Some time ago, thanks to the epidemic, lying at home and watching TV dramas was to contribute to the country. It was once a joke of people's hard work and was widely circulated on the Internet.
Guanzhu also used this time to make up many film and television dramas. However, the more I watched, the more a question came to my mind: how to watch the film and follow the drama as the creator of the story instead of the crowd? How does see the creative way in film and television dramas?
Watching you today, I will talk to you about how to watch movies efficiently and easily "steal the teacher" in the film and television drama.
For the author, the way to obtain the material is not only his own experience, but also the two forms of reading and reading.
Stephen King once said: "Fictions and movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruits, but they taste completely different. It is true that film and television dramas and novels are two different narrative arts. Watching movies cannot replace reading. The same Reading is not a substitute for watching movies. Only when we figure out the differences in the nutrients drawn from the two can we understand when we need to watch movies to recharge.
1. The time consumed is different, and watching movies can quickly gain knowledge
reading It is a positive process, while watching is a negative process. Compared with watching movies and TV series, reading requires more attention and imagination, so it takes more time. Therefore, when you have enough time, you need to improve Your own literary skills (such as improving vocabulary and text control skills) or want to study a topic in depth and learn more details, please choose to read.
On the other hand, the human brain likes to visualize things and learn through videos. Complicated things are faster and easier. Therefore, if you need to understand knowledge and common sense in unfamiliar fields in a short time, film and television dramas can guide you easily.
2. Different ways of thinking, watching movies allows you to better understand the film and television industry
Authors who intend to make their own novels film and television, watching film and television dramas, especially watching film and television dramas adapted from novels, can help you intuitively understand the differences between film and television and novels, as well as the common points between the two, and then prepare for film and television in advance. Be prepared.
It is well known that film adaptations cannot translate every word in a novel into visual language. In fact, many successful adaptations are not similar in appearance but in spirit.
In addition, certain themes such as science fiction and fantasy novels Adaptation will also involve budget issues for later film and television shooting, so if the author has industrial thinking during the creative period, and does a good job in the "god" part of the adaptation of the story core and story logic, it may make your novel easier Being filmed and filmed.
3. is different in effectiveness. Watching movies is an effective way to understand the tastes of the audience.
Whether it is a novel or a film and television series, they will eventually establish contact with readers. It is undeniable that film and television works are more spread than novels. Wider and faster media, the timeliness and topicality it embodies are more effective. Therefore, paying attention to recent topical movies and "net celebrity dramas" can effectively help you understand what readers think, and find the behind Readers demand, create stories that directly hit readers’ pain points.
On the other hand, as the most common and influential form of storytelling in modern entertainment, film and television dramas are also subtly feeding back the creation of novels, such as often seen in film and television narration The fast-paced, montage, and non-linear narrative structure carried forward by film and television works, these narrative techniques with distinctive image characteristics are increasingly used in the creation of today’s novels.
, famous director Quentin Tarantino said in an interview with "Empire" magazine in 1994: "I steal lessons from all the movies ever made."
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement and experts watch the doorway. Learning to watch movies and follow plays from the perspective of a creator can make you a better storyteller. The following are some notable points in the video. You can pay special attention when watching the video and make notes if necessary.
1. Story structure
No novel can escape the story structure of beginning, development, climax, ending, and the same is true for movies. If there is not enough time, instead of spending a few days reading a novel and breaking down its structure, we might as well try to watch a movie instead.
But before that, Guan Zhujun suggests that you have a certain understanding of the story structure, hereRecommend two story structure reference books for novel authors and screenwriters: James Scott Bell's "Writing Good Stories This Way" and Blake Snyder's "Save the Cat" . Carefully compare the differences between the two, so as to be targeted when watching the film.
2. Story rhythm
After talking about the structure of the story responsible for the transition, let’s take a look at the story rhythm, pay attention to the emotional changes you are watching the film, and often ask yourself: Do I find this film boring/interesting? In which part of the video feel bored/excited? Which part of the film disappointed/exceeded my expectations?
Whether it is a slow pace or a fast pace, it is not a good rhythm that can not promote the progress of the story, and what we have to do is to pay attention to analyzing whether the individual scenes and plots of the film play a role in promoting the story progress while watching the film.
3. Character creation
In the process of watching a movie and chasing a drama, we will definitely be attracted by one or several characters with distinctive personalities. At this time, quickly take out the notebook and write down what makes this character stand out and how TA interacts with others Interaction, how will TA make choices when encountering a crisis event, TA’s original family composition...
In addition, we can also use another method to exercise our character writing skills: pick one in the film that contains A scene of two or more characters, and then describe the scene from different people’s perspectives like writing a novel, including what the character thinks at this time, and sensory details.
4. Music
film and television drama is attractive, in addition to its intuitive visual effects, appropriate music rendering also played a role in setting off the atmosphere and enhancing the experience.
And the most wonderful thing about music is that it can instantly evoke people’s emotions and memories, so we can pay attention to collecting the original soundtracks of movies and TV dramas that can arouse your different emotions, and according to different emotional attributes (such as sadness, fear, romance, tension, Hot-blooded, cheerful, etc.) Create your own playlist so that you can create the same emotional effect with words when writing specific scenes in the future.
Of course, you can also consider using music as narrative clues into the story. Do you remember "Want to See You" dominated by Wu Bai's "last dance" ~
