Coquettish Rebirth

Under such a feeling of bringing in, Jia Hongjian quickly determined the general direction of the plot. Then, after a series of refinements, trade-offs, and even the characters and occupations of other supporting characters, etc., such a script can be regarded as well-written.But such a mess, it's just the first version of the script.Next, Jia Hongjian will continue to rewrite and rewrite some details.After the script was almost finished, of course it was time to raise funds.However, as one of the bosses of DreamWorks, Jia Hongjian found it too easy to spend money.After he made a phone call to the United States, Katzenberg agreed to pay Jia Hongjian without asking about the plot of the movie, and then he asked what kind of story Jia Hongjian was going to make in such a movie.

After Jia Hongjian told the story to Katzenberg, the old buddy Spielberg called Jia Hongjian in a hurry the next day, and then he and Jia Hongjian began to discuss such a thing. The plot of the movie to be shot. "Hung-chien, do you really want to make this film? This story is really interesting! How did you come up with it?" Emotional Spielberg is very interested in such a story that Jia Hung-chien came up with!That's right, in the eyes of the old man, Jia Hongjian's story doesn't seem like a traditional literary film about love or not.If it weren't for the fact that there are several female characters in the film, such a film would simply be a male drama!And in such a play, even if there are women.What these few women showed was not so feminine—even if there was tenderness, it was a short-lived tenderness for their children and their husbands.More often they also need to show a kind of toughness.Moreover, this kind of war scene is filmed from the perspective of ordinary people, and it is also a story of how to survive. This really makes Spielberg's eyes shine!He had never thought of an anti-war war-themed movie before, and he could still shoot it like this!

Like filming the disasters brought by war to civilians, Spielberg has filmed "Schindler's List".But in Schindler's List, the main theme of his filming is salvation, which is a flash of humanity.But looking at Jia Hongjian's photographs, the main subjects are other things.Such as the evil in human nature, and human selfishness and so on.But outside of such negative things.Jia Hongjian also wrote such an emotion that human beings want to protect their families!This kind of angle of material collection is really something that no one has tried before, so from this point of view, Spielberg certainly feels that his eyes shine!And such a survival movie.To be honest, it's a bit like a desert island survival film made by Tom Hanks a few years ago!But it looks more rigorous and more interesting!

Just at such a time.Spielberg suddenly thought of something.He suddenly made a suggestion: "Hung-chien, I suddenly remembered that there was a movie called "The Blair Witch" in 99. They chose a very special shooting method. They made a fictional feature film similar to What do you think of the scene that the protagonist accidentally captured while shooting a documentary with a dv. Using such a documentary to give people a natural and real feeling. What do you think of creating a strange and spiritual atmosphere? Maybe it can be used in a movie like yours? Your movie has a relatively real background and a real location, so if the story of such a character is shot in a documentary-like way, it will suddenly appear quite real!"

Um?What Spielberg means is... a pseudo-documentary?Of course Jia Hongjian knew what a pseudo-documentary was.For example, "The Cloverfield Files", which will come out in two years in history, is a pseudo-documentary, but Jia Hongjian has seen such a film, mainly because he pretends the film to be a film excavated by the US military. Secretly recorded videos, beginning with the military number and confidentiality level, etc.But such a thing is actually not filmed by the army, but a video tape found by the army in the ruins, and the content of the video tape is something that a group of young people took selfies with DVs—a group of young people originally played various games. Son, then suddenly the whole city shook, and fireballs fell from the sky.Everyone panicked and ran to the street, but in the process of fleeing for their lives, they saw a monster as big as Godzilla attacking the city!

The entire content and shots of such a movie are basically shot by DV, and it keeps shaking. It really feels like a few young people shot a video of a monster attacking the city, and then it was discovered by the military. .The box office of such a film in North America is not bad. With a cost of 2500 million US dollars, the box office in North America reached 4988 million US dollars, which is close to 5000 million. It can definitely be said that it made a small profit by relying on the box office!Then such a film was released in other countries in the world, including China, which caused a burst of exclamation!Countless people feel novelty and shock for this amazing new shooting method!However, Jia Hongjian knew that the real originator of pseudo-documentary was "The Blair Witch" in 99.

