On February 18, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" starring Zhou Yiwei, Wang Likun, and Zhong Chuxi scored 5 on Douban7。For a costume production that aggregates many high-quality resources such as the "Di Renjie" character IP, the acting skills of all the staff, and the top creative team, a word-of-mouth score that does not reach the passing line is obviously a little embarrassing, and it has not been able to make a good start to the New Year drama market.
The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty is adapted from the Dutch writer Gao Luopei's name**, which tells the legendary story of Di Renjie, a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, who repeatedly solved strange cases in various places when he performed his duties and solved the mystery of his life at the same time.
If you look at it from the perspective of film and television production alone, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is a work full of sincerity. There are 9 unit stories in the whole play, and each story has different regional characteristics, style, and perspective. The whole story of "** Strange Case" takes place on a sea boat, and the crew built a 1:1 restored ancient ship of the Tang Dynasty in a 6,000-square-meter studio. The realistic picture of Ancheng, the leader of many teams in the play, shows the prosperous atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, and the plot restores the market life in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, and the audience can see the life scenes of various social classes in the Tang Dynasty in the play.
is different from Di Renjie, who is dignified and old in detective dramas in the past, the young Di Renjie played by Zhou Yiwei in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is both civil and military, and his martial arts movements are chic and handsome, and the whole drama also incorporates rich action elements, which brings a strong visual impact. The movie-level picture texture of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" has been well received. But for suspense dramas, the stacking of these exquisite scenes and big scenes does not bring real plot excitement.
The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty is based on the layout of unit cases, the nine strange cases are independent of each other and echo the main line, in addition to the detective case, you can also see the power struggle in the court, the political dumping, and the growth process of the young Di Renjie. This kind of creative idea breaks the inherent closed-loop narrative mode of suspense detective dramas, and brings a lot of difficulty to the story control.
At the beginning of the whole play, the first unit of the Fengyin case "persuaded to retire" some audiences, the bright line of the story of this unit is Di Renjie's cracking of the serial **, the dark line is the intricate network of relationships in Chang'an City and the crisis under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and the plot gradually unfolds The story line of Di Renjie's father who committed suicide with hatred back then, mixing a variety of story modes together. Suspense stories usually emphasize efficient narrative and firmly grasp the audience with concise and powerful plot hooks, while the problem of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is that there are many narrative levels, the story line is obliquely oblique, and the high-density amount of information affects the smooth flow of the plot.
On the surface of the plot, there are many suspense and reversals, but in fact, the fragmented clues that are constantly inserted make people scratch their heads, and there are too many unnecessary foreshadowing in the process of advancing the case, which makes the rhythm of the story seem fragmented, weakening the attractiveness of the suspense plot to a certain extent, and also testing the audience's patience, and it is difficult to stimulate the audience's desire in the process of watching the drama. More importantly, as a suspense theme, the reasoning of the case of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" did not meet the audience's expectations, and the ** in several detective units was easy to guess, and the reasoning process and mystery were revealed, which made fans feel that it was not enjoyable.
In recent years, more and more TV dramas with well-made but mediocre story novelty and creativity can be seen on the screen. is also the story of Detective Di Gong, which was broadcast in 2004 and starred by Liang Guanhua, "Detective Di Renjie", which still has more than 80,000 netizens who hit 91 high score, from today's point of view, this drama is old and simple in film and television production, which just shows that the wonderful story and brilliant characters are the core competitiveness of film and television works recognized by the market. As advanced technology continues to be applied to the world, future dramas will undoubtedly see more or more pleasing or shocking pictures and scenes, and it will become more and more surprising that "big productions" will become more and more common.
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