每當(dāng)又一出新的真人秀節(jié)目上檔時(shí)，總會(huì)想起那部著名的《楚門的世界》。電影中，主人公楚門從出生的那一天起，其日常生活的分分秒秒就都被攝像機(jī)如實(shí)記錄下來，向全世界播映。楚門在不知不覺間成為了家喻戶曉的明星，而他自己卻并不知情。楚門的生活就如同是一幅活色生香的個(gè)人成長(zhǎng)景觀圖，這在當(dāng)時(shí)是好萊塢生產(chǎn)出來的銀色夢(mèng)幻。

現(xiàn)如今，一場(chǎng)又一場(chǎng)種類繁多的真人秀將他們自己真實(shí)的生活赤裸裸地放到所有電視觀眾面前，來滿足凡人都有的窺探欲望，看的人倒也都樂此不疲、津津樂道。真人的世界也許就是一場(chǎng)真人秀，而真人秀作為一種“真實(shí)生活節(jié)目”，也就是一種娛樂形式。演的人出了名、賺了錢，看客消磨了時(shí)間，這似乎也是一場(chǎng)合理的交易。

——Eva

The Kress， an Asian-inspired L.A. club， has barely been open one week， but tonight it’s hosting the equivalent of a meeting with the Pope—that is， a visit from the cast and crew of MTV’s reality 1)hit The Hills. With stars Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge due to arrive at 8:30 p.m. for their standard videotaped girl talk over cocktails， the crew is busy 2)prepping the space for the cameras. Two seats at the corner of the bar are reserved， and a production assistant

3)laps around the room handing out forms asking bystanders to agree to appear on camera. If they don’t， production will ask them to move， or shoot around them. Most 4)comply easily，

unimpressed by the fact that MTV’s highest-rated series will be shooting a scene mere feet from their plates of lobster 5)sashimi and beef 6)carpaccio. Clearly， they don’t know that roommates Lauren and Audrina are having major tension at home， and this could be a totally important conversation.

Finally， Lauren and Audrina 7)coast into the club and take their seats at the bar. No direction. No rehearsals. They just start talking. Upstairs， the director and four producers， including creator and executive producer Adam， huddle around three portable monitors. Lauren and Audrina 8)segue into a conversation about tomorrow’s barbecue at the house of Lauren’s ex-boyfriend Doug. Will it be awkward， Audrina wonders， since Doug recently went on a date with Lauren’s friend Stephanie? Lauren admits， “Tomorrow， I’m gonna need to drink.” Adam， catching a shot of Lauren laughing that he thinks will work well for this season’s updated 9)opening credits montage， runs over to the editor to have him jot down the time code. When the girls prepare to depart， the director sends one of the cameras across the street to capture them leaving. Strolling down the boulevard， Lauren， who has been living her life on television for four years and knows how to end a scene， turns to Audrina and smiles. “Tomorrow，” she says， “is gonna be a crazy， fun day.”

As with most scenes on The Hills， the cast knew ahead of time that cameras would be present at the scene. Almost everything is planned in advance， which is why production of The Hills has always faced tremendous skepticism—Is it fake? The answer is...10)to a point. The Hills is， essentially， scheduled reality. A typical week begins with producers calling the core cast members on Sunday and getting 11)intel on what’s happened to them over the weekend. An e-mail update is sent to the staff that night so everyone can prepare for Monday’s “story meeting，” in which the producers and story editors sit around and 12)dissect the Hills girls’ personal and social lives. From that， they determine whom to film during the week.

Plotting out the shooting schedule is an elaborate process: Depending on where the girls are going and whom they’ll be with， production will call ahead and clear the locations—restaurants， cafés， retail 13)outlet—for the crews to come in. Once everything is set up， Lauren gets her shooting

schedule e-mailed to her， usually the night before. If the idea of coordinating your real life with a film crew sounds surreal， it’s even more so now that Lauren—thanks to The Hills— is too famous to have anything resembling a real life. Her schedule is packed with photo shoots， fashion shows， and red-carpet events like the 14)Dark Knight premiere. All that 15)glitz seems perfect 16)fodder for reality TV， but producers insist on keeping the celebrity side off camera. The series’ original 17)premise is all about the relatable aspects of Lauren’s life， like dating， heartbreak， and friendship.

