Chapter 336

The screenwriter recruited by Stanton studio once participated in the adaptation of the Lord of the rings trilogy. Although he was not signed in the end, he was also recognized by the industry. What Murphy invited him specially was his successful experience in the trilogy.

Anyway, George Martin has been far away from Hollywood for many years, and he is not a successful screenwriter. It's OK for him to grasp the trend of the plot and the fate of the main characters, but some details of the script need to be presided over and completed by more professional screenwriters.

In the past nearly a year, the writer assisted George Martin to complete the script outline and the first draft of the script, and gradually gained the dominant position in the whole writing team headed by him and George Martin.

However, as Murphy completes the production of the lost lover, the hottest stage of the film is over, and he turns his energy to the planning of the song of ice and fire: the game of power. The screenwriter naturally loses his past dominance. Moreover, Murphy requests to change the amorous nature of the script he wrote, especially the setting of the little devil Tyrion Lannister.

I don't know how the screenwriter moved George Martin to change the little devil Tyrion Lannister into a complete jerk, in line with the tradition that Hollywood freaks must have freak ideas.

To adapt such a charming character like this, Murphy would not agree and asked for revision, but met the resistance of the screenwriter. Of course, these boycotts were just a mantis, but the relationship between the two sides inevitably deteriorated.

This screenwriter thinks that he has the successful experience of writing the Lord of the rings trilogy and the partial support of the original author George Martin. In addition, 20th century fox has obtained half of the investment rights and copyrights. He also thinks that with his own experience and the production tradition of Hollywood TV series, he can move 20th Century Fox and set off a power tour within the project Drama.

But he was obviously too confused by the tradition of Hollywood TV series production, and ignored who was carrafes in charge of the project in 20th century fox.

There is no suspense about the outcome. He was fired by Murphy and carafes.

The penalty stipulated in the contract is not high. Naturally, the screenwriter refused to leave with more than 100000 dollars. He also asked Stanton studio and 20th century fox to pay for the copyright of his adapted script, which was also rejected by Murphy and kalafes.

There is a remark clause in the contract between the two parties, which specifically states that the copyright of anything related to the song of ice and fire: game of power created by the other party during the period of employment shall automatically belong to the employer.

This is also the Hollywood convention, the screenwriter is more unwilling.

Murphy knows that, like the industrial assembly line of the film industry, Hollywood TV series production also has a mature system.

Hollywood has recognized that TV play is the art of screenwriter. A screenwriter with sufficient qualifications will often expand his authority in his creation and adaptation of TV play, become the operator of the whole TV program, and supervise the work of other departments. His focus is not only on the script, but also on all aspects of TV play production, from performance to editing.

They can even become the chief executive officer of TV drama production and also act as the producer. Their names are usually signed as executive producer, which appears at the top of the signature of TV drama

different from the film industry, the production process of TV drama needs the continuous participation of the screenwriter.

Therefore, the negotiation content of the TV play script agreement includes not only the remuneration for the creation of the trial script, but also other additional terms, which are set according to the high position of the screenwriter in the set production and TV play project.

But in this project, Murphy is the only one in the leading position. He will respect George Martin's opinions and reasonable suggestions of other writers, but he will never let others take the lead.

In some ways, this is also brought about by the differences between the film industry and the television industry. In the film industry, even the gold medal screenwriters can't really fight against the directors, but in the television industry, the position of the screenwriters is equally important, even more important than the directors.

In order to avoid trouble, Murphy simply let George Martin be in charge of the whole writing team, and let the remaining new writers become the tools of their own and George Martin's will.

Just like commercial blockbuster production, the production of TV series will also employ a group of screenwriters to assist in script creation and TV production under the command of TV producers.

Later, Stanton studio and 20th Century Fox jointly registered and established a production company called ice and fire studio. All the businesses related to the song of ice and fire: the game of power were attached to the name of this studio, including the contracts with other new writers of the screenwriting group.

Ice fire has signed a new contract with writers other than George Martin to improve the treatment of these people, but this is a typical scriptwriter package agreement.

