Classification of domestic dramas

Classification of domestic dramas

Drama is a foreign drama form transplanted to China. What are the classifications of domestic dramas? Let’s take a look!

(1) Three vulgar comedies

Representative: Happy Twist

What drama is the most popular in mainland China right now? There is no doubt that it is the three vulgar comedies. Many audiences come to watch the dramas. A lively, vulgar comedy naturally best caters to their tastes. The characteristics of the Three Vulgar Comedy School are: they do not pursue artistry and connotation, they just want to look funny and make the audience happy. When necessary, they can be very vulgar and have no moral integrity at all.

Although the audience evaluation is not particularly high, the box office is not low. Three vulgar comedies are also the first choice for remakes by many campus drama clubs. Although a three-vulgar comedy has little artistic value, it is actually very difficult to write a successful three-vulgar comedy (this difficulty is even as difficult as an art drama). It is difficult to design a laugh point that can make the audience roar. Many jokes are too cliche, and after that point they become ineffective. Therefore, many vulgar comedies that do not have enough laughs have to resort to the three most vulgar, most abusive, and most unscrupulous comedies: cross-dressing, gay sex, and dirty jokes. Whoever competes with these three tricks will make the audience laugh, but The moral integrity is just "hehe".

The quality of the three vulgar comedies in China is uneven. The good ones make the audience laugh until their stomach hurts and the venue is full; the bad ones are drowned in the audience's saliva and no one will watch them at all. Even for Happy Twist, the most successful comedy company, it is difficult to guarantee that every work will be exciting, but there is nothing we can do about it. Comedy is not easy to write after all. I don’t know whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing that three vulgar comedies are so popular in China. If it’s a good thing, then it’s sad that commercial dramas have become vulgar as a whole. If it’s a bad thing, three vulgar comedies have indeed driven the entire Chinese drama market. . I really can't comment on this aspect. In the end, I can only use one sentence to describe the impact of three vulgar comedies on Chinese dramas: Once you enter the drama, it is as deep as the sea, and from then on, your integrity is a passerby!

(2) Xiao Qing New dramas

Representative: Li Bonan

Most of the fresh dramas are mainly urban love comedies. Unlike the three vulgar comedies, these dramas are relatively strict about the preservation of moral integrity. Basically, I won’t play cross-dressing or gay, but I still have to have some dirty jokes. After all, it’s not funny without being dirty! The main characteristics of the little fresh style are: mainly showing the daily life, work and love of urban men and women (and also young people), Most of the plots are bland representations of life, with few funny elements. Although there are some vulgar jokes, the overall plot is not too vulgar. At the same time, it will add some sensationalism at the climax to make the audience cry. Rely on laughter and tears to attract the audience.

Relatively speaking, Little Fresh Style is not as popular as the Three Vulgar Comedies. The audience response is the same as its plot. It is as bland as water and quite satisfactory. It will not be rated particularly poorly, nor will it be particularly good. Generally speaking, it is okay. Passed. Since the play itself is close to life, the audience can feel excited and moved by watching it. The play itself does not express very profound things, nor does it trigger deeper thinking. Good or not bad may be the best word to describe the little fresh style.

(3) Pioneer drama

Representative: Meng Jinghui

Pioneer drama is also called experimental drama. In popular language, avant-garde drama is: experimenting with a new kind of drama. The audience has never seen this kind of drama performance before, and it will look completely new. However, the so-called novel expressions in domestic avant-garde dramas are all things that have been available abroad for many years, but they are just new in China. Regardless of the quality of domestic avant-garde drama, it has indeed made a great contribution to the diversification of mainland drama expressions. Before the emergence of avant-garde drama, the expression forms of domestic dramas were very single. Stream of consciousness was brought in by avant-garde drama.

The market effect of mainland avant-garde dramas is very special. First of all, the response from the audience is generally very good. People who have watched it will give relatively high evaluations. There are very few negative reviews, but the box office is not very high.

Many viewers will have seemingly profound thoughts through avant-garde dramas, but in fact it is just an act of pretentiousness by pseudo-artistic young people. In fact, most of the domestic avant-garde dramas present some very simple things, but they are difficult to understand, so they appear to be profound, just like the literary films in the movies (Artistic Films: Why Did I Lie at the Gun?), with a lot of monologues. , various streams of consciousness, and some nonsense words that make people feel unfathomable, but in fact they are neither fish nor fowl. I think domestic avant-garde dramas have gone into a misunderstanding, deliberately pursuing the effect of making people incomprehensible in order to achieve the effect of unclear and powerful. In fact, the whole drama is very empty. If you compare it with foreign absurd dramas, you will find that some domestic avant-garde dramas are simply scum, but there are still quite a few pseudo-literate youths who follow them and praise them, which is simply "the emperor's new clothes". However, there are also some avant-garde dramas that are very successful, with good content and plot, and the audience is very shocked after watching them.

