The Greatest Showman

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Renly Hall and Kathleen Kennedy, both of whom are at the top of the Hollywood pyramid, both have far-reaching influence in terms of connections, power, prestige, and status. When hitting the earth, maybe no one will win in the end, and it is the greatest possibility that both losers. This may develop into a devastating disaster for the "Rogue One" crew.

Balance, that's the point.

While the "Rogue One" crew was still working in the Maldives, Renly and Katherine had a wrestling fight in London. The two sides had contacts, and neither of them took it lightly. They talked three times before and after, and there were two conference calls. The atmosphere The tense, sparking confrontation left both sides deadlocked.

No one can know the specific content of the conversation, but judging from the results, both sides made concessions and reached a consensus.

The script does need to be revised. Some dialogues in some scenes, some characters in scenes, especially in battle scenes, to improve the rhythm as much as possible to ensure that the narrative rhythm of the movie can be lighter and sharper without affecting the main line. , to reduce the burden on the film.

Director, can't change, and that's at the heart of the argument between Renly and Katherine.

Renly formally rejected Tony Gilroy's "help" in a serious manner and temporarily joined the second director. This may be a devastating blow to the crew, and Gareth's personal style and creative thinking may also be destroyed; but Catherine Her attitude is also very firm, she believes that Gareth absolutely needs help, rhythm control and fight scenes are the key to commercial films, and the crew needs to improve the rhythm of the film.

The final conclusion is that Tony Gilroy is still away from the crew for the time being, but Tony can hold a meeting with Gareth as a consultant to discuss and give some advice; and Renly will also meet with Gareth to ensure that Gareth can be in the fight scene. More possibilities are accepted in terms of scheduling.

As for rhythm control, that's a matter of post-editing.

The ending, stay the same, it's Renly's bottom line, but also Gareth's bottom line, refusing to leave any tails behind for the potential of a sequel. The sequel problem is only one aspect, the real reason is the meaning of the ending to the rebels, which is an indispensable and important part.

Back and forth, the two sides finally reached a consensus.

Then, Christopher - McQuarrie (christopher-mcquarrie) has appeared in London.

Why Christopher McQuarrie?

As a director, Christopher directed the fifth and sixth films of "Jack Reacher" and "Mission Impossible". His directing ability has not been widely recognized for the time being, and he is more known as Tom Cruise's fixer. Partner; but as a screenwriter, Christopher is a well-known "tinker" in Hollywood.

"The Usual Suspects" is his famous work, although a series of commercial films after that have been mediocre, "Jack Reacher", "Deadly Traveler" and "Jack the Giant Catcher" and other works have suffered fiasco, but Christopher The refinement and control of lines is well-known in Hollywood.

Hollywood script creation is a very interesting thing. Only when the content of the creation exceeds 30% can the final authorship be granted; but in fact, the screenwriter who is not on the screenwriter list but participates in the script creation may be a long-term writer. A long list, with a script going through multiple screenwriters, is really normal.

It should also be noted here that there may be a situation before and after the official start of the crew:

The producer is not satisfied with the details of the script. It may be to modify the lines and dialogues, or to modify a few scenes. On the premise of not hurting the bones, I hope to modify the content of the script locally. Then, at this time, "The Tinkerer" is about to debut, which is considered to be a small-scale technical activity——

It does not require a lot of tedious work, but requires patience and careful adjustment. Some screenwriters may lack talent, and lack a little touch and inspiration for the story frame and mainline settings. Creating a complete script may be a disaster; but the control of details has its own unique skills, which may be the foundation of the lines, or the scene. Settings, maybe characters, whatever.

For example, Christopher McQuarrie.

The work of "partially revising the script" is actually disgraceful, because screenwriters with real talent and ability disdain to do such "non-creative manual work"; but this "manual work" has an irreplaceable advantage: simple , convenient and profitable.

It may take three months to six months to create a script framework, and the average salary remains around one million US dollars; while creating a complete script, the cycle is relatively long, ranging from three months to several years, but the salary is not Limit, three million dollars or more.

