screenwriter mystery

Chapter 13 Modern Family
"So, can you tell me about your inspiration for the script, Alan?"

New York, Universal Pictures.

Ron Meyer looked at Zhao Yuan in front of him with a faint smile on his face.

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" has brought Universal Pictures more than double the excess income. Even for the sake of money, Ron Meyer will not turn his back on Zhao Yuan.

Facing Ron Meyer's inquiry, Zhao Yuan pretended to be cautious and roughly told the plot that had been prepared in his heart.

"Simply put, this is a sitcom narrated and filmed in the form of a pseudo-documentary, focusing on three different pairs of American families, ordinary American parents with three children, a gay couple with a Vietnamese adoption A 60-year-old man, Ying, married a hot foreign beauty with an 11-year-old fat son. These three families seem to be unrelated to each other, but There is a unique bond of kinship with each other.”

"uh-huh."

After listening to Zhao Yuan's plot inspiration, Ron Meyer's polite smile gradually faded, and turned into a serious one.

"Pseudo-documentary sitcom, a good idea."

He nodded his head lightly, he didn't immediately applaud the idea, but he didn't directly reject the concept either.

Instead, keep asking.

"Can I know further plot content, such as setting the background of the era in the play, introducing the characters, and of course the most important thing is the overall tone of the whole play?"

Hearing Ron Meyer's questioning, Zhao Yuan knew that the whole thing was basically half done.

However, this is not something to be too excited about.

After all, the 'idea' of the script he gave has been tested in itself, and the renewal of the eleven consecutive seasons proves how popular this show is.

Therefore, Zhao Yuan just continued to maintain his calm expression, telling the plot of the script to Ron Meyer in front of him as simply as possible.

Although, it is difficult to show all the advantages of a sitcom through verbal elaboration.

However, with the help of the plot in Zhao Yuan's mouth.

Ron Meyer was still amused by some of the plots.

"Looks like, Ellen, you're not just talented at writing horror, you're also good at comedy as well."

Listen to the description of the first episode.

Ron Meyer couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth, and he became more and more appreciative of Zhao Yuan in front of him.

A screenwriter who can create and write sitcoms will definitely have a wider audience than a screenwriter who can only create horror scripts.

"In fact, I was working as a sitcom writer before creating The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."

Accept Ron Meyer's compliment with ease.

With Wen Ziren's reminder, Zhao Yuan also knew that modesty is not popular in the western world.

Instead of being so polite and tweaking, it's better to admit it openly.

Anyway, regardless of what happened in the original world of Modern Family.

At least, in this world, the American drama "Modern Family" already has his surname Zhao.

The reason why I chose the American drama "Modern Family" as my second stepping stone after the success of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

It's not that Zhao Yuan likes this drama so much.

In fact, his first choice at the beginning was "The Walking Dead", an American TV series that is known as the first zombie TV series in the history of American TV.

After all, on the premise of the success of a horror movie like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", he will create a horror TV series of zombie type, at least it will not make people feel too strange and inconsistent, and has "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". With the success of Chainsaw Massacre as the bottom line, the production process of the entire TV series will go much smoother.

Unfortunately, unfortunately, although the idea is perfect, the reality is not as good as expected.

After his investigation, he found that the story of "The Walking Dead" had already been prototyped. If he wanted to adapt it, he had to discuss it with the author of the manga. And if Zhao Yuan's memory is correct, he vaguely remembered that he had heard about it in the original world. "The Walking Dead" also filed a lawsuit for the copyright of the comics.

Thinking of this paragraph, Zhao Yuan's interest in "The Walking Dead" suddenly dropped.

He didn't want to be dragged into completely irrelevant copyright disputes due to inexplicable relationships in the days to come.

Leaving aside "The Walking Dead", "Breaking Bad" or the later "Game of Thrones" are also good choices.

However, both, the story of the first season of "Breaking Bad" seems to have been created earlier, but it was not accepted by the top executives of major TV stations, and "Game of Thrones" is also due to the relationship between the adaptation , to some extent it is more troublesome than the original script.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Zhao Yuan finally chose "Modern Family", a sitcom with a relatively simple plot and no need to spend a lot of energy to conceive, as his stepping stone.

"very good."

Nodding his head, Ron Meyer looked at Zhao Yuan in front of him, and quickly entered his role.

"For the sitcom you mentioned, Universal Pictures is interested in participating in the production, so the next most important thing is the script. I hope to get the content of the first episode of this sitcom, so that I can operate the next work .”

The filming of Hollywood TV series does not simply start with a script.

On the contrary, because of the production mode of shooting while playing.

The first episode of a TV series becomes extremely important, and it is also the result that the screenwriter spends the most energy on polishing and creating, because the quality of the first episode often determines the existence of the entire TV series. If the plot moves the TV station, then congratulations At least the show has a season of life, but if it fails, all the hard work will be for naught for a while.

This is why the plot concept of the first episode of American dramas is often wonderful, and the later it is full of loopholes.

Unfinished endings are not only popular in novels and comics, but also in American dramas.

Almost all American dramas that can be named can't escape the fate of being unfinished, it's just sooner or later.

"In fact, I have already 'created' the script of the first episode in advance."

Facing Ron Meyer's resolute attitude, Zhao Yuan calmly took out the script he had 'created'.

"..."

Looking at the script handed in front of him, Ron Meyer was slightly taken aback.

Quickly regaining consciousness, looking at Zhao Yuan in front of him, Ron Meyer said meaningfully.

"It seems, Alan, you are full of confidence in this TV series."

"If I don't even believe in the script I 'created', how can I convince you, Mr. Ron Meyer?"

For Zhao Yuan's words, Ron Meyer didn't show any obvious reaction.

As the vice president of the film and television distribution department of Universal Pictures, he has seen too many wonderful scripts, but the final result of the finished product is a mess.

Among them, the most recent example is "Fake God 2", which caused Universal to lose a lot of money not long ago.

Of course, Ron Mayer knew very well that it would be foolish to argue with the screenwriter about the plot.

Therefore, he did not say much.

He just lowered his head, put his eyes on the script in his hand, and read out the name of the TV series.

"Modern Family?"

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