mtl008 Chapter 3653 Movie Plan (6)
Chapter 3653 Movie Plan (6)
Chapter 3653 Movie Plan (VI)
The trio also met on the train, but their personalities were a little different. The white boy was a typical American slum boy who knew nothing about magic. He came to school only because his gambling father didn't want to pay for his tuition at the community elementary school, and the magic school was free, so he came.
The boy from Hong Kong was from a typical highly educated elite family. He participated in a subsidiary project of the solar system development plan and met a magician. When the magician visited their home, he discovered that his child had a talent for magic. Because he thought the magic industry was a blue ocean, he wanted to train his child to be a magician, so he came to the magic academy to study.
The girl from Africa has a family background in magic. Before she went to school, she could perform some simple weather magic, such as summoning a small rain cloud and freezing the water in a cup. She inherited the tradition of her Kenyan ancestors making deals with the African gods. She can be said to be the one who knows the most about magic and is the best at it among the three.
The scene where the trio met revolved around their conflict over whether magic existed or not. The white boy thought that magic was all nonsense and just a trick; the Asian boy said that he had seen a wizard in action; and the African girl directly cast a weather spell on them, which stunned both of them.
These three actors are all little wizards, and their backgrounds are not much different from those in the movie. The white boy is from Queens, New York, and his family is average; the Asian boy is from Hong Kong, but his family runs a restaurant; the African girl is indeed from Kenya, but she is actually more closely related to the Chinese weather witch than to Storm Girl - this involves some complex connections between primitive witchcraft.
The little wizards performed very well. Not only was the dialogue in the beginning lively and vivid, but the weather magic performed by the little girl in the end also shocked everyone present.
She directly conjured up a dark cloud, which not only wet the white boy's hair, but also used a tiny lightning bolt to hit the Asian boy's glasses frame, almost splitting his nose.
It was actually the first time for the director and screenwriter to see a real magician perform magic up close. Although they had some idea before, they didn't know how far they could go. When they saw the little magicians perform magic, they exclaimed in amazement.
"Great, I mean, absolutely great!" Chris rushed out from behind the table and said to the screenwriter excitedly, "I have an idea! I think we should create a weather-related accident later, such as a wheat field in a certain place is too dry, and then the magicians lead the little wizards to solve the problem together..."
The creative team discussed it intensely for a long time, and asked several young wizards to perform magic. Except for the little African girl who had already contracted with the god, the other two held wands infused with energy and used several fixed spells, such as repair and cleansing.
Chris also wanted to compose spells on his own and asked them to shout out the spells while casting magic, claiming that this would mobilize the audience's emotions to the greatest extent.
Then there are the supporting characters' scenes on campus, starting with the opening of the school and the division of houses. Strange goes up to give a speech, and this part mainly involves the appearance of various professors. However, after initially witnessing the magic of magic, Chris felt that the appearance methods he had thought of before were a bit uncreative, so he let the professors play freely.
Scrange actually felt that it would be a bit silly to follow the script and go in step by step. Magicians never take the usual route, they either open a portal or fly down. If I was down to earth before learning magic, and I am still down to earth after learning magic, then wouldn’t I have learned magic in vain?
Strange directly opened a portal in mid-air, and the red cloak flew out first. Then he suddenly appeared in mid-air, reached out to grab the red cloak, turned around, and landed gracefully, putting the cloak on himself.
"How is it?" Strange asked.
Chris was stunned, but he quickly reacted and said, "No, I mean this is a bit too much like a superhero, you know?"
"Can't we be like superheroes?"
“No, no, no.” Chris shook his head like a rattle. “The superhero thing is too straightforward, and people already have a preconceived impression of Iron Man and Captain America. If you still come at it this way, they’ll think that wizards are similar to superheroes…”
“In fact, it’s pretty much the same.”
"No, since we want to promote mages, we have to make them a brand new symbol. And the reason why mages are different from superheroes is that they are mysterious enough. We have to fully express the mystery of mages and leave enough room for the audience's imagination. So your actions and language can't be too straightforward, they have to have a mysterious atmosphere..."
Chris talked a lot again, which made the orthodox wizards scratch their heads. Fortunately, Schiller understood what he said, and he gestured to Strange to step back.
Then he waved to a photographer nearby and said, "Stand behind me and follow me to take pictures."
He walked to the door of the room, closed it, and then said, "Suppose this is the door to the Sorting Hall."
