Introduction of the vegetarians and idols on the same stage to exchange musical skills, highly sophisticated choreography equipment to create a concert atmosphere, jumping out of the shackles of the competition, to the ordinary people sing on stage, "the voice of the dream" to re-link the "dream" and "voice" of the relationship.
Now, the combination of stars and vegetarians has become the latest mode of music variety shows, but how to play well with the combination of stars and vegetarians? Many programs have not been able to find the right direction, while "The Sound of Dreams", after experiencing pain, fumbling and adjustments, the ratings after three broadcasts have gone up, reaching 1.235% in 52 cities. It can be seen that a team that wants to make a good program, in addition to spending a lot of time and energy to figure out and prepare for the details, will also continue to self-reflection, self-adjustment. So how did this program stand out? And how did it kill itself in a homogeneous program?
The tutors: good at singing and dancing, and fun to interact with
The tutors are the key to a good program. In "The Sound of Dreams," each of the five groups of mentors is half of the music world, both in terms of their musicality and their ability to remix, so the competition and interaction between the mentors is actually the most intriguing.
Some of them are first-time mentors, and some are already seasoned. In fact, there's a potential crossover "rivalry" between some of them, such as Xiao Jingteng and JJ Lin, both of whom are very thoughtful in their music, and who are both friends and rivals at the same time. They are both good at love songs, JJ Lin's "What I Miss", sings how many audience's hearts are broken, even Tian Fuzhen appreciates and applauds; they also have a Rock heart, in the music exchange is a needle point to the wheat. Especially Xiao Jingteng, everyone thinks he is especially cold, but he is lively and quirky under the stage, and hot on the stage - "Once You" exhibits strength, and "I'm Eating Fried Chicken in People's Square" changes to a new idea.
In addition, the program team captured the small expression and interaction between the tutors is also particularly subtle, when Zhang Huimei sang the first line of the lyrics of "Silence", Tian Fuzhen covered her face with a face of shyness, "super good", the expression of the fan girl captured in place. Tian Fuzhen is also not weak, a song of "Black Willow" turned the whole audience, was shouted "subversion". I believe that through the program, she will be different from the previous HEBE in everyone's impression.
Yuquan's mentors, on the other hand, have a lot of experience, and their rivals are themselves, and the audience is waiting to see how they will surpass themselves. Although the first phase of the initiative to give up, but their control of the music since not in the words, more daring in the program to put aside the status, put aside the non-sense, to make bold attempts. For example, the adaptation of "Scars".
Additionally, the audience's response was surprisingly enthusiastic. In the past, it was necessary to rely on the show's director to lead the applause scene, but now there is no need at all, and every glance between the singers and the audience is a tacit understanding. As a result of this, the "three-hour adaptation" system will be even more intriguing. As Tian Fuzhen said, "I still have to bear this kind of pressure at my age", and the performance of the mentors will be even more exciting in the face of the strong vegetarian students.
Vegetarians: super strength, flesh and blood
When the concept of "star-vegetarian combination" was first proposed, it seemed that many programs were trying to cater to the requirements of the star-studded programs by adding a few vegetarians to make the programs no longer star-driven but the essence of the program has not changed. However, this is not the case with The Sound of Dreams. Previously stars and vegetarians are unequal, now being put on the same stage for confrontation, they to the heart of the idol to teach and cut, in the program with the strength to achieve the reversal of each other with the music exchange at the same time also bring the audience an incomparable wonderful show, and the program group finally also warm-hearted for the outstanding vegetarian singer prepared for the 10,000 people in the concert, the real realization of the warmth of the music to pass on. In the three weeks since the program started broadcasting, the various topics caused by the stars and vegetarians have continued to heat up and ferment, which has also made this star-vegetarian combination of the program's topicality and interactivity no less than that of a purely celebrity program.
As we all know, singing reality shows follow the trend of serious, vegetarian resources more and more difficult to find, the program group in the search for "new face" can be described as painstaking. In addition to the stars and vegetarians in the program dialogue is a particularly difficult thing, because of its own self-positioning and expressive power in the existence of a certain gap, a little careless, it is easy to let the audience to see the "embarrassment" outbreak. However, the students of "The Voice of Dreams" have performed surprisingly well - mainly reflecting eight words: super strength, flesh and blood.
For example, Zhao Jun, the trainee, got the mentors excited. Xiao Jingteng listened to hi, Lin Junjie listened to stupid, even Tian Fuzhen, who didn't talk much before, listened to become a chatterbox. Everyone described him as a big devil. Songs such as "Kiss Me" and "Only to You" showed the audience his strength. In addition to the charm of his music, Zhao Jun on stage also envied the audience with his interaction with his new wife off stage.
