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Under the illumination of nightlight, soft humming sounds echoed in the music room on the first floor of Ye Wei's house in Santa Monica. This is a newly decorated music room. There are not many musical instruments placed in the medium-sized room, and there is no soundproofing or sound-absorbing decoration. A set of audio equipment seemed very crude.
Amy Rosen was sitting on a wooden chair without armrests, playing a black acoustic guitar and composing songs.
This is Ye Wei¡¯s guitar. She likes to compose on the piano the most. It has a wider range and can take into account more aspects, but here there is only the guitar.
Ye Wei said that when he was a child, he wanted to learn a musical instrument. His mother enrolled him in cello, violin, piano, and guitar. In the end, only the guitar survived. He agreed to her buying a grand piano and moving it in. Not only the piano, but she also had to decorate the place well.
What kind of flowers are best to grow in the greenhouse in the back garden? I'll ask him later. Wei is busy working in the workshop upstairs. He's really working too hard.
Gia Coppola¡¯s hateful eyes suddenly flashed through her heart. Amy¡¯s right hand that plucked the strings stopped, and then continued to play. It doesn¡¯t matter, I just know what I¡¯m doing!
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There is a studio on the second floor of the house. You can't hear the sound from downstairs. It is decorated in a style that combines a study room and a studio, and there are many film copywriting development tools.
Ye Weizheng was sitting at the computer desk, staring at the touchscreen document on the LCD screen of the desktop computer in a daze.
Last month, he completed the first draft of the script for "Soul Surfer." This month, with Michael Arndt as the lead, Heck Porterko as the deputy, and himself, they have been making detailed revisions. Half of the script has been completed. It¡¯s been months.
Each script is developed at a different speed, including theme, structure, characters, development, dialogue, etc., as well as the cinematic feel, shooting method, budget
The theme and structure of this story in ss are very clear. It is not as complicated as tlb. It only needs to stick to the main line of Bethany and match the changes in the supporting characters such as her family and friends.
But there are still many problems. For example, we have not found a good way to design the mentor and villain, or is it necessary?
For Christians, the greatest mentor is God. However, if there is no guiding figure, the story will easily fall into falsehood. Even in the most self-redemptive stories, a mentor is often essential, like Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption.
This comes from life. There will always be something to inspire you and someone to enlighten you. Confucius is right, when three people are together, there must be a teacher. They can be mentors in anything, including each other. Like in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", Leon taught Matilda the skills of a killer, and Matilda taught her the skills of a killer. The true value of his life.
"In "Dance of Angels", Bella is the mentor, but we can't let Ginger be Bethany's mentor as well.
As for the villain, in a story like this, everyone seems to be a partner or ally, and the only villain is that damn shark, but it's just a functional character. The question is about the surfing competition part, should we have a villain?
The villain does not need to be a villain, as long as it is an opposing force that prevents the protagonist from achieving his goals. The conventional thinking is that a champion seed player is preventing Bethany from winning the championship. With the existence of such a number one person, there can be competition, and Bethany can turn defeat into victory.
But is it really appropriate to place this kind of villain in this inspirational story? Is there really a competition in the competition?
Bethany¡¯s biggest opponent is herself. Whether she wins the championship or not does not affect whether she can defeat herself. Victory does not have to be the championship. If you can¡¯t win it, you will fail. When Bethany steps on the skateboard in the arena, she has already won. , her family and friends are also relieved that the movie has come to a complete end.
In reality, she did not win the event championship in the first year of the rematch, but ranked fifth, and only won it in the second year.
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These are all unresolved issues in the script. Ye Wei prefers not to focus on competition, but the Bethany team hopes to have competition.
For the director¡¯s sake, there is a big structural problem that must be solved.
In the script, the story before Bethany¡¯s accident should show her original beautiful youth, dreams and life, which should be contrasted with the twists and turns. This tends to lean towards the feel of a teenage girls¡¯ movie, with the second part being an inspirational plot and the third part being a sports competition.
