How do TV writers adapt novels? -Take Ode to Joy as an example.

In all dramas, including TV series, the plot and layout are the first. All other details, including the people who are most interested in the audience, depend on the basic narrative to get vitality.

First of all, from this basic point of view, how the narrative of Ode to Joy is laid out.

Ode to Joy has five protagonists, and each protagonist has his own independent story line. Among them, on the emotional line, except Xiaoqu and Guan Guan fell in love with Zhao Qiping at the same time, the emotional lines of others did not intersect. (Assuming that Guan Hequ doesn't know each other, there is no possibility of emotional contradiction afterwards, or this contradiction is not particularly dramatic. ) In the career line, five people are in different companies, and there is no inevitable conflict.

Therefore, the lives of these five protagonists are simply roads, each with its own scenery. In this case, each protagonist's love life can be a separate play, but horizontally, the five people are fragmented and unable to form a connection.

In order to make the life stories of five people meet horizontally, the author and screenwriter must find ways to make the stories cross horizontally.

In Ode to Joy, two factors become the main contribution of layout: 1, position 2? Character character

These are the two most commonly used props in drama to help intensify contradictions.

First of all, two or more people who need to have a conflict are arranged in the same place, so that there is an intersection of actions.

Then, the personalities of these characters are set to "uncoordinated state" so that there is a collision at the intersection of actions.

That's why the story of Ode to Joy begins with Andy and Qu moving into the 22nd floor, instead of sharing a room with Earthworms and Guan Guan.

Although the three people in 2202 have local intersections, their original roles are in harmony, so even if they live under the same roof and have overlapping actions, they cannot form dramatic tension. (This can be seen from the first episode. Qu is hr, bigger than others, and naturally knows how to make concessions, but his age and salary are similar, and he wants to take root in Shanghai. Their troubles and dreams have mutual understanding, and there is no competition between them. They show this coordination by complaining to each other and admitting each other's troubles at dinner in the first episode. ) The addition of An Hequ breaks the harmony between space and personality, and the birth of disharmonious factors makes it possible to construct horizontal contradictions.

In the play, the screenwriter borrowed a line from Fan, suggesting to break this coordination.

At this point, the horizontal structure of Ode to Joy is officially completed, and the story can begin.

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After a basic understanding of the principle and setting of the writer's contradiction, let's take a look at how Ode to Joy presents the story to the audience on a carefully built stage.

In the first paragraph of the first episode, the narrator, which is highly talked about, is used.

"Ode to Joy Community was delivered five years ago, with good location and convenient transportation. A month ago, 220 1 and 2203 on the 22nd floor of Building 19 started to be renovated at the same time, and three girls who were renting a house in 2202 were caught in the middle ... This is unbearable. "

This passage introduces the narrative of the characters in time and place, which is a typical refinement of the original work in the process of drama adaptation.

In the original book, the opening rhythm is much slower than the TV series. First, it tells in detail how Andy was persuaded by Tan to return to China abroad, and then it tells in detail why Xiaoqu received a phone call from his mother abroad and why he came back to fight for property. After the two wedges were unfolded, the location of the story moved to the Ode to Joy community in China.

During the adaptation of the TV series Ode to Joy, the opening ceremony was set in Ode to Joy Community, when the decoration was completed. Two episodes of A Month ago were deleted and embedded in the timeline more than a month later. As a "past tense" fragment, it was indirectly presented to the audience through the action of Anhe Qu after returning to China.

In this way, the length and breadth of the whole story are condensed in the 22-story space-time, and the dramatic narrative is compact and three-dimensional.

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Why do you need this adaptation mentioned above?

Television is the main carrier of TV series, which is usually placed in the living room. The living room is an open interpersonal environment. It's normal to watch TV or chat with guests while playing mobile phone. So the audience's attention is easily distracted. So in this case, the plot arrangement of TV series is different from that of movies and novels. If you want to catch the audience's attention in a TV series, you must have a strong dramatic reaction from the beginning to the end of the series.

Having said that, I want to elaborate on the first episode, the first conflict between five people-returning to China and the party, which I think is a good plot adaptation of this drama.

There is no such passage in the original work, because both Andy and Qu appeared in the Wedge I mentioned earlier, which fully explained their personalities. However, in the drama series, because the time is directly folded to a month later, the character An Hequ is only introduced by a few lines or narration, and An doesn't even have a reasonable chance to appear.

