Chapter 554: Sitcoms are different
"What do you think?" Ms. Liu said.
Meilan said: "These are all popular themes now. β
She thought for a while: "There are a few TV series that are quite good, can you watch them?"
"See. Liu Qianqian said, "I really don't have any concept in my heart." β
"It's mainly this kind of popularity right now," Meilan said, "but it's not the same as TV dramas......
can be written in detail, and the TV series will have to make trade-offs, after all, they are not filming agricultural and food programs.
Liu Qianqian nodded while biting the pen: "Forget it, let's stop here today." β
Qiu Qiming's task for them is to do a good job of Liu Ruyue's character, she has almost finalized the draft, and the rest will be discussed when she goes to the meeting tomorrow.
Liu Qianqian took the opportunity to follow Meilan and watched several TV series recommended by her.
The next day, she went to Qiu Qiming's studio.
Qiu Qiming now lives with his only daughter, and there is a son-in-law and grandson at home, the grandson is still young, and the family is always noisy, so he rents an office outside.
If Liu Shi hadn't died, Liu Qianqian would have gotten married a year after graduating from college and working, and now the Liu family also has children.
In addition to Qiu Qiming's desk, there is a long dining table that can seat six people, which is used as a conference table, and there are two rows of four single sofas in front of Qiu Qiming's desk, and behind the desk is a whole wall of bookcases.
Outside the conference table, the rest of the layout is almost the same as Yanagi's study.
Liu Qianqian was stunned as soon as she came in.
Qiu Qiming said: "There is tea and coffee in the cabinet, you can make it yourself." β
Liu Qianqian walked to the sideboard with the water dispenser, and Qiu Qiming said again: "Just rush your own, I have it here, and there are drinks in the Xiaoice box below." β
"Uncle Qiu's side is quite complete," Liu Qianqian smiled and made a cup of tea, "and a Xiaoice box." β
"Don't look at my age," Qiu Qiming smiled, "Recently, I have started to drink Coke, and I can't drink it at home, for fear that children will follow suit." β
"Uncle Qiu himself should drink less," Liu Qianqian said with a smile, "Be careful of diabetes." β
"Well, try it next time you buy sugar-free. β
"Where's Sister Bai?"
"She takes her children to English class first, and then comes over in a moment. Qiu Qiming said, "There are still snacks in the cabinet." β
"I brought some. Liu Qianqian took out the tin box from her bag and opened it to see biscuits, "Bake it in the morning." β
"Good, good," Qiu Qiming took out a Coke from the Xiaoice box and took a sip, "It's so delicious to watch." β
And he said, "The ham is also delicious, and you have taken care of it." β
Qiu Qiming naturally also got the ham, he followed the method taught by Liu Qianqian, cut it into thin slices and drank it, which was really wonderful, and the soup with the bamboo shoots was also delicious.
If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't eat it too often, I guess the ham would have been eaten by now.
"I'll do some more next year," Ms. Liu said, "and I'll have to wait a year or so to receive good pigs." β
Qiu Qiming said: "Oh, collect the pigs of the individual family. β
"Yes," Liu Qianqian said with a smile, "Although the farm's are not bad, there is nothing bad about many breeding methods of pork used for cooking, but it is more suitable for making ham for the sake of raising pigs for the New Year." β
Most of the farms eat pig feed, and the feed of good farms is also good, but the pigs raised from individual stocking and leftovers of vegetables and fruits will still be more delicious and fragrant.
Individuals raise pigs generally for the New Year, either they kill and eat them during the New Year, or sell them for some money during the New Year.
The two of them talked for a while, and Bai Wenjun also came over.
The three of them sat down at the conference table, and Qiu Qiming first collected the two of them's forms, copied three copies of himself, and then distributed them to the two people.
Liu Qianqian took it and took out Bai Wenjun's one first. U9 eBook
Bai Wenjun's setting is unexpectedly not very special, it is still the set of the eldest lady who escapes from marriage, Liu Qianqian read it again, and replaced it with Qiu Qiming's, Qiu Qiming's Liu Ruyue retains the setting of a woman pretending to be a man, but Liu Ruyue has become a girl who went to Beijing to take the exam.
Qiu Qiming finished reading it and sighed: "Qianqian's is good." β
Bai Wenjun was silent for a while: "Indeed." β
Liu Qianqian smiled and said, "I don't know if it's good to shoot, I haven't done a sitcom ......"
Bai Wenjun said: "Filming can still be filmed, in order to save scenes, many major events can also be expressed in the situation of dialogue, people's gossip, or aftermath." β
"Yu Wei?"
