Top Ten Dramas of Douban Score in 2017： 6 online dramas, and the main drama of the big man won completely.

As the end of the year approaches, Mirror Entertainment (ID: Jingxiangyule) collates the douban scores of the TV dramas that have been broadcast in 2017, and counts the top 10 TV dramas in this year’s TV dramas: Chasing the Murder in the White Night, Passing the Window Together, Roaring in the White Deer Plain, The Rise of the Qin Empire, Hello, Old Times, in the name of people, River God and River God.

In the top 10 of the word-of-mouth list, online dramas account for 6, which proves that the quality of self-made dramas is constantly improving on the road of the rise of video websites. The themes of these 10 dramas are also very extensive, including suspense themes, realistic themes, historical themes and youth themes. However, the first three themes are all male-dominated dramas, and this year’s popular female-dominated dramas, Xian Xia dramas and Gong Dou dramas are hardly on the list.

The top 10 conscience dramas on the list have achieved good results in ratings and webcasts. For example, in the name of people topped 8% of the audience and became the king of this year’s drama, with 4.68 billion webcasts of White Night Chasing the Murder and 1.95 billion webcasts of River God. In addition to "White Deer Plain" and "The Rise of Daqin Empire", the ratings of the top 10 dramas are not as good as expected due to the high threshold of serious historical themes, and the word-of-mouth is more and more positively related to ratings and webcasts.

Connotation determines the height of a work.

Anti-traditional creative routines can stand out.

In terms of themes, the top 10 conscience dramas this year are evenly distributed, including realistic themes such as in the name of people, Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky, historical themes such as The Rise of the Daqin Empire, Roaring Tigers and Dragons, White Deer Plain, suspense themes such as Chasing Murders in the White Night, Crime Without a License, River God, and youthful themes such as Together in the Window, Hello, Old Times. However, the popular female drama, Xian Xia drama and Gong Dou drama in the market have no works on the list.

In the field of realistic subject matter, the phenomenal drama in the name of people, with an audience rating of 8%, focuses on the good and evil of politics and officialdom, and wins with the rare anti-corruption scale of film and television works in recent years, showing a record of officialdom. And "Chicken Feathers Fly to Heaven" starts with the entrepreneurial stories and emotional entanglements of three generations, showing the tortuous and brilliant development history of Yiwu in the past 30 years. The commonness of these two works with realistic themes is that they are both true portrayal of society, and to some extent, they reflect the common problems in contemporary society.

The Rise of Daqin Empire, Roaring Tigers and Singing Dragons, and Bailuyuan are three high-scoring historical dramas. Although they involve the Warring States period, the Three Kingdoms period, and the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, they are all different, but they all have huge patterns. From the personal fate of the characters to the rise and fall of the family, to the ups and downs of the whole era, it is magnificent and has the depth of vertical and horizontal thinking.

The Crime Without a License, Chasing the Murder in the White Night and River God can be said to be suspense TV series with a high degree of completion in recent years. The plot is brain-burning, the logic is strict, the rhythm is controlled and the fate of the characters is affecting people’s hearts. But what is more successful is the social reality and social humanity reflected by the drama series through characterization and human nature shaping.

The three themes of reality, history and suspense, in fact, are still dominated by "the big man plays the main role", and they are not dragging their feet, nor are they addicted to being affectionate with their children. The pattern is bigger and the intention is higher, which essentially wins the connotation of the works. This has also brought enlightenment to the creation of domestic fine dramas. The theme is not the most important. What is important is that the TV series itself shows these profound problems such as social problems, historical development and social humanity, thus bringing the audience thinking.

In this list of word-of-mouth dramas, the most surprising thing should be the two youth dramas "Together with the Window" and "Hello, Old Times". After all, in recent years, youth dramas can be said to be the hardest hit areas of domestic dramas. There are so many "romantic affairs" such as derailment and abortion that the market is basically a series of works of painful youth.

The reason is that many producers only consume youth, thus "misinterpreting" youth in film and television. From "Through the Window Together" to "Hello, Old Times", youth has finally been popularized, returning to the plain and simple growth process and daily feelings, which is why "Hello, Old Times" is called the best youth drama this year. For domestic dramas, anti-routine is sometimes a magic weapon to win.

Investment, script, creative team, actors and actresses should be grasped together.

Quality consciousness is the key to creating superior dramas.

Although there are many big investments in the top 10 dramas of Douban this year, such as "White Deer Plain" with an investment of 230 million, "Roaring Tigers and Singing Dragons" with an investment of 400 million, and the online drama "River God" with an investment of over 100 million, it is totally insufficient to rely on investment for a series with excellent quality, and sometimes, the investment needs to be spent on the cutting edge. For a conscience drama, the script, the production team and the actors’ performances are all important factors that affect the quality of the drama.

First of all, the choice of script can be said to be a prerequisite for the success of a TV series. Among the top 10 word-of-mouth masterpieces this year, 6 works are adapted from novel IP, and 4 are original scripts, but both IP adaptations and original scripts are of high quality. For example, White Deer Plain was adapted from Chen Zhongshi’s novel of the same name, which won the Contradictory Literature Award, and in the name of people was adapted from Zhou Meisen’s novel of the same name, and he was "the first person in China’s political novel".

