Why can't China produce popular dramas like "My Love from the Star" and "Descendants of the Sun"?

The little confidence that Chinese TV dramas had built up with "Nirvana in Fire" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was instantly wiped out by the hit Korean drama "Descendants of the Sun". When it comes to such a good theme as "Peacekeeping Forces", why didn't China take the lead and let the Koreans take the lead? The Chinese people cried out sadly: "Where are our people? Where are you, literary and artistic workers with both virtue and talent? Where are you? People's artists, where are you? Where are you? The reason why Du Minjun cannot be released is Photography of time travel is not allowed, but peacekeeping is not allowed to be photographed. ”

Chinese peacekeeping forces

The scope of tasks and the number of Chinese peacekeeping forces far exceed those of South Korea. There are a lot of touching stories and deeds among the Chinese peacekeeping forces.

Are there any film and television works in China that reflect peacekeeping? There really is.

In 2009, China filmed a TV series "Chinese Peacekeeping Police"; in 2012, China also filmed a 20-episode TV documentary "China's Peacekeeping Operations". So why is it not as effective as "Descendants of the Sun" is today?

Whether it is for "publicity" or for the purpose of making money, what film and television works need to achieve is the best communication effect. If the effect of large-scale dissemination is achieved, there will be a double harvest of economic and social benefits, otherwise it will be a failure. There are only two magic weapons for film and television works to achieve communication effects, one is the story, and the other is the visual effect.

TV dramas and movies have educational significance, but first they must tell a story well. This is an ironclad law of the modern film and television industry, so the script is crucial. Why is "Descendants of the Sun" so popular? Because the screenwriter is Kim Eun-sook. The more important reason is that "Descendants of the Sun" is not a TV show to promote the Korean peacekeeping forces, but a stage for young women aged 20-30 to fulfill their erotic dreams, and peacekeeping is just a background curtain. Someone said, isn't it just nonsense that you acted like a peacekeeper? Wrong, movies and TV series are dream machines! First of all, it can satisfy you, then it can influence you and promote you. Hasn’t the image of the South Korean peacekeeping force been publicized now? Hollywood is known as the Dream Factory and has such a huge global influence, isn’t it because it is the premier dream-making machine! If you still rely on movies and TV series to understand reality, I'm sorry, but your mind is not sound enough.

On the other hand, some military dramas in China are mostly made by people within the system of a certain cultural troupe. Such idlers who do not rely on fierce competition to support themselves will be difficult to write well if they do not work hard to hone themselves. Story and script. Lan Xiaolong, screenwriter of the Comrade Comrades Repertory Theater of the Beijing Military Region, spent more than four years developing "Soldier Assault" after training in the army. Du Liang, the screenwriter and author of "Bright Sword", is also a famous writer. It turned out that some TV series such as **Blade and **Space" invested and filmed by major military regions and services received mediocre response due to the poor scriptwriting skills.

An important problem with some Chinese military dramas is that they try to carry overly serious and professional content in one story, such as military transformation, thinking about high-tech warfare, etc. This is actually very unrealistic and also Not conducive to publicity and dissemination. It is actually very difficult for ordinary people to understand the military and high-tech warfare. Especially in this kind of TV series, if some so-called emotional factors between men and women are artificially added, and some generals' daughters and wealthy businessmen's daughters are mixed in, it will be even more off-putting. It might as well be like "Descendants of the Sun", where the military is used as much as possible to blur the background and increase dramatic conflicts, and the handsome boys and beautiful girls satisfy the audience's fantasy needs as much as possible.

Therefore, military-themed TV dramas must first tell a good story. Telling a good story cannot rely on administrative instructions. What is needed is the author's accumulation and accurate grasp of human psychology. If the story you make up makes you feel disgusting and boring, don't use it to fool the public.

In addition to the story itself, there must also be visual effects, especially when the script and story are not outstanding. To be fair, the plot of a TV series like "Descendants of the Sun", which is full of love between men and women, is not complicated, but the pictures are very pleasing to the eye and earn enough eyeballs. The reason is that it has to do with the appearance of the actors, makeup, lighting, and photography techniques. Very sophisticated. This fully demonstrates the tremendous progress in related industries behind the great development of Korean film and television in the past decade. Looking back at some of our military dramas, they think they can bluff people by showing off a few weapons and equipment, adding a little three-dimensional animation, and showing a little muscle. Little do we know that the audience has the ability to compare. The roughness of the images in some Chinese military TV dramas is obvious to all. From the actors to the costumes to the use of lenses, they are all inferior. Moreover, scenes showing battlefields and large-scale equipment in military films and televisions place higher requirements on photography. When Feng Xiaogang was filming "Assembly", he invited a Korean team, which was tantamount to announcing the arrival of the biggest crisis for Bayi Film Studio, which is in charge of the photography and explosion scenes of Chinese war films. If China's largest military film and television production unit cannot compare with Koreans, how can we produce "Descendants of the Sun"? We are far behind in the ability of Hollywood blockbusters, and now even South Korea is on par with us!

Many people have said, what is there to watch about brain-dead Korean dramas like "Descendants of the Sun"? I agree. But don't forget that "Descendants of the Sun" is just a bubble floating on the surface, which will dissipate after a while. What really deserves attention is South Korea's representative films such as "The Flying Taegeuk Flag" and "Second District". Strong film and television industry.

This is the social influence similar to Hollywood.

If South Korea, North Korea, and China all make a movie about the Korean War at the same time, who has the greater say and influence? Please think calmly.

Some people always complain that there are no good Chinese films and televisions, including military films and televisions. The author believes that in order to come up with high-quality products, the country must provide guidance, and more importantly, let the invisible hand of the market play its role. In other words, give up the so-called film and television production personnel within the system, and temper the Fire King in the market. If you want to have a good story, a good picture, and a wide dissemination effect, only film and television professionals who have experienced market elimination can provide it. No matter how talented and well-trained the personnel within the system are, the quantity and quality of their works cannot be compared with those who compete in the market. Releasing talented people from the system benefits both parties.

Some people say that Mango TV is following the market, and the shows they film are all mentally handicapped variety shows. I would like to remind you that last year, Mango TV went to the Chinese military camp to film a series of military documentaries called "Absolute Loyalty", which definitely beat out seven CCTV documentaries. The bottleneck of China's military film and television industry is that elite personnel in the market cannot enter the army, and the army only has people within the system available.

We don’t think the Chinese are the smartest in the world, but we also don’t admit that the Chinese are stupider than people from other countries. What South Korea can do, we can do too. The key to the problem is to break the shackles of the system and make the "capable people" in the film and television market willing to enter the army and military camps, dig out good stories, shoot good pictures, and showcase the Chinese military. image of.