The Greatest Showman - Chapter 2189

[2152Character Charm]

Ogus watched Renly quietly, he could feel the huge system behind the whole topic of Renly. The content itself did not have much unique intentions, but it was able to explain the ins and outs of the whole story in a coherent and clear frame, starting from the source, And then grow into a towering tree, which is very rare.

“So have you taken a screenwriting course? Or a directing course?”

The curiosity in Oggs’ mind grew wildly like weeds, and then he couldn’t hold it back, and the question popped up like this – when the question came out At the time, Oggs could detect the anomaly, but he couldn’t help but stare at Renly with sparkling eyes, waiting for Renly’s answer.

“…” Renly also opened his mouth slightly in a rare sight: that’s not the point, okay?

But looking at Oggs’ eyes, he knew that this weirdo was serious, so he restrained his surprise and responded solemnly:

“No, I just started thinking from the role as a starting point, just like As you said, this society is very complex, and there must be a reason for the formation of each person, and everyone can be a mirror of this society. If we want the story to be simpler, then a bifurcated script is the best choice; But if you want the story to be a little more complicated, then every character is important. I didn’t take a screenwriting course, I’m just an actor – and an actor who thinks a little too much.”

Ogus sipped slightly The corner of his mouth, but he didn’t know what he was thinking. He didn’t express his position, but changed the subject, “So after completing the setting according to your ideas, how will you arrange the role of David?”

“According to the whole story. The background setting, different people may have different reactions, some people still believe in love, but choose to hide themselves and obey the system; some people refuse to believe in love, and use rules and regulations to plan everything, and so on, no doubt, human nature is complex ”

But the more complex the story setting is, the simpler the character’s motivation needs to be, so that the complexity can be reflected, just like more colors can be presented on a white canvas. So, I think David’s setting It should be simplified, allowing viewers to apply more color after viewing the film.”

“David believes in love, he believes in love purely and firmly, even a little stupid, which makes him out of tune with the entire social system – because most people are used to the existing system, his persistence has become a joke , the result is: he can’t find a partner.”

“But according to the regulations, after the age of 18, if you don’t have a partner, you must go to the hotel. So David’s brother found a pretend partner for him, two people Married, but never had children, they spent many years with each other like this. One day, his wife chose to leave—”

“I think we can set the reason for leaving, but because the script can’t reflect it,

may not have much impact.

For example, she left for love, she fell in love with a moth and left David for him, but ended up being abandoned and then converted into an animal.

”

These are negotiable, you can add or not add them, but after adding them, I think you can reveal one or two sentences in the script, which will become more interesting; but if you don’t add them, there is no Influence, in short, she left David.

Having

said that, Oggs interrupted Renly, “Why do you think she left David for love?”

and not for other reasons?

”

That’s the character setting.

Renly gave a big smile. “If she chooses to leave for love, it’s more encouraging to David as an idealist, and it makes him refuse to compromise – look, even if David’s brother failed to find a partner after the divorce, and failed to go to the hotel. As a result, he was turned into a dog, but he still refused to compromise, and he was sent to the hotel without finding true love.

This is undoubtedly an interesting development.

More importantly…”

“More importantly, later he learned that his ex-wife was also transformed into an animal, which is another reversal, so should he believe in love or not?

The second half of the sentence was picked up by Oggs himself.

In fact, Oggs was still not convinced by Renly – he was a very, very stubborn person, but Renly’s sincere discussion still moved him, which is also He took the initiative to invite Renly to tell the reason he set it up. He wanted to listen to Renly’s thoughts, but he didn’t expect:

With Renly’s words, Oggs’ thoughts were opened up bit by bit, and now he finally understands The meaning of love, simplifies the role of David, and then derives different possibilities from this simple starting point. David’s brother and David’s ex-wife, they can all become different refracting surfaces in this society, and eventually become the trigger for the audience. Triggers for thinking.

