{{Infobox television
| show_name =Ipartment
| image =File:I Partment.jpg
| caption = Sitcom
Comedy
Comedy-drama
| format = Narrative in past tense
| camera =Multi-camera
| picture_format =1080i 16:9 (HDTV)
| runtime =45~49 minutes (no advertisements)
| creator =Wei Zheng
Wang Yuan
| director = Wei Zheng
Wang Yuan
| film editor = Zhenying Zhou
| film location = 
ChinaShanghai
| Seasons = Four seasons+side story(5 in total)
| executive_producer =Yu Gong、Xiaojian Zhang、Yanping Wang
Zheng Wang、Yan Wu
| starring = {{nowrap|Kingscar Jin,Evonne Zhao,Michael Chen,Loura Lou,Sean Sun,Kimi Li,Eric Wang,Deng Jiajia,Jean Lee,Vanessa Zhao
| opentheme = "This Is My Future" by Amber Kuo
| endtheme = “I remember” by Peishan Yan (season 4),“Closer” by Zhenhuan Luo (season 3)
| language = Mandarin
| country = China]
| channel = China Jiasu TelevisionSeason one
| num_episodes_0 =20
| first_aired = August 5, 2009
| last_aired = August 15, 2009
| channel_1 = China Dongfang Television、Guangdong TelevisionSeason two
| num_episodes_1 =20
| first_aired_1 = January 24, 2011
| last_aired_1 =
| channel_2 = China Anhui Television、Hubei Television、Shanxi Television、Dongfang TelevisionSeason three
| num_episodes_2 =24
| first_aired_2 = July 31, 2012
| last_aired_2 = August 12, 2012
| channel_3 = China [[Anhui Television]、Heilongjiang Television、Dongfang Television、Hubei TelevisionSeason four
| num_episodes_3 = 24
| first_aired_3 = January 17, 2014
| last_aired_3 = January 28, 2014
| imdb_id =
| tv_com_id =iqiyi.com、pps.tv、youtube.com
| website = http://movie.douban.com/subject/3926132/
}}
iPartment (Chinese: 爱情公寓; pinyin: Aìqíng Gōngyù), is a sitcom from Mainland China. It was produced by Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Studio, aired by Jiangxi TV in August 2009, with 20 45-minute episodes. There are four episodes in total.[1][2]。
Investors and Producers
editIpartment is owned by a social network company, the four founders are Taiwanese, it is funded by JAIC and CyberAgent from Japan. [3] [4] "Ipartment" was a tool for promoting the social network website "Ipartment" at first[5][6][7][8][9]
Plot Introduction
editSeason 1
editZhanbo Lu,a graduated student from abroad, met Wanyu Lin, a ambitious rich girl who tried to escape from her family for freedom on the bus. They decided to go to the "Ipartment" to attend a wedding that is hosted by Lu's sister, Yifei Hu, and the Xiaoxian Zeng. Meijia Chen met Ziqiao Lu, her ex-boyfriend, at the wedding by accident. Shenqi Guangu wanted to find the Aisen Apartment, but he was tricked to decide to live at Ipartment by Meijia Chen and Ziqiao Lu who wanted someone to share the rent with them.[10]
Season 1.5
editSeason 1.5 was funded by Intel[11]Season 1.5 was only shown online and it's 5 episodes, 80 mins in total. It first released on June 7th, 2010 on [youku.com]、[iqiyi.com]、[sina.com]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Season 2
editWhen the season one released to public, the crew had already planned to start the season two[12] It started on Feburary 2010, due to the documents, actors and script.[13] It finished shooting on May.[14]. In order to collect ideas and stories from people, the crew organized a Internet activity for people voting and writing the plot of the eposide.[15][16]
