quagmire with his colleagues from the county party committee.
Previously, at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television held a promotion meeting for the key TV series theme "Our New Era" Hou Hongliang, Chairman and producer of Noon Sunshine, said that the TV Series Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television commissioned Noon Sunshine to create the "County Party Committee Courtyard", which is an important creative task to present to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is another work handed over to Noon Sunshine by the General Administration after "Mountains and Seas". With the experience of creating "Mountains and Seas", Hou Hongliang said that the creative ideas of "County Party Committee Courtyard" have become clearer. Screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang said that writing is like building a house, from digging foundations to building a building on a flat ground to decorate. If the screenwriter has a "piggy bank" full of experience during his life, only the built house can be "magnificent". During his tenure, in order to "deeply penetrate", Wang Xiaoqian was with grassroots cadres, working during the day, chatting in the evening, going back to sort out records and taking work notes, for nearly 200 days and nights. By the end of September last year, the first draft of the outline of nearly 200,000 words was completed, covering more than 50 characters.
"Our Ten Years" is a unit drama produced by Huace Group. The series will select typical characters from 10 different themes for artistic processing and creation, depicting the people's ever-increasing sense of gain, happiness and security. During the preparation stage, the main creative team deeply studied and investigated important documents and theoretical documents, combined with the rules of film and television creation and the theme expression needs, and finally selected 10 themes to create. The producer of the play, Fu Binxing, introduced that the whole play adopts chronological narrative techniques, and relies on the time of the proposed policy measures and the year background of the unit story, and arranges each unit in sequence, so that the whole play’s story covers the 10 years from 2012 to 2022.
"The Backbone of the People" appears in the Central Radio and Television Station 2022 TV series list. The drama focuses on the path of the Communist Party of China's self-revolution since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. At present, the record information of this drama has not been revealed, and only the director has been announced as Chen Yuxin, who created many popular public security TV series such as "Burning" and " Icebreaking Operation ". The 2022 "The Backbone of the People" is also worth looking forward to.
In addition to the theme creation of political comments and era reports, another major theme hot topic of this year's main theme drama is the industry of a big country, which is more important in terms of topic selection and the main creative team is more adaptable. Representative dramas include "The Battle" focusing on the upgrading of industrial intelligent manufacturing, "Hardcore Era" which shows the innovation process of two generations of China's nuclear industry , "The Sky Hope" and "North of the Sky" that tell the development process of Beidou satellite navigation system , and " Aerospace Hero " which revolves around China's aerospace industry. At present, except for the news that these five key industrial theme main theme dramas have been exposed that the filming started in January, the other four are in the preliminary preparation stage. "North of the Sky" and "Wang Tian" compete on the same stage on the theme of "Beidou", with flames shining everywhere.
Yan Bin said that although there are not many industrial-themed TV series in my country's past history, in the 1950s and 1960s, there were a large number of such industrial-themed movies, which showed the industrialization construction of in the early days of the founding of in the new China. "This year, TV dramas of similar themes have become a new creative craze, not only because of the many industrial achievements since the founding of New China, but also because they carry the struggle spirit of many Chinese workers and the ups and downs of entrepreneurial journey. This is fully dramatic and social for creators, and it is easy to resonate with the audience group who also experience history and empathize with to ." Yan Bin said, "The difficulty of creating this type of theme should be the author's expression of industrial construction and the shaping of characters by the author. How to make a full balance in the presentation level? The two should not be mutually linked, but should influence the creation of a subject in a mutually fulfilling way. "
Urban emotional drama
Follow the "post-love era"
In the past year, urban emotional dramas show the various aspects of love and life from a diverse perspective. While revealing real problems, they also respond to the audience's aesthetic appeals. Among them are not only dramas that put forward realistic thoughts on the urban living environment like " I'm good in a foreign land", but also works that describe middle-aged love in " Xiao Min's family ", and works that combine personal love with modern professional missions. Emotion and life are eternal topics for mankind and also the inexhaustible source of inspiration for film and television creation. Among the dramas to be broadcast, urban romance dramas have a very big advantage in terms of quantity reserves, casts and investment volume.
