How long does it take for a screenwriter to write a screenplay?

This question, Alexander did not know. He used to think that script writing was one of the most difficult things in the world. There are many screenwriters, and having a great script in a lifetime is enough to make people remember it for a lifetime, and the script is not such an easy thing to write, when he masters his own film company and looks at his TV drama crew, more than a dozen screenwriters discuss how to create the script day after day, he especially thinks so.

Sometimes, however, he doesn't think so. Levy's creative speed always surprised him. He still remembers how Levy quickly determined how to design a TV script in a short period of time when he first wrote the script for a TV series, and he also remembers how Levi maintained each script after he started writing the movie script, which was considered to be a high-level and superior work - unlike many screenwriters who like to follow the rules and follow the routine, Levy's scripts never follow the routine, and this way of writing can also have such a fast speed, which is amazing.

A year ago, he saw Levy create Lost in Tokyo, and a year later, Levy's new film script reappeared.

Taking Levy's movie script, Alexander flipped through it, and without reading much, he had already opened it, which seemed to be another love story.

This is not surprising - Levy has written a total of three scripts before, two of which are love feature films, and he is already comfortable with such a theme, and it is very normal to write another one now.

However, Levy's films are never simple love dramas, and Alexander is very sure of this. The story of angels loving beauty is a complete one-man show. And getting lost in Tokyo is a special kind of **feeling. This movie is obviously the same, although this seems to be a love story, but, judging from the script, it is already very different from other movies.

First of all, the story in the movie is based on the erasure of science fiction memories - such a story that gives people a different feeling from the beginning. Secondly, love in the movie. It is not a flawless love story, but a beautiful memory of two people who want to forget after they have an awkward relationship in life. Again, it is this movie that seems to discuss not a love story that everyone is happy about, but more about the proposition of love itself.

It seems that it is a little different from the average romance movie.

Flip through the script. Alexander also looked up, "Why is this movie called that?" This seems to be a romance movie, but does it have anything to do with a beautiful mind? ”

If you don't understand something, just ask. It's also a habit that Alexander has developed now. He has a lot of questions about this movie, and the first and most important thing is the name of the movie that people care about in this movie.

The name of the movie. What does it have to do with the content?

"Line 209 of Pope's Elois to Abrad - How happy is the pure Vestal virgin! Forgotten by the world, and forgotten by the world, the beautiful heart shines with eternal sunshine. ”

on this. Levy immediately explained that although the script was copied, he still knew quite well about the various sources of the script - that you can't just start copying without knowing anything.

The name of this movie actually has nothing to do with Beautiful Mind. This is taken from a line from a poem about the love story of an 11th-century philosopher, Abrald, and his student Elois.

In the story, Abrad is the teacher of Elois, a philosopher who meets the young Eloise while teaching at the Catholic school of Notre-Dame de Paris, and quickly enlarges Eloise's belly...... In order to prevent the spread of this incident and affect his future, he sent Elois to live in the countryside, and was only willing to marry her secretly. But Eloise's uncle was the priest of Notre Dame, and he was dissatisfied with this, so he directly sent someone to castrate Abelard - after this incident, Abelard became a monk, and Eloise also became a nun, and the first half of the story can be said to be quite tragic.

Ten years later, Abelard wrote a letter to his friend about it, and the letter was seen by Elois, who wrote to Abelard, and the two men resumed contact, and the two men exchanged seven letters, which were later published, and then the poet Pope adapted the incident into the epistolary poem "Elois to Abelard."

This poem is actually about a tragic love story. Pope's own experience is also quite unfortunate, he was sick since he was a child, physically disabled, and only 1.37 meters tall, and he has a very deep experience of this sad love, and this poem is also very well written.

This verse, which is one of the lines in this poem, says that Elois, who was forced to become a nun, was supposed to devote herself to God, but she still could not forget Abrad in her heart, so she complained that she wanted to become a pure Vestal virgin and forget about the world, so that there would be no more sorrow.

