tearjerker director

Chapter 1354 Not a single line of dialogue is nonsense
"This story is interesting, and the case is not complicated, but it's more like a psychological game!" After hearing Li Yi's complete idea, Chen Wen couldn't help but shine his eyes.

"That's right, and when you were filming this movie, you definitely wouldn't tell everyone about the case in advance, right?" Zhou Guo said after pondering for a moment.

Li Yi nodded and said: "If it is filmed, it is definitely impossible to reveal the truth at the beginning. I plan to start with the meeting between the lawyer and Adrian!"

"However, if you think about it carefully, it seems that your story does not necessarily have to have a foreign background. It is indeed inappropriate to put it in China, but it seems to be okay if it is put in the background of Hong Kong Island?" Chu Xuexiang said suddenly.

"There are several points to consider. The first is the legal and regulatory issues, and the second is the social background and environment. Do you think Hong Kong Island is suitable?" Li Yi was still a little confused.

If possible, of course he would prefer to shoot in China.

"I think it's quite appropriate. You are from Hong Kong Island. In fact, there are not many laws and regulations in this movie, and there is no need to be particularly detailed. Therefore, I think there is nothing wrong with it. It can be changed to the background of Hong Kong Island. .” Chen Wen thought for a while and said.

Everyone felt that there was no need for Li Yi to shoot the movie "The Invisible Guest" abroad.

Li Yi recalled it carefully, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. In the movie "The Invisible Guest", it seems that there is indeed no detailed trial or other plot, and it is more about a psychological game. .

To put it simply, the main plot is the process of revealing the truth, and does not involve too much process of handling the case, the process of the trial, and so on.

Looking at it this way, it seems that there is indeed no problem. The mainland is definitely not going to work, but the laws and regulations of Hong Kong Island, or the process, may be different from the original version of Spain, but generally there is no particularly large deviation. The main deviation lies in Details, but the movie does not need to show these relevant details.

To sum up, "The Invisible Guest" is actually a sentence: three sets of arguments for a case, the process of the hero gradually letting go of his psychological defenses and admitting the crime under the ingenious guidance of the victim's mother.

Of course, the key is the process of the game, how to make a wonderful film, how to make the logic as strict as possible, this is the key to the movie.

After returning, Li Yi began to write the script by hand.

In fact, "The Invisible Guest" is really not brain-burning, because the plot and the case of the movie are not complicated. What is complicated is the non-linear narrative of the movie.

The order of the plot of the movie is actually very important.

For example, "The Invisible Guest" planted a huge suspense at the beginning, because no one knew that this lawyer was pretending.

Through dialogue, it is actually very easy for the audience to understand a general content.

If it is the other way around, then the sense of suspense will be much worse.

Of course, the game process is also the most important thing. In Li Yi's view, the "fake" lawyer can actually be regarded as a BUG, ​​but this kind of BUG, ​​strictly speaking, is a BUG. In movies, such bugs are often enough for people to accept.

Changed to the Hong Kong version of "The Invisible Guest", Li Yi found that it really didn't seem to violate peace at all.

However, this movie requires very superb acting skills, because most of the scenes in the whole movie are literary plays, especially when it comes to psychological games, duels, changes in mood, etc., all of which need to be passed by actors. Lines, tone, actions, facial expressions, etc. to achieve.

Fortunately, the requirements of the movie are only acting skills, and there are no special requirements for appearance, appearance, etc., so for Li Yi, it is simpler.

People like Chen Wen and Chen Weijie are actually fully qualified to be leading actors.

However, since it was changed to the Hong Kong version, it is obvious that Chen Weijie is more suitable. As for the villain, there is nothing wrong with it.

When receiving Li Yi's invitation, this time, Chen Weijie accepted it without thinking too much. The main reason is that he also likes this script very much.

As for the heroine, an old actor with a relatively high grade is needed to play the role. There are really not many such actors in Hong Kong Island.

Those gold-medal green leaves are still active in the film industry today.

