On the afternoon of October 18, the auditorium of the Lim Kwon-taek Film School of Dongseo University in South Korea was crowded. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After knowing the news that Zhang Ran would hold a lecture here today, many fans and fans were moved. Originally, only 1,000 seats were arranged, but nearly 3,000 people poured into Dongseo University, and some fans came from Japan, Singapore, and other places.

When Zhang Ran and Lin Quanze walked into the auditorium, the fans of Zhang Ran who were present all raised the cheering cards in their hands, but they also knew that this kind of occasion was not suitable for shouting loudly, and the whole scene seemed relatively quiet.

Zhang Ran and Lin Quanze walked onto the stage and sat down on the chairs, and the lecture officially began.

Lin Quanze is the master, so naturally he will open: "We are honored to invite Director Zhang Ran to the master lecture hall for an exchange today. Today's topic is 'The Structure of Genre Films'. Our main problem today is to discuss with Mr. Zhang Ran how to judge the quality of a story, and develop this story into a film in a very appropriate way. Everyone knows that Mr. Zhang Ran is not only a director, but also an excellent screenwriter. Let's first ask Mr. Zhang Ran to share his experience on how to write the script. ”

Zhang Ran looked at the fans and fans below, and smiled: "Actually, I don't like to give speeches very much, talking about how I made movies in the first place, and how difficult and hard it was, I don't think it makes sense." But today's content is the structure of genre movies, and I can talk about this, of course, if you don't talk about it well, please bear with me. ”

The students all laughed, Zhang Ran is really humble!

Zhang Ran looked down and said, "It may be boring to talk about it, it's better to do it like this, let's make up a story on the spot, and then analyze this story according to Hollywood routines." Some of you may know that I was working on a movie about earthquakes recently. Then let's start with the earthquake to make up a story, the beginning is like this, the big earthquake happened, the brother and sister were pressed on both sides by the same floor slab, no matter which one you want to save, you have to give up the other. Who wants to try and make up a whole story based on this?"

The audience raised hundreds of hands in an uproar, like a forest of arms.

Zhang Ran looked at it, stretched out his hand and clicked on a good-looking girl in the front row. After the girl took the stage, Zhang Ran asked, "Are you a student at Dongxi University, and what is your name?"

The girl bowed to Zhang Ran and said, "My name is Gu Hye-sun, and I am an actor." I love your films and I hope to be an amazing director like you!"

Zhang Ran knows more about South Korea as a director of the three major departments, and he has no impression of the name Gu Hye-sun, so he smiled at her and said: "It turned out to be an actor, no wonder it's so beautiful, please sit down!" Then he looked at the students in the audience and said: "I remember when I first entered the university, in the first screenwriting class, the teacher, Mr. Heywood, threw the book on the table and told us, you remember, the first principle of screenwriting, no one in the world is happy! You are here to learn to make movies! Your happiness is the pain of the audience!" The happier you are, the more miserable the audience becomes!"

The audience was very surprised, thinking that this was unreasonable, the audience obviously likes reunion movies, why would Zhang Ran's teacher say that?

Zhang Ran explained: "The reason is very simple, if the protagonist is a millionaire and has a beautiful girlfriend, everything is smooth, then what else is there to watch in the whole story? The audience has to watch the protagonist being wronged by the police, being dumped by his lover, and watching the protagonist climb the mountain and climb to the point of a volcanic eruption! Even if the protagonist is a millionaire and has a beautiful girlfriend, after the story begins, then he will go bankrupt and his girlfriend will abandon him, so that there will be dramatic conflicts and the audience can look forward to the story!" Seeing that the audience was suddenly enlightened, Gu Hye-sun also nodded slightly, and said to her: "Remember, the people in the story are not allowed to be happy for more than five minutes!

Gu Hye-sun thought for a while and said, "The male protagonist is called Tae-so, and the female protagonist Yara, they are a pair of brother and sister. Dad is a poor painter, dad is a gentle housewife, and although the family of four lives poorly, they are happy. ”

Zhang Ran heard his joy and immediately said: "The time of happiness should not exceed five minutes, now start the turn!"

Gu Hye-sun began to turn around: "Suddenly there was an earthquake, my father was stoned to death, my brother and sister were crushed by a big stone slab, and I could only save one, my mother didn't know what to do, my brother said to save my sister, my sister said to save my brother, and all three of them cried together, and they didn't know what to do." ”

Zhang Ran reminded: "Hurry up and make a decision, don't drag it too far, and let the story go down!"

Gu Hye-sun immediately said: "The aftershock came, my brother fainted, and my sister's rescuers said that I can't do it, you can save my brother." My brother was rescued, and my mother thought that my sister was crushed to death, and she couldn't bear the blow and went crazy. After his brother was rescued, a middle-aged man found him. It turned out that the mother was in love with the rich young master, and was abandoned after pregnancy, and now the middle-aged man wants to take his son home. However, her sister did not die, she was adopted by the family, changed her name and surname, and was separated from her brother ever since. ”

Zhang Ran felt that although the story had a strong Korean flavor, it was basically developing in the direction of Feng Xiaogang, and asked, "What's next?"

