April 30, 2016

Leslie 2022-03-25 09:01:10

It sucks.

From a narrative standpoint, it was a success. The rhythm, the soundtrack, the acting, and the story are all good. But from the viewing point of view, it is just torturing the audience. Fast forward in the middle to watch it, I can't bear to watch the male lead (my ideal type ah ah ah ah, how can you treat him like this!!!!)

Think of some bad street tutorials, saying that you want to show the audience something beautiful, or to make the audience happy. I didn't understand at the time, was this talking about a cheesy reunion? Now think about it, they should be talking about this situation in this movie? - it just shows a sad betrayal, a simple torture in front of the audience; other than that, it does not let the audience see anything else (or there is, but it is not expressed strongly enough).

Processing method:

①Mining human nature: If the central content of the story still revolves around this betrayal, it is necessary to pay attention to the emotions of the audience. We need to add more space to describe the helplessness of friends and female votes, and then reduce the space for the torture of the male protagonist in the middle. Create a sense of sarcasm towards humanity. The point is: don't make the audience hate friends and female tickets too much, and don't make them feel too sympathetic to the male lead - make them think.

② Find something cool: Use 1/3~1/4 of the story as "revenge". I believe the audience will be looking forward to the follow-up development. But there's a neater way of doing it: flashbacks—starting the movie with the hero's "revenge" against his friend and his girlfriend.

There is another point here, the male protagonist who has experienced betrayal will become more attractive, and the character image will be more distinct (his previous setting was a bit thin). Start the film with this new version of him, then insert a flashback of this betrayal in a subtle revenge.

But one thing should be noted, the space of betrayal should be reduced, but the horror point should be kept intact - there is a sober heart transplant surgery - this is the core horror point of the whole film[bq14]

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Extended Reading

Awake quotes

  • Clay Beresford: So it's tough love today, huh?

    Dr. Jack Harper: You think this is a joke?

  • Dr. Jack Harper: [closing narration] At 6:32 this morning, on Thursday the 1st of November, Clayton Beresford Jr. died on my operating table. Two and a half hours later, his life was saved. There are no excuses for what we did. There's no defense, no-one to blame but us. We got what we deserved. Clay would have his revenge, and justice would finally be served. But despite all the secrets, despite all the lies, and a terrible loss, one thing really matters now. He... is... awake.