Spielberg recommended using such a pseudo-documentary method to shoot, which is naturally for the good of Jia Hongjian.If you shoot in such a way, you can make the plot that already looks real appear more realistic!However, did Jia Hongjian follow Spielberg's suggestion, "Forget it, I'll shoot according to the normal method. I personally don't like the method of pseudo-documentary..." That's right, Jia Hong I gradually feel that although such a pseudo-documentary method seems to be more real, it is actually just a small gimmick that is not so meaningful!The so-called making the plot more real?Please, ordinary people spend money to buy tickets to watch in cinemas. Does he still not know whether he is watching a documentary or a movie?Now that you know it's a movie, you naturally know it's a fiction. Unless the promotion says it's based on a real story, who would really take the movie seriously?So no matter how real the fake documentary is, the audience will know in advance that it is fake, but everyone is feeling the feeling that it seems a little real!

But even so, this pseudo-documentary style is actually not very popular, or in other words, most of the films shot using such a method are supernatural horror films.Relatively speaking, half of other types of films are not suitable for this mode, and such a mode is not suitable for good storytelling.Because on the one hand, because it was shot by DV, it must be wobbly.And because it was filmed on DV, the first part of the story must be filled with a lot of "boring" content.Because in all honesty, this kind of pseudo-documentary pretends to be filmed by ordinary people using dv, and ordinary people don't know what will happen soon, so of course they filmed a lot of irrelevant things to upload!So from a certain point of view, such a pseudo-documentary actually gives people fragmented content, just like the No.1 novel. In theory, what people see should be "I" see of! The content that "I" can't see should not be described in theory!

It is because of such a series of "characteristics" that Jia Hongjian actually does not like it, or it is not suitable for the film he wants to make.If such a film of his is to be shot in the form of a pseudo-documentary, then first of all, the protagonist basically needs to shoot with his family on dv in the United States, right?Then you have to use dv to shoot on the plane, right?When you arrive in Sarajevo, you also need to use dv to shoot, right?The result is that the beginning may be filled with 15-20 minutes of "boring" content!This thing actually affects the senses of viewing very much!And if Jia Hongjian were to do the filming, he might have just talked about the background in the first 5 minutes, and then got into the meat of the drama directly!It may even be edited to advance the highlights later, and then have a flashback!

At the same time, when telling the story, without the shackles of pseudo-documentary, Jia Hongjian can describe such a city from various angles!He can show the little thoughts of the neighbors when the protagonist is away, and he can describe other people who have "thoughts" about the protagonist.He can describe things that the protagonist himself has not noticed, and things that the protagonist cannot possibly know!Through the cooperation of such things, he can better match a story!He can also make the whole story more impactful and layered!After all, the pseudo-documentary is to be shot with dv, while the "movie" is shot with various professional cameras.Is the splendor and delicacy of the pictures captured by this professional camera comparable to that of dv?Therefore, at such a time, Jia Hongjian would rather refute Spielberg's face, and he must stick to his own ideas!

After Spielberg heard Jia Hongjian's idea, he was not very angry. Even after the old man asked Jia Hongjian why he was unwilling to use the method of pseudo-documentary, he greatly appreciated it!In the old man's eyes, this Jia Hongjian really has his own ideas, and he is not too influenced by others!As the master of the American film industry, this old man's eyes are also very poisonous.Although he suggested that Jia Hongjian use a pseudo-documentary method and was not accepted by Jia Hongjian, this suggestion is still very good and prescient!Because in such an era, only "The Blair Witch" in 99 adopted this method, unlike the dozens of movies that used similar techniques in the years after "Cloverfield Files".In the old man's opinion, at least as far as "The Blair Witch" is concerned, such a pseudo-documentary filming method is quite interesting, and it is a very good shooting attempt.He wanted to suggest Jia Hongjian to use such a method, and he was sincerely helping Jia Hongjian to give advice. If it was someone else, he might not be willing to suggest such a method!

However, this old man is not Jia Hongjian.Who is Jia Hongjian?Reborn!This reborn person had watched a lot of pseudo-documentary films in his previous life, and he was already familiar with this relatively new mode. It can be said that he fully understood the advantages and disadvantages of this mode!But the old man is not, maybe this is the so-called limitation of the times? (To be continued..)