The unity and rise of the sense of cinema becomes a problem. What the director has to do is to fuse the three parts together and turn them into an organism, instead of starting like watching one movie and ending like watching another movie.
This problem was discovered from the script. Ye Wei now wants to start from the script. The first act weakens personal youth and strengthens family warmth, while the third act is not too?The competition plot carries the feeling of inspirational plot from beginning to end.
But he had been in a daze for 15 minutes, not typing a single letter, and there was no inspiration in his mind. From time to time, this thought flashed through him: What's the point?
After another long while, he closed the document with the mouse and opened another film screenwriter magician document, "The Lovely Bones".
The development of tlb¡¯s script has not yet officially started. He will set the framework, write the first draft, and then do team work.
There are two main reasons why tlb is difficult to adapt. First, the story spans a very long time, reaching ten years; second, there are many characters.
It can be said that a tlb can be adapted into many different types of movies, depending on which character is used as the main line of the world. If Peter Jackson's idea was to focus on "Mr. Harvey" and stick to the lines of committing crimes, investigating crimes, and solving crimes, it would be a thriller and suspense movie.
If "Thunder" is the main character, it can be made into a touching love movie.
Even with "grandma" as the main character, a warm movie between elders and younger generations can be made.
Ye Wei had already made a decision in this regard. The Shamon family must be the main focus, and Susie's father is the most important. The family's pain, rupture, healing, and the growth of new bones are the most important things in the story. , the most essential part of the original work.
The problem is that in order to capture the theme of "The Lovely Bones" well, the time span must not be short.
"One month, half a year, one year, these may be suitable for thriller and suspense genres, but they are not suitable for family genres. That would be Susie's tragic death!" How can new bones grow without many years?
But it doesn¡¯t have to be ten years. The key is that there is an obvious and convincing time change. ¡°Susie has been dead for a long time.¡± Like in the original work, the Salmons reconciled after being separated for many years, and Buckley changed from a child to a As a teenager, Lindsey went from being a teenager to getting married and gave birth to a daughter named Susie.
Only with this kind of change can we capture the unforgettable sadness, the time that makes it grow new bones, and then remember Susie¡¯s emotion of smiling and crying at the same time.
Otherwise, how can we talk about healing after only a few months?
Even if the time span is shortened, Lindsey has to change. She needs two actors, one is when she is 12 or 13 years old, and the other is at least as old as Susie, and she must be similar to Susie. She must play her role in the original work. The role of daughter.
Lindsey and Susie, Lindsey and Susie
Ye Wei stared at the computer screen blankly, not knowing where his previous talents had gone, as if he was suppressed by a wave of annoyance. He scratched his head with both hands, closed the document, and took the digital tablet on the table to draw a concept map, but whether it was SS or TLB, he was not interested and couldn't invest, as if everything had lost its meaning.
Why is this? What on earth is this for?
A messy ball of thread is drawn on the drawing board on the screen.
"This is not cool, man." Ye Wei breathed out, threw down the paintbrush on the tablet, stood up and walked to the drawing table on the other side, using a pencil to draw storyboards randomly on the storyboard paper. After drawing for a while, he suddenly grabbed The storyboard page was crumpled into a ball and thrown away, "Fuck it."
You have already betrayed a lot, please don¡¯t betray the movie again
Don¡¯t betray her, don¡¯t hurt her
Ye Wei stood up again, took out a wooden drawing board, picked up paper, pen and other tools, and walked out of the room. Maybe it was just too stuffy here.
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"La la la la la la la"
Amy was engrossed in playing the guitar, immersed in the river of music with her eyes closed. When she met Ye Weihou, she was so inspired that she felt like she was connected to an ocean. It felt so good.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the ajar door was pushed open. She opened her eyes and saw Ye Wei walking in with a drawing board. She asked with a smile: "Are you done with your work today?"
Ye Wei shushed, "Don't talk, you continue." He pulled up a chair and sat down, looking at her, "Continue to do your work."
"You want to draw me?" Amy couldn't help but smile, said no more, and continued to play the guitar and hum.
