Although September 11 is less than 10 days away, and the 911 second anniversary review and the sound of preventing terrorist attacks occupy the pages of newspapers, the earth will not stop spinning, life is life. Fans continue to walk into movie theaters, game fans continue to play games, and fans of the series keep an eye out for the upcoming fall season on TV this year.

CBS's CSI season 4, FOX's 24 Hours season 3, NBC's Friends season 10 ...... This year, of course, there are also a number of new works to look forward to, HBO's thriller drama "Carnival"; CBS seems to be determined to develop investigative dramas, and then launch the Homicide Investigation Bureau's "Ironclad Case", as well as the sitcom "Two and a Half Heroes", FOX has "Blocked Development" and "Fatal Call", etc., ABC has the appropriate "Counter-Terrorism Task Force", C has the youth idol drama "Basketball Brothers", and Shotime has "Death Likes Me...... NBC also has the crime drama "Las Vegas" and the most anticipated and publicized "Prison Break", which is also a crime drama genre, which is about to hit the screen on Monday the 15th, and its promotional work is also in the final stage.

In the elegant reception room of TV Drama magazine, Wang Yang and Miller sat on a small white sofa, being interviewed by the brown-haired female reporter Natiana Reiter on the opposite sofa.

Although Miller has participated in many interviews in the past year, he is still full of nervousness and excitement when he thinks that the TV series he starred in will start on the 15th. It was a year that was like living in a dream for him, and that day he was lucky enough to meet Wonder Young in the park, and then he was incredibly optimistic, and with his encouragement, he passed the "Prison Break" audition, and then signed a contract, got the full script, started filming, and participated in the San Diego Comic-Con Festival...... Thinking of the scene of the Anime Festival, Miller couldn't help but feel very emotional, he actually had fans and signed autographs for others...... But more importantly, he filmed.

If the whole season is not scheduled, the TV series will shoot the first half of the season first, and then shoot while broadcasting. Ratings are undoubtedly one of the most important and important indicators to determine the fate of a program on the TV screen, if the first round of ratings is low and the popularity is insufficient, then the TV station will mercilessly cut the show in half and replace it with a new program, and the second half of the season naturally does not need to be filmed again, and there will be no ending.

If the ratings reach satisfactory indicators, the plot of the script, the roles of the characters, and even the order of playback will be adjusted according to the detailed ratings and the audience's response.

Filming while broadcasting is one of the main reasons why American dramas are broadcast once a season and one episode a week; in the fall, the weather is getting cooler, people are reducing outdoor activities and increasing the time they spend watching TV; plus the end of the summer vacation, students have resumed regular school and school life, so from mid-September to late May of the following year, the ratings and market size are the highest. In addition to these, Miller also knows that this is to cultivate the audience's "dating awareness" and form their viewing habits and patterns.

However, because of the big name of Miraculous Young, "Prison Break" was booked for the whole season before NBC aired an episode. Of course, if the ratings are not good, even if NBC doesn't cut it in half, at least it will be out of Monday and broadcast on another schedule.

"Yang, everyone speculates that "Prison Break" was a kind of emotional vent when you were in prison at the time, I'm sorry about your imprisonment, but is there such a thing?" The female reporter Nadia Reitt looked at Wang Yang with an interested face, and she quickly wrote down in the notebook along with his words.

"Hehe......! I did have such emotions at first. Hearing her question, Wang Yang suddenly laughed, and now he looks back on that time, and the memorabilia has been faced very calmly, and sometimes he thinks it's funny, but he doesn't want to do it again. He thought and laughed, "I long to get out of my cell. Of course, in the end, I walked out with my head held high, not running away. ”

He frowned, and asked, "What if you escape? Do you have a reason why you have to escape from prison? He patted Miller on the shoulder and said seriously: ""Prison Break" is the brainchild of many people, not my emotional venting, that is rude statement. ”

"I'm sorry. Nadia apologized, but she didn't plan to delete the question and leave it to the editorial department! Seeing that Wang Yang said that it didn't matter, she asked again: "Yang, can you tell us about the work you have undertaken and the role you have played in this drama?"

"OK, that's exactly what I wanted to say. Wang Yang nodded, he was just one of the main creators, and said: "You know that I did not participate in the filming and production of a specific episode of "Prison Break", I only went to the set a few times. But we booked the whole episode, so at the beginning, everyone gathered around a table, holding the script and the storyboard script, and discussing how to shoot, what style, what rhythm, ......"

"Prison Break" was filmed in the Juliet City State Prison in Illinois, more than 150 years old, Miller remembers that Magic Young came to the set 4 times, and laughed and said, "It's more beautiful than Lake Island!"

"My job was to frame those aspects, provide advice, solve questions, help the four directors unify the style of the 24 episodes, and when it came time to post-production, I ran around the editing room. And then this summer, when it came to the propaganda stage, I sat here. Wang Yang said and smiled, looked at the female reporter, and said: "Actually, I have always been very relaxed in the crew, and it is really a pleasant process to work with so many excellent people." ”

"How do you define this TV series?" Nadia asked with a smile, a question that had been asked many times, and the creators of "Prison Break" had said a lot at the San Diego Comic-Con Festival, but she had to listen to Wonder Young say it again.

