《Lost in the Shadows》poor story

The popularity of Lost in the Shadows, a popular game recently, has remained high, and friends have been discussing the issue of Lost in the Shadows’ poor storytelling. Today, the editor will help you solve your doubts.

On the evening of June 6, 4 episodes of the TV series Lost in the Shadows were launched on iQiyi Mist Theater, officially starting the premiere mode.Because this TV series stars Teacher Zhang Songwen, it is highly anticipated by drama fans.Based on the current plot content of the four episodes, this is a typical work under the guidance of creative writing. It is heavily routineed, which also leads to the problem of poor storytelling and a weak sense of the times.In contrast, teacher Zhang Songwen performed well.

Let’s talk a little bit about creative writing first.There was no such thing as creative writing in China earlier. A large number of writers and screenwriters went deep into life, experienced it themselves, and then formed novels and scripts.Later, some American writers in Shanghai brought back this “creative writing” thing from the United States.To put it simply, this is routine writing and formulaic writing.“Creative Writing” is a course now offered in many universities.

Creative writing is a technique that, if done well, cannot be seen by readers and viewers.If you don't play well, it's just a typical routine job.Most of Hollywood's commercial dramas and commercial films have a strong flavor of routine.Many of our directors living in the United States learned this type of stuff.《Lost in the Shadows》 is actually a product guided by this kind of thing.

Creative writing, or routine writing, requires attention to two skills.The first tip is a readable, watchable story.The second skill is to try to cover up some technical means of the routine.For example, let the works strive to fit the times, strive to find the label of the times, etc.For example, the story of a fallen woman who was replaced by a female student, with the label of the Nanjing Massacre, is a novel and a movie.Everyone knows which one I'm talking about.But that thing is destined to be rotten.The female writer who wrote this thing is not very clever either.

《Lost in the Shadows》In fact, it uses a similar method to give a story that seems to have a story, a label of the 1990s in China.However, what makes this TV series far inferior to some female creative writing writers is that those female writers dare to use the label of “big era”, while the creators of this TV series only use the labels of the 1990s, which are all small labels.They don't have any big features.Therefore, the play’s time imprint is not enough.

Finding the label of the era still requires the creator to live in the era.What is more regrettable is that in the TV series "Lost in the Shadows", the screenwriter and director cannot be seen to have the imprint of the life of the times.Obviously, they couldn't grasp the era they were narrating, so they could only use some seemingly old objects to try to prove that this was a story from the 1990s.However, the region that belongs to the story and the era that belongs to the story have been deliberately made.The end result is blurring.Lacking the relevance of the times, this TV series can only be a routine story.

However, in terms of story content, the show also lacks a basic story due to excessive routines.The biggest fear when telling this kind of story is that the bottom of the story will be revealed as soon as you open your mouth.《Lost in the Shadows》, in two episodes, the entire story has been exposed.

For example, the three missing teenagers turned out to be manslaughter, and one died and the other fled.The boy who came back was actually the child that Zhang Songwen's character was taken away from back then.In less than two episodes, the audience has guessed the whole story.In this way, the storyline of the entire TV series is equivalent to nothing.Creative writing is bound to have such problems.Everyone is very creative and not original, which inevitably results in a large number of similar stories.After everyone is used to watching similar stories, when you watch this type of TV series again, you will know what it is going to be like in the end.

The bottom line is exposed, no matter how many circles the storyteller goes around, he or she is always making detours and pretending to be crazy in front of the audience.Such TV dramas failed from the source of the script.Moreover, because this type of TV series is based on routines, is deliberately done, and has no basis in realism, it will inevitably have a lot of loopholes in the subsequent stories, and a lot of them cannot be justified.

Fortunately, the star of this TV series, Teacher Zhang Songwen, is liked by the audience and has acting skills.What are the benefits of Teacher Zhang Songwen?He has the face of a good middle-aged man.It is indeed rare for a middle-aged man to have a good face and not be greasy.It is rare among actors, and it is also rare in life.This kind of good man face is especially popular with women.

In TV dramas, teacher Zhang Songwen can get twice the result with half the effort by using a face like his own to play a bad guy.Playing a good guy with this kind of face can easily make people hope that good people will be rewarded.The era that belongs to Teacher Zhang Songwen has arrived, and it is directly related to the lack of good faces among many middle-aged and elderly men in real life.

Of course, no matter how hard an actor works and no matter how good his acting skills are, it won't work if the script is revealed.There is no way around it.

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