Ye Wei observed her silently. Today, Amy was wearing an elegant mid-length white floral dress. Her long, slightly curly hair fell down her shoulders. Her face was still so beautiful, and her lips with red lipstick were like roses. The figure has stepped out of "The Phantom of the Opera" but exudes charming joy.
He looked at her, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt calm. He used a pencil to draw a full-body sketch of the character on the drawing board, and the lines fell
For a while, there was only the crisp sound of guitar, gentle humming and slight painting sound in the music room. Amy glanced at Ye Wei from time to time. Every time their eyes touched, she felt attracted by his kindness.?The true concentration is burning and intoxicating.
Nearly half an hour seemed to have passed. Just as Amy looked at it again, Ye Wei suddenly put down the brush, "Not bad."
"Did you finish the drawing?" Amy couldn't restrain the joy and interest in her heart. She felt a little numb from sitting. She put down the guitar and stood up and walked next to him. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she saw her lifelike singing lips in the drawing paper. Slightly open, it seems to be smiling, and the slightly turned eyes seem to be peeking at the painter.
This beautiful girlish charm makes her heart so sweet. This is how I look to him
I also saw Ye Wei pick up a pen and draw a rose in the lower right corner of the drawing paper, and then write "playing-guitar-emmanuelle, jan. 20, 2006, viy"
"Here it is to you, Amy Gray." He took the "Emmanuelle Playing Guitar" off the drawing board and handed it to her, "You are a muse."
"Thank you, the painting is great." Amy took the drawing paper and looked at it carefully. There was still his residual warmth on the paper. The more she looked at it, the sweeter it became in her heart, and her love for him became stronger, stronger than that night. She looked at him and subdued her passion with laughter: "Little fool, have you said this to many girls? Are you a muse?"
"Only you. Do you believe it?" Ye Wei looked up at her. Amy nodded toothily: "I want to believe it." Ye Wei stood up suddenly, hugged her into his arms, held her chin, and kissed her passionately. Amy gasped from the kiss. , it feels like the skirt is being lifted up by him
He suddenly let go of her, smiled, turned and walked outside, "Never believe me, Amy Gray."
Amy took a deep breath and watched his back disappear around the corner of the door. She laughed, looked at the painting in her hand, and murmured softly: "But I want to believe it."
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The night light and lights illuminate the large back garden of the house, and the flowers, plants and trees dance lightly in the sea breeze. At the casual glass round table under the flower stand by the back door of the house, Ye Wei is sitting on a rattan chair, drinking a can of Budweiser beer. Looking at the stars and moon in the night sky.
The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and a beautiful girl wearing a long denim jacket sat down on the wicker chair next to him, her brown eyes looking at the night sky.
Ye Wei handed the beer in his hand to her mouth.
¡°I don¡¯t drink, alcohol will hurt my throat, unless it¡¯s whiskey.¡± Amy shrunk her shoulders as she refused to drink. There wasn¡¯t any wine in the refrigerator when she made dinner. He should have just sent someone to buy it.
"Oh?" Ye Wei glanced at her, "Will kissing and having sex with a drunk person hurt your throat?"
"I guess so." Amy said with a smile. Ye Wei didn't take his hand back, "Take a sip and add some spices." She was funny and coquettish, but she still went over to take a sip. He then stopped and went back to drink. He raised the corner of his mouth and it seemed that the beer tasted better.
"Wei, isn't there a flower room there? What flowers should we plant?" Amy asked.
"You're quite free." Ye Wei looked at her with interest when he heard this, "You shouldn't be so free."
Amy will spend time here tonight, on the 16th, 18th, and then the 20th. She will come when he calls. There seems to be nothing to do during the day. Today¡¯s Chinese vegetarian dinner took a lot of time and thought, and we talked about it. How to decorate the house and take care of the garden? What's going on?
Amy blinked her big eyes, "How busy should I be?"