"Fifteen years later, my sister grew up, and although she lived in poverty, she was very kind and very strong, and my brother was carefully cultivated by my father when he came home, became the heir of the company, and had a beautiful fiancée. My sister went to work in my brother's company because of her poor family, and my brother and sister met unexpectedly. ”

Zhang Ran felt that the Korean flavor of the story was getting heavier and heavier: "My brother and sister won't recognize each other so soon, and then the family will be reunited, right?"

Gu Hye-sun waved his hands straight: "No, no, my brother and sister have changed their names, and they don't recognize each other." Once there was a conflict between my brother and my sister, and my brother felt that my sister was very special, different from the girls he had met before, and fell madly in love with her. But my sister knew that he had a fiancée, and there was a big difference in everyone's identities, so she firmly refused. The elder brother felt that his sister was even more special, and launched a fierce offensive. When my brother's fiancée found out, she sneered at my sister, "Are you a poor ghost, are you worthy of him?" After all kinds of twists and turns, my sister released that my brother was a very good boy and fell in love with my brother. ”

Zhang Ran almost didn't kneel, this story is too bloody, and asked: "So what to do next, you don't want to make a movie about forbidden love, right?"

The students in the audience burst into laughter.

Gu Hye-sun scratched his head embarrassedly: "One day, my brother went to my sister's room and saw a photo of her on the table, which was a photo of him with his parents when he was a child. At this time, he realized that the girl he loved so much was actually his sister. My brother and sister were going crazy, and they felt that God was too cruel to play such a cruel joke on themselves. He called her sister, she called her brother, and then hugged her head and cried. They went to the hospital to see their mother together, and just as they saw their mother, the earthquake came again, and at this time the mother suddenly woke up, and she told the siblings that the younger sister was not her biological daughter, and they were not her own siblings. ”

Zhang Ran asked with a smile: "They are living happily together?"

Gu Hye-sun firmly remembered Zhang Ran's requirement that happiness should not exceed five points: "My brother and sister had just started a new life, and my sister found out that she had leukemia. At the end of the story, the older brother carries his sister to the beach on his back like he did when he was a child, and sits on the beach to watch the sea. My sister leaned on her brother's shoulder and closed her eyes with a smile!"

Zhang Ran was indeed convinced, worthy of being a Korean, and sure enough, he couldn't do without amnesia leukemia in a car accident, and asked the audience with a smile: "What do you think of this story?"

"I think it's so touching, it will be beautiful if it is filmed!"

"Why is it leukemia again, it's too bloody!"

"That's right, it's completely a TV series routine, I can't stand it!"

Zhang Ran realized that many Korean audiences couldn't stand the bloody plot of leukemia, and said with a smile: "There are many problems in this story, but there is a particularly interesting place, if you can explore it at this point, it can become a very interesting movie." We all know that Hollywood movies pay attention to genre, and there are many models of Hollywood movies. Of course, these patterns are built on a three-act structure, with two very important plot points at the end of the first and second acts that change the direction of the story and the goals of the protagonist's actions.

The story written by Gu Hye-sun just now is very close to a classic Hollywood model, and I call this model of movies as identity contrast movies. The two most important plot points of this type of movie are to change their identity and expose their identity;The first plot point is to change their identity, and they have to change their identity for a certain purpose, such as criminals becoming policemen、Police officers go undercover、Rich people pretend to be poor, etc.;And the second plot point The protagonist often exposes his true identity, and then the contradictions and conflicts in all aspects erupt in a concentrated manner, forming a big climax, and finally the protagonist solves all the contradictions, and the story ends.

To give a simple example, compared to the movie "Agent Belle", Sandra Bullock was originally a rude FBI agent, but had to go undercover at a beauty pageant; Speaking of which, I'm sure you've already seen what the identity contrast of the story made up by Gu Hye-sun just now, can anyone tell me?"

A girl raised her hand and said: "The hero and heroine are brother and sister, but they have become lovers!"

Zhang Ran applauded and said, "Yes, that's it." If we look at this story according to the routine of identity contrast movies, we will find that the first plot point of the story changes identity, that is, the sister has to enter the brother's company, and then the two begin to fall in love, causing various conflicts. The second plot point exposes their identities, that is, they find out that they are brother and sister, and the conflict breaks out in a concentrated manner. The final ending leukemia is too bloody, and the movie doesn't last that long, so it is removed directly. It's the mother who is sober and tells the male protagonist that they are not brother and sister. In order to make the story more gripping, a one-minute rescue can be arranged. When the elder brother went to see his mother, the younger sister was about to commit suicide, and after the elder brother knew that they were not his own brother and sister, he ran all the way to save his sister at the last moment. You can also arrange for an earthquake to bury your sister in the rubble, and your brother will rescue her in the end.

In fact, there are also many identity contrast movies in South Korea, such as "My Wife is a Big Guy", the heroine is a gangster who conceals her identity and marries ordinary people in order to satisfy her sister's wishes; ”

Many of the students present have watched "My Wife is a Big Guy" and "Don't Trust Her", and now after listening to Zhang Ran's analysis, they found that this is indeed the case.

Zhang Ran continued: "The most interesting thing about identity contrast movies is that the contrast of the characters' identities can bring about dramatic conflicts, and because the characters change their identities, the audience will worry that their real identities will be revealed, and the whole story will be in suspense. We can use the identity contrast to add a lot of interesting conflicts to the story, so that the story can easily capture the audience's heart. Now let's go back to the story and continue to analyze ......"