Chapter 23 Character Fitting
The production of American drama series is based on seasons, and they are often long-term operations. The longer the series is, the more successful it is. For example, "The Simpsons" has been produced for thirty-six seasons. So the whole production model is slightly different.
Generally speaking, a screenwriter is a team, building a team of more than ten or twenty people around one or two core screenwriters. The team members may change at any time, and the screenwriters may even be different for each episode.
The same goes for directors, because TV dramas do not pursue audio-visual language like movies. All the charm comes from the script, and the director is responsible for presenting the content of the script in a regular manner, so directors are also changed frequently.
If it is a miniseries or a limited series, in order to maintain a unified style, the screenwriter and director team may be relatively fixed; but for ordinary long-form dramas, there is no such requirement, and the creative team has a huge turnover of personnel.
It is precisely because of this that the quality of the series may have obvious ups and downs in the story of a season, including watering down and sluggishness in the middle part, until the end of the season when it turns the tide and picks up strongly. This is normal.
"Friends" is naturally no exception.
As the end of the season approaches, the main screenwriters and main directors of this season have returned one after another. Not only the core screenwriter Marta-Kauffman (Marta-Kauffman) returns in person; but David Crane also returns Return to your familiar position as a screenwriter and personally control the production process.
However, Marta didn’t know the story that the screenwriter team misunderstood David’s meaning, which led to an error. Then David was about to invite Bruce Willis to rescue him, but in the roundabout way, he decided to go with the flow and make the mistake. The only thing she knew was that The result is the result in front of me——
A young boy with no performance experience is about to serve as a guest guest.
As the core screenwriter who worked side by side with David to create "Friends" from scratch, Marta has the qualifications and the confidence to express her dissatisfaction.
Marta doesn’t mind David using his power for personal gain, anyway, such things are commonplace; but when this happened near the end of the season, did David lose his mind and go crazy?
Marta had a fire in her chest and she needed to let it out.
However.
She will enter the studio for filming tomorrow. If she doesn't want this week's broadcast to open up and affect the season finale plan, she'd better keep her mouth shut and work together.
Who wants to have trouble with money?
So, despite her reluctance, Marta came to the company in person to communicate with the costume and styling team to set an image for the vase——
If it cannot be funny, at least it needs to be Charming, just like Brad Pitt.
By the way, I would like to vent my dissatisfaction.
Knock knock.
There was a knock at the door.
Debra-McQuire, the stylist of the crew, was surprised and immediately gave Marta a wink, but Marta didn't care at all.
Marta is not worried about others hearing those gossips. Even if David Klein is right in front of her, she dares to say them again.
Having said that, Marta did not continue.
Deborah breathed a sigh of relief and shouted in the direction of the door, "Come in."
Eee.
The door panel was pushed open, and the sunlight and light in the corridor fell slightly from the crack of the door. In the glowing halo, a tall and handsome figure walked in.
Marta glanced nonchalantly out of the corner of her eye, but after missing it, she couldn't help but look back and take another look.
"Good morning, I'm Anson Wood, here for a fitting."
Handsome and clear.
Marta's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly, she was very friendly to vision protection. Marta looked back at Deborah, and she could immediately catch the smile in Deborah's eyes, and she could understand the meaning without using words:
The two people communicated in tacit understanding With one look, at least his appearance is good enough, and even exceeds expectations. It seems that such a guest is not that bad.
But Marta was not prepared to stay any longer, and she had not forgotten—
She was still angry, angry with David and angry with the young man in front of her.
No matter what, the shelves have to be put up.
Marta glanced at Anson again, maintaining a serious posture, but she did not realize that the lines of her jaw, corners of her mouth, and corners of her eyes were slowly relaxing. The so-called severity had long been known. Not much left.
"Okay, you guys try on the outfits first, then go back and read the script twice more."
With a simple sentence and without introducing herself, Marta walked out of the room.
At the same time, Deborah has been sizing Anson up.
Not a pure inspection, but a professional judgment, from the perspective of a stylist.
In Deborah’s view, Marta’s complaints are one thing, but her professional attitude is another. She is sincere about the plot design of the sixth season.
After all, in six years, it has developed from a bad situation that no one expected to become the number one TV series in the United States. Marta and "Friends" have gone through countless ups and downs side by side, and those true-hearted comrades have The camaraderie is real, and Marta hopes the show will continue to grow.
So, even if it is just a vase and a temporary guest, the writing team still designed a plot for this vase.
"Friends" tells the story of three men and three women, Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, and Joey, who live in New York and live together as each other's best friends.
The story of the first season begins with Rachel, who ran away from the wedding, looking for her old classmate Monica. Monica's brother Ross has just divorced. His childhood crush is Rachel, her sister's classmate; Qiu settled down at Monica's house, and the story begins here.
In the blink of an eye, six years have passed, the story has reached the sixth season, and a series of changes have taken place in the plot characters.
Rachel and Ross accidentally got married after getting drunk at the end of last season, but after sobering up, the two decided to divorce.
Monica and Chandler officially dated, but they decided not to rush to get married for the time being, but to move in together and give it a try.
Rachel and Phoebe originally shared an apartment, but there was an accidental fire, so Rachel returned to Monica's apartment and Phoebe lived with Joey; but later they discovered that the cause of the fire It was Rachel's hair straightener, which resulted in Rachel and Phoebe switching apartments.
The plot has developed into its sixth season, but it still maintains its vitality and the ratings remain high. The dedication of the writing team and the sparks between the actors are the key.
There is no doubt that the ultimate suspense of season six is, when and how will Chandler, who has always been afraid of commitment and worried about being forced to marry, propose?
This also touches the hearts of countless viewers.
In addition, Ross and Rachel, who have experienced separation and reunification and constantly miss each other, where will their relationship go? Can they achieve consummation?
This is a key point that has continued from the first season to the present.
So, as the sixth season was about to come to an end, the writing team designed a plot for the guests using the emotional relationship between Ross and Rachel.
Ross got a job teaching paleontology at the university, but started dating one of his students, and then the student's brother came to visit.
Obviously, this brother expressed strong dissatisfaction with his sister dating a professor who was about the same age as their father; but he did not expect that this brother would start dating Rachel as soon as he turned around.
A subtle four-corner relationship was formed in this way.
Anson is about to play this brother.
A new author comes to report, thank you all book friends for your support, spread flowers, oh yeah!
(End of this chapter)