For example, Love Letter is like a very male and female action version, focusing on action games. Finally, it depends on who can become a "couple", but the contestants are all famous Korean artists (the programs are produced by SBS TV station in South Korea, so most of them are contracted artists of TV companies), which is different from the "entertaining ordinary people" advocated by the mainland at present. In fact, whether it is a civilian or an artist, what matters is which one can produce effect and which one can do well, which is what the audience is most concerned about.
Love Letter is a weekly program, and each batch of recorded programs is regarded as a "generation". Each issue of Generation is divided into two episodes, each of which is one hour long and broadcast once a week. When Love Letter was first published in 2004, there were 6 male players and 1 female players. Finally, it was decided who the female player would choose. Later, it was changed to seven men and seven women, with faster pace, richer content and more variables on the spot.
The following mainly introduces the current program form:
At present, love letters are mainly divided into seven links: the opening show, boys' games, girls' games, the first combination (called "playboy" in the program), "Come out for me", couples' games (grabbing chairs) and the final combination.
The "Opening Show" part was shot outdoors. A little square, the host (Jiang Hudong) introduced seven male players first, and then a big float came with seven beautiful women. At present, in the recorded love letter program, the appearance rate of several contestants is very high (one advantage of being a contestant is that artists can use it repeatedly, and whoever is popular next time will be invited). Male guests include very funny Jung-hwan Shin and Myeong-hun Cheon, and female guest Zhang Yinglan-Zhang Yinglan belongs to Wu Junru. She has ordinary conditions, but she always has no scruples. She often boldly expresses her love for handsome guys and is always ridiculed by everyone. But because of this, she is also very different among many beautiful women.
Seven female guests were present. Let's introduce them first. Then, starting with the female guest 1, let her call the opposite man's nickname (handsome boy, sunshine boy, etc. , but you can't directly name the male player), and then let the male players stand up freely-if they think they are talking about themselves, they will stand up, including knowing that they are not talking about themselves, but because they like this woman, they will stand up and "mix". For example, in one issue, when a female contestant said "Singing Prince", four male guests came out. The male host first asked the male player who stood out, "How did you know it was you?" Then the host asked the female contestant, "Is there anyone you just wanted to call?" .
After all seven female players "called their favorite man", male and female players began to ask each other questions, generally asking "what kind of opposite sex do you like" and so on. From then on, the infighting for the favorite object began. After the exchange, we will enter the "dancing time", starting with the male player 1, and invite the opposite female player to dance (the love letter stipulates that the male player 1 must invite the female player 1, and so on, so as to give each player a fair opportunity to show). With the music, these artists began to fully display their dance skills, such as "love letters". As for the popular "myth" combination, each dance skill is outstanding. This performance can be said to be the first climax of the program.
The above is the "opening show".
The second link is a boy's game, called "Love Breaking the King". The content is that boys are playing action games that challenge the limits, and female guests are cheering for them. Typical games include "kicking high" (hanging balloons and rising continuously), or running and kicking foam boards and rising continuously.
The key point of this link is "Come on and make a wish", that is, before each male player competes, the female player can come out to cheer for him, shout a slogan or make a sexy move. A male player can make a request, for example, at a certain period, a male player proposes to "do the classic action in Titanic with his favorite female player after success", while the male player does not need to say who he wants to do it with. Once he successfully completes the game (the height of the game usually increases by 10 cm), he can find a female player to fulfill his wish.
What impressed me deeply was a boy's request: (Myeong-hun Cheon, composer). He asked to "talk about my advantages in detail, and finally shouted:" You are what I want most! "I also shouted,' You are what I want most'"
This link fully shows the charm of shooting multi-lens programs, that is, when male players fly to "kick high", they will slow down the whole process from multiple angles, with the attention of female players in the middle, until the last angle is successfully kicked high. The whole process is exciting.
The third link is girls' action games, which are often changed. For example: low-leg balance beam somersault. First, the female athlete bends her head and twists her nose five times, and then somersaults (rolls) on the 20 cm high balance beam. At the other end of the balance beam are seven waiting male athletes. After turning over (most female athletes will turn upside down because of poor balance and laugh at the scene), walking in front of their favorite male athletes, carrying him on their backs and ringing the bell on the table next to them, even if a process is completed. This link is also very funny. I remember that a female player cried because of a continuous fall, and many people also laughed.
The beauty of this link is that "the damage to the beautiful image of female players is limited", just right.
The fourth link is the first combination (called "man with flowers" in the program). Starting with the female contestant 1, she stepped onto the stage, and then the male contestants asked her to perform (mostly an action, etc. ), then the music starts, and the boys who like her can come out at the same time in 30 seconds. At this time, the number of male players is enough to show the popularity of female players-sometimes five or six, sometimes none. Then the girls give the boys a "proposition"-usually a sitcom performance, in which the girls participate. For example, Pei Xiuji 1 6th generation1requested to perform "Found an artist couple walking". This link shows the artist's performance ability. Of course, every paragraph is funny. Finally, the female player throws flowers, and whoever can pick them up becomes a temporary "couple". The first pairing combination is completed.
In this link, sitcom is the biggest attraction. In fact, the so-called artist's basic talent should be performance, and he should have the ability to improvise drama. Otherwise, how can you call him an excellent artist? ! For example, Taiwan Province province's popular variety show "People Stuffing Pots", with the exception of Xu Jiehui, Jiukong is becoming more and more popular, just because he is a man with thousands of faces, who plays like who.
Generally speaking, when this link is halfway through, it is the time for the first half of the episode.