As for how to disguise and so on, let's learn about makeup. Some people say it's a bug or something. In Li Yi's opinion, it really doesn't count.

After all, the lawyer and the hero didn't have much contact with each other before this. The hero must know the lawyer, but it's impossible to say how much he knows.

Another thing is that most people will not immediately suspect whether the lawyer is pretending to be. After all, the probability of such a thing happening is too low.

"The Invisible Guest" is actually a "lines"-based movie. In terms of scenes, it really doesn't need too much, and it's all in a modern society, so the preparation is not troublesome.

The actors are ready, and the "Invisible Guest" project will start soon.

And the outside world soon learned of the news.

"Director Dog has one thing to say, he is really productive!"

"The point is, none of his movies have a bad reputation!"

"It's awesome and it's over. I just don't know what type of movie this time is. It won't be another literary movie, right?"

"The paparazzi are so disrespectful these days, they don't even know what type of movie it is, bad reviews!"

This time Li Yi didn't keep it too secretive.

Moreover, he also played a horse fork bug routine and directly posted information on his personal official social platform.

"The new film "The Invisible Guest", this will be a real suspense/thriller movie!"

As soon as the news came out, fans were delighted.

"Really? The name seems to be a bit suspenseful and thrilling, but don't be like "The Gift of Room No. [-]"!"

"I still remember that when I watched "The Gift of Room No. [-]", I was full of resentment!"

"However, for suspense and thriller films, can a dog director do it? It seems that he has never filmed it before?"

"Who said there is no more? "The Sixth Sense" is it?"

"Scattering flowers to celebrate, Director Dog has finally returned to normal, it shouldn't be that kind of literary film anymore, right?"

"It's hard to say, but anyway, I'm looking forward to one!"

"Thriller and suspense movies, I really don't want to sell dog meat anymore, or I'll be careful to send you special products!"

Regardless of what those Li Hei said about Li Yijiang's talents, but Li Yi's movies, as long as the news comes out, they will still attract the most attention.

Although "The Invisible Guest" only announced a name and the type of movie, it is enough to arouse people's curiosity.

For nothing else, just for Li Yi's name!

Hong Kong Island, "The Invisible Guest" is officially launched.

The leading actor is Chen Weijie, who played the role of Adrian in the original movie. Of course, in this Hong Kong version of "The Invisible Guest", his name was changed to Chen De'an, and his English name remained the same. It's Adrian.Anyway, English names are very popular here on Hong Kong Island.

Chen Weijie couldn't help complaining that Li Yi's name was really too childish.

The other actors also have their own homes. It can be said that this movie may not have the largest cast and the most luxurious lineup, but it can definitely be regarded as a collection of old dramas.

Because in this film, there are really not many main characters.

Adrian, that is, Chen Dean.

His lover Laura.

The victim of the case, Daniel.

Daniel's father Thomas, mother Vera, and attorney Goodman.

Oh, and add Adrian's lawyer, Felix.

These characters constitute the main frame of the film.

The police, in this movie, are not the main characters.

In fact, looking at "The Invisible Guest" in this way, it really looks like Hong Kong Island, because in recent years, among the Hong Kong suspense films, there are really many films that focus on lawyers and suspects.

The set of The Invisible Guest.

Of course, it is impossible to arrange any particularly difficult scenes for the first scene.

After all, it's all about getting off to a good start.

When Xu Hong came out, everyone was a little surprised, because, really, with Bao Juan, another veteran actor who played the gold medal barrister Goodman and one of the gold medal supporting actresses in Hong Kong Island, it can be said that it was really too much. Like it.

In fact, the two don't look that much alike, they can only be said to be similar in shape, but after going through the magical magic of makeup, even people who knew them at the scene couldn't tell them apart.

"The first scene of "The Invisible Guest", the first scene, the first ACION!"

The first scene is nothing special, just the scene where Daniel's mother played by Xu Hong gets off the car, walks into the hotel, enters the elevator and so on.

These shots are actually not too special. For an actor like Xu Hong, an old drama player, it can be said to be very easy to catch!