As I explained just now, the plot of a TV series, especially the beginning, must always be in conflict. Therefore, even the appearance and personality of the characters should be reflected in contradictions.

In this case, the screenwriter first let Xiaoqu meet Guan Guan and earthworm when moving. When the three girls met for the first time, Qu Fu's lines in the elevator inspired the first "disharmony".

Of course, this is just a small flame in front of the fire. Soon, their rolling emotions were dissolved by ditty's chocolate and active greetings. A screenwriter who is not afraid of big things can't waste such a small flame, or the audience will change channels, okay? (-All screenwriters are real Qu Xiannv), so as a "disharmonious virus carrier", Qu Xiannv must be the chief culprit to prevent the flame from being extinguished.

As a result, Xiaoqu began her disturbing return party and personally expressed her main plot line in the play-how to compete for property.

In this way, the harmonious life of the three women in 2202 next door was finally completely broken, and the small flame burned into a fire.

Some people want to sleep for beauty, but they can't-Fan wants to marry a good family at the age of thirty.

There is no way to reply to the email-I was born in an ordinary university, and I worked hard as an intern just to stay in the company for Guan Juer, a confused and struggling girl.

The seemingly insignificant little earthworm knocked on the door and asked to lower his voice. When she came back, she moved her neck with the rhythm, which actually paved the way for her next contradiction, that is, her brainless personality.

A party will show the present situation and difficulties of four people.

Of course, you are wrong to think that a sick screenwriter will stop like this. The fire did burn, but it wasn't enough-the wicked goblins didn't burn, and the villains didn't get punished. How can we win the hearts of the audience?

So, it's Andy's turn.

In stories such as novels or plays, there is a way to shape the impression of characters, which is called comparison. For example, in martial arts novels, you want the protagonist to appear very powerful as soon as he appears. You can let a very powerful monster appear first to fight the hero. After the monster knocked down all the heroes, there was a sudden sneer from the protagonist in the distance. As soon as he appeared, he knocked down the monster with two blows.

As a result, the level of the protagonist suddenly rose to the highest.

In this example, the protagonist and the protagonist do not directly compete one by one, but the ending is in the reader's mind, forming the impression that the protagonist is stronger than the protagonist. In Ode to Joy, Andy's appearance also used such a four-two technique.

Fan Meisheng can control Guan Guan and earthworms; But none of them can cure ditty. When Xiaoqu came to 2202 for accountability, Andy appeared and immediately stopped Xiaoqu.

In a very short confrontation, the strength of the five people is compared, and the audience immediately has their own judgment, without much pen and ink.

As mentioned above, in TV series, the best way for the protagonist to appear is a way of buying one and getting one free. When a character appears, it is necessary to show a personality; Character display, to promote the plot. Looking back at the first episode of Ode to Joy, we will find that its opening is a typical chain link.

Narrator: Introduce the time and place.

Fan Meisheng Appears: Make-up (Showing Personality)

Get ready to go out, meet earthworms, and close the customs (plot promotion+introduction of new roles)

Qiu Yingying's appearance: talking to fan Mei Sheng, eating (showing personality)

Eating with Guan Guan (story promotion+introduction of new roles)

Guan Juer's appearance: having dinner with Qiu Yingying (showing personality)

Dialogue with Qiu Yingying Flyover (show their backgrounds and compare them)

Go home with Qiu Yingying, take the elevator and meet Qu Xiaoyu (introduce the new role+promote the plot).

Qu Xiaoyu appeared: greeting and giving gifts (showing personality)

Talk to your mother and speak at the party.

The party was stopped by the police and rushed to 2202, attracting Andy (? Show personality, promote the plot, and introduce new characters}

Andy, come out: List data, check laws (display characters)

Warn and control Qu Xiaoyu (end the incident and detonate the highest point of contradiction)

Summary:

This film has five main characters. If the screenwriter doesn't handle it well, it will easily lead to a narrative confusion at the beginning of the story. The adaptation of the TV drama "Ode to Joy" makes good use of this serialization technique in one episode, which not only makes the appearance of each character three-dimensional, but also always shows his character in the plot. Judging from the process of adaptation of multi-protagonist novels into movies and TV shows, it is a successful example of adaptation.

Write here first. If anyone watches it, the next part will analyze how the flag is raised in this play ~