The popularity of detective and suspenseful American dramas has not diminished for many years. According to statistics, for every 100 American TV series broadcast, 42 are detective dramas. There are various forms of detective dramas, such as "Bone and Trace" and "Basic Deduction Method" with men and women, "Edge of Crisis" with father and son soldiers on the stage, and dual male protagonists with different characteristics such as "Cat and Mouse" and "Hannibal". "... The same theme arranges various combinations of detectives. Some of them are in love and kill each other, some are happy enemies, some are green leaves and safflower, and some are perfect partners. The first season of "True Detective" launched by HBO in early 2014 stood out among many detective dramas and was once hailed as a crime drama. This "True Detective" co-starring Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey and Oscar-nominated actor Woody Harrelson for best supporting actor Woody Harrelson has become this year's Emmy Awards and is highly sought after by fans with its different, delicate and dark styles. 's big hit. And this Tuesday, at the 66th Emmy Awards, although the "True Detective", which was favored by most people, failed, it will not hide the charm of this detective drama in the hearts of fans. In the 1940s, it was like the words at the end of True Detective: "Once, there was only darkness in this world, and now I would say that it was the light that won the victory." No matter what style of crime drama it is, the protagonists in crime suspense dramas always pursue justice and morality in the dark, which is the core of their essence. American crime dramas have a long history. When American dramas flourished in the late 1940s, once they were broadcast, they held the audience's heartstrings firmly. One of the most talked about crime dramas is the criminal investigation crime drama "Tianluodiwang" launched by NBC in 1952. Based on the anecdotes of the Los Angeles Police Department's case-solving, the series uses a documentary approach to filming a crime drama. In order to highlight the authenticity, the audience is specially reminded at the end of each episode: "The cases you see are real, and pseudonyms are used to protect the innocent." It is also used at the beginning of each episode of Blood Rush. When the 80s were plump, of course, crime dramas that stripped down their heavy coats and had a bright and cheerful look on the surface were also well-received. In the mid-1980s, "Hunter" and "Miami Squad" generated good ratings with interesting cases and fast-paced narrative styles. Detective Hunter and his partner, female police detective McCall, flirt and cooperate with each other, solving one thorny case after another. "Miami Arrest" is even said to be like a beautiful scenery MTV. Both shows have elements of what has now become a crime movie model, such as highway chases, street corner shootouts, pop songs and hilarious pig teammates in the background music, and cases solved from single murders to gangster fires. , the peach case is all-encompassing. And a crime drama like "Moonlight Detective" is more like a crime-themed light comedy, with greatly increased entertainment. At the beginning of the crime drama, the protagonists of justice were all upright monumental images. They are often resourceful and courageous, and are never soft on criminals. Slowly, the protagonist's character becomes colorful and full, and the crime drama "Mountain Street Blues" can be called the first experiment of "group drama". It tells about the lives of several police officers, focusing on their emotions, mirroring each other in crime and ordinary life to find a balance. The protagonist is no longer a perfect character, the role of the justice side is more vivid, and the audience is more interested in the plot. The feeling is also deeper. During the changes in the 1990s, after many innovations and baptisms in crime dramas, "Twin Peaks Town" in the early 1990s brought more qualitative changes to crime dramas. It tells the story of an FBI agent who investigates the death of a beautiful schoolgirl to find the murderer. The classic feature of this film directed by David Lynch is that it fully arouses the curiosity of the audience - in the end, there is no clear open ending to find the murderer, and at the same time, it shows the looming crisis of a small town that seems to be a paradise. and for each and Those involved in the case grasped the details and showed a profound analysis of human nature. Among them, Chinese actress Chen Chong's performance in the play is well received. This TV series has won many American TV drama awards, and its unique narrative mode has been imitated by many TV series later. The novel character setting does not know when the audience is no longer satisfied with the detective protagonist with absolute integrity, kindness and understanding. From the development of the plot of the case itself, people gradually tend to discuss the development direction of detective friendship between male and female partners, while detectives with male and male partners will make the whole drama more soft and emotional due to the ambiguous atmosphere between their peers. . This transformation makes the orthodox detectives of "Detective Hunter" no longer attractive, and the detectives with more distinct and even less likable personalities have caused more discussion among the audience. If you want to succeed in a plot such as a mystery drama, the setting of suspense and clues is very important. When the suspense is too obvious, the audience will feel insulted to IQ, and the investigation process will be less explored; the suspense is too obscure and the clues are secretive, and the ordinary audience will not buy it too much, except for those who are very reasoning and textual research enthusiasts. Usually, a successful crime mystery drama needs to have both the constant conflict and the unraveling of the mystery from time to time, forming a trend of stripping each episode, and it is easier to achieve new ratings when the mystery is revealed in the final episode. Most of these episodes have these catchy little settings: Focus first. Generally, a case is created at the beginning of the plot, and it is the first choice to capture the audience by concisely appearing the main characters related to the case that need attention and showing their unique characters. Third, it is to broaden