Chapter 1,189

Knowing that I have sinned against myself, it is only the Spring and Autumn Period.

Translated into vernacular, this sentence is the same as the one in the ending song of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Take care of what happened before you were alive, and there is no need to comment afterward. The song "The Starry Sky of History" sung by Maomao is indeed majestic and vividly expresses the magnificent picture of the Three Kingdoms.

At this moment, in the studio, what is shown is a conversation that everyone had in the library before the cold storm came. This conversation is called the core content of "The Day After Tomorrow".

Any movie will have a core content. The core of Titanic is not the scene where Jack and Rose are on the bow of the ship and Celine Dion sings My Heart Is Still. Although that is a classic, the core scene of Titanic is a bit... The nobles made room for escape for women and children, and welcomed death in a very gentlemanly manner.

The core of the film The Day After Tomorrow is expressed through dialogue in the library. Find food on the vending machine, which is the material guarantee for survival, and find some books that can be burned, which is the guarantee of temperature.

Burning books is actually a last resort. The temperature is too low. There are even a few tables and chairs made of wood that cannot be found in the library. Because wood is not easy to preserve, steel and other materials can be more durable. Practical, so there is no other choice but to burn books.

At this moment, it's time for the homeless man played by Ye Ming to show off.

At this moment, in front of the camera, the tramp very carefully tore open the newspaper page by page and stuffed it into a pair.

At this moment, the homeless man reminded everyone while doing it: "You can tear up the newspaper and hide it in your clothes. The advantage of doing it this way is to keep warm and reduce the harm to you from the cold weather to the greatest extent."

Jack said with some envy: "Man, you know so much."

The homeless man said very humbly: "This is nothing. In fact, if you lived on the street for a year, you would know this. It is best to use newspapers. Although there is no news that can be believed in newspapers, newspapers The warmth retention is quite good.”

This scene is the most important scene of the homeless man in the movie, and it also shows the struggle of the lower class people in the movie. Even in the United States, there are beggars and homeless people. Therefore, it can be said that this movie also expresses a kind of American society before the end of the world.

The tramp was very serious when he expressed this scene, because he knew very well that if he could not stuff the newspaper in such a situation at this time, then maybe one day He would freeze to death at night. This was a problem related to his life. Therefore, at this time, what he did was very serious and not joking at all.

The way for the people at the bottom to survive is to observe people's behavior. In fact, many people in the library want to go out. At this time, no one pays attention to the homeless man who is also observing everyone's performance.

Jack said that his father was a meteorologist and said that this cold weather, extreme cold, would lead to death if he went out, but few people listened to Jack, because Jack was too young, a college student, who knew if he was in Lie.

But as a homeless person, the most important thing is to be aware of your words and emotions. After all, if you don't know how to observe your words and emotions, it's impossible for a homeless person to survive in New York.

Therefore, the tramp decisively chose to believe in Jack, and because of this choice, the tramp finally became one of the lucky few to survive.

You must know that even the President of the United States died in a blizzard in the end. Being able to survive in the extremely cold New York and a city frozen in ice is already quite lucky.

It can be said that if the tramp could not choose to believe in Jack, he would be one of the people who froze to death on the roadside. This character has very few roles in the movie The Day After Tomorrow. He is considered a small supporting role. He is probably in the eighth or ninth grade.

But because of the character of the tramp, the film will be more full-bodied and will not be criticized by critics. If it were not for this character, then the film critics would be different when evaluating the film. You will say that you don't care about the people at the bottom. When facing the severe cold, the people at the bottom foolishly ran out and froze to death.

Are the people at the bottom so weak?

But if there is a character like a tramp, then the whole movie will become more full-bodied at this time.

What Ye Ming has to do is to express the meaning that his character should express with limited lines. While burning the books, the librarian took out Gutenberg's printed Bible from the rare book reading room.

This is the first book printed after Chinese movable type printing technology was spread to the West. The female library administrator said very seriously: "This is the Gutenberg Bible. I want to preserve it and let future generations know that it represents the dawn of the age of reason."

Passing on one's knowledge through words, this indeed represents the dawn of the rational age, and of course the dawn of the rational age in the West. At this time, Chinese civilization has long been fighting to the death. Speaking of civilization, Eastern China has left behind a few streets in the West. go.

The director shouted stop. At this time, the actors didn't know what happened. Could it be that someone didn't perform well enough? However, fortunately, the director quickly gave an explanation. The assistant director Anna directly asked a few actors to go over, which was actually just to watch a replay.

Director Emmerich said very seriously: "Guys, it's not your problem. This is our third filming. It can be said that you performed very well in this filming. Everyone is into it." In my role, this shot can be said to be almost perfect.

But I feel like it's not expressive enough and seems to be missing something. Tension, that is to say, we didn't find that kind of tension. This shot is very important in the movie, but I couldn't find that feeling. "

After the director said these words, everyone felt a little more relieved. Since it was not their own problem, then at this time, it should be a problem with the lens design.

This is the job of the director and screenwriter. There are no big responsibilities as an actor. Of course, in Hollywood, this is not the first time that directors seek opinions from actors.

At a time like this, in fact, no matter how it is said, everyone can use the attitude of a bystander to provide some of their own opinions and opinions on the camera.

