"I've always wanted a daughter."
Los Angeles, a modern family set.The content of the plot "dress her in a nice little dress, give her hair, manicure, makeup" has been filmed in the third episode of the script."
Reveal a little secret, when Manny was one year old, I dressed her up like a girl and everyone said he was my daughter, hehehe."
In front of the camera, Gloria Pritchett made an excited expression and quickly retracted and explained."
But only a few times.""
I didn't want him to be confused about his gender, and when he saw the picture of him as a child, I told him it was his dead twin sister."
Jepricht: "After the filming run-in of the first few episodes.Several actors of Modern Family in the play have obviously entered the state.It is well integrated into the narrative style of the pseudo-documentary form of the TV series, they show a natural appearance as much as possible in front of the camera, ignoring or deliberately ignoring the cameras around them, in order to meet the shooting style requirements of the pseudo-documentary.At the scene of the crew, everyone was busy working.Modern Family has been scheduled to premiere in ABC's fall season in September, and will be released as an eight-o'clock premiere drama.This kind of time schedule is not too good, but it basically meets the specifications of a new drama, at least it has not been put into the death file of ABC at ten o'clock.Regarding the statement of death, each TV station is slightly different, but basically there are some conventional time periods, of which ten o'clock is the common unpopular time period of major TV stations, once the TV series is placed in this time period for broadcasting, then basically the crew must be ready to be cut.Of course, this statement is not absolute, for example, the Thursday night broadcast by Anatomy Grey at 8 p.m. was one of ABC's death schedules, but the show still changed this result with its excellent plot, and has become a popular drama on TV today."
Screenwriter Allen, about the content of the script of the fourth episode" took the content of the new episode of the script in his hand, and the person in charge of creating the show found Zhao Yuan.After a long period of development and exploration, the creative process of American dramas has a set of fixed templates.Unlike movie scripts, which often only rely on the process of creation by a single or a small number of screenwriters, American dramas are large in size, and with the development of the plot, the creation of scripts no longer relies on one person alone, but a group of people to collectively create the content of the series.The same goes for the screenwriting process for Modern Family.Zhao Yuan, the creator of the script, sketched out the general framework, and then assigned the single-level tasks to his screenwriters, who summarized and polished, analyzed the characters' personalities, and finally decided on the content of the latest episode through discussion and meeting.Such a script creation model not only has the consideration of maintaining the level of the plot, but also the promotion and efforts of Hollywood's screenwriters' guild are indispensable behind it.After all, TV stations decide to subscribe to a limited number of TV series each year.If this approach is not adopted, how can the Writers Guild ensure that the majority of its members have the right to work?
In Hollywood, not every screenwriter is talented.For example, the original Zhao Yuan relied on designing some vulgar joke plots in third-rate sitcoms to earn low manuscript fees and maintain a basic life.And this is a fact, and it is also the real life of the vast majority of low-level screenwriters in Hollywood.Of course, all this is in the past tense.Today's Zhao Yuan is no longer the poor and unknown screenwriter he was at the beginning.He made a name for himself in Hollywood, and became the core creator of the modern family, holding the power of life and death of the show.And that's just a change in his apparent identity."
Not dramatic enough."
His eyes swept over the script in the hands of the episode screenwriter, and Zhao Yuan thought about it for a while, and then put forward his own opinion."
The conflict between Di and Gloria should be more undercurrent, they are both ruthless to each other in their hearts, but on the surface they still have to pretend to be harmonious, I hope this situation will continue until the end of this episode of the script, and then through quarrels, and even start to break it out, creating a plot reversal effect" Di is the mother of Mitchell and Claire in the modern family script, and Jay's original wife, and her appearance will create enough explosions and conflicts for the show."
I see, Ellen screenwriter."
nodded, and recorded all the changes proposed by Zhao Yuan about the plot of the new episode.Although the screenwriter responsible for the creation of the episode is far more than Zhao Yuan in terms of grade and screenwriting experience, Hollywood has always been a stage for winners.If he is not willing to take on the job, there are a lot of screenwriters behind him, waiting to join the screenwriting team.Write down a few parts of the new episode that need to be modified and adjusted, and the episode screenwriter looked at Zhao Yuan in front of him, and after hesitating for a moment, he still chose to open his mouth and say to him."
Speaking of which, screenwriter Allen, have you heard about the recent union incident?""
Writers Guild?"
Hearing the words of the episode screenwriter, Zhao Yuan's face couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.In Hollywood, both actors and screenwriters have their own unions.Zhao Yuan's predecessor was a member of the screenwriters' union.It's just that he didn't have any fame in the entire trade union at the beginning, and he belonged to an unknown low-level role."
Is something happening to the union?""
I heard that because of the negotiation of the basic agreement, the union has been arguing with the producer constantly, and the whole negotiation process is not smooth, and there is even a vague intention to break up within the union."
When he said this, the expression on the face of the screenwriter in charge of the episode was a little worried.Once the negotiations between the screenwriters' union and the producer break down, it will not have much impact on a well-known screenwriter like Zhao Yuan, who has become famous now, but it will be a major blow to middle-level screenwriters like them.Since they have chosen to join the screenwriters' union and enjoy the convenience, benefits and work support that the union has won, they must stand on the same side as the union to fight if something goes wrong."
Perhaps, this is just the news released by the union to fight for more bargaining chips, and the real situation may not be so bad as it is."
On the surface, Zhao Yuan comforted the screenwriter in charge of the modern family episode in front of him.But in fact, he knows very well in his heart that this time the decision of the screenwriters' union will exceed the expectations of many people who pay attention to this negotiation and even the producers.Sure enough, a few days later.The Writers Guild of America announced that negotiations with the producers had broken down.For the first time in nearly 20 years, all union members will be required to join in the strike.Any member who ignores the strike decision and continues to participate in the work of the film and television series will be severely punished by the union.