Chapter 200 "The Long Season" starts
The time has come to the end of October. This time should have been the time when various small film and television companies were fighting each other.
This year it seems a bit too lively.
Suspense dramas on the three major platforms are almost all broadcast at the same time.
Although it can't be said to be a particularly big production.
But for big capital investors like Kiwi and Tudou Video, the investment will not be too low.
What’s more, Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater are both big projects on two platforms.
Therefore, the investment cost of their new dramas has been maintained at more than 100 million.
It was specifically chosen to be broadcast at this time, and it felt like it was specifically designed to encircle and suppress Penguin Video’s new suspense theater project.
Of course, Penguin Video has not been greatly affected.
Those who are really suffering are a group of small film and television companies.
Their drama has an investment of 20 to 30 million yuan, which is already very high.
Even the investment cost of some dramas is less than 10 million.
Nowadays, suspense dramas on the three major platforms are all aired at this time. The ones most affected are probably these low-cost online dramas.
Some of them even use the split-account model. Once there are no viewers, they will lose all their money.
Moreover, the company is too small and has no so-called right to speak.
Coordinate with the platform to adjust the broadcast schedule?
What doesn't exist can only be close to it.
On the last three days of October, the latest suspenseful mystery drama from the Mystery Theater on Tudou Video was officially aired.
It is three days earlier than Xu Kong's "The Long Season".
After all, it is relatively rare for Qin Xian to directly choose to broadcast on the same day as his competitors.
Yiguo immediately watched the first three episodes released.
The total volume of this "Murder in the Far Mountains" is just over twenty episodes.
This kind of episode length is neither too long nor too short among current suspense dramas.
"It feels good. It's a serial murder case. Although there are many clues, it doesn't seem cluttered. There are also all the suspense that should be left."
"After watching three episodes, it is indeed Tudou's mystery theater. The various details and the rhythm of the plot are really comfortable."
"The case itself is interesting enough. This is the basis for people to watch the suspense drama. As for the specific quality, we still cannot easily draw conclusions until the finale comes out."
This new drama from Tudou Video has a good reputation.
The score on Douban also directly scored 8.1. Among suspense dramas, it can be regarded as a work of quite good quality and worth watching.
Of course, Yiguo was not too surprised by the performance of this drama.
Mainly because of the endorsement of the original work and the accumulation of Tudou's Mystery Theater over the years, it is indeed difficult to have a particularly big overturn.
Tudou was the first platform to get involved in suspense-themed online dramas, and it can even be said to be the first big capital investor.
It can be said that the background is not comparable to that of Kiwi and Penguin Video, which I have just started to try now.
There was no way. At that time, almost all domestic directors who were good at this kind of subject, including actors with suitable images, the most critical screenwriters, etc., were signed by Tudou Video.
Although some people were poached by Kiwi later, they still couldn't shake the opponent's base.
The most important thing is that all kinds of mystery and suspense novels suitable for film and television at that time were bought by Tudou with great foresight.
Moreover, the royalties paid are still quite low.
Given today's market conditions, it is said to be an unimaginably low price anyway.
Under such circumstances, the key to maintaining a high reputation for their Mystery Theater so far and producing hit suspense dramas from time to time.
However, it can be seen that after all, there are too many dramas produced by mystery theater, and it is inevitable that some styles will be relatively homogeneous.
For example, in this "Mountain Murder Incident", it can be clearly seen that the style is very similar to the director's other drama that was a hit in the mystery theater.
“I hope Xu Kong’s new drama can bring some surprises”
As someone who has read the original work, Yiguo already knows the plot behind the show Tudou.
For mystery and suspense dramas, this is equivalent to losing the greatest fun when watching dramas.
So although her own evaluation of this drama is good, it does lack some of the passion it should have.
Soon, the time came to the last day of October, and the drama over Kiwi was also broadcast.
Originally, this drama was scheduled to be aired at the beginning of next year, or at the end of this year.
At least that's the news Yiguo had received before.
Most likely, it was because of Xu Kong's "The Long Season" that Kiwi directly put it on hold.
“This visual design is a bit scary!”
What Yiguo didn't expect was that compared to the already fast-paced "Mountain Murder Incident", Qi Guo's "Evil Spirit" was even faster.
And compared to the traditional suspense drama development of mystery and investigation, the new drama from Qiu Guo surprised her even more with its novelty and weird style.
The most unusual thing is that she originally expected that this drama would most likely rely on the boring face and music to scare people, but it didn't happen at all.
What's more, the characters' weird behaviors, various creepy rituals and unique lens language create a rather peculiar look and feel. Even the scale of the entire show is quite scary.
