The skill of writing and directing stories

20 17 directors' skills in writing stories

Director refers to a systematic creative activity that selects valuable themes from real life to plan, interview, make shooting outline, organize shooting, edit and make, and finally check the works. Then, as an art test director, how do candidates master the skills of writing stories? The following are a series of skills and methods I have developed for you, hoping to help you.

First of all, what is a dramatic story?

Drama story is a language art with characters as the center, events as the link and emotion as the basis. The story should extend the ideological spirit and humanistic connotation on the basis of interest. A good drama story should leave room for imagination and association. Tasting is not only endless interest, but also like ringing a bell. The most important thing in a drama story is to create conflicts, that is, to set up a play. The setting of this conflict requires candidates to dare to imagine and have the ability to set suspense and organize language. The biggest purpose of a drama story is to create a character, who should have a distinctive character and unforgettable points. In addition, the characters in the text are required to have a three-dimensional sense, and the differences between the characters should be grasped. There should not be too many characters in the drama story, and the emotional entanglement is too complicated to control.

All novels have to tell a story, but not all stories are novels. Here comes a question: What is a story? What is a novel?

1, from the material point of view: the story should have a core plot and wonderful details, which is called the core of the story. Stories are like the baggage of cross talk, and everything revolves around this core. It is said that crosstalk is a suspense at first. As soon as the baggage is opened, people laugh. Writing a story also leads the reader astray first. When the core of the story reveals the truth, the story is over. There is a story called. Love is in the belly.

2. In terms of expression, the story adopts narrative method and the novel adopts descriptive method.

The descriptions and dialogues of scenes, portraits and action forms that are most commonly used in novels are rarely used in stories.

As far as the theme is concerned, the novel is about people, and everything is to shape the characters. Scenes, psychological activities, language and action descriptions all serve to shape the characters, which are in line with their identities and personalities, and plots are also determined and developed by their personalities. Sometimes the author himself doesn't know what the ending is, and he can only go on according to the character of the protagonist in the book. If writing a novel is compared to walking, there is only one general direction in advance, with forks in the road, ups and downs, twists and turns, and everywhere you go. Therefore, good novels leave you with those who are alive, not those things. Nowadays, young people ask people to write novels, regardless of their identity and personality, and they all say the author's own words. Characters can't stand up, can't live, and have no distinct personality characteristics.

The story is about things, and everything revolves around the core of the story. All the techniques used in the article are to lead readers astray first, and then lead them to the core of the story. The core of the story is like a destination. The author is like a black-hearted taxi driver, leading readers around in circles, deceiving him, luring him and showing him the scenery along the way. Finally, at the destination, the passengers suddenly realized that they had been cheated and followed you around so many times. In fact, the road is so close, right in front of him. But the passengers are still very happy. He was willing to pay because he saw the scenery along the way. Therefore, what the story left for readers has been diluted by people. A good story, decades later, is still the story itself, not the protagonist in the story. Of course, the story itself can also reflect the character characteristics of the characters, but this is only a by-product.

Second, the standard of a good story

If the story has been in a tepid state of swallowing water, readers may feel dissatisfied. At this time, we need a boiling point, a climax, and a total outbreak of contradictions accumulated by layers of colorful bedding. Both sides of the conflict have enough impact, which is explosive, even like a pair of goat horns. There is no room for reconciliation when two crickets fight. Master Deltai thinks that every scene must show struggle. Speaking of stories, every story had better have such contradictions.

1, conflicts are concentrated

There are often some articles, the stories are lively, climax after climax, climax after climax, but the author finally doesn't know what he is talking about, so he rambles and draws the stories together. As we all know, this will make the work complicated and ambiguous, which is the taboo of the story.

Don't make the story too difficult and complicated. A story is a pair of main contradictions, clear, concentrated and simple. Throughout the plot from beginning to end, all the discussions are also closely focused on this contradiction, so don't cross the details at will. Changing locks is a contradiction between father and son. Lonely Hero is a contradiction between two opposing lovers and so on.

