Country drama director and screenwriter

Why does rural drama blow the northeast wind? From Zhao Benshan's Liu Laogen series and Ma Dashuai series to rural love series, plus the once popular Korean brothers' rural trilogy, to the lakeside in 2005 and Pan Changjiang's "Clear Water and Blue Sky" in 2009, rural TV dramas in Northeast China occupy a prominent position in the rural TV drama pattern in China. Well-known rural TV dramas, except "The Woman in Charge" and "The Woman Crossing the Man River", are mostly from the Northeast. Why does rural drama blow the northeast wind? There are many reasons.

Northeast comedians boost Northeast drama. Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei, Gao Xiumin and Pan Changjiang are highly sought after because of their vivid performances, interesting language and numerous stories, and their rural dramas in Northeast China will naturally have more audience appeal. In addition, after the series "Country Love" was broadcast, some actors who were active on the stage, such as wang xiaoli who played "Liu Neng" and Xiao Shenyang who played "Wang Tianlai", also won a large number of TV viewers, forming a situation in which Northeast comedians promoted the development of Northeast TV dramas.

Dialect is also an important factor. Northeast rural drama is very popular with the public, and humorous language accounts for a large proportion. Northeast dialect is very close to Mandarin, and the language is relaxed and humorous. The open-minded outlook on life and optimistic personality of the characters in the play are also in line with people's universal hopes and pursuits for life. These factors lead to the obvious phenomenon of rural drama in Northeast China in China TV drama market. Of course, there are also purely technical reasons. Some insiders told reporters that rural drama shooting has special requirements in lighting and scenery, and the houses in the northeast are bright and clean, which is also one of the favorable factors for shooting rural TV dramas in the northeast. My team "knows the countryside very well"

The TV screen viewing data for the first half of 2008 was officially released a few days ago. Country Love 2, directed and starring by Zhao Benshan, became the champion of CCTV viewing, and it was the TV series that stayed in the audience's hands for the longest time in the first half of the year. After "Going East" hit a new high in CCTV ratings in the past two years, Zhao Benshan and his disciples met the audience in the Spring Festival stalls, and with the help of their old partner Fan Wei, "Country Love 2" became a TV series that everyone often discussed during the Spring Festival, and "Wang Xiaomeng" and "Xie Dajiao" became familiar names. Zhao Benshan also successfully acquired a number of lovers such as "Little Shenyang". In the end, "Country Love 2" surpassed the ratings of "Going East" in one fell swoop and won the "king of ratings" of CCTV TV series in the first half of the year. Zhao Benshan said in an interview that the secret of becoming a "king of viewing" is nothing more than being true and natural, and all the characters in the play come from life. "Now turn on the TV. How many real things are there? My work is full of feelings for my hometown, and I am bent on making farmers rich through shooting.

It is as simple as expressing the beauty of the world with the eternal theme of love. There is too little love in today's society. I use farmers as farmers and non-professional actors as ordinary people. There seems to be no trace of performance, and ordinary people will definitely feel kind, natural and true. "

In an exclusive interview, Zhao Benshan said, "My team is most suitable for rural subjects". Taking Love in the Country 2 as an example, Zhao Benshan thinks it is the truest portrayal of rural life, because the whole creative team "knows the countryside quite well". "Speaking of scripts, the authors of the two scripts of" Country Love "are Zhang Ji of Shandong. His greatest feature is that he has a life, with a solid foundation and clear and meticulous details. In my opinion, Zhang Ji's rural drama is quite excellent, and now there is no better person to write it in China. Together with the actors, my apprentice and I grew up in the countryside, and we know the countryside. " As cordial and enthusiastic as "chrysanthemum fragrance"

When it comes to Wang Xihua, many viewers may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to the actor Ju Xiang in the TV series The Lady, many viewers are deeply impressed.

After the broadcast of "The Lady", Wang Xihua said with a smile that his audience showed a trend of "the countryside surrounded the city".

Talking about the success of this role, she summed up three points: I am serious, I am devoted, and I strive to do my best for the audience. "In fact, in life, chrysanthemum fragrance and I are somewhat similar. We are equally kind and enthusiastic, but I am not as smooth as her. I am the kind of person who writes emotions on his face. I like it if I like it. I don't like it if I don't like it. "

In 2004, Wang Xihua won the Best Actress Award in the National TV Drama Flying Award for her role of chrysanthemum fragrance in The Woman in Charge. The expert's evaluation is: "The image of rural women played by Wang Xihua fills the vacancy of rural women's role after Wang Fuli." It should be said that this is a high evaluation, and Wang Xihua said that he is just a flower in the country. "I like flowers since I was a child, and my roles are also flowers. The chrysanthemum fragrance in "Housewives" is chrysanthemum, the magnolia in "Happiness Come to Me" is orchid, and the apricot in "Farmhouse" is apricot. Although these' flowers' are ordinary and simple little people, each role will shock the audience, make the audience cry and make the audience think deeply. " I am confident that I know the most authentic countryside.

