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Chapter 8: Writing the script hard

In the first ten years of invention, the film was not as brilliant as we imagine now. In the public's minds, only opera and classical music are tasteful arts. At best, films are just jugglings for the stinky ordinary people. This view not only exists among ordinary people, but also among the practitioners of films, and actors and directors also feel that their professions are not very decent and use stage names. This situation almost continued until 1912. From this year, a large number of film theorists and film directors tried to prove to people that movies are not a juggling but a real art. Italian theorist Canudu wrote an article entitled "The Seventh Art Manifesto" to correct the name of the movie. He listed film as the seventh art after six major arts such as literature, sculpture, and music, and received the support of many theorists.

In the following decade, many filmmakers united and set off a storm-like film art movement. In Europe, it was mainly manifested in the popularity of genres such as surrealism, impressionism, and Dadaism. In the United States, it was represented by a group of people represented by Griffith. They made a large number of films with great artistic charm, which made society gradually recognize that movies are indeed an art.

Because of this sense of honor that has finally won, many filmmakers regard themselves as representatives of film art. They have an instinctive rejection of the so-called low-quality things during the filming process. This is also the reason why pornographic movies basically did not appear in the United States in 1925.

For me, what is more advantageous is that the film review committee has not been established at this time, and the film rating system in later generations has not been formed, so even if you make pornographic movies, you don’t need to worry that someone comes to punish me.

"Boss, you said you want to shoot this?! Making a porn movie?!" Gans's eyes were wider than a cow.

"Boss, stop kidding. If my dad knew that I used his money to shoot this, wouldn't he beat me to death?!" Berg also bit his head and rattled him.

"Who said I want to make pornographic movies?! Do you have this kind of thing in your head all day long?! I ask you, is Venus, who is not wearing clothes, a broken arm, a pornographic?! Many of the artworks from ancient Greece and ancient Rome are naked?! Some people say they are pornographic?! Vulgar! Too vulgar! What I want to shoot is a psychological art film involving the body and soul. Do you understand?!" I naturally cannot admit that I want to shoot pornographic movies. In fact, even if I make me shoot, I will not shoot that kind of pornographic movie that is purely sensory stimulation. If you want to gain a foothold in Hollywood, it is naturally the key to obtaining a box office of Piaohong, but if there is no connotation in the movie, it will not work.

"Psychological art film?! What?!" Berg and Gans had never heard what I said before, and pulled my clothes and asked pitifully.

"Do you know Dr. Carigari?" I asked.

"Dr. Caligary" is a German film in 1920 and a representative work of German expressionist films. This film caused great controversy and good response in Europe. It mainly tells the story of Dr. Caligary, the director of the madhouse, using hypnosis to lure patients to kill people, reflecting the general national psychology of Germans at that time, such as personality division, psychological loss, and authoritative worship. It is considered to be the most representative film work of the 1920s.

"I've seen it a little, and it feels strange." Gans nodded, while the fat man looked confused.

"If we want to make a movie like this." I roughly used the content of that movie to both of them, and looked at the two of them with a blazing light in my eyes.

"My God! Boss, please return the money to me! Don't say that you're not interested anymore, you're talking about the split personality and psychological loss. I'm not a university professor, I just want to watch the movie and have fun. Is this necessary? "The fat man pulled me and felt like he was deceived onto the pirate ship.

I looked at him with contempt and said, "I know all you said, don't worry, I will write the script, there will definitely be some highlights in it!"

The fat man is right. If you think of a movie like "Dr. Caligary", it is definitely awesome to use a movie theater to show money from the audience's pockets, it will be difficult. The people have been busy all day and have finally wanted to take a break. If you make a movie like this torture their nerves, it would be strange if he doesn't scold his mother.

Speaking of which, it is difficult to be a film director. He has to be a bitch and a archway. Not only does it make the audience happy to pay, but it also has to make those picky artists give a thumbs up. It's difficult.

The content of the movie I want to shoot must be the kind of thing that people will rush into the cinema as soon as they see the poster, and the deep meaning inside must impress those artists and intellectuals, making them feel that some of the things inside are of great thinking value. In other words, different people will have their own feelings when they watch it, and it is suitable for both young and old.

"Boss, then you can write it first. After writing it, I will read Gans and I will read it!" Berg was still a little suspicious, but he couldn't say anything.

I agreed immediately, chatted with them for a while and each parted.

In the next few days, Berg accompanied his lovely cousin on a trip, and Gans also went there. It is said that he was going to a resort monument near Los Angeles. It was not only beautiful in scenery, but also had food, drink and beauties.

But I had to lock myself in my room and write a script.

Hollywood is known to everyone for the picky scripts. Fortunately, we are fiddling with them ourselves, and I am a director, so I don’t need to write them properly. Besides, I also have experience in writing scripts, so it is not very difficult to write. The real difficulty is that you have to fill all the things that can capture the audience’s psychology into your script as much as possible, and in just one hour.

For a whole week, except for eating and going to the bathroom, I almost never left the door of my room. My father and mother knew that I was writing scripts, and in order not to hinder my idea, even the voice of my speech was octave less.

On the evening of the eighth day, I finished writing the last word of the script and put down my pen heavily. I wrote for seven consecutive days, revising it over and over again, from the script outline to the polishing, lines, and then to the final storyboard script. When I was almost about to collapse, the script was finally written.

This script tells a story of kidnapping.

The main content is that during the Civil War, a southern general named George. He surrendered to the north and became a traitor and served as the vanguard of the northern army, turning around and launching a crazy attack on the southern army. Because he was not familiar with the situation of the southern army, he knew their combat policies well, so the southern army retreated step by step and suffered heavy casualties. In order to save the defeat, the southern army arranged a beautiful female spy named Dietry to get rid of him. Dietry used her beauty and coquettishness to attract much attention, but after dating with Bus for a while, she discovered that this man had a

There are two completely different personalities. During the day, he is a calm and quiet general who does things easily, but at night he becomes a complete sadist. Dietli is treated like rape but is not counted. He often becomes a dog, prey, and slave under his whip. If he doesn't put her under house arrest, she will kneel on the ground to confess to her. This man with a split personality gradually makes Dietli unable to extricate himself. She even willingly lie under his whip and willingly be his slave. Finally, under the numerous sieges sent by the southern army, Dietli chose to go to the gun with Bushi.

I deliberately increased close-ups, long shots, parallel cross editing and other methods in the script. Hollywood uses few techniques to add content that interests artists and intellectuals. In addition to adding a large number of bed scenes and related shots, I also added to impact the visual effects of the audience, and also allowed the audience to see how Dietley changed from a loyal supporter of the Southern Army to a person who was willing to go to the gun with no one. The name of the film is "Lust and Caution" (Li Ang Lee in later generations is considered to be a big deal.)!
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