"For example, something big happened in the imperial court," Bai Wenjun said, "This incident has a great impact on the whole story, but we will not shoot this matter directly, starting with the discussion of the villagers, the protagonist can hear this matter, mention this incident, and then the impact of this incident on society will eventually affect the small village." β
She thought for a while: "For example, if the imperial court changes the emperor, the old emperor dies, and the new emperor ascends the throne, what is its residual power, that is, amnesty, because of amnesty, so some crimes come out of prison and go home, and one of them may return to this village, or a little more butterfly effect, the protagonist was waiting for a turnaround, but the person who brought her a turnaround, on the way over, was murdered by a prisoner who returned to his hometown by amnesty, and he couldn't come back, and the turn that the protagonist was waiting for was gone, and she fell into new difficulties." β
Liu Qianqian nodded again and again: "So that's the case." β
Bai Wenjun smiled: "The scenes of sitcoms are fixed, and no new scenes are generally added, which is different from ordinary TV dramas and movies, but some TV series will also use this method in order to save money, or for the sake of rhythm, after all, even if it is a major event, sometimes it will affect the continuity of the plot." β
Liu Qianqian had a sudden sense of realization: "That's true." β
Bai Wenjun said: "Qianqian's setting is quite good, let's use this." β
Qiu Qiming said: "Yes, let's discuss the next step based on this." β
Liu Qianqian said: "I was inspired by Meilan last night and thought it would be good to add elements of food and farming. β
Bai Wenjun said: "It's good, it's quite popular now, and it's more compatible with light comedy." β
"But......" Liu Qianqian said, "I don't know how to behave better." β
Her experience in this area is indeed too lacking.
At least she knows that the screenwriter also has to take into account the situation of the picture, writing a script is not writing, whether it can be filmed is also one of the considerations.
Qiu Qiming said: "Wen Jun, how many episodes of your comedy are there?"
Bai Wenjun said: "At present, the first season is set to be twenty-eight episodes, this is the shortest, and it can be lengthened." β
Liu Qianqian thought for a while: "Twenty-eight episodes, one episode lasts about twenty-five minutes, if the pace is faster, can you finish telling three or four stories?"
Bai Wenjun said: "A sitcom episode lasts about 40 minutes, try to finish a story in one episode, and at most two episodes of a story, not too long." You can think of a sitcom as a 40-minute sketch that can leave foreshadowing, and the plot is coherent and cohesive, but you can't break up a story that is too long. β
"Twenty-eight stories?" Liu Qianqian was surprised.
"You can't say that, because things don't necessarily work out," Bai Wenjun said, "The rhythm of a sitcom is the most basic three-act rhythm, where problems occur, attempts to solve problems, success or failure." β
She picked up the pen and drew on the paper, which is a habit of hers, which will make her thinking clearer: "Take Liu Ruyue as an example, if we want to shoot the first episode, she must be carrying He Yingying on her back, this picture is the most impactful, a knight dressed as a man carries a girl in a wedding dress on her back, running on the road, which will undoubtedly arouse the curiosity of the audience, they will want to know what is going on and what happened." β
And he said, " In the first episode, we have to explain this clearly, we don't need to explain it all, Liu Ruyue's life experience, He Yingying's life experience don't need to be said, but why did Liu Ruyue run away with He Yingying on her back, this must be made clear, Liu Ruyue wanted to find a place to heal He Yingying, but everyone in the village rejected her, walked from the village entrance to the bottom of the mountain, and finally Ailan accepted them, but for the sake of the foreshadowing of the plot, Ailan can also be arranged to appear in advance, and this will be discussed in detail later, when it comes to this part, this episode should be around twenty minutes, at the end of this first episode, Liu Ruyue and He Yingying decided to stay in this villageγ β
She wrote on a piece of paper:
Something went wrong: Liu Ruyue fled to the village with He Yingying.
Try to solve the problem: find a place to stay.
Success or Failure: Success.
Qiu Qiming glanced at it and said: "There is another point, which is commonly used to write, and it can also leave a little suspense at the end." β
Bai Wenjun smiled: "If it's an ordinary TV, it's better to keep a little, but for a sitcom, it's better to give a neat ending." β
Qiu Qiming said: "I am also the first time to come into contact with sitcoms, is it necessary? If this ending is better, how can I keep the hearts of the audience?"
"Because it's only a staged problem to solve," Bai Wenjun said, "Judging from the first episode, Liu Ruyue and He Yingying stayed in the village, and this staged problem was solved, and the next question naturally emerged, what should they do if they stay in the village? This point does not need to be deliberately played, but to guide the audience, why does Liu Ruyue disguise herself as a man? Will He Yingying be chased after escaping from marriage? Why is Ailan's family surrounded by walls, these things are to attract the audience to continue watching the next episode." β
Bai Wenjun said: "In the past, there have actually been people in sitcoms who used ordinary TV dramas to leave suspense, but the effect is not particularly good, people who like to watch sitcoms, their requirements for TV series are that they can take out an episode to watch at any time, and they can finish watching a story without looking at the front or the back." This is something that ordinary TV dramas basically can't provide to the audience. β
If an ordinary TV series comes out with an episode in the middle, most of them don't understand the beginning and end.