When a production company or TV station signs a screenwriter on a contract basis or in the form of signing a package agreement, they will pay the screenwriter a lump sum as the package fee during the contract period. The contract period is usually one to two years, and sometimes it may be renewed for another year or more. The screenwriter writes for the production company or TV network company The labor of creating and producing TV series is exclusive, and the writer can't work elsewhere.In addition, the contract also stipulates that the screenwriter should adapt at least a certain number of scripts for Murphy to choose during his working period.

This agreement can only be used for writers who are not well-known. Ice & fire studios only need to pay a one-time fee. They can not participate in the later stage share as those writers who dominate the production of TV series.

Maybe the agreement will change in the future, but in the early stage of the project, Murphy will not offer high salary to these people.

In the next two weeks, Murphy took all the screenwriters, including George Martin, to the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and rented a large conference room, which was specially used for script revision without outside interference.

Among them, the most important modification is about the plot of the little devil Tyrion Lannister. In the hands of the former playwright, the little devil Tyrion Lannister becomes a complete jerk, completely losing the charm of the role itself.

Little devil Tyrion Lannister is not a good person. There is no doubt about this. However, there are many shining points in this role. As long as the person is suitable and the plot is set in place, it is definitely a very popular role.

When Murphy was browsing the TV series quickly, he saw a dialogue between Jon Snow and the little devil Tyrion Lannister, which left a deep impression. He had forgotten the specific content of the dialogue for a long time, but he just remembered the words of the little devil Tyrion Lannister. To sum up, this is the meaning. If someone as frustrated as him doesn't read and think seriously, it must be true There is no future.

This plot can fully reflect the other side of the ugly appearance of the little devil Tyrion Lannister.

In a word, one of the most important tasks of this script revision is to make the little devil return to the right track and show the charm of a "villain".

It's hard to write about bad people who are hateful, and it's even harder to write about bad people who are compassionate. The little devil Tyrion Lannister is not an inexorable scum, but has something to blame morally or in some way.

The revision process is completely dominated by Murphy, who uses Hollywood's usual play skills of whitewashing tainted characters. Of course, "whitewashing" refers to whitewashing script characters, which is not suitable for life.

Complex human nature, different positions, interest involvement and other factors will affect a person's view of others. In the aspect of story characters, because this is a TV series broadcast to adults on cable TV network, the audience has long been away from the simple aesthetic of good and evil. The flat characters of "black or white" and binary opposition are not controversial and credible, and can not be maintained for a long time The vitality of spreading.

In Murphy's own words, as the representative of the virgin white lotus, Bai Suzhen also flooded the Jinshan Temple for her own sake, leading to the destruction of life, not to mention those who participated in the power game.

Not only the little devil, but also other characters can't be distinguished by a simple point of view of right and wrong. It's obviously too fake to write the character Gao Daquan. It's only suitable for the adult audience in North Korea to watch. Proper defects or defects can make the characters more full and vivid. But in this way, it's easy for the audience to lose favor, and the writing will collapse if they are not careful.

In the first episode, Murphy uses the technique of "overpowering and overpowering".

The first scene of the little devil appearing alone is to fool around with a prostitute, and then ridicule the characters in the north and Jon Snow's illegitimate child status.

To put it simply, first write a lot of shortcomings of the little devil Tyrion Lannister, and don't be afraid of the audience's disgust. Then write the flash points of the characters to surprise the audience with "he's not bad, he's not so bad.".

In fact, it goes without saying in detail that the audience has very low moral requirements for the character with the appearance of the little devil, so we can first write his bad side, let the audience lower their expectations, and then write to the good side, which can double the audience's favor.

In addition, Murphy and George Martin had a few more secret talks, firmly weakening the aura of the protagonist in the drama as far as possible. When it's time to kill an important role, we must not be soft handed.

In Murphy's words to George Martin, "all characters serve the plot, not one character."

Modify the plot of the little devil, and then polish the setting of the leading role.

The idea of this aspect is very clear. Every character in the play is contradictory and real. Everyone shows the dark side of human nature while fighting against fate, but it is hard to hate. It's not finished yet.

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