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The "Jurassic Park" series restarts the project. This is the second consecutive time that Lanly has participated in a commercial film after "Interstellar Crossing".

During the previous awards season, a lot of cynicism appeared on social networks: Now Lan Li has begun to arrogantly reject art films, and is dedicated to challenging his own "money" path. This self-proclaimed "actor" actor After all, it is still unavoidable to align with money. So, are all the previous bold words "personal design"?

Fueled by the fanfare of the Weinstein brothers, such negative remarks are very marketable, which further interfered with Renley’s Oscar journey: first "Jurassic Park", then "Star Wars Gaiden", one business after another. After the news that the film was confirmed to be finalized, the attacks on Lan Li became more and more violent and fierce.

But for Lan Li, there is no need to respond at all.

After the transformation of the "burst drummer", in Lan Li's view, there is no clear boundary between commercial and artistic works, because art originally comes from life and is higher than life, and the artistic influence brought by commercial movies is the same. Objectively, if commercial films are excluded, then art films will have no foundation. What's more, for Lan Li, the most important thing is always that he will return to the role of an actor again, stand in front of the camera again, and enter the performance again. This is the most exciting and exciting, isn't it?

Others can't understand Lan Li, but it doesn't matter because Lan Li doesn't care.

In the process of rewriting and adjusting the script of "Jurassic World", we can faintly perceive the interesting phenomenon of mutual opposition and integration between "commercial films and artistic works". Of course, because of different targets, this is also destined There are many differences between the two, but in the final analysis, this is a kind of "creation", and the thinking and reflection in the creative process are objectively existing, and it can even be said that it is unavoidable——

Even the most empty, boring and boring popcorn blockbuster, such as "Transformers", it also pinned the nostalgia of a generation for Transformers toys, and also pinned the general audience's indulge in bombarding visual effects. This It is the charm and influence brought by film art.

However, it is not an easy task to modify the commercial film script.

The first thing to realize is that the character image and theme depth of commercial films are absolutely impossible to compare with art films, because the goals between the two are different; similarly, the performance space of actors is also completely different. Relying on this background, Lan Li put forward his opinions, and after Colin listened carefully, he completed the adjustment of the script.

For Owen’s image, the space he needs is relatively simple: Why does he hate the use of dinosaurs as weapons? At the same time, why is he willing to stick to it and start a confrontation?

Protecting animals because of caring for animals? Because you hate war and reject war? Because protect your lover and stick to your faith? Or is it because the hero complex saves the world?

If you want to take the light route, you can choose your personal emotions as the support and starting point. Family, friends and lovers. The so-called saving the world against the enemy is actually just to protect your loved ones from harm, and Owen happens to appear in He was forced to become a hero after losing the location of the flashpoint of this disaster.

The "Jurassic World" of the previous life can be regarded as such a route.

But unfortunately, even with emotion as a support point, the director and the script did not give too much space to the character. In the end, he only gave a little pen and ink on the level of love between Owen and the heroine Claire, and more of it was Owen and Swift. The bond between the dragons makes a fuss----

This is also to emphasize why Irving can become the protagonist of saving disasters. The problem is that so the focus is on the first part and the second part is a bit nonsense, let alone the distant third part.

Obviously, when Chris Pratt took the lead, Universal Pictures was not considering a sequel at all; otherwise, they could add more pen and ink, between the male lead and the female lead, and between the male lead and his friends. ——These contents are actually useful tricks for commercial movies: even if the earth is destroyed, the hero and heroine will not forget to talk about love.

If you want to take a profound route, you can choose war and faith as the starting point. Owen is a former soldier. He has personally experienced the cruelty and **** of war, and he has also personally experienced the pain and cruelty of death, which makes him feel good about life and life. All have different understandings.

Irving and Claire have become each other’s predecessors. The real core is that the deep pain in Irving’s heart cannot be healed. The mistrust caused by this initiative pushes Claire away; Claire is also aware of Irving’s self-estrangement, so she also refuses. Compromise and turn away sensibly.

It is precisely because of the inability to find fetters in the intimate emotional relationship between humans, which also makes Owen subconsciously begin to approach animals, and the kindness and softness of his heart make him approach the Velociraptor step by step, and successfully build a bridge of trust with them. In the situation, it became mutual dependence.

