Chapter 34: First-level battle preparation for sprayers
January 5, 1995, night.
Kanta Kameda sat on the sofa with a cup of espresso, looked at the line "23:150:50, "Wonderful Stories of the World"" on the program list, and scratched his head in distress.
He is a "drama critic", or a film critic, but his job is mainly to review TV series in newspapers and rate the series, which has little to do with movies.
This work is still very important, and Japan is different from other countries.
The chain of disdain in the entertainment industry in normal countries is this: Movies look down on TV series, TV series look down on cartoons, and then the three of them look down on variety shows and idols together.
But in Japan, this chain of contempt has changed. Animation has become a unique school, advocating the use of love to generate electricity, being extremely aloof and not involved in the entertainment industry (in the 1990s), followed by TV series and movies, and then the two brothers looked down on variety shows together (nothing at all)
Educational significance and artistry are rubbish that can only sensationalize people). As for idols, they are cheap tools and are not even qualified to be despised.
Although it is a bit difficult to understand, in Japan, TV dramas have the obligation to educate the people, and their status can even be said to be a little higher than movies, at least not inferior to them. There is no such thing as movie directors, actors look down on TV drama directors, actors
Phenomenon.
Usually, if an actor wants to become famous, the best way is to star in a TV series. This alone can explain everything. Most of the previous Japanese best actors and actresses have acted in TV series. Almost everyone has a hit TV series.
Kameda Kanta's work mainly revolves around TV dramas. He briefly explains the plot of the drama in newspapers, conducts relatively professional evaluations, and conducts a certain in-depth interpretation to facilitate the audience to decide whether to follow the drama.
In an era that lacked Internet interaction, his work was still very important, and it was also one of the important contents of the family entertainment section of newspapers, second only to blockbuster news such as a celebrity's cheating.
However, he is a newcomer, and it is not his turn to dictate the popular prime time dramas. As a result, he is assigned to watch an unfortunate late-night drama. Not only does he have to stay up late, but he may not be able to attract much attention even if he writes a review of the drama.
It's like working in vain.
But he couldn't say anything. Late-night dramas are more suitable for newcomers. They can just complain about it anyway. It's simple and direct, which is perfect for practicing. Late-night dramas are mainly low-cost horror films and erotic films. Drama critics can criticize them without having to watch them all.
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Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar, wouldn’t you be able to film without a bare butt?
It’s shoddy, is this blood ketchup? You’re just fooling the audience like this, and you’re not even willing to use corn syrup for artificial blood? Did you spend all your budget on eating and drinking? I suggest the TV station check its accounts!
A stupid screenwriter, an idiot director, and an ugly producer make this kind of movie that insults our intelligence. We will die!
It's absolutely right to just scold him like that. I guarantee that the audience will feel the same way and no one will protest!
He sat on the sofa, took a sip of coffee, watched the TV shopping program and waited until it was time to prepare for the first-level troll battle!
Let’s start. The theme song is just mediocre. Is it true that the budget is very low? The tradition of Japanese dramas is 80% actors, 100% script, and 120% theme song. This alone can be seen as unqualified, and the music style
...Is it another horror movie? It’s nothing new. Is it the same as the previous bad movie "The House of Horror"?
He picked up his pen and wrote down his evaluation of the theme song in his shorthand notebook: The opening song is terrible! Get ready for the second level of troll battle!
Then, Michiko showed her little face on the screen, and the plot began to unfold slowly. OK, the troll cannon was ready, and the troll fired countdown, 3, 2... um, wait?!
In the first skit at the beginning, Kameda Kanta's heart was captured in just three or five scenes. He couldn't help but get into the rhythm and follow the plot.
Oh, soul exchange, it's quite novel, I've rarely seen it before...
Huh? Didn’t you say you were going to see your brother? Why did you bring up the old relationship? But who is this little girl? Her acting skills are really amazing. It would be a pity to film a night drama...
Hey, what is going on? Is it betrayal? Bastard, how could you do such a thing? Is this still humane?
The level of this screenwriter is a bit special!
The 30 minutes seemed to pass in a blink of an eye. As the middle-aged Miho sang nursery rhymes at the end, the scene was fixed on the weird smile on the corner of her lips. When the scene cut to a small dark stage, Takeda Ichima came out and began to explain "
The concept and background of "Shiqi", Kanta Kameda shuddered and woke up, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Bastard, this...is this a nighttime drama? This is a hundred times better than a guy wearing a hood chasing a few nurses selling meat with a chainsaw!
