Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 155: What is the story of the modified "Eden Lake"

The script reading lasted for three days, which not only helped them sort out their respective tasks, but also helped them become more familiar with each other.

After all, getting together every day, discussing non-stop, communicating non-stop, it's hard not to be familiar with each other.

After sorting out, the plot of Zhang Chen's version of "Eden Lake" is as follows:
Jenny is a physical education teacher. Yes, Zhang Chen changed Jenny's identity from a kindergarten teacher to a physical education teacher. This change was made to increase the rationality of the following.

Jenny and her boyfriend Joseph came to a beautiful town called Eden Lake, where Joseph planned to propose to Jenny.

But I met a group of naughty kids in the small town.

The naughty kids almost caused a traffic accident, so Joseph went to talk to their parents, only to find out that these parents were also naughty parents, who relied entirely on violence to educate their children.

The two decided to leave this rude town and go to Eden Lake to live alone.

Who would have thought that I would run into these naughty kids again at Eden Lake.

The naughty kid took revenge on them for what happened before, teasing them several times and saying a lot of nonsense.

Steve felt that the other party was a child and didn't want to make a fuss about it.

Unexpectedly, the other party became more aggressive, not only continuing to provoke them, but also stealing their car.

During the dispute, Steve killed the other person's dog. The two drove away, but were surrounded by naughty children and the car was eventually damaged.

Jenny escapes, but Steve is caught and tortured.

Jenny used a diversionary tactic to lure the naughty kids away and rescue Steve, but she didn't expect that she would be caught in the end.

Up to this point, Jenny is just an ordinary, weak female character.

But it doesn’t matter, because you have to criticize first before you can praise.

In order to avenge their dog, the naughty kids killed Jenny's boyfriend in front of her. The originally warm and romantic proposal trip turned into her last trip with her boyfriend.

The past scenes come back to my mind one by one. How sweet the past is, how cruel the reality is.

At this point, Jenny has completely turned evil.

That’s right, Zhang Chen did not shoot according to the original plot.

The original version of "Eden Lake" was so depressing that no one could help but curse it after watching the movie.

Many people were so angry after watching it that they couldn't sleep all night.

People felt that this young couple was so miserable and had been bullied all the time.

Many people were waiting for the moment when Jenny would kill everyone, but it never happened until the end of the movie.

The final ending is like eating a fly.

Jenny discovered that the savior she had finally found was actually the parent of that group of naughty kids, and then she was also strangled to death.

Many people cannot accept this ending.

This is also the difference between European horror films and North American horror films. Europeans are more pursuing that sense of despair. They don't consider the issue of sequels, but just think that the sense of despair can elevate the level of the movie.

The original versions of "Darkness" and "Eden Lake" are both British films, and the endings are all despair without exception.

Sarah's escape was a dream. Jenny thought she had escaped, but she actually broke into the lair of naughty kids.

Really advanced~
But it is indeed sick~
People’s daily lives are already depressing enough, and watching a movie makes it even more depressing. Isn’t this just asking for trouble?
So Zhang Chen didn’t shoot it this way. He needed box office, word of mouth, and people to watch it a second time.

So she reversed it.

In fact, Hollywood has already figured this out.

Many American horror movies are about a group of young people who run like crazy to some remote mountain forest and then are hunted like prey.

These films also generally have the protagonist fighting back.

This is the law.

Zhang Chen is also prepared to follow this rule.

What can be summarized must have been tested by the box office.

As for classics, he doesn't need classics, he only needs box office.

He found an outlet for the angry audience, and that outlet was Jenny's dark transformation. After Steve's death, Jenny decided to avenge him and completely transformed into a female warrior.

This is the crucial turning point in the story and must be ritualized.

Jenny put on the bloody ring herself. There are many similar designs, such as the scene where Rambo puts a headband on himself, and John Wick smashes the floor...

There is actually a similar design in "Darkness", the scene where Sarah emerges from the pool of blood and her eyes change.

The weak character suddenly turns around and then starts killing everyone.

This kind of plot can best stimulate the audience's adrenaline and is also the biggest attraction of this type of movie.

Jenny began to fight back. She killed those naughty kids one by one in the woods using various methods.

Hiding behind a tree, stabbing the kid's neck with a wooden thorn~
Jump down from the tree and smash the kid's head with the stone in your hand~
Drag the injured bear child into the lake and watch him drown alive~
Jenny did everything.

She is a physical education teacher and has good physical fitness, which also provides a justification for her to kill those naughty kids.

She killed all the naughty kids one by one, leaving only Big Bear who escaped back to town, with Jenny chasing after him on a stolen bicycle.

The parents of the naughty kids are having a bonfire party, and Big Bear is getting closer and closer to them, which is the hope of life.

Someone heard the cry for help and discovered the situation here.

Just when Big Bear was about to escape, Jenny caught up.

Then she lit up Big Bear in front of all the bear parents.

Yes, exactly the same way his boyfriend died.

It feels like a cycle of fate.

This is also standard in most revenge films.

The bear parents were furious, but when they arrived, Jenny had already driven away in the stolen car.

Do you think this is over?
No!

A few days later, the town held a funeral for the naughty kids, and the news broadcast a wanted warrant for Jenny, because Big Bear's father was the sheriff of this town.

A woman wearing a scarf suddenly appeared.

As soon as the woman entered the church, she locked the door with an iron chain, locking herself and the parents inside the church.

Just when everyone was curious, the woman pulled off her scarf and it was Jenny!

Shocked, angry...

Someone rushed towards Jenny, seeking revenge for his child.

The next second, Jenny pulled out her gun.

The last scene, a panoramic view of the church, with gunshots ringing out inside...

The video ends here.

After the script reading, the film officially entered the shooting stage.

The main reason why Ning Hao and Song Xiaofei came here this time was to learn Hollywood's shooting techniques, so they didn't get started at the beginning. They just stood aside and watched how Hollywood photographers shot.

The photographer is very important. If making a movie is compared to building a building, then the director is the designer of the building, responsible for designing the framework and layout of the entire building.

Where are the stairs, where is the elevator, where are the windows, how is the room laid out.

But design alone is not enough, it also requires specific implementation.

The photographer is the one who makes it happen.

Building brick by brick, the director's artistic ideas are turned into reality and the storyboards are turned into vivid pictures.

Therefore, once a director finds a suitable photographer, he or she will generally not change him or her easily, which is why there are so many fixed combinations of directors and photographers in the circle.

Zhang Chen is studying, and they are studying too.

Song Xiaofei came here this time partly to familiarize himself with Zhang Chen's shooting style, and partly to learn, and to study Hollywood's shooting techniques with Zhang Chen.

(End of this chapter)