Posted 2017/8/3
Short television plays consist of one or two parts, similar to short novels. They constitute an art form Suitable for presenting increasingly fresh and new forms with meticulous care and precision.
in the initial stage of Chinese television, short television stories were broadcast live. With settings in the studio and the techniques of multi- camera shooting, the short stories were shown to the television audience through electronic transmission- The single-part play was different from the live telecasting of on-stage dramas and is now considered the prototype of modern Chinese short television plays.
In 1978 CCTV presented Affctfon of Three Families China's first short television play featuring Outdoor and on-location shooting.
From 1978 to 1982 Chinese television plays were mostly short, but through them, Chinese audiences came to know television plays.
The Red Flower That Never Withers was China's first short television play to cause a great sensation. It tells a touching story of a martyr, Zhang Zhixin, who is lofty and unyielding in the face of persecution during the Cultural Revolution. After that, short television plays on the life of ordinary people and their ideologies were welcomed by audiences.
Ordinary People and Petty Things lashes out vehemently at the malpractice of giving dinners and sending gifts as bribery and praises a cadre who refuses money and gifts and cares about teachers. The play makes its point through showing the experience of a widowed teacher in her change of jobs.
A Young Man tells of a young man of little learning who is deprived of study during the Cultural Revolution. Not content with himself, he cherishes great pursuits and eventually obtains achievements in scientific research.
