Chapter 260 The Birth of the Big Bang

Wang Yang invited two main creators for "The Big Bang Theory", one is Graham Reinhan. He was born on May 22, 1968 in Dublin, Ireland. He is a well-known TV screenwriter and director in the British television industry. The sitcom "Father Ted" created by him won the Baftas Award (British Academy Television Award) in the highest honor in the British television industry in 1996 and 1999, and was nominated in 1997.

"Father Ted" also won the "TV-Sitcom" award of the British Screenwriters Union in 1996; in addition, the first season of his "Blake Bookstore" also won the 2001 Baftas Situation Comedy Award.

For North American TV viewers, most people know that the producer of "Brothers" is Steven Spielberg, and know that "Prison Break" has Wang Yang, which is naturally due to the promotional effect; there will also be drama fans, pay attention to subtitles, and watch entertainment news. The audience of TV magazines know that the main creators of "Friends" are David Crane, Marta Kaufman, "CSI", and "CSI: Miami" has the gold medal producer Jerry Brookheimer...

But when asked about Graham Reinhan, a powerful character in the British drama circle, everyone has almost no clue. Who?

Graham was also confused when he received an invitation from Wang Yang. British dramas and American dramas are like two worlds. American dramas emphasize "through this you learned..." and joke about each other. There are also audiences at the shooting site to record their laughter, which can reach more than 20 episodes in one season; British dramas have 6 episodes in one season, focusing on scenes and character conflicts to form laughter. The dramatic exaggeration can completely deviate from reality, and the plot is often used to make spoofs to satirize some aspects of reality.

If you go to the United States, you will definitely create according to the American drama technique. Graham has no yearning for Hollywood or industrial assembly line; he has no disgust. There is higher treatment, more job opportunities and better future prospects there. Especially the person who invites him now is Wang Yang, Shen Qi Yang.

If someone else had said that he might have refused, but on the phone, he asked, "I'm not sure I can adapt to American sitcoms, what's your idea?"

"You are a person with a very detailed imagination. You have a wonderful humor in the use of scenes and props. I need them." Wang Yang answered him this way, which was exactly what he thought. The cultural differences between British and American dramas are not that big. According to the information in his mind, "Office", which appeared in 2001, will also be adapted into the American version by NBC in 2005. NBC also intends to adapt "It Madman" into an American drama.

Not to mention the "Big Bang Theory" produced from scratch, Wang Yang told Graham: "Because this set of characters will appear more exaggerated than other dramas, but they can exist." Graham understands this meaning, which is also a characteristic of American dramas. Even if it is absurd, it will not abandon reality. At most it is a group of weirdos.

Wang Yang also said: "The focus of the story is not irony, not education, but shaping the characters. We arrange some events for them, and their personalities face these situations, and they should behave as they should, and they are naturally funny." Of course, this is also the reason why American sitcoms are closer to life and are prone to becoming patterned. There are too few unexpected things.

"Your main job in the team is not the character. The conception of the main plot of the story is responsible for the design of the details of the story, and the scene shots and props that do not have the sound of lines, add some surprises to it, but you know that all the roads lead to an end."

Wang Yang attaches great importance to these. Compared with ordinary lines of mutual loss, "moving" is easier to make people laugh and impressive. Scientific details such as Leonard spinning an olive in a glass cup, explaining to Penny what centripetal force is, Sheldon and Leonard push a big box up the stairs, and the two argue about what angles can be pushed up; the use of props also reached its peak in the third season of the Peak, Kite, Green Lantern's Green Light, Lord of the Ring...

There will be many props for this series, including scientific props, comics and movies, etc. He hopes that the person in charge of this aspect of the team is Graham Reinhan, because this detail is the advantage that British dramas are good at. "Blake Bookstore" and "It Madman" have many unforgettable arrangements.

"What I value is your ability to handle details, and I know that you are an active user of the blog. You have a good understanding of it and computers. This is one of the key points of our series, and of course science." Wang Yang said this, but everyone knows that everyone who joins the team must prepare and research sufficient information, especially the Irish people need to work hard to figure out these "special products" in the United States.

Graham proposed to think carefully and then give a reply. If he went to Los Angeles and could integrate into the team, it would be another world. He might have been working with "The Big Bang Theory" for five or ten years. This is an opportunity to not know where to go.

Finally, after more than a week and received support from his family, Graham, who is not working well, promised to come to Los Angeles to change the environment and make a new attempt.

The invitation from another creator is much simpler. He is Bill Prady, one of the two creators of the original "Big Bang Theory". Chuck Lori, the second creator of the original creator, is now the editor-in-chief of "Two and Half of Heroes", so he is naturally not on the invitation list.