Hearing this, Wang Yang remembered the "Prison Break" he watched in the editing room and was about to be broadcast on the street, compared with the version in his mind, there were many, very different. First of all, we have to figure out what makes "Prison Break" appealing, why is it good......? He smiled at the female reporter: "Nervous, exciting, smart, cool." ”

In fact, its core is two aspects, the classic "comradeship" and the "death penalty crisis".

The latter does not specifically refer to Michael Schofield's brother's death penalty crisis, this is the biggest in the whole show, but it is not tense. "Death Penalty Crisis" includes new crises that keep appearing in each episode, new crises faced by each character, and in this respect it is the same as "24 Hours", with a gripping crisis appearing, creating a tense atmosphere and suspense, and the crisis brings resolution, plot development and **, and then another new crisis appears.

So why is it not good-looking? It's not good-looking because many places are too wordy, and too many characters are used like soap operas to inject water, and even contradictions are lame.

This naturally has something to do with filming and broadcasting, the audience's evaluation and response surprised the screenwriters, causing them to spend their energy on non-key places, which character seems to be popular, just give him the role, lack of the most core "prison break plan" level, when Michael Schofield runs out of few layers, the new crisis will become more and more powerless.

"It's so moving, you can't live without the TV for a second, and you will feel breathless!"

This is what he is really doing, he can see the advantages and disadvantages of this series at a glance, and then work with the main creators of the crew to amplify the advantages, make up for the shortcomings, and delete them directly, so as to make the series "become" more exciting. This version does not have the water injection of those soap operas, and increases the level of escape action, there are more than 2 small crises in each episode, and the big crisis at the end is more tense and compact, and you can't watch it for a second.

But reducing does not mean that there are no memories of the characters, in addition to delaying time, the technique of flashing back to the past is to shape the characters and explain the present, and the characters are created for the sake of "comradeship".

Fernando Sucre, T-BAG...... These prisoner characters who participated in the escape together must be liked by the audience and willing to see their faces on the screen, so that the story can be carried out and the ratings can be high. So these guys have to have a touching or hateful relationship with Michael Schofield.

If you want the audience to like these criminals, the original treatment is to portray them all as "innocent", "forced to do nothing", or people who break the law slightly, even if they are felons, they will find reasons. But in any case, if a prisoner with only a few minor offences has to escape from prison, no matter what the reason is deliberately far-fetched, the most obvious is the "laundry fat", veterans, and even Sucre, if this is the case, they will not have any interest in escaping at all.

Even if they escape, their family and lovers will not accept it, but will only scold: "Stupid!

This is the most fatal point, never underestimate the IQ of the audience. This aspect is very difficult to solve: prisoners are not necessarily "good insiders" and have a convincing reason for escaping...... In fact, this is related to the "death penalty crisis", a group of minor criminals who are unwilling to escape from prison change their positions, and this process provides a lot of crises and solutions. But as long as the crisis type in the plot is turned to other aspects, and those vulgar girlfriends are not betrayed and their daughters are seriously ill, there will not be so many far-fetched characters; on the other hand, felons can repent or not, and the key is to thoroughly deal with them as "crisis characters" rather than "comrades-in-arms" who are disconnected.

That character plays his role as a threat and brings a legitimate crisis, which is 10,000 times better than bringing a lame emotion that the audience can't convince themselves.

Of course, comradeship is needed, and a drama series that has achieved the ultimate in tension and suspense and mystery will succeed, and if it is still moving, then it will be even more successful! Fortunately, they are doing well now.

In terms of actors, in fact, the original "Prison Break" was very unsuccessful in dealing with women, they despised the evil consequences of "dead women", and also despised the ratings that the heroine was beautiful and enthusiastic, or ordinary mediocrity, because this is not "Ugly Betty" that is specifically used as a selling point.

Wang Yang will not make this same mistake as the heroine Sarah, the prison doctor, who chose a younger and more beautiful actor candidate, and passed the audition, and now the unknown Canadian actress, Evangeline Lilly. She was born on August 3, 1979, and had only played a small role in "The Superman Off" without Tom Welling, and she was supposed to play the heroine Kate in the future "Lost".

"There are beautiful actresses, and handsome actors, ha!" Wang Yang smiled and glanced at Miller next to him, Miller suddenly smiled, Wang Yang continued to laugh: "Also, every episode makes you 'wow!', and at the end of the end, 'Oh!' and then you think, 'What's next?God, I won't see it until next week?'Oh my God!' If there's a remote control, press fast forward, it's next Monday, that's cool!"

"Haha!" The female reporter Nadia Reitt was amused by him, and wrote in her notebook "Remote control, fast forward to next week", and asked with a smile: "Why did you choose Wentworth?" She said and looked at Miller, feeling that he was really handsome, although Hollywood is full of handsome guys, but it is still rare to see such a charming and temperamental look in his eyes, and such a tall and handsome guy with such a tall body.

Wentworth Miller has only now played the leading role in a TV series, and she finds it a little incredible.