"GOOD! This one is over!" Li Yi shouted with a smile.

"Great!"

The crew all laughed and shouted.

After a good start, the second scene is a big one.

Yes, maybe the scene is not that big, but it is an extremely critical scene in the film.

In this scene, the two sides of the confrontation are Chen De'an played by Chen Weijie, and the victim Daniel's mother played by Xu Hong, who pretends to be a big "Goodman" confrontation.

In the final effect of the movie, there will be various cutting scenes, but it is definitely impossible to shoot like that when shooting.

But even so, this is definitely a duel that can be said to be the soul of the entire movie.

Verbal confrontation, action hints, props, etc., etc., etc.

""The Invisible Guest", the second scene, the first shot, the first time, aciton!"

With the sound of hitting the board, this crucial battle officially began.

Of course, before this scene, Chen Weijie and Xu Hong had rehearsed many times.

Because they wanted to challenge this long shot.

For actors, there are also some plays where the opponents meet each other, which is also rare.

"Ding dong!" "Goodman" played by Xu Hong rang the doorbell.

The door opened.

The actor played by Chen Weijie opens the door.

"Mr. Chen De'an? I'm Goodman!"

It can be said that none of these dialogues is nonsense.

For example, this sentence sounds like a very simple opening statement, but in fact, it is also revealing a piece of information and laying the groundwork for the subsequent plot.

Because the information revealed by this sentence is that the two have never really met before this!

Otherwise, she wouldn't have said that.

"Your lawyer Felix called me here!" Xu Hong said again quickly.

Chen Weijie glanced at his watch suspiciously.

This kind of detail seems to be nothing, but in fact, it is the same key.

Because Chen De'an, played by Chen Weijie, made an appointment with Goodman, but the time was not quite right.

Next, Chen Weijie went to change clothes, Xu Hong entered the door, and then watched the news about the murder on TV.

This news, again, is not random.

One is to reveal two pieces of information to the audience, one is the identity of Chen Dean, a well-known entrepreneur and rich man in Hong Kong Island!
In another, he is suspected of killing his artist lover Laura.

He is also telling the audience why the barrister came to him.

Then, Chen Weijie played again.

"I thought you'd be late!"

"Yes, but something happened, I called Felix, but he turned off the phone!"

"He went out!"

"But he says he can handle it, and he's developed a strategy that will hopefully win the case!"

"That's what he told me last time!" Xu Hong interrupted him.

"However, there is the latest situation. He doesn't know yet. It is very likely that you will appear in court tonight. My informant said that the prosecution has obtained a witness who may turn the situation around at the last minute. Although currently Unidentified, but he is being transferred under judicial protection to testify in court in three hours."

This can be said to be a very, very interesting reason.

It is a very delicate deception. First of all, Goodman did not know the existence of "witnesses" in advance, but for Chen De'an, even if there were no witnesses to the accident, he would be afraid of the existence of witnesses he had not discovered. Therefore, any "witness" will make Chen De'an feel uncomfortable, which is a guilty conscience.In addition, Goodman hinted here that it is possible that the court hearing will be held three hours later, so that Chen De'an can tolerate the existence of a chronograph pocket watch, and subconsciously seize the time.Even if Goodman later said that the "witness" was her fiction, there is no need to go back and investigate the purpose of the pocket watch and "three hours".Goodman also intentionally avoided the time scale, and used a chronograph pocket watch to record the time, so as not to cause alarm that the "court time" he described coincided with the real Goodman's appointment time.

These have already been analyzed during the script reading.

Therefore, the actors know what they are playing.

Of course, for the audience, it may be necessary to watch the movie to realize it.

"I have told all the truth that needs to be told!"

"Your confession has too many loopholes, I want to know the details! The confession needs details to make them feel credible!"

In fact, the first round of the game has already started at this time.

Because, for Adrian, that is, Chen De'an, this "witness" is unknown, and he doesn't know how much the other party has seen, so it will inevitably make him nervous.

This is a breakthrough!

What is exploited is information asymmetry!
(End of this chapter)