電影劇本《多餘》創作論述

《多餘》是關於一個家庭從疏離走向緊密的故事。　　大學剛畢業的女孩張心橋，以演員為職業在台北努力地生活。如同每個人，她有一個家，卻非常遙遠，不只是實際距離，更是心裡距離。那個遠在雲林的老家，有著無法自在相處的母親張美娟，還有陌生的外公張大生。三個人本該十分親密，卻始終帶著無法言說的隔閡和彆扭，所以她不喜歡回家，甚至認為那是多餘的存在。　　直到外公生病，心橋不得不回鄉和母親一起面對照護的問題。在那短短的日子裡，從冬到春的時節中，心橋慢慢了解外公，也逐漸和母親拉近距離。原來家不再那麼遙遠，而她也找到回家真正的意義。　　本劇主題是「親情是每個人心中永遠的牽絆」。以三人日常生活的枝微末節和情感變化為主軸，並提及老人照護問題以及親子關係疏離，期望能引起觀眾對於親情價值有更多的共鳴和省思。論述部分，本劇以台灣高齡社會中家庭所面臨長期照護的問題為背景，研究方法採取文獻探討法和深度訪談法，在主題及類型研究方面則引用相關書籍和電影作為印證及對照，並分析人物、空間設計和劇本結構。最後是筆者在劇本創作時期的修改歷程、檢討和建議。

關鍵字

高齡社會；老人照護；親子關係；親情

並列摘要

MOTHER, GRANDFATHER AND ME is a story about how the relationship among members a family goes from alienated to closely connected. Zhang Xinqiao just graduated from college. She is an stage actor living alone in Taipei. Like everyone, she has a family, but she is remotely related to her family, which consists of her grandfather, her mother and herself, distance-wise and psychologically. She cannot get along with her mother Zhang Meijuan. Her grandfather Zhang Dasheng who lives her hometown in Yunlin is a total stranger to her. Members of this family of three should have been closely connected to each other, but there is always a kind of indescribable estrangement and discomfort among them. That’s the reason why she doesn’t like to come home, she even thinks that home is an unnecessary existence for her. Xinqiao has to go back home when her grandfather is ill. She has to take care of her grandfather together with her mother. During that short period of time, Xinqiao has gradually gotten to know her grandfather. And the alienation between her mother and her has also gradually resolved. She finally realizes that home is not a place far away from her and she finds the true meaning of home. The theme of this script is that kinship is always a bond in everyone’s heart. My Screenplay chiefly intends to represent the daily trifles and emotional changes and discusses issues for the elderly care and parenthood. I attempt to make audience reflect upon the value of family. In this essay, I explore the background of this script, namely the eldercare issue in Taiwan. Literature review and in-depth interview are used as the research methods for my preparation before writing this script. The related books and movies are used as examples to compare and contrast with my script in terms of theme and genre; In this essay, I also analyze characters in the script, space design and the script structures. Lastly but not leastly, I discuss the writing and rewriting of my screenplay, my self-critique and what I’d learnt from the whole process.