The theme of legal politics has always been regarded as a bonanza for film and television creation, with strong professionalism and rich dramatic conflicts. Recently, the first season of the legal workplace drama "Fearless" has been sought after by the audience with its fast-paced, more refreshing plot, flesh-and-blood lawyer group portraits, and professional and life-oriented narratives, and has become a dark horse in the year-end drama market. 
Since the beginning of this year, many legal dramas such as "Ordinary Road", "Public Prosecution" and "Imperfect Victim" have been broadcast, which is different from the "elitist" route of previous legal dramas, these dramas break the traditional framework, seek narrative breakthroughs in legal and reasonable, and present real life and workplace from the perspective of ordinary people, which resonates with the audience. Word-of-mouth popularity has been harvested
The first season of the lawyer-themed drama "Fearless" starring Reiza, Wang Yang, and Tini tells the story of Luo Yingzi, a newcomer to the law firm, who encounters a marital accident, faces the debt crisis and workplace pressure, moves forward hand in hand with her law firm partners, and turns the tide and grows into a gold medal lawyer. After the series was launched, the topic degree and volume continued to rise, and the popularity of iQiyi station exceeded 9,000. The play is led by the "gold medal screenwriter" Zhao Dongling, and the two lines of marriage and workplace in the play are intertwined, with a tight rhythm and suspense, allowing the audience to see the professional demeanor of lawyers. It is worth mentioning that "Fearless" adopts a season-by-season production model, and the second season has been launched, with the original cast starring. 
There are also a number of legal dramas on the air this year. In May, "Ordinary Road", directed by Liu Jin, written by Chen Tong, and starring Guo Qilin, Jin Chen, Yan Zidong, Zhu Zhu, etc., was broadcast on CCTV-8 TV drama channel and Tencent**. The protagonists of "Ordinary Road" are three newcomer lawyers who are just starting out, and the drama tells the story of their struggle to create extraordinary in the ordinary. During the broadcast of the show, the ratings of China Audiovisual Big Data (CVB)** time period were 1447%, ranking first in the same period, the popularity value of Tencent** station exceeded 28,000, and the Douban score was 72。
The procuratorial TV series "Public Prosecution" also set off a wave of discussion during the broadcast. The play is based on the ten typical cases of the procuratorate cracking down on new types of cybercrimes, and is a legal drama from the perspective of a female prosecutor. The story tells the story of An Ni (played by Di Lieba), the prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, and He Luyuan, the captain of the criminal police team of the Public Security Bureau, who work together to bring the masterminds and organizers behind the transnational cybercrime groups hidden at home and abroad to court through cross-border tracking and judicial cooperation. Legality and reasonableness
Looking at the legal dramas that have been recognized by the market and the audience, we can find a commonality: they are created from real life, creating ordinary and vivid characters, and making the story "fly close to the ground". The recent hit "Fearless" is not only the counterattack story of Luo Yingzi's growth into a "gold medal lawyer", but also the process of judicial practice as a Xi lawyer. In addition to the "coolness", the play strives to fit reality, and the cases in the play not only focus on people's livelihood hotspots, but also popularize legal knowledge. The series also presents industry chaos such as squeezing Xi lawyers, Party A's "white prostitution" creativity, malicious bidding and project grabbing, and restores the real and complex workplace ecology. Screenwriter Zhao Dongling said that the original intention of creating this drama was to "** the profession of lawyers, the growth of lawyers and the professional confusion they encountered". For the authenticity of the case and the workplace ecology that the audience is concerned about, the preliminary preparation for the script creation is very sufficient, "There are two lawyers in the team, and the lawyers have verified the law firm ecology, interpersonal relationships and professional lines presented in the play. Zhao Dongling said. 
The "down-to-earth" narrative of "Ordinary Road" also resonated with many migrant workers. At the beginning of the series, Pan Yan, who lives in a small rental house, handed over more than 200 resumes that had been read and not returned, and worked overtime all night on the first day of work, which made many netizens sigh: "This is playing me." In the play, the daily work of small law firms with few resources, customers being robbed, and lawyers preparing materials all night also made the audience "empathize". In order to write the script of "Ordinary Road", screenwriter Chen Tong once entered the law firm as a Xi lawyer. When creating "Ordinary Road", it coincided with the promulgation and implementation of the "Civil Code", and the screenwriter selected cases related to the "Civil Code", such as inheritance, labor protection, anti-workplace PUA, etc. "Legal dramas have returned to the creative direction of down-to-earth and good dramas. Talking about the recent improvement in the quality of legal dramas, Lu Rong, a professor at the School of Drama, Film and Television of Communication University of China, believes that first of all, unlike the plots and characters of some previous industry dramas, dramas such as "Fearless" and "Ordinary Road" have a story structure based on the growth of newcomers in the workplace, and on the whole, the characters and stories are more down-to-earth; Secondly, the professionalism of the content has also been improved, "screenwriters have worked hard to create with a more rigorous attitude, the industry has fewer hard injuries, and professional content has increased, which is one of the manifestations of the progress of legal dramas." Lu Rong also mentioned that the production and broadcast of "Fearless" in a quarterly broadcast mode means that the team behind it has the confidence to output high-quality original content stably for a long time, which is a manifestation of the maturity of the drama industry. How to break through?
The value of legal dramas lies in reflecting social realities in a dramatic way, so as to radiate a wider audience and lead the audience to think about legal awareness, legal society, and humanistic spirit. Lu Rong believes that the creative breakthrough of legal dramas must first strengthen the creation of characters. "Character building, especially group portrait building, has always been a difficult point in the creation of industry dramas, and it is the most challenging for screenwriters' drama skills. Specifically, the dramatic conflict and character setting, don't do a simple confrontation between good and evil or blindly pursue happiness and hatred. The causes of antagonism, contradictions, and conflicts in the relationship between creators and things are complex and may come from different positions, interests, and professional opinions. ”
Lu Rong secondly, let the legal cases in legal dramas become a window to observe the society, Lu Rong said, "Industry dramas reflect the people's livelihood of the society, and this kind of drama should boldly touch on real issues, and examine and correct certain social prejudices from a professional perspective. As far as legal dramas are concerned, you can have the courage to ** some controversial legal topics to arouse the audience's thinking. Talking about how to balance the legal professionalism and the threshold of watching the drama in the creation of legal dramas, Lu Rong said that the creation should be simple and simple, and the professional content should be transformed into plots and details. In addition, it can also be combined with the creative techniques of other types of dramas to increase the attractiveness of the story, "For example, enhance the suspense of the story, highlight the various contradictions and emotional changes faced by the characters in the workplace, and move people with emotion." "In terms of material, the best marriage, psychology, and current affairs news hotspots in real life can become the source of creation of legal dramas," the plot is closely related to social life, and it can naturally win the favor of the audience. ”Special planning 2023 industry drama advanced skills
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