Many screenwriters ignore the power of lines. On the one hand, they ignore the lines' setting and preparation of the plot. Screenwriters often use a large number of lines as transitions or laying blanks, making the lines boring. In this regard, referring to Quentin Tarantino's chattering movies is undoubtedly the best example, among which "pulp novels" are the most important. On the surface, those long-winded lines have no meaning. They are even discussing the different names of McDonald's burgers in different countries, but these dialogues will continue to be mentioned later. They are not only weird and funny, but also have rules to follow, and they are implemented throughout. The preparation of lines and editing techniques complement each other, creating completely different viewing experiences and promoting the plot.

However, in modern Hollywood, fewer and fewer screenwriters are willing to explore the charm of the idioms themselves. Directors without literary cultivation can only rely more and more on action scenes and visual effects. This is the case with "Pearl Harbor". If it is not used for spoofs, no line in the movie has value, let alone the so-called afterglow.

When Lance wrote the script "Borrowing a Knife to Kill People", he carefully arranged the lines. It included character creation, plot promotion, atmosphere creation, and the power of lines made an indelible contribution. This time, the same is true for "Fruit Hard Candy". The core of the story is the continuous changes in the prey and hunter's position.

At the beginning, people thought that Jeff was a hunter and Haley was the prey; then the position of the two people changed, supporting the second half of the story; but in the end, Jeff and Haley were both hunters and prey, and the reflection that was really thrown to the audience was the core of the movie. Therefore, the movie became the hunter and the audience became the prey.

If Lance wants to reach this level, he must conduct in-depth research on the two characters Jeff and Hayley.

First of all, the character of Haley, why did she want to retaliate against love/childhood/obsession, and why did she choose to take risks instead of calling the police? This will become the core of the entire film's connotation. But in Brian's script, there is almost no explanation for this, just implying that the disappearance of Haley's friend is related to Jeff, but the problem is that just the disappearance of her friend - even death - made Hailey do such an extraordinary and even terrible thing, which made Hailey make such an inhuman decision as castrated, which seems unreasonable.

So, in the last life, people's biggest feeling after watching the movie was discomfort. On the one hand, they knew that Jeff's approach was wrong, but because it was not shown in the movie, the hatred was not so real; on the other hand, it was creepy because of Haley's excessive actions, which even triggered many people to condemn Hailey's lynching behavior. This is also the reason why the debate between Jeff and Haley was so fierce after the end of the movie.

In fact, if you study the script carefully, you will find that this is not the case at all.

In the story, Hayley first pretended to castrate Jeff. She used a lot of psychological hints to make Jeff believe that she had been castrated, which caused psychological torture to the audience, but she actually did not castrate at all. Later, after Jeff broke free from the constraints, he observed his lower body. Without despair, he felt relieved. This was the first step.

Later, Hayley deliberately left a gap and gave Jeff enough time to break free on the grounds of "take a bath". After Jeff successfully got rid of it, he had the opportunity to call the police to end all this, but he chose to fight back and decide to kill Hayley. In fact, Hayley left Jeff with a space to choose, and Jeff's choice would determine the subsequent direction. Jeff chose to revenge, so Hayley hid in the bathroom, knocked Jeff fainted with an electric gun, and started the second torture.

Later, Hayley threatened Jeff's first love and forced Jeff to jump off the second floor with a rope trap and hang himself. Otherwise, the fact that Jeff's love/children would be announced to the public, ruining his reputation. Jeff chose to jump off the building, and the movie ended. At this time, the audience's psychological torture reached its peak, and he was even more unacceptable to Hayley's "evil deeds".

But Haley actually didn't want Jeff to die at all. The rope left by Haley was long enough. After Jeff jumped down, the rope was not straightened at all. You could hear the sound of Jeff falling on the grass. This also means that Haley played with Jeff again, making him think that suicide could clear the charge. Obviously, for Jeff, reputation is greater than life - just like he chose to give up calling the police and solve it privately. This time he chose reputation and gave up his life. When he was extremely panicked, he found that the rope was long enough and fell into the grass on the first floor. "I want to die, but I can't die", this is Hailey's ultimate goal.

