Movie Note 54: Pulling the Film-Rhythm of Commercial Comedy

Alyson 2022-05-22 23:58:35

[For practice, there may be something wrong with the analysis~ (probably)]

Creative point: because a good baby is about to go to jail, ask someone to train his survival skills in prison

Highlights: Good guys pretend to be bad guys (both male protagonists and second males), the collision of the rich and the poor, the collision of the black and white races

Story A: The protagonist wants to learn survival skills in prison

Story B: The protagonist learned to be brave (let him protect himself anywhere)

Rhythm line————————

Construction: Opening-(attract audience's interest) show the daily life of the hero

Here we put a crying scene in front of the motivational event (about to go to jail), comparing it with the next successful life, and raising the audience’s interest.

Point subject-(not found, Khan -_-||)

Foreshadowing-(All characters appear) The male protagonist's wife worships money. The male protagonist meets the male second by chance, confessing that the male second is a good father and the motivation that he needs money. The male protagonist’s father-in-law is his boss, who actually controls the male protagonist’s work and life.

(Worldview) A world divided between the rich and the poor

Advancement: Motivational event-(the cause of the story) the male protagonist was framed and will go to jail

(Promote) The male protagonist gets engaged. The second man tried to sell the card for money with the male lead, but was indifferently rejected.

(Dispute) The male protagonist has emotional breakdown + trying to escape

Connection point-(change point) The male lead decides to hire a second man to learn prison survival skills

The beginning of the B story-(the male protagonist starts to become brave) The male protagonist is attacked by the second male with pepper spray, not angry, but happy to say that I need you like this

Game-(Relaxation Period) The second male performs various funny trainings on the male lead

Turning point: midpoint-(false victory) the male protagonist has made a small achievement in training (invented self-defense skills by myself, and won the second man for the first time) (this midpoint is not obvious to me, there is a very long male protagonist here The second’s emotional line, the second male tried to get the male protagonist to join the two gangs of black and white, and then rescued him)

The bad guy is approaching-father-in-law's men are monitoring the male lead

Nothing-the male protagonist failed to grab the computer, and learned that the male second had been deceiving him, and the two broke

Night of Souls-The male protagonist decides to join a black gang, and even plans to follow the gang to kill people (to completely give up his good personality)

Solution: Connection point 2-(The birth of the solution) The second man persuaded him to return to the protagonist and decided to get back the computer together

Outcome-The male protagonist used the electronic anklet to attract the police and cleared the charges. The boss' father-in-law was arrested. The male protagonist was arrested for minor crimes or went to jail. The male protagonist invested in the second man and opened a car wash city.

Final scene-the male protagonist is released from prison, the second male picks him up, and the two leave together in the car (there is a contrast shot at the beginning, the male protagonist drives a luxury car, the second male drove a dilapidated car, and the two got in the same car at the end)

Stem recycling: butt hides things

Electronic foot ring

The male protagonist is still in jail (the pre-training skills come in handy)

Male lead daily practice martial arts

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Extended Reading

Get Hard quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Darnell Lewis: We do this, we do this hard!

    James King: I can get hard!

  • James King: My life is ruined, because after thirty days I'm going to prison!... It's not as bad as I've heard, is it?

    Darnell Lewis: Hell yeah, it's bad!

    James King: Teach me how to survive in prison, the way you did!

    Darnell Lewis: [amazed] Tell me how you know I went to prison?

    James King: Given your low economic status, your perceived lack of college education... statistically, you definitely went to prison!

    [pause]

    Darnell Lewis: See you tomorrow, convict.