Chapter 559: Dark vision aesthetics

In fact, as early as half a month ago, Ronan passed the script written by Lindsay Bill to David Fincher through the hands of his agent. After David Fincher passed on his interested attitude, Ronan only Officially invite him back to Los Angeles to meet.
Unlike the movies that are always full of harsh black shots and cruel subjects, David Fincher himself speaks slowly, like an ordinary middle-aged man who has been smoothed out by life.
The two shook hands and greeted him, and David Fincher said directly: "Mr. Anderson, I really like the horror films produced by your company, especially the jigsaw in "Chain Saw". There will be a sequel later, right? Dig deep into the life and psychology of the jigsaw, and thoroughly discover the psychopath of the character?"
Having seen all the movies directed by David Fincher, Ronan is not surprised, saying: "This project is currently in charge of Director James Wyn, and I am not particularly clear about the specific content."
What David Fincher said is indeed one of the directions in which the film can develop in the future, but the focus of the second sequel is still the brutal organ killing itself, not the perverted psychology of the jigsaw.
In fact, including the first one, the film is only a little bit about the shaping of the jigsaw.
After all, James Wynn is not David Fincher, he is a director with strong commercial attributes.
David Fincher touched his sparse beard and said, "I like the anti-social character like the jigsaw very much."
Ronan smiled: "That's why there will be "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club"."
Hearing this, David Fincher couldn't help laughing.
Ronan remembers very clearly, David Fincher said a word before-I think people are very abnormal, at least I have a personality, this is the foundation of my career as a director.
Starting from "The Seven Deadly Sins", the movies that David Fincher has shot so far, almost all of the prominent characters have anti-social or abnormal sides.
Someone once said this sentence: If you like David Fincher, then your personality will be more or less "perverted".
At that time, Ronan also thought about this issue very seriously, and it seemed that there was some truth to it.
For example, when he was a child, Ronan had a little cat at home. Ronan liked it so much. Every time he held it in his arms, he would suddenly think of holding it tightly.
This is real!
I am afraid that many people have experienced similar situations.
But in the end, reason prevailed, and reason suppressed the dark side.
David Fincher's movie just expands the dark side infinitely.
In some ways, David Fincher is good at making scar movies.
David Fincher put his smile away, took a picture of the script next to him, and said: "I like stories that reflect human nature and the dark side of society. I like this script and... the heroine in the script!"
Ronan said: "We can cooperate on this project."
David Fincher was silent for a short while, Ronan did not speak, quietly waiting for David Fincher to make a decision.
This is a standard noir project. It not only needs to create the film's black style, but also takes into account the commercial value. Ronan temporarily cannot find a more suitable director than David Fincher.
Although David Fincher was not a subject and did not have a systematic film study, he entered George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic work in 1980 and participated in the production of many films.
Five years later, David Fincher filmed the documentary "Beating the Drum of Life". With the filming experience and the accumulation of personal resources, he got the opportunity to shoot commercials.
Since then, David Fincher has focused on commercials and music videos, and won the Best Director Award at the 1990 MTV Music Video Awards.
Then there is the well-known resume. Twentieth Century Fox came to the door and hired David Fincher to direct the sci-fi thriller "Alien 3". David Fincher officially moved to the big screen.
David Fincher's films are very visually impactful and have a strong personal style. However, because of his long-term relationship as a commercial advertisement and music MV director, he can better express his personal style and have commercial value.
Whether it was once or now, with the exception of a handful of films used to develop the Olympics, David Fincher's works are often full of horror and suspense. The focus of the film is directed at the darkness of human nature and society.
In particular, the commercial failure of "Fight Club" allowed David Fincher to learn a lot of experience and lessons. While the latter films maintained the characteristics of film noir, they also innovated on the basis of traditional film noir and integrated modern business. Elements.
"Mr. Anderson, I am very interested in this script." David Fincher does not hide this, but as a personality director, a director who has experienced the things of "Alien 3", some things must be said before: "In order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, I must explain a few things."
Ronan nodded slightly: "Please speak."
