没有什么比研究同一部成功电影的前后几个剧本,更能增长编剧本领的了。
索德伯格导演的《永不妥协》(2000),剧本第一稿的编剧是SUSANNAH GRANT,剧本经过了RICHARD LAGRAVENESE的修改。
我们看到的拍摄版就是第二版。
第二版剧本(拍摄本)
Screenplay-Erin-Brockovich.SCW
第一稿剧本(PDF版)
对照会发现,修改版好很多。
关于《永不妥协》,最靠谱的场景分析。比救猫咪、序列编剧法,都靠谱,又与之不完全矛盾。
编剧SUSANNAH GRANT访谈,《永不妥协》是如何写成的?
Writing ‘Erin Brockovich’ | Screenwriting from Iowa
编剧SUSANNAH GRANT谈其创作过程时说,自己并没有完全按照大纲写,而是把大纲当成一个路线图。
I always have a road map. It is an outline that gets revised as I move along. I start with, “How does this movie start? What’s the first scene? What’s the scene after that?” And I bite off a little piece at a time. It’s like climbing a mountain. You can’t look at the mountain top, you just have to look at the ridge you’re on.
I start with a full outline. Not every beat will be hammered down and I rarely stick to the original file. I always over-outline. … As I write, I amend and revise and condense. I wouldn’t call it an outline, I’d call it a road map that I detour from.