Second, the professionalism of screenwriters
1, meditation
Screenwriters are lonely and have to endure loneliness.
Be quiet and don't be disturbed by fame and fortune.
Love this industry, and do not enter the industry with utilitarianism.
2, action
Say 10,000 times, as well as to do once. The key to success is diligence and action.
3, attitude
Attitude determines the height, as a creator, always have to express something. And to insist on their own expression.
The work is not able to change the current concept of people. Don't be a cloud of people.
4. Imagination
Imagination is the source of artistic creation, and divergent thinking provides more possibilities.
5. Logic
Your script should be within the scope of human understanding. It should not be contrary to common sense, full of loopholes, the most afraid of a serious nonsense.
6. Revision
First finish and then perfect. Good scripts are changed, and good works need time to be polished.
7, adhere to
Rome was not built in a day, maintain the enthusiasm to create, adhere to it.
Third, the core competence of screenwriters
1, good at observation
Observe the characters, events, pay attention to details. Good at thinking and summarizing.
(1) Characters: break the inherent thinking, expand the breadth of the persona. That is the purpose of observing realistic characters.
For example, the script is to write a big fat man of more than two hundred pounds. Conventional image: lazy, sleep in bed every day to wake up naturally, eat and drink without exercise. Special image: hard to exercise but not thin down, very flexible in fact will dance street dance.
The peddler who tampered with the scale, the child who lied, and the square dance lady who led the dance
The role that good characters play in film and television dramas: to make people remember a drama.
Aura of the main character: the character's specialness
Special events: what is going to happen next
(2) Events: the most important thing about an event is not the appearance, but the truth hidden behind it.
The event is a visualization of what's going on, and the creator has to look at what's going on behind the scenes.
(3) Details: The details are the root of everything, observe like Sherlock Holmes.
The point of observation is to see what others do not see.
2, emotional management
The script is not the use of emotions, professional screenwriters rely on reason and skill.
The script is written in tears, and in the end, you realize that you are only moved by yourself.
The curse of knowledge: the more you know, the less intelligent you are. The more you know, the less you can convey to others.
Stay rational and move people with emotion.
Creators can't add too much subjective emotion, they must remain rational.
3, the story is king
The script is just a form, the key is to tell the story well. Style and theme are important, but storytelling is the job of a screenwriter. Don't pander to the market, any subject matter needs a good story.
Fourth, the writer how to turn screenwriters
Excellent writers are not necessarily good screenwriters
1, adjust the writing style
Novels for the readers to write, responsible for their own, while the script for the crew service, is the workbench.
2, adapting to the proposition essay
The author of the novel creates independently and more freely, and the screenwriter creates more according to the proposition of the director and producer, and pays more attention to communication.
Scriptwriting is theme first, establish the outline, ? Grasp the rhythm, every scene should be meaningful.
3, strengthen the drama
The script emphasizes the drama, the conflict should be stronger, the suspense should be stronger.
The action of the characters in the script should be clear, so that the actors can play.
4. Dialogue is more important
The lines need to be artistic, but they also need to be spoken and lived in.
The lines should be in line with the character, avoiding a thousand faces and a hundred voices.
People can't leave the environment, and lines can't leave the context.
Subtext is important.
5, the story outline
The movie for the record, the project plan, the story outline is particularly important.
6, communication skills
Screenwriters are more inclined to teamwork and pay more attention to communication skills and expression.
The best screenwriters in the movie and TV industry are those who are good at dealing with people.
After class
Find a scene in any movie or TV drama, and according to the content of the plot, use the screenwriting
idea to restore a descriptive paragraph, the requirements are as follows:
Firstly, it must include the time, place, characters, and lines;
Secondly, it must be restored in accordance with the content of the plot, and re-creation is not allowed;
Thirdly, only one scene is needed, and it is not suitable to be used as a screenwriter. Only one scene is necessary and should not be too long.
Have a general feeling about the script and the writers. Macro feeling.
Finish the homework assigned by the teacher; read the book "Saving the Cat" on Weebly Books to get a better understanding of screenwriting.