Hollywood Road

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How would you react to standing or sitting next to a superman-like person?

Facing calmly? Rejoicing that this world is protected by heroes? Like a fan, take a photo with autographs? still is……

Thinking of this, Diego Harris first shook his head and put it in the comics. These normal plots, when taken into the real society, are basically a joke!

In just a few seconds, he thought of the only reaction he would have-panic!

Yes, fear, panic, at a loss, and the vigilance and rejection that follow.

"Humans need God!" Murphy said word by word, "but there is no need for God to come to the world!"

"That's right," Diego Harris said slowly, "You make a lot of sense."

"Just like geniuses and lunatics are often separated by a thin line, beyond-conventional abilities are inherently multiplicity." Murphy's voice gradually slowed down, "Clark Kent with super powers can become either a **** 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 of "Superman Returns". Murphy knows these very well, "Even, it can be said that Superman is both heaven and Hell. Superpowers are the source of the complex situation Clark Kent faces. Only during the short period of time when he loses superpowers can he show some fragility and pity, and people will treat him as a fellow with pity and sympathy."

He coughed in a low voice, and then said, "The public fears him because they need him-the result of this need being infinitely amplified is that human beings lose their sense of security. An omnipotent God determines the life and death of mankind and everything. Humans need a God, but they don’t need God to descend into the world. This is the eternal paradox inherent in humans."

Murphy added, "The things we most desire and the most remote may not be as beautiful as we imagined, but they will eventually bring fear and even summon the devil in our hearts. This is the tragedy of the paradox of human nature. "

"It is human instinct to reject dissidents, and it is the eternal theme of human history for the party to fight against differences."

In the end, Murphy said solemnly and forcefully, "The generation of consciousness makes humans the primate of all things, and also loses the inherent harmony and interdependence of nature. Super heroes can only live in the human brain and imagination. But there is a living erratic between our nose and mouth."

In this interview, Warner Bros. and DC Comics basically reached an agreement with Murphy on the style of the film. Compared with others, this is the basis for cooperation between the two parties, and a series of follow-up conditions require Bill Rossis. Talk to Warner Bros.

After solving the basis of cooperation, other negotiations became much smoother. After a week or so of formal negotiations, Bill Rossis, representing Murphy, reached a series of cooperation agreements with Warner Bros.

First of all, Murphy needs to develop a clear development framework for DC superhero movies, just like Marvel superhero movies in the past, but also to determine a unified style for the entire series.

This aspect is relatively easy to solve. The series is naturally Murphy's best dark style. As for the Justice League movie universe, it is of course to be organized around the three justices centered on Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Superman and Batman Fortunately, the time point when Wonder Woman appears is what Murphy considers the most. If this role is successful, it will definitely attract countless fans.

Second, the agreement stipulates that Murphy must personally direct the new "Superman" film that will be the beginning of the entire series, and also serve as the project's screenwriter and producer.

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

Finally, it is the power and benefits that Murphy can have.

Like all Hollywood crews, verbal promises are always untrustworthy. They must be written in the contract one by one. For example, Murphy will have the final editing rights in the crew, the right to determine the actors, etc., which are all clearly stated in the contract. Provisions.

Then there is Murphy’s pay. The three positions of director, screenwriter, and producer add up to a base pay of 10 million U.S. dollars, plus a 5% global box office share without any additional conditions. When the global box office of the film reaches 3 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 entirely a reward that can only be obtained by major Hollywood directors. When Peter Jackson directed the new version of "King Kong" after the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the director contract with Universal Pictures was no more than that.

In early August, Murphy and Warner Bros. signed a formal agreement. 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 distinctive superhero movie, Murphy is very clear that the unique dark style is compared to the seriously aging summer popcorn movie, no matter from which aspect, this brand new The superman movie, which 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 a producer-centric system in the 1820s, Hollywood has been constantly exploring how to attract audiences. The cinema, and the method of nailing it to the armchair, came to an end in the era of the big studios in the 1960s, but "movies must attract the audience" seems to have stayed in Hollywood as a golden rule. Whether it is a commercial director or an independent ghost, everyone understands it. importance.

If you want to make future films popular with audiences and fall into the plot, Murphy will of course follow the Hollywood script model that has been proven countless times when writing the script.

The story of this film must be complete and at the same time it can be easily understood by ordinary audiences.

Hollywood’s best-selling movies, which are usually called "big plots", have a contradictory and clear beginning and a settled ending. There is suspense and climax in the story-and every scene and every scene has a climax. There is a climax. This is the "completeness" Murphy wants. The dramatic conflicts of the film should be clear at a glance and be welcomed by the target audience.

In terms of the narrative of the script, Murphy follows the narrative principles of the three'S's. This is the most effective invention of Hollywood films in terms of script and one of the magic weapons for winning the box office.

The so-called three "S" principle is the beginning of the film, to give the audience a Surprise, surprise, surprise, to attract the audience; the expansion of the film must be able to set Suspense, suspense, delay, in order to retain the audience; the end of the film, It is necessary to give the audience a Satisfaction, satisfying and gratifying, so as to comfort and reward the audience who paid for the tickets.

Although the setting is a cruel dark style, Murphy will not forget that this kind of commercial film pursuing high returns is essentially an adult conversation.

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

No matter how you pay attention to the distinctive style, this is always a typical entertainment movie.

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 superman image on the screen is the key to determining the success or failure of the film, and in the first part of the script, an event must be designed to show the protagonist Clark Kent's initiative and power.

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

Among these mistakes, the most important point is not to be too fanatic, and not to directly introduce the plots and scenes and various stalks that a few comics fans talked about into the film intact, which would be extremely unfriendly to ordinary audiences. If this film is to be truly successful, it is absolutely necessary to avoid becoming a fan film.

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 film develops, storytelling is actually the key to a film. Superhero movies have a natural "advantage" in storytelling. In fact, audiences don't have high demands on the storytelling of such films.

The former "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" no matter how the fans justify, they can't ignore the flaws in the story.

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

But in "Dawn of Justice", the audience hadn’t figured out why Batman hated Superman so much, they fought; they hadn’t figured out why they fought, they had stopped; they hadn’t figured out why they had stopped, new A round of battle has begun again...

The conflict of values ​​without sharp conflict, just because of a misunderstanding, the most powerful hero and the smartest hero in the history of the American comics began to tear, the reckless Batman orchestrated a duel, and the reckless Superman gave up. Explaining that the choice was just positive, a long-awaited battle of the century started and ended hurriedly. Apart from learning that Superman was not able to fight that much and Batman’s IQ was in arrears, audiences other than comics fans got nothing.

In fact, the audience's expectations of superhero movies are often pure.