In recent years, China's film and television industry has flourished, and various types of TV dramas have emerged one after another, showing a situation of a hundred flowers blooming.
Some people love urban themes, some people love costume drama themes, everyone's preferences for TV drama themes are different, and there are not a few viewers who pay attention to historical dramas.
CCTV's latest hit historical TV series "Ask the Boundless" has attracted much attention, as we all know, CCTV production must be a high-quality product, otherwise there will be no chance to be broadcast on CCTV.
And CCTV has always been good at filming historical dramas, but this drama caused a lot of controversy as soon as it was broadcast.
Many viewers believe that in this drama, in addition to some well-known actors giving wonderful performances, there are also some situations in the play where the casting is not suitable.
caused a huge sensation on the Internet, and the whole show became the focus of people's heated discussions for a while.
"Ask the Boundless" is a TV series with a revolutionary theme, which mainly depicts the transformation process of the Communists, represented by ***, from pioneers to pioneers.
To encourage the contemporary youth, they should continue to absorb the wisdom and experience of the party's century-old history of struggle, so as to inspire themselves to continue to work the new journey.
In works of this theme, it is inevitable that many historical celebrities will appear, such as Sun Yat-sen and Song Qingling.
The controversial character in this drama is Song Qingling, played by Song Jia.
Although Song Jia is a senior actor in the circle, the role she played failed to be recognized by the audience.
Song Qingling's image is very unique and well-known.
Her demeanor is like a delicate and gentle stroke in an ink painting, and that gentleness and demureness cannot be replicated.
Song Qingling, played by Song Jia, did not show a bit of demureness, but gave people the feeling that an experienced actor was re-examining a new role.
Song Jia's face does not have a trace of gentleness and tranquility, on the contrary, her appearance is more like a capable urban woman, and her unique jawbone gives her a tough beauty.
It is not inconsistent for Song Jia to play some tough roles, but it is a bit inappropriate to play Song Shiling.
Her face seems to have undergone the tempering of life, the nasolabial folds are deep on her face, and her eyes are deeply sunken as if to suck up all the warmth around her, leaving only an indifferent face, creating a gap between her and the audience.
In the play, Song Jia's height is unusually tall, and when she stands in front of Sun Yat-sen's actor Ma Huahua, she is like an old man guarding the lighthouse, setting him off obviously.
The two of them stood together and looked very abrupt, as if an elder was standing with his obedient daughter.
Song Jia and Song Qingling seem to be completely different characters, and their performances and speech and demeanor cannot show Song Qingling's knowledgeable, demure and noble image.
Therefore, they cannot be put together at all.
Song Qingling, played by Song Jia, looks very docile and featureless, and many netizens said that she has always had a bitter melon face in the play.
CCTV failed in casting this time, and I finally understood the reason, but it was not because Song Jia's acting skills were not good, but because the role of Song Qingling was really difficult to interpret.
The very high-profile woman of that era can be said to be Song Qingling, and she was a very good representative during the ** period.
She not only showed great foresight in politics, but also had profound attainments in the field of ideology and culture.
In that era, she became a role model for many women and empowered many women.
Therefore, the role played not only needs to have the atmosphere of an oriental woman, but also needs to have a strong heart.
Perhaps because Song Jia is young, she can't fully deduce Song Qingling's temperament.
After all, the unique charm of those outstanding women who have gone through the precipitation of time cannot be simply imitated.
Song Jia's performance in the play feels like an image of an aunt who has been sharpened by the trivial things of life, which is in stark contrast to the elegant real Song Qingling at that time.
Song Jia's big white teeth are always displayed without hesitation, making her look like an innocent silly big sister, which explains why the audience can't identify with such Song Qingling.
The audience's grasp of the role in the play is not unfounded, not only to evaluate the role based on the actor's external image, but more importantly, to consider the actor's acting skills and degree of restoration.
Therefore, it can be said that Song Jia's performance is somewhat depressed and dull.
Song Qingling has experienced many twists and turns in her life, and her life experience is very difficult, but she has shown the tenacity and intelligence of women when the world is changing.
Song Qingling played by Song Jia has a bitter face, which really makes people dare not look at it directly.
However, the reasons for the failure of CCTV casting may be the following.
The film and television industry has always been in a dilemma, and there is a need to weigh market demand and artistic restoration.
In the current commercial competition, people are catering to the audience's tastes to seek their own interests, and the filmmakers will attach great importance to the influence and comedic effect brought by stars when choosing roles.
Therefore, they ignore the historical and cultural heritage behind the characters, do not have an in-depth understanding and Xi, do not respect history and culture, and only focus on immediate interests, and the final work created is not satisfactory.
Another reason for the filmmaker's casting failure was that they misunderstood the audience's preferences and couldn't determine whether the audience valued the actor's comedic effect more or more respect for history.
If the audience's expectations are misjudged, it will inevitably attract criticism from the audience, so the thinking about cultural clashes still needs to be strengthened.
The actors themselves are also an important consideration, if they are obsessed with playing the same type of role, not only will their careers be limited, but their acting skills will not be improved.
If an actor changes the type of role frequently, it will only lead to a lack of skill.
Actors need to think carefully about how to find a balance between catering to the masses and winning traffic and insisting on innovation to present unusual characters to the audience.
No matter what kind of character it is, no matter how big or small, as long as there is a slight flaw, the audience will be dissatisfied.
The drama "Ask the Boundless" also taught me a lesson, in order for an excellent work to be recognized by the audience, it needs to be done well in many aspects.
Producers and directors should carefully select actors to ensure that their inner spirit and external image match the archetypal characters, and the actors themselves should also strengthen their Xi and deeply understand the connotations of the historical figures they play.
As an audience, we should eventually work harder to learn Xi, pay more attention to the exploration and understanding of history and culture, and not only learn about history through television, but also read history books to gain an in-depth understanding of history and culture.
In order to better play the role of the audience, more suggestions are put forward to help actors improve their performance level and promote the further development of China's film and television industry.
In this drama, in addition to the role of Song Qingling, there are some other roles that are not very successful, such as Chen Duxiu played by Ning Li.
Although Ning Li is a very powerful veteran actor in the circle, he does not seem to fit the description of Chen Duxiu's image in the book, and he does not show many of Chen Duxiu's characteristics in his performance.
Ning Li's interpretation can be said to be a very failure, and on the whole, although "Ask the Boundless" is relatively wrong in the casting of Song Qingling, Chen Duxiu and others.
However, it also shows that there is still room for improvement in some aspects of the work, and yet it still has the potential to be an outstanding revolutionary work.
Excellent actors show us important events and figures in modern Chinese history with superb performances, and if this film is not excellent, it will probably not be broadcast on CCTV.
I hope that CCTV will be more attentive in casting and more respectful of history in the future, so as to continuously improve the level of historical dramas.
I believe that after improvement, the ratings of this show will reach a higher level.