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The Recipe to Writing Soap Opera Scenarios
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release 2
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by Burnin' of UNKNOWN Prez
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Oct 16th, 2001
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Dear reader, today we will have a look at the basics of creating soap opera
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scenarios. There are, as by everything, several different ways to accomplish
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this task. We shall describe only one of them: customizing an already existing
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good scenario. This variant is more preferred over others because good scripts
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aren't too hard to find and the whole process is relatively painless. For
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starters you need a good scenario, a script which has enough action, funny
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humor, a good story, deep characters, interesting situations. You know the
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saying: the better the building material the better the result, so choose
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carefully. Probably best would be the scenario of a late 90's action series,
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mainly because they have all the needed ingredients. But let's go on, next you
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take the amount of humor that occurs in one, ONE, episode of that good show
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and minimize it to 64,4 per cent. Now you take the action and repeat the
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minimizing on it. Then take the thrill, story and the count of different
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backgrounds (often referred to as the places where the show will be shot) and
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minimize them too. Multiply the amount of text with twelve hundred and tripple
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the amount of main characters. Put this all in a pot and mix well. Let it stay
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for a month or so. Share then the mix between all 1233 episodes. Done? Good,
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there you have it: your average soap opera scenario which can be marketed in
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every part of the world. If you want more success to the script then you
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should change the amount of some ingredients according to the country. For
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example, if the target is Mexican TV then following steps should be taken:
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take at least one of the show's dominating families/groups and add about 4
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zeroes (plus/minus a zeroe) to the sum they have on their bank account or
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change their money's currency from the native to US dollars. After that
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multiply the jealousy with eleven and the fighting between female characters
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with six, include an amnesia by a main (preferably male) character and if
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most characters are over 24 then include also a rape or two. If you on the
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other hand are thinking about the American market then forget the rape and
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half of the fights, add those zeroes to everyone's money, include about 3
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psychos and let at least one of them develop into a complete nutcase. Extra
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spice can be added by letting that last psycho kill a couple not so often
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occurring characters. You can also use a clever trick which is known from
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Spelling's shows: triple the amount of backgrounds. Additionally a little
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kidnapping and/or a twin brother/sister can be quite successful. By the way,
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twins and psychos can be combined. For Australian market take the original
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average script and make sure that one third of the action takes place outside.
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Also take care that every 4th scene in that one third is filmed in a beach.
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That's it. As you can see, it's very easy. So the next time you have a free
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afternoon why not sit down and write a soap opera scenario.
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