The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 74 Ambitious

How to define a good movie and an excellent movie?

Every movie shot has a specific audience group and unique attributes of the work. For example, popcorn is to entertain the audience, comedy is to make the audience laugh, and thriller is to make the audience fear, as long as the work can reach itself The purpose can be called “good”.

Take “Transformers” as an example. The series of works were horribly scolded by film critics, but the box office remained high because it successfully detonated the audience’s adrenaline and really popped the action of visual effects. The blockbuster attribute is played to its fullest. From this perspective, “Transformers” is a good work.

How can such a good movie be “excellent”?

Movies are like propositional works. Every work has a core idea. Even the vulgar comedy of “shit/urine/ fart” is no exception. It is either family, friendship, or growth. After the movie is over, this Has the topic been covered? Did the audience understand it? Can you bring something more to the audience? Can it be reflected in the life of the audience and even the society? Can it stimulate turbulent reflection? To what extent can the depth and height of this reflection be? In addition to the pure visual and auditory experience, what else does the audience get? How long can what remains in the audience’s mind in the movie?

This is the key factor that defines a great movie.

As for what kind of movie can be called a classic, that is another level. From decent to outstanding, from outstanding to classic, the vast straits cannot be crossed easily.

According to Rodriguez’s original concept and setting, the core idea of ​​”Buried alive” actually ceased only when Lan Li said “first”. As Lan Li said, the work produced in this way is nothing more than an ordinary thriller and suspense movie-if Rodriguez can successfully complete the shot scheduling, rhythm control, atmosphere creation, and emotional preparation, then this can become one. A good thriller movie that stands out from a crowd of ordinary works.

But, that’s all.

The “second” mentioned by Lan Li just now is precisely the key to making “buried alive” outstanding.

The fatal weakness of most horror and suspense movies is that the story is not full enough, or that the characters are not full enough, the characters and personal information, and the communication with the social background are missing. This also makes the horror of the movie stay at a simple level. “The reason why it can become a classic in film history is because the background information of the hotel and the family background of the male protagonist enrich the whole story, allowing the thrilling emotions to take root and extend in the hearts of the audience.

Paul’s personal attributes can do this. The world outside the coffin is a supplement to the plot, which builds a bridge between the audience’s empathy inside and outside the movie screen, and further allows the ups and downs of the story to affect the audience’s emotions, making the whole movie full Get up; in addition, Paul’s social attribute is the sublimation and refinement of the core of the movie. After being frightened, under fear, and after watching the movie, people will think more about Paul’s experience.

Rodriguez’s brows are getting tighter and tighter, the deeper he thinks, the more turbulent surprise and the more excited he is!

It is hard to imagine that Lan Li hasn’t seen the script at all. Just reading the simple information left by the trade union can outline such a magnificent blueprint. This is really incredible! Of course, Rodriguez can feel that Renly considers from the perspective of the role, and all his thoughts are developed around Paul. At the real level of thinking, the perspective of the director is still different, but even so , It’s still too unbelievable!

Rodriguez raised his head and began to look at Lan Lilai again. Above the youthful and invincible face, there are a pair of eyes that are as quiet as water, and the dark brown pupils bloom in the hazy shadow like a deep matt like a black hole, as if looking up at the starry sky, it brings unfathomable sight. Shocked.

In a daze, Rodriguez once again felt the amazingness of the first meeting-vicissitudes and calmness, introverted and rough, every detail between the eyebrows and eyebrows is filled with traces of Paul Conroy, which is definitely not The temperament that a twenty-year-old should have, absolutely not!

“Cough cough.” Rodriguez realized his gaffe, he could not help but coughed twice, concealing his embarrassment, “…you know…I mean, you should know, if you interpret it according to your interpretation , This is a difficult task for the actors. No, it is almost an impossible task to be precise.”

“I know.” Lan Li said with a smile, the understatement, succinct and clear words were full of irrefutable self-confidence, even a little arrogant, the sharp light bursting out in an instant made people unable to face it.

