Chapter 449： script experience

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A script is actually a story, simple or complex, simple or profound, simple or tangled. The most primitive script is that the screenwriter tells a story to the audience through the director's lens. Telling a story is something everyone can do, but the question is whether the story is well told, and what method is used to tell the story, and what is the truth of the story.

The "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" that is currently being shown is about Harry Potter's second year of life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To condense the content of the two or three hundred pages of the original novel into one movie, Zun must only grasp the main line, and while advancing the story, only the important parts and the parts worthy of attention should be left. In short, it is to know how to grasp the key points, to know how to generalize, and to know how to find bright spots.

Watching the movie progress on the big screen, Evan Bell was still recalling the content of the original novel in his mind at first, but halfway through the movie, he was a little distracted. Because he was adapted from the film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" itself, he thought of several films he starred in in the past, and almost every work has inspiring details.

The screenplay "Death Illusion" by Richard Kelly is simply a series of seemingly meaningless stories. But, in reality, Richard Kelly built a unique world, and then gave a special meaning to every character, every dialogue, every action in the script, thus telling a confusing story The story expresses Richard Kelly's inner view of fatalism.

The story of "Ice Age" is actually very simple. It is the story of three animals escorting a baby to find Lou's parents.

However, in this story, what happened and how did the friendship sublimate, and most importantly, there is a deeper meaning in the confrontation between animals and humans. How to flesh out a simple story without falling into the cliché, trivial, and boring, the point is to get the audience to buy it. This is the most difficult part.

What about Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the screenplay "The White Night"? The main line of the story is not difficult to understand, but the focus is on the protagonist. Christopher Nolan uses the phenomenon of extreme daylight to bring the protagonist's inner struggle and the confrontation between the protagonist and his opponent to the extreme. The script of "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" is not as exciting as "Memento", why? Because the Memento story is more complicated? no. It's because "Memento" makes the story come alive with flashbacks and interspersed sequences. In fact, the story of "Memento" is very simple, even simpler than "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", but Christopher Nolan has disrupted the story and made it disorderly and compact. That's how storytelling works.

The story of "Sniper Phone Booth" is even simpler, a story of a sniper playing with a stranger while applauding. However, the screenwriter used language violence and the narrow space to amplify this sense of confrontation infinitely, focusing all the brush and ink on the change of the hero's mentality, and dedicated a wonderful thriller and suspense film.

And "Deadly Identity" and "Adapted Script" should be the most exciting scripts that Evan Bell has come into contact with so far. The brilliance of "Deadly Identity" lies in its bold imagination, which directly materializes all eleven personalities into eleven different people, and then uses the most direct means to eliminate one personality. Therefore, the compactness of the rate and the combination of circles make the script itself extremely exciting, and at the same time, it also allows the director to have more freedom to play.

The brilliance of the "adapted script" is what Evan Bell felt the most. Charlie Kaufman is indeed an Oscar-level ghost writer. The wonderful thing about "adapting the script" is that it makes it impossible for you to tell whether it is reality or a movie. Only those who really understand it will scold the "pit father" and those who can't understand it will only curse and say that this is a lousy film. The wonderful thing about "adapting the script" is that the screenwriter controls the process of the story, and tells a simple and boring "screenplay creation process" with novel description methods. When all the audience realizes that they are being teased by the screenwriter, this is the most exciting part of "adapting the script".

What about the "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in front of you? This is a commercial film of a movie. The big scenes and special effects are used as the focus of publicity. While the story is wonderful, it raises the audience's visual sting to an important position. Therefore, when adapting the original novel, the screenwriter obviously placed the magic color and duel scenes in a relatively important position. This is also an unavoidable part of commercial films. The carving of the characters is slightly rough, and the focus is on the effect, trying to attract the audience with more thorny pictures.

In fact, almost all commercial blockbusters have this in common, such as "Transformers" such as "007" series, such as "Avatar". The stories of these commercial blockbusters are relatively simple, more of which is the personal heroism advocated by the United States. The story lines are clear, the plots are simple, the characters confront each other clearly, the script progresses rapidly, and the visual explosion is used to create excitement. Therefore, the lack of storylines in commercial blockbusters is also the focus of criticism. This is also the reason why it is difficult for actors to show their special characters and acting skills in commercial blockbusters, because the characters are relatively weak in the script.