the focus of the vision, and the extensive collection of clues makes the case elusive, and the audience will fall into the same confusion as the protagonist. At the same time, the interaction between daily life and surrounding characters strengthens the conflict of the plot. Repeating these steps in the development of the case can not only extend the plot and character, but also satisfy the audience's taste. Broadcasting on a seasonal basis gives the production team more space to adjust the direction of the story, which is what makes American dramas different and refreshing. The ending of human nature The ending of crime dramas is often a torture of human nature. Even if the haze of sin is finally dispelled, the audience will feel a sense of loss. Criminals were brought to justice or brought to justice on the spot, and most of the protagonists of justice lost some important things in the final decryption and struggle. At the same time, the detective protagonists who represent light and wisdom often show a vulnerable side. He's not completely invincible, and he may be stained with black, but shouldn't it be surprising that someone who ultimately makes a righteous and true choice in a twisted environment Admire it? The rules summed up in the above-mentioned classic crime dramas have been well inherited and extended in this year's "True Detective", which has been reviewed many times this year. Many viewers think that the protagonist of "True Detective" is neurotic, the plot is obscure and difficult to understand, and the rhythm of the opening is slow and protracted, making it difficult to continue watching. However, as everyone knows, this drama actually just introduced a relatively unfamiliar concept of religious crime motive, and its core is still a traditional detective story. About the character First of all, let's talk about the character interpreted by Matthew McConaughey - Rust. When screenwriter Nick Pizzolatto first conceived of the character, Rust's rambled voice echoed in his head, saying something about existentialism and formalism. He is a bystander who describes the story and a witness to the whole story, walking on the edge of the truth and the unknown truth. He appears as a police detective, and his demeanor points to his unknown side. For example, before he was 17 years old, he lived a survivalist life with his father and even did not watch TV until he was 17 years old, so he was destined to be an old-fashioned and lonely personality when he was an adult. It is conceivable that his popularity in the police station is so bad that only his partner Xiaoma is willing to support him. The screenwriter said that Rust is a ruthless character, and there is a kind of cruelty in his character, and even a kind of masochistic tendency. Pony first described Rust as the kind of guy who "would fight with the sky if he was upset if the sky was blue". He had worked undercover, had been rehabilitated from drugs, had been injured, and had gone back and forth between life and death. He also lost children and had a failed marriage. These extreme life experiences were imposed on him, turning Rust into a complex polyhedron. But he is strong, his skepticism does not compromise his loyalty to responsibility, and he has his own firm bottom line. He hated sin, and people who hurt children. He is full of conscience and scoffs at the boring and conventional adult life. Such a maverick Rust, the screenwriter arranged the ordinary pony and his partner, forming a sharp contrast. The pony is more like an ordinary person around him and a character recognized by the audience. A little greedy, and lustful, chooses to avoid the sense of family responsibility, and a little selfish possessiveness. His life was messed up by him, from the hot kang head of his wife and children to the ending of a lonely family like Rust. It can be seen that Rust is slightly envious of the family and beautiful wife that the pony has. He approached the family consciously or unintentionally, and later accepted the blind date arranged by the pony, which is exactly the portrayal of his longing for warmth. And he is a man who is separated from the warmth of his family and the love of ordinary people. He has been watching Even the pony's derailment has not been actively stopped. He and Pony are complementary, they both have something that the other lacks, Rust teaches Pony how to be a man, Pony brings warmth to Rust. They pursue the truth together and at the same time retain a kind of retribution and guilt for the past. It is not an exaggeration to say that the theme of this drama in a sense is the road to redemption of two men's mid-life crisis. About the story In the first case, he and the pony found the antler girl who was killed. Strange spiral mark on the back. The plot began from here, looking for clues little by little, and gradually spread out into a broken map. The first five episodes of "True Detective" are narrated in a way of interlude. As the protagonists Rust and the pony gradually deepen their memories of the past, the way of reenactment makes it easier for the audience to bring their emotions into it when watching. . The elements in the story of "True Detective" have actually been used in many similar crime dramas, and they are not unfamiliar. However, due to the relatively slow plot, the screenwriter's deliberately accelerated rhythm will trigger the audience's climax. Repressed emotions erupted during the 6-minute block-motion footage of Episode 4. To this end, the film crew rehearsed in a real block for a month to achieve this effect. There are a few times in between when the camera climbs over the railing, which is done using the boom. After four episodes of ups and downs, many viewers spent more than a month chasing the drama, but it seemed that they only listened to Rust's story for one afternoon. After the fifth episode, the whole play entered the plot of the sequence. The reunion of the two former good partners was accompanied by the song "Casey' by Kris Kristofferson". s Last Ride begins a decisive battle to find the truth. About the screenwriter A few months before True Detective began, screenwriter Nick Pizzolatto was teaching literature courses at a university, and a few months later he became a qualified and excellent TV producer. He once worked as a screenwriter in the first season of the TV series "Murder", and he was not proficient in TV production before that. But as