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Lyman sat at the desk with his legs crossed, surrounded by messy papers, and a thick pile of messy white paper was vaguely covered with many writings.

Writing a script is not an easy task. It has never been. Lehman has a clear understanding of this.

Three days have passed since I confirmed the movie to be shot that day.

For these three days, Lyman stayed in the room every day to do this, but he still encountered many difficulties.The writing of the script was not smooth, even if Lehman had the memory of the movie in his mind.

He lacks the corresponding life experience and social experience.

He neither knew the background to the Iraq War nor the details of the life of a US real estate contractor.The plot portrayed in this way will inevitably have some logical fallacies. Lehman does not want to be mocked by the audience when the movie is released, and even common sense problems can be mistaken.This is a blasphemy for the light and shadow art of movies.

And the biggest highlight of the movie "Buried Alive" is the kind of horror to a little desperate sense of reality, as if there really is such a person buried alive in the world, the cognition presented to the audience must also convince them that this is true .If you can't even do this, this movie is a failure.The sharpness between documentaries and feature films is the most needed feature of this film.

Maybe he should ask someone for help. He can figure out the basic framework of the script, but filling in the details is not what Lehman can do now.

"Ryan, do you have time?"

"Yes, I have been idle lately." Ryan's voice came out clearly on the phone.

"Then come over to me, I have something to do and want you to help."

"I'll be there soon..."

When writing a script encountered difficulties, the first thing Lehman remembered was his friend Ryan.

The first directorial debut of his predecessor was the script written by Ryan. He has this ability.

"Boom boom boom... Lehman, I'm here." With a knock on the door, my friend Ryan's voice came from the door.

Lehman opened the door, and Ryan greeted him enthusiastically, "What can I do? Have you figured it out? I want to go to the beach with me to talk to the beauties."

"No, I'm looking for you, because there is a script that you need to perfect." Lyman curled his lips, dispelling Ryan's unreliable idea.

"Script? Are you going to make a movie?" Ryan looked puzzled.Didn't Lehman still say that he was going to work some time ago, why suddenly he was shooting a movie again.

"Cough cough cough..." Lehman blushed, but he explained, "I thought about it later, and making a movie suits me. I also got an investment that can be used for this new movie. Shooting funding."

"Pull investment? How much? By the way, why didn't you find me when you made a movie? I have money in me too." Ryan performed a stunt in this round-asking three times in a row, causing 100 damage to Lyman.

"450,000 euros." Lehman first answered the previous question, and then said: "It's not that I don't want to find you, but making a movie itself means risk. Remember how we had nothing last time."

This sentence did not bring the effect that Lyman had imagined. Ryan said with a smirk: "You still have an idea about this, right? I have said that I failed once, don't take it to heart. , Human, there will always be times when you are unsuccessful, so what do you care about. Do you feel sorry for me, don't you?"

"Get off." Lehman frowned, realizing that it was not easy, and quickly shouted a word to increase his momentum.

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Take a look at the script, let me see what kind of story you want to tell." Ryan walked in and said again: "If the money is scarce, please tell me , I am the screenwriter of this film and I am obligated to make this film well."

The scriptwriter of God TM is also obliged to make a good movie, and Lehman couldn't help being amused by Ryan's words.

Looking at his figure, Lehman was convinced that this was a person who was really good to Lehman and a true “friend”.

After arriving in the study, Ryan picked up the more than half-completed script on the table, and read it carefully.Lyman sat quietly next to him, restraining himself from making any noises to disturb others' thoughts.

It took a long time before Ryan put down the script in his hand and said, "Will this story be too monotonous." It was the first time he saw a movie where the main character was only one person, and most of the scenes were in one space.When he was in college, the professor who brought him also said that one-man shows are the most difficult and difficult to shoot in all film types, but his friend Lyman chose this kind of creative idea.

"Single isn't monotonous, don't you look at the director's narrative methods? Even if there are many characters, aren't there also works with monotonous and boring stories." The confidence in the words can be seen at a glance.

In fact, Ryan is also asking, he still respects Lehman's opinion on the creation of the movie. The plot concept of the first work was mostly derived from Lehman. He was responsible for turning ideas into words. , Fill in the details, sort out the logic.