In the second half of the conference, we will continue the previous story, and then enter the fifth link: come out for me. That is "revenge". This design is very novel. After separating "lovers", arrest and kill (looking for "enemies"). Starting from the male player 1, in the previous competition, who do you think you don't like, or who "robbed your sweetheart" and "disturbed your good dream", then you can retaliate. Men's events are mainly boxing, and everyone wears huge gloves (to prevent injuries). There is a balloon behind everyone, and whoever can puncture the other person's balloon wins. The women's events are wrestling, belt tying, fixing techniques, and balloons at the back. If it falls and explodes, it is a victory. What I admire most here is the design of women's events. In my previous work, I also met the design of female athletes' action items. But the design is always unsatisfactory, because it damages the image of women (long hair is definitely indecent). In "Love Letter", this problem has been effectively solved, that is, both sides of the competition "have fixed and limited hand positions and put them on the cloth belt", and there will be no confusion or long hair, and the victory or defeat has been decided.
More interestingly, it is impossible for everyone to know who will challenge who. Everything is unknown and full of suspense.
The sixth link is a bit common, mostly grabbing chairs, which is the kind we are familiar with. As soon as the music stopped, we immediately sat in the nearest chair. They are a pair of chairs for couples to sit together. I observed it many times and finally figured out the uniqueness of this link, that is, at the beginning of the music, each group of couples will dance in front of a fixed seat for about 30 seconds, and then change to a group of players, because the music will not stop at this time, and this is the time for everyone to show their tacit understanding. Look, in such a small place, we must adhere to the concept of the whole "Love Letter" program: dance, performance!
The couple who finally win will receive a small amount of rewards and then enter the final stage.
The ending begins with the boy 1, and his "couple" comes to his voice. The host announces: Which female player disagrees with their combination, you can join in and give you one last chance! It often happens that one or more female players "join the selection", which makes male players very embarrassed. Of course, this is also the biggest attraction.
The love letter ends when the last male player makes a decision.
The post-production of Love Letter is extremely exquisite and impressive, such as big subtitles, which are in place. When a female player has a complicated expression, the most appropriate words will always be typed on the screen, such as "nervous, sorry" and so on. I remember that once Jung-hwan Shin played an old eunuch, and he "wore" eunuch clothes on the screen, and the effect was naturally better. The most service-oriented thing is to often put on suggestive subtitles and explain them to facilitate the audience to understand quickly.
From Taiwan Province Province to the mainland, China's variety shows talk too much and have too few hands and feet, which obviously lacks vitality. Even the "juvenile agent team" of Taiwan TV station felt that a group of immature teenagers were amused. On the other hand, a large number of action games in Love Letter make it full of vitality without losing its humorous language. When I watch it, I often think: is the lively and sporty character of the Korean nation the basis of this program? They especially like dancing ―― mainly hip-hop, dynamic music and dazzling dancing. How can they not impress people?
Action games are really difficult to design. After all, we can't develop in the direction of sports competitions. However, the design of love letters gives us a lot of imagination, especially the orientation of striving for the first place in front of the opposite sex in the program, which gives people a healthy and upward feeling.
Finally, talk about the controversial place of the love letter: is there a script in advance? Are the selection and performance of the players designed in advance? There is a heated discussion on this issue on the Internet. The usual view is that there is a general program direction, including who the contestants choose and a certain design. As for the individual performance of the players, there are certain rules.
I mentioned a detail before. At a certain period, a male player proposed to "do the classic action in Titanic with his favorite female player after success", and he successfully completed it. Then the female contestant excitedly turned her back on the male contestant and walked to the podium, waiting for him to hug him from behind. Male players are also very excited. First, they want to take out a bunch of flowers from a big flower basket in the distance, smoke a few mouthfuls, but don't take them out. Just lift the whole big flower basket. At this time, the beautiful accompaniment music of Titanic sounded, and everything developed towards a romantic scene. Suddenly, contestant Myeong-hun Cheon jumped behind the female contestant first, hugged her from behind, and the audience laughed. At this time, the female player realized that she was blushing and broke free.
This is a typical funny link in Love Letter, which seems to be an impromptu joke. However, after reading it several times, I finally found the flaw, that is, before Myeong-hun Cheon went to "make trouble", the host Jiang Hudong gently pushed Myeong-hun Cheon, and then Myeong-hun Cheon stepped forward-this is a "suspected design scene", and it is very likely that this paragraph was designed in advance. However, despite this, due to the excellent field effect, the goal has been completely achieved.
Personally, I am very disgusted with posing games and think it is disrespectful to players, but I think it is only for ordinary players. If you are an artist, I'm afraid an excellent pose may have a better effect. After all, their vocation is to perform, but it will test the level of the director. Here, I'd like to mention again the best variety show in Admiralty in 2005, National Pot Making. Almost all the one-hour programs have script lines, but they look like improvisation, which makes people admire the cleverness of the screenwriter!
Let me add one more sentence here. Even artists with funny styles should have certain specialties. For example, in 2005, composer Myeong-hun Cheon showed his excellent dancing skills when he danced with a16th generation Miss Pei Xiuqi who was good at retro dancing. The broken hand dance is very gorgeous (when two people quickly make the same dance movement, the same movement is played on the screen to remind the audience), and the accompaniment used in this "revival dance" is the famous disco music popular in China ten years ago (there is a cock crowing in the middle). In fact, there must be real kung fu behind the joke, and it will not be welcomed by the audience for a long time.
What's more worth mentioning is that this dynamic dance is shot in full accordance with the style of MV, with beautiful and smooth switching of guide and broadcast and unparalleled gorgeous picture. What a beautiful enjoyment!