Chapter 2260

The small waves caused by the absence of the Golden Globes award, a little turbulence for a moment, and then disappeared in the ocean of information, "grand theft one" officially started the news instantly occupied the front page headlines of major media——

This is the beginning of 2015!

Finally“ "Grand theft one" has finally completed the preparatory work! Wait and wait, wait and wait, finally can start!

For fans, this is undoubtedly good news; It's the same for blue Lee.

One year has passed since the signing of the contract to confirm the performance at the beginning of last year. The "Jurassic world" and "lobster" signed later have been shot, and even the post production has been basically completed. Now the schedule has begun to be arranged. However, there is still no news about "Grand Theft one". Once again, people feel the tedious and complex of big projects and big productions.

To lanli's response, the reason given by Disney is the script. The script that has been reworked before and after seems to be in trouble and has never been able to achieve the expected value; And blue Lee has the power to review the script, which makes Katherine Kennedy have some scruples, which delays the time.

But Andy's prying news is another story: the director.

It's the directors who really put Disney in trouble.

From the production process of Marvel series, Disney gradually summed up the experience: a successful series can be inherited, just like assembly line products. Kevin Fitch controls the direction, determines the style, and grasps the rhythm. It's like a framework, and then the director fills the gap.

From the perspective of artistic creation, the director's imagination and control have been basically strangled. Hollywood insiders call Marvel director "wage earner"; However, from the perspective of finished product quality, it can ensure that the average level, good or bad, will not fluctuate too much, which is more in line with Disney's requirements.

This is also the reason why Edgar Wright gave up taking charge of the "ant man" guider. The British director, who has become famous by virtue of "zombie Sean", is his label of unrestrained ideas and spontaneous creation. He is bound by Disney and naturally has no interest——

In fact, among the "ant man" that was officially released later, in addition to the script still using Edgar's version, he also used a lot of ideas and creativity, which successfully won a high praise and proved the talent of the director; But in the process of creation, Disney still wants to take the initiative in their own hands, which is why they tend to use TV directors - both Joss Whedon and Russo.

Here we need to mention the difference between TV director and film director

TV is known as the art of screenwriting, and the story is the basis of the whole work; The film is considered to be the art of the director, followed by the story. The focus is the unique charm given to the film by the screen construction, scene scheduling, video editing and camera track, and the director's imagination and control are more important.

Therefore, the camera scheduling and scene construction of Marvel series are criticized for not having any imagination. Even the main frame of visual effects is made by Kevin Fitch. What the director can give to the works is only the personal charm of the characters. The human design built by the subtle and sesame sized humorous burden is what the TV director is good at.

Marvel's successful experience is undoubtedly the best reference for "Star Wars Series". Just like Kevin Fitch's position in Marvel, Katherine Kennedy's position in "Star Wars Series" is only high, and Katherine's desire for control is stronger and stronger, which makes the director of "Star Wars Series" ridiculed as "puppet".

Now the problem is the director.

Star Wars is slightly different from marvel.

Before the all-round rise of Marvel series, the copyright of the super popular character spider man did not belong to Disney, which also made Disney start with iron man, and then appear in Thor, Galaxy guard, ant man, strange doctor and other superheroes. All of them are not the first-line popular characters of Marvel comics, which also means that the fan base is relatively weak It gives Disney more space to plug in the "human design" they conceived.

In other words, Disney has more room to play.

But "Star Wars Series" is a national series in North America. George Lucas has built a complete world outlook. Her strong and solid fan base has exerted incredible pressure on Katherine Kennedy. Her every move may trigger the action of fans. They will never allow Katherine to neglect or even spoil her spiritual support, The uproar has never stopped, which makes the preparatory work difficult.

Even Lucas pictures is divided.

Some people think that they should use big name directors, because the director of "Star Wars Series" is George Lucas. If the director's weight is not enough, it will never satisfy the fans. Once they choose big name directors, even if the work is not as expected, the fans can put the responsibility on the director, not Lucas film.

