Post-shadow Development Plan

And Qiye's selection criteria are also very simple. Characters with changing character curves are the core of the movie, and the others are tool people.

This is the simplest and most acceptable script arrangement for the audience.

Of course, in this way, it's not just the dragon suits, but also all the servants and most of the masters are included in the ranks of tool people.

And there are only three characters left, Emiya Kiritsugu, Kotomine Kirei, and Weber Velvet.

The role curve theory was proposed by KMWweiland in "Role Curve", which has not yet been published.

Therefore, when Qiye was explaining to Lao Xu, he had to teach him the concept of character curves first.

Fortunately, although the theoretical knowledge of the character curve has not been summarized, the screenwriting community already has similar related concepts, so Lao Xu understood it very quickly.

After listening to Qiye's explanation, Xu Yuanxuan nodded with a sudden realization: "It really deserves to be a great director who can make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. The concept that was originally vague immediately became clear."

"It's okay, I also read a lot of books on Hollywood scripts."

Qiye didn't want to take credit for this kind of theoretical stuff.

After all, the circle of academia is too small, and Qiye can't even take credit for being proud, and it is easy to be exposed by others.

And although Qiye is very proficient in applying this theory, if he really needs to retell the complete theory, forget it.

Qiye returned to his seat, with a dry mouth, he picked up the teacup and drank two mouthfuls of cold green tea to moisten his throat.

Urobuchi Gen picked up a marker and wrote two strokes on the whiteboard: "Then according to Kiryu-san, Weber Velvet is the most traditional positive character curve, right?"

Webber is a very typical adventure story protagonist, from a rash and overconfident kid to a reliable man in the Holy Grail War.

"Yes, Mine Kirei is a negative character curve." Nanaya nodded, "From a good son and a good apprentice, he finally degenerated into a character who killed his teacher and completely blackened him."

Unlike usually the main character in the story who ends up becoming a [better person], a character like Kotomine Kirei usually starts the story as a perfect person.

In technical terms, someone who has learned or known [the facts].

Then, such a character takes a completely different path from the protagonist as the story develops.

The main characters go up, they learn the truth from [lie].

And characters like Ma Po will go down with the development of the story. They believe [lies] in [facts] and become imperfect.

More importantly, such characters often become the protagonist's ultimate antagonist.

The most typical is Sasuke and Naruto in Naruto (before Shippuden).

In the movie, the more classic ones are Thor and Loki in "Thor 1", and the double-faced Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight".

Such characters often have their own unique charm, as long as their plots are convincing, they will burst into extremely high popularity.

"So, Lao Xu, you must be careful when dealing with Kotomine Kirei's plot, he might become a popular character in fz's story."

"Hmm... I probably understand."

Gen Urobuchi nodded thoughtfully, "Then what about Emiya Kiritsugu? I didn't see his character curve..."

Except for the last short plot, Gen Urobuchi found that Emiya Kiritsugu's role has almost no ups and downs, and there is no turning point.

In fact, even at the end of the plot, Emiya Kiritsugu did not change.

After learning that the Holy Grail could not fulfill his wish, Emiya Kiritsugu made the decision to destroy the Holy Grail.

But this move did not change the essence of the character, Kiritsugu just changed his view of the Holy Grail.

This still righteous person made a decision in line with other people's design.

The old god Qiye said: "Old Xu, such a character is a flat character curve. They are the same from the beginning to the end of the story."

"Will anyone watch such a character?" Lao Xu asked curiously, "Didn't you say, Kiryu-san, that only characters with strong curve changes and persuasiveness can be remembered by the audience?"

"Yes, so most commercial films will not adopt this character curve model, because the characters are difficult to shine, and if they are not used well, the film and the characters will become mediocre."

Qiye nodded: "But there is also a corresponding way to deal with it. We need to change the environment around the character."

Looking at the dense notes written by the two people's notes, Qiye paused for a second, and then explained seriously.

"Usually there are two general approaches to characters like this in movies and stories.

"One is to use the value of the character to change the people or things around him, for example, "Forrest Gump" and "Shawshank Redemption" both use this method.

"It is more appropriate for the protagonist to change the people around him through his own abilities, or save the people around him."

The old man made it clear: "Like the male protagonist in Kiryu-san's "Goblin Slayer"?"

"Yes."

Lao Xu asked curiously: "Then what about the other one?"

"That is to throw the protagonist into an environment full of [lies], or to take away little by little what the protagonist knows."

Nanaya smiled and said: "Since he was a child, Kiritsugu has been losing people around him, his childhood sweetheart, his father, the teacher he regarded as his mother, as well as his beloved wife and his dearest wife in the Holy Grail War. close assistant."

Speaking of which, Qiye's expression became a little strange, as if he was enduring something.

"Under such circumstances, Kiritsugu can only pursue the Holy Grail, because this is not only his last hope, but also the meaning of his participation in the war."

"And yet that's the biggest lie in the whole story, the Holy Grail was never a good thing.

"On the contrary, in a sense the Holy Grail is Kiritsugu's greatest enemy.