No matter what, everyone believes that this time, the shots will definitely be changed, but the actor can give his opinion on how to change it, but when it comes to making a real decision, he still has to say, in a situation like this, it depends on What the director means, what kind of tension the director wants, is probably only clear to the director later. Even the director may not be very clear about what kind of tension is like this. Same thing.

Emmerich thought for a while, but finally couldn't find a clue, so he glanced at Ye Ming and said: "You have given me a big problem, Zeng Movie, if you are talking about responsibility, then show this tone It is very easy, but if you want to express your responsibility to the United States rather than your responsibility to the U.S. government, it is difficult to express this.

Until now I haven't found a suitable way to express it. As the initiator of this matter, do you have something to say? "

This script has undergone some modifications. In fact, it is to match the tone of being loyal to the United States but not loyal to the responsibilities of the US government. Unfortunately, this matter is relatively difficult to express using lenses and lines. The expression is too obvious and impossible. Do you really think that the US government is just a decoration?

If the expression is not clear enough, the audience may not be able to understand it, and naturally they will not understand the main tone of the movie. Therefore, Emmerich is a little unsure of what it is like at this moment.

In this matter, Emmerich will naturally not let Ye Ming go.

But Emmerich's words surprised everyone present. It was Ye Ming who proposed the change of the tone of the movie. Even the assistant director Anna was a little surprised. You have to know how to change the tone of a movie. , this is something that is difficult to happen, but it actually appeared in the movie The Day After Tomorrow. And it is said that this decision was made after the director met with the executor James. It was obviously James who wanted to modify it, otherwise the director would not change the tone of a movie casually.

At this moment, Director Emmerich actually said that under such a situation, the main tone was proposed by Ye Ming to modify. This means that the relationship between Ye Ming and James is quite unusual, otherwise it would not affect the situation. James's decision.

Ye Ming said with a smile: "As the director, it's up to you to decide. But you must ask me. I will give you an opinion. It's up to you to decide. Let me ask you, what do Americans think most about the White House?" What do you mean when you don’t like something you don’t like?”

Emmerich thought for a while and said: "Perhaps the most unpleasant thing is that the person in the White House always thinks about collecting taxes, American taxes. Haha, I won't tell you. You also have a company in the United States and know about American taxes. All over the world, it is considered very onerous.”

Ye Ming actually has a deep understanding of this. Therefore, Ye Ming nodded and said: "This is not wrong. In such a situation, those lawyers are the most profitable in tax avoidance. It can be imagined that, Americans hate who taxes people so much.

Therefore, since this is a library, the American people are quite disgusted with the White House's various tax collections. At this time, if we choose tax law books when we burn books, I think the people must be I'll really enjoy watching this happen. "

Emmerich's eyes lit up and he said: "That's right, very good. This plot is very good. Even during the review, no one will say anything. People on the review committee also have to pay taxes, so I will I don’t believe he has any objections to the White House’s tax laws.

Moreover, the American people also hate that thick set of tax law books. It is a pretty good idea to use this to express that we are loyal to the United States, but not loyal to the White House. It is best to express this through books. "

The director approved Luo Tian's idea, so at this time, he would definitely add this shot.

As the assistant director, Anna immediately said: "This is a good idea. I also have to pay a lot of taxes and fees every month. Sometimes I always want to throw those reminder bills into the toilet, but it doesn't work. It's time to pay." Not a penny can be saved.”

Tax avoidance is generally done by wealthy people, companies, etc. What kind of tax avoidance do ordinary people hire a lawyer to design for themselves? The taxes you avoid may not be enough to hire a lawyer. Therefore, ordinary people rarely find lawyers to avoid taxes. Unless something big happens like inheritance.

At this time, screenwriter Roland Jeriff said: "However, this plot will weaken the protagonist's performance in this section.

It will make everyone focus on the US government, rather than on the protagonist. "

As a screenwriter, you have considerable rights in the process of American film production. It is impossible for domestic screenwriters to just leave after writing and appear in Hollywood. There is a screenwriters union in the United States. Who dares I tried bullying members of the Screenwriters Guild, but I was immediately ripped apart by the Changing Situation Guild. Therefore, it is normal and common practice in Hollywood for editors to be involved in filming.

Of course, this refers to the treatment that famous screenwriters have. Let’s not talk about the nonsense about the Writers Guild. In fact, it is not that these words of Roland Gerif are meaningless at all.

This shot is the core of the entire movie. Therefore, if the protagonist's presence in this shot is weakened, it will have an impact on the expressiveness of the entire movie.

Therefore, the screenwriter will naturally not watch something like this happen.

In particular, the actor Jack is very concerned about the occurrence of such a thing, but he does not want his sense of existence to be weakened.

Ye Ming thought for a while and said: "This is also simple. We can add a line to the protagonist. Well, the protagonist is a good student with both good character and academic performance. Therefore, in a situation like this, we can let him say One sentence: "I study hard for the future, but now, I have no future."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked. Is there any sharper complaint about the end of the world than this?

Of course there is no more. This sentence is actually one of the classic lines in the movie The Day After Tomorrow, and it is regarded as one of the most famous comments in the history of movies.

Yes, there is no future. Studying hard is of no use. Especially since this line was said in the library, it is even more interesting (to be continued)