第一章　美劇的特彆之處 ............................................... 027
想象一下電視的力量　.....................................................................027
美劇的三大特質　....................................................................028
美劇的人物塑造　............................................................................028
長篇敘事（The“Long　Narrative”） ...........................................029
閤作　............................................................................................032
電視的五大流言　....................................................................　032
1．電視是小型電影　......................................................................032
2．電視劇是小成本製作　................................................................035
3．電視劇劇本創作有諸多禁區　......................................................035
4．電視劇都大同小異　...................................................................036
5．電視是片荒地　..........................................................................037
電視劇的準則　.......................................................................039
一小時劇時長必須是一小時　............................................................039
電視劇的截止日期沒有水分　............................................................039
劇情類連續劇有多幕結構　...............................................................040
每一部電視劇都適配一種類型　........................................................041
預備，開始！　......................................................................047
小結　...................................................................................047
新動態　................................................................................048
聚焦“劇情喜劇”創作 ..............................................　048
嘉賓訪談：大衛·艾薩剋（David　Isaacs） ..............................050
第二章　美劇的製播流程與播齣季 ...................................　054
第一年　...............................................................................056
四月：寫提案　...............................................................................056
（1）寫新劇計劃書　......................................................................057
（2）寫試播集　.............................................................................059
（3）寫　“後門試播集”（“Backdoor Pilot”） ............................060
（4）創製演示樣片　......................................................................060
（5）附上“打包”　......................................................................061
（6）贏得網絡粉絲　......................................................................062
五月：製片公司　............................................................................062
六月：製片廠　...............................................................................064
七月與八月：電視網　.....................................................................066
九月至十一月：試播集劇本　............................................................067
十二月和一月：許可（綠燈）　........................................................069
二月至四月：試播季　.....................................................................070
五月：訂購　..................................................................................071
全季　............................................................................................071
短季訂單　.....................................................................................072
季中劇　........................................................................................072
備用劇本　.....................................................................................072
第二年　...............................................................................　073
六月：建組　.................................................................................073
七月和八月：瘋狂寫劇本　...............................................................074
九月和十月：首播　........................................................................076
十月至次年三月：完結當季　............................................................077
四月：間歇期　...............................................................................078
新動態　................................................................................079
小結　...................................................................................080
嘉賓訪談：查理·科利爾（Charlie　Collier），美國經典電影
（AMC）有綫電視網總裁　......................................................080
第三章　經典劇本的創作之道 .........................................　085
戲劇節拍（The　Dramatic Beat） .........................................085
A-B-C故事　........................................................................086
五幕和六幕結構　............................................................................088
越多改變……　...............................................................................089
兩頁一場戲　..........................................................................090
使用網格　.............................................................................090
引子　...................................................................................　091
關於劇本節選　.......................................................................　092
摘自《紐約重案組：西濛說》（NYPD　Blue ,“Simon Says ”） .......093
分析　....................................................................................112
開場　............................................................................................113
第一場　........................................................................................115
第二場　........................................................................................115
第三場　........................................................................................115
第四場　........................................................................................115
第五場　........................................................................................116
第六場　........................................................................................116
第二個劇本節選　.....................................................................117
摘自《紐約重案組：心與靈魂》（NYPD　Blue ,“Heart and souls ”） ...117
分析　...................................................................................　136
冷開場　........................................................................................137
第一幕　........................................................................................138
接下來你該做什麼　.................................................................　139
小結　...................................................................................　139
嘉賓訪談：斯蒂文·博考（Steven　Bochco） ..........................　139
聚焦程式劇（procedural）創作 .................................　146
是何原因？　..........................................................................................　146
第四章　創作你自己的劇集 ............................................　155
“傾聽聲音”　.......................................................................　155
找到你的故事　.......................................................................　157
解構你的故事　.......................................................................　159
網格　...................................................................................　160
大綱　....................................................................................161
如何寫你的大綱　............................................................................162
大綱的其他形式　............................................................................165
桑尼的列錶　..........................................................................　168
第一稿　................................................................................　168
問題排查　.............................................................................　172
如果你的劇本太長　........................................................................172
如果你的劇本太短　........................................................................172
大功告成……　......................................................................　173
第二稿　................................................................................　173
潤色　...................................................................................　175
下一步？　.............................................................................　175
小結　...................................................................................　175
嘉賓訪談：大衛·西濛（David　Simon） .................................　176
聚焦試播集創作　....................................................................　179
創建“世界”　.......................................................................　179
找到故事的跳闆　....................................................................181
移居“新世界”　.....................................................................181
製訂計劃　.............................................................................　183
第五章　認識你的同事：劇組工作 ...................................　187
爛劇組（嚎叫的狼群和閃電）　.................................................　189
錯誤1：脫離編劇組　......................................................................189
錯誤2：把私事和工作問題混為一談　................................................190
錯誤3：另有計劃　..........................................................................190
錯誤4：在傢裏工作　......................................................................191
錯誤5：把樣稿看得跟寶貝似的　......................................................191
錯誤6：排斥編劇組的文化　.............................................................192
錯誤7：加入不適閤你的劇組　..........................................................193
好劇組　...............................................................................　193
現實案例　.....................................................................................194
劇組職位　.............................................................................　196
1．獨立編劇　................................................................................196
2．劇組編劇　................................................................................198
3．　故事編輯/故事執行編輯...........................................................199
4．製片人　...................................................................................200
5．監製　......................................................................................201
6．創意顧問　................................................................................201
7．行政製片人/劇目管理者　............................................................201
小結　..................................................................................　202
聚焦“無劇本/真人”秀 ..............................................　202
嘉賓訪談：斯科特·A·斯通（Scott　A.Stone） .......................　206
第六章　如何入行 ........................................................212
寫你所愛　.....................................................................................214
彆寫你計劃推銷的電視劇的商投劇本　...............................................215
嚮劇目提適閤的問題　.....................................................................215
備好閤適的工具　............................................................................216
簽約經紀人　..................................................................................217
紮根洛杉磯　..................................................................................219
成功的秘密　.........................................................................　220
小結　...................................................................................　221
接下來　................................................................................　222
第七章　電影學院畢業後的生活：教訓和成功故事 ................　223
97級　..................................................................................　223
三年後　...............................................................................　229
畢業七年後　..........................................................................　231
畢業十四年後　.......................................................................　235
第八章　電視劇的未來 .................................................　242
新機會　................................................................................244
什麼是電視？　...............................................................................244
未來之旅　.....................................................................................245
網絡劇　........................................................................................245
網絡衍生劇　..................................................................................247
萬維網（Web）已死　.............................................................248
“混沌不是商業模式。”　...............................................................248
全球化　...............................................................................　249
案例A：《行屍走肉》　...................................................................249
案例B：《草原上的濛古包》（Little　Yurt On The Prairie ） .............250
當下　...................................................................................　251
總結　........................................................................　252
相關資源　..................................................................　253
專業術語　..................................................................　255
作者簡介　...................................................................261
譯者後記　..................................................................　263
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