Chapter 629 Drawing inferences
In the beginning, when filming "The Princess Diaries", Anson relied on details to make the characters fuller and three-dimensional in a limited space; it is the same now.
In the script "The Butterfly Effect", plots follow one after another in a dense sweep; and they are all dramatic plots, leaving no room for breathing.
Generally speaking, this is a typical narrative mode of genre movie scripts, which does not give the audience room to think, avoids exposing plot loopholes and ensures attention; but at the same time, the performance space left for actors is also compressed.
However, this is not the case.
In such a script with ups and downs, every plot is full of dramatic tension. Naturally, the context behind the dramatic tension is the actor's performance space -
How to show the origin of these tensions, and how to The audience gets involved and makes everything flow. This is the moment that tests the actor.
If the actors are not skilled enough and do not present enough context and details, the audience will have no room to think in front of such a movie bombarded with information. They will often fall into fatigue after being continuously bombarded by dramatic plots. Reduced perception of the climax of the third act——
So, when watching commercial movies, the audience often feels tired in the third act, or thinks that the climax of the third act is far lower than It is expected that, unless there is a high-energy moment at the end, the movie will end with a continued decline in the viewing experience.
Obviously, this should not be the correct way to open a commercial type movie.
It is precisely because of this that many commercial movies later pursued the "reversal" of the ending, and some movies used the name of "multiple reversals" to attract audiences, using the impact of the reversal to cover up the weak climax of the third act. .
But in fact, it is rolled in the wrong direction.
The correct way to open it is in the plot-bombing space of the first and second acts of the movie. The emotions are brewed in place through the actors' performances and detailed preparations, and the energy is naturally released in the moment of tension collision in the third act. , let "climax" play the role of climax seriously.
Generally speaking, the more reversals in the ending of a movie, the more cowardly it is, so that the "reversal" becomes a secondary feature and the power of the film itself is almost defeated.
Of course, there are no absolutes.
There are also works with reversal endings in those classic movies that have stood the test of time, but the point is that they do not rely on the ending to win. The emotional foreshadowing in the first two scenes must be in place, and the reversal of the ending is an explosion of energy.
For example, "Supernatural Sixth Sense".
In the previous life, the theater box office of "The Butterfly Effect" was lower than expected and failed to win much applause. There were many reasons, one of which was that Ashton Kutcher's performance failed to complete the connection between the characters. It was completely pulled forward by the dramatic plot, and the preparation before the third act was not enough, and the ending of the theatrical version was not explosive -
It was not until the DVD was released that the director's cut was included. The impact of the different endings and shocking twists completely covered up the shortcomings of the first two acts. This time, it detonated word-of-mouth in all directions and staged a counterattack miracle.
Now, Anson is trying to inject more energy into the first two acts of the movie——
In fact, the performance space is always there, and the focus is on how the actors interpret and interpret it.
Anson's simple interpretation of a few words made Heath understand immediately. Heath's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, "You have done an excellent job."
At this time, again I carefully recalled the performance of Anson and Rachel's scene, and tasted more details, which made it even more wonderful.
And, draw inferences from one example.
Heath, "It is precisely because of this that you can have happiness by slightly changing the past, which makes Evan lose his mind."
"On the one hand, he tries to hold on to happiness and refuses to let go."
"On the other hand, he hopes that not only himself, but everyone can be happy."
"So he tries again and again Go back to the past and try to protect everyone's happiness. "
As expected, a genius is a genius. He doesn't need to think deeply and analyze it, just a few words can naturally get him on the right track.
Anson’s eyes lit up. "Correct."
“Also, everyone has their own blind spots, and it’s always easier to blame others.”
“It was like Evan’s first move.”
< br>"He himself was not sure whether his conjecture was correct, so he went back in time blindly to stop Keller's father. It was just one action, one thing, and then the whole world turned upside down and everything became smoother."
< br>“This gives Evan the illusion that happiness can come as long as he solves one problem; at the same time, it seems easier to continue to blame others when facing other difficulties and misfortunes.”
"It's like a bug in the program."
Aside.
Rachel looked at Anson and then at Heath. She tried to keep up with the rhythm of the conversation, but found that the amount of information was too much. It was not easy to process and digest the content, let alone think about it and then give feedback. Woolen cloth?
After all, Rachel is just a fledgling actor now, and she has just started acting. It is really difficult to ask her to think deeply about acting from the very beginning.
Despite this, Rachel did not lose heart. She always stayed focused and engaged. Even if she didn’t understand, it didn’t matter. She listened carefully and remembered it before speaking.
This is also a rare experience.
Heath was stunned for a moment, and naturally started to make associations from Anson's words.
"The same goes for Tommy."
From Anson to himself, the inspiration in Heath's mind quietly opened the floodgates.
Thoughts surged in my mind.
In fact, in "The Butterfly Effect", strictly speaking, only Evan's character has performance space. The other characters, including Caleb and Tommy, are all a type of tool people, who are arranged to output the correct emotions in the right position and Promoting the plot to complete the narrative, this is what it is all about-
This is not a lack of ability of the two screenwriters, but a result destined by the concept of the story itself.
Because in the entire story, Evan is the only one who travels through time and space and changes history. The images of other people who appear in parallel time and space are fragmented and fragmented. They can only show a profile of one state of the character.
In other words, whether Heath or Rachel, they don’t need to think about the story line and character arc as comprehensively as Anson does.
However, they remained focused and joined in the discussion.
Especially Heath.
Heath opened his mouth, took a breath, and mumbled a few words incomprehensibly, which was not clearly audible at all, and it was suspicious that it was an alien language.
"...So, this is the reason why all tragedies are born in this time and space."
The words finally became clear, and Heath suddenly raised his head to get rid of his thoughts, He looked at Anson with excitement and excitement in his eyes.
“When Tommy learned that Evan and Caleb were together, he came to Evan with a baseball bat to settle the score, because he thought everything was Evan’s fault, and as long as Evan was eliminated, He will not fall into misfortune.”
"Unexpectedly, Evan was also aroused in his anger during the counterattack. He realized that Tommy was also the culprit who ruined his life and that of his friends. In the end, he accidentally killed Tommy and was imprisoned."
“Everything has its origin.”
(End of this chapter)