The core creative essence of the healing drama is “people”-people-oriented and respect the feelings of the public.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “ 猫 影 文 娱乐 ” (ID: maoyingtv), author Shen Min.
As the post-80s generation ushers in confusion, the post-90s generation stands up, and the post-00s ages, these mainstream people who used to surf the Internet have encountered different problems because they have entered different life stages. Although individual problems cannot be generalized, human beings have a common spiritual aspiration, that is, they hope to find a quiet spot for souls who have nowhere to rest through a virtual utopia constructed by light and shadow.
So, the healing drama growing in the fertile ground of the new age context is getting stronger and stronger.
Many well-received episodes aired last year, whether it was the realistic drama “It’s OK”, “Little Happy”, the sweet favorite idol drama “Dear, Love”, or the period costume “Knowledge” I wonder if it should be green manure, red skinny, “Qing Yu Nian”, “There was a Spirit Sword Mountain in the past”, it looks like a different shell, but it all points to the same core-healing.
These popular dramas that hit the pain points of the masses and soothe so many souls are so popular that they know how to think differently and find the key that opens the door of people’s hearts.
Actually, the healing drama is not a new type of drama. In the last century, a number of masterpieces such as “Eager” and “Happy Life of Poor Zhang Damin” were born, and today they still have the value of classic transmission-but only then There is no title for a cure drama.
However, the impetuous atmosphere of the film and television industry at that time directed speculators to blindly follow the trend, and it was inevitable that there would be bad signs of homogeneous drama. Therefore, if you take the outstanding domestically produced healing dramas of the early years and the well-established Japanese and Korean healing dramas as references, you may be able to figure out the innovation of healing dramas.
Healing kernel under a changeable shell
The advanced domestic healing dramas are more flowering in subject matter.
The urban emotional drama that strengthens the plot and walks the flow of life. With the help of image carriers, it is difficult for everyone in this world to incur complicated diseases, and it provides a space-time scene for the “Plato” style communication between the character and the audience.
“It’s All Good” focuses on family ethics. It sharply reveals the sores in the typical Chinese-style families dominated by patriarchy, such as patriarchism, Ma Baonan, and so on. It also focuses on the difference between women and men Other ecosystems.
By adhering to the rules of being more enthusiastic and having better healing effects, how careful the plot development process of “It’s Fine” is, and how deep the viewer can look in the mirror. Despite the traditional ending of the Chinese style of “Home and Everything”It has been criticized, but it is undeniable that the drama does bring a little comfort to those who are overwhelmed by life and work.
Highly praised “Little Happy” is based on the topic of education, except parent-child The conventional perspective also took a considerable amount of attention to parents. The pair of mothers and daughters played by Tao Hong and Li Gengxi in the play, get along with each other on a daily basis, the witty father occasionally appears as a mediator, and his red-faced and black-faced stance is vividly portrayed.
Parents do not understand what their children really want, and inculcate what they think is right. This is often the cause of family conflicts. This universal “natural” conflict almost mirrors most Chinese families. Especially when parents are more educated, the desire to control will be stronger, and the family relationship will be more tense.
“Xiao Huan Xi” provides a good recipe for this-parents should appropriately take their eyes off, manage the relationship with their partners, enrich their personal lives, clear the boundaries of love and punishment, and leave some space for themselves and their children. Reconstruct healthy family order with equal dialogue and repair broken emotional bonds.
Although there are hard-to-read sutras in every family, this play has helped people facing the educational difficulties of children to a certain extent.
Idol dramas are often isolated from cruelty by adding pink bubble filters The fierce beatings in the world, and the fictional characters in the play that favor Mary Su and Jake Su further realize the viewer’s emotional sustenance.
The sweet spot idol drama “Dear, Loving” is cured by talking about a sweet love with a green light all the way through the usual “female chasing men” drama. In the middle, there was no secret spoiler of the vicious female No. 2 and no dog blood stalks such as car accidents and amnesia, but the details of how the couple fell in love were pieced together with details. The heart of the young female audience is satisfied and the feeling of love is restored.
Last year Several popular costume dramas used different healing methods, Ica ’s The structure of the play, the effect of incorporating the elements of sand sculptures to make a meal, and the protagonist of the golden finger to make a dream of yellow beams, Both male and female audiences can find a “container” suitable for their emotional projection, and entertain them.
For example, “Qing Yu Nian” was designed by the super master of “Jack Su”, and received gifts from “daddys” in power, status, wealth, and love, which coincided with the mentality of wanting to fight for dad. The look and feel is even cooler than the upgraded male frequency.
It can be seen that the shell of the healing drama can be ever-changing, as long as the core of the expression is resonant with the public frequency Will gain supporters.
Four driving forces of healing drama evolution
Different types of healing dramas can be used to poke the different soft underbelly of the Chinese people to the right medicine, and finally give a good medicine to the wounded people after the ups and downs in the torrent of time, slowing the pain-this is the main reason for the popularity of healing dramas.
