I really want to hit the street

Chapter 9 Three Act Structure

The director's surname is Wang, and his given name is Xiang, Wang Xiang. He is a well-known screenwriter in the industry. He has written several popular movie scripts and won many awards. As he got older, his creative state declined. He was invited to teach at Beijing Art Institute, and occasionally helped people polish the script and do secondary creation. But even if he retired to the second line, he still has a good influence in the industry. No one dares to underestimate him. Screenwriters are getting more and more cunning as they get older. After a few years of silence, he suddenly released a big move and went straight for the award. There is no shortage of market for good scripts. In today's Chinese entertainment market, screenwriters are the father! The original director-centered system has turned to the screenwriter-centered system. Coupled with the major online novel websites that continuously output high-quality IPs, this has greatly improved the quality of Chinese movies and TV series that were originally backward! This era is the best era for screenwriters! Many top online writers are part-time screenwriters. After selling the copyright of their works, the film producers will also pay them a lot of money to adapt the novels. No one understands their own novels better than the authors. Of course, the first requirement is that the author's screenwriting skills are strong enough, otherwise he can only serve as a consultant editor to assist in adapting his own works.

Instructor Wang Xiang stood in front of the big blackboard, with his hands on the desk, and scanned the circle,

"Students, I have read your works one by one, very good!"

"The writing is brilliant and the writing is wonderful!"

"I am proud of your wild imagination. You are the most creative class of students I have ever taught!"

"In a while, I will select a few representative articles to analyze with you."

The instructor's assistant is a senior sister.

While the instructor was opening, he opened the PPT and projected it on the big screen.

The instructor first talked about the basic creative ideas of novels, scripts, and film reviews, as well as the way of appreciation.

Then he started today's topic.

"Next, let's look at the first excellent script case."

At this time, all the students present held their breath and waited for the name of their own work to appear on it.

The first work to be appreciated must be the best!

If it is valued by the instructor, the two will work together to improve it,

sign it, and take it out for filming.

A step to the sky!

Yuan Hua was even more excited at this time.

He didn't know whether his script "The Life of the Principal's Father" could be selected.

He adapted it from "The Life of Hitler" and published it on the website of film and television creators.

He also persuaded several seniors in the film and television industry who had good relationships to vote for him as "interested".

The page data was much better than Dachun's collection.

However, three excellent scripts were mentioned in succession, but none of them was Yuan Hua's.

Dachun's suspense masterpiece was also not selected without any suspense.

Next, the excellent works of novel creation began to be mentioned.

Pu Jie had no expectations for this.

He knew what he wrote.

There was no literary quality at all!

Compared with this group of serious screenwriter classmates, he was just a country bumpkin.

The difference between drinking coffee and eating garlic.

It's better to look back at his "Fairy Zixia".

"I don't know if I can get WeChat in a while. In two months, I will be a small local tyrant with a net worth of 100,000 yuan." However, he turned his head and found that Fairy Zixia's attention was all on the winners of the excellent scripts, especially the love script of the first place, which was praised by Director Wang without hesitation, and hinted that there might be further cooperation in the future. Pu Jie looked at it in loneliness. "Well, I'd better make my own allowance." The road of filming film and television works is too far away from him. For the simple articles he wrote, there are not even a few website subscriptions, let alone selling copyrights to make movies and TV series. After the script, novel, and film review were all finished, instructor Wang Xiang changed the subject, "In addition to the students just mentioned, I want to especially praise a student. In the past month, he not only signed a contract with Qidian Chinese website, which has the lowest acceptance rate for newcomers, but also created 300,000 words, an average of 10,000 words per day. He is the student with the most words in this test, 250,000 words more than the second place. Let's give applause to Pu Jie!" "Pa Pa Pa——" Pu Jie was stunned. At Zhang Yang's signal, he quickly stood up, waved to everyone, and then sat down. In the corner of his eye, he saw the "Fairy Zixia" behind him and turned his eyes back. The instructor walked around the classroom and taught, "Students, you will all be screenwriters in the future. Whether it is a TV series, anime, movie, or even an advertisement screenwriter, you can't do without one word - hard work!" "No matter how talented a screenwriter is, if he is too lazy to write, he will achieve nothing in the end. Only by writing constantly can he write excellent works." "Let's not talk about the quality of the work. Just in terms of hard work, Pu Jie has completely surpassed you." "Finally, I would like to give you my motto: lifelong learning and lifelong creation!" "Pu Jie stay for a while, the rest of the students are dismissed!" "Stand up! Goodbye, teacher~" Before everyone left, they all took a deep look at the plain-looking Pu Jie, and silently remembered this hard-working guy! "Okay, good paper! I would like to call Pu Jie the king of paper kings!"

"I'm so stupid, really. I just thought that Pu Jie was a bad student who often skipped classes. I didn't expect that he would do such an embarrassing thing behind our backs."

"Writing 10,000 words a day, is he the reincarnation of the keyboard wizard? The sound of his feet in the empty valley is unheard of!"

