Hollywood Road

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How would I react if I stood or sat next to someone who resembled Superman?

Face it calmly? Glad that the world is protected by heroes? Going to sign a group photo like a fan? still……

Thinking of this, Diego Harris shook his head first, and put it in the comics. These normal plots are simply jokes in the real society!

It only took him a few seconds to think of the only reaction he would have - panic!

Yes, fear, panic, overwhelm, and the resulting vigilance and repulsion.

"Humans need God!" Murphy said word by word, "But they don't need God to come to the world!"

"That's right." Diego Harris said slowly, "What you said makes a lot of sense."

"Just as there is often only a thin line between a genius and a madman, abilities beyond the norm are inherently multiplied." Murphy's voice gradually slowed down, "Clark Kent with superpowers may become a god or a devil."

The dark style is doomed to the complexity of Superman, and a simple and symbolic Superman can only bring about the tragic situation in "Superman Returns". Murphy is very clear about this, "It can even be said that Superman is both heaven and Hell. Superpowers are the source of Clark Kent's complex situation, and only in the short time when he loses superpowers can he show some vulnerability and pity, and people will give him pity and sympathy as his own kind."

He coughed in a low voice, and then said, "The public fears him because they need him—the result of this need being infinitely magnified is that human beings lose their sense of security, and an omnipotent God determines human life and death and everything .Man needs a God, but does not need God to come to the world, this is the eternal paradox inherent in man."

Murphy added, "The things we desire most and are most out of reach may not be as beautiful as we imagine, but they will eventually bring fear and even summon the devil in us. This is the tragedy of the paradox of human nature. "

"Repelling dissidents is a human instinct, and partying together and fighting dissidents is an eternal theme of human history."

In the end, Murphy said solemnly and powerfully, "The emergence of consciousness has made human beings the primates of all things, and they have also lost the inherent harmony and interdependent nature of nature. Superheroes can only live in human heads and imaginations. But it is alive and floating between our mouths and noses."

In this interview, Warner Bros. and DC Comics basically reached an agreement with Murphy on the style concept of the film. Compared with others, this is the basis for the two sides to cooperate, and a series of subsequent conditions require Bill Ross Talk to Warner Bros.

After settling the basis of the cooperation, the negotiations in other aspects became much smoother. After about a week of formal negotiations, Bill Rossis, representing Murphy, reached a series of cooperation agreements with Warner Bros.

First of all, Murphy must formulate a clear development framework for DC superhero movies, just like the previous Marvel superhero movies, and also determine a unified style for the entire series.

This aspect is relatively easy to solve. The series is naturally the dark style that Murphy is best at. As for the Justice League movie universe, of course it must be formed around the Big Three of justice centered on Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Fortunately for Superman and Batman, the timing of Wonder Woman's appearance is what Murphy considers the most. If this character is successfully created, it will definitely attract countless fans.

Secondly, the agreement stipulates that Murphy must personally direct the new "Superman" movie that begins the entire series, and at the same time serve as the screenwriter and producer of the project.

It is no exaggeration to say that after being persuaded by Murphy, Warner Bros. and DC Comics put almost all hopes of revitalizing DC superhero movies on Murphy alone.

At last,

It is the power and benefits that Murphy can have.

Like all Hollywood crews, verbal promises are never credible, and must be written in the contract one by one. For example, the final editing rights, actor determination rights, etc. that Murphy will have in the crew are all clearly stated in the contract. Provisions.

Then there is Murphy's salary. The three positions of director, screenwriter and producer combined will have a base salary of 10 million US dollars, plus a 5% share of the global box office without any strings attached. And when the global box office of the film reaches three times the production cost, he can automatically get up to 20% of the global box office share and DVD sales share as a reward.

This is completely the remuneration that Hollywood's first-line directors can get. When Peter Jackson directed the new version of "King Kong" after the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the director contract he signed with Universal Pictures was nothing more than that.

In early August, Murphy and Warner Bros. signed a formal agreement, and with the signing of the agreement, the script writing that was the basis of the entire project was also put on the agenda.

Murphy completely ended his vacation and hid in Stanton's studio to complete the script as soon as possible.