The evolution of the healing drama is inseparable from the changes in the background of the times, the iteration of popular aesthetics, the differentiation of social classes, and the upgrading of the film and television industry. First of all, the rapid development of the times has improved people’s material life, and the level of spiritual pursuit has also become abundant. If the focus of the healing of the previous dramas on realistic themes was the contentment of the people under the premise of lack of material level, then the same kind of healing dramas now pay more attention to healing people’s spiritual sub-health. 
Second, The public taste for taste is improved with the improvement of the knowledge system The stimulus from the outside entertainment products is constantly changing, and people gradually have a set of personalized criteria for distinguishing between beauty and ugliness. This aesthetic non-uniformity has instead given the soil for the diversified exploration of healing dramas. Whether it is a radiant, national-oriented drama, or a lap drama that excavates subdivided vertical tracks, there is always one that can meet the healing needs of different audiences.
Once again, the differentiation of the social class caused by the gap between the rich and the poor is destined to break the solidification of the class is a tough battle. People at the bottom of the pyramid lack a wide ascent channel, and the limited resources they enjoy determine the narrow horizons. Residents’ entertainment needs in fifth-tier cities are quite different. In other words, even if the same drama is in different people, the response may be vastly different. People in different strata have different senses of healing, so the healing drama cannot be the same, and the goal must be clear at the beginning of creationThe audience is targeted, and targeting the sinking market may be another set of strategies. 
Finally, the upgrading of the film and television industry It provides a stage for healing dramas. With the support of hardware, the creative ideas of creators have room for trial and error, which increases the chance of landing execution and benefits the audience. In the final analysis, the core creative essence of the healing drama is “people”-people-oriented and respect the feelings of the public.
Inherent innovation of healing drama
However, while all seemingly benign operations, the homogeneity of episodes breeding from the trend cannot be ignored. Some healing dramas fall into abuse of nostalgic stalks, excessive brainless sugaring, and even become a little suspended in pursuit of the ultimate dramatic effect, making the good medicine to soothe the heart into a “poison” that erodes the heart.
How to break the game?
A reference sample of the excellent domestic healing dramas of the early years. In the milestone of Chinese TV drama history, “Desire” swept the streets and alleys from a groundbreaking perspective around the fate of several young people in the turbulent era, weaving a concerto about love, affection and friendship.
The most outstanding feature of the play is that the theme of “Living for a Better Life” runs through the characters, integrates the realistic humanity with the social texture, and radiates the humanity in the gap. Classic screen images such as Huifang. So, when the crew of “Desire” reunited in CCTV program “China in the Stories” for 29 years, they recalled “Long You”, and the memory of killing came across the screen, and the familiar song prelude sounded. Tears. 
Different from the bitterness route of “Desire”, “Happy Life of Poor Zhang Zhangmin” is The short fireworks in the parents and the rising stove cooking utensils depict the story of ordinary people striving for happiness with both hands. The little people used the spirit of optimism to play in the simple days, and enriched the trivial triviality, which filled the hearts of countless audiences.
There is also a sitcom “I Love My Family” and “The Story of the Editorial Department”, a gossip and a social attitude in the workplace. There is no earth-shattering strong reversal plot, but rather a plain story of ordinary people’s story, instead forging the key of empathy. Visible, these The classic domestically produced healing drama proves that the main body of the play is locked in “little people”. Besides giving the characters in the play a typical character in a typical environment, or applying the arc of heroic characters to them, or letting them penetrate deep into reality to exude the fragrance of earth. Only if the people in the play are more real will their stories be inspiring and healing. 
In a sense, the healing drama has some similarities to some literary films. Discuss human nature issues, simple narrative techniques, individual colorful sublimation movements, and blank space for reflection to the audience, and finally ask people’s hearts. The points echoed, forming a circular closed loop in one go.
In contrast, the Japanese and Korean healing dramas, which are good at describing human nature in detail, have proved that human emotions have no borders with high reputation.
Taking it apart carefully, you will find that Excellent healing dramas in neighboring countries usually incorporate several major flavors-food, music, reading, dreams.
The Japanese drama “Food of Yesterday” uses the hero to cook three meals a day to create a warm atmosphere for the family. “My story speaks for a long time” and “My new life” uses food to dispel loneliness, and music and reading establish an inspirational pursuit of dreams.
The Korean drama “Please answer 1988” warms up the relationship between the neighborhood with food, music embellishes the youth of young people, and reads to build a bridge to dreams. “A Day by Occasion” directly created a comic-like dream country, using anti-routine role-building techniques to satisfy the present-day Miss Bihua and Ugly Duckling’s “anti-customer-oriented” mentality.
No matter what the place of origin, the healing drama is scattered by means of video art The true feelings of the world come together, spreading slowly and quietly, reaching the small softness at the bottom of the heart, illuminating the secret garden of everyone’s heart.
Now, the healing drama is beginning to show signs of huge market potential, and the perceptive hunters have begun to plan the layout. However, how to create a siege killer, still has to explore and wait and see. However, it is certain that the drama of the healing drama has a strong and long-lasting vitality, will not be eliminated by time, and will only usher in a new life in the evolution of new generations.