The phenomenon of The Hills has gone beyond the weekly tabloid covers， the endless 18)spoofs or even its place in the presidential campaign. (After Heidi endorsed John McCain， he joked that he never “misses an episode of The Hills”; Barack Obama promised 19)David Letterman， “My first act as president will be to stop the fighting between Lauren and Heidi.”) “With Lauren Conrad， a whole generation of women see themselves in her.” Says Tony DiSanto， MTV’s exec VP of series programming and development， “It’s almost becoming like a novel at this point， like this

generation’s A Tale of Two Cities or Oliver Twist.”

Whether or not you equate drunken nights at hot clubs in L.A. to the classic literary works of Dickens， the show’s success is undeniable. And no one has 20)reaped more benefits than Lauren. She’s already launched her own 21)eponymous clothing line， which is sold in 500 22)boutiques across the country. Forbes estimated her 2007-08 income to be $1.5 million.

If it were up to MTV， The Hills would keep rolling indefinitely， but Lauren is ready for a break. “Every season， I think it’s the last，” she admits. “Right now， I think this is the last

season.” “I go through a 23)phase when I’ve been filming where I wake up in the middle of the night and I think I’m being filmed，” says Lauren. “That’s when I have to take a vacation.” DiVello says he can see the show going at least one more season， but ideally， “I’d love to stay with it until Lauren gets married.”

克雷斯是洛杉磯一家亞洲風(fēng)格的夜店，開業(yè)還不到一個(gè)星期，今晚卻已經(jīng)有一場(chǎng)相當(dāng)于羅馬教皇到訪的盛事要在這里舉行——那就是，MTV臺(tái)熱門真人秀節(jié)目《好萊塢女孩》劇組人員的來訪。劇中的明星勞倫·康拉德和奧德利娜·帕特里奇定于晚上八點(diǎn)半到達(dá)，女孩倆喝著雞尾酒聊天的場(chǎng)景照常要拍下來。劇組人員正忙著為晚上的拍攝布置場(chǎng)地。位于吧臺(tái)角落的兩個(gè)位置已預(yù)留好，一名制片助理在店內(nèi)滿場(chǎng)跑，分發(fā)表格征詢其他在場(chǎng)的人是否同意出鏡。如果不愿意，制片方會(huì)讓他們挪一下位置，或者拍攝的時(shí)候避開他們。大多數(shù)人很爽快地就答應(yīng)了，盡管是MTV臺(tái)收視率最高的劇集要在他們身旁取景拍攝，鏡頭距離他們盛滿龍蝦生魚片和生牛肉片的盤子僅僅幾英尺，他們還是滿不在乎的。顯然，他們不知道勞倫和奧德利娜這兩位舍友在家里關(guān)系非常緊張，而這次談話可能會(huì)極其重要。

最終，勞倫和奧德利娜按時(shí)來到這家會(huì)所，在吧臺(tái)附近的位置坐了下來。沒有導(dǎo)演指示，也沒有排練，她們就這樣自己聊起來。在樓上，導(dǎo)演和四個(gè)制片人，包括制作人兼執(zhí)行制片亞當(dāng)，聚集在三臺(tái)便攜式監(jiān)視器周圍。勞倫和奧德利娜繼續(xù)關(guān)于明天在勞倫的前男友道格家燒烤的話題。奧德利娜想知道，這樣會(huì)不會(huì)尷尬呢，因?yàn)榈栏褡罱蛣趥惖呐笥咽返俜夷菁s會(huì)了。勞倫承認(rèn)說：“明天我需要喝點(diǎn)酒?！眮啴?dāng)看到了勞倫大笑的一個(gè)場(chǎng)景，認(rèn)為正好可以用來制作這一季最新的片頭，馬上跑到剪輯師那里讓他記下時(shí)間碼。女孩子們準(zhǔn)備離開的時(shí)候，導(dǎo)演派街對(duì)面其中的一組攝像機(jī)捕捉她們離開時(shí)的畫面。已經(jīng)在電視里生活了四年的勞倫，她知道怎樣結(jié)束一個(gè)場(chǎng)景。在街上慢慢走著，她向奧德利娜笑了笑說：“明天肯定會(huì)很瘋，很好玩?！?/p>

