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The Character Construction of American TV Series and Its Enlightenment to Domestic TV

Taking the “Better Call Saul” as an Example

Authors
Zehui Wang1, Jingzhou Yang2, *
1The College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
2Academy of Film and Creative Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215028, Jiangsu, China
*Corresponding author. Email: Jingzhou.Yang19@student.xjtlu.edu.cn
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Jingzhou Yang
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_138How to use a DOI?
Keywords
TV Drama; Role Construction; Characteristic; Impact
Abstract

“Better Call Saul” is an excellent American television series. As a spin-off of “Breaking Bad”, it continues its excellent character design and intriguing plot development, giving audiences around the world a treat to talk about. However, while “Breaking Bad” has a huge audience and the film and television industry has done a lot of research on it, “Better Call Saul” has not been studied in domestic academic circles. This paper takes several main characters of the play as the research object, analyzes how their characters are designed, and how they complement each other with the dramatic conflict of the plot, so as to explore a new angle of character design. Through the study of the characters in this American drama, this paper can provide a reference for the Chinese film and television industry. The results show that Chinese TV dramas can learn from this American drama to improve the depth of character design and avoid designing stereotyped and labeled characters. This may ultimately improve their artistic literacy and bring more excellent works to Chinese audiences.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_138
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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