How do you define a good movie and a great movie
Every movie is shot with its specific audience group and its unique work attributes. For example, popcorn is to entertain the audience, comedy is to make the audience laugh, and horror is to make the audience fear, as long as the work can achieve its own purpose, can be called "good".
Taking "Transformers" as an example, the series was scolded by film critics as bloody and horrible, but the box office was always high, because it successfully detonated the adrenaline of the audience and really popped the action of visual effects. The blockbuster properties are brought into full play. From this point of view, "Transformers" is a good work.
So how does a good movie get to be "excellent"
Movies are like propositional works, each work has a core idea, even the vulgar comedy of "shit/urine/fart" is no exception, either family, friendship, or growth, after watching the movie, this Is the topic covered? Did the audience understand it? Can you bring something more to the audience? Can it be reflected in the audience's life and even society? Can it provoke turbulent reflection? What is the depth and height of this reflection? What does the audience get beyond a purely visual and auditory experience? How long can the film remain in the audience's mind
This is the key factor that defines a great movie.
As for what kind of movies can be called classics, that is another level. From good to excellent, from excellent to classic, the gap between them is not easy to cross.
According to Rodrigo's original concept and setting, the core idea of "Buried Alive" actually stopped only when Renly said "first". As Renly put it, the resulting film is nothing more than an ordinary thriller and suspense movie - if Rodrigo can successfully complete the shot scheduling, rhythm control, atmosphere creation and emotional foreshadowing, then this can become a A decent thriller film that stands out from the mundane works.
But, that's all.
The "second" that Renly just mentioned is precisely the key to making "Buried Alive" from good to good.
The Achilles heel of most thriller and suspense movies is that the stories are not full enough, or the characters are not full enough, and there is a lack of communication between the characters, personal information, and social background, which also makes the thriller of the movie stay at a superficial level, "The Shining "The reason why it can become a classic in film history is because the background information of the hotel and the family background of the male protagonist enrich the whole story, so that the thrilling emotions can take root and extend in the hearts of the audience.
Paul's personal attributes can do this. The world outside the coffin is a supplement to the plot. It builds a bridge that the audience can empathize with inside and outside the movie screen, and further allows the ups and downs of the story to affect the audience's emotions and make the whole movie full. In addition, Paul’s social attributes are the sublimation and refinement of the core of the film. In addition to being frightened, under fear, and after watching the film, people will think more deeply about Paul’s experience.
Rodrigo's brows became more and more frowning.
It is unimaginable that Renly has not read the script at all, just reading the simple information left by the union, and being able to outline such a grand blueprint, this is really incredible! Of course, Rodrigo can feel that Renly is thinking from the perspective of the role, and all ideas revolve around Paul. At the real height of thinking, the perspective of being a director is still different, but even so , is still too incredible!
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Rodrigo looked up and began to look at Renly again. Above that youthful and invincible face, there are a pair of eyes that are as quiet as water, and the dark brown pupils bloom in the hazy shadow with a deep and matte light like a black hole, just like looking up at the starry sky, bringing an unfathomable shock.
In a trance, Rodrigo once again felt the amazingness of the first meeting - vicissitudes and calm, restrained and rough, and every detail between the eyebrows and eyes was filled with traces of Paul Conroy, which is definitely not a second time. The temperament that a ten-year-old should have, is definitely not!
"Cough cough." Rodrigo realized his gaffe, and could not help coughing twice, covering up his embarrassment, "... You know... I mean, you should know that if you interpret it according to your interpretation, this It's a tough job for an actor. No, it's almost an impossible job to be precise."
"I know." Renly said with a smile, the understated, concise and clear words were full of irrefutable confidence, even a little arrogant, and the sharp light that burst out in an instant was hard to face.
By choosing "Buried Alive", Renly did not intend to play the safety card. Unlike "Pacific War", "Buried Alive" can be said to be a challenge beyond Renly's current capabilities, which is precisely what makes Renly's blood boil.
Acting is an art with a long history, which can be traced back to hundreds of years or even thousands of years. Performing a role, this is also the basic understanding of people's acting skills for thousands of years, and then formed the traditional academic performance method - also known as expressionism.
The so-called expressionism is actually not difficult to understand. "Performance" refers to body language, facial expressions, line skills, etc. Actors need to accurately understand emotions, understand characters, understand the plot, and then use precise control and accurate methods. The performance is presented.
There are no shortcuts in this type of performance, and it completely tests solid basic skills. It truly interprets the phrase "one minute on stage, ten years off stage". Every actor must go through systematic study and a long period of time. Training and professional training, from body posture to grooming, every detail must be carefully trained.
Each actor has a different level of understanding of performance, and has different degrees of practice of basic skills. The performance presented and the charm left after the performance are completely different. In performing arts, the same role is performed by different actors and the same actor in different performances, and you can taste different charms.
Renly is a typical orthodox college student. During their studies at the Royal Academy of Arts and Drama in the United Kingdom, they persevered and started from the basic skills. In fact, thanks to the advantage of reliving the first life, Renly has been receiving systematic performance education since he was a child. Among the aristocratic education, performances such as drama, opera and ballet are also a kind of noble art, and the learning of basic skills is all The same, and they are all extremely hard, and really need to be completed with the accumulation of blood and sweat.
Therefore, Renly's basic skills are very solid, and he is not lazy at all. He is a representative of traditional expressionism.
In addition to expressionism, in the past half century, another type of performance has risen strongly, and has even gradually become the mainstream of the industry. This is methodical acting.
The so-called method school, in short, refers to the status quo of the actor completely substituting the role, according to the situation of the role, substituting his own understanding, and then expressing the emotion of the role.
The most famous example in film history is Robert De Niro's performance in "Taxi Driver". In order to feel the real life of a taxi driver, and also to feel the background of the times when the script was written, he really became three in New York. Moon Taxi Driver, I really felt the confusion and madness of the male protagonist. This is a typical local method performance. I try to integrate myself into the role, the role drives the performance, and it is truly integrated into the story, which is real and shocking. , flamboyant and maddening.
The highest state of this kind of performance is "no madness, no life", completely ignoring the boundary between reality and illusion, and reaching the state of self-absorption. The Joker played by Heath-Ledger in "The Dark Knight" reached such a state that he could never come out, and finally chose self-understanding and ended his short but glorious life.
For Methodists, they firmly believe that characters' lives are so strange that no one can really feel their emotions unless they experience it themselves. Taking "buried alive" as an example, from the Methodists' point of view, they need to experience the feeling of being imprisoned in a narrow space in order to fully appreciate what it's like to be buried alive. Just relying on the expressionist method, the emotions are accurate. But there is a lack of realism.
More importantly, Expressionism is an unswerving academy line with a very high threshold. It requires not only years of accumulation, but also the training and teaching of professional teachers, which requires actors to study systematically. But there is no threshold for the method school. Anyone can participate in it and experience the emotions of the characters with their own understanding. Even if they have not received any education, they can become excellent actors.
In the contemporary film industry, Europe respects Expressionism, and they firmly believe that acting requires a threshold; the United States respects Methodism, and the film industry represented by Hollywood has achieved countless grass-roots star dreams. everyone.
As a reincarnated person, Ren Li received an academy expressionist education, but in his bones he was still Chu Jiashu, who was born from the grass-roots, especially the special experience of two lives, which gave him a unique sense of the character, so He has always wanted to try to see method performances, and even further integrate the two methods to explore a new field of acting.
Clearly, "Buried Alive" offers such an opportunity.
The two parts that Renly mentioned just now, the first part is the expressionism, and the second part is the method school. In other words, this is a bold attempt to combine the two performance methods!