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Among the books that talk about these Hollywood routines, there is a very famous series called "Save the Cat", which has been published in 3 books before and after.

The author, Snyder, is not a big name, he has only sold a few scripts.

Really big names prefer to write memoirs, and are reluctant to talk about the details of routines like him.

He said: Whoever can write a movie that all four quadrants of the audience will win.

And the cost of this kind of family-themed movies is generally not high, and the framing may not be more than a block, "Hello Li Huanying" is a model of this kind of four-quadrant movie.

But under normal circumstances, screenwriters still have to choose genres in the market segment.

Our concept of genre films is a classification of science fiction films and comedy films.

The screenwriters have a different classification method, they have a word called "high concept" that is difficult to define, its meaning is very vague, and it is a kind of strength of audience resonance.

For example, from the very beginning of the project, the screenwriter has to ask himself:

"Is my story original enough?"

What is Primitive?

It is the most basic needs and desires of human beings, such as survival, hunger, love, and security, which are mainly based on the bottom two levels of Maslow's model.

When it comes to horror movies today, fans like to say the phrase in the Cthulhu Mythos, "The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; But the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown", I think this kind of movie is advanced enough, but why are there not many movies with this kind of theme?

Don't forget how much the owners of the film company hate the unknown.

The "high concept" of those blockbuster horror films and disaster movies is much simpler than the unknown, just one sentence: don't be eaten.

This is the most primitive instinct of human beings, are you afraid of the unknown because you are afraid that it can destroy you?

From "Jaws" to zombie movies, it all comes from this sentence.

Don't overthink the public, the plot should be based on the understanding of everyone.

No matter how complex the material used in the film, whether it is nuclear physics or advanced mathematics, the motives and desires of the characters must be primitive enough, and the motivation for making a movie about how Wall Street brokers manipulate the international securities market is not financial games, but people trying to survive.

Some classic screenwriting books, such as Campbell's masterpiece "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", have their own story genres, most of which are divided by character motivation, conflict, and structure.

And Snyder's division is very straightforward, that is, what is the point in the story that moves the audience?

So many movies that we can't think of have been divided into a category by him, such as the action movie "Die Hard" starring Bruce Willis, the World War II historical film "Schindler's List", and the love disaster film "Titanic" were actually counted by him in one category.

Because that point is all "in trouble", that is, to set a problem related to life and death, put the protagonist in it, and let him overcome himself.

The genre of "Jaws" just mentioned is called "there are monsters in the house", and it also includes some action movies, science fiction films, and war movies - he means, monsters are coming, don't be eaten, and this is what touches people about this genre. jújíá?y.?? m

The genre of "The Lord of the Rings" is called "Golden Fleece", and as the name suggests, everyone protects or fights for something as important, just like watching a football game, and you have to see the winner or loser.

As for the reasoning suspense genre, he has a very good insight: in fact, no one cares who the murderer is, what everyone really cares about is, why did the murderer commit the crime? - That's really a mistake that some movies tend to make.

After meeting the type, there are still some requirements that need to be met.

For example, why is this book called "Save the Cat"?

It's a screenwriting case:

When a character appears, you have to ask him to do something first to make the audience feel emotionally attached to him, such as when the character saves a cat from a tree, and the audience will immediately build a liking for him.

When Snyder wrote the book, Angelina Jolie's "Tomb Raider 2" failed miserably at the box office, and he had a professional opinion:

Designing a plot to save the cat for Julie when she appeared on the stage is far better than letting Julie augment her breasts and lips and spending millions of dollars to design a new tights.

Tell a story in one sentence

In the creative process, these simple and clear methods have a preliminary form: the whole story needs to be clearly told in one sentence.

"One-sentence story" is Hollywood's hard currency, producers have to listen to hundreds of proposals every day, and the time given to the screenwriter's agent may be dozens of seconds in the elevator, in this sentence you have to make it clear:

Who is the protagonist, what is he fighting against, and what crisis he is facing.

It can make investors feel the high concept and market targeting of the story, and the business is closed.

No matter how complex your proposal is, you can try to summarize its core features in the simplest words, hook the other party like a hook, and if the other party is interested, you can disassemble and refine it downward.

For example, a sentence in "Die Hard" is:

"A police officer came to Los Angeles to visit his wife, who was separated from him, and the office building where she worked was occupied by terrorists."

There is suspense, dilemma, and irony in this sentence, a policeman who has to face the most dangerous enemy after his own life is in shambles.

When these words come out, the listener stops, turns to you, and asks:

"And then?" That's half the battle.

Why are some movies popular but not popular? Because it's neither a high concept nor a hard to categorize into a type.

Nolan's early film, Fragments of Memory, had a peculiar narrative structure, and Snyder said:

This kind of film is definitely going to lose money, and few people want to go to the cinema on Saturday night to see an existential personal dilemma.

Still, there are people who like this kind of indefinable film, which makes people empty, but they don't make people waste their time.

If you want to fight against Hollywood tricks over the weekend, go to Barton Fink, written by the Coen brothers, which tells the story of how a screenwriter is tormented by Hollywood bosses, which is quite puzzling, but also quite advanced.

It also has something to do with the ugly literary world, in the film there is an old writer who goes to Hollywood to pan for gold, he is an alcoholic, he can't write the script himself, and he has his lover write it.

The first time you see it, you'll be shocked that the old writer is the 1949 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Faulkner, though the Coen brothers never admit it.

In those years, Hollywood's offer was irresistible to top writers such as Fitzgerald and Faulkner, and it was a bit similar to the situation in China later, except that the family did not master this set of industrialization rules, and the cooperation results were unsatisfactory.

