This director needs to apologize

Chapter 173 Adaptation Control
Xiangrui's little face wrinkled up and he murmured, "Change it into a comedy? Is this possible? I have no clue. This is a near-future soft science fiction book. How can I change it into a comedy?"

Lily also looked worried and said, "Yi Ming, you don't want me to make a fool of myself in it, do you? It's not that I refuse to appear in comedies, but I am a lady now."

Chen Yiming waved his hand and said, "Okay, there won't be major changes. Budget and time don't allow it. If the changes are too big, it's better to write a new one.

There is an interesting idea in Xiangrui's script, which is also the most valuable part of the entire script, namely the highly symbolic red and blue colors.

During the first version of the expansion, I gave Xiangrui some advice. The color change itself is directional, which can easily reduce the sense of suspense and allow the audience to guess the ending early.

So Xiangrui added a few more layers of nesting to cover up the meaning of the red and blue gloves, but it also brought about another problem. The source of the entire story, which was the target of the experimenter Monica's action, was buried too deep.

At the end of the script, the dialogue between the other four experimenters gave the audience a hint that the boyfriend's pure consciousness was an unexpected gain from the experiment.

The subtext here is naturally that Monica's incarnation as Ashley and her entry into the conscious world actually have another purpose.

So the question is, what is her purpose?
The script actually didn't answer the question, it only gave hints, that is, the few holes that were not filled.

What the audience can probably think of are hands that have the ability to change colors autonomously, as well as piano music and the original biblical text with unknown meaning. "

Chen Yiming stopped here and asked Lily and Megan, "You must have read the script more than once. What was your impression after reading it for the first time? If the author Xiangrui doesn't explain, can you tell how Monica enters the world of consciousness? Purpose?"

Lily frowned and replied, “When I first read this script, I did have a few uncomfortable points.

First, the rumor about a serial killer at the beginning set up my expectations of a certain plot direction. However, after reading it, I felt that I had been fooled. It was really just a rumor.

The second is the red and blue that Yimingyou mentioned. Except for the protagonist himself, everyone else turned a blind eye to this, which also gave me some expectations.However, in the subsequent development, apart from giving the protagonist extraordinary abilities, there was no further explanation of the two colors, and the script ended like that.

The third is the difference between red and blue. Red can play the piano and blue can write. But why the red in the closet suddenly turned blue is also not explained in the script.

Back to the question just now, why did Monica enter the conscious world?
I have no idea!

Because from the beginning to the end of the script, Monica has not truly awakened her own consciousness. A person who is involuntary obviously has no purpose of action. "

Chen Yiming interrupted Xiangrui's defense with gestures and turned to look at Megan.

The girl was very considerate and deliberately slowed down her speaking speed in order to take care of Chen Yiming's poor hearing.

“I really like the idea of ​​strings. They are annihilated when touched. They capture a certain essence of the virtual world and have a sense of scientific philosophy.

As for Monica’s purpose, I guess it is to cover or eliminate a certain ability, because when I imagined the scenes in the script, especially the scene of escaping from pursuit, the protagonist’s hands kept giving me a kind of eraser. Lenovo. "

"Bah bang bang", Chen Yiming sent out his heartfelt appreciation for Megan's reply.

"Xiangrui, your roommate is a good confidant.

Lily's answer represents the perception of a more rational audience, because as the lead actor, Lily naturally hopes to grasp the internal logic of the story when reading the script.

Megan's answer represents the perception of a more perceptual audience. Compared with logical inquiry, visual information taken in by the eyes comes first.

Both perceptions are reasonable, and the movie should meet the needs of both levels, but as far as this script is concerned, I think the latter has a higher priority.

Because this is an imaginative suspense film, the setting itself is unexplainable. The so-called rigorous logic is just a luxury, because it is difficult to predict which direction the audience will interpret it.

The perception of visual signals is relatively unified. The difference between different viewers is only an eraser and a paint bucket, which does not pose any obstacle to understanding the core of the story. "

Chen Yiming looked at the three girls and said, "I have a preliminary idea, you can decide for yourself whether it is feasible.

In the script of Xiangrui's short film, Alice is torn between two ambitions: piano and writing. As a result, she develops an inner demon that pursues Alice's mental projection in the conscious world.

Based on this core, Xiangrui expanded the script, introduced a five-person experimental team headed by Monica, and entered the conscious world to induce Alice to make a decision favored by the experimental team.

Monica transforms into Eisley to replace Alice's consciousness, but at the same time, Eisley will also lose Monica's independent consciousness. This is the underlying setting of the script.