"When I was walking my dogs in the park that day, I met Miller, he had a hundred dogs on his way, right?" Wang Yang frowned with a struggling expression and made a gesture that was pulled forward and pounced. Miller's smile suddenly became a little shy, and he said, "It's only eight." Wang Yang raised his hand and said with a smile: "Then he said, 'I'm an actor', that's good! He is the most suitable actor for "Prison Break". I invited him to an audition, and then things happened. ”

"I'm grateful to Young. Miller's eyes were full of gratitude. Wang Yang shook his head and said seriously: "Actually, Wentworth is very hard working and talented, he only needs to overcome the lack of confidence and nervousness during the audition, and he will spread his wings and fly high, so it's none of my business." Miller is still grateful: "You encouraged me, thank you." ”

Nadia Reitt nodded, thinking as she wrote, in terms of actors, Marvel Young has unearthed a lot of handsome guys. Not counting Zach Galifeianakis, Bradley Cooper in "The Hangover", Daniel Wu and Jay Baruchel promoted in "MIT-21-TEAM" are all eye-catching, and Zachary Levy, Tom Welling, and Michael Pitt, who followed him to the big screen for the first time, are three shining new stars.

She knows that Tom Welling is now starring in the superhero blockbuster "Superman Returns", Zachary Levy is finishing a comedy and is preparing to join "The Hangover 2", and Michael Pitt is participating in independent films. Suddenly, an unfamous name flashed through her mind, Joshua Alba, who she didn't know what he was doing right now, and of course, Miraculous Yang, whose cameos became more and more surprising.

"Young. Nadia Reitt thought about it and asked, "Do you think Wentworth can go to the big screen?

"Yes, of course!" Wang Yang nodded without hesitation, patted Miller on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I said that his potential talent is very high, and he must be so handsome! Although he knew it was a kind word, Miller smiled happily.

After asking a few more questions about "Prison Break", Natya Reiter smiled and began to ask about the gossip around her: "Jan, what influence did the TV series have on your growth, what role did it play, and what position did it have?"

"Oh, and the impact was huge, and I started watching the TV series when I was 2 years old, "Thunderbolt Ranger." Wang Yang's eyes rolled up, those memories were so blurred that he didn't know if they were what he imagined or real, he smiled: "After watching a few episodes, my mother didn't know where to find a parenting scripture, saying that it was too young to watch TV, and it was harmful to health! ”

Wang Yang spread his hands helplessly, his future children don't know if they can watch TV so early, but Jessica, who is familiar with the parenting scriptures, must know, and he has to ask her when he goes back. Thinking of this, he continued to laugh and said: "Later, when I was 4 years old, I could watch it again! That year, "Thunderbolt Ranger" was still airing the third season, and I kept watching the fourth season that ended, and later made up for what I missed earlier. ”

"I don't just watch Thunderbolt, but when it comes to TV series, it has had the biggest impact on me. He faintly appeared in front of his eyes the majestic picture of Mac-Knight, looked at the female reporter, and said excitedly: "Actually, I like that kind of chivalrous righteousness very much, a ranger who gallops in a world of crime and danger, powerful, cool, and beats those bad guys." I've been thinking about this story all my life......"

He stopped laughing and didn't say anything more, and then since junior high school, he has been writing the script for "Ranger", a story of a martial arts superhero punishing villains in a modern city, which was given to Jessica as a 17th birthday gift 5 years ago.

"Is that going to be a plan for your future?" asked Nadia Reiter, looking interested, "movie or TV series?"

"Yes, a plan. Wang Yang sighed, but this plan has to be pushed back, time flies, but the youth is still there, and his enthusiasm and grasp of "Ranger" are not at their peak. He pointed to the female reporter's notebook and said with a smile: "Don't write this, it will distract the attention of this interview, why don't you promote "Firefly"? Forget it, it's still "Prison Break", haha!"

Nadia unfortunately crossed out the answer question as he requested, and said, "So you also like TV dramas!" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, with an expression of "Isn't this obvious", and said with a smile: "Movies and movies are both ways to tell stories, and directors like to tell stories." Nadia then smiled and asked, "In addition to Prison Break, will we see any more episodes you produce in the future?"

"Of course. Wang Yang nodded, life is so long, how can there be only one "Prison Break"? He thought for a while and said: "I'm sure I will make a TV series in the future, if it is in the next few years, if I have the opportunity, I will try to make a set of sitcoms, the interesting lives of several people." You know I also like "Friends", this year is the last season, it's really reluctant. ”

"Wow!" Nadia's eyes lit up, looking forward to it as an ordinary viewer of the series. One of Wonder Young's public personas is humorous and funny, and if he comes for real, he can make others laugh on stage. At that time, NBC wanted to adapt "Juno" into a sitcom, but he refused, and as a result, the ratings of the dramas and sitcoms that followed the trend were high, what if he made a sitcom?

She smiled while writing down: "This lace news will make fans of the series shout excitedly!" Wang Yang said thank you. Nadia looked at Miller and asked with a smile, "Wentworth, Jan is getting married soon, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Nope. Miller shook his head and smiled, "Not yet, I've been busy all these years and don't have time to date." ”

(To be continued)