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Originally, The Legend of White Snake was scheduled to be the last episode, and there was enough preparation before the finale. Basically, all the problems were laid out in the previous 19 episodes. The last episode solved the problems smoothly in half an episode, and the last ten minutes took

Have an emotional reunion.

Now it was supposed to be the last time to shoot out, but a group of people forced their way in and knocked me back blind!

Eight screenwriters discussed it for more than two hours, but still did not come up with a satisfactory answer.

"The last episode is about a battle of dharma. The green snake and the white snake fight against the dharma sea, and the water overflows the golden mountain."

"Fahai can't leave yet, he hasn't gone to Lingyin Temple yet!"

"That's right! Jinshan Temple is not a temple in Hangzhou. Fahai hasn't checked in at the local Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou yet. How could he just disappear like this?"

"The above rigid requirement is that several scenic spots must be added, especially several scenic spots in Hangzhou, which must be described with emphasis."

Everyone quickly determined the specific route, but how to fill in the outline was a bit troublesome.

"Let's separate."

"It must be separated, but what kind of narrative structure should be used?"

Several screenwriters looked at the screenwriter present who had famous works and was also considered a celebrity in the industry.

Narrative structure can be thought of as a line.

Different narrative structures determine changes in routes.

By using different narrative structures, the audience will see a story that follows a corresponding line.

Seven narrative structures are usually used, and the screenwriter and director can tell which formula corresponds to them when they get the script.

For example, the narrative structure of tragedy: Freitag Pyramid, low high low

Beginning: When something happens, you want to change it.

Ascendant: Investigate the cause and get to know your companions.

Climax: Active confrontation, unwilling to be played by fate

Ebbing tide: After the climax, you suddenly find that things are continuing as they ended.

Ending: Struggle hard and find that you have reached the predetermined ending and nothing has changed.

The Legend of White Snake definitely does not follow this approach. The chief screenwriter directly said: "Use the hero's journey."

No one else is surprised, this structure is indeed a mainstream structure.

1. Ordinary world: daily life of the protagonist

2. The call of adventure: Encounter.

3. The hero has not yet awakened, encounters a crisis, and awakens to evolve.

4. Meeting a mentor: The hero meets someone who prepares them for the future, maybe a parent, a teacher, a god, or a wise hermit.

5. Crossing the first threshold: grief, or a major event such as the death of a family member, or it can be a small ordeal that seven people overcome together. The hero steps out of his comfort zone and joins a new organization and a new place.

6. Test, allies, enemies.

7. The heroes are close to their goal.

8. Severe tests and overcome.

9. Reward: The heroes get something important they are looking for, and victory is in sight.

10. The road back: Discovering that the Four Dark Kings are not the final BOSS, the real BOSS is...

11. Summary: The protagonists were almost defeated. At the critical moment, they recalled their adventures, courage, honesty, knowledge, purity, hope and other precious qualities along the way, and finally worked together to defeat the final BOSS.

12. Return with a full load: After victory, the protagonist returns to their original life.

A middle-aged man said: "There is no problem in using this, but we are not the same person. If we are separated, each person is responsible for how many episodes. How should we divide it?"

The chief screenwriter quickly said: "Divide several scenic spots and stories according to your own knowledge reserves. In short, when you are responsible, try not to create magic weapons and plots that are beyond your ability circle."

The others nodded. In short, it doesn't matter how many episodes the protagonists perform, they just don't have to grow.

Even if you grow up, you still have to return to your original state when entering the next plot.

The general direction has been decided, but there are still more issues to discuss.

"Who can sing? The script writer made it up. This Rilong episode requires several songs to be sung, and the dialogues are all in the form of dramatic rap. I won't take it."

Taking over someone else's script work like this will encounter many problems, the biggest of which is that it does not match the previous ideas and style.

Those who eat this kind of food are mentally prepared for this kind of thing. Most screenwriters have strong imitation and appreciation skills and can find the clues more accurately than the audience.

But what is now facing several gold medal screenwriters is not how the script develops, nor is it continuing to make things up, but the duet style that incorporates folk art and rap.

This form of dialogue made "The Legend of White Snake" quickly become popular, but now the screenwriters are troubled by this hot topic.

"I told the director, and he said that he has already found someone who can sing Huangmei Opera. He will arrive in the afternoon, and we will have a meeting to discuss it."

Wei Zhongzhou quickly sent an assistant over.

"Have you finished writing the script? We don't have much time!"

"Urgent! Why are you urging me? We just started today, how can we finish it so quickly?"

"Hurry up, it can't be postponed, and it can't affect subsequent updates. The higher-ups have issued requirements, and the script must be finalized today!"

"Damn it! How did this Rilong compile twenty episodes in one day?!"

Several screenwriters are struggling to think of solutions.

They are respectively responsible for different plots and also belong to the same script writing team.

Usually TV dramas, which require a lot of creative content, are jointly handled by multiple scriptwriters.

After the scriptwriter in charge finalizes the general direction, the remaining scriptwriters fill in the plot according to the stage they take over.

Writing a script is not like writing a novel. It requires repeated revisions, and it also needs to be revised according to the actors, real environment, policy requirements and other aspects.

There are people like Zhang Rilong who can figure out a rough plot in one night, but they can only be classified as talented geniuses.

Creating one episode is different from creating a hundred episodes of content. People's energy is always limited, and the ideas in their heads cannot always pop up.

After two days of busy writing, the script team initially determined the general plot. For example, some people wrote the plot of Thousand Island Lake, some wrote the plot of the imperial court, and some continued to write the daily plot.

We also found a professional team to take charge of the songs. There is no shortage of professionals in this era. If you have money, you can find suitable songs to adapt from the historical accumulation.

The composition team, drama team, and crew are constantly increasing.

The staff responsible for the creation worked longer and longer overtime hours, and under high-intensity pressure, another script writer was soon hired.

The more people in the industry know, the clearer it is that Zhang Rilong wrote twenty episodes of the script in one or two days.

"How is the situation? I heard that the progress has stopped in the past two days."

Li Baixing brought his men to visit the class. This "The Legend of White Snake" is his achievement. As the initiator, Li Baixing is very concerned about the progress here.

Liu Suifeng said quickly: "Everything went well, the songs and script have been finalized, and the quality is top-notch."

Li Baixing nodded with satisfaction, "Has Zhang Rilong contacted you?"

Liu Suifeng said: "He didn't contact me. I sent him the new script and the music composed by the master of Jinling Huangmei Opera this morning. He responded very well in the afternoon and didn't say anything else."

Li Baixing smiled and said, "Let him calm down for a while. After a while, he will calm down and then coax him. This kid still has some talent."

Liu Suifeng also smiled and said: "Yes, he is really talented. He has done all the things that more than 100 talents, including screenwriters, composers, costume designers, and makeup designers, etc., have created by himself. He is just too arrogant.

He refused to listen and tried to persuade him seven times, but he still didn't let him go."

Li Baixing was in a good mood at this time, "Anyone can change the world after leaving it."