Season 3
editIpartment 3 started on July 13th,2011. The 8 most popular actors and actresses was back in Season 3.[17]
Season 4
editAfter Ipartment 3, the plot of Season 4 became the hot topic. After the crank up of Season 4, Michael Chen posted a photo of Demolition of the site, and the other actors and actresses left some sad comments, which made people feel that season 4 was the end of Ipartment.[18] However, director Yuan Wang said season 4 was not the end, they were preparing a film.[19]
Comments and controversy
editThe plot, story and cast of Ipartment are similar to AmericanComedy “Friends” and “How I met Your Mother’’, therefore, people called it “Chinese Friends”.[20] [21] There were compliments and criticism at the same time.[22] Also, Ipartment was considered to be a well-translated eposide.[23] Moreover, it was criticized for Plagiarism by several international media. [24][25]
Criticism
edit“Ipartment” is the same style as American eposides. For example, it was considered that the acting, narration, style is similar to “Friends”. There were also example shown that “Ipartment” season 1.5 was plagiarized from “The Big Bang Theory”. [26][27]. Season 3 was still considered to be plagiarism.[28][29] Director admitted that “Ipartment” was influenced by the American style, there were many elements that were taken from American eposide, but he didn’t agree that the story was the same as the “Friends”. However, he said he did learn from the plot of the “Friends”, and he believed that “once there is imitation, there will be progress.[30] Due to the plagiarism of the book “Diary of Bao Lai” on August 4th,2012, “Ipartment 3” apologized to the writer Bao Lai, and paid for the fine.[31]
References
edit- ^ 爱情公寓投拍同名电视 SNS跨界第一弹，PCHOME
- ^ 偶像剧《爱情公寓》搬网友故事上荧屏， 新浪娱乐
- ^ http://www.bnext.com.tw/article/view/cid/0/id/4182 日方資金下注愛情公寓前進中國
- ^ http://tech.china.com/zh_cn/news/net/domestic/11066127/20091012/15663709.html SNS网站营销新策略：投拍同名电视剧收视飘红(1) 2009-10-12 10:22:19 李雪 北京商报
- ^ http://yule.sohu.com/20120809/n350278680.shtml 《爱情公寓》当初是为了推广同名社交网站！
- ^ 爱情公寓掀开SNS网站盈利“面纱”
- ^ 高格公司介绍
- ^ 都市爱情爆笑喜剧《爱情公寓3》剧集资料
- ^ imdb.cn介紹
- ^ 《爱情公寓》第一季拍摄制作备案公示，但与实际剧情差之甚远。
- ^ According to scenarist Yuan Wang, season 1.5 is between season 1 and 2, hence it's also called the "side story", the location didn't change, but the actors were changed, and it was shown online instead of television 电视剧官网的报道
- ^ 《爱情公寓》登陆江西卫视 第二季正在拍摄中，新浪娱乐
- ^ 王传君凭《爱情公寓》走红校园 遭遇学生围攻，新民网
- ^ i工作 i生活 英特尔携手《爱情公寓II》，爱情公寓官网
- ^ 《爱情公寓》第二季筹拍 引发全民编剧运动，新民网
- ^ 参见本次全民编剧官方网站（见外部链接）
- ^ 《爱情公寓3》上海开机秀 “F4”闪亮组合登场新浪娱乐.2011年7月14日.
- ^ "《爱情公寓4》成最终季，电影版抢夺2014贺岁档". 人民网. 2013-7-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "《爱情公寓4》吊胃口 主创否认今年暑期播 电视剧可能还有续集". 凤凰网. 2013-7-23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ 中国版老友记开播 《爱情公寓》登陆江西卫视，新华网
- ^ 《爱情公寓》被称现代版《武林外传》，网易娱乐
- ^ 山寨神剧《爱情公寓》竟一口气播到第三季
- ^ 《爱情公寓》被质疑抄袭 汪远：不是名著 开心就好
- ^ Chinese sitcom accused of scene stealing from cult American TV series
- ^ Is This Chinese Sitcom Stealing Its Jokes from Friends?
- ^ 抄袭对比片段
- ^ 如果电视剧片尾字幕里需要指明借鉴出处的话
- ^ 先被网络段子作者维权再被美剧迷"扒皮" 《爱3》是非多
- ^ 《爱情公寓3》继“段子门”后被指山寨多部美剧
- ^ 《爱情公寓》收视飘红 光明正大地抄美剧火了，腾讯网转成都商报
- ^ 《爱情公寓3》为抄袭道歉 千字万元补偿稿酬http://sh.qq.com/a/20120805/000031.htm
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