If this setting is made clear at the beginning of the script, it is actually easy for the audience to understand and agree with it. After all, there can only be one independent consciousness at the same time, and a person cannot be both A and B.

But in order to retain the suspense of the character world until the end, this setting cannot be explained clearly, so Lily has that doubt. She is completely confused as to where Monica is from and what she wants to do.If I were to judge, Xiangrui's script is based on an interesting idea, but it fails to tell the story well.

The expanded script focuses on one issue, which is whether human subjective consciousness can be artificially rewritten or erased.

The idea itself may not be surprising, but Xiangrui introduced solid color keying in post-production special effects into the film as a visual presentation method for interfering with consciousness.

I like this combination very much, it's image-like, popular enough, and trendy enough.

The only problem is that it is not intuitive enough. No matter how superb Lily's acting is, even if the audience can clearly perceive the distinction between the three autonomous consciousnesses in the body, it still cannot explain the question, what is Monica going to do?

So my idea was to wrap up the whole story and convey the message of consciousness interference to the audience at the beginning of the movie. "

The three girls are completely confused. The current version has rings within rings for who knows how many layers. Is there another layer on the outside?
Isn't that more complicated?

Chen Yiming took the pen and paper and said while drawing.

“The script must explain the science fiction background of the near future at the beginning, and establish basic expectations for the audience so that they can accept the underlying setting of the film without any barriers.

In the world of movies, the space of consciousness has become popular, but it also brings about a potential problem, that is, immersion in it can easily induce mental illness.

Next, the experimental team and Alice appear, which is the main line of the story.

Alice is a patient suffering from mental illness. She will receive consciousness intervention therapy from the experimental team.

However, the real purpose of the experimental team is obviously not just to cure diseases and save people. While Alice is expanding her consciousness space, the team leader Monica takes the opportunity to invade, transforming into Ashley and suppressing Alice's main consciousness.

At this time, the movie gives the first underlying setting. There can only be one independent consciousness of the consciousness carrier in the consciousness space at the same time. If consciousness fusion occurs, there will be a danger of consciousness annihilation.

Therefore, Monica's consciousness cannot directly replace Alice's consciousness, but can only rely on the incarnation of Alice in the consciousness space.

At the same time, due to the resistance of Alice's autonomous consciousness, Ashley's behavior only has subconscious tendencies but no clear direction.

This leads to the second underlying setting of the movie. Conscious interference is carried out indirectly by affecting the subconscious. The medium is red and blue solid colors that can be altered or erased.

After Alice woke up in the consciousness space, she used color guidance to locate the real target of the experimental group, Alice's piano talent.

The next task is to guide the interaction between Ashley and Alice's main consciousness, and transfer Alice's piano talent to Ashley's consciousness.

This leads to the third underlying setting of the movie. Talent is a fragment of consciousness that is unique to an individual. The research of the experimental team is to realize the stripping, transfer and re-implantation of talent through conscious interference.

This is obviously not the first time the experimental team has done this. They even developed a digital progress indicator.

When the experimental team's ultimate goal is not revealed, this progress indicator naturally takes on different forms.

In the main laboratory, the countdown to escape and talent replenishment percentage are displayed. When the countdown reaches zero, the larger the percentage number, the higher the purity of the talent.

In front of Alice's bed, there is a countdown to the end of the conscious intervention and a treatment progress percentage. The explanation given is that the larger the percentage number, the better the treatment effect.

Now we have completed the initial stage of the movie, explaining the two forces in the movie and their respective purposes in an intuitive and visual way and with concise and clear lines.

The positive side is the main consciousness of the sickly girl Alice, but in the conscious space, she is the villain who spontaneously resists based on her subconscious.

The antagonist is Monica, the leader of the thieves group, and her four accomplices, but in her conscious space, she is the brave girl Ashley who is pursuing herself.

Of course, the audience is not aware of this opposition at this time. Their first impression is that Ashley is performing consciousness intervention treatment instead of Alice. "

As Chen Yiming narrated, Xiangrui had already entered a state of writing vigorously, and then her mouth opened wider and wider as she remembered. Now her thoughts were completely dominated by Chen Yiming.

Lily's eyes became brighter and brighter as she listened. This idea was novel and interesting and had never been seen in previous movies.Moreover, the new script clearly separated the three roles she needed to play, and her understanding of the role suddenly became much clearer.

As for Megan, Chen Yiming spoke too fast, and her Chinese was not enough for her to follow her thoughts, so she was always in a state of confusion.

(End of this chapter)