a writer, Nick's conception of the plot is very perfect and ingenious. At the same time, the background location of "True Detective" is the southern state of Louisiana, and Nick is very fond of the southern style of the early 1990s, which has a decadent beauty. He pays attention to the shaping of characters, and while exploring characters, he takes the narrative structure itself as an exploration case, and combines the two perfectly. He has a slightly different philosophy on making TV series, taking the old-school anthology way so that each season is a complete story. There is no need to worry about the follow-up plot of the long series, and the actors can really play a good script that is really interested in the overall story in a short shooting time. About the "King in Yellow Clothes" Finally, let's understand this "King in Yellow Clothes" who looks like a cloud, mountain and fog, and is repeatedly mentioned in the play and has many sayings. The motives for the crimes in True Detective are related to some sort of mysterious religion. The criminal in the play believes in the "King in Yellow", a certain evil god in charge of time and wind in the Cthulhu mythology. American novelist Robert Chamber created the character based on a horror story about the hellish city of Carcosa. The translated title of this book introduced into China is called "King Huangpao". This book describes a drama about the "King in Yellow Clothes", and the viewers of the drama in the drama have become crazy because of its magical nature. The story about this magical "King in Yellow" and Kassa appears in many places in the play as hidden clues. In the title of True Detective, the special effects from multiple exposures are used, and relevant information is also hidden. The opening theme features many scenes from the play: Louisiana in the 1990s, where the oil industry was developing and the environment was getting more and more polluted, there were polluted wilderness, the Mexican coast, wild animals and Mercedes-Benz highways, The cross, the body of a woman. The production team created scenes from 3D models, which were superimposed on the faces of the characters in the play. An interesting point is that there is an oil refinery behind the rising sun that often appears in the opening credits and is related to a verse about Kassa. "The shore of the lake is divided into the sea of clouds, the two suns are born and sink to the surface, and the shadows hang on Carcosa." Carcosa (Carcosa) ) is easily reminiscent of the English pronunciation of "Cancer", which also seems to allude to the changes brought about by industrial pollution. And because the king in yellow clothes is the god who symbolizes "wind" in the earth, water, fire and wind, it also indicates that Rust in the play will eventually face the spiritual temptation and erosion of the king in yellow clothes and confront it. Heroism is a "romance," and the detective in a crime drama is the hero closest to the masses. There is no third type of contact between wars and alien creatures in the real world. Most of the factors of instability are the basic trust between people, public security issues, psychopaths, and cult pyramid schemes that everyone in society will face. Dangerous, I don't know who will encounter it when. At this time, the police detectives who seek justice and the protagonists who shoulder the responsibility of eliminating violence and peace are the images closest to heroes in reality. Rust is most worthy of admiration for his noble sense of social responsibility. He said this sentence: "It's too late to do one thing well in this life." If you live long enough, you must carefully choose what you need to do well. It's a commitment to lost lives, a commitment to humanity. Every time you go farther and farther on the way to find the truth, the abyss will make you sink deeper and deeper, and you will gradually deviate from the other side of human nature. He was just looking for the real culprit in this case, with a sense of responsibility that had to be done - even if it cost his life. This is the path that ordinary people choose to become heroes. "True Detective" discusses such a theme, with a certain religious significance, the atheist protagonist can also save the world like a god, he has a divinity and finally disappears into the mortals. No matter how powerful the darkness is, it will never be able to resist civilian heroes who yearn for light and justice to disperse the darkness and sow the spark of light and the hope of justice in the hearts of every audience. Either choose carefully what needs to be done. It's a commitment to lost lives, a commitment to humanity. Every time you go farther and farther on the way to find the truth, the abyss will make you sink deeper and deeper, and you will gradually deviate from the other side of human nature. He was just looking for the real culprit in this case, with a sense of responsibility that had to be done - even if it cost his life. This is the path that ordinary people choose to become heroes. "True Detective" discusses such a theme, with a certain religious significance, the atheist protagonist can also save the world like a god, he has a divinity and finally disappears into the mortals. No matter how powerful the darkness is, it will never be able to resist civilian heroes who yearn for light and justice to disperse the darkness and sow the spark of light and the hope of justice in the hearts of every audience. Either choose carefully what needs to be done. It's a commitment to lost lives, a commitment to humanity. Every time you go farther and farther on the way to find the truth, the abyss will make you sink deeper and deeper, and you will gradually deviate from the other side of human nature. He was just looking for the real culprit in this case, with a sense of responsibility that had to be done - even if it cost his life. This is the path that ordinary people choose to become heroes. "True Detective" discusses such a theme, with a certain religious significance, the atheist protagonist can also save the world like a god, he has a divinity and finally disappears into the mortals. No matter how powerful the darkness is, it will never be able to resist civilian heroes who yearn for light and justice to disperse the darkness and sow the spark of light and the hope of justice in the hearts of every audience.
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