Ye Wei shrugged, "You know, you have to be busy with work, acting in movies, attending events, magazine photography, appearing on TV shows, accepting interviews with the media Maybe I will come to the theater to play "Phantom of the Opera" sometime. And you. As a college student, you still have to go to school. Anyway, you shouldn¡¯t be so free.¡±
"Haha." Amy smiled mysteriously, "Since I was 7 years old, I have been very busy every day, studying, working, and career. I am so busy now that I am already tired." Her beautiful face glowed softly, "Last year I was thinking, should I continue like this? I found that this kind of life no longer meant anything to me, and it was not what I wanted.¡±
Ye Wei's eyes were more playful, "So?"
"So I decided to pursue my real goal." Amy raised her hands and smiled at him: "I want to take a break from acting for two years."
"You!? Quiet?" Ye Wei couldn't help but be surprised and said a little more seriously, "Amy Rosen, you've been quitting for two years now? Are you kidding me?"
Now is the time when Amy's popularity is booming and her stardom is smooth. "Phantom of the Opera" and "The Day After Tomorrow" not only brought her the honor of Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award (winner), and Satellite Award, but also represented her among young people. Popular Young Artist Award, MTV Movie Award, etc.
"Poseidon" she participated in is a super blockbuster with a production cost of US$160 million.
And she is 20 years old, which is the best period for an actress, and every year is crucial to her career.
For Amy RosenWhat is the next normal path? Starring in 2-3 movies every year, at least one commercial and one literary. In the arts, she will continue to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress, and even become the youngest Oscar-winning actress in the top 10. On the business front, the pace continues, with large and small films taking over the top spots together, heading towards first-tier superstars.
¡°In this industry, her Jewish background, status as a well-known family, and status as an Ivy League student are all helpful. She has no glass ceiling.
To a certain extent, Amy Rossum can use Natalie Portman as a template.
When Portman was 20 years old, in 2001, Portman could not match the awards honors Rosen had received during the same period. There was only one Golden Globe nomination for the award. Portman was the supporting actress ("Hearts Apart"), and Rosen It's the heroine ("Phantom of the Opera").
??Commercially, Portman has the "Star Wars Prequels" series, and Rosen also has "The Day After Tomorrow", so she can't lose too much. What did Portman do after that? The "Star Wars: Prequels" series has already ensured his fame, so he acted in more literary films. From the age of 20 to 25, "Cold Mountain", "Stealing Hearts", and commercially " "Love Returns to New Jersey" and "V for Vendetta", which coexists commercial and literary works.
??Is Amy Rossum out of action now? Two years? Making another movie in 2008? It was 2009 when it was released? If you are old enough to come back, that means you don¡¯t need anything in your career.
"Are you kidding me?" Ye Wei said again and took a sip of beer.
"No." Amy shook her head, "It's not a joke. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you. I made the decision a long time ago! I don't have any film and television contracts now, and it feels so good to be free."
She looked up at the stars and said, "I will never act again until I achieve my true goal in life."
Seeing Ye Wei's confused look, she smiled and said: "Little fool, your career has just started, but I have been busy for many years. I don't plan to do what my agent thinks I should do, and I don't want to do it: Building momentum, going from movie to movie, dating celebritieswell, I'm guilty of that last one, you're one of the few celebrities who aren't stupid."
"Anyway, I prefer a more energetic lifestyle." Amy smiled and paused, "Don't tell me that I should seize up my career, that will make me very disappointed."
"Amy Gray, I just discovered that you have such a great personality." Ye Wei raised his beer and saluted her, "You gave up the opportunity to become a superstar. This is really not a choice that everyone would make."
"I don't care." Amy took another sip of beer, with a blush on her face, and said with emotion: "I love the acting life. I grew up in a single-parent family When I am in a movie, there are so many Brothers and sisters incarnate, I¡¯ll never give up acting, you just can¡¯t keep jumping on the screen.¡±
"Although I love movies, I agree with what you said." Ye Wei nodded and smiled, then was startled, I love movies
What is all this for?
Maybe it¡¯s just for the movie.