(4) Historical dramas

Historical dramas are works based on some major historical events or the experiences of historical figures, and are partly adapted from traditional Chinese plays. The characteristic of historical dramas is that the tone of the whole story is very serious, and there are basically no funny elements in it. The themes reflected are diverse, but they are all closely related to that era and are relatively profound. The quality of most historical dramas is pretty good, and there are many classics. However, they are a niche among the audience. Not many commercial dramas choose historical dramas. Most audiences watch historical dramas because of their yearning for history and traditional culture.

(5) Staged drama

When you hear the word staged drama, you may be surprised. "Staging" refers to stage art. Isn't it something that must be included in all dramas? Why? It has become a drama category. Don’t get me wrong, the stage drama mentioned here specifically refers to the design that places great emphasis on stage beauty. Spending a lot of money on costumes, props, and scenery, making large-scale production, and even adding some high-tech effects, the stage effect will give people a very grand atmosphere. A feeling of exuberance. However, this type of drama is just like some large-scale domestic 3D movies. The special effects are indeed very dazzling, but the plot content itself is very watery. The dazzling stage effects are definitely worth the ticket price, but if the play is bad, it will be really difficult to occupy a place in the drama market. Moreover, dramas are different from movies, and the cost is not so easy to recover. Except for some well-known directors or dramas with official support and funding, there are really not many who are willing to invest heavily in stage design. The author has watched some dramas that focused on choreography. The effects are not dazzling, but the content is not bad.

(6) Adapted dramas

The so-called adapted dramas are those dramas adapted from popular or very well-known movies, TV series, and novels. Adapted dramas mostly rely on the fame of the object of adaptation to promote themselves, which can attract many people who would not otherwise watch dramas. For example, the recently popular drama version of "Tomb Raiders", almost all the audience went there because of the reputation of the novel, and many of them have never watched the drama. Adaptations are generally very timely. If something is no longer popular, there is no need to adapt it. In addition, due to the huge structural differences between movies, TV series and novels and drama scripts, many scenes are not easy to realize on the stage and are also very awkward to realize, which results in the nondescript adaptation. Some drama adaptations have made drastic changes to the original plot in order to facilitate the stage shaping. This may easily make some people who are loyal to the original work spit. All in all, the adaptation was not particularly successful, but the box office was pretty good.

(7) Neihan Drama

Neihan Drama can be called the conscientious drama in the drama industry. In this era when the three vulgarities are flooding the market and harmony is blooming everywhere, we are willing to calm down and make art. There really aren’t many left. "Donkey Gets Water" can be regarded as an outstanding representative of connotation drama. The characteristic of connotation drama is that it pays great attention to the artistry of the drama itself and the profound connotation of the story. The theme is often close to social (harmony) issues and the analysis of human nature can bring deep thinking to the audience and make people marvel. It can be called a contemporary classic. However, there are still a few successful connotation dramas like "The Donkey Gets Water". This type of drama is really difficult to write. The box office of many connotation dramas is still very low, and the number is naturally very small.

Despite this, the audience's evaluation of Neihan dramas is very high, and Neihan dramas should also be the hope for the rise of mainland dramas.

(8) Main theme drama

Use one word to describe the main theme drama, that is cheating... It has been enduring for a long time, and everyone knows the reason. I estimate that even if commercial dramas completely decline in China, the main theme dramas will not disappear. There will always be people who spare no effort to perform them, and then there are people who watch them helplessly. The biggest feature of the main theme drama is that there is a lot of peeing, and the things it expresses... I won’t go into details on this, everyone knows it. Normal audiences probably don’t like to watch main-melody dramas, and almost no purely commercial drama group is so stupid as to long for main-melody dramas to attract audiences. However, in domestic drama competitions of large, medium and small scales, as long as they are not purely artistic, the winners are almost always main-melody dramas. The author has been depressed because of this matter. In fact, the biggest victim of the main melody drama is the majority of campus drama clubs. There are always leaders who endlessly ask to perform the main melody drama, and then organize students to force them to watch and receive education. This makes the children of the majority of campus drama clubs disgusted with themselves and at the same time. To disgust others, it is often difficult for campus drama clubs that are suppressed by the main melody to develop. Perhaps God created the main melody drama just to trick the campus drama club! ;