Made in Hollywood

Like previous films, in the preliminary preparations, to remove the elements of the film itself, Duke also decided to include the audience as a member of the entire complex plan, adding to the film as if turning them into criminal associates. In this way, I declared my ambition in this type of film. ∈♀,

One of the fascinating things about stealing movies like this is also one of the reasons why Duke serves as a template, because in most movies, the form of explanation to the audience is full of doubts, boring, cunning, and unbearable. But in stealing movies , But it is where the meat of the show is. It has become a part of the fun. This is a necessary part of the stealing film. Moreover, their discussions and their plans for things will also become the reason for the audience to watch the story. .

Duke has studied in depth, one mode of this type of film is that at a certain point, the audience stops receiving information, and then only as a spectator to experience, until the end of the action, they will maintain a sense of freshness and be Conquered by the careful plan.

But he was not going to repeat this routine and make some subversive changes. Duke did not intend to keep the audience out, but decided to take them with them throughout the process.

This small change can make the audience and the characters in the film sweat when any accident happens.

With such a wonderful world worth exploring, Duke will be patient to think about what else the film lacks that can make it look more reasonable on an unreasonable basis.

That is the motive of the actor Cobb. He planned the whole action for what? It's not just getting financial rewards!

Although Duke is not a father, he knows where his family and children are in the minds of most people around the world. This is the value that prevails all over the world. Cobb's biggest motivation is to go home and correct his life. Back to the family.

Such feelings and motives seem particularly vulgar, but they are the highest human emotions.

One of the biggest difficulties faced by bat dramas when writing character emotions is that they need to make enough balance to maintain the seriousness of the plot and the boundary of affinity with the audience. The plot of a film can often be summarized in a one-sentence brief. Card logo, but the creation of character emotions needs to find another way.

Different from the past. In this film, there are some passages where you must sit down and let the emotions flow out of the screenwriter's pen, let the actors speak in a very emotional way, and then spend a lot of time to modify them until they are true and believable.

In other words, there are several screenwriters who need to follow Leonardo in the preliminary preparations and adjust Cobb's lines and behaviors according to some of his own habits and characteristics. They need to analyze, deconstruct, and reorganize these into a part of the film.

This is to make the situation of Cobb's role more realistic and make the audience feel more relevant.

When watching movies from some directors, Duke, as a fan, should have got a certain emotion while watching the movie. But I didn't find the author of the movie sharing this sentiment.

These directors just think that the audience will experience it, but the reality is not. The audience can often feel a kind of alienation.

So whenever Duke finds out that he and the other people are not responding to what the screenwriter wrote, he still says to himself, ‘it’s okay, the audience will like it. ’He knew that he had gone astray and had to abandon them.

In addition to emotions, there are also video settings.

Although planting an idea in the mind of unsuspecting businessmen involves some sensational technology. This work ultimately boils down to testing the businessman’s emotions. And find a way to push him to go against his original wishes.

This is the concept that Duke thought of when examining the script from the perspective of emotional projection.

This is more like a narrative adventure. A team of people want to make up a story. It's like filmmakers get together and start work. Maybe it's just because people are immersed in such things and feel more similarity. Relying on technology to plan their crimes is more like an invasion of individuals.

In Duke's eyes, this should be a human experience. It's not just a classic symbol associated with a spy activity.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s cooperation also helped Duke a lot. During the rehearsal, he discussed his character script with Duke scene after scene to find out the character’s emotions. Truth and motivation.

"One of the things that these forces me to do is to fully dramatize every rhythm of the commentary, and each character needs to get a piece of information. It's because he needs this piece of information." Duke once told Anna Prinz Having said that, “When a movie expresses an important issue, such as when you are stuck in a dream and you can't wake up, there must be a rhythm. I used to arrange it as a neutral commentary when the role was relatively passive. But after repeated discussions with Leo, I came to the conclusion that the use of dramatic contradictions and conflicts has produced some effects that are different from the past, making the narration indispensable for the characters."