After he finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared, and a gray mist spread out. The door was pushed open with a "bang", and the thick gray mist gathered together and flew forward quickly, and then gradually condensed during the flight. After Schiller's figure appeared, he walked a few steps along the flying trajectory, and the mist completely disappeared. He turned around.
In the footage captured by the camera, the lens followed a thick gray fog and pushed open the door of the auditorium. The fog gradually condensed into a human shape and finally stopped at Schiller's gray eyes.
Chris let out a whoosh, then clapped his hands and said, "That's it! Be cool, but mysterious. Be different from all common sense, but have a traceable path."
Strange thought for a moment and said, "How about letting the cloak sit on the chair, then fly to the front of the stage, and then I will appear from the cloak..."
Several professors came up to discuss and design their own ways of appearance, and finally decided on a unique way of appearance.
For example, Strange used a cape, the white-bearded old man Ancient One appeared from a hat, Wanda appeared from the scarlet force, and Xu Shangqi flew on a sword. As for the Hippopotamus Goddess, because her appearance is already fantastic enough, she has the most unpretentious appearance - just walking out.
In addition, there were several professors, but they were all mages of Kamar-Taj. Because they had been secluded for years and practicing, they were a little uncomfortable with being exposed in front of the camera. The director guided them several times before they barely passed.
After the appearance, the next scene is the individual scenes. Strange is filmed teaching a few young wizards in his office and demonstrating magic to them; the other professors are basically filmed in class, first explaining a theory and then demonstrating their magic.
Wanda's performance was the best, she used the crimson power to conjure a butterfly. At first it seemed to be made of energy, flying around the classroom, but when it flew back, it turned into a real butterfly, but soon disappeared in the crimson power.
In fact, this is not a difficult task for magicians, and even many magicians can do it. But Chris himself does not want to promote how powerful magic is, but to emphasize how interesting magic is.
Take Wanda for example. Actually, it is not a big deal to let her blow up a planet in the universe. But movies cannot be shot like this - the real universe is very empty, and most real planets are also very desolate. People will appear very small in such a huge environment. Except for the energy burst at that moment, nothing can be seen clearly. For adults, it is boring, not to mention teenagers and children.
Therefore, it is the seemingly insignificant trick of turning a butterfly into something that is more interesting. At least it allows people who have no experience with magic to intuitively see what magic can do, and makes them think: If it can turn into a butterfly, can it turn into something else? It makes them curious: What is the principle behind this? Why is it completely different from the scientific knowledge we learn every day?
Only when people have such questions will they have the desire to continue watching and the desire to discuss. If you really blow up the planet, not many people will discuss astrophysics. To put it bluntly, they are just outsiders watching the fun, and they just want to watch the fun.
Soon, it was Schiller's turn to perform. He originally thought that no one would act with him, but the director also fully considered that it might be a bit difficult for them, a group of non-professional actors, to perform without props, so he let the little wizards cooperate with the performance.
The little girl from Africa was lying on the bed with a depressed look on her face, and the two remaining boys were chattering around her. At this time, Schiller walked in and said, "Okay, kids, your friend is fine. Now can you tell me how she was injured?"
Several children looked at him at the same time, and then they were all stuck, standing there without saying anything. Schiller stood there waiting for a long time, but he didn't see them reciting their lines, so he had to turn around and look at the director.
"Oh, Tolia, she just fell down by herself." The white boy said, "We just want to... get some... ointment..."
Schiller stared at the director for a long time, but the director didn't say "cut". He had no choice but to walk forward and said the line: "I'm afraid there is no stair in the school that would allow you to fall like this. If you don't tell me the truth, I can't prescribe medicine for you..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step forward, the two people in front of the bed took a step back, and even the little girl lying on the bed shrank back.
Schiller immediately realized that the pressure from his eyes might be too strong, and he subconsciously reached out and touched his eyes.
"Cut!" the director shouted.
Schiller breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Or I should wear my glasses so as not to scare the children..."
Unexpectedly, Director Chris excitedly said to the three young actors, "You performed very well just now. You must show that subconscious fear, so that your misunderstanding of him later will be more reasonable..."
Wait. Schiller wondered, did you misunderstand me? There's no such part in the script! You mean this?
My goodness, Snape is actually me!
I re-watched the Sorcerer's Stone, it's great.
Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone! !