By choosing “Buried alive”, Lan Li did not intend to play safety cards. Unlike the “Pacific War”, “Buried alive” can be said to be a challenge beyond Lan Li’s current ability. This is precisely the reason why Lan Li’s blood boils.

Acting is an art with a long history. It can be traced back hundreds of years or even thousands of years. After a long period of precipitation, it has developed to today. Generally speaking, people’s understanding of acting is based on actions, expressions, language and other means. Performing a role is also the basic cognition of acting skills for thousands of years, and then the traditional academic performance method-also known as expressionism.

The so-called expressionist is actually not difficult to understand. “Performance” refers to body language, facial expressions, line skills, etc., actors need to accurately understand emotions, understand roles, understand the plot, and then through precise control and accurate methods, The performance came out.

There are no shortcuts to this type of performance, which completely tests the solid basic skills and truly interprets the phrase “one minute on stage, ten years off stage”. Every actor must go through a systematic study and a long time. Training and professional training, from body posture to appearance, every detail must be carefully trained.

Each actor has a different level of understanding of performance and a different level of practice of basic skills. The performance presented and the charm left after the performance are completely different. The truth is clear at a glance, especially similar to the traditional Beijing opera and stage play. In performing arts, the same role is performed by different actors and the same actor in different performances, and you can taste different charms.

Lan Li is a typical orthodox academy. During their studies at the Royal Academy of Art and Drama, they have been persevering in learning the basic skills. In fact, thanks to the advantages of resurrection, Lan Li has been receiving systematic performance education since he was a child. In the aristocratic education, performances such as drama, opera and ballet are also a kind of elegant art, and basic skills are learned. The same, and they are all very hard work, really need to be completed with the accumulation of blood and sweat.

Therefore, Lan Li’s basic skills are very solid and he is not lazy at all. He is a representative of traditional expressionism.

In addition to expressionism, in the past half a century, another form of performance has risen strongly and has even gradually become the mainstream of the industry. This is method acting.

The so-called method school, in a nutshell, refers to the status quo of actors completely substituting into the role, according to the character’s situation, substituting their own understanding, and then expressing the role’s emotions.

The most famous example in film history is Robert De Niro’s performance in “Taxi Driver”. In order to feel the real life of a taxi driver and to feel the background of the original script creation, he really became three in New York. The taxi driver on the moon truly felt the confusion and madness of the male protagonist. This is a typical method performance, trying to integrate himself into the role, and the role is driven by the performance, and it is truly integrated into the story. It is true and shocking. , Blatant and crazy.

The highest state of this kind of performance is “no madness, no survival”, completely ignoring the boundary between reality and illusion, and reaching the state of selflessness. The clown played by Heath-Ledger in the “Dark Knight” reached this level, so much so that he could not come out Finally, he chose to understand himself and ended his short period of time. And a brilliant life.

For methodists, they firmly believe that the life of a character is so strange that no one can really feel their emotions unless they have experienced it again. Taking “buried alive” as an example, in the view of the Methodists, they need to experience the feeling of being imprisoned in a narrow space in order to experience what it is like to be buried alive. Only by the way of expressionism, the emotions are in place. But the sense of reality is lacking.

More importantly, the performance school is an unswerving academy route. The threshold is very high. It not only requires years of accumulation, but also requires professional teacher training and teaching, which requires actors to learn systematically. But the method school has no threshold. Anyone can participate in it and experience the emotions of the role with their own understanding. Even if they have not received any education, they can become an excellent actor.

In the contemporary film industry, Europe respects expressionism, and they firmly believe that acting skills require a threshold; the United States respects methodism, and the film industry represented by Hollywood has achieved countless grass-roots star dreams. Non-professional backgrounds and no historical background have opened up opportunities to everyone.

As a rebirth person, Lan Li received a college expressionist education, but in his bones he is still Chu Jiashu from grassroots, especially the special experience of the two generations, which makes him have a unique sense of the role. So He has always wanted to try to see methodological performances, and even further integrate the two methods to explore a new field of acting.

Obviously, “buried alive” provides such an opportunity.

The two parts mentioned by Lan Li, the first part is expressionism, and the second part is methodism. In other words, this is a bold attempt to merge the two performance methods!