Modern Romance Dramas are keen to Reinforce the Career Element, Costumes rely more on the power of IPs

Modern Romance Dramas are keen to Reinforce the Career Element, Costumes rely more on the power of IPs | Observation of recent dramas in production

 

The summer season of drama is in full swing, which is setting off an upsurge in watching dramas. While this batch of works is being tested, a batch of new projects are also being pushed forward intensively. Since the past three months, many key dramas have entered the finalization or start-up stage. Guduo made an incomplete inventory of this, and the projects involved can be said to be of various types and a large number.

 

In terms of quantity, the urban emotion track has the most impressive landing projects, and its subdivision types have different content emphases. 

 

Modern idol dramas are keen to combine the emotional line with the professional line, with the intention of plumping up the characters and adding highlights.

 

Amidst a Snowstorm of Love starring Wu Lei and Zhao Jinmai was completed at the end of May. The play is adapted from the novel of the same name by Mo Bao Fei Bao. One of the male and female protagonists is a snooker player who retired for some reason, and the other is a popular nine-ball player. The two will join hands to climb the professional peak in the corresponding billiards arena. In addition to the original work and starring roles, director Huang Tianren is also a trump card. He has directed such masterpieces of love in Chinese as Someday or One Day, and his most recent work is Here We Meet Again starring Zhang Binbin and Wu Qian.

 

 

There Is a Lover in My Hometown starring Li Xian and Zhou Yutong, adapted from She Musi's novel There Is a Lover in My Hometown, tells the adult love story of extreme pull and two-way redemption between the remains of the plastic surgeon Chen Maidong and the physically disabled medical salesman Zhuang Jie. Involving the funeral and medical industries, the drama should be supplemented with many side plots showing the various aspects of life. Previously, there were similar dramas such as Song of Life.

 

The final drama with the same professional setting is Light My Way, which tells the story of the girl Lu Zhiyi who was admitted to the flight academy with super high grades, but was misunderstood by Chen Sheng, a schoolmaster from a flying family, as a ‘vanity-hungry’ utilitarian. The two really realized the charm of flying during the coexistence of training and learning, and finally fell in love and became a member of the sea rescue team. The play is produced by Straw Bear Films, directed by Wu Qiang, starring Wan Peng and Ma Sichao.

 

 

As Beautiful As You starring Tan Songyun and Xu Kai is a workplace romance drama, the heroine Ji Xing is a stubborn entrepreneur, and the hero Han Ting is a scheming investor. The director of the drama, Chen Chang, has directed dramas such as Nothing But You and The Magical Women, so he should be familiar with the shooting of this type of drama.

 

Recently launched dramas such as Reblooming Blue and Yi Wu Zhi Cheng also have their own bright spots in career settings. Reblooming Blue, produced by Mango TV and others, takes the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage as the background and tells the story of Beijing drifter Chen Xiaoman's return to his hometown of Jingdezhen, and the innovative development of the porcelain manufacturing industry with his former boss Ke Yan. The play is directed by Li Ang, starring Song Qian and Zhou Yumin, and Liu Mintao is a special starring.

 

In Yi Wu Zhi Cheng, Qin Lan will play the role of a ballet dancer after the role of Lu Ping in Dreams Link, and will stage a story of reunion with Zhong Hanliang. Correspondingly, the emotional line of the show is that the male protagonist Feng Rui and the female protagonist Tan Siting broke up due to misunderstanding and regret, and they reunited unexpectedly after many years; the professional line focuses on the returning ballet artist to teach dance skills and persist in pursuing dreams. It is worth mentioning that the play is directed by Liu Junjie, who has collaborated with Zhong Hanliang in My Sunshine and Because of Love are all emotional dramas of reunion after breaking the mirror.

 

 

Urban family dramas are, as always, typical topical dramas, focusing on hot topics such as city drift, couples, intergenerational, and parenting.

 

In the finale drama, Xiao Ri Zi starring Chen Xiao and Tong Yao tells the story of Zhu Jincao, who worked hard all the way to Shanghai, and Gu Moli, who was born in a wealthy family, to resolve life difficulties after starting a family; As Husband as Wife starring Yin Tao and Guo Jingfei tell about the exchange of family roles between Internet celebrity writer Che Li and baby daddy Zhou Quan. Judging from the introduction, both dramas belong to the format of conventional family ethics dramas, and the audience may be mainly mature women.

 

Born to Run is more novel in setting. In a car accident, the son of sister Xiuli lost his life, and the only daughter of sister Xiufang, An Xin, lost her legs. Xiuli had to live with her daughter Ruohua who was about to graduate, but their relationship once became paranoid. And Xiufang, who has always been obese, decided to lose weight in order to restore her disheartened daughter's confidence. Among them, Xiuli and Xiufang are played by Chen Xiaoyi and Xu Di respectively, and their strength is beyond doubt. An Xin and Ruo Hua are played by Zhong Chuxi and Yang Chaoyue respectively. The character design poses a great challenge to the two young actors.