When planning a specific shooting plan, perhaps because of the influence of the plot, Duke made the plan a bit complicated, and even he himself was a little dizzy.

He drew exaggerated charts and timelines on the drawing board, trying to mark the transition in the movie. For several weeks, he felt that he was hitting his head on the drawing board.

But turning around, Duke realized that he had actually solved some problems and made some important progress.

"You know, you will face new problems, because you know you are really making progress. In the end, you understand,'This thing is not perfect now, I still have a lot of things to do with it, but it is at least full Now, I can show it to people.'"

This is a conclusion drawn by Duke.

Duke continued to revise his shooting and post-production plans countless times because he knew that when the plan went into production, it had to be more organized.

In the film, many different characters are in different dangerous situations at the same time. The director must sit down and have a lot of conversations with the characters.

This is very difficult.

Duke believes that this has a limit, that is, as an independent individual to make plans, only so much can be done. After that, you must let others join.

Fortunately, Duke spent nearly two decades building a strong team.

He can often feel that working with Charles Rowan or Anna Prince or other team members is of great value. As the final result shows, their participation makes the plan more reasonable and continues Under the modification, Duke finally found the perfect balance.

In accordance with Leonardo's suggestion, Duke also fine-tuned the role and drama.

One of the most important points is that Cobb summoned his team to perform dangerous tasks. After he assigned all the tasks, he forgot to mention that he himself was the biggest uncertainty factor in this task.

In Leonardo's words, Cobb did not forget, but took the initiative to hide the secret in his heart.

In this regard, Duke used Hitchcock’s "The Legend of Sex" as a reference when discussing with several major actors. It allows the audience to fully trust the protagonist of the movie because of the actor’s pleasing performance and the professional skills of the role. But they believed it wrong.

The audience trusts them because they are confident, knowledgeable, and experts...etc. However, in "The Legend", in the end, it just made people understand that this guy was really fooled, he was not the person I thought it was indeed a charming narrative.

"Lawrence of Arabia" is another classic example that Duke and the others discussed. Half of the film is such a successful protagonist with a halo. It always makes people forget that in the second half, he will change. How dark it must be, it challenges the traditional wisdom of "protagonist resonance".

To achieve this effect is difficult, there must be really suitable actors, fortunately, Duke has Leonardo? DiCaprio.

Everyone who becomes a superstar always has his merits.

There is really no one in Hollywood who can’t be replaced, and the role is always making actors, but Hollywood production companies are willing to pay a big price to invite superstars to play, instead of just choosing a small actor who is not famous and charismatic but has the same outstanding acting skills. The reason is inside.

These truths are also very simple, basically everyone can see at a glance.

Duke invited Leonardo DiCaprio not only because of the relationship he used to be the lead actor and a very good friend with him, but Warner Bros. eventually signed Leonardo a basic salary of 15 million US dollars plus per cent. The eight profit sharing contract is not due to Duke's relationship.

The value represented by Leonardo DiCaprio itself is precisely the normal expression of this contract.

Apart from all these, Duke is also very aware of another key to the success of this film.

That's right, it's just a mystery.

Of course, the mystery must be stopped, after all, this is a commercial masterpiece, not a niche literary film.

The success of this film once also lies in the harmony between the rhythm of the story, the understanding of the audience and the narrative structure of the film. In other words, it is not difficult to play with reverse timing and layered narratives. The difficult thing is not to turn these elements into niche experimental films. After the film is completed, it will not only allow the audience to see it in a cloud, but not completely lose the solution. If you are interested, the whole movie must be a good-looking commercial movie. This is the value of Inception.

Duke's whole concept is very clear. This is a commercial film with a large investment and a large production. The real core of the film is the mainstream commercial elements such as science fiction action. The others are derived from this basis.

After a long period of more than four months of preliminary preparations, in mid-November, Duke officially started filming "Inception" in Los Angeles. (To be continued.)

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