However, as long as there is a choice to refuse, there is no need to be hostile, and the vulgar market methods do not prohibit excellence, it may be the soil of art.

David Lynch's attitude is: If the filmmaker is not faithful to the film and does not sell it at a good price, isn't it a failure twice?

Of course, for William, it doesn't matter whether he adheres to the truth or not, what matters is whether he is willing to cooperate with Li Yaoyang's propaganda hype.

Willing? Everything is easy to say, if you don't want to, then don't talk nonsense, where do you come from and where do you go back, no matter how talented you are, you have to be obedient!

Don't think that this is blasphemy against literature, you must know that the biggest scam in the history of literature appeared in the ugly country, and directly made one of the most famous publishing companies in the United States embarrassed, and this liar also accidentally led to the downfall of the boss of the ugly country.

What's even more exaggerated is that he only received a small punishment, and he made a lot of money from it.

This happened in the 70s of the 20th century.

When it comes to Howard Hughes, the ugly country of that period can be said to be known to everyone.

If the name isn't familiar, then Tony Stark always knows it, right?

Tony Stark is Iron Man, so why put Tony Stark and Howard Hughes together?

Because Tony Stark is a fictional superhero, and Howard Hughes is actually his prototype.

Hughes was America's first billionaire and the richest OCD in the world. should also be one of the richest people in the world with the most bizarre personality.

He has billions in assets, has made investments, made movies, built airplanes, and he has succeeded in every business.

At first, it was like Tony Stark portrayed in Iron Man, and Hughes inherited his father's huge family fortune.

Originally, he just wanted to spend money to have fun.

As a result, I didn't expect it, just like Wang Duoyu in the richest man in tomatoes.

No matter how much he spends money, no matter how he plays, but the money is getting more and more.

After many projects that look bad are invested by him, they have become cash cows.

invested, and later went to make movies, but accidentally won the Oscar for Best Director.

Later, he went to build airplanes, and as a result, he won several world records and monopolized a lot of advanced equipment, and finally the military of the ugly country had to buy it from him.

Maybe this Hughes is really favored by God, and his ability is indeed very strong.

Women are very infatuated with her, and he slept with almost all the A-list female stars at that time.

Including the famous Katharine Hepburn, Betty Davis, Jane Fonda, and many more.

It is said that he had a total of 164 girlfriends, but in his life, he only had one marriage that ended without a problem, and he still had no children.

Such a legendary figure became very strange in his later years, and he began to live a reclusive life, refusing to appear in any public place, refusing any interviews and photographs.

He disappeared from the public eye for more than ten years, and because of this, the rumors about him at that time were very bizarre, and there were even many people who said that he was dead.

The keen interest in Hughes at the time made him a frenetic target for the media.

But Hughes is really very eccentric, he hides himself so that even old friends can't find him.

It was also during this period of seclusion that contributed to a shocking scam in American history.

Earlier in 1971, a third-rate ugly writer named Clifford Owen stumbled upon a report about Hughes.

Hughes relocated again, his hiding place was discovered, and this time he chose to go abroad, but no one knew where he went.

After reading it, Owen suddenly had an idea to make money in his heart.

He felt that Hughes was a legendary figure, and now he lived in seclusion, and everyone was curious.

And if he can publish an autobiography, it will be a very important thing in the entire literary world.

And if he writes an autobiography to him, he will definitely make a lot of money, and his popularity will rise.

However, to write an autobiography for another person, you must have the consent of the other person and get permission from the other person.

Hughes is a very famous person, how can he get his invitation? How could he write to him?

At this point, a bold idea popped through Owen's mind.

He thought to himself that maybe he could forge a license document and write an autobiography for him privately, but claimed that it was with Howard Hughes's permission.

Hughes has been living in seclusion and should not be discovered.

And he hasn't appeared for more than ten years, even if he finds out, as a billionaire, he shouldn't fight with himself as a nobody for these small money.

After this crazy idea came out, Owen was excited, and after making up his mind, he immediately began to prepare.

The first thing he thought was that someone would ask such a question.

Hughes, as a legend, could hire any writer in the world to write his own autobiography, but why would he look for you?

After all, you're just a little-known, third-rate writer.

And to such a question, Owen will answer it this way.

He would say that he was Howard Hughes after all, that he didn't need a reason for anything he did, and that the more incomprehensible it was, the more normal it seemed.

And the reality is that in the eyes of the public, Hughes is an old man who does not play cards according to common sense.

But that was certainly not enough, and for that, Owen would need to forge a copy of Hughes's authorization.

The magazine Ugly Country Life once published a defense of Hughes's handwriting, so Owen found the magazine and began to copy and practice Hughes's font briefly.

Not to mention that Owen really had a talent for this, after a few days of practice, it was almost exactly the same, so he began to forge his correspondence with Hughes.

The letter goes something like this: Owen once wrote an autobiography of the master counterfeiter, Amild Hawley.

This Amild Hawley is also very powerful, he specializes in forgery of paintings, and has forged the paintings of many famous artists, and the degree of fraud is very high, resulting in many museums, which are actually forged paintings by this person.

It is said that Owen wrote an autobiography of this Amild Hawley at that time, and after writing it, he also sent a copy to Hughes.

Hughes felt good after reading it, and he also wanted to write an autobiography for himself, so he thought of Owen, and then wrote to Owen and asked him to write it for him.

Of course, this episode is all faked by Owen himself.

But in this case, this so-called authorization letter is considered to be done.

So then, he took the letter to the McCrowhill Publishing Company, which was very famous in the ugly country at that time, and said that Hughes wanted to write an autobiography and asked them if they could publish the book.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.

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