With a tight rhythm, a novel story with twists and turns, and gorgeous acting skills, is it enough to send it to the front line during prime time to compete with other TV stations for ratings share?
Could it be that Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation has become ambitious and wants to start a ratings war in the late-night period? But what is there to fight for during this time period? It is a strategic necessity to open up a fourth ratings battlefield?
Is the situation the same on other stations?
No, I'm a drama critic. It's useless to think about this. First think about what's wrong with it...
The only problem is probably that the director is inexperienced and lacks the experience to control excellent actors, which makes the actor who plays "Meibo" too eye-catching, causing the phenomenon of overpowering the scene and making other supporting roles transparent, but this is not a big problem.
, this is still an excellent short drama, and it can even be said that it was a waste to shoot it in such a short time!
He was thinking wildly all the way, but he didn't quite hear what Takeda Ichima said, and he didn't even move his hands. Then, as Takeda Ichima turned into a black cat, the second short play began.
He glanced twice and breathed a sigh of relief. The actor was right. This is the normal level of a late-night drama actor. But this story...he killed so many people and was sentenced to thirty days? Is this a satire of social reality?
Or is it to cater to the current wave of pro-democracy opposition to the death penalty?
This is a very high intention... Oh, no, the torture started, and the screenwriter almost broke his back!
He concentrated on reading for another 25 minutes without writing a single word. Finally, he read that 5 minutes is equal to one day, and 30 days in prison is equivalent to a murderer who has been tortured for decades, like a walking corpse. He felt very happy!
This story is also very interesting. It’s different from the previous one. It’s a very exciting twist. But who is this screenwriter? Is he a veteran who has been in the industry for many years? What mistakes did he make and he was sent to film a night drama? Is there anything in this?
Can the inside story be dug?
He kept wanting to watch it until he saw the preview of the next episode before finally feeling relieved. After waiting for a while, he looked down at the words "The opening song is not good" in his quick-drawing book, and then he reached out and pulled a handful of hair.
!
Damn it, I can’t use the draft I made in advance. I’m really going to have to stay up late tonight!
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Two years ago, Shengzi was in a daze at almost the same time. She had not been baptized by the Internet and had never seen such an interesting and interesting reverse short drama. She almost lost her language skills after watching three of them in a row.
It's really interesting. Although I felt a little scared after watching the first short drama, I still couldn't help but want to continue watching. I was even worried that the other short dramas were not exciting enough. But after watching it, I just felt that I still had more to say.
It turns out that late-night dramas can still be so interesting to film?
That weasel, no, that meerkat, no, that Qianyuan-sensei is so awesome!
She didn't originally plan to watch "Shiqi", but her favorite Terada Ryuji's new drama started today. She specially stayed in front of the TV to wait, but she was a little disappointed after watching "Konosuke on the Field", a Warring States Period drama.
Romance dramas were the genre that her idol was good at, but after watching the first episode, she always felt something was weird. She was not even sure whether Konosuke was the protagonist, and the childhood sweetheart of Konosuke in it was too coquettish and pretentious, and his acting skills were poor.
It's outrageous, she doesn't look like a village girl at all, and it's a bit embarrassing.
But because it was a script written by Ryuji Terada, she had confidence in her idol and decided to continue chasing it. Maybe it would be exciting later on, with a heart-wrenching love story.
After watching "Konosuke on the Field", she turned off the TV and went to the bathroom to clean the hair care oil from her hair. She liked her hair to be smooth, long and straight, but it was a bit troublesome to take care of it.
After finishing her hair, she was ready to go to bed. After all, the winter vacation was over and she had to go to school tomorrow. But while lying in bed, she felt that she had forgotten something. She thought about it for a while before remembering that she had also promised to watch Hitomi Konoe's debut on the screen.
show.
She is a person who keeps her promises. She quickly got up and went to the living room. She turned on the TV and waited boredly for a long time. Finally, she waited for the late-night drama.
But the wait was not in vain, it’s really beautiful!
Wearing her fat bear pajamas, she hugged the pillow and curled up her slender legs. She thought about it for a long time on the sofa. The more she thought about it, the more interesting it became. She wanted to share her thoughts with her two good friends, and even planned to discuss it and arrange it in their drama club.
It was a similar multi-element reversal drama, but when I looked at the watch, it was already past one in the morning, so I had to give up the idea of making a phone call.
I can only wait until tomorrow, I really want to tell others about this drama soon!