At the beginning of 2024, "Scout Heroes" will lead the audience into the difficult and great history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea through real and touching characters, and break through the circle with more concrete, real, emotional, and powerful artistic expressions, and open up new creative ideas for war-themed film and television works.
A few days ago, the creation seminar of the play was held in Beijing, sponsored by the China Television Art Committee, and co-organized by Chunyu Film and Television Culture.
Scout Heroes" has landed on Beijing Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV since January 9, and after it was broadcast on Tencent, iQiyi, and Youku platforms, the ratings have led the satellite TV ** file. According to China Audiovisual Big Data (CVB) statistics, the peak ratings of Zhejiang Satellite TV reached 0545%, surpassing the ratings of Zhejiang Satellite TV's annual crown work last year; The peak rating of Beijing Satellite TV reached 0606%, the ratings of the two stations for three consecutive weeks ranked among the top two in the national satellite TV ratings during the CVB** period.
In the past two years, there have been a number of excellent works with the theme of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea", and the main creator has summed up a lot of creative experience around how to shoot new ideas in "Scout Heroes". Director Zheng Xiaolong adheres to his consistent creative concept of "truth", "from a prop in the play to the whole battle, it must be close to reality; In terms of character creation, the protagonist is not mythologized, and the enemy is not dwarfed; In addition, there are not only active and heroic sacrifices on the battlefield, but also many unexpected sacrifices, and they are all heroes. The purpose of shooting this work is to tell everyone about the cruelty and unpredictability of the battlefield, and hope to cherish the hard-won peace of the present. ”
Liang Chen's actor Luo Jin said: "Interpreting the role of volunteers in the most simple and sincere way is the pride and glory of a lifetime for an actor. Yang Fan, the actor of Baek Changho, said that it is the mission of the actor to play a good role, although he plays a villain in the play, but through the rivalry with the volunteer soldiers, he has realized the greatness of the bravery, wisdom and sacrifice of the volunteers. Kim Chol's actor Jiang Xinqi talked about how he followed the director's "real" creative concept through a large number of meticulous Korean line preparation in his creative role, and expressed his sense of mission as a young actor to pass on the spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea to more audiences.
"Scout Heroes" has received many praises for its authentic battlefield atmosphere, innovative narrative perspective, and vivid character creation. It is worth mentioning that although the play is based on the grand background of the war, it focuses more on the small people in the war, whether it is the main characters such as Liang Chen, Wen Jie, Qi Lu, or the group characters such as the reconnaissance company and the first class, they are all vivid, charming and character-oriented. At the seminar, a number of experts highly praised the above-mentioned creative concept and artistic expression of "Scout Heroes".
Li Jingsheng, vice president of the China Federation of Radio and Television Social Organizations, believes that the play cuts from the perspective of a scout, from macro to micro, and writes and depicts the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea in an all-round way, and at the same time has also made unique artistic contributions to the shaping of group portraits, which not only has technical content, but also ideological and artistic content, providing a new reference for future war-themed works.
* Zhong Chengxiang, a librarian of the Research Institute of Culture and History and a well-known literary critic, highly affirmed the long-term value of the play, emphasizing that the significance of "Scout Heroes" is more to cherish the directors and creators like Zheng Xiaolong, who have been fighting on the front line of the generation, and their role is crucial to the continued prosperity of Chinese TV dramas.
When talking about the innovative angle of war dramas, Liu Shuxin, a professor at the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of ** Minzu University, said that "Scout Heroes" leads the audience to look back at the history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea with a small view, and artistically reproduces the real war examples and character stories, realizing the combination of artistic truth and real life.
He Tianping, an associate professor at the School of Journalism at Chinese Minmin University, said that "Scout Hero" sublimates a major history with an artistic text, "fully respecting the logic of creation, making the script fine, bringing the characters to life, and making the tension skillful, so that the content is real and palpable, the play not only reflects suffering and sacrifice, but also understands the preciousness of life and peace after deeply understanding this great fear and anger."
Author: Wang Yan.
Text: Wang Yantu: Stills, provided by China Television Art Committee Editor: Xuan Jing Responsible Editor: Xing Xiaofang.
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