"Are you the author signed by Qidian? Do you know what book Pu Jie wrote? I'll go find it and pay my respects."

"I don't know. Let's ask the big fool in their dormitory. He will definitely tell us. I told him the bank card password last time I asked him."

Pu Jie really didn't expect that the instructor would come to him so suddenly.

In his opinion, it is normal for an online author to update 10,000 words a day.

The starting point of the previous life is everywhere,

Especially those with poor grades like them must rely on more updates to avoid starving to death.

The classmates slowly dispersed,

Pu Jie came to the instructor,

Pu Jie is 1.8 meters tall and the instructor is 1.6 meters tall.

Looking down from a high position,

The most obvious thing is the hairline that has been pushed to the middle.

"Pu Jie, do you know why I left you alone?"

oh! Look at this terrible line,

From primary school teachers to university teachers, not a word has changed!

"Uh, I'm not sure, Teacher Wang."

Wang Xiang took out a stack of A4 paper and threw it in Pu Jie's hand.

"Look, look at the good article you wrote. It's 300,000 words, but it's full of vernacular and vulgar language. Is this how the teacher taught you to write novels?"

"Be popular, don't be vulgar, don't be sensational."

"You are still young and can create better works. Don't give up on yourself and destroy your future."

Pu Jie took it in his hand and saw that it was the first 10 chapters of "The Son-in-law of the Urban Dragon King".

There are various revision opinions written by Wang Xiang in red pen.

A densely packed area,

The number of revised words is no more than the main text.

"Teacher Wang, this"

Wang Xiang said angrily: "If you didn't have some of the diligence I had back then, and you wrote this kind of article and handed in your homework, I would have transferred you to another department directly."

"Here, take a look at these first ten chapters. Tell me, where is the classic three-act structure of script creation?"

"Well, someone provokes you, the protagonist gets slapped in the face, and the villain feels regretful. Is this considered a three-act style?"

Pu Jie looked at the instructor's face and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"Is this the new three-act formula you summarized? On average, you write a three-act formula in 2 chapters? Should I praise you?"

Pu Jie said modestly: "That's not necessary."

"Are you still humble? Come and learn the real three-act structure from me."

"The first act: reveal the background, clarify the protagonist, foreshadow the conflict, and provide suspense; the second act: the conflict occurs, encounter failure, and clarify the goal; the third act: reveal the foreshadowing, resolve the conflict, and sublimate the theme. This is the orthodox three Act! Look again, what are you writing? "

Pu Jie tried to put his own story into it,

"Teacher Wang, look, I actually have a complete three-act style here!"

"Act 1: Revealing the background: a wealthy family. Identifying the protagonist: the son-in-law. Foreshadowing the conflict: discovering that the wife is cheating. Providing suspense: Will the mother-in-law discipline her wife?"

"Act 2: Conflict occurs: the protagonist is bullied by his wife's family. He suffers a failure: the mother-in-law and his wife collude to cuckold him. The target is clear: this family, don't wait!"

"The third act: Revealing the foreshadowing: Why does a tough guy like the protagonist want to be the son-in-law? Conflict resolution: The Dragon King's messenger arrives, how bold is the Lin family, how dare they humiliate the Dragon King? Sublimated theme: The Dragon King has a crooked mouth."

Instructor Wang Xiang was stunned.

After thinking for a moment,

I actually found that what Pu Jie said made some sense!

Small but complete.

The scene fell into silence for a while.

After a while,

Wang Xiang said angrily: "You kid has a lot of lies, but I can tell you responsibly, based on my 30 years of screenwriting experience, it is impossible for anyone to buy the adaptation rights for a novel like yours."

"And as far as I know, your grades in Qidian are also very poor. This proves that most of the book friends in Qidian don't buy it. Go back and take a good look at the changes I proposed for you. If you overhaul the article according to this idea, your grades should be able to "improvement point"

"But don't think about adapting it into a film and television work."

Pu Jie took a look at the dense revision comments made by the instructor and felt a little moved.

If they don't really care about you, who would be willing to criticize you so seriously?

"Okay instructor, I will take a good look at it."

Look again, it is impossible to change.

The director sentenced him to death for adaptation, blocking a possible path for success.

Proving that his strategy of showing off this time was completely effective!

The system has been completely manipulated by him.

Just wait and count the money.

The instructor took a few steps, then stepped back and said angrily:

"Are you a poisonous kid? You don't care about the many people who criticize you. Why are you deleting my comments and banning me?"

Pu Jie instantly remembered the reader named "Daxiang" who had posted two positive reviews in a row.

"Ah this! Teacher Wang, do you also want to read Qidian?"

"Hmph~ Enable high-level VIP, what do you think!"

The instructor and the female assistant walked away proudly.

After watching the instructor leave the classroom, Pu Jie looked back and his eyes collided with the "Zixia Fairy" who was eavesdropping in the back row.

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