2. The relationship between characters is relatively concentrated

The style of the story, limited by the key of space, is generally not as vivid as a novel, which can express and shape so many characters. And the mission of the story is to tell the plot, which is an art of plot. Therefore, the setting and depiction of characters should naturally cooperate with the arrangement of the plot and think about how to make the plot clearer and smoother.

Stories should be as concise and concentrated as possible in the design of character relations, and dramatic conflicts should be concentrated on several or even two characters. Even if it is a novella, generally speaking, there are three or five main characters running through it. These characters are in a contradictory relationship, constantly creating misunderstandings and conflicts, thus promoting the development of the plot.

3. The plot progress is relatively concentrated

In real life, the progress of contradictions and conflicts generally needs a long brewing process, while drama conflicts are different and must be more concentrated and faster than life contradictions.

Three, the common ways of storytelling are mainly divided into the following:

Dramatic stories can be written in a variety of ways, which can be roughly divided into the following three categories:

(1) propositional class. Proposition course is a general examination method. This is the main way to test the ability of drama story writing in enrollment colleges. There are various forms of topics. For example: parting in a limited time, overjoyed, etc.

(2) cram school. The continuation class is the continuation of a drama story, that is, to give the beginning of the story, candidates are required to weave the theme plot and the end of the story. For example, there is such an examination question:? Lao Wang is a hunter in the mountain. His family has always kept two dogs, a domestic dog and a hunting dog. One day, Lao Wang went out hunting, mistakenly put the hounds at home and took the domestic dogs out? This kind of topic has strong divergent thinking characteristics. How to write later depends on where the candidate's thinking extends. Such an examination method will not let candidates rack their brains on a topic, but will give candidates more room to play.

(3) phrases. A phrase is to weave several unrelated words into a dramatic story. Of course, you must use the words already given in the title. For example, such an examination question:? Bookshelves, photos, movies? . This kind of topic mainly examines the ability of candidates to assemble, integrate and structure stories layer by layer.

1, the concept of word: that is, to make up a story with a word or phrase as a proposition. a bunch of flowers

2. Image combination: This is the most common mode, that is, giving several unrelated words and making them appear in the story out of order. Such as: stamps, goldfish, table lamp or change, deskmate, gifts.

3. Given the material style: This mode is very active. For example, colleges and universities will give you a story outline and let you write a story.

4. Continuation: Continuation includes short films, TV plays or idioms, short stories and the like. After Mr. nanguo escaped.

5. Rewriting: Rewriting idioms and Tang poems into stories. In this mode, rewriting is as important as writing. Such as rewriting: father, mother, son and wife, watching you go away until the dust buries the bridge outside Chang' an.

6. Plot block type: Just like playing the Rubik's Cube as a child, there are several messy plot blocks. You should add the appropriate plots in the order you think is more reasonable and put them back.

Fourthly, the basic characteristics of drama stories.

1, the plot of the content

Drama story is a kind of language art that is good at plot. The vitality of drama stories lies in their circulation. A vivid and interesting drama story will impress the marking teacher deeply and imprint it on his mind. Take the circulation process of novels as an example, in this process, a lot of descriptions and arguments will be diluted, leaving only plots, which is why static descriptions and arguments are difficult to tell and remember.

2. Clear clues

Drama stories require clear clues. Which one is it? Stories? Particularity of the decision. Drama story is to make the examiner understand, understand, that is, to require the clues of the story to be clear, single, concise and organized. If there are too many clues, or like some novels, the clues are intertwined, which will inevitably give the candidates a sense of disorder and make the examiner unable to understand. I can't watch it. When the examiner is faced with so many articles about drama stories, he has no time to go back and savor them like reading novels.

3. Interesting plot

It is not enough for a dramatic story to have a clear plot, but also suspense. The so-called suspense is the audience's expectation and doubt about the development and change of the plot, the fate of the characters in the play, the psychological state of the stage reality, and the psychological requirement of expecting to know what will happen later. If there is no suspense in the drama story, the plot will not catch people, and such works will not be favored by the examiner. This requires candidates to carefully grasp the interest of the plot when writing a drama story.