Many episodes are worth looking forward to on the track of youth sweet pets. The urban emotional drama " The Law of Love 28 " produced by Teng Huatao, directed by Lin Yan , and starring Yang Mi and Xu Kai ; the workplace love drama " Please Call Me Director " starring Huang Lan as the producer, and the workplace love drama " Please Call Me Director " starring Lin Gengxin and Tan Songyun , etc., have become an important member of the 2022 youth love drama. In addition, the urban youth growth drama "Zeng Shaonian" appeared on the new drama list of Oriental Satellite TV 2022. The drama is starring Zhang Yishan , Guan Xiaotong , etc. Jiuyehui participates as the original author, film and television screenwriter, and producer, which has raised the expectations of "book fans". In addition, as the sequel to the popular national IP, "Ode to Joy 3" produced by Noon Sunshine will also be unveiled in 2022. The drama tells the story of five girls with different personalities and unique characteristics who moved to the same floor to face the difficulties of life and gain growth and transformation. The five new female characters are played by Jiang Shuying , Yang Caiyu , Zhang Jianing , Zhang Huiwen , and Li Haofei .
At the same time, affected by the more popular "middle-aged love" in the past two years, the protagonists of love in the play have begun to lean more towards mature age.
adapted from the urban emotional drama " Heart Ju " written by Teng Xiaolan's novel of the same name is directed by Teng Huatao and starring Haiqing , Tong Yao , Zhang Songwen , Feng Shaofeng . It mainly shows the story of Shanghai citizens represented by Feng Xiaoqin and Gu Qingyu, the pair of sister-in-law, working tirelessly in the quagmire of life. The drama appeared on the 2022 new drama list of CCTV and iQiyi at the same time. The process of two women from opposition to mutual understanding and carrying a family together in "Heart" is the biggest highlight of the drama. In addition, the two male characters Zhang Songwen and Feng Shaofeng have a lot of space, and the rival scenes are also exciting.
reflects contemporary Chinese family life and explores educational concepts of the realistic drama " Mother's War " also appeared on CCTV and Tencent Video 2022 new drama list. The drama starring Zhang Yuqi, Li Zefeng, Wu Yue, Dong Jie and other people. It focuses on the dilemma and growth of modern women. With "mom" as the core, it presents five groups of representative family emotional dilemmas, showing women's thoughts on self-worth and the meaning of life.
, co-directed by Shen Yan and Liu Haibo, and starring Bai Baihe and Tong Dawei , focuses on the story of a couple gaining growth after workplace confrontation and emotional collision, and learning to face their family and career in a more mature way. The theme of a full-time mother returning to the workplace is easily reminiscent of the 2017 hit drama " My First Half of Life " also directed by Shen Yan. But it is obvious that compared with the life situation where the housewife Luo Zijun was forced to be independent due to her husband's cheating, Shen Huixing in "Our Marriage" is more autonomous and pursues both workplace and marriage.
's discussion on the direction of middle-aged marriage and love relationships has become one of the major themes of the 2022 urban emotional life drama. Speaking of this change, Yan Bin believes that this change is actually a mirror expression of the development process of China's social: for a long time, love dramas have always appeared in the audience's vision in the form of seasonings, so "legendary" love stories of talented men and beautiful women, wealthy families, princes and Cinderella-like "legendary" love stories occupy the screen. The end of the story is often "the prince and the princess live happily together", but few people talk about the "post-love era". In recent years, there have been more discussions on the Internet about "view of love", "view of gender" and "female consciousness". People are no longer satisfied with the consumption of love legends and have begun to try to participate in the discussion of the concept of love. "Time" in love has become an important discussion content. The middle-aged emotions of "long-term" + "love" are full of ups and downs, and are involved in several topics that the audience cares about, such as marriage, class, and family. This has become the reason why such works have been widely paid attention to.
suspense drama
narrative content is more realistic
Last year, suspense drama creation went through a difficult bottleneck period. There are many works and many types, but it is difficult to match the audience with the channel. However, strong-type dramas with suspense elements are still a urgent need for the market. From iQiyi’s Mist Theater to Youku’s Suspense Theater, and then to Mango TV’s Monsoon Theater, in recent years, various theaters operated by long video platforms have become the distribution centers for a large number of high-quality suspense dramas. The short drama "The Beginning" of Noon Sunshine's time loop was the first to be successful in 2022. "The Beginning" not only has suspenseful and reasoned plots and time loops, but more importantly, it also has a solid and hard core. It focuses on the lives of ordinary people, their efforts, their kindness, their struggles, their helplessness, etc., among them.