Besides Zhao Jun, there is also a girl named Ye Xuanqing, whose "Sound of Dreams" was her first vocal lesson in college, and whose singing voice was evaluated by her mentors as "aggressive" and superb. That night, Ye Xuanqing was qualified to compete with the two tutors. A song "I waited until the flowers are also thankful" and a song "this life is only for you", has directly let her get the qualification of the 10,000 people concert, but in order to show more of herself, she chose to ask for advice from JJ Lin, sang a song "key words", regret stopping the stage. Despite her regrets, she microblogged that night about the harvest and touching that the stage had brought her.
The interaction between stars and vegetarians in the program is numerous, and they use their voices to interpret their dreams and cherish every opportunity to show themselves. Obviously, in order to make the "star-vegetable combination" mode of variety art to give birth to a hit, the sense of immersion, interactivity and groundedness of the three major elements are indispensable. So, whether a program group is willing to tap the vegetarian, cultivate the vegetarian is a crucial role in its performance, compared to the star has been exposed in the limelight, the story of the vegetarian may be more interesting.
Choreography: world-class equipment
Music is the carrier of the program, content is the essence of the program, and the visual and sound is the biggest foundation of the program. The stage of "The Sound of Dreams" is also world-class. What's even more remarkable is that once upon a time, only celebrities were able to enjoy this kind of equipment, but now vegetarians can shine on this stage just as much as singers.
According to reports, the show set up its own recording studio in the Cultural and Sports Exhibition Center in Lin'an, Hangzhou, and the irregular curved shape resembling a wormhole filled the 2,400-cubic-meter space to the brim. Visible are the stage effects, with a 7,000-meter long LED lighting strip, along with more than 500 LED screens, giving the choreography a high-tech, futuristic quality. There are also six mechanical arms connecting the two main stages, which is the world's most sophisticated technology introduced from abroad by Zhejiang TV, can be used as a background LED display, can also become a mentor trainee performance when stepping over the base plate. The shape of the arms can be changed according to the usage, which is more like a loyal partner on the stage.
There are also stage lighting equipments invisible to the audience to provide quality assurance for the program, including 100 sets of XP-1000SZ F, 50 sets of XP-20RBSW and a lot of other high-precision equipment. It is these powerful high-output strobe effects as well as brilliant and colorful lighting effects, with the help of professional staff, a speed of light interplay, and the perfect integration with the atmosphere of the scene, along with the high and low music, exudes a different luster.
After finishing the visual, let's talk about the sound. The Sound of Dreams" has a huge sound reinforcement system, including five DiGiCo consoles and one Calrec console to provide protection for the program. In addition, there's the main PA console, the mixing desk, the recording desk, and so on. In short, the sound is world-class. This kind of "sound and light" equipment makes people rave, even the veteran JJ Lin also did not hide his appreciation of the stage: "The stage design and the whole presentation, I think it is a dream performance space."
Such a fantastic stage not only made the audience in front of the TV set jaw-dropping, but also made the live audience burst into a long-lasting applause and cheers after listening to each song.
The competition system: innovative subversion of the audience's fortunate
Because some reality shows "spoiled" bad, the audience habitually think that this kind of variety show should have PK or voting links, but the "voice of the dream" did not, the students only need to be in the scene of the 300 music lovers, as well as the 11 members of the music booster group! In front of 300 music lovers and 11 members of the Music Boosters, the students only need to receive live coaching from vegetarian singers who harbor music dreams. Once successful, these vegetarian singers will be given the opportunity to join the 10,000 people charity concert.
At first, many people complained that the competition system was unclear, but the program team went through the process of figuring it out, creating it, processing it, and then readjusting it after the third episode. We saw the Music Boosters in full force, discussing whether the vegetarians could go to the ultimate concert from the perspective of musicality, and the whole journey to fulfill the dream was clear and unambiguous.
Does a variety show really need voting and PKs? As the director said, this is a variety show - leaving behind the traditional talent show music program mode, such as talent show, competition, and adopting a new form of presentation of the "concert friends", the mentor and the vegetarian singers to put down all the baggage, purely music communication, mutual advice The new program is designed to show the audiovisual tension of the essence of music, making the music play more pure, and allowing the stars and the vegetarians to use their voices to talk, which is the gospel of all the viewers and music fans.
Many viewers have commented online that the show is dancing in shackles, and that it is crossing the river by feeling the stones, but now it seems that the team has found a better way to make the show as effective as possible. There is also a feeling that the live stage is very atmospheric, lighting and music rhythm with a drop of water, sound effects are world-class, the program group invited Liu Zhuo and Jin Shaogang team is the best in the country.
Before "The Sound of Dreams", there were too many competitive music reality shows on major TV channels. 11 years after the talent show, very few successful, proved that this kind of frenzy does not even have any meaning to the music industry, then also do not under the guise of star-making to carry the banner of what to save the music industry. The Sound of Dreams tries to "show" singers and music as a new way to play, which is not only the audience's luck, but also the luck of the music.