Today, although Hong Kong TVB has produced a series of two costume dramas, "the Heart of the Palace" and "Destiny", viewers who are familiar with the development of television know that fewer and fewer costume dramas are produced in Hong Kong. On the contrary, the mainland's economy has taken off in recent years, and even the film and television industry has become stronger. At that time, mainland audiences loved to watch Hong Kong dramas, but now Hong Kong actors want to return to the mainland day and night.
The production of "Gong Xin Ji 2 Deep Gong Ji" is biased towards the mainland. (stills)
Costume drama has become a short version of TVB in the past ten years. It was once a hit for a while, but now it is afraid to shoot again. There must be a reason. An actor? It is true that actors must not have an advantage over mainland actors. When shooting ancient costumes, they often have to be stylish. Hong Kong actors are used to speaking Cantonese, and we are used to them speaking Cantonese, which is different from Putonghua itself. However, actors are not the most important reason. Hong Kong still has the cradle of TVB actors. Even though it is a bit out of touch now, there are still a lot of actors with acting skills.
Hong Kong is not without good actors. (stills)
Are you the one who works behind the scenes? When it comes to directors, there are many well-known directors in Hong Kong who used to study at TVB and have gone north to the mainland to shoot plays in recent years. Lin Yufen, who participated in the second and third episodes of the Criminal investigation Archives in Hong Kong, has shot classic costumes or sci-fi dramas such as "inadvertent Master" and "three generations of Peach Blossom" in mainland China, and has made a lot of films in Hong Kong, including: "Old cousin, how are you! Jiang Jiajun, such as "Twelve Young Men in Temple Street" and Jiang Jiajun, who filmed "New The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Yan Gu" after returning to the mainland, are quite famous in the mainland. Wu Jinyuan was involved in production at ATV and TVB. There are "I have a date with zombies 2", "Fat Cat True Story 2" and so on. After going northward to the mainland, he shot a series of "Chu Qiao", which is the first series on the mainland with more than 40 billion hits.
In fact, Hong Kong people are involved in the production of many mainland dramas. (stills)
In the mainland, Zhou Yan, a famous film critic, set up a power list in his own name. although this list has no authoritative representative, it has been highly concerned by mainland filmmakers, proving its credibility. One of the lists, called "TOP 100th Power list of Chinese costume and fantasy drama directors", lists directors who have filmed ancient costume fantasy dramas in the mainland. as a result, 46 Hong Kong directors account for almost half of the list.
Lin Yufen became an instant hit on the mainland with a movie called "three generations and Ten Mile Peach Blossom." (file picture)
The actor and director are not the problem, is it the scene? Basically, most costume dramas are filmed in the mainland, not just the suburbs or factory scenes of Hong Kong. This is not a problem, but what do you need to shoot on the mainland? It's money! In the final analysis, the place where Hong Kong has a lower disadvantage than the mainland in shooting costume dramas is capital. Costume dramas require costumes, props and scenes more carefully than fashion dramas, especially the themes of martial arts, court, travel and science fiction. Not only hardware, but also money is needed for some stunt scenes to be done well. With a large amount of money pouring into the film and television industry from the mainland, the pursuit of things is of course becoming more and more careful, and even there is no shortage of talents. if you have money, you can solicit materials from other places, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
On the other hand, in Hong Kong, the lack of capital is no longer a problem of ancient clothing or fashion, but a general trend. When other places are more willing to spend money on a good series than you are, Hong Kong cannot rest on its laurels if it wants to break through again. TVB and Shaw Brothers are now in tune with the mainland from time to time, so that apart from being able to broadcast on the vast platforms of the mainland, they also hope to use the huge funds of the mainland to provide the quality of the series, otherwise, the series in Hong Kong will only continue to sink.
In fact, time travel drama department TVB is good at it, why don't you have it now? (online picture)