The Greatest Showman

1064 Director's Perspective

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"Don't you think that after the setting is too complicated, the content is too large, but it misleads the audience? In Alfonso's script, everything is simplified, showing a clean and neat main line, further Amplify the audience's vision, hearing, and even touch to enhance the entire viewing effect. After the content is complicated, the viewing experience is bound to be affected."

"This is indeed a problem. However, the setting is a foil and a foil for the theme. In the conception stage, I need to think more complicated, and more complicated, to completely integrate Ryan Stone with the theme core of the entire script. Connected and resonated. Only then..."

"Only in this way, after the branches are stripped, the reflection and echoes left to the audience will be more profound. What you mean is, do the addition first, and continuously add them up to truly achieve a 100% effect; then do the subtraction to combine all the The branches are gathered in the performance; in the end, the addition is left to the audience, and after the viewing is over, the lingering rhyme is left. Wow, God, you are indeed a lunatic."

"Thank you for the compliment. I thought about a simpler setting, just showing a scene of Ryan and his family getting along, and then explored the outline of the whole character; but after digging deeply, I found out..."

"Such a role is too thin!"

Before Renly's words could be said, Rooney had already blurted out, which made Renly laugh, nodding in affirmation, "At the same time, it will weaken the core idea of ​​the script."

"Look, I have discussed with Alfonso, we hope to strip Ryan's gender attributes and return to the origin of life, from birth to growth, to breakthroughs and pursuits, regardless of gender and age, just showing the purest The state of life." Renly's further explanation made Rooney think carefully.

"If it is only through performance, there is no way to present these contents." Rooney frowned slightly. She didn't pretend to understand the situation she didn't understand. Instead, she honestly raised doubts and further analyzed, "Do you have any special ideas? ?"

"The idea in my head right now is a pair of feet." Renly said his thoughts sincerely.

"First, it was Ryan's younger brother's foot, which was the birth moment that Ryan witnessed when he was a child; then through the montage of the picture editing, it evolved into the younger brother's child's foot, which appeared on the computer screen, the younger brother sent an email, and Ryan was In Houston, there is no way to get to the scene in person."

Renly tried hard to tell what was in his mind, but it was not an easy task. After all, the director's position and the actor were different, but Rooney understood, and her eyes lit up slightly, "You mean, Through the two moments of birth, Ryan's position changes are compared, one is involved, the other is out of the way, and then interprets the changes in Ryan's life trajectory."

Renly nodded, Rooney nodded too, and then, the two of them looked at Alfonso at the same time,

Alfonso, who was sitting next to him, couldn't hold back, and he chuckled softly.

The conversation between the two young people in front of me was really interesting. One second, they were still fighting for reasons, and they were arguing red-faced. The next second, they reached a consensus, constantly adding and affirming each other's ideas. The stumbling and stumbling, but natural, really made the bystanders unable to keep up with the speed, so they began to wander outside.

A director, two actors, the core cast of the entire crew, the three of them sat at the gate of the studio like this, with a lot of scattered draft beer stacked next to them, and countless empty beer cans on display, and then they talked endlessly, He discussed it enthusiastically, without worrying about how simple the environment he was in was... simple.

In fact, at first, more than forty crew members were bustling to welcome Renly and Rooney to the set, and the empty beer cans on the floor came from them; but gradually, they couldn't keep up. The rhythm of the three people's conversation started, and they started to turn and leave one after another. In the end, there were only three people left alone.

However, as a director, that's another story.

The words of Renly and Rooney collided with each other, which really formed a brainstorm, which also triggered countless thoughts in Alfonso's mind, and inspiration continued to emerge. This kind of cooperation could not be more perfect.

Now, in the spotlight, Alfonso knew they were asking for his opinion.

"Foot, this is a good idea, we can discuss with Emmanuel, how to show the connection between life and the universe through the lens, the foot of a newborn baby, this inspiration comes from the 'tree of life', right? I I like this idea." The picture in Alfonso's mind became a lot more three-dimensional and vivid, and a frame had been constructed between the conversations.

Then, the words changed, Alfonso added.