In other words, Hayley took advantage of two illusions - castration and death, and tortured Jeff severely, truly achieving the purpose of punishment. Jeff's body never received real harm, but he paid a heavy price for his sins.

The reason why the audience fails to understand this is that on the one hand, the viewing is not carefully enough. If you watch it repeatedly, these details can be found, which is also the source of controversy among movie fans; on the other hand, the characters lack shaping, especially Hailey, which makes many behaviors lose emotional support and naturally cannot further impress the audience.

Haley refused to call the police and chose to execute the punishment himself, but gave up physical punishment and exchanged mental torture for the price. What is this? Perhaps, Haley had experienced such an incident herself, but she failed to succeed after calling the police. She even let the criminal escape, watching the criminal commit the crime twice and three times, so she no longer believed in the judicial system and chose a mentally shocking way to achieve the goal of "not letting the crime happen again."

How did Hailey think of such a punishment? From almost castration with real people to deceive everyone's illusion, how did these ideas come into her little head? Perhaps, Hailey was inspired by the movie "Clockwork Orange". She realized that mental torture is the core force that destroys a person, so she began to study medical documentaries, even medical books, and think about the entire plan.

So, what kind of person is Hailey herself? So what about her family? How did such darkness, rock and roll and so bold actions cause? Perhaps, Hailey's parents are both doctors, policemen, or they are bad families with alcoholism and violence. She is an introverted girl living in her own world, with a strong interest in medicine, or she is interested in justice. She longs for friends, but she is alone and can't find any support. Only rock and Dona are her spiritual support. Now, Dona is missing...

These details can make Hailey's character full and three-dimensional, but in fact, there is no need to spend a lot of writing to outline the script. For example, leaving a videotape of "Clockwork Orange" in Hailey's schoolbag, a promotional poster or original novel is enough; for example, when Hailey is preparing to castrate, she can play some music to accompany her youthful rock; and when Hailey discovers evidence of Jeff being a love/childhood/obsession, she only needs to say something like "Why do you never know to stop", and then the camera is blank, which is enough to make the audience outline the image.

The so-called lines are actually part of an independent personality. When faced with the same situation, different people will say different words. As long as they can figure out the accurate lines, the character image will naturally be established.

If you can cleverly use the details of the lines to make Haley's image complete, and then achieve this goal through the actor's performance power, then after the movie is over, the audience's shock will be twice or three times surging. You can explore the serious status of love/childhood/ethics in the entire society from the character of Haley, and the indifference of neighbors invisibly become an accomplice, and then discuss the root cause of the crime of using violence to fight violence and tooth for tooth... Today is "Hailey", and tomorrow will be your own child. This sense of realism of pain is the most exciting part of the movie.

Hayley became a hunter, which is a social tragedy, not her own.

So what about Jeff? How did Jeff become a prey? In fact, Jeff has always been a hunter, a heinous hunter.

In the first draft of Brian's script and the finished film of the previous life, almost all the performance weight fell on Hayley, and his description of Jeff was very limited. This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Hayley has enough room to play, and at the same time, the weird and fast feeling of punishment love/childhood/emotion reach its peak. The disadvantage is that he loses the emotional motivation of hatred, making the movie only stay at the height of the thriller type and fails to go further.

It is undeniable that Hayley is indeed the core of the film, and even if Lance wrote it, he would not modify this. But as a supporting role, Jeff's complete image is crucial, not only a supplement to the plot, but also a promotion of Hayley's revenge. Just like "killing with a knife", the confrontation between Vincent and Max burst out with sparks, which is the reason why the movie successfully explores in depth.

However, when conceiving the role of Jeff, Lance encountered some bottlenecks: on the one hand, the structure of the script determines that Jeff has limited room for play, and most of the time, Jeff is in a passive situation where he is at mercy. Pain is his only way of expressing himself, and there is no chance to express himself at all; on the other hand, Lance really has no common feeling about love/childhood/obsession, and he cannot figure out Jeff's mentality. If it is just his own fiction, it will inevitably lead to the character's distortion.

Really a headache.
Chapter completed!