In the movie "Horror Live", there are not too many people who appear. There are only a few key characters who have lines. And among those few people, it seems that except for the male protagonist's ex-wife, there is no good person from beginning to end. Including the male protagonist.
The male protagonist played by Hayato Minakami took credit for his ex-wife's work, he accepted bribes, he only wanted to turn around after the case occurred, and he was so greedy that he even tried to catch the prisoner on the live broadcast when the prisoner finally gave him time to escape...
But he is still the leading man.
Compared with the emergency doctor Aizawa who saves lives and injuries, the admired Ryoma Sakamoto, Jin Minami, a generation of benevolent doctors who care about the people, the chivalrous Kenshin... and even Tatsukawa Tokio, all have their own unique shining points, this character It can be said to be a purely bad pen.
If the audience carefully examines it, they will find that this is a male protagonist with little charm. Many of the superficially high-sounding and dirty operations will even make the audience hate this character.
Of course, if the audience loves the protagonist, they will love the way the protagonist is filmed, and if they hate the protagonist, there will be another way of filming the protagonist.
The male protagonist in "Horror Live" is not a good person, so he is tortured from beginning to end. It seems that he has a chance to fight back, but in the end it is all in vain, until he personally presses the explosion button and dies with the building.
But one thing that must be noted when filming this way is that the stronger his struggle and unwillingness at the last moment, the more emotional catharsis the audience will get after pressing the explosion button.
Six days have passed, and today is the scheduled wrap-up day for "Horror Live". Hayato Minakami is talking about the show with Masaki Suda, who is guest-starring.
Minakami Hayato had a good impression of this young man whom he had worked with before. His acting skills were considered to be among the best among the younger generation of Kamen Riders. So he invited him over when the right opportunity arose.
"So here, your expression should be one of relief, and then a little bit of struggle..."
"Director." In the crew, Masaki Sugata called Director Minakami Hayato: "I still don't understand. This man wants to avenge his father. Why should he bomb innocent people and have an anchor come to the Prime Minister to apologize? And he said at the beginning that he would do it. He complained to the Electric Power Bureau, and then asked for compensation and an apology. In the end, it exploded and he was easily moved to put down the explosion button by a few words. What on earth did he want to do?"
Mizuna Hayato was silent for a moment: "Why do you ask so many questions?"
"Character creation!" Sugata Masaki said: "Understanding the character's background helps to shape the character, and I am very interested in this story."
"If you can understand the prisoner, then you are also a terrorist." Mizuna Hayato patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think so much. Your total lines for the appearance are only these two lines."
Write a book
Seeing what he wanted to say, Mizuna Hayato stopped him with his hand: "I'm the director, that's it, just listen to me!"
"Okay." Sugata Masaki scratched his head and prepared according to the mood Hayato Minakura told him.
In fact, there are many excellent works that cannot withstand scrutiny in terms of details. Some even have flaws in the initial background settings. Some people will be stuck by these flaws and get distracted by them and miss the work. Some people will Otherwise, you will ignore it and listen to what kind of story the director wants to tell.
"Horror Live" is a work that feels full of flaws, from background motivation to everyone's choices in the development process.
No, even Sugata Masaki, who plays the prisoner, doesn't understand what the prisoner is thinking.
"Hey, no, I understand!" Masaki Sugata, who was reading the script, suddenly shouted.
"What did you understand?" Mizuna Hayato wondered.
"I understood it when I saw the storyboard of the last scene." Sugata Masaki was full of confidence: "A teenager can hide so many bombs in places where the police can't find them. Such a genius boy must be able to predict The direction in which the exploding building eventually fell was..."
"Why did you get my script?" Mizuna Hayato took the script back from his hand.
Sugata Masaki still didn't take it seriously and excitedly recounted his discovery: "So everything was actually calculated by him, and in the end he even calculated that the male protagonist would press the button."
"Really?" Mizuna Hayato asked with a strange expression.
"So in this section, I need to show the emotion of 'Although I know everything, I want to act like I don't know anything. Because I don't want you to know.'"
"Director, you just told me to act based on the most superficial aspects. You must be worried that I will reveal my flaws after knowing the deeper emotions. After all, the best acting skills are the ones that are hidden even from myself."
"Hey! I'm not done yet, but don't worry, director, I will definitely work hard to create the effect of not knowing anything!"
Seeing the little brother's sudden declaration, Mizuna Hayato's head turned several times following his "know" and "don't know", and finally understood what he had done wrong.
Unexpectedly, this guy is also a Yin Tienchou-style actor, and he is so into the character.
However, this also confirms the success of this movie.
If you want the shortcomings of a movie to be ignored, in addition to the excellent rhythm to bring people into the drama, another magic weapon is the so-called "metaphor" and "irony", in other words, the audience's "brain supplement".
The plot of "Horror Live" is very clear on the surface. It satirizes the workplace, the selfish male protagonist, the police, and even the prime minister and politicians.
And when the audience discovers this, they will inevitably look at the movie through a "satire" filter, so that everything they see seems to be the director's metaphor and satire.
Audiences who have found these metaphors will feel that they really understand the movie, and then spread the word and spread it from ten to ten, and some of the flaws in the movie will no longer be flaws, because if you say It's a flaw, that is, you didn't understand it.
What's more, even the director can't say that he didn't have this intention when filming, because the filmed work no longer belongs to the director alone.
Minato Hayato asked Sugata Masaki to try to shoot a section based on his own understanding, and found that the effect was quite good. There were not too many NG attempts when the official filming started, and soon his part was over.
Before the end, he came to Sugata Masaki and patted him on the shoulder: "Sugata, I am very optimistic about you. Your understanding of the character is superhuman. I don't know how many viewers will be able to see this after it is released. The 'real' side of the character."
"Yes." Masaki Suga subconsciously sighed. In just a few sentences, he tried his best. It would be really disappointing if no one discovered the truth after such hard work was released.
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I slept until 11 o'clock today. I'm so sleepy. I won't take any medicine tomorrow.
