How to write a script?

Script is a kind of literary form, and it is the text basis of dramatic art creation. The director and actors performed according to the script. Words similar to scripts also include scripts, scripts and so on. The first-person narrator style is the main way to express the literary style of stories. It is the literary basis of drama performance and the starting point for directors and actors to create again. In the literary field, it is a unique style. In the art field, it is close to literature; In the field of drama, it is the fundamental starting point of all drama activities.

The script is mainly composed of dialogues, monologues, narration and stage instructions of the characters in the play. The first-person narrator is used in dialogues, monologues and narrators, and lyrics are often used in operas and operas. The stage description in the script is a narrative description written in the playwright's tone, including the description of the time and place of the plot, the description of the characters' image characteristics, body movements and inner activities, the description of the scene and atmosphere, and the requirements for scenery, lighting and sound effects. In the history of drama development, the emergence of scripts is roughly when drama is formally formed and mature. The ancient Greek tragedy developed from the original Dionysian ceremony to a complete performing art, which fundamentally marked the emergence of a large number of tragic scripts; China's operas and dramas in the Song and Yuan Dynasties are the most reliable evidence that China's dramas are maturing. The maturity of Indian and Japanese classical dramas is also marked by a number of scripts handed down from generation to generation. However, there are some mature drama forms without scripts, such as some burlesque in ancient Greece and Rome, early Italian impromptu comedies, some oral plays of Japanese kabuki, song and dance sketches and funny sketches in China in the Tang Dynasty, and modern pantomime.

The most important thing in script writing is to be able to perform on the stage. Drama text is not the completion of art, but it can only be said in half. It is not until the stage performance (that is, the "performance text") that the final art is presented. Some scholars in the past dynasties wrote plays that were not suitable for stage performance or even impossible to perform at all. This kind of drama text is called desk drama (also called study drama). Famous as Oscar Wilde's Salome. And a good script can have the dual value of being suitable for reading and creating excellent stage performances.

An original script that can be performed on the stage still needs to be appropriately modified to meet the actual needs under the needs of different stages and performers. Therefore, the stage staff will modify a work script different from the original one, and have detailed comments and marks on how a paragraph in the script should be executed. Such a script is called a dictionary or a performance book or a reminder book. In addition, the script is a complete performance script, and there is a simple stage performance script with only a short plot outline. The actual dialogue and performance depend on the improvisation of actors on the field, and this script is called "screen table".

The creator of the script

The creator of a script is called a screenwriter or playwright.

The content of the script

The script is mainly composed of dialogue between characters (or lyrics) and stage prompts. Stage tips generally point out the tone of the characters' speech, the actions when they speak, or the characters go up and down, pointing out the changes of scenes or other effects.

Typical script examples are as follows:

Mansion yi indoor

Wang Ma: (cautiously) Miss, you still have to take care of yourself. Have something to eat.

Miss Zhao: (dropping the bowl on the floor) No, I just won't eat it.

(under Wang Ma)

The structure of the script

A long play is often composed of many different paragraphs. In different kinds of dramas, different units are used to distinguish paragraphs. In western drama, "screen" is widely used as a large unit, and it is divided into many small "fields" under the screen. China's Yuan Zaju takes "Zhe" as the unit, while South Opera takes "Chu" as the unit, which represents the order in which actors enter and leave the theater. After the creation of literati in Ming Dynasty, "Chu" was changed to a more complicated "Chu".

The structure of the script can generally be divided into "beginning, development, turning point, climax and climax ending". Of course, the structure will change according to the different screenwriter skills. Such as "well-made drama".

Classification of scripts

According to the scope of application, it can be divided into: drama script, movie script, TV drama script, etc.

According to the theme of the script, it can be divided into comedy, tragedy, historical drama, family ethics drama, thriller drama and so on.

There is also a kind of script that mainly pursues literariness and does not aim at performance, or it is not suitable for performance and has insufficient actions. It is called "desk drama" and "study drama". /kloc-many romantic poets and writers in Europe in the 0/9th century wrote many poems in this form, but they can only provide reading and are not suitable for performance.

Therefore, in drama creation, a playwright should understand the stage and performance, and should deal with the literariness and stage of the script in script creation, because drama performance is the ultimate goal. Drama without performance and audience is not drama.