                 

 

Story of Joy and Her Islands will be launched recently. The former is starring Yang Zi and Xu Kai, and is adapted from Yi Shu's novel of the same name. The theme of the play is the ‘rebirth’ and ‘reshaping’ of contemporary mother-daughter relationships. It uses the extraordinary life experiences of ordinary girls to convey the attitude of women in the new era of independent struggle；the latter, starring Xu Fan and Ma Sichun, tells the warm story of three generations of women in the Meng family supporting each other and growing up after experiencing various problems in family, marriage and love.

 

It seems that there are not many pure workplace dramas. One that has been completed is Surgery Live Room, starring Zhang Binbin, Dai Xu and others; Ta De Sheng Cun Zhi Dao, starring Dou Jingtong and Wang Chuanjun, is currently being filmed. The former is in the medical industry, while the latter is in the boxing and catering industries. The narrative style should be intertwined with joy, excitement and tears.

 

 

In addition, urban emotional dramas with interesting settings such as Falling in Love with misplaced crushes, Love Has Fireworks with living together before falling in love, Stories of Youth and Love with childhood sweethearts, and In Between with dystopian love have also been completed or are about to be completed.

 

The general direction of costume dramas remains unchanged.

Popular IP + well-known team attracts attention

 

 

The general direction of the costume drama remains unchanged, and a batch of blockbuster projects with popular IP + well-known cast are coming.

 

The adaptation of women's novels still dominates the mainstream, but some of the original works were written earlier, and the film and television adaptation can be imagined to be a big project, such as the recently completed Everlasting Longing, The Last Immortal and the Mo Yu Yun Jian.

 

Everlasting Longing starring Yang Ying and Song Weilong is adapted from Xi Juan's novel The Stolen Bride, which was published in 2001. The director of the drama version, Mai Guanzhi, has directed fairy tales such as Chinese Paladin and Love And Redemption. The fairy tale drama The Last Immortal starring Zhao Lusi and Wang Anyu, the original novel was completed in 2018. Mo Yu Yun Jian starring Wu Jinyan and Wang Xingyue is adapted from the novel Married to a Daughter published by Qianshan Chake in 2018. It tells a love-hate relationship spanning three generations.

 

Of course, with the mature operation of the film and television adaptation chain, more web text IPs are put on the screen faster. Adapted from Peng Laike's novel of the same name, Bending the Waist stars Song Zuer and Liu Yuning, and is directed by Deng Ke. It tells the story of the intelligent and astute daughter of the Qiao family, Xiao Qiao, and the courageous and resourceful Wei family's protagonist, Wei Shao, who first get married and then fall in love, resolving family conflicts and restoring peace and tranquility to the people.

 

The currently filming Si Hai Zhong Ming is adapted from Yi Daixue's novel I Have Three Dragons and Bamboo Horses, starring Jing Tian and Zhang Linghe. Xi Hua Zhi, adapted from the novel of the same name, focuses on the main heroine Zhai Dou. The play is directed by Zhu Ruibin, the director of The Starry Love, written by He Wei, the screenwriter of Till the End of the Moon, starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi.

 

 

Male-oriented IP adaptation kept progressing. The Burning Flames starring Ren Jialun and Xing Fei has wrapped. The play is adapted from the anime Wu Gengji, telling the story of the prince Wu Geng who led people to resist the reign of gods. In the recent shooting dramas, the sequel series has attracted much attention, such as The Blood of Youth prequel ShaoNianBaiMaZhanChunFeng, Joy of Life 2 and Doulo continent 2.

 

Full gender-oriented shooting drama Go East starring Tan Jianji, Zhou. The drama is about the ‘Sifang house’ of Yong kingdom’s diplomatic agencies. It is said that its original novel is the Eighty-one Case of Journey to the West: King of the Western Regions, which belongs to the theme of history and suspense. However, according to the supervisor Liu Wenyang's co -director Zhao Qichen's consistent style, the film's film may be the light comedy like My Heroic Husband and New Life Begins.

 

Heavy main-theme dramas ascent,

middle-aged actors has become the main force

 

From last year's A lifelong Journey to this year's The Knockout, the main-theme dramas showed good quality. While the reputation is good, they also gained extremely high popularity. Lei Jiayin, Yin Tao, Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen and other starring actors also gain a lot of bonuses for their careers. Recently, major producers continue to raise in similar projects, but the starring cast has shown a trend of renewal.

In the casting, one way is let the middle-aged actors with good reputation cooperate. Directed by Zheng Xiaolong and starring Luo Jin and Ma Sichun, Scout Hero has been wrapped. The drama shows the heroic deeds and great spirit of the scout team of the volunteer army in the Korean war. Like a Flowing River 3 starring Wang Kai and Yang Shuo has also been wrapped. The drama is directed by Kong Sheng and narrate the great changes in the both eras and individuals.