Zhang Ji, a Shandong writer, was praised by Zhao Benshan as "the best rural playwright in China". Zhang Ji was the screenwriter of Zhao Benshan in the earlier film "The Director for Men and Women" and the more popular TV series "Country Love". In an interview with this reporter, Zhang Ji said that rural TV dramas are loved by rural and urban audiences because everyone can enjoy them. Rural audiences are close to their own lives, while urban audiences like rural dramas. Zhang Ji believes that there are two situations: "One is those who come out of the countryside, and they watch rural dramas.

What you get is the aftertaste of rural life experience; City people who have no experience in rural life look at the imagination of rural life. As one of the most sought-after rural playwrights in China, Zhang Ji, who is just 40 years old, has a pure rural life experience for 30 years. Zhang Ji said frankly that it may be because the description of the countryside in "Country Love" is too real, which makes many viewers feel a little uncomfortable. They question whether the reality in the countryside is like this. Just like in TV series, Liu Neng and Xie Guangkun in rural areas are greedy for petty gain, but this is not enough to affect their kindness. As for Zhao Si, hunched over and his waistband dangling around his waist, Zhang Ji said, "This figure looks ugly and dirty, but you can't say that it is everywhere when you go to the countryside, but you can say that there are many such figures." As for some netizens' doubts about "Country Love 2", this kind of voice is an incomprehension of rural areas and rural dramas. Zhang Xiaochun, female, national second-class director, member of China Film Association, and member of Shaanxi Television Association, was awarded the honorary title of "Virtue and Art" artist in Shaanxi Province in 2000. 1982 1 month graduated from the Chinese Department of Northwest University. 1985 transferred from Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to the Literature Department of xi 'an Film Studio, 1989 transferred to the director's office. He studied under Chen Kaige, Teng Wenji, Sun Zhou and other directors, and successively served as the editor and director assistant of king of the children; Assistant director of the film Chess King; Deputy director of the film "Operation Thunder" and "Bloody Dusk". Main work

A six-episode TV series Love on the Ancient Road, which reflects the stories of two generations of Yunnan border traders, premiered on CCTV 2 in July 1992.

Twenty episodes of rural TV series "Women in Charge" were broadcast on CCTV in March 2004 at eight prime time. Won the 2004 Flying Award, the second prize of long TV series and the best actress award.

14 TV series "Young People in Our Village" shows a group of veterans changing their hometown and their emotional stories. It premiered on CCTV 1 in April 2005.

The 23 episodes of rural TV series "The Door-to-door Son-in-law" show a humorous and optimistic peasant legend in the 1970s and 1990s. It was completed in March 2007 and began to be broadcast nationwide in September.

The 26-episode TV series "Ugly Daughter-in-law in Charge" shows the historical changes of farmers from rural areas to cities through the experience of a rural daughter-in-law, which will be completed in March 2009.

Reasons for love

The peasants overwhelmed the emperor! In recent years, in the face of rural TV dramas, the ratings have repeatedly surpassed those of imperial dramas and Qing palace dramas, and some film and television critics exclaimed. According to statistics, in the prime-time TV series broadcast by CCTV in 2006, the top three ratings were all rural themes, and the ratings of "Urban Stranger" and "Don't treat tofu as improper dry food" both exceeded 8%.

China is a big agricultural country, and rural theme creation has a profound tradition in the literary and art circles. However, under the impact of market economy, the absence of rural TV series has become the norm. Today, in the field of TV dramas with the highest degree of marketization in the literary and art circles, why can rural themes make a comeback? I was moved to tears by the TV series broadcast by CCTV in prime time! A young audience wrote this self-deprecating but sincere way online. What moved the urban youth who claimed to be petty bourgeoisie was a rural TV series called Spark. At the beginning of this year, many viewers were fascinated by this TV series about the historical legend of rural areas in China. The bold exposure of reality and the rich and complicated characterization make this low-key rural drama more and more popular and win the market with its realistic orientation.

In fact, the popularity of Spark is not a special phenomenon. From Liu Laogen to Tears of an Old Woman, from Ma Dashuai to Shui Sheng Lake, the field of hope, the farmer's representative and so on, rural TV series appeared as a group army, and excellent works continued. It's not just farmers who like rural dramas. Many city people are also keen to watch these simple TV dramas, and some of them have even become hot topics for young people in cities. According to a survey, there are 1/3 urban audiences who are hardcore of rural dramas. The popularity of rural drama has made many shooting agencies eager to move, not only large state-owned television stations, but also many private production agencies to join the production camp of rural drama.

Rural drama is on fire again. What is the reason? TV producer Tiefo said: Compared with other themes, most of these rural TV dramas are close to real life, with simple and natural shooting style, vivid language and vivid characters, which is probably the main reason why they are welcomed by the audience again.

