Variety writers start at the bottom, what kind of role do they play in the show?

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Variety screenwriters start at the bottom, what kind of role they play in the program. "I am a Singer", which began in 2013, is the first time to introduce variety writers into domestic Reality Show programs.

is there a script for the variety show? Did they make up the plot and lines in the program?

original title: variety screenwriters start at the bottom, what role do they play in the show?

recently, Lu Han and Dili Reba have repeatedly parachuted into the hot search list because of their "ambiguous" behavior in "running Bar", even sparking a war of words among fans on both sides. Many netizens believe that there must be a script for the program to stir up CP, and the two artists have no intention of hype, but they have to cooperate with the script in order to watch.

does the variety show have a script or not? Since Reality Show became popular on the screen, viewers have repeatedly raised this question. In recent years, a new group of "variety writers" has also begun to emerge in front of people. What kind of role does a variety writer play in a variety show? Did they make up the plot and lines in the program?

what exactly does a variety writer do?

in China, the core of early variety shows was the choreographer. The so-called screenwriter and director, that is, a person who is both a screenwriter and a director, the screenwriter position has not been taken seriously. In 2013, Korean variety, represented by "I am a singer" and "where is Dad going?" entered the Chinese market on a large scale, and the career of variety screenwriter was also introduced to China.

when it comes to variety screenwriters, many viewers may misunderstand that variety writers define plots and write lines for variety shows like film and television screenwriters. In fact, variety writers only design rules, situations or games. As for what artists say and do in the program, it is still the result of free play.

I am a Singer, which began in 2013, is the first time to introduce variety writers into domestic Reality Show programs. The program has 90 minutes, with the exception of singers singing and shots of hosts and viewers, the remaining half an hour is full of Reality Show content. "I am a singer" therefore set up a professional screenwriting team. It is understood that "I am a Singer" from season 1 to season 4 has maintained a large team of 25 screenwriters.

so what is the screenwriter's task in the program? The first is to write plays for variety shows, setting situations, tasks and rules. However, all the variety shows are basically written by the screenwriters of the program group. For example, the difficult tasks and rules in "extreme Challenge" come from a large number of early sand table exercises, live screenwriting, and later restructuring.

in addition to writing screenplays, variety writers also need to find out the climax points needed for the content of the program. In Reality Show programs, almost every guest will have a corresponding screenwriter. These screenwriters need to live with the guests and make friends with them, so that they can set up the corresponding links in the program, allowing the guests to show their temperament, or magnify the shining points of their character.

for example, before the recording of "I am a Singer", each screenwriter would read the past experiences of the singer in charge and write a "short biography of the singer" to preach internally. During the recording of the program, the screenwriter sometimes needs to follow the guests for more than ten hours. In a recording, the screenwriter found that Li Jian wore long johns. It was only after the program editor that Li Jian's "long johns male God" became a hot topic.

what is the relationship between variety writer and director?

in previous variety shows, writers and directors were basically the same person. Now that there are variety writers, what is the relationship between variety writers and directors?

many people in the industry believe that the relationship between a director and a screenwriter is very much like a "husband and wife" relationship in a family. In the process of making a program, the two sides generally divide the work and cooperate with each other and are responsible for the program (family).

for example, in extreme Challenge, it is divided into a screenwriter group and a director group (executive group). The screenwriting team gave the general direction of recording the program, and the executive team went to various places to survey the scene according to this direction, and then the two groups set out to explore the scene together. According to the situation of the second survey, the screenwriter group further refined the program plan, while the executive team considered more hardware aspects, such as scene layout, shooting equipment, props production and so on.

generally speaking, the variety writer is a creative role, while the director is a role responsible for implementing the writer's imagination. In a successful Reality Show program, excellent screenwriters and directors are indispensable.

domestic variety shows frequently expose plagiarism, only because of the lack of screenwriting talents?

after the popularity of Korean variety shows, the domestic variety market looks a little lonely. Throughout the popular variety shows on the TV screen, the "Comprehensive N Generation" program accounts for half of the country, but the new phenomenal popular style has not appeared for a long time. Not only that, programs such as "yearning for Life" have also fallen into "plagiarism" and have even been named and criticized by the South Korean media.

the popular styles of domestic variety shows are difficult to come out and are frequently plagiarized. Why? The answer is simple. Although China has a career as a variety writer, mature and professional screenwriters are still very scarce.

in China, the variety screenwriting industry started relatively late, and most of the variety writers are post-85 or post-90s. For example, Wang Lu, the chief screenwriter of "running Man", was born in 1988 and has been an "veteran employee" of the four seasons program. In South Korea, senior variety writers are veterans of "ten years of service". It takes about 10 years for a recent college graduate to rise from a "young and old writer" in charge of research materials to an "assistant writer" in charge of the composition of a script, and then to a "lead writer" in charge of the whole script.

on the other hand, the domestic attention to variety screenwriters is far less than that of South Korea. South Korea draws lessons from the "screenwriter center system" of the United States, the screenwriter occupies an important position in the variety show production system, and the salary of the screenwriter is the highest among all the staff. There is a widely circulated analogy that if Han Zong's chief director is the emperor, then the writer is Zhen Huan. Writers play a vital role in many of the directors' decisions.

in China, although many variety shows have set up screenwriting teams, such as "running Brothers", "I am a Singer", "Great Challenge" and so on. However, the screenwriters are generally too young and inexperienced, and they are still in the learning stage, so it is difficult to become the core figure of the program production. In addition, at present, the salary and treatment given to variety writers in China is hardly comparable to that of South Korea, which can easily lead to brain drain.

in recent years, China has produced 300 to 400 variety shows every year, and there is a huge demand for professional screenwriters. In the case of a lack of screenwriting talents, many variety shows do not choose their own innovation, but copy other variety models, resulting in copycat plagiarism.

Variety screenwriters are scarce, how to break the situation?

Korean variety shows can be popular overseas and have something to do with excellent screenwriting teams. So, how should our country solve the dilemma of the shortage of variety screenwriters?

can qualified screenwriters be trained through class training? The answer is not that simple. Screenwriters need not only professional knowledge, but also industry experience. A screenwriter who has some understanding of human nature and society can better understand the psychology of the audience and design the situations and characters that the audience likes to see.

so, can cross-border bigwigs make up for the gap in variety talent? At present, it does not look optimistic. In the past two years, novel writers and film and television screenwriters have also become variety writers one after another. For example, "the whole staff is accelerating", Yu Zheng is invited to act as a screenwriter. The 72 floor Strange House, which is being broadcast, invites Uncle Nan Pai to act as a screenwriter. However, the ratings and reputation of the two variety shows are not excellent, and the latter has even encountered numerous complaints from netizens. It seems that not all cross-border celebrities can become a good variety screenwriter.

the training of professional classes is not enough to produce excellent screenwriters, and the test effect of cross-border people is mediocre, is there any other way? Some people in the industry believe that the television station can implement the rotation system, so that everyone who participates in the program can be familiar with the whole process of the program. First of all, understand the principle of program operation, and then learn to be a qualified variety screenwriter.

in fact, it is only a few years since the career of variety screenwriter was introduced into China. Want to cultivate mature screenwriters in a short period of time, in fact, there is also some meaning to encourage young people. However, instead of plagiarizing and copying overseas programs, domestic variety artists should focus on training domestic screenwriters. With the gradual maturity of domestic screenwriters, the future is also likely to become an indispensable type of work in the program, and even the core of the program.

Edit: jessica