Such a comparison with "Batman: The Dark Knight" is so highly sought after, it is understandable. While retaining the characteristics of commercial blockbusters, Christopher Nolan added a strong personal color to make the film more profound. At the same time, the portrayal of the villain Joker is even more classic. Not only did the role of "1 Clown" go down in history, but it also made the film a big hit at both the box office and word of mouth.

It can be seen that how to write a good script is the first part of making a good movie: finding a good director, finding a group of outstanding staff and actors, is the next thing.

The reason why a story is attractive may be because of the ups and downs of the story itself, perhaps because the protagonist is charming, or because the plot conflicts are thorny and hot, no matter what it is, the excellence of a script must have a bright spot. Even the most ordinary and boring script can win the love of the audience, and it has its place of success.

For example, the confusing "Death Illusion" that makes people feel inexplicably wrapped around the "adapted script" can be loved by many audiences, because the script has something to say, and its connotation is to withstand scrutiny, can withstand digging. That's where they shine.

Evan Bell is a storyteller, he is also a storyteller, and he can also tell a wonderful story. However, to create a script, what Evan Bell must determine is, what is the biggest point of view in this script he created? What is the biggest imprint of "Mysterious Skin" in Evan Bell's heart, is it being violated by children? Still in love with xìn? Or social responsibility? No, it should be growing pains. Only when it really hurts can it grow up.

Evan Bell's pain is the car accident of the senior: Catherine Bell's pain is two children, and that rainy night: Teddy Bell's pain is the younger brother who was called "dumb" by others: Eden Yiha Deson's pain is the parents he never showed up...

In Evan Bell's view, "Mysterious Skin" is not a moral and ethical novel, nor should it be a simple Moral Deren condemning the coach who stretched out his claws? Or condemn the society for not paying enough attention to children? Neither "mysterious skin" should be cynical, nor should it be sad, nor should it be a self-proclaimed missionary, it should just tell a story, about the inevitable when you and I were growing up Pain, unavoidable hesitation, unavoidable confusion. After reading this story, what the reader or audience thinks should not be told to you by the author, screenwriter, or director, but you should have your own ideas.

So how should the novel "Mysterious Skin" be condensed into a script, a ninety-minute movie?

The first is the name of the novel, why is it called "Mysterious Skin" In fact, 1],

There are not many parts that mention the skin. So how should it be understood? Mysterious skin is an attractive and powerful touch that comes from the skin, from the charm of the body under the skin. Perhaps, the mystery is not the skin, but the "kinship of the skin" that the skin represents.

In the movie, as the protagonist Neil, he does not reject the contact with the professor. What he experiences is candy in exchange for money, not the pleasure of xìn: at the same time, he also realizes that his skin The trainer's mysterious appeal. Mysterious skin is not talking about skin, but the attraction of teenagers to coaches, or the attraction of ignorant love to teenagers.

Perhaps, he should put the film's perspective on the protagonists of the novel, Neil and Brian, and look at the world from their perspective to review everything they have experienced, and find the broken parts of their youth. a picture.

Thinking of this, Evan Bell's line of sight became clear again, and the "Harry-Bōte and the Chamber of Secrets" on the big screen had reached the final part. Originally, I was confused about how to adapt the script and never started: Now, Evan-Bell has found a way, and it can't be said that the writing is like a god, but at least he found the beginning of the rope, and he went down, the script creation will not be so difficult. The beginning of everything is difficult, and now this beginning has finally found a clue, which makes Evan Bell take a long sigh of relief.

Now, Evan Bell can't wait to return to the Langham Hotel, reopen the "Mysterious Skin" and read the novel again, and then find an entry point among the hilarious words, and put this touching story Written as a script of dialogue and scenes, this sad story is told in detail for possible future audiences.

At this moment, Evan Bell suddenly felt that he might become a very good storyteller, because he was looking forward to the stories he told to tell all the audience his inner thoughts and thoughts. Imagine a movie theater. The audience's expressions of happiness or sadness, which in itself is a very fulfilling thing.

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