The "IP craze" for film and television drama creation continues to be popular. Good creation is inseparable from realism

Recently, the "IP craze" for film and television drama creation has continued to be popular, and TV dramas such as fantasy and Xianxia are also the main force. How to strengthen the creation of "realistic themes" has once again become the focus of attention. At the Shanghai Forum for China TV Drama Directors, well-known directors from the film and television industry gathered together to discuss "realism in TV drama creation."

Original title: Recently, in the face of the "IP craze", fantasy, Xianxia, etc. in film and television drama creation, how to strengthen the creation of "realistic themes" has once again become the focus of attention-

good creation cannot be separated from realism.

Recently, the "IP craze" in film and television drama creation continues to be popular, with fantasy, Xianxia and other types of TV dramas, and how to strengthen the creation of "realistic themes" has once again become the focus of attention. At the Shanghai Forum for China TV Drama Directors, well-known directors from the film and television industry gathered together to discuss "realism in TV drama creation."

Famous screenwriter Gao Mantang said in an interview that the current TV script writing has been "software-based". Whether it is youth idol dramas, costume idol dramas or family life dramas, there are routines. "I participated in a script discussion meeting. After listening to it, I concluded that all plays are now one play, and there is me among you. Looking at the scripts of the same industry, it takes half an hour to scan each script, and it is basically the same."Gao Mantang lamented," If any art is so single, it will also be problematic." He believes,"Realism is indeed facing huge challenges and troubles now, and the space for survival is getting narrower and narrower. It seems that the mention of realism is serious and profound. This is not completely correct. In fact, realism adheres to two words: reality." Gao Mantang also has his own views on how to inherit and develop realism."Traditional realism must also keep pace with the times and cannot remain unchanged. It needs to be closer to hot spots in terms of expression methods. Any work wants to get through to reality and connect with today's young audience. We must break through the wall, tear it down, and turn it into a drama that everyone can enjoy harmoniously."

When talking about realism in TV series creation, famous director Zheng Xiaolong said: "Realism is a creative attitude, and realistic themes are just a type of theme. We are now making some fantasy, imaginary, and historical nothingness films, which are getting farther and farther away from realism. But in fact, we have to go international and global. It is impossible to rely on fantasy. Only then can realism truly go global and truly enhance our cultural confidence." At the same time, he also said that taking a realistic creative route is not inconsistent with the market and business."The commercial value that the general audience believes is not necessarily the commercial value of fantasy dramas and floating commercial value. I think the stories created with a realistic attitude are what the audience likes, and you may become the most commercially valuable (director) because of this. These two are not contradictory. Only such works can become the peak and go global in the future."

Director Jiang Haiyang believes that because realism should be based on the experience of life and pass it on to the audience through stories, so that everyone can think and resonate together... Today is an era where funds play a huge role in the creation of TV dramas. Of course, we all hope that investors make money in the drama, and making money with capital is its rule. But from the perspective of artistic laws, if we want to make good works, we must respect artistic laws while considering economic laws. We "take righteousness" for works, that is, social responsibilities, ideas, and values, and capital must "take profits". The two should not be contradictory. First of all, we must not forget righteousness when we see profit. This is our realistic attitude and a principle that we must adhere to when we make any work; then, without forgetting righteousness, we should try our best to gain benefits. This is the consensus I think we must reach in today's era of capital.

Editor: yvette