"If you lose your true goals for the so-called fame and fortune, I think it's really not worth it." Amy smiled and reached out to hold his hand, "Isn't it the same for you?"
He turned down every opportunity to direct a commercial blockbuster for a major studio, which was more than she had ever given up.
"I know many people want to be stars." She added, "In your talent show tomorrow, many girls must be aiming to become stars. But not me, I have enough so I am just so free! There¡¯s no problem with your studies, you don¡¯t have to worry.¡±
"I'm not worried, it's just" Ye Wei looked at Amy's sweet smile and felt an unwanted sense of responsibility. She seemed to be too serious, "It's just that I think your fans will be sad, and I will too." Kind of. How can you stop acting at 20 years old?¡±
"19 years old!" Amy shouted hurriedly, "I am only 20 years old in September." So for 7 months in a year, we are only one year apart.
"Okay, 19 years old." Ye Wei twitched his hand, but she held it, "Then tell me about your 'real goal'? Isn't it to be a gardener for me?"
Amy immediately said enthusiastically: "I want to release a music album, and" A bigger goal is to find a talented and good man to marry and start a happy family. She looked at the silent Ye Wei, her heart filled with sweetness, and wondered if that person was you.
"You want to be a singer?" Ye Wei asked.
"I'm not interested, I want to create music." Amy pursed her lips and organized the words, and said seriously: "It's not pop music, I should say, I want to try my best to expand the human voice!"
Ye Wei repeated like a parrot: "I want to try my best to expand the voice of mankind. You are really ambitious."
Amy is not modest: "Yes, that's what I want. It's not about sales or rankings. I don't care about those, as long as I make the music I want to do."
?"It seems that success has set you free." Ye Wei said.
Amy shook her head: "Success has allowed me to see the essence clearly." She looked at him, smiled again, and said: "Are you trying to say, 'It's not you who is too free, but your lost arrogance.' I know, The album was definitely not going to be a commercial success, but for me, it was a success, so I really love Little Miss Sunshine, and we can¡¯t get lost in the public standard of success, right.¡±
"Maybe." Ye Wei was thinking about something and frowned a little, "Amy Gray, how are you sure that this is your real goal? Maybe it's not?"
"I'm not sure, just wait and see." Amy was surprised that he asked such a question, "It's not one movie after another anyway, that's definitely not my goal."
"Music album." Ye Wei suddenly brought up another topic, "I have always wanted to make a music album. You may not know that I have my own band."
"You have a band?" Amy was surprised, "I really didn't know that."
"Yes, I formed a band called Super Dumb Band with some of my best friends. We have been planning to release an album for several years."
Amy smiled and asked: "Are you the lead singer?"
"I'm the lead singer and guitarist." Ye Wei said and shrugged, "I play the guitar well, but I can't sing." Amy laughed and said, "There are no people who can't sing, only those who haven't found a method that suits themselves." The way to sing. Can you sing a few words for me?"
"Okay, but after drinking, you know, my throat." Ye Wei immediately cleared his throat and sang a song "Rainy Day and Monday".
After listening to him sing it once, Amy said in surprise: "Isn't he singing pretty well?" Ye Wei smiled: "Maybe he has improved."
Amy savored the taste and said seriously: "Your voice is very nice. It is sunny, refreshing, magnetic, and a little gentle. It is a good voice. And I can tell that you are a person with a sense of music." You will definitely be able to sing. I will teach you when you are free, and you will be good at singing in no time.¡±
"Maybe." Ye Wei smiled, looked at the night sky, and suddenly said: "Amy Gray, you are really like a mentor, about certain things. I am not sure about many things. Sometimes I think about something, I don¡¯t understand it myself. But there are some things that I can do. You want to make music, I want to make movies, and I want to try my best to expand human movies. This is the real goal that can be determined.¡±
He took a breath and said, "I'll make a call."
Amy calmed down a little curiously and doubtfully. Ye Wei went to pick up the mobile phone on the leisure table. After pressing it for a while, he got a number and dialed it. After a few beeps, he was connected and there was a call. Put the girl's voice: "Hello?"
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