For many years, stages in Ho Chi Minh City have always been in a state of "red eyes" looking for good scripts to stage. Many scripts from the creation camp, although well-reviewed, are not easy to make into plays. In order to remove this knot soon, most artists in Ho Chi Minh City believe that it is necessary to change the organization and operation of composition camps in order to find a source of quality scripts to meet the needs of the public. .
People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association, pondered: "Currently, not many artists, directors and authors are willing to sit and watch all the plays of other groups to summarize the pros and cons. This is very harmful because it will lead to artists, directors, and authors losing their critical thinking. If you don't put too much emphasis on this, it will easily lead to subjective thinking. If you don't put yourself in the audience's position, how can you write a delicate script?"
A scene from the play "The day of the bang" by author Tran Dang Nhan. After winning the award at the writing camp, this script was staged and attracted a large audience at the Young World stage. Photo: THANH HIEP
In order to practically improve the scarcity of good scripts, the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association is preparing to organize a composition camp with the participation of many authors. Accordingly, the goal of the theatrical script-writing camp this time is the scripts that will be directed to real life and positively reflect today's life.
According to people in the world, when composing, it is not enough to put yourself in the audience's position. The author also has to put himself in the position of the director and producer to understand whether the script he wrote can be edited or not. Besides, it is necessary to put topicality into the story of the script and consider from what perspective life should be reflected, so that the story is not forced...
Many mature artists believe that in order to have a good script, the author must put himself in the character, live with the story he has built, so that the character acts convincingly, not saying clichés. The script will fail if the character's psychological construction is less subtle, based on self-imposed; Subjective opinions will lead to awkwardness…