在《好萊塢女孩》的大多數(shù)場(chǎng)景中，演員提前知道會(huì)有攝像機(jī)在拍攝現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。幾乎任何事情都是提前設(shè)計(jì)好的，這也是為什么《好萊塢女孩》的制片方一直以來受到極大質(zhì)疑——這是假的吧？答案……某種程度上是?！逗萌R塢女孩》實(shí)質(zhì)上是一個(gè)“預(yù)設(shè)的”真人劇。通常，一周開始，制片人會(huì)在周日召集劇中主要角色，了解周末他們身上都發(fā)生了什么事情。當(dāng)晚，工作人員會(huì)收到郵件，提供最新信息，以便每人能為周一的“情節(jié)會(huì)議”做準(zhǔn)備。在這個(gè)會(huì)上，制片人和故事編輯們會(huì)坐下來仔細(xì)研究“好萊塢女孩們”的個(gè)人以及社交生活，依此來決定這一周要拍攝誰。

制作拍攝時(shí)間表是一個(gè)復(fù)雜的過程。就看這些女孩們要去哪里，要跟誰一起，制片方會(huì)提前去到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)（餐館、咖啡廳和零售商店）清場(chǎng)以便劇組人員前來。當(dāng)所有的事情準(zhǔn)備就緒，通常勞倫會(huì)在拍攝的前一晚收到電子郵件，通知她拍攝時(shí)間安排。如果和一組拍攝人員協(xié)調(diào)自己真實(shí)生活的主意聽起來不真實(shí)，對(duì)于現(xiàn)在因《好萊塢女孩》成名已經(jīng)難以過上正常生活的勞倫來說，這個(gè)想法就更加匪夷所思。她的日程表排滿了硬照拍攝、時(shí)裝表演以及類似《黑暗騎士》首映禮的紅毯活動(dòng)。所有的浮華似乎是真人電視節(jié)目的完美素材，但制片人堅(jiān)持不把她名人的一面拍攝進(jìn)去。這部系列劇的初衷就是要涉及勞倫生活中一般人能產(chǎn)生共鳴的方面，例如約會(huì)、失戀以及友誼。

每周娛樂小報(bào)的封面，無休止的調(diào)侃挖苦總圍繞著《好萊塢女孩》，甚至總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選也提到它（在海蒂表明支持約翰·麥凱恩之后，他開玩笑說他從沒“落過一集《好萊塢女孩》。巴拉克·奧巴馬則向大衛(wèi)·萊特曼保證“我當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)后的第一個(gè)舉措將會(huì)是勸阻勞倫和海蒂之間的爭(zhēng)斗）。而這部劇衍生的現(xiàn)象遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止這些，“整一代女性從勞倫·康拉德身上看到了她們自己”，MTV節(jié)目與劇集開發(fā)部執(zhí)行副總裁托尼·迪桑托說道，“在這一點(diǎn)上，它幾乎成為了一本小說，就像是這個(gè)時(shí)代的《雙城記》或《霧都孤兒》”。

無論你是否把在洛杉磯最火的夜店里的夜夜笙歌與狄更斯經(jīng)典的文學(xué)作品相提并論，這個(gè)真人秀的成功是不可否認(rèn)的。其中得益最大的非勞倫莫屬。她已經(jīng)發(fā)布了與自己同名的時(shí)裝品牌，此品牌在全美500家時(shí)裝精品店里有售?！陡２妓埂冯s志預(yù)測(cè)勞倫07至08年的收入有150萬美元之多。

如果按照MTV的意思，《好萊塢女孩》將會(huì)無止境地拍攝下去，但是勞倫想要停下來了。她承認(rèn)，“每一季我都認(rèn)為是最后一季，現(xiàn)在，我想會(huì)是最后一季了”。勞倫說：“在不停拍攝的時(shí)候我會(huì)陷入一種狀態(tài)——半夜醒來覺得有人在拍我，那個(gè)時(shí)候我不得不休個(gè)假”。迪桑托說他預(yù)計(jì)這部秀至少還會(huì)再拍一季，而最理想是，“我希望一直拍下去直到勞倫結(jié)婚”。