"Naked Poison Oath" and "Worship of Officials and People"

The classic shot "Official and People Worship" in the TV series "The Inspection Team"

The lens "Naked Poison Oath" in the TV series "The Inspection Team"

At the end of 2020, my screenwriter's TV series "The Inspection Team" was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Youku, and achieved huge market effects and reputation effects. Especially within the political and legal system, there is a significant positive impact.

This drama is a very important turning point in my creative career. I used to write a lot of police and spy war dramas. From the perspective of content, they all walked on the surface of the "characters and events", just to see a lively; from the perspective of techniques, they were mainly "screenwriter skills". Just play some tricks and tell the story.

The "Inspection Team" talks about a special work in the procuratorial system: criminal execution procuratorial. To put it plainly, it is a job of monitoring prisons. Such the subject matter can be regarded as a workplace drama, but because of the supervision work in the national political and legal system, the positioning of the subject matter must be the main theme. If you write it as an idol drama and a suspended drama, then the name is not true, which is equivalent to not completing the task.

The main theme is difficult to write. For a long time, our understanding of the main theme has a misunderstanding. The main theme of the main melody does not need to pursue business, ornamental, or business and ornamental stories that are not easy to make the main theme. However, in the process of this drama, I personally tried the combination of the two to write a very serious topic in a very ornamental method, or to write it in a very entertaining method, reached The purpose of the main theme and commercial organic combination.

There is a "naked vow" scene in episode 16. At that time, Chen Mingzhong, the secretary of the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee's Political and Legal Committee, went to Xiong Shaofeng, the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee's Political and Legal Committee, to find a friend and the deputy prosecutor of the Procuratorate of Orange Prefecture to try to inquire about whether Xiong Shaofeng had received bribes in private. In general, writing this kind of drama is that the dialogue between a private scene is over, but at that time, in order to write new ideas, I deliberately asked Chen Mingzhong and Xiong Shaofeng to private at the seaside. There is no eavesdropper on the body, so that Xiong Shaofeng can rest assured to tell the truth. This kind of "naked man" appeared in a serious anti -corruption monitoring atmosphere. There was an indescribable joy but completely reasonable, which increased the ornamental.

If it is only here, this is a fancy gimmick. After the "naked man", I raised the plot to another height: expressing loyalty to the party in the form of innovation. Because Xiong Shaofeng resolutely denied his bribery, Chen Mingzhong made him swear. Xiong Shaofeng vowed with his party spirit, Chen Mingzhong was dissatisfied, and he also made him vow with his family. After Xiong Shaofeng swear in the name of his wife and daughter, Chen Mingzhong believed him. But Xiong Shaofeng was anxious. He cried and said that he saw the party spirit higher than everything, much higher than his wife and daughter and his own life. Why did he vow with party spirit? ——This sentence has touched many people, so that many people start reflecting on their faith. From the perspective of screenwriters, using this way of quarrel, poisoning, and naked confession, it looks very bloody, but this is Xiong Shaofeng, a cadre of a little problem. The expression method is quite innovative.

In addition, there is a "official and civilian worship" scene in episode 30. At that time, the male No. 1 Feng Sen needed to use her mobile phone in order to find out the cause of Hu Xue'e's granddaughter Miao Miao. Because the relationship between the two was intricate, Feng Sen was worried that Hu Xue'e was unwilling to hand over his mobile phone, so he discussed privately outside. However, Hu Xue'e has found that Feng Sen is a good official who really wants to do a good job for the people, so she not only cooperates with Feng Sen to present her mobile phone, but also because her son Shen Guangshun refuses to provide Feng Sen's wife's death. And bow to apologize. When Feng Sen saw Hu Xue'e bowing, he immediately helped Hu Xue'e and worshiped him. He tears and said, "It is normal for Shen Guangshun to not provide clues. He has no obligation to do this. And I am a prosecutor. I came to preside over justice for you. "This remark came out, Hu Xue'e completely served, handed his mobile phone to Feng Sen, and gave Feng Sen a thumbs up.

For a long time, some of our leading cadres spend ourselves above the people and feel that they are superior. The people want to do things "difficult to enter, ugly face, ugly words, and difficult to do." No, I used Feng Sen's mouth to say the attitude of the Communist Party cadres: the masses do not help you have a problem, you will have problems if you do n’t help the masses. In fact, if the cadres really achieve the realm of Feng Sen, how could ordinary people not help you and not accept you? Therefore, although this is just a short scene, the action of "officials and people worships" is the true embodiment of the Communist Party's "serving the people". It was the earth's demands.

"Loyalty to the party" and "serving the people" are the most important elements in my country's political ecology. How to perform these two elements in the field of propaganda and make the audience's faith is worthy of research. The above two scenes are only a very preliminary exploration, which can give the creators a small inspiration. Nowadays, people often complain that the creative space is too small, or "the main theme". I think any space is restricted and cannot be completely free; the main theme is not too much, but "the good main theme is too small." Learning to dialectically treat these issues, it is likely to gain relative creative freedom. (Yu Fei)

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