"It also involves the war in Afghanistan." Looking at it again, Ryan discovered the background of the movie.

"Yes, do you have any information on this?" Because the original work was only filmed in the next few years, the Iraq War has already begun, but it is still in 2001. Naturally, the Iraq War cannot be used as the background era of the movie. Man also changed to the war in Afghanistan.Anyway, do the two wars have the shadow of the United States? The story of the protagonist being an American real estate contractor being attacked abroad is very reasonable. Who made you an American?

"I don't know much about this, but I guess there will be information from my mentor. I will ask him at that time." Ryan immediately thought of a solution.He then asked: "How do you want to complete the plot concept of the whole work?"

"I want to show all the complex psychological changes that the protagonist breeds under desperate situations, from confusion to struggle, to self-denial, pain, despair, and finally doing my best to survive only for tenacity. So I need more Many details and words are used to erect the image of the character, so that the audience can have a clear three-dimensional impression of the character, and can experience the whole process of change in the middle, so as to empathize."

Ryan nodded and understood Lyman's idea of ​​shooting.What he wants to emphasize is the emotional details that are amplified to the extreme in a closed space, so that the audience can always follow this change, so that the movie will not feel boring and boring.In this way, the whole viewing process will become highly concentrated and have a great sense of substitution, thus becoming a kind of enjoyment.

"What about conflicts? How to design?" The script given by Lehman is also very vague about the background description of the protagonist, and the design of the big background era is not given. Ryan will know that a large part of his work lies in these two. The aspect setting is perfect.

"The protagonist is an American real estate contractor, a middle class, and an accident that happened when he went to work in Afghanistan. So we have to set up a strong irony, that is, the United States has reflected the purpose behind the war in Afghanistan, "never The slogan “giving up any citizen’s life” screamed loudly, but he ignored the call for help after the protagonist was buried alive. After the protagonist got out of trouble, he asked to block the news. This kind of ridicule for profit-oriented behavior requires note."

American citizens generally have anti-war thinking. Since the "911" incident, this concept has become more prominent, but the Washington authorities, who hold the completely opposite thinking, don't think so. They are also the world's largest war hawks. ."Buried alive" is about the core of a contradiction that was attacked in Afghanistan but was forbidden to tell the story.

The people are very disgusted with the war. After it is reported that the American people are working in Afghanistan with life threats, what will those people think of the war and how the news media will report? The life and death of the protagonist is not important in this event. What is important is the sign revealed here, that is, the Afghan people's aversion to the American people has reached its peak, so that the innocent will kill an ordinary American citizen, and it is still a torture.

Therefore, for its own interests in that area, the US government naturally does not want this incident to be exposed and hinder its international strategic deployment.Demonstrations and other things are very annoying, but the American people and the media love to play this set, which often makes the Washington authorities disgraced.

"Is there anything else to focus on?"

"The protagonist's family can also spend a little bit of ink, which will make the audience more sympathetic to his experience, so that this emotion will always take root in the audience's heart."

"For example, there is a lovely daughter or something, or a sweet wife." Ryan knew what Lehman meant, and immediately replied.

"It's feasible, but the lens will only be scanned roughly in this regard, and there is no need to set too much detail. This is destined to be a role model, and it may be better to express it directly in the form of photos." Let the protagonist be trapped in the coffin, from Taking out a group photo in the wallet can also induce the audience to brainstorm in this respect. Everyone has used these lens methods very skillfully. Many movies will also use this method to fill the character depth of the character, and this Doing it will also help save money.

"Just use the form of photos to portray the family background." Thinking of this, Lehman said.

"Well, ok, what else should I pay attention to?"

"It's almost there. It is a one-man show. The background is interesting and can attract the spirit of the audience. Just do it."

After discussing for a morning and having lunch together, Ryan left with the unfinished script manuscript. He had to go to his instructor and ask for some information about the war in Afghanistan, so that the details of the movie could be better described. After all, the war in Afghanistan What's more, it's still too far away from France, and he won't learn in detail about the tragedy that happened in the other country.