"However, the editing method of the montage is still too cumbersome, and the expression is too complicated. Maybe, we can show it through a computer e-mail screen, the brother sent an e-mail to Ryan, showing his newborn baby's feet, and then said Regrettably, Ryan was unable to arrive at the scene. After Ryan turned off the mail screen, the computer desktop showed a picture of his younger brother's feet, which triggered Ryan's memories."

Renly and Rooney exchanged glances, and their eyes lit up, but then Renly realized something was wrong, "Would such a picture not match the overall style of the movie? Would it destroy the structure of the movie?"

"Yes, I also have such concerns, I will discuss it with Emmanuel." Emmanuel Lubezki, "

The photographer of "Children of Humanity" and "Tree of Life", also from Mexico, is responsible for the photography work of "Gravity" this time, "However, such a picture is originally a separation of the cosmic environment, and more of a life picture. Time to see what inspiration Emmanuel has. "

"The more thoughts I have in my mind now are the one thing that Renly mentioned just now." Alfonso's eyes met Renly, "You said just now that on the first date between my brother and his sister-in-law, Did he mention Ryan?"

"Yeah, he always looked up to Ryan and was proud of his brother. So, he always said, my brother was an astronaut. He's a genius and his way of thinking is so different . You know, if someone chats with him about quantum mechanics, he can feel the pure climax/climax. That sort of thing."

After Renly finished speaking, Rooney, who was sitting next to him, chuckled softly, "I think if someone chats with you about quantum mechanics, you can really feel the climax/climax." Sow laughed cheerfully, while Renly spread his hands to show his helplessness.

Collapsing the smile, Alfonso continued, "I like small details like this, you know, this is an intertext with the photo of the foot. No matter what Ryan's attitude is, my brother's thoughts and attitudes towards him have never changed, It's also an opportunity for Ryan to get back on his feet, as you just said - awakening the first impulse, the first dream, the first motivation in Ryan's heart."

As he spoke, Alfonso became excited. He lost his usual shyness and restraint, and danced to express his views, "I think it's even possible to add a lullaby. Just when Ryan started to survive again, He hummed the lullaby softly, and then talked to himself about his younger brother's fun, in this way the source power of the entire core was completed."

In Renly's conception, the mighty and exuberant, Ryan Stone's story could be made into a movie; but in the final product of "Gravity", there may only be a fragment of a foot, about a few Seconds, and then there's Ryan humming a lullaby, and that's all.

That's precisely the part that the actor's job doesn't see. Some marvel at how thick the actors' performances are, others marvel at how flat and thin some characters are. Actually, that's the difference. The emphasis is on the script, on the weight of the characters; but more on the understanding and interpretation of the actors.

"Singing a lullaby while surviving?" Renly's mind was full of question marks. As an actor, many times, he still couldn't see the panorama of the director's picture, and his way of thinking was completely different.

Alfonso is upside down. He has a vivid sense of picture, but he is confused about the performance and interpretation of the actors. He nodded as a matter of course, "Yes, between chaos and despair, it's like a moment of teetering on the edge of a cliff, the texture of crisis and tenderness intertwined..."

"No, I mean, Ryan Stone isn't a lullaby humming personality." Renly turned his head, and saw the cheerful smile on Rooney's face, "Ryan is a cool genius, remember Is it? What needs to be calm in the moment of survival is to sing lullabies. This is too sensational and not suitable, right?"

Alfonso was stunned, he didn't think about it.

"Maybe, you can look at it from a different angle." In a little silence, Rooney joined the topic, connecting Renly and Alfonso's thoughts from a different perspective.

"At this moment, Ryan regained his original intention, as if he had returned to his childhood. As you said, he started to survive again in order to return to the starting point. Therefore, Gao Lengbingshan once again became the appearance of his childhood. , he can totally hum a lullaby to his brother. Further, the lullaby is a chemical trigger point that awakens the purest Ryan in his heart."

In the end, Rooney concluded, "The point is, how should you act? If the difference is too big, as if you were worried, the frame structure of the character completely collapses; but if the difference is not enough, the texture of the transformation will not show. So , this is the moment to test the actors."

Delicate and complex, simple and profound, soft and tough.

Rooney can even picture it in her mind, the performance of that scene is so difficult that it is comparable to the sky. Honestly, Rooney couldn't think of any actor who could do the job except Renly.

Thinking about it, Rooney started to get excited and couldn't wait to get into work with Renly.

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