1. The screenwriting of musicals is different from that of sitcoms. Generally speaking, the screenwriter can determine the formation of the sitcom script to a large extent, but musicals will add music and dance. , so the people who decide the entire script are not just screenwriters, music producers, and choreographers will also decide the formation of the entire script;
2. There is no requirement for the completion of a musical script to have music first and then lyrics. , then comes the plot, and there is no requirement that the plot must be existing, then lyrics, and finally the music. The creation sequence of sitcom scripts needs to be flexibly changed according to the actual situation. The creation of musical scripts should not only be based on song and dance methods. With structure, musicals add elements of music. Situational drama scripts mainly consist of dialogues, monologues, narrations and stage instructions of the characters in the play. Although musical drama scripts also include such parts, they also add additional elements to the musical drama scripts. Music prompts this component;
3. The forms of promoting plot development are different. When melodrama scripts promote plot development, they mainly use the characters’ language. When promoting plot development in musicals, they do not It is completely performed in the form of full singing, but more in the form of music and dance.