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The "Jurassic Park" series reboot is the second time in a row that Renly has appeared in a commercial film after "Interstellar."

During the previous awards season, there were a lot of cynical voices on social networks: Now Renly has begun to arrogantly reject art films, and is dedicated to challenging his "money" path, the self-proclaimed "actor" actor After all, it is still inevitable to look at money, so are all those rhetoric in the past all "personal"?

Fueled by the Weinstein brothers' instigation, such negative comments are very marketable, further interfering with Renly's Oscar journey: first "Jurassic Park", then "Star Wars Story", one commercial after another After the news of the film's final decision came out, the attacks on Renly became more and more turbulent and more intense.

But for Renly, there was no need to respond.

After the transformation of "Boom Drummer", in Renly'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 films is the same. Objectively, if commercial films are excluded, then art films will have no basis. What's more, for Renly, the most important thing is that he will return as an actor again, stand in front of the camera again, and perform again. This is the most exciting and exciting, isn't it?

Others couldn't understand Renly, but it didn't matter because Renly didn't care.

In the process of rewriting and adjusting the script of "Jurassic World", you can faintly perceive the interesting phenomenon that "commercial films and works of art" are opposed to each other and merge with each other. Of course, because of the different targets, this is also doomed 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 process of creation are objective, and can even be said to be unavoidable——

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

However, revising the screenplay of a commercial movie is not an easy task.

The first thing to realize is that there is absolutely no way a commercial film can match the character and thematic depth of an art film, because the goals are different; likewise, the actor's performance space is also very different. Relying on such a background, Renly put forward 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?

Protect animals because of animal protection? Rejecting war because of hatred of war? To protect a loved one and stick to the faith? Or is it because of the heroic complex to save the world?

If you want to take the light route, you can choose personal emotions as the support and starting point, family, friends and lovers, etc. The so-called saving the world against the enemy is actually just to protect the people you love from harm, and Owen happened to appear in Knowing the location of the flashpoint of this disaster, he was forced to become a hero.

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

But unfortunately, even with emotion as the support point, neither the director nor the script gave too much space to the characters. In the end, they only gave a little pen and ink on the love level between Owen and the heroine Claire. The fetters between dragons make a fuss——

This also emphasizes why Owen can become the protagonist of saving disasters. The problem is that if the focus is applicable to the first part, the second part is a bit nonsense, not to mention the distant third part.

Apparently Universal wasn't thinking about a sequel at all when Chris Pratt was in the lead; otherwise, they could have added more ink, between the male lead and the female lead, and between the male lead and his friend ——These contents are actually useful tricks for commercial movies: even if the earth is destroyed, the hero and heroine will not forget to fall in love.

If you want to take a profound route, then you can choose war and faith as a starting point. Owen is a former soldier who has experienced the cruelty and bloodshed of war. have different understandings.

Owen and Claire became each other's predecessors. The real core was Owen's deep pain that could not be healed. The distrust caused by this caused Claire to push Claire away; and Claire also realized Owen's self-alienation and refused. Compromise, turn around and leave sensibly.

It is precisely because he could not find a bond in the intimate emotional relationship of human beings that Owen began to approach animals subconsciously, and the kindness and softness in his heart made him approach the raptor step by step, and successfully established a bridge of trust with them. In the situation, they became each other's reliance.

Therefore, when he learned that someone was trying to evolve dinosaurs into weapons, his hatred for war and his closeness to velociraptors made Owen take the initiative to come forward - not passively beaten, but take the initiative to attack, he needed to protect his beliefs , he also needs to stick to his last harbor.

Taking war and faith as the starting point, the follow-up stories can also evolve many possibilities, and gradually enrich the image of Owen, 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 energy

force.

The most direct reference work is Christopher Nolan's "Batman" series, which uses Bruce Wayne's understanding of family and love to establish the "dilemma" between justice and evil, individual and collective, and then put the whole The core focus of the film falls on the theme of the "Dark Knight", showing that every superhero must sacrifice himself in order to save the world. "Jurassic World" is somewhat similar in this design.

Of course, for commercial films, the director can also choose the narrative style according to his own style. If he chooses the dark style, then he will be heavy and sad, as Christopher Nolan does; if he chooses the light style, he will control the rhythm to be lighter. The same is true for the Marvel series of movies - as for those connotations and backgrounds, they are all left to the actors' performances to complete.

It must be noted that it does not mean that the theme is deep, it must be bitter and bitter! This is often 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, and so on, which have a great impact on the overall tone of the film. important role.

So, how exactly should such content be placed in a commercial film without disrupting the rhythm of the film? Can you maintain the director's personal style at the same time?

Similarly, borrowing from "Iron Man" is fine - for example, Owen and Claire's first reunion, Claire only needs to add "I don't care about you and your problems", "your problems are not solved", etc., implying The relationship between two people is far from simple.

For another example, during the interaction between Owen and the Velociraptor, a scene was added to reflect Owen's softness, which was different from the usual giggling. But then it became firm again.

There is no need to change the film structure and narrative rhythm in large sections, just a sentence or a shot of explanation, through the construction of the shot screen, the character image and the story structure are combined, leaving more space for the audience to reminisce. And make the edges and corners of the characters three-dimensional, with the possibility of derivation. For commercial films, this is enough.

That's enough to plant a seed in the movie, leaving more room for the development of the sequel.

However, it is easy to say, but difficult to do in practice. For actors, understanding and presentation is not a problem; but for directors, it is necessary to take into account many aspects such as rhythm control, shot construction, content output, etc. How to find a balance in connotation mining and climax/tide foreshadowing, absolutely It's not easy, otherwise, commercial movies won't be so difficult to make - outside of Marvel movies, DC movies are still struggling to find their own business model, which is the best proof.

But Renly was an actor, not a director; what was discussed between Renly and Colin was just the script, not the shooting, and things were much simpler.

After several discussions, the final decision was made to determine the image frame of Owen's corner: "War and Faith" became the driving core of the whole story. Colin still hopes to discuss deeper and larger propositions in the sequel movie, taking dinosaurs as the starting point. , which expresses human's desire/desire for war and power, and further integrates Colin's reflection on human beings 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 will be no novelty or depth. Even if the first part is a success, the crew will soon be in trouble, returning to the old routine of the previous work, unable to really impress the audience.

The structure of the entire script has been adjusted, and the description of Owen has increased significantly, and because of the theme setting of "war and faith", the characters and the main plot can be more closely connected, and the narrative core has become more compact and more cohesive. , so that the story has been "upgraded".

This is the first time that Renly has directly participated in the pre-production process of a film as a producer, and the crystallization of Renly's wisdom is condensed in the script - although he cannot sign in the screenwriter column , but it was indeed a unique experience unlike any before.

"Jurassic World" is the final name.

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