Although committed to completing a superhero movie with a distinctive style, Murphy is very clear that the unique dark style is compared with the severely juvenile summer popcorn movie. The Superman movie that has not yet been officially named will still be completed under the extremely mature and typical Hollywood framework that has been proven by countless movies.

Hollywood may not be the greatest film production base in the world, but it must be the most popular film base for audiences all over the world. Since the establishment of the producer-centered system in the 1920s, Hollywood has been constantly exploring ways to attract audiences into the world. The era of big studios in the 1960s came to an end, but "movies must attract audiences" seems to have remained in Hollywood as a golden rule. Whether it is a commercial director or an independent ghost, everyone understands its meaning. importance.

In order to make future films popular with audiences and unable to extricate themselves from the plot, Murphy will of course follow the Hollywood script pattern that has been proven countless times when writing the script.

The story of this film should be complete, and at the same time, it should be extremely easy for ordinary audiences to understand.

Hollywood's best-selling movies, also known as "big plot" movies, have a beginning with clear contradictions and a dusty ending, with suspense and excitement in the story-and every scene and scene Yes, that's what Murphy wants to be "complete," a film whose dramatic conflicts are clear enough to appeal to its target audience.

In terms of script narrative, Murphy followed the three 's' narrative principles, which is the most effective invention of Hollywood movies in terms of script, and it is also one of the magic weapons to win the box office.

The principle of the so-called three "s" is that at the beginning of the film, we should give the audience a surprise, surprise, and surprise to attract the audience; It is necessary to give the audience a satisfaction and satisfaction, so as to comfort and repay the audience who have paid for the ticket.

Although it is set in a cruel and dark style, Murphy will not forget that this kind of commercial film that pursues high returns is essentially a call for adults.

Since the establishment of the Hollywood film industry system, the division of labor in film production has become more and more detailed, and the assembly line operations have become more and more mature. Most of the mainstream Hollywood movies carry illusory, daydream-like secular myths, which is related to Hollywood's long-term positioning of movies in the commercial entertainment industry.

No matter how stylized it is, it's a quintessentially entertaining film.

Also, as the absolute protagonist of the film, Superman must be strong and able to gain the audience's sense of identity.

Whether the audience can identify with the image of Superman on the screen is the key to the success or failure of the film, and in the first part of the script, an event must be designed to show the initiative and strength of the protagonist Clark Kent.

Using this as a guideline, after completing the framework and outline of the script, Murphy carefully thought about the previous "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" when filling in the specific story content, so as to avoid making similar mistakes.

Among these mistakes, the most important point is not to be too fan-like, let alone directly introduce the plots and scenes and various stalks that a few comic fans love to talk about into the film, which will be extremely unfriendly to ordinary audiences. It's a fan movie that definitely needs to be avoided if it's going to be a real success.

The specific story needs to be tempered repeatedly, and Murphy always has an idea-can Wonder Woman be introduced into this brand new Superman movie?

No matter how the movie develops, storytelling is actually the key to a movie. Superhero movies have natural "advantages" in storytelling, and audiences actually don't have high requirements for the storytelling of such movies.

The past "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" no matter how fans justify it, they cannot ignore the flaws that the story is not well told.

As long as the story is made up, flaws are almost inevitable, and flaws will inevitably cause the audience to have a negative viewing experience. Choosing an appropriate editing method can cover up these flaws to a large extent. But in the final analysis, it still involves the skill of storytelling.

But in "Dawn of Justice", the audience didn't understand why Batman hated Superman so much, they fought; they didn't understand why they fought, they stopped; they didn't understand why they stopped, new Another round of fighting has begun...

The collision of values ​​without sharp conflicts, just because of a misunderstanding, the most powerful hero and the wisest hero in the history of American comics began to fight. The reckless Batman carefully planned a duel, and the reckless Superman gave up. The choice of explanation was just positive, and a long-awaited battle of the century started recklessly and ended hastily. Apart from knowing that Superman is not that good at fighting and that Batman is arrears of IQ, the audience other than comic fans have nothing to gain.

In fact, audiences' expectations for superhero movies are often very pure. (To be continued.)