4. The novelty of the concept

If a drama has a strong story, clear clues, repeated suspense and fluent words, but the examiner doesn't get what she (he) wants in the end, there will be a feeling of being cheated, and such works will not be favored by the examiner. In view of this, candidates are required to have a novel idea when writing drama stories. Originated from life, but higher than life? .

5. oral English.

Compared with written language, spoken language is easy to understand, natural and simple, vivid, catchy, easy to inherit and remember, so drama stories are generally spoken instead of elegant and obscure written language.

Five, the basic elements of the drama story

1, subject

The theme, that is, the part of the material we selected. Choose a topic that you are familiar with and easy to master and use. For example, family themes, campus themes and so on. Don't rashly dabble in marriage, military affairs, politics, industry and agriculture, and commerce.

2. Background

Background, a story must happen at a specific time, place and situation. Candidates should pay attention to the determination of time and place in the drama story, that is, the background of the event. Determining the background has laid a solid foundation for the development and progress of the story.

Step 3 plot

Plot, that is, story plot, is the main content of drama story. The plot is mainly composed of characters, events, conflicts and details. The quality of a dramatic story depends largely on whether the story is vivid, tortuous, dramatic, attractive and infectious. A complete drama story should generally have a central event around which contradictions, conflicts and details unfold. A good plot should be dramatic, that is, there should be suspense, conflict, discovery, misunderstanding and sudden coincidence in the story, there should be ups and downs and variations, and it should have surprising and interesting effects. However, scientific fantasy, absurdity and ghost stories should not be used, thus destroying the authenticity and logic of the story.

4. Anxiety

Suspense is the basic element of drama story. Suspense should be fascinating and capture the curiosity of the examiner. Some candidates write stories in a straightforward and boring way, which has no attraction at all. Despite great efforts and beautiful sentences, some even use metaphors, exaggerations and personification, even poems and songs, but because there is no suspense, they still can't attract the examiner's attention. Therefore, writing a drama story takes a lot of effort to design suspense.

5. Theme

The theme, that is, the thought, or the ideological connotation and concept of the drama story, can also be understood as the examinee's attitude towards the expressed life. With a theme, it is conducive to the organization, composition and development of materials until which direction to go and what to focus on.

6. Characteristics

Characters are the roles in drama stories, the most important material, the embodiment and promoter of drama stories, and the ultimate destination of drama stories. We should pay attention to the concept of words from two aspects. On the one hand, we should statically grasp the characters, that is, their names, gender, age, occupation, hobbies, status and personality characteristics, as well as their family and social environment, educational level and experience, so as to locate them and make them authentic, credible, well-founded and firm. On the other hand, it is to consider the dynamic changes of characters, that is, what they do and think in the development of drama stories. With the development and change of the plot, the characters will also change. This kind of change has achieved dramatic results, making the characters become vivid life with activity, change, flesh and blood, personality characteristics, thoughts and feelings, and become artistic images with enlightenment significance, which we should pay special attention to and grasp.

7. Structure

Structure, that is, grasping the layout, combination and rhythm of the story in the process of writing, and paying attention to structure is of special significance to the conception of drama stories. Candidates should be good at paving the mat before and after, skillfully setting suspense, creating contrast and pushing the plot to a climax step by step. Generally speaking, when conceiving a story, we should have a sense of structure, pay attention to organizing the plot and characters in the story organically, and arrange them as required to avoid anticlimactic, uneven weight and structural failure.

8. Language

Language refers to the written form of dialogue between characters, which is simple oral language, not action language. The dialogue between characters should be as concise and vivid as possible, in line with the character's personality, and there should not be too many dialogues, which can reveal the meaning that the characters want to express. Attention should be paid to the object and environment, tone and attitude of the characters, and puns, metaphors and subtext can also be used. It is not advisable to say the meaning too directly and thoroughly. When writing and telling stories, we should pay attention to the accuracy and conciseness of language.

