At the end of the year, two versions of "The Three Teams" followed. Recently, the analysis and comparison of the creation of the two editions with the same title have also been a hot topic on the Internet. As of press time, Douban 1890,000 people gave the film version of "The Three Teams" a comprehensive rating of 78 points, and the drama version is 710,000 people rated 71 point, the popularity value of iQiyi station exceeded 9800. It can be said that both works have achieved good results in their respective fields.
Derived from more than 7,000 words of non-fiction creation, the film uses 132 minutes to highly condense the story of a criminal investigation team captain who is experienced, neat and capable, and high-spirited after being imprisoned and released from prison. The drama version of "The Three Teams" is 24 episodes long, and tells in detail and focuses on the various ups and downs encountered by captain Cheng Bing on the road of chasing the murderer for 12 years. Different from the film version, the drama version also expands the side plot of Cheng Bing and the suspect's mother and daughter.
The two art forms have different ways of expression, which are good places to play in the long and long, and the subtlety of the short and short. However, in the author's opinion, the actual root of the debate in the current comparison and discussion of the film version of the drama by the audience is: is the creation of a plot or a character?
Plot development: compact and orderly or loose and expanded?
The film version has a tight rhythm at the beginning, and the impact of the sense of fate is also stronger.
On a rainy night, the girl died innocently. Cheng Bing led the team, and the members of the three teams, including the master Lao Zhang, divided labor and cooperated at the first time to quickly investigate the direction and elements of the caseThe side reflects the excellent style and quality of the three teams in solving cases. The image stands quickly.
Since then, due to an accident, the members of the group have been imprisoned collectively, and their sentences have been commuted, and they have been released from prison one after another, gradually starting a new life. Cheng Bing was released from prison, and the three teams gathered on the road to chase the murderer, and when the team members showed their ordinary people's fetters, they withdrew one after another. Cheng Bing adhered to the determination to go against all odds, and traveled through most of China in a lonely and long 12 years, finally arresting the suspect. The movie version inherits the consistent dramatic suspense, the main mood is pathetic, the ending is hot-blooded, and the emotional ups and downs are suitable.
The drama version used the length of the first three episodes to lock in the habitual criminals Wang Dayong and Wang Eryong in advance, and unfolded the repeated crimes of the "two kings", and then Eryong was arrested and interrogated, enriching the blank villain crime details in the original book and the film version, which is a compact and rich good start for the criminal investigation suspense drama. In episode 4, the three teams were held accountable for an accident. In episode 5, Cheng Bing was released from prison, and then started family entanglements with his ex-wife and daughter, and in episode 7, the three teams reunited, and in episode 8, Cheng Bing rekindled his fighting spirit. At the beginning of episode 9, Cheng Bing embarked on the road of chasing the murderer alone, and then pursued the plot abroad, outwitted the gangsters, found important clues, and then opened a barbecue stall to earn money for chasing the murderer, and took the criminal's daughter to escape from the pyramid scheme organization, the criminal's daughter learned Cheng Bing's true identity, Cheng Bing untied the knot with his family, Cheng Bing worked as a courier to collect new clues, until Wang Dayong was caught, and the suspect was finally tried.
This former captain who took off his police uniform crossed most of China to chase the murderer. But after watching the plot of the drama version in the future, there is not much ink on the "ascetic" spirit related to Er Yong's investigation clues and travel difficulties, more like the adventures of the three teams from overseas to China, and there is no lack of coolness, excitement and curiosity in many plots, and the story of the protagonist Cheng Bing and his family, and the ethical relationship with the suspect's mother and daughter is also interspersed in detail, and the plot slides into the "legendary" mode.
Expanding from a few thousand words of documentary press release to 24 episodes, it is inevitable to add storylines and character characteristics, and the treatment of the drama version is to let the protagonist group lead the audience to appreciate the hunting plot of one stop, and add some elements suitable for visual performance such as gunfights, fights, and gang interiors on the screen.
In fact,The story of chasing the murderer for more than ten years is not thrilling, but it is a "needle in a haystack" with full hope every time, and the truth and clues are missed again and again. Moreover, if the real murderer is not caught for a day, and he does not let go of his obsession for a day, this kind of blow is long and endless.
From the story level to the psychological level, the film version uses introverted and deep lens language and comprehensive production strength to present the sense of loneliness in the dark night and the tragedy of the characters. In order to take care of the drama and story, the drama version is interspersed with a lot of hot ** pieces, personal hero shows and ethical plots, character cores, character and other precious personalities are not prominently expressed, and I have to say that it is a bit regrettable here - because the typical event of "Three Teams" was established with the perseverance soul of Cheng Bing.
Character Building: Step into the Heart or Fall into the Formula?
Character qualities determine the logic of behavior. It can be imagined how tenacious, persistent, and stable a character like Cheng Bing is at the core, which is enough to support him to do such a great thing.
So,For "The Three Teams", it is very important to shape the spiritual core of the characters. The overall style of the film version is gloomy, and the "frustration" is also the externalization of people's hearts. From the gathering-leaving-gathering-separation-separation of the members of the three major teams, the movie gives a plump group portrait. They are the young and clever Xu Yizhou, the kind and lonely Cai Bin, Ma Zhenkun who has a good daughter-in-law who runs a barbecue stall, Liao Jian, who is determined to live a good life for his son, and Lao Zhang, who is old but has the best quality to solve cases. In the continuous farewell of the protagonist Cheng Bing and the three major teams, the realistic "three major team group drama" is vivid and three-dimensional, and the movie also focuses on Cheng Bing, a lone ranger.
The casting and makeup of the three major team members of the drama version are not as good as the film version as a whole. In terms of the handling of supporting characters, the portrayal of the drama version is also relatively weak, and there are too many "memories of the past and the eventful years" in the film, either clinking glasses or complaining, which dilutes the sense of belief of the three teams.
Moreover, ** as soon as the male protagonist has a career, his wife is arguing for divorce at home, and the ex-wife is not allowed to see her daughter, and the daughter does not recognize her father in public, such a treatment is worth considering.
To create characters, it is necessary to write about the inner choices and emotions of people when they are faced with desperate situations, they are not invulnerable heroes, but characters with ordinary people's emotions. The high pursuit of creation is to hope that the characters presented are grounded, in line with human nature, and can make the audience empathize, rather than artificial, conceptual routines and facial processing.
Whether it is movies or TV series, they are inseparable from the portrayal of people, and the creation should write about people's emotions and deep empathy for the fate of characters. If the characters are well shaped, the most sincere emotions will move the audience.
Moreover, from the difference in the presentation of actors, to create such a prototype character with distinct characteristics, you have to grasp the spirit. There must have been someone before this story was established. Zhang Yi fully expressed Cheng Bing's high-spirited and experienced emotions in the early stage, until the following ten years, objectively speaking, he is also very suitable for playing this kind of calm and firm, and there seems to be some "divinity" on his body, in 2023, in "Priceless Treasure", "Hurricane" and "Who is he", Zhang Yi has shown a real ability to grasp and shape the role.
The Buddha said that ego is the root of all suffering. However, the three major teams are obsessed with unfinished business, and the spirit of vigilance is not extinguished, and the blood is difficult to cool. This is also the greatness of the spirit of the three teams that is beyond ordinary people.
In the market, the discussion about the two versions of "The Three Teams" continues. whether to only follow the plot and not create characters, so as to lose the core of Cheng Bing's character;Whether it is stuck in a rigid, routine plot