Some people think that they should use unnamed directors, follow the steps of Marvel series, control the creativity, style and framework in their own hands, and ignore the requests of fans - they only know the famous directors, but they don't know whether the director is suitable for the style of the work, what's more, even the famous directors can't satisfy them; Compared with the director, style is more important, which is one of the important reasons why marvel is so successful before DC.

Because the restart of the "Star Wars Series" is too large, too grand and too difficult, bearing numerous high hopes, the promotion work has always been difficult. Now it is in the initial stage - everything is difficult at the beginning, Catherine Kennedy will face more unknown factors. Even if she is determined to kill and has a tough hand, it is inevitable that she needs to consider from the overall perspective, Under the influence of all aspects, the emergence of difficulties is entirely predictable.

"Star Wars: the awakening of the force" chose JJ Abrams as the director. From the perspective of insiders, Abrams, who started with "lost" and became famous as "the crover archive", is undoubtedly the first science fiction director among these directors. His understanding of science fiction is highly recognized, In 2009, "Star Trek" was highly praised, which helped him to establish his position, which also led him to take over the production work of "mission impossible 4" - being recognized by Tom Cruise, which is undoubtedly another progress.

Although last year's "Star Trek: dark and unbounded" was far from being able to achieve expectations, Abrams's ability to make complaints about the lens still showed a certain sense of movie quality. This is also the fundamental reason why the industry did not Tucao Abrams as "TV director", which also made Abrams get the recognition of Catherine. Finally determined as the first director to restart the Star Wars series.

But in fact, from the perspective of fans, Abrams has never been recognized. First of all, his camera scheduling and picture composition lack imagination. Although it can't be said to be TV quality, he can't get rid of the limitation of small screen. The lack of imagination is also the essential gap between him and George Lucas; Secondly, his exploration of characters and human nature is far from enough, which makes his sci-fi movies seem shallow and definitely not the development mode expected by sci-fi fans.

It can even be said that Abrams is criticized and cursed by fans.

When we came to "grand theft one", the director's position became the focus of fire concentrated attack.

After all, Katherine still hopes to carry out the success path of the marvel series, so she chose a new British director, Gareth Edwards, who was born in 1975 and didn't shoot her first work, "monster" until 2010. However, she won numerous praise for her unique aesthetics and delicate emotion, One fell swoop into the field of vision of major film companies, which won him the opportunity to direct "Godzilla".

After that, Garris began to work on scene construction, shot scheduling and image shaping.

Then came the summer vacation, "Godzilla" officially released, Garris's aesthetic style received a piece of praise, but unfortunately, the box office performance is not satisfactory.

In a flash, the voice of doubt against Garris Edwards is surging: maybe he is good enough, but he is not able to control commercial blockbusters; Maybe he is unique enough, but he doesn't fit the style of "Star Wars Series"; Maybe he is good enough, but he is not necessarily the best person.

So should Garris be replaced? Before mistakes are made.

Lucas film's internal controversy has completely erupted, and even Catherine has to reconsider the estimation. Although Garris is still continuing his work, Catherine does start to think about the possibility of other directors. The candidates are all in sight, and a new round of evaluation begins.

Aside from the evaluation, Garris is also facing heavy pressure, which inevitably interferes with his work. Don't forget that before "grand theft one", he only shot two works in his whole career, the first one is "monster" and the second one is "Godzilla".

Although Garris is calm and experienced, he can't help but start to murmur. His self-confidence is disturbed, which affects his preparation.

As a result, the preparatory work of "grand theft one" has been delayed. It seems that the screening of directors has not made much progress.

Finally, in October, Katherine Kennedy finally showed her determination and determination, and formally confirmed the position of Garris Edwards as director. No matter what, they will not change the director, and all the disputes within Lucas film industry are over.

Next, with the cooperation of Garris and the producers, they began to select the production staff behind the scenes and other cast members besides the main characters. When the time came to December, the whole production team was finally officially determined, and then the production plan was officially launched.