The elements of women and family have increased significantly in suspense dramas. Monsoon Theater , which has just been broadcasted by " Jiang Zhao Daming ", and "The Disappearing Child" and "The Gift" to be broadcast, and "Double Food" and "The Return of Daughter" of the Mist Theater are both family and suspense types. "Jiang Zhao Dawn" and "Double Food" are typical suspense works, with the themes of women's self-rescue and counterattack after being betrayed by her husband."The Disappearing Child", "The Gift" and "The Returning Daughter" all revolve around the children. "The Disappeared Child" involves the life problems of different residents in the same building. "Gift" and "Backed Daughter" revolve around intergenerational relationships, and cannot avoid sensitive topics such as original family, minor education, and marriage relationships.
Police and gangster dramas have always been the "head players" in suspense works. There are also many such works in the dramas to be broadcast this year, and the "Police Honor" and "Female Criminal Police Captain" in its CCTV film list have attracted much attention. "Police Honor" is written by Zhao Dongling and Tan Jiayan, directed by Ding Hei , and starring Zhang Ruoyun and Bai Lu. It is set in the background of the local police station and tells the story of the inheritance between trainee police officers and old criminal police officers. "The Female Criminal Police Captain" tells the story of the heroine who is loyal to her duties, selfless and leads her team to solve difficult cases in front-line public security positions that fight crime and maintain social tranquility. In addition to showing off the work of the criminal police, this series will also focus on the power of women. The drama is currently under preparation and is directed by Zhang Yongxin, who directed the popular drama "Awakening Era" in the past year.
In the field of suspense, dramas involved in cases based on major cases have always been the guarantee of ratings. The anti-drug drama "Ice Rain and Fire" will meet the audience. The drama is starring two young actors, Chen Xiao and Wang Yibo. The addition of young actors has brought more attention to the drama. Also telling the anti-drug story are "Operation Cloud Leopard" written by Lin Xiang, Gao Yan, Jiang Xuan, and directed by Gao Qunshu. Unlike the two hero structures in "Ice Rain and Fire", "Operation Cloud Leopard" unfolds from the perspective of Duan Jie, a special police member, telling the growth of individuals under the drug-controlled case.
" Fighting Thieves " starring Li Xuejian, Ni Dahong, and Huang Jingyu is adapted from Chang Shuxin's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a national treasure theft case that led to a theft gang. The police Ping Sange went deep into the "thief river and lake" to investigate, and finally captured the Gufeng City, known as the "thief king". In addition, "The Crazy Blade" is starring Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen, and Li Yitong . The drama is a memoir of the resolute struggle to combat organized crime and evil. It spans 20 years of group portrait narrative in the form of a chronological style, showing the black and white competition and complex human nature under the changes of the times.
In addition to anti-drug and anti-gangster themes, the "Juzzle" and "Sentence" that are to be broadcast this year all focus on the public security, procuratorial and judicial fields. "Jigsaw Puzzle" is jointly produced by the Jindun Film and Television Culture Center of the Propaganda Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and the Film and Television Center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. The screenwriters are Ren Yun and Gong Xiangdong. They are directed by Zheng Xiaolong and Meng Ji, and starring Wang Lei , Liu Tao and Pan Zhilin. They mainly tell the story of the struggle between public security, procuratorial and judicial personnel and corruption forces in the development zone. "The Verdict" also tells a major corruption case, and the story focuses on the internal competition between environmental pollution control and economic growth.
suspense dramas have always been an important type in Chinese TV series . The high tolerance of the online platform has even promoted the maturity of Chinese suspense-themed TV series. Yan Bin said: "The characteristics of this year's suspense TV series come from the choice of narrative content, and the realistic and extensive social expressions - many issues such as fairness and justice, family affection and morality, identity and class are placed in the narrative of suspense, successfully linking the audience's life experience. This undoubtedly makes genre dramas of social significance and also become the main expression of suspense TV series this year."
It is not difficult to see that this year's broadcasted dramas and to-be-moved dramas have generally improved the quality level, and their connection with the audience in creation is also higher. I hope these works can bring different surprises to the audience in 2022. Zhang Jie
Source: Tianjin Daily
