TV dramas, as an important cultural creation activity, can reflect the changes and progress of society by adapting the original book or creating a new story, and can also influence and guide the audience's values and aesthetics.
Since 2023, China's TV drama market has presented a colorful scene, with a variety of dramas of different themes and genres being broadcast one after another, providing more choices for viewers with different preferences.
CCTV, as a national-level mainstream platform, has lived up to expectations and launched a series of high-level domestic dramas, stabilizing the hearts of the audience.
According to statistics, as of November 2023, 6 of the domestic dramas broadcast by CCTV have a rating of more than 3%.
Chinese TV dramas show a trend of diversification and innovation, covering a variety of themes and styles.
The domestic drama market in 2023 presents a gratifying trend, that is, the diversification of themes. Whether it's science fiction, suspense, anti-corruption, spy warfare, or even urban life and period themes, you can find eye-catching masterpieces in various types of works.
The Chinese film and television industry has rarely been involved in science fiction themes, but in recent years, this genre has gradually attracted attention, and the successful adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem" has contributed to it.
Because of its grand cosmic setting, profound philosophy ** and superb production level, the work has won the enthusiastic pursuit of the audience, and has sparked a wide discussion on the future development of Chinese science fiction dramas.
Through a series of grand storytelling, "The Three-Body Problem" skillfully integrates science fiction elements with humanistic care, showing the position and destiny of human beings in the universe.
Sci-fi creators can get new inspiration from it: in addition to showing cool special effects, sci-fi dramas can also be an opportunity to delve into human nature and social issues.
However, the success of "The Three-Body Problem" was not all smooth sailing.
The audience's acceptance of this high-concept science fiction work requires a certain amount of cultural accumulation and thoughtfulness.
Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to continue to work hard to create and promote science fiction dramas, improve the depth and breadth of works, and consider the audience's acceptance.
Looking forward to the future, Chinese science fiction dramas are full of infinite possibilities, and I hope that industry insiders can make persistent efforts to create more high-quality works.
A few decades ago, with the popularity of spy war dramas, the market for suspense dramas gradually shrank.
The spy war drama not only retains the puzzle-solving part of the suspense drama, but also incorporates office politics to make the series more attractive.
However, spy war dramas have gradually lost their former glory, which became more obvious after the end of "Kite" in 2017.
However, iQIYI's "Fog Theater" has conveyed the message of the resurgence of suspense dramas, among them, "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth" have brought suspense dramas to a new peak.
Most of this year's suspense dramas no longer focus on clever mystery design, but pay more attention to the social meaning behind the case.
The Long Season and Under the Busy City are two typical dramas.
Director Xin Shuang received a high score of 9 points on Douban for the movie "The Long Season", and he was so excited that he burst into tears.
Since he previously directed "The Hidden Corner", it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to create new elements in this drama that surpass the previous work.
Although the case part of the series is just an introduction, what I want to ** is the difficult situation faced by laid-off workers in Northeast China, which is a social problem.
Director Xin Shuang's work seems to be a suspense drama, but in fact it also has the color of a period drama.
Xin Shuang can skillfully resolve the difficult reconciliation of the fast pace of suspense dramas and the slow pace of period dramas, and no one can produce such a good drama.
Of course, the slow pace may make some viewers lose patience, but this is not a flaw in the series itself, after all, 9A high score of 5 speaks for itself.
Although "Under the Prosperous City" did not achieve as great success as "The Long Season", its rating on Douban was as high as 85 points, and its intention is similar to the former.
This case seems to have been solved, but in fact, it delves into the distortion of human nature, and people can't help but feel heartache for the plot of the little boy Lu Zhi's fall.
"Under the Prosperous City" and "The Long Season" break the dilemma of suspense dramas, they are no longer limited by the limitations of a single city or case, but present a more far-reaching theme, show a broader cultural landscape, and open up a new creative path for this theme.
In film and television works, to connect with public topics, anti-corruption and anti-crime themes are undoubtedly a popular choice.
This year, "Hurricane" can be described as a blockbuster hit.
With a real and sharp plot and a deep-rooted sense of justice, this drama has become a phenomenal hit and has aroused widespread resonance.
This drama uses well-designed cases as the carrier, profoundly exposes the corruption and dark forces in society, shows the wisdom and courage of the protagonist, and highlights the truth that justice will prevail, which is in line with our mainstream values and is excellent to watch.