But for "tinkers", as short as a week or as long as a month, they can get a salary of 300,000 to 500,000 US dollars, modifying a sentence and revising 29% of the content, the pay is relatively fixed Yes, it can pay off handsomely in a short period of time, and it is also considered to be the most lucrative job in Hollywood.

Just like a "body worker" standing on the street, making quick money.

Having said that, there are not many screenwriters in Hollywood who are really qualified for this job.

Back to Christopher Macaulay.

After Renly and Catherine reached an agreement, Christopher appeared in London "immediately", as if he had already been prepared, ready to wait.

This also means that, in fact, Catherine has already made preparations, and those bargaining are just numbing Renly. In the end, she successfully completed her established goal: revising the script. Although the contract stipulates that Renly has script decision-making power, Katherine always has a way to get Renly to nod.

In terms of checks and balances at the producer level, Catherine is the more experienced party. As for Renly, he still relies more on his own mentality to form a confrontation with his aura. Now, looking back on the contest between "Crazy Love" and Harvey Weinstein in Park City, in the final analysis, the ignorant is fearless.

Renly even secretly guessed that Christopher had already started to revise the script in London, because Catherine was sure to get Renly to agree; then, modifying the ending and adding a second director, these things may be just smoke bombs and become Catherine's bargaining chips.

The power contest at the top of the Hollywood pyramid is definitely not that simple. In comparison, Thomas Tour's small tactics in the "Interstellar" crew appear much simpler, mainly because he did not consider the overall situation at a higher level, and the rhythm was still taken away by Renly.

In any case, the filming of "Rogue One" is in full swing, but the crew has changed, which has led to twists and turns in the follow-up filming.

It took Christopher only two weeks to complete the script revision work. After Katherine and Renly reviewed it, they officially approved——

The story has indeed been simplified a lot, and all the characters have become relatively simplified, and even the scenes of Renly and Felicity have been partially affected.

On the set, Gareth held meetings with Tony, Christopher, and then with Renly and other editors.

Although Gareth is very, very dissatisfied with the single-line character of the character, which destroys the fullness of the story, it is unrealistic for commercial films to spend a lot of ink to shape the character. More often, even if a lot of ink is spent, it is still not as good as In the end, Gareth chose to compromise.

To be more precise, even if Gareth didn't compromise, he couldn't change the decision that Katherine and Renly made together.

However, all of this did not affect the filming of "Rogue One". The crew could faintly feel the surging tide, but there was nothing they could do about those frame-level decisions. Posts, the occasional exchange of glances during breaks, a moment of whispering discussions, that's all.

After all the discussions and changes were over, the staff were looking at each other, not quite sure how things would develop. Who knows what the outcome of the fight between the gods would lead to?

But Renly seemed to have nothing happened, and went into his daily work calmly and calmly, which made the staff a little more settled; and when Gareth returned to the crew, he did not show too many strange emotions, It seems that all thoughts are stuck in my heart, and the filming work is still proceeding in an orderly manner, and the commotion and chaos of the crew gradually settle down.

With the gradual advancement of time, "Rogue One" has returned to its normal track. The short-term chaos seems to have failed to create more waves, but for the crew, this is a good thing.

Despite this, the change in the script still brought a chain reaction, the follow-up shooting work increased a lot, and the shooting progress was pushed back slightly.

The crew was busy until the middle of May, when "Rogue One" was officially announced to be finished. After four and a half months of work, it was completed nearly three weeks later than expected, which disrupted a lot of plans; but Renly You know, things are still not over here.

Judging from Catherine's previous attitude and opinions, there may be twists and turns in the post-editing process. If the initial cut version is not satisfactory, then follow-up reshoots and reshoots are also possible——

Reshoots and reshoots are very common in top-tier commercial films, and the specific circumstances are very complicated, both positive and negative. It is impossible to generalize, but in the final analysis, the producer and the director have conflicting opinions. Balancing business and art is definitely not that simple.

But for now, the crew has finished, and the actors' work has temporarily come to an end.

Since 2015, Renly has been working hard. He has appeared all over the world, and he is constantly in and out of various occasions. Now he can finally take a breath - the work is still not over, because the Cannes Film Festival is here, just for Lan Literally, a trip to the Côte d'Azur is like a vacation.

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