Six, how to write a drama story

1, subject

If the type of drama story writing test is continuation or phrase connection, then the setting of the topic is very important, paying attention to telling stories, attracting and attacking. For example, the sun rises in the west, at first glance, the examiner urgently needs to know the following, and some mediocre topics often make the examiner disdain.

2, the beginning

People often say? Everything is difficult at the beginning? ,? A good beginning is half the battle? These words are not only reflected in treating people and things, but also reveal the regularity of drama story creation from a certain angle. For the beginning of the work, candidates should pay attention to simplicity and refinement. At the beginning of the novel, you can write lyrical scenes, vividly depict characters and spread thousands of words. The more detailed, exquisite and meticulous it is, the more readers will like it, but the drama story is not good. If the first three sentences can't attract the examiner, what reason does the examiner have to continue reading? When writing a drama story, candidates should avoid: first, endless introduction environment; Second, describe things that are plain and familiar.

3. In the central region

After setting the beginning of the drama story, the middle should be as logical as possible, and the story and the event should be as tortuous as possible. First of all, we should decide a theme and choose a narrative method (such as flashback, gradual change, bedding, juxtaposition, etc. ), and let it develop freely step by step in the direction envisaged by the candidates, and gradually develop to a climax.

Step 4: the ending

Is the end of the drama story a sublimation theme? The finishing touch? , determines the success or failure of a drama story. So-called? Basket weaving, focusing on ending? . When you keep your mouth shut, you usually use a natural stroke of a genius to shake out an unexpected ending. The end of the drama story should be concise, novel and unique, and the suspense should be finally clearly solved, named and deepened.

Seven, matters needing attention in writing drama stories.

First: write more, watch more, read more, write more good stories and novels, watch more feature films and stage plays, read more short stories, short stories, drama stories, film literary scripts, and watch more movies, dramas and TV dramas with strong stories. To weave a good story, we must first have some good story materials in our own knowledge reserves as reference and reference when writing drama stories. But in real life, what you have experienced may lack drama, and hearsay may not necessarily constitute a complete drama story, so these are just reference materials for designing drama stories.

The knowledge and materials of drama stories mainly come from three sources: first, personal direct real life experience; Second, indirect hearsay; The third is to learn from literary works, dramas and film and television works.

Second, grasp various elements and their relationships.

At first glance? Drama story? It often seems simple to compile, but it is very difficult for candidates to compile themselves. I don't know where to start. How to make up? 、? How can you make it up? This is mainly because we don't know enough about the elements of a drama story, so we focus on eight elements of a drama story, namely, theme, background (including time and place), plot, suspense, theme, characters, structure and language. Candidates should grasp the relationship between the above elements, and the lack of any one element will affect the integrity of a drama story.

Third: what is the focus of the drama story in the choice of theme? New? Every word? Strange? Words, writing new things, generally familiar materials should not be written, unusual things are often easy to succeed.

Fourthly, there is a clue that can run through the story, that is to say, there is a specific reason to connect three or five characters in the story from beginning to end.

On this issue, candidates should pay attention to three points: first, don't associate the characters and plots that appeared in front with the characters and plots that appeared behind; Second, it is best not to have multiple clues at the same time; Third, it is best to make this clue into a chain structure that echoes before and after.

Fifth, the events in the drama story should be typical and prominent, and it is forbidden to have no primary and secondary, side branches and miscellaneous leaves, and to be the master.

Sixth: The main characters (protagonists) in drama stories should be typical and distinctive. As long as one or two people can write a short story, that's enough. There are many characters, equally divided, and there is no owner, which reduces the gold content of the work.

Seventh: the plot of the drama story should be tortuous and changeable, ups and downs.

The plot of short stories should also be three turns, and it should not be straightforward and full of truth or descriptions of scenery, psychology and language. The story is not a novel, but concise, meaningful and targeted.

Eighth: The language requirements of drama stories are different from other literary styles.

Stories should be told in narrative language, which is close to popular spoken language. Pay attention to drama stories? Talk? Features, but avoid too much dialogue. Just know and master the use? Tell? The tone of writing a dramatic story, which means that the story you wrote is at least? Drama story? Yes

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