David Fincher said slowly: "I'm currently working on a film project called "Lord of Dogtown". I must wait for the completion of this film before I can start preparing for a new film."
"No problem." Ronan knew this: "The schedule can be coordinated, and Relativity Entertainment is not in a hurry for this project."
The most basic prerequisites are fulfilled, and David Fincher gradually revealed his true intentions: "I have carefully studied the script, and I have also made some basic assumptions during this period."
Ronan asked: "The script has two endings. I have discussed with the screenwriter Lindsay Bill many times, and finally decided to listen to the director's opinion."
"I suggest choosing the second ending. The heroine is alive is the biggest mockery of this society." David Fincher did not hesitate to put forward his own suggestion: "She is alive and can shock the audience's psychology more than she is dead. My ideal style. This film is a wild black comedy. It will make people feel socially absurd. It will make people laugh and feel intensely uneasy at the same time, even heartache."
"I hope this is another "Seven Deadly Sins"." Ronan said his request very directly: "Not "Fight Club"."
It’s not time for David Fincher to just enter the film industry. He understood Ronan’s meaning and said: "I will not ignore the commercial value of the film. I will make the audience happy to watch this film, but I will not let it The audience can leave their seats easily and happily after watching."
Ronan nodded slowly: "Director Vinci, I believe you have this ability."
"Alien 3" that year was really a big pit, which caused David Fincher to become cautious when taking on any film project, so as not to cause fierce conflict with the producer, which would lead to his complete loss of control over the film.
He had indeed studied the script carefully and made certain assumptions, so he opened the briefcase and pulled out several sub-shots that were obviously carefully prepared.
The first piece that David Fincher handed Ronan was not an artwork, but a photo.
A delicate woman in a black professional suit stands in an apartment with her back to the window.
The apartment draws the curtains, and the dark-toned curtain cloth covers the windows, making the sky very gloomy outside, which makes the light in the room dim. On the contrary, a few white decorations appear fuzzy gray. The woman in front of the window looks at first glance. It is very delicate, and if you look closely, you find that her entire face is shrouded in shadows, and she can't see clearly.
"This is..." Ronan asked.
David Fincher briefly explained: "I used the conditions of the crew to shoot this imaginary composition of the heroine's apartment, also to more directly reflect the style of the movie I am conceiving."
Ronan understood that David Fincher was not generally interested in this project, but he was worried that the producer would interfere too much.
David Fincher said: "The temperament of future films will be very dark." He pointed to the photo: "Dark human society, dark tones, and finally merge into dark vision aesthetics."
He simply said: "Like this scene picture, when the heroine walks on the path of her own choice, even in the scene of direct sunlight, the character will always be hidden under the shadow."
Ronan combined with the movies he has seen before, and he has a feeling. For David Fincher, his unique visual aesthetic style and his creation of a world of images that make the audience feel strongly immersed are also the reasons why he was "loved" .
In his films, the details of each frame in the film have a very high standard of "Virgo", and no frame appears accidentally or randomly.
At the same time, every frame has been analyzed and decided before it will be presented.
David Fincher gave Ronan some sub-camera artwork ~EbookFREE.me~ and waited for Ronan to look through it and said: "This is a scene of the heroine graduating from college. It is very representative. The graduation ceremony is held during the day. But I will make people feel like it is midnight and the sunlight is white, but I will make the saturation very low, making people think that the role of sunlight is only enough to illuminate the venue."
He added: "But darkness and light are relative, the tone is dark, but the overall picture is bright, which can highlight a sense of desolation and is more in line with the characteristics of the entire movie."
Ronan thought carefully about what David Fincher said, and occasionally tried to recall the movies that David Fincher had made, such as "House of Cards" and "The Lost Lover".
David Fincher is a very individual director. Because of the terrible experience of "Alien 3", even if he is very interested in this movie project, he still chooses to give up without Ronan's promise.
"Yes." Ronan didn't let David Fincher wait too long, and quickly made a decision: "Director Fincher, you are responsible for the film from preparation to shooting to post-production, but I have a request, the edited version you submit , I must be satisfied before the filming and production of the film is complete."
Although David Fincher was not given the final editing rights, it was not much different.