Bill Prady is now like Graham, and has no job and is free. He was born on June 7, 1960. He is a well-known sitcom writer and TV producer in Hollywood. He wrote 10 episodes. Last year, he ended with five seasons at ABC. "Honey, Wife, Not a Good Time" won the People's Choice Award in 1998.

He was not surprised by Shen Qiyang's invitation, but was more excited, and he agreed almost in one breath.

Prady is mainly responsible for the design of plots and lines; Wang Yang is in charge of everything, leading the overall situation of the series such as characters, plots, lines... and so on; plus Graham Reinhan, script consultant David Salzbo, the creative team of "The Big Bang Theory" confirmed that it is quite powerful.

"Brothers, remember to move everything! The characters should be cute, you know they are not beautiful women, they are baby, they are puppy-dog! The kind of feeling that makes you feel like pinching him, not your butt, give them more cute things, especially this 'Sheldon Cooper'."

In the bright office, Graham, 35, David Salzbo, 36, and Bill Prady, 43, sat around the steel and wooden round table. They had signed a confidentiality contract and a preliminary contract. Although they smiled from time to time as Wang Yang said, they were listening very seriously.

The round table is filled with paper, and the English and pictures on the paper are all sets of the series and selected scenes. These character settings and style settings are all mature products explored by the original "Big Bang Theory" and "It Madman" team. There is no need to go wrong now. But there is something called "texture" and "three-dimensional". Even if the pictures and texts are rich, there is a story and lines to refine the character's personality, Wang Yang still needs to explain it carefully, how cute is "cute" and how hateful is "had"?

The sound of "da da da da da" sounded, and the letters on the whiteboard set up in front of the round table increased. Wang Yang held a whiteboard pen and wrote next to "Sheldon Cooper": "Cute."

He turned around and looked at the three middle-aged men. They were all easy to get along with. David Salzbo is a scholar who is indifferent to the world. He would not have any objections. He just provided knowledge needs for team science and physics professors. Graham Reinhan was in the running-in period, and the main task was a small idea; so the main explorers were Bill Prady and Wang Yang.

It is worth mentioning that Prady likes Chinese food very much and has a certain interest in Chinese culture. This is probably the reason why there are a bunch of Chinese elements in the original "Big Bang Theory". However, it is obvious that neither CBS nor him have the intention to add Chinese characters, so he can only let two "Sichuan boys" show their faces. So Bill Prady has his own ideas about the Chinese elements and Chinese characters set by Wang Yang.

"This Sheldon is not crazy or autistic. He is 100% healthy and normal, and it is normal for him!"

Listening to Wang Yang's words, Graham Reinhan nodded easily. The character's setting is very weird, but what does it matter? Sheldon is such a person. Bill Prady was a little confused and didn't quite understand this formed character who had been "exploring the future". He grabbed the pencil and looked at Salzbo, and asked curiously: "Sorry, David, is there really such a nerd in the scientific world?"

"Yes, I think there is." Salzbo thought for a while and nodded. Wang Yang smiled and said, "Our professor is not." Salzbo looked at the familiar whiteboard, full of episode analysis rather than formulas, and the freshness in his heart surged again. He laughed and said, "The word nerd has a derogatory meaning, but I think it may be the most appropriate word to describe those who are passionate about science and animation."

After looking at Prady, he continued: "These personalities are a bit exaggerated, but Sheldon and Leonard's personal love, habits and behaviors are like this. I met such a guy when I was in graduate school." Prady nodded suddenly.

"No matter what! Sheldon will not see any temptation when facing a woman; when facing Penny, his attitude is to treat her as..." Wang Yang said for a moment, turned around and drew a connection between Sheldon and Penny on the whiteboard, and wrote: "A orangutan that has not evolved completely, will you be moved by an orangutan? What he likes is not appearance. In his eyes, whether a woman is beautiful depends on her IQ! The IQ value is his chest, and the education trophy is his butt."

Everyone chuckled, and Wang Yang also shrugged. He didn't know how many "shoots" pilot episodes of the original "Big Bang" had passed. Anyway, there were two in his mind: Sheldon Cooper, the first one, was set as lustful and obscene, had sex with Leonard's girlfriend, and Penny was also a dark and scheming character, without Howard and Raj; in the "sperm donation" scene at the beginning, the two finally took the money and left.

The second one is closer to the first episode, and the two have completed donating sperm, but then they have to come back. The scientists in this version are still not so stupid and still eat a lot of "human fireworks"; and then the first episode of the first season (the pilot episode) that was broadcasted later, the character and the story are still unclear, and Sheldon still has many normal men's performances. If it were Sheldon in the third season, he would never donate sperm. He would not even donate sperm, nor would he take the initiative to strike up Penny, showing that shy and shining expression.

