What is the movie "Dead Silence" about?

Director: Wen Shenghao

Screenwriter: Wen Shenghao, leigh whannell.

Starring: michael fairman, ryan kwanten, laura regan, donnie wahlberg, amber valletta and bob gunton.

Introduction:

Legend has it that in the1940s, a tragedy happened in a small American village called Ravensfair. A child was killed, and the villagers thought it was Mary Shaw, a local woman who made a living by performing ventriloquism with puppets. Angry villagers arrested Mary, cut off her tongue and threw her and her puppet into the fire. From then on, the lost puppets will appear in the village from time to time. Every time it appears, people will die and their tongues will be cut off. So the village left a legend: When you see Mary's puppet Belgium, don't scream.

Decades later, Jamie, who was far away from Ravensfair, found his new wife Lisa strangely dead in her apartment. When he returned to the village to deal with his wife's funeral, he suddenly remembered the story of puppet killing he heard when he was a child. Jamie decided to solve this mystery, and that dusty history of terror was uncovered again.

Silent is directed by Wen Shenghao, written by leigh whannell and written by donnie wahlberg? Amber valletta, ryan kwanten, michael fairman, bob gunton, laura regan, etc.

This film tells a tortured story, which comes from a long-dead ancestor who only exists in imagination and an ancient curse.

The film was released in the United States on March 6, 2007.

Creative background:

The story "Deadly Silence" belongs to James and Li Faming. Although they are all young, they are all popular because of a saw. This time, they once again teamed up to shoot "Dead Silence", still using the previous way of cooperation. * * * They think stories together. James was in charge of directing, then they thought about the whole story with Li, and finally Li finished the whole script independently. These two young people who have a soft spot for horror movies originally wanted to shoot a horror story about ventriloquist puppets. After communicating their initial ideas with the producers, they didn't know whether the producers really liked the story or took a fancy to their "money". Anyway, they promised to make this film and let them finish the script as soon as possible.

James and Lee stayed in the small house, thinking about how to frame the horror story into flesh and blood. They just want to scare themselves first, so they put what they think is the scariest scene into the script. For example, James woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly found someone staring at the corner, which was used in this script.

In the process of writing the story, the two also tried to distinguish the styles of movies and chainsaw series. This time, they decided to let the new film return to the traditional horror film style, similar to their favorite Italian horror film. They didn't rely on bloody scenes to scare people, but only relied on the carefully created atmosphere of the story to create this horror film. The target duo quickly wrote the script for delivery.

Shooting process:

The film Silence is a horror film. It was written by a director and screenwriter in Saw. It tells a tortured story, which comes from a long-dead ancestor who only exists in imagination and an ancient curse. In order to make this surreal horror story vivid, Wen Shenghao and leigh whannell need a group of creative and talented people to help realize the Gothic style of this film. They include artist Julie Degove and musician Charlie Clouser, who both worked for Saw, photographer John Lionetti, editor Michael Nu and fashion designer Dennis Chronan Berg.

In the view of director Wen Shenghao, it is a very lucky thing to be able to assemble such a group of excellent filmmakers: "I can make demands at will on the set, and there is nothing they can't do, such as' I want a little more Victorian style here, a little more red there, and a little darker here ...'"

When shooting, the most important part is how to show the evil power of the ventriloquist and ensure that her "language" can come out of the doll's mouth and is authentic. In order to prepare for his role, Judith Roberts deliberately intends to learn this time-honored art form: "When you perform ventriloquism with a doll, it's hard to keep your mouth shut. But the sound actually comes from the throat, and it is the second half of the throat ... it is too difficult, and I can only do it by stunts. "

Mary Shaw's terrible costumes were designed by artist Dave Anderson. In addition to three to four hours of makeup every day, her clothes are also very contemporary, which is very shocking in some close-ups. At the same time, the design team also requested to restore Mary Shaw's brilliant achievements during his lifetime-this paragraph is not in the script. This woman was a star on the stage before being misunderstood, so although she died, she still didn't want to take a curtain call.

As for more than 65,438+000 dolls in Mary Shaw, they were designed by director Wen Shenghao and artistic designer Julie Degoff, and later completed with the help of Dave Anderson. When discussing the shapes that these dolls should adopt, James Wendigov completely regards them as characters that will appear in the camera, with different personalities and different expressions. Take "Billy" as an example, it is the most important doll in the film: "Billy's eyes are huge, and the scariest thing about his face is the consistent expression." However, Billy's eyes can turn to the back of his head and stare at the person standing behind it. We give it a lot of real inner feelings and make it look like a real person. "The horrible and extremely realistic appearance made Billy play a more prominent role than a real actor. Degove added: "Billy is made of wood, which is made in the style of dolls in the 1940s. Eyes are made of glass and look like human eyes. " ?

Evaluation of works:

Dead Silence can be said to be the hottest horror film in 2007. In the early years of Crysis, hide-and-seek was 200 1, until the death, American movies converged on the usual disgusting scenes and began to pay attention to creating suspense in spirit and plot. "Dead Silence" is a hybrid, and hybrids are generally beautiful. This is a story about resentment and revenge, which is obviously Japanese style. Then, in dealing with the critical point, although the death is as bloody as ever, the focus has obviously shifted to the tracing of clues. All deaths are cannon fodder, and the audience's perspective is always on suspense itself. The ending of this movie is also considered as the best in horror movies. Suddenly presented an open ending, providing a stage for the sequel. It is really valuable in a low-cost horror family.