電影劇本 《Cinema Closing Today》創作論述

「電影院今日不放映」，這是一部關於人生悲歡離合的浪漫喜劇。故事內容講述著一位女人對現有的白領生活感到失望且厭煩，隨著故事逐漸發展，她萌生了辭職的想法，最後她決定離開她的工作，開起了自己的咖啡店。女主角Remy是一個年輕女性，她早早就計劃好自己的人生走向，她向來是個好學生、也是個忠誠不二的員工。但最近生活裡的低盪，讓她開始不滿意自己這樣的人生。表面上，她感到不滿的原因是因為那無情的上司──主任。事實上，主任象徵著Remy其實對自己缺乏信心與生活的滿足。為了保持優渥的生活，她讓自己掉入利益妥協的陷阱中。當她同於一家公司上班的愛人Michal，被調職遠到波蘭時，她更需維持這份工作，因為失去工作，她將遠離與Michal計畫好的未來。結果，她只得忍耐、繼續接納這份工作。不過，她對星座與算命占卜的興趣，卻也悄悄透露出她心中的不理性與自發感。Oskar是電影院售票人員、也是電影院的經理，在故事中，Oskar代表了自由與不盲從，Remy在他的幫助下，發現了自己内心所向。 Remy認識Oskar時，她依舊致力於保留她的工作以及獲得老闆的賞識。當時，Oskar請Remy幫忙、請她在電影院賣點咖啡，而她答應了。這顯示了Remy應該要跳脫這輛引導她一切命運的人生火車。辦公室生活跟電影院，這兩種截然不同的環境，明示了Remy有兩條路可以走。辦公室白領生活看似可以提供她生活中所需的一切，電影院，則只會在她生活裡占有一段時間；故事最後，Remy完全調換了她在這兩個處境的角色，並開始了她生活的新篇章。一開始，Remy還沒有準備好換工作的決定，也就是撇下她原本高社經地位的職業、轉而投入低社經地位的領域、還開起咖啡店來；但Remy在電影院販售咖啡的同時，逐步發現了自己的本性與幸福感，這也導致了劇情慢慢轉變，之後，她已準備好開始新的生活。在「電影院今日不放映」論述中，我分析了劇本和其結構（包括三幕劇，logline和角色）。我還討論同類型電影，如喜劇和浪漫喜劇，並做了與「電影院今日不放映」之比較。在論述中，我也提到各種研究結論，說明職業選擇之困難。我也檢討寫劇本的整個過程，從發想到定稿。我相信，劇本所擁有的元素內涵，應可引起觀眾的注意。主角在這個劇本中是值得信任的，很多女性觀眾將會對Remy的經驗感同深受，因為大部分女性觀眾就跟Remy一樣，在辦公室工作，不喜歡她的工作，但她還無法放棄一份穩定的工作和它帶來的好處。這個故事很有趣和創新，是部輕喜劇，它有趣的地方在於Remy與主任的相衝突的對答，還有Remy與Oskar的來往；而劇本的創新之處，在於主角在職業生涯中，願意委身低就進而獲得幸福的觀念。未來，我想要花多一點時間搜集靈感與不同的思考。我也希望獲得更多經驗，以便我自己、跟同時作為一名作家的我都一併成長，而我也會嘗試去寫小説。

關鍵字

浪漫喜劇；白領生活

並列摘要

Cinema Closing Today, a romantic comedy with a life changing aspect, is the story of a woman who is disillusioned by her white-collar life and, in the course of the screenplay, grows to make the decision of leaving her current job and in the end opens her own coffee shop. Remy, a young woman with a plan for her life, has always been a good student and a loyal employee, but recently she starts to have the sinking feeling of dissatisfaction with her life. On the outside, the reason for her discontent is her ruthless boss-Director. In fact, the Director symbolizes Remy's lack of satisfaction with herself. She got herself trapped into a system of benefits of a stable job that guarantees her a very comfortable life. Moreover, she cannot leave the job because Michal, her loved one, works there too. When he is transferred to Poland, the need for staying at the job even accelerates because, without the job and the salary it brings, she cannot afford the bright future Michal has planned for them. As a result, Remy holds her tongue and goes on with her work. Although her writing horoscopes demonstrated her irrationality and spontaneity, which she is about to discover with the help of Oskar, the ticket-seller/manager of a cinema, who represents the aspects of freedom and non-conformism in the story. Remy meets Oskar when she is still focused on staying at the job and being recognized by her boss as a capable employee, but her accepting to help Oskar make coffee at the cinema shows her underlying need to get off the life train she found herself traveling on. The contrast between these two environments, office and cinema, shows us two possible directions Remy could go. The first environment seemingly provides for everything she needs, the latter only serves her for a specified time, but the roles of the two environments get reversed by the end and Remy can start a new chapter in her life. At the beginning of the story Remy is not ready to change her career, i.e., to switch from a prestigious career to a rather lower-class job of running a coffee shop, however, she discovers her true nature and happiness at the cinema while making coffee. After many obstacles she is ready to begin a new life. In the essay on Cinema Closing Today I analyze the screenplay and its structure (including the Three-Act Structure, logline and characters). I also discuss the genre of film comedy and romantic comedy with regard to the Cinema Closing Today. I include conclusions of various studies to illustrate the difficulties of an occupational choice. I also examine the process of writing the screenplay from the first idea to the final draft. I believe that the screenplay possesses elements that could draw the audiences' attention. The main character in this screenplay is believable and easy to identify with for many women, because Remy, as well as many of the female spectators, work in an office, dislike their job, but are not ready to leave the stable job and the benefits it brings. The story is entertaining and original. It is a light comedy that centers on Remy/Director confrontations, and Remy/Oskar budding relationship. In the future I would like to spend some time on collecting new ideas and getting more experience in life and in writing, so that I can improve as a person and as a writer. I would also love to try writing fiction.

並列關鍵字

romantic comedy ； white-collar life

參考文獻

LIST OF WORKS CITED

Gehring, Wes D. Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference. Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2002. Print.

Sofer, Cyril. “Introduction.” Occupational Choice: A selection of papers from The Sociological Review. Ed. W. M. Williams. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974. 13-57. Print.

Weitz, Eric. The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Print.

Neale, Steve, and Frank Krutnik. Popular Film and Television Comedy.

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