Therefore, when he learned that someone was trying to turn dinosaurs into weapons, his hatred of war and his closeness to Velociraptors made Owen proactively step forward—not passively be beaten, but proactively attack. He needs to protect his beliefs. , He also needs to hold on to his last harbour.

Taking war and belief as the starting point, the follow-up story can also evolve many possibilities, bit by bit to make Owen's image fuller, especially the interactive fetters between Owen and the Velociraptor, Owen and Claire, fully equipped with the theme of the story Derived to a deeper level of ability.

The most direct reference work is Christopher Nolan's "Batman" series, which uses Bruce Wayne's understanding of family and love to establish a "dilemma" between justice and evil, and between individuals and collectives. The core focus of the film falls on the theme of "The Dark Knight", showing that every superhero must sacrifice his own tragedy core meaning in order to save the world. The design of "Jurassic World" is somewhat similar.

Of course, for commercial films, the director can also choose the narrative method according to his own style. If you go to the dark system, it will be heavier and sad. Christopher Nolan is like this; if you go to the bright system, then you can control the rhythm more briskly. This is the case for the Marvel series of movies—as for those connotations and backgrounds, they are all left to the performance of the actors.

It must be noted that it does not mean that the theme is deep, it must be bitter and enmity! This is often easy to become a misunderstanding. For commercial films, the most important thing is the narrative style, from the image to the light to the lens, and finally the content of the lines and the performance style, etc., which have a great influence on the overall tone of the film. Important role.

So, how should such content be placed in commercial movies without disrupting the rhythm of the movie? Can you maintain the director’s personal style at the same time?

Similarly, it is enough to learn from "Iron Man"-for example, for the first reunion between Irving and Claire, Claire only needs to add the sentence "I don't care about you and your problem", "Your problem has not been solved yet", and so on, implying The relationship between two people is far from simple.

For another example, during the interaction between Irving and the Velociraptor, a lens was added to reflect Irving’s softness, which is different from the usual laughing and joking; for another example, facing a crisis, Irving’s expressions and good actions appear hesitated, seeming to awaken bad memories. But immediately became firm again.

There is no need to change the film structure and narrative rhythm in large sections. It only needs a sentence or a lens to explain. Through the construction of the lens picture, the character image and the story structure are combined, leaving more room for the audience to remember. And let the corners of the characters become three-dimensional, with the possibility of derivation, for commercial films, this is enough.

This is enough to plant a seed in the movie and leave more room for the development of the sequel movie.

However, it is simple to say but difficult to operate in practice. For actors, understanding and presentation are not difficult; but for directors, it is necessary to take into account multiple aspects such as rhythm control, lens construction, content output, etc. ~www.novelhall.com~How to explore the connotation and pave the way for climax Finding a balance is no easy task. Otherwise, commercial films will not be so difficult to shoot. In addition to Marvel films, DC films are still struggling to find their own business model, which is the best proof.

But Lan Li is an actor, not a director; the discussion between Lan Li and Colin is only the script, not shooting, things are relatively simple.

After several rounds of discussions, the final decision to determine the image frame of Irving's corner: "War and Faith" has become the driving core of the whole story, Colin still hopes to be able to discuss more profound and larger propositions in the sequel movie, taking dinosaurs as the starting point. , To express the human desire for war and power, and to further incorporate Colin’s reflection on humans and nature. For the exploration that "Jurassic Park" could not complete at the beginning, I hope "Jurassic World" Can continue--

Otherwise, after the series restarts, there is no novelty or depth. Even if the first film is successful, the crew will soon be in trouble and return to the old routine of the previous work, unable to truly impress the audience.

The entire script has completed structural adjustments, and the description of Irving has increased significantly, and because of the theme of "War and Faith", this makes the characters and the main storyline more closely connected, and the core of the narrative has become more compact and more cohesive. , So that the story has been "upgraded."

This is the first time that Lan Li, as a producer, has truly and directly participated in the pre-production process of a film. In the script, Lan Li’s wisdom is condensed-although he cannot be signed in the screenwriter column. But this is indeed a unique experience different from the past.

"Jurassic World" is the final name.

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