 

 

Another way is let idol style and capability style cooperate.In the wrapping dramas, LiaoBuQiDeWoMen produced by the China TV Drama Production Center starring by Qian and Guan Xiaotong, it is about the growth and maturity of volunteers in the new era. Directed by Zheng Xiaolong and the screenwriting by Gao Mantang, starring Bai Jingting, Jin Chen, Ding Yongxun and others, NanLaiBeiWang is a rare railway police theme drama.

 

In the shooting dramas, the original spy suspense drama Harbin 1944 was directed by Zhang Li and the screenwriter of Wang Xiaotan. Qin Hao and Yang Mi starred in the Puppet Manchukuo during the War of Resistance Against Japan. It tells the story of the Communist intelligence staff Song Zhuowen undercover into the Harbin Police Department and eliminated obstacles to the final victory of the war. Happiness Juncao is produced by Zhao Dongling, starring Guo Tao, Chuo Ni, Zhang Chao and others. The play is based on the stroy of Lin Zhanxi, the father of the "bacteria grass", tells the story of Li Changhuan's team to plant bacteria overseas to help the local people.

 

Another way of casting is have the project carried totally by young actors. The Sword Rose starring Dilireba and Jin Shijia is a drama involved in the police theme of the abduction and has now been wrapped. Dark Night and Dawn starred by Chen Zheyuan, Nie Yuan, Xing Fei, and Yao Anna, also used the background of the times on the eve of the victory of the Anti -Japanese War.

 

 

Created in China is directed by Li Xue, director of Like a Flowing river 2, and starring Zhang Xincheng and Song Zuer. The play is adapted from the novels of the same name, telling the story of a manufacturing company make its way between the market and the government. Northwards is written by Zhao Dongling, starring Bai Lu, Ou Hao and others. The play is adapted from Xu Zichen's novel of the same name. The original book tells the secret history between several families living by the Beijing -Hangzhou Grand Canal.

 

Suspense dramas are rich in types while detective theme is dominant

 

Suspense is an undefeated category in the C-drama market. As far as this year is concerned, the ended "Three-Body" is suspense+sci-fi, The LongSeason is suspense life, Thirteen years of Dust is a suspense explore case, and the broadcasting dramas such as The Lost 11th Floor and Imperfect Victim are of various themes and most of them are well-received.

 

Recently, many suspense+detective dramas have ushered in new nodes.

 

In the wrapping drama, The Truth starring Gong Jun, Jiang Wu, Sun Yi  tells the story of the members of the municipal police Bureau's criminal technical department, each performing their duties, and repeatedly solving strange cases; the Sandstorm starring Duan Yihong, Wang Qiang, Zhang Jianing, and Zhang Yao tells the story about the investigation of a senior and a junior police officers. The Trident 2, which was reunited with the original cast, still expands the story around the three middle -aged police, but will upgrade the cases. The Case Solver 3: Dawn is coming is also a sequel. The play is based on the Shanghai French Concession in the 1930s. The protagonists are forensic doctors Che Suwei and Guo Yuan, Chief inspector of the Concession, they work together to solve the cases and eradicate the hostile forces.

 

Yang Xuwen, Yang Zhigang and others gathered In the shooting drama Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty, will continue to investigate the cases of the Tang Dynasty. Secret Love involves female issues. The play starring Wang Luodan, Yuan Hong, and Huang Zongze. It tells the story of the two related cases of the Criminal Police Song Cheng to find a common witness Yu Xiao and encourage her to join forces with the police to find the truth.

 

Other shooting and wrappng suspense dramas are more different in the division of the subject matter. Except for Sea of Dreams has wrapped, everything else is just starting.

 

The suspense sci -fi The Sea of Dreams is adapted from Liu Cixin's novel of the same name. It narrates that in the near future, humans have lost the ocean to face a crisis of survival. In the drama, the wasteland exploration team represented by the waste hunter Jiang Xingbei and the Chinese aerospace power represented by the astronaut Jiang Xingyao, connects ‘heaven and earth’, together to seek solution for human civilization. In the play, the surface water, including the ocean, has risen to space and has become an ice ring around the earth. The visual wonders described are attractive.

 

 

The suspense fantasy ‘Link Click’ is produced by Bilibili. Jiang Long, Bi Wenzhang, and Bu Guanjin starred. The play is adapted from the original animation of the same name. It tells story of the small shop named ‘Time Photo Museum’ in the corner of a bustling city. The suspense+fantasy theme QiGenXinJian adapted from Weiyu’s novel, but there will be more adventure plots.

 

 

The Invisible Engine starring Hu Xianyu and Wang Yinglu is a comedy -style suspense drama.It tells the story of an ordinary car repairer Yin and Yangwang errors into the major case of cross -border car theft, becoming a police undercover and fighting the criminals.

 

Although booting or wrapping means a leap in the project process, the time and money cost of different themes are different in post-production, editing, and broadcasting. Essence Whenever it is broadcast, I believe that the market with a steady level of aesthetics will not expel good ones.