With a stronger sense of patriotism, excellent Shanghai produced TV dramas in the new era have opened up a creative landscape: With fireworks in the world of Shanghai | TV dramas | Fireworks

In June 1999, Wang Liping, Vice Chairman and Screenwriter of the China Television Artists Association, was introduced to Shanghai as a talent. Over the past 24 years, she has created more than 20 TV dramas in Shanghai, including "Missed Love for Life", "Nanny", "Life Revelation", "Daughter in Law's Beautiful Era", "Time is Like Gold", and "Twin City Life", leaving a strong mark on the layout of Shanghai produced TV dramas. "The urban spirit of Shanghai, the past and present of Shanghai, where red culture, Shanghai style culture, and Jiangnan culture blend and stir, has provided creators with a continuous source of creative inspiration." said Wang Liping.

Shanghai has always been one of the creative hubs of Chinese TV dramas, especially in the new era. Shanghai produced TV dramas have emerged with a large number of excellent works featuring the people as the main characters, showcasing the charm of the times, and praising the glorious years. On June 23rd, the "Magnolia Blossoms - Excellent Shanghai TV Drama Research and Evaluation Conference in the New Era" was held in Shanghai, where scholars, experts, and practitioners discussed the nutrients that Shanghai, as a hot land, provides for film and television drama creation.

Inheriting the spirit of craftsmanship in creation

Shanghai is the birthplace of Chinese cinema and the main battlefield of Chinese cinema. The Shanghai style TV dramas represented by "The Shanghai Family" and "Lost Time" deeply moved the audience and also represented the mainstream of Chinese TV drama creation in that era.

In the new era, the creation of Shanghai produced teleplays consciously takes it as a mission to paint a picture of the times, establish a biography, and demonstrate virtue, and drum and call for Chinese path to modernization, enrich the people's spiritual world, and enhance the people's spiritual strength. From "Da Pudong" to "Breaking Dawn in the East", from "Xin Ju" to "An Jia", whether it is Shanghai at the beginning of the founding of New China, the financial transformation of the new era, or the ordinary life of ordinary people living and working in peace, all have distinct Shanghai characteristics and rich Shanghai style customs.

Poster of "Great Rivers and Rivers"

Over the years, the audience has seen "The Great River", a storytelling and aesthetic expression of the history of the people's spirit in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, "Together", a painting of the national spirit for the fight against the epidemic, "Meritorious deeds", "Grand Pudong", a reflection of the great changes in Shanghai from the new era to the new era, and "Glory and Dream", a vivid record of the great course of the CPC.

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"Faced with the more than 50 representative works of Shanghai produced television in the past decade of the new era, we can not only see the overall style of Shanghai's television drama creation and development over the past decade, but also witness the development pace and achievements of Shanghai produced television dramas over the past decade. We can not only appreciate the emotional state and life style of 'Shanghai residents', but also gain insights into the trajectory of China's social development and progress from them." said Li Jingsheng, Vice President of the China Radio and Television Federation and Advisor of the China Television Artists Association.

"My understanding of the 'Shanghai style' film and television creation is about systems, creative rules, and industrial processes. Director Fu Dongyu still remembers clearly that when he first joined the Shanghai Film Studio, he received a 'small blueprint' containing requirements for creative work from various departments, with rules to follow.". "This is the most superficial manifestation of the industrialization system." He went through training in four workshops: props, clothing, printing, and editing, as well as on-site recording. When he became a director, the rules he had developed in the past had become a habit. "Because of such craftsmanship habits, one can uphold a calm and composed attitude, and abandon impetuous and inflated styles." Fu Dongyu said, "Director Xie Jin once said:" As a director, how can you be moved if you are not moved? As a successor, I uphold the tradition of my predecessors' words and deeds in my creation, striving to demand myself to 'not speak falsely, not go against my heart, not cater to my work', and truly face my heart and work. "

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Literature and film and television go both ways

Shanghai is a hub of modern publishing industry and literary dissemination in China. As for the adaptation of literary classics in TV dramas, "Fortress Besieged" produced in Shanghai and directed by Huang Shuqin has become a model for the adaptation of literary classics in TV dramas in the new era.

This year, the Shanghai produced TV drama "The Road to Life" adapted from Lu Yao's classic novel "Life" has resonated with the audience. In the new era of Shanghai produced TV dramas, the adaptation of Lu Yao's literary classics "The Ordinary World" and "Life" provides fresh experience from novels to TV dramas. Zhong Chengxiang, a librarian and literary critic at the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, said, "The Ordinary World is a successful adaptation that is faithful to the original spiritual value orientation, basic character images and relationships, main events and time and space of the story." The Road to Life "is an adaptation based on some plot points of the novel" Life ", expanding time and space, extending from northern Shaanxi to Shanghai."

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On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening up, "The Great River" was broadcast, adapted from the novel "The Great River Goes East" by online literary writer Anai. This work focuses on the leaders of state-owned enterprises, leaders of poverty alleviation and wealth creation in rural areas, and individual entrepreneurs, praising the struggles and creations of the people during the major social transformation period.