Logically speaking, the original world of a nerd was penetrated by a sunny girl, and it should have become more and more human and more "manly"; as a result, Sheldon was revised to become more and more stupid, and of course, it became more and more cute.

Now at the beginning, the characters are all the ultimate version, so naturally there will be no sperm donation scenes at the beginning. The two physics doctors will appear in other ways, and everything has mature changes.

The original Sheldon Cooper is Jim Parsons. He was born in Houston in March 1973. He has a bachelor's degree in the Department of Drama and Dance from the University of Houston, a master's degree in the Department of Drama from the University of San Diego, and a lot of theater performance experience. He is a typical academic actor. Now 30-year-old Parsons has no experience in film performances. He has only played a supporting role in "ED" on TV, which can be said to be blank.

Wang Yang is preparing to continue to ask him to play Sheldon. Parsons is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. He will definitely not have any problems when he wants to make a film appointment. Howard, Raj, and Leonard are also in free now, but Penny is in some trouble.

Compared with the academic Parsons, Johnny Gelkech, the actor who played Leonard, is a child star and is well-known. He was born in 1975 and was released on the screen with the TV movie "Murder Order" at the age of 12. At the age of 17, he joined the sitcom "Rosanne" for five seasons and 92 episodes. He also has performances such as "Mr. Bean's Catastrophe", "I Know What You Do Last Summer", "Vanilla Sky", etc., and has won four nominations and won the Young Artist Award.

The original future is bright and he will grow into the main male star of the new generation of Hollywood. If he is 10-20cm taller than he is, because his height is only 165cm taller, the dazzling child star will fall in disgrace.

"Okay, let's talk about Penny first! This is a typical girl with big breasts and brainless breasts, and her emotional life is a mess!" Wang Yang circled a mess on the whiteboard. Under the gaze of the three of them, he wrote and said: "But she is sunny and friendly, and sometimes she will be suitable for some reason, but she is a principled person. I need her to quickly enter the lives and circles of geniuses and become good friends with each other. She has no sense of self-protection. One is her personality, and the other is that she is not afraid of these nerds. If she fights, she thinks she can kick them to death with a few kicks, right?"

"Don't worry about not having a story. Our goal is to have 12 episodes in the first half of the season. These people are already careless and very close friends."

There was a red 12 on the whiteboard. When Wang Yang saw that all three of them nodded, he analyzed and explained it again. He wanted to let Bill Prady keep up with the rhythm of the mature version, instead of staying at the stage of "Is the scientist really that stupid?" and "Sheldon will be lustful, right?", only when Bill Prady understands these mature and stable ideas, he can release him and hand over the work on the set to Bill, and "The Big Bang Theory" can start recording.

"Next to talk about the supporting role." When the whiteboard was written in a dense manner, Wang Yang changed to a new piece next to him, walked to the round table and took a sip of water, and continued to preach: "Let me talk about this Chinese mathematics professor in cit..."

He has decided that the Chinese character is tentatively a supporting role, Sheldon and others' colleagues. This is a very necessary role, not only because he wants popular Chinese characters to appear on the screen, but also he needs to use this to joke with himself, otherwise he sometimes makes some light jokes from white, Jewish, and Indians. Although everyone knows that this is a sitcom, he doesn't make jokes all day long, and becomes malicious without malice.

It is still a reputation to cause trouble. Now everyone associates "The Big Bang" with Fan Qiyang. He is not the kind of unknown producer. Of course, people are not that sensitive and can't joke, otherwise the crew of "South Park" would have been torn apart for 800 yuan, just joking with each other.

What is Penny's trouble? After spending the morning screenwriter meeting and afternoon editing, the sky in Los Angeles is already dark and night. In the bright study, Wang Yang frowned at the photo of Penny's actor Karee Choko on the computer screen. He was not that the 18-year-old Karee Choko's appearance and temperament are inconsistent, or her acting skills are not good, but that she is now starring in a set of ABC sitcom "Eight Routines on Dating My Daughter" Season 2.

According to the information in my mind, the third season of this series was not over 2004-2005 due to poor results. If it was not cut in half by ABC this year's winter break, it would be impossible to invite Karey Choko, who has a contract, to participate in the sitcom audition.

"Let's wait until the winter break." Wang Yang whispered to himself and closed the webpage. If Kalei-Cuoke had no schedule, he could only invite others to audition for Penny. In addition to the continued screenwriter meetings and phone calls, the preliminary preparations for "The Big Bang Theory" are all about. For the formal crew formation, the cast selection work will not be carried out until the winter break. These work are done by executive producers, and of course he also needs to take care of it.

"Hu." Wang Yang stroked his forehead and felt that his shoulders seemed to be lighter. He tapped the keyboard a few times and opened the schedule and looked at it. He immediately glared and shouted, "Oh my God!" It turned out that heavy.

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Chapter completed!