Chapter 107 A Steady Feeling

"This is really an excellent and somewhat perverted crew!"

Song Le, the western aesthetics consultant for "The Silence of the Lambs", also had a sharp increase in confidence.

It's not just because of the input of the actors, after all, she is not a professional in acting.

What made her stand up was her own job-perfecting the details of Western elements in the script.

Regardless of whether it is China Entertainment or Hollywood, they all like to add exotic elements to their movies.

——Well, most of the time it is to black each other out.

A more particular crew will hire professional consultants to check the relevant details, which is professional "black";
Less particular crews add exotic elements according to stereotypes or even conjectures, that is "blind black".

Apparently, "The Silence of the Lambs" is quite a sophisticated crew, and consultants from all walks of life were specially invited to perfect various details, such as the largest number of psychologists.

This is a rather "mind-consuming" work, and naturally there are many psychological details in the design.

Taking the serial killer "The Butcher" as an example, there is a detail——

He has a fragile Asiatic moth and a cute puppy, both pets that require a lot of pampering.Then, the "butcher" who can peel off a piece of woman's skin without expression feels very painful in the face of the misfortune suffered by his pet.

This corresponds to his childhood experience - having been abused and treated unfairly, so he dedicated his love to animals and vented his hatred to the society.

Frankly speaking, ordinary viewers may forget such details and will not pay attention to them, but the crew still designed relevant details in a rigorous manner.

The same is true for Western elements.

——Originally, Song Le thought that adding western elements was just for black.

However, after reading the fully finalized script and storyboard, she realized how big a difference there was between her blackness for the sake of blackness and the blackness for connotation of a powerful director like Wang Wei——

Western elements in "The Silence of the Lambs", especially religious elements, can be seen everywhere.

It starts with the title.

Christianity often compares man to the lamb of God, but the lamb is actually a symbol of the disadvantaged.

There is a scene at the beginning of the script - the heroine is in an elevator with a group of male police officers, all of whom are a head taller than her, and she is forced to face the condescending scrutiny of men. "Silence of the Lambs" by straying into wolves?

Of course the most classic is Dr. Hannibal.

His setting in the story is a doctor of psychology who has returned from studying abroad. He looks at human beings from the perspective of the judge of hell, and regards himself as the incarnation of Satan.

——This setting is really suitable for "black".

——Song Le was so inspired that he helped him design countless details.For example, the book he read most often in the cage was the Bible, and when he escaped from prison, he made the prison guard he killed look like a fallen angel...

There are also pre-designed posters.

A grimacing hawkmoth rests on the heroine's lips, forming an eerie picture.If you enlarge the pattern of the Grimace Moth, you will find that the above pattern is not simple.

It was a masterpiece of surrealism from Western artists—seven nude female models formed a skeleton shape, which looked absurd, illogical, grotesque and mysterious, and made people want to take down moths.

There are many such examples.

If you have to say that this is a typical example of mutual blackmail between Eastern and Western cultural works, you have nothing to refute.

What is really rare is that it is not black for the sake of black, and each of these designs actually has a hidden foreshadowing.

If "The Silence of the Lambs" is interpreted as "bringing silence to the lambs", that is to understand the core of the film as redemption.Then, the heroine of the film can be said to be the incarnation of the savior;
Dr. Hannibal's evil as Satan cannot be justified, but the serial killer "The Butcher" was shot dead by the police under his guidance-the one who finally judges the evil is the evil itself. Don't you think it is a great irony?

Movie posters are even more interesting.

The meaning of moth is "transformation", and the reason why we choose the evil moth, the Grimacing Moth, means "failed transformation", which obviously refers to the serial killer in the story, and taking it down means eradicating he.

This is similar to the main line of the movie - the heroine chasing a serial killer - in many places, very clever...

As an aesthetic consultant familiar with Western culture, Song Le is also an authentic Chinese. She found it interesting to watch this movie from different perspectives.

From the perspective of the East, it can be regarded as a work that blackens the Western "demons" quite professionally;

From a Western perspective, it can be seen as a work about "salvation" that they are familiar with;

From a neutral perspective, the horror of this movie is not the old routines of "cannibalism" and "skinning", but the real fear that everyone has to face-the resistance to climbing from the bottom of society, Discrimination and threats faced by women, irresistible bondage...

These are the common problems of every country and every society!

Especially considering the current background—the relationship between the East and the West has been eased in an all-round way, and global integration is the theme. When the threat of external enemies is reduced, the inner monster will start to bark its teeth and claws.

Just like the last question in the script - "Has your inner lamb stopped screaming?"

At this point, Song Le can only sincerely admire the director's imagination.

"It's no wonder the director dared to use this movie to respond to Song Zhicheng's talk. Maybe it can really win an award?"

Song Le suddenly had this idea.

Then I startled myself.

No way, who made thrillers never considered an award-winning option?
She originally joined this project with an uncertain future, not to create miracles, but to do things with money, success or failure, what does it matter to her?

However, seeing the possibility of a classic being born, even as an ordinary behind-the-scenes worker, Song Le's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.

calm down……

Song Le finally calmed down.

Whether it is the adjustment of the actors' entry status, or the script that has been refined to an almost abnormal level, to put it bluntly, they are all appetizers.

There are not one or two examples where the ingredients are perfectly matched, but after being put into the pot, the paste can no longer be pasted.

The key depends on the skill of the director, the "chef".

then……

Including Song Le, everyone in the crew slowly saw that Wang Wei also seemed to have entered a very mysterious state of director.

In addition to being pleasantly surprised by the state of the two leading actors when he first inspected the preparation work, he became more and more stable later on.

Even if any link did not meet his requirements, there was no trace of impatience, but a solution was given in a few words.

There was a feeling... that the whole crew, the whole play, even though the filming hadn't started yet, was already firmly in his hands!
……

 emmm... It seems that I have developed inertia, and I can't code as many code words as I want~
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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