Orgs’ prejudice against Renly aside, but one thing is for sure, Renly is indeed a very good actor–

As he just said, the ability to analyze a character from the perspective of an actor, and from this character to extend branches toward the entire story background and social framework, and build the entire blueprint, is enough to surprise the director; of course , Renly’s idea is not necessarily accurate or perfect, which is why Renly proposed the idea and then discussed it with the director. He threw out inspiration and asked the director to think together. a level he could never reach in his lifetime.

However, Oggs still doesn’t understand one thing: how is Renly going to use David to connect the hotel and the forest, and finally reflect on the society?

It’s a framing issue, not just a role issue, so how does Renly see the big picture from a role level?

Just now, Oggs couldn’t help but take the initiative to take Renly’s topic and express his own opinion. The inspiration storm in his mind couldn’t stop at all.

“Or, she left David for money, because the family is a product of the system, so the combination of interests is normal, but it turned out that being with David was more restrictive, so that she began to rethink love. Definition? Even going back to look for David to reunite?”

“No, no, that’s too simplistic, and the whole theme is based on love, and it shouldn’t be. Do you think we should have the role of David’s ex-wife? Let the ex-wife also come to the hotel and try to get back with David? Or is it to find love here again?”

These were all Oggs’ self-talk, the last sentence raised his eyes to look at Renly, and cast Inquiring glances; Renly responded accordingly.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think the ex-wife is still hidden in the dialogue and left to the audience to think, which is the best. But I think it can be set, because of the whole system, society does not exclude third parties, no matter what Whether it is marriage or divorce, as long as it can be maintained in a relatively stable state, it is allowed or even encouraged, which is also a very important supplement to the background of the whole story. Therefore, the departure of David’s ex-wife is also Of course, this can lead to more thinking.”

Renly’s words cast a fire in Oggs’ mind again, and he couldn’t contain his excitement.

But this time, Oggs controlled himself and waved his hands again and again, “The ex-wife can wait a little longer. The background that extends from here is really too huge. Where did we just say? About David?”

“Divorce.” Renly immediately connected, “About the time when David’s brother failed to be converted into a dog, and the time of divorce, these settings can be further refined and deepened. The impact of these events on David is objective. But now let’s focus on David’s main line.”

“This goes back to the words we originally discussed: David is a man who has the ability to find a partner, but why didn’t he find it? Is it an active willingness, or a passive situation? According to my conception , David is refusing to settle because he wants to be able to find love, he believes in love.”

“But unfortunately, he is an outlier, so he was not able to find, he was sent to the hotel. In the first part, David Actively looking for a partner on different blind dates, but he failed.”

“Wait!” Oggs interrupted Renly, “This does not fit the setting of the hotel part. According to our conception, the big Wei’s performance in the hotel is more often pretending that he is part of the group. He even found a partner, remember? He just failed to pass the appraisal period successfully, and then it was discovered that he was disguised. ”

Yeah, that’s the point.” Renly nodded. “Everything we discussed earlier doesn’t appear in the movie, so when David first came on, he was cold and distant, and then he noticed.” Death threats, he began to take the initiative to attack, even disguising himself. After being seen through, he chose to escape from the hotel and enter the forest. So, what is the reason for all this? This is what we hope the audience can understand. ”

Because of love.

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Ogus did not speak, but raised his jaw slightly, and now he finally caught a glimpse of Renly’s entire grand picture:

David’s setting is relatively simple: struggling because of love – from the beginning to the end, and then using David as a mirror to reflect different levels of society through his struggles, including the hotel and the forest, different institutional projections In David, different results have evolved, which is also the beginning and end of the story. Through David’s reaction in the story, the huge content set by the screenwriter is revealed little by little.

This is where the charm of the character lies!

“So, David fled to the forest.” Oggs continued.

“So, David came to the forest.” Renly went on to say that this is the first part of the script; and the reason why Renly raised objections before was that the peeling and separation of the first and second parts of the script resulted in In the end, the core idea has not been able to be condensed, so how should the second part develop now?

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