美剧编剧策略-职业编剧的成功之道-(第3版)

**章　美剧的特别之处 ............................................... 027想象一下电视的力量　.....................................................................027美剧的三大特质　....................................................................028美剧的人物塑造　............................................................................028长篇叙事（the“long　narrative”） ...........................................029合作　............................................................................................032电视的五大流言　....................................................................　0321．电视是小型电影　......................................................................0322．电视剧是小成本制作　................................................................0353．电视剧剧本创作有诸多禁区　......................................................0354．电视剧都大同小异　...................................................................0365．电视是片荒地　..........................................................................037电视剧的准则　.......................................................................039一小时剧时长必须是一小时　............................................................039电视剧的截止日期没有水分　............................................................039剧情类连续剧有多幕结构　...............................................................040每一部电视剧都适配一种类型　........................................................041预备，开始！　......................................................................047小结　...................................................................................047新动态　................................................................................048　聚焦“剧情喜剧”创作 ..............................................　048嘉宾访谈：大卫·艾萨克（david　isaacs） ..............................050第二章　美剧的制播流程与播出季 ...................................　054**年　...............................................................................056四月：写提案　...............................................................................056（1）写新剧计划书　......................................................................057（2）写试播集　.............................................................................059（3）写　“后门试播集”（“backdoor pilot”） ............................060（4）创制演示样片　......................................................................060（5）附上“打包”　......................................................................061（6）赢得网络粉丝　......................................................................062五月：制片公司　............................................................................062六月：制片厂　...............................................................................064七月与八月：电视网　.....................................................................066九月至十一月：试播集剧本　............................................................067十二月和一月：许可（绿灯）　........................................................069二月至四月：试播季　.....................................................................070五月：订购　..................................................................................071全季　............................................................................................071短季订单　.....................................................................................072季中剧　........................................................................................072备用剧本　.....................................................................................072第二年　...............................................................................　073六月：建组　.................................................................................073七月和八月：疯狂写剧本　...............................................................074九月和十月：首播　........................................................................076十月至次年三月：完结当季　............................................................077四月：间歇期　...............................................................................078新动态　................................................................................079小结　...................................................................................080嘉宾访谈：查理·科利尔（charlie　collier），美国经典电影（amc）有线电视网总裁　......................................................080第三章　经典剧本的创作之道 .........................................　085戏剧节拍（the　dramatic beat） .........................................085a-b-c故事　........................................................................086五幕和六幕结构　............................................................................088越多改变……　...............................................................................089两页一场戏　..........................................................................090使用网格　.............................................................................090引子　...................................................................................　091关于剧本节选　.......................................................................　092摘自《纽约重案组：西蒙说》（nypd　blue ,“simon says ”） .......093分析　....................................................................................112开场　............................................................................................113**场　........................................................................................115第二场　........................................................................................115第三场　........................................................................................115第四场　........................................................................................115第五场　........................................................................................116第六场　........................................................................................116第二个剧本节选　.....................................................................117摘自《纽约重案组：心与灵魂》（nypd　blue ,“heart and souls ”） ...117分析　...................................................................................　136冷开场　........................................................................................137**幕　........................................................................................138接下来你该做什么　.................................................................　139小结　...................................................................................　139嘉宾访谈：斯蒂文·博考（steven　bochco） ..........................　139　聚焦程式剧（procedural）创作 .................................　146是何原因？　..........................................................................................　146第四章　创作你自己的剧集 ............................................　155“倾听声音”　.......................................................................　155找到你的故事　.......................................................................　157解构你的故事　.......................................................................　159网格　...................................................................................　160大纲　....................................................................................161如何写你的大纲　............................................................................162大纲的其他形式　............................................................................165桑尼的列表　..........................................................................　168**稿　................................................................................　168问题排查　.............................................................................　172如果你的剧本太长　........................................................................172如果你的剧本太短　........................................................................172大功告成……　......................................................................　173第二稿　................................................................................　173润色　...................................................................................　175下一步？　.............................................................................　175小结　...................................................................................　175嘉宾访谈：大卫·西蒙（david　simon） .................................　176聚焦试播集创作　....................................................................　179创建“世界”　.......................................................................　179找到故事的跳板　....................................................................181移居“新世界”　.....................................................................181制订计划　.............................................................................　183第五章　认识你的同事：剧组工作 ...................................　187烂剧组（嚎叫的狼群和闪电）　.................................................　189错误1：脱离编剧组　......................................................................189错误2：把私事和工作问题混为一谈　................................................190错误3：另有计划　..........................................................................190错误4：在家里工作　......................................................................191错误5：把样稿看得跟宝贝似的　......................................................191错误6：排斥编剧组的文化　.............................................................192错误7：加入不适合你的剧组　..........................................................193好剧组　...............................................................................　193现实案例　.....................................................................................194剧组职位　.............................................................................　1961．独立编剧　................................................................................1962．剧组编剧　................................................................................1983．　故事编辑/故事执行编辑...........................................................1994．制片人　...................................................................................2005．监制　......................................................................................2016．创意顾问　................................................................................2017．行政制片人/剧目管理者　............................................................201小结　..................................................................................　202　聚焦“无剧本/真人”秀 ..............................................　202嘉宾访谈：斯科特·a·斯通（scott　a.stone） .......................　206第六章　如何入行 ........................................................212写你所爱　.....................................................................................214别写你计划推销的电视剧的商投剧本　...............................................215向剧目提适合的问题　.....................................................................215备好合适的工具　............................................................................216签约经纪人　..................................................................................217扎根洛杉矶　..................................................................................219成功的秘密　.........................................................................　220小结　...................................................................................　221接下来　................................................................................　222第七章　电影学院毕业后的生活：教训和成功故事 ................　22397级　..................................................................................　223三年后　...............................................................................　229毕业七年后　..........................................................................　231毕业十四年后　.......................................................................　235第八章　电视剧的未来 .................................................　242新机会　................................................................................244什么是电视？　...............................................................................244未来之旅　.....................................................................................245网络剧　........................................................................................245网络衍生剧　..................................................................................247万维网（web）已死　.............................................................248“混沌不是商业模式。”　...............................................................248全球化　...............................................................................　249案例a：《行尸走肉》　...................................................................249案例b：《草原上的蒙古包》（little　yurt on the prairie ） .............250当下　...................................................................................　251总结　........................................................................　252相关资源　..................................................................　253专业术语　..................................................................　255作者简介　...................................................................261译者后记　..................................................................　263