TTLV: The system of villains in three successful TV series of the second decade of the 21st century: Living with mother-in-law, The judge, A lifetime of grudges

1. Student's name: Le Van Luat

2. Gender Male

3. Date of birth: January 22, 1982

4. Place of birth: Dong Nai

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 3379/2017/QD-XHNV dated December 19, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process: extension of study period according to Decision No. 3674/QD-XHNV dated September 23, 2019)

7. Thesis topic name:The villain system in three successful TV series of the second decade of the 21st century:Living with Mother-in-law, The Judge, A Lifetime of Grudges

8. Major: Theory, History and Criticism of Cinema and Television; Code: 60210231

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai, Head of the Department of Culture and Communication, Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results: The thesis emphasizes the construction of a system of villain characters in television dramas (with scripts adapted from foreign scripts) in the second decade of the 21st century:Living with Mother-in-law, The Judge and A Lifetime of Grudges. Through comparison and evaluation of these three TV series, we can see the success in building the villain system in these three films. This proves that in order for all domestic TV series to be successful, filmmakers must pay attention to building the character system when creating the script, especially the villain. And to increase the drama of the film, they must always create unique villains, according to the way of building villains, of the three films studied.

11. Practical applicability: provides some methods for building character systems, especially villains in television drama scripts.

12. Further research directions: (if any)

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

                                                                                     INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: LE VAN LUAT 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: January 22, 1982 4. Place of birth: DONG NAI

5. Admission decision number: 3379/2017 / QD-XHNV dated December 19, 2017

6. Changes in academic process: extend the study period based on decision No. 3674 / QD-XHNV dated September 23, 2019)

7. Official thesis title: System of villains in three successful TV series of second decade of the 21st centuryLiving with mother-in-law, Adjudicator, A lifetime of resentment

8. Major: Film and Television of Theory, History and Criticism

9. Code: 60210231

10. Supervisor(s): Assoc.Prof.Ph.D Nguyen Thi Minh Thai, Head of the Department of Culture and Communications of the Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, under The Hanoi National University.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The thesis emphasizes the construction of a system of villains in television dramas (with Vietnamese localized scripts from foreign scripts) in the second decade of the 21^stcentury: Living with the mother-in-law, The Adjudicator and A lifetime of resentment. By comparing and evaluating these three films to recognize the success in excellent construction of the villain system in these three films. This proves that in order to have the success of all domestic dramas, filmmakers must focus on building the character system when creating the script, especially the villains. And to increase drama, they always have to create unique villains like the villains, of the three researched films.

12. Practical applicability, if any: provides some method of building character systems, especially villains in a television series script.

13. Further research directions: (if any)

14. Thesis-related publications: No