Similarly, the preparations for "Fengyu Baoxing Li" and "Qianli Jiangshan Tu" are extremely typical Shanghai IP, Shanghai story, and Shanghai production. As the first residential alley organization established in Shanghai after 1949, Baoxingli witnessed the vicissitudes of the city and also set a new era record in the old renovation. Creators repeatedly immerse themselves in life, drawing inspiration from the place where the story takes place, hoping to turn "Fengyu Baoxing Li" into a realistic masterpiece full of Shanghai's urban charm and contemporary characteristics. Starting from the work of writer Sun Ganlu, who won the "Five One Project" award, "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is creating a big IP for Shanghai's cultural brand through a matrix style diversified literary and artistic creation.

There is also "Qing Yu Nian" adapted from the internet novel of the same name, which sparks a wonderful collision of ancient and modern values through a "time traveling" narrative; The popularity of "Dream of China" is in line with the trend of contemporary folk ancient culture and the academic "Song style culture". Literary critic Li Guoyi believes that how to promote and deepen the "two-way communication" and "two-way empowerment" between literature and film and television has become a hot practical topic; "The guidance of aesthetic education in the dissemination of classic works should also be a part of the two 'two-way' questions, attracting full attention from the industry and media."

The avant-garde temperament of Shanghai has a transcendent sense of the future, and Shanghai produced dramas also inherit this characteristic. The popular science fiction drama "Three Body Problem" at the beginning of the year surprised the audience in terms of science fiction genre. In the future debut of "Shanghai produced products", creators have focused their shots on different industries such as healthcare, law enforcement, esports, and insurance. "The Heart of the Red Child" showcases the path of progress of the Mesozoic doctors in cardiology; "Ideal Sky" is written by gold medal screenwriter Wang Liping, extracting the story of a flight attendant who inherits her father's will and grows into an excellent female police officer; Both "Life Insurance" and "League of Legends" have entered a "pioneering zone" with few predecessors. One is a domestic drama that focuses on the insurance industry for the first time, and the other has been authorized by a globally influential game IP, integrating esports and science fiction.

"It is exciting that in the creative team of Shanghai produced dramas, a group of daring creators have responded positively to the public's expectations for realistic masterpieces with a series of high-quality dramas, setting a reference standard for the entire industry." said Liang Zhenhua, a professor and screenwriter at Beijing Normal University.

The concept of "Big Shanghai" in imaging has become the true "Big Shanghai"

The literary highland of an era requires the support of the spirit of realism. A large number of life stream works uphold the creative concept of "putting the people at the center" and focus on the tone of "warm realism". In the rich atmosphere of human fireworks, they praise the struggle of life and strengthen people's aspirations and confidence in a better life.

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Urban drama has been a popular genre of realistic theme creation in the past decade. In this field of theme, Shanghai produced TV dramas have contributed many excellent works. Taking family, workplace, marriage, education, housing and other livelihood topics as the starting point, writing about the current survival status, emotional needs, interpersonal relationships, and life choices of urban people is the narrative focus of Shanghai produced urban themed dramas. "Xiao Huanxi", "Xiao Farewell", "Xiao Shede", "Xiao Min's Family", "Xin Ju", "An Jia", and others are representative works of this kind. They accurately capture the thoughts and feelings of urbanites in their daily lives, including anxiety, expectations, efforts, gains, struggles, and relief

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Li Jingsheng, Vice President of the China Radio and Television Federation and Advisor to the China Television Artists Association, believes that "the troubles of life and the sense of achievement after hard work in these works present a vivid and fragrant texture to the daily lives of people in Shanghai, and also allow the audience to clearly understand how the trickle of life runs day and night against the backdrop of the bustling metropolis."

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What is even more gratifying is that the achievements and gains of Shanghai produced TV dramas in the past decade of the new era include not only theme creation based on Shanghai's characteristics, but also a nationwide perspective and pursuit. The TV drama "The Great River" broadcasted on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening up presents a panoramic view of the historical process of China's economic and social changes since the reform and opening up. In 2022, "The Wind Blows Half Summer" continues the group drama of "The Great River" and once again showcases life under the tide of the times. In addition, there are also anti-corruption dramas such as "Glory and Dreams" and "Amnesty 1959", anti-corruption dramas such as "Fox Hunt", aid to Africa medical dramas such as "Ebola Frontline", military dramas such as "Special Warfare Glory" and Winter Olympics dramas such as "Beyond".

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"The concept of 'Big Shanghai' in the image is becoming the true 'Big Shanghai'." Mao Jian, a professor and writer at East China Normal University, said that with the foundation of Shanghai's industrial dramas in the past decade, Shanghai's' big 'cannot be just the size of skyscrapers. This is a three body space supported by both reality and drama. "These Shanghai industrial dramas enrich the narrative and change the modern nature of' MADE IN SHANGHAI ', truly opening up the pattern of' Big Shanghai 'and turning' big 'into a more profound historical and cultural prefix."