The popularity of rural drama has also led a new trend of realism in the literary and art circles. In addition to TV series, the creation of rural themes in the fields of movies and dramas has gradually become a climate.

Not long ago, in a series of activities held in Beijing to commemorate the centenary of China's drama, the large-scale full-length play's Farmer, which was created and performed by Sichuan People's Art Theatre, was selected as an excellent play and was very popular. As far as movies are concerned, rural movies close to reality, such as The Good Man in Three Gorges and The Wedding in tuya, have even won many international awards. Returning to realism is becoming a rational choice for many writers and artists. Under the impact of the market economy, the pursuit of sensory stimulation and surreal themes was once sought after by the market, but these fast-food works, after all, could not stand the test of time and would inevitably bring aesthetic fatigue to the audience, and the oxygen of realism came at the right time. On the other hand, China is a big agricultural country, which is our national condition. Literary and artistic creation cannot be divorced from this realistic national condition, and the ever-changing rural areas of China will provide inexhaustible inspiration for literary and artistic creation. Therefore, returning to realism and turning to the countryside is also an inevitable way out for literary and artistic creation. Behind every literary phenomenon is always the pulse of real politics and economy, and it is not difficult to find the driving factors at the national policy level behind the popularity of rural dramas. From a big perspective, the establishment of the national strategy of building a new socialist countryside has directly promoted the literary and artistic creation of rural themes, and the support of relevant funds and policies has spared no effort.

The reporter learned from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television that in order to do a good job in rural film work, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will subsidize the production of 20 rural theme feature films and 30 rural practical science and education films every year. At the same time, we will increase the acquisition of public welfare copyright of rural films, select not less than 60 rural theme feature films and not less than 30 science and education films every year, and entrust designated units to centrally purchase public welfare screening copyrights and distribute them to rural areas throughout the country. The purpose of this move is to further encourage filmmakers to shoot more outstanding rural films with the characteristics of the times, local flavor, health and diversity of styles for farmers. Such an order film model obviously gives a reassurance to literary and art workers who are keen on creating rural films.

In fact, it is not only a department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, but also the creation of rural themes has long had a place in the national cultural development plan. The Outline of the National 11th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Development released on 20 12 clearly puts forward that it is necessary to increase the funding for key topics of rural themes, incorporate rural themes into the production of stage art, movies, radio dramas and TV dramas, and publish various books, periodicals and audio-visual products to ensure that rural literary works account for a certain proportion of the total output. Government subsidies are given to important cultural projects and cultural products, and they are sent directly to rural areas in the form of government procurement. Purchase the copyright of excellent scripts suitable for rural areas and provide them to grass-roots art groups for farmers to use, adapt and perform free of charge.

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to farmers' spiritual and cultural needs, and repeatedly stressed the need to build a rural public cultural service system, in which rural literary and artistic creation plays an important role. In an interview with reporters, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Culture pointed out that it is necessary to increase the inclination of cultural resources to rural areas, focus on enhancing the supply capacity of rural public cultural services, do a good job in the creation, selection and promotion of literary and artistic works with rural themes, and launch a number of literary and artistic masterpieces that reflect contemporary rural life and are loved by farmers every year to consolidate the cultural foundation for building a new socialist countryside.

It can be said that the upsurge of literary and artistic creation in rural areas has just begun. Although rural themes have become popular on the screen, there are still some people in the industry who pointedly point out that many TV dramas with rural themes have fallen behind the times, and they are still looking at and describing modern countryside and farmers from an outdated perspective in terms of ideological understanding and artistic concepts, with a tendency of vulgarization and shallowness. Yang Weiguang, chairman of China Television Artists Association, believes that some creators have not really gone deep into rural life. If the quality of rural TV dramas is to go up, the creators will go down to the grassroots level.

Obviously, the lack of closeness to rural reality has become a bottleneck for the further development of rural theme works. After the popularity of rural drama, the disadvantages of following the trend have begun to appear. If we don't solve the practical problems, it will seriously hinder the benign and sustainable development of rural literature and art.

In view of the phenomenon that some works look at farmers from an old perspective, some experts suggest that efforts should be made to cultivate real farmers' writers, and literary and artistic creators should go deep into the front line of rural production and life, find new creative perspectives, reflect farmers' life patterns in the tide of urbanization, modern agricultural development and other times, and effectively improve the quality of creation.

In fact, the number of works in rural areas is far from meeting the needs of the masses. Experts suggest that the relevant departments should not let market forces control the construction of film and television culture, and should formulate and implement macro policies conducive to the development of rural TV dramas as soon as possible. In addition, some rigid rules are needed, such as stopping playing imported cartoons in prime time to encourage domestic cartoons to support the development of rural TV dramas.