Its success is not accidental, it touches the audience's deep desire for fairness and justice, and also reflects the public's high attention and call for social fairness, justice, the rule of law and other topics.
This success not only represents a personal victory, but also marks a new height for the industry, showing the new potential of anti-corruption and anti-crime works.
Liu Yunlong returned three years ago with his new work "Odds", which he has carefully honed for six years, and this work is his new strength since "The Wind". However, despite this, its response has been mediocre, and the spy war drama market is gradually declining.
Spy war dramas have continued to be popular in the past two years, and even produced multiple derivative branches with chronological boundaries as the boundary.
The broadcast results of dramas such as "Feng Qi Longxi", "Opponent" and "Rebel" are not bad, but compared with the previous dramas such as "Latent" and "Before Dawn", they are still slightly inferior.
After the advent of 2023, a new spy war drama will be launched almost every once in a while, although the form is constantly changing, but the substance is not much innovative.
These plays, such as "Infernal", "Thin Ice" and "Stalker", have a plot development without suspense and lack original ideas.
However, Zhao Baogang's "** Mission" does innovate to some extent.
This drama is actually a kind of deformation of a spy war drama, which involves contemporary ***
The show uses gamification techniques, incorporates cyberpunk style, and shows an undercurrent in ordinary life, netizens kindly ridiculed this novel form, and Bao Gang's performance is amazing.
In addition, "Huanyan" created a new style of highway spy war drama.
Despite some novelty in the storyline, the aura of the main character is too strong, which causes the other important characters to lose their sense of suspense.
The spy war drama market has been in a difficult situation, and except for a few excellent works that have emerged sporadically, most new dramas lack outstanding highlights.
The development of spy war dramas may focus on rich connotation and reasonable plot. Future spy war dramas may need to put more effort into these two aspects.
Over the years, urban dramas have accompanied countless audiences in front of the TV for countless days and nights, attracting many viewers with their light-hearted atmosphere and plots close to life, accounting for the largest proportion.
With the enhancement of contemporary women's self-awareness, CCTV keenly captured this emotional change and boldly launched an urban drama.
Zhang Xiaofei and Huang Xiaoming co-starred in the TV series "Good Things Come in Pairs", which focuses on the growth and transformation of women in the new era, attracting the attention of a large number of audiences, although it has not yet officially started.
After the broadcast of Yangba, "Good Things Come in Pairs" has achieved good results, the popularity continues unabated, and it has successfully ascended to the first place in the national ratings.
Topics such as the workplace, family life, stay-at-home mothers, and hand-torn scumbags are all portrayals close to real life, so they have aroused widespread resonance.
Zhang Xiaofei and Zhang Jiani's rivalry in the first few episodes was very eye-catching, but with the development of the plot, this drama gradually revealed its shortcomings, showing a trend of first high and then declining.
Although the heroine is set to be a school bully, she was forcibly demoted, which is very regrettable. Moreover, although this drama flaunts the banner of a female growth drama, there is still the problem of bloody plots.
It is hoped that future urban dramas can continue to try and innovate, deeply explore the diversity of urban life and explore the complexity of human nature, and give back to the audience with high-quality works.
The trend of period dramas is surging, such as "Our Days" and "Love in Jiudaowan" and other works, showing us a unique style of the times in 2023.
However, "The Glory of the Fathers" is the most representative period drama this year, and its Douban score is as high as 87 points.
In this work, the four generations of old, middle-aged and young actors Guo Tao, Liu Lin, Zhang Yue, Zhang Wanyi, Li Haofei, Zhang Kaitai, Li Le, Liu Pei, etc., all have ** acting skills, adding colorful colors to the plot.
Whether it is the older generation of foresters or the new generation of foresters, judging from their plots, they all show tenacious will and fighting spirit, and at the same time inherit the glory of human nature, truth, goodness and beauty.
The changes in forestry over the past 20 years not only reflect the progress of the times, but also reveal the vicissitudes of life in many families.
The suffering of the small family vividly shows the changes of the big era, vividly shows the tenacity, kindness, indomitability and tenacity of human nature, so that ordinary audiences can empathize and feel the truth and power of the plot.
"The Glory of the Fathers" shows a real and powerful story, arouses the audience to think deeply, and is definitely a masterpiece of the era, which is worth watching.
Looking forward to the domestic drama market in 2023, it can be seen that there is a positive development trend, and I look forward to continuing to maintain this momentum in the future and live up to the expectations of the audience.