discovering the light of humanity in fiction and reality
2024-09-20
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stills from "borderwater memories".
image provided by the producer
suspense dramas are undoubtedly a genre that can attract a wide audience. the recently aired "pale fire", "new life" and "border water memories" on youku's "white night theater" have completely different stories and narrative styles, but the creators all built a relatively independent world for their stories: "pale fire" is the sparsely populated qingshui town, "new life" is an isolated island, and "border water memories" fictionalizes a world full of exotic customs - sanbianpo. this place is far away from the audience, giving the creators more room to play and giving the audience a sense of freshness, allowing the audience to focus on the story and the characters themselves.
first of all, the events are authentic. this drama is adapted from the non-fictional literary work of the same name. the protagonist of the story, shen xing, who just graduated from a technical school, came to sanbianpo by accident and struggled all the way. his experiences are based on real events. non-fictional literary creation provides screenwriters with a real industry perspective, unique life experience and vivid details, giving the drama a real foundation.
secondly, the characters are real and tangible. the series focuses on all kinds of ordinary people walking on the edge of society, and uses shen xing's adventures to string together the life journeys of everyone. here is uncle cai, who is unpredictable, wang anquan, who does everything to survive, dan tuo, who is passionate and sincere, and liu jincui, the complicated and contradictory female owner of the karaoke bar... each character has a unique personality, experience, and shining point. shen xing and dan tuo cherish each other and give each other true feelings, which is touching; shen xing and uncle cai are half suspicious and half trusting of each other, but when shen xing is about to leave, uncle cai shows him fatherly warmth... these realisms hatched by details subtly influence the audience, allowing the audience to change from bystanders to immersive people, and empathize with the characters in the play.
secondly, the environment is authentic and believable. the series built real scenes such as construction sites and mines, created a set of social rules and customs unique to sanbianpo, and even created a new language for this place - bomo language. sanbianpo, which was created from the inside out, allows the audience to have a deeper sense of immersion. following shen xing's footsteps, they feel the hot climate here, realize the complexity and danger of the situation here, and see the tortuous life journey of everyone.
(source: people's daily overseas edition)
