Of Zhao Baogang Drama Director Art Research

Zhao Baogang is one of the most influential TV series directers in the mainland of China recently. Began with the Stories From the Editorial Board in 1991, he produced a range of TV series which were popular very much during the past ten years. The styles of his works mainly devided into three stages:from the realism to the romanticism and then returned to the realism finally. Zhao Baogang made the localization transformation of sitcom, romance TV series and youth idol TV series successfully which going more with the realistic circumstance of China and matching the taste of Chinese people. The three subjects of his works are: displaying the true love; focusing on the growing experience of young people and social conflicts. The character set of Director Zhao's works is showing the "Groups of", such as "parents" type(supporting roles) and "offspring" type(patogonist). Zhao Baogang successfully shaped plenty of female characters with distinctive personalities which always gave deep impression to audiences. On one hand, under the traditional vision, they show the visiual aesthetics and they themselves are love supremacists. On the other hand, under the new vision, they urge to pursue the independent situation among their marriage, family and career, with the realization of their values. The style of Director Zhao' works is that its themes are various and the TV series suit both refined and popular tastes and are well-regarded and even sold well and well-done in handling suspences.