Although the element of mystery and suspense is slightly weak, it hardly affects the perception of the whole drama.
The only thing that might be a little off-putting may be the acting skills of the few fresh actors in it.
It can be seen that they have worked very hard, and the director is also deliberately avoiding weaknesses in this area.
But it still became the biggest drawback.
Especially the characters with too delicate makeup, it feels like a mouse droppings ruined a pot of soup.
"Damn it, I was really scared. Although I know that there is a high probability that the murderer will be a human being in the end, the style of painting is really scary."
"Far beyond expectations, the pace is so fast that people can't react, and the art style is the biggest highlight"
"Kiwi's Mystery Theater made the right choice to differentiate its style. If it followed the traditional suspense mystery drama model, it would definitely not be able to beat Tudou, but such a novelty style made people interested."< br>
Yiguo himself didn't expect that among the three suspense dramas this November, the first two performed surprisingly well.
In terms of ratings, "Mountain Murder" received a score of 8.1. "Evil", which was not expected by many people, actually got a score of 7.9 after the score was opened.
In terms of data, the number of views on the first day of "Murder in the Far Mountains" successfully exceeded 60 million, which is a pretty good performance even among the previous works of Tudou Video's own Mystery Theater.
Kiwi's "Evil" even received more than 80 million first-day views.
And after it was broadcast, the discussion on major social networking sites has remained high due to its weird style and plot.
Although Yiguo is still very much looking forward to Xu Kong's performance in "The Long Season", she has to say that she feels that it will be difficult to achieve the crushing victory of Fairy Sword this time.
Finally, in November, the day after the premiere of "The Evil Dead", the first drama of Penguin Video's suspense theater, "The Long Season" finally premiered.
Naturally, Yiguo opened Penguin Video on time right away.
The most conspicuous part of the homepage is the poster and promotional page of "The Long Season".
Although he had seen the trailer before, Yiguo was still a little surprised by the style of the show when he actually saw the film.
Because whether it is the two previous dramas or some suspense dramas in the past, most of them have a cold or dark tone.
This is conducive to highlighting the tense and oppressive atmosphere of a suspense drama.
But Xu Kong's "The Long Season" is completely different. It has a sunny environment, and the overall style of the painting can even be said to be a bit warm.
However, although Yiguo was strange, he still watched the plot very patiently.
The story begins with Wang Xiang, who used to be a train driver and now works as a taxi driver.
As for the actor who plays Wang Xiang, Yiguo recognized him almost immediately as the actor Guan Hua.
I have to say that although there is no plot that tests the acting skills too much, Guan Hua's performance can give people a sense of comfort and fit the character quite well without making people feel that they are acting out at all.
In addition to Guan Hua, Gong Biao, played by another actor Chen Shuang, also appeared soon.
“It’s really Chen Shuang.”
Yi Guo was quite surprised, mainly because Gong Biao, played by Chen Shuang in the play, looked exactly like a fat, middle-aged greasy man.
There is really a big gap between him and his usual image of an artistic young man.
I usually praise actors for their disfiguring acting skills, but when it comes to Chen Shuang, it seems that it really makes people feel disfigured.
The story revolves around Gong Biao who wants to buy his own car and go it alone, but accidentally buys a damaged car.
Forget it, the car he just bought was impounded because it was decked.
Yiguo watched it with gusto, mainly because of the various gags and the description of daily life in the Northeast. Under the performances of the two movie stars, although it was all trivial, it did not make her feel too bored at all.
It can be said that although the narrative pace is slow, it feels very comfortable.
As the investigation progressed, Wang Xiang chased the deck truck into the cornfield. When the camera turned, the time went back to twenty years ago.
"Is it actually a two-line narrative?"
Yiguo whispered to himself.
At that time, Wang Xiang was still an excellent train driver. He had a son and a wife at home. In Wang Xiang's eyes, his son Wang Yang was just idle all day long and did not do his job properly.
As for Wang Xiang’s son, the director Xu Kong himself played the role.
But there are only a few pitiful shots.
But even if we go back twenty years ago, the entire drama is still filming all kinds of small things in daily life.
It wasn't until the case of mutilation of corpses in the factory that Yiguo thought about it.
No, isn't this "The Long Season" a suspense drama?
This first episode is over an hour long, and the pace is too slow!
The style is completely different from most previous suspense dramas.
The episode length of more than an hour is estimated to be two or three episodes in other dramas.
It's like "Murder in the Far Mountains" next door. At this time, there are several victims.
The pace is not slow, but too slow!
For ordinary viewers, especially suspense fans, it is really unfriendly.
Is this "The Long Season" really a suspense drama?
(End of chapter)