The original script is naturally more difficult than the adaptation of the script, and excellent scripts are not imagined out of thin air. The script creation of "Chicken Feathers Fly to Heaven" lasted for six years. In order to obtain real creative materials, the screenwriter Shen Jie visited Yiwu many times to experience the life of Yiwu vendors. In the play, the bitter scene of Luo Yuzhu stuffing the goods through the window first when she crowded the train is the real experience of Yiwu people that Shen Jie learned.

Secondly, the production team should be guaranteed. Taking "Chasing the Murder in a White Night" as an example, the behind-the-scenes team assembled the most golden suspense theme creation lineup in China. The producer has produced 500 excellent online crime dramas such as Psychological Crime and Crime Destroyer. Director Wang Wei, script planner Gu Xiaobai and screenwriter Fingerprint are all great figures who are good at suspense topics in the industry.

The actor’s performance is undoubtedly a plus item of a work, but excellent performance still comes from personal experience or experience. The White Deer Plain, which has been established for ten years, is a model in the final film and television works, whether it is Zhang Jiayi and He Bing’s interpretation of Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin, or the main actors’ overall display of Shaanxi customs. In order to meet this requirement, the star of "White Deer Plain" once entered the countryside to eat and live with the villagers one month before the shooting.

No drama can be made just by playing around. Investment, script, cast and actors are all in place. What is important is that the whole producer should have the determination to create a fine drama, or have the courage to sharpen a sword for ten years, not be eager for quick success and instant benefit, not be bound by market routines, and create TV drama works with his initial heart.

Take the heterogeneous route and occupy the talent advantage.

The self-made dramas of video websites are constantly being refined.

In this year’s top 10 TV dramas, online dramas dominate half of the country, among which there are four self-made dramas on video websites, including Chasing the Murder in a White Night, Crime without a License, River God and Hello, Old Times. In fact, the performance of online drama this year can also be said to be surprise gift.

Once upon a time, the audience’s impression of online dramas was only crude, but with the rise of video websites, the self-made dramas of major video websites not only increased in quantity, but also began to take the route of quality. In the competition with TV stations, the heterogeneity of self-made dramas on video websites is also prominent. Among the efforts of heterogeneity, suspense dramas are the most successful ones for video websites to explore in the subdivision field. The four self-made dramas on the list of video websites, such as Chasing Murder in a White Night, Crime Without a License and River God, are all suspense themes.

High degree of completion, strict logic and characterization can be said to be the common advantages of Chasing the Murder in a White Night, Crime without a Certificate and River God. White Night Chasing Murder is considered to be the best suspense drama in recent years. It not only got the highest score of 9.0 copies of this year’s TV series, but also scored 4.68 billion in Youku, and its overseas distribution rights have also been bought by Netflix. In the future, White Night Chasing Murder will be broadcast in more than 190 countries and regions around the world through Netflix, which can be said to be quite a high achievement.

In the course of heterogeneity, compared with the strict censorship of TV stations and the restrictions on sensitive topics within the system, the theme advantages of video websites are outstanding, and they are more suitable for the layout of subdivided themes. For example, the previous large-scale dramas such as Forensic Medicine Qin Ming and White Night Chasing the Murder are not suitable for TV broadcast.

The birth of a high-quality drama is indispensable for talents, which is another advantage of the success of self-made drama on video websites. Director Bai Yiqi once said that the money of video websites has brought a better environment to industry practitioners. Originally, many talents in the traditional media industry began to set foot in the production of homemade dramas on video websites in the past year or two, such as Bai Yiqi, Xiaogang Feng, Stephen Chow, Han Sanping, etc., and the producer of iQiyi’s homemade drama "Crime without a license" on the list was Han Sanping.

From the original copyright drama to the current self-made drama, video websites have begun to participate in the investment production mode. Youku is the co-producer of "Chasing the Murder in a White Night" and iQiyi is the co-producer of "Crime without a license", "River God" and "Hello, Old Time", which also makes video websites have higher autonomy in TV drama production.

In terms of production mode, the self-made dramas of video websites all belong to the type of "small and broad". For example, the highest investment is only over 100 million yuan, and there are almost no traffic stars or idol stars. Perhaps the most famous actor in these dramas is Pan Yueming.

To some extent, this is a good thing. When the actor’s salary accounts for almost half of the investment and production cost, the investment in actor’s salary is reduced, and more budget is invested in content, and the content is used to win rather than the lineup, which ensures the quality of the work to some extent.

It can be said that video websites are getting stronger and stronger now. In the purchase of copyright dramas, video websites with deep pockets bid higher than TV stations, and the initiative is getting higher and higher. In addition to copyright dramas, video websites are constantly laying out self-made content, even making efforts in the upstream of the industrial chain. Many video websites have become investors, and iQiyi Film has even become the top three producers of Fanghua.

On the whole, the quality of online drama of video websites has not lost to TV stations. In the future, the theme of online drama of video websites will only be more subdivided, and the experience of watching drama will be more interactive, which also means that the threat to TV stations is growing. In addition, video websites that are willing to spend money and active in thinking are undoubtedly superior in salary and creative environment than TV stations, which will also make video websites attract talents and further expand their advantages. It can be said that the current video website has found the fate of the TV station.

For state-owned TV stations, it is impossible to win a video website by smashing idol stars and traffic stars. After all, it is still high-quality content that can finally stand the test. In the face of the rise of video websites, if TV stations still don’t make progress, continue to follow the old routine and don’t carry out market-oriented reforms, the "capital" will soon be eaten up, and it will also lie in the competition of video websites, and they will be less and less able to fight back.