And this sentence is used in the movie. The two people here are the same, the hero loves the heroine, the two of them have the same imperfect love, because of all kinds of things and contradictions, but in the end, when he really has the ability to erase people's memories, the male protagonist is reluctant to erase her from his own memories - this mood, and the mood in the poem, can be said to have a wonderful consistency.

Alexander didn't like to read poetry very much, and he didn't know much about these stories, and after Levi told him about it, he just nodded, "This story is quite suitable for a movie adaptation...... This story at least tells the world that being a scumbag requires being prepared to pay a price, and the consequences of being cut are very suitable for scum. ”

"That's not the point, the point is this script, I said, what do you think of this script?" Levy smiled bitterly.

"First of all, this script seems to have some sci-fi overtones, but it can't be said to be sci-fi, it doesn't make sense at all. Besides, it should be regarded as a romance film, it is very delicate, and these aspects are well done. Moreover, this movie still has your style, mainly around two people, and the other supporting roles don't have too many scenes, but if you want to talk about the real breakthrough...... This movie, the most innovative thing about you, should be said to be the philosophical thinking in the movie. ”

"I don't think you can see it all - what do you think of it?"

If this movie is different from other movies, then the love story of this movie contains a lot of love philosophies.

Most romance movies tell just a love story - two people meet, know each other, fall in love, and stay together. And this movie discusses a love truth - life is always imperfect, how to deal with all kinds of conflicts in love? That's the point of the movie.

"I remember hearing people say that movie directors want to tell a story at the beginning, and if the story is told well, they start to try to tell philosophy, and if philosophy is good, they have to play physics...... Nick, this movie should be your philosophical attempt, right? However, I recommend that you don't play physics, it's really not fun......"

Alexander did not say anything about Levy's new ideas for films. He knows that a director must have continuous innovation, and this kind of innovation is not about the bigger and bigger the film, more and more investment, but the most important thing is the thinking and shooting of the film itself.

The thinking of this movie seems to have been greatly innovative.

"It's too early to say that." Levy shook his head, ignoring them, "Let's talk about this movie." In this movie, in fact, you still say something less. ”

"Shooting technique?"

When a director shoots a movie, in addition to being innovative in thinking, the most important thing is naturally that there is novelty in the shooting method. Alexander was well aware of Levy's temper of constantly challenging himself, so he immediately judged what Levy was talking about.

"Yes, there was also a lot of innovation in the filming of this film. In the script of the movie, I specially noted it in the front. Before the appearance of the heroine, the film mainly uses dark and cool colors, and after the appearance of the heroine, mainly uses bright warm colors - noticed? The first thing I want to notice about this film is the change in color. ”

Not long ago, Levy just greeted Director Zhang in the United States. And this also stirred up some memories of director Zhang's films. If Director Zhang is completely world-class in one aspect, then Levy will definitely say that the use of color is his best point. And this also inspired some of Levy's ideas, and in his own films, he also wanted to try some better use of color.

And then there's the way the film is structured. This movie is a film that requires a lot of flashbacks and interludes, and in terms of structure, it is also very different. ”

Flashbacks and interludes in movies are not uncommon, but Levy has never used this kind of narrative structure too much. He likes to shoot orthodox structures, using intersections and parallel montages, but he doesn't try too much with flashbacks and interludes.

The film's attempts are not only in color, but also in narrative structure.

"In addition to these two points, there is also how to arrange light-hearted laughter and fun in the movie more reasonably - this is also an attempt."

In Levy's memory, although the film is outstanding, it is not without problems. The movie is a bit lengthy, and the lack of enough pick-me-up is the biggest problem. Therefore, Levy wanted to make his film more dynamic and lively when he made it, which was also a challenge.

"This film, from the idea to the shooting method, needs to be innovative. If the shooting is good, I believe that this film will definitely not be worse than the angel Amelie - this movie is my new challenge! (To be continued......)