It can be seen that the shell of the healing drama can be ever-changing, as long as the core of the expression is resonant with the public frequency Will gain supporters. Different types of healing dramas can be used to poke the different soft underbelly of the Chinese people to the right medicine, and finally give a good medicine to the wounded people after the ups and downs in the torrent of time, slowing the pain-this is the main reason for the popularity of healing dramas.
The evolution of the healing drama is inseparable from the changes in the background of the times, the iteration of popular aesthetics, the differentiation of social classes, and the upgrading of the film and television industry. First of all, the rapid development of the times has improved people’s material life, and the level of spiritual pursuit has also become abundant. If the focus of the healing of the previous dramas on realistic themes was the contentment of the people under the premise of lack of material level, then the same kind of healing dramas now pay more attention to healing people’s spiritual sub-health.
Second, The public taste for taste is improved with the improvement of the knowledge system The stimulus from the outside entertainment products is constantly changing, and people gradually have a set of personalized criteria for distinguishing between beauty and ugliness. This aesthetic non-uniformity has instead given the soil for the diversified exploration of healing dramas. Whether it is a radiant, national-oriented drama, or a lap drama that excavates subdivided vertical tracks, there is always one that can meet the healing needs of different audiences.
Once again, the differentiation of the social class caused by the gap between the rich and the poor is destined to break the solidification of the class is a tough battle. People at the bottom of the pyramid lack a wide ascent channel, and the limited resources they enjoy determine the narrow horizons. Residents’ entertainment needs in fifth-tier cities are quite different. In other words, even if the same drama is in different people, the response may be vastly different. People in different strata have different senses of healing, so the healing drama cannot be the same, and the goal must be clear at the beginning of creationThe audience is targeted, and targeting the sinking market may be another set of strategies.
Inherent innovation of healing drama
However, while all seemingly benign operations, the homogeneity of episodes breeding from the trend cannot be ignored. Some healing dramas fall into abuse of nostalgic stalks, excessive brainless sugaring, and even become a little suspended in pursuit of the ultimate dramatic effect, making the good medicine to soothe the heart into a “poison” that erodes the heart.
How to break the game?
A reference sample of the excellent domestic healing dramas of the early years. In the milestone of Chinese TV drama history, “Desire” swept the streets and alleys from a groundbreaking perspective around the fate of several young people in the turbulent era, weaving a concerto about love, affection and friendship.
The most outstanding feature of the play is that the theme of “Living for a Better Life” runs through the characters, integrates the realistic humanity with the social texture, and radiates the humanity in the gap. Classic screen images such as Huifang. So, when the crew of “Desire” reunited in CCTV program “China in the Stories” for 29 years, they recalled “Long You”, and the memory of killing came across the screen, and the familiar song prelude sounded. Tears.
Different from the bitterness route of “Desire”, “Happy Life of Poor Zhang Zhangmin” is The short fireworks in the parents and the rising stove cooking utensils depict the story of ordinary people striving for happiness with both hands. The little people used the spirit of optimism to play in the simple days, and enriched the trivial triviality, which filled the hearts of countless audiences.
There is also a sitcom “I Love My Family” and “The Story of the Editorial Department”, a gossip and a social attitude in the workplace. There is no earth-shattering strong reversal plot, but rather a plain story of ordinary people’s story, instead forging the key of empathy. Visible, these The classic domestically produced healing drama proves that the main body of the play is locked in “little people”. Besides giving the characters in the play a typical character in a typical environment, or applying the arc of heroic characters to them, or letting them penetrate deep into reality to exude the fragrance of earth. Only if the people in the play are more real will their stories be inspiring and healing.
In a sense, the healing drama has some similarities to some literary films. Discuss human nature issues, simple narrative techniques, individual colorful sublimation movements, and blank space for reflection to the audience, and finally ask people’s hearts. The points echoed, forming a circular closed loop in one go.
In contrast, the Japanese and Korean healing dramas, which are good at describing human nature in detail, have proved that human emotions have no borders with high reputation.
Taking it apart carefully, you will find that Excellent healing dramas in neighboring countries usually incorporate several major flavors-food, music, reading, dreams.
The Japanese drama “Food of Yesterday” uses the hero to cook three meals a day to create a warm atmosphere for the family. “My story speaks for a long time” and “My new life” uses food to dispel loneliness, and music and reading establish an inspirational pursuit of dreams.
The Korean drama “Please answer 1988” warms up the relationship between the neighborhood with food, music embellishes the youth of young people, and reads to build a bridge to dreams. “A Day by Occasion” directly created a comic-like dream country, using anti-routine role-building techniques to satisfy the present-day Miss Bihua and Ugly Duckling’s “anti-customer-oriented” mentality.
No matter what the place of origin, the healing drama is scattered by means of video art The true feelings of the world come together, spreading slowly and quietly, reaching the small softness at the bottom of the heart, illuminating the secret garden of everyone’s heart.
Now, the healing drama is beginning to show signs of huge market potential, and the perceptive hunters have begun to plan the layout. However, how to create a siege killer, still has to explore and wait and see. However, it is certain that the drama of the healing drama has a strong and long-lasting vitality, will not be eliminated by time, and will only usher in a new life in the evolution of new generations.