Name: 侏儸紀公園-以主旨塑造角色 (Jurassic Park-Using Theme to Craft Character)
Uploaded: 2019-08-22T23:18:46.000Z
Duration: 11 min 34 s

For a kid growing up in the 90s, Jurassic Park was everything.

對於在90年代成長的孩子而言， 《侏羅紀公園〉就是一切。

It's hard to imagine anything cooler than a dinosaur,

很難想像會有什麼比恐龍還要酷

and this film brought dinosaurs to life in a way never before possible.

而這部電影以一種前所未見的方式，讓恐龍活過來

But as time has shown, simply including dinosaurs is not enough to make a movie good…

但時間也顯示了，電影不會只因為有恐龍就變得好看

…and in revisiting the film as an adult,

it's clear that one of the most impressive aspects of Jurassic Park is its screenplay.

很明顯地，《侏羅紀公園》最令人印象深刻的特質之一，是劇本。

While the film is filled with exciting action sequences and amazing visual effects,

雖然這部電影充滿了刺激的動作場景和驚人的視覺效果，

it is also populated by interesting characters

who are used to explore an important, modern theme.

被用以探索一個重要、現代的議題。

So today I want to examine how the theme's origins inspired the creation

所以今天我想檢視如何透過主軸的發想而

of two very specific central characters…

To look at how both the plot and supporting characters challenge their beliefs…

來看看劇情和配角如何共同挑戰他們的信念

And dissect how every single choice made by the writers fed the theme

並剖析劇作者的每個選擇如何灌注在主題中

until it became a full-grown, unstoppable monster.

直到它成為一個成熟、勢不可擋的怪物。

In the early 1980's, author Michael Crichton was working on a script

about a graduate student using technology to recreate a dinosaur.

在80年代早期，作家Michael Crichton 正在編寫一個腳本

As he was writing, Crichton arrived at a problem, explaining:

是關於一位研究生使用科技重現恐龍。

“This kind of research is tremendously expensive.”

當他寫作的時候，Crichton遇到了一個問題，他解釋：

“And the question arises: who will pay for it?”

“The only thing that I could think of was that it would come from a desire for entertainment.”

So the idea of a dinosaur theme park became the foundation of Crichton's premise,

「我唯一能想到的是，這可能來自娛樂的渴望。」

and buried inside this premise he found what would become the DNA of the story—its theme.

所以恐龍主題樂園成了Crichton的預設基礎，

In his book, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story,

在這個前提下，他找到了故事的DNA： 它的主題。

John Yorke discusses the importance of theme:

在《走入森林：進入故事的五幕旅程》中，

“A theory is posited, an argument explored and a conclusion reached.”

作者John Yorke討論了主題的重要性：

“That, in a nutshell, is what theme is.”

「人們假定出一個理論，探索一個論點 並得到結論。」

“Theme, on the other hand, is an active exploration of an idea,

「另一方面，主題則是主動探索一個想法，

Is it a good idea to bring back dangerous, extinct creatures?

Just because we have the technology to do something, does it mean that we should?

重現出危險的滅絕生物，是否是個好主意呢？

And, more broadly, is everything we call “progress” actually progress?

只不過是有那樣的技術，是否意味著我們就應該去做？

更廣泛地說，我們稱之為「進步」的一切 是否是實際進步呢？

but Michael Crichton didn't think the question had a simple answer.

這就是《侏羅紀公園》的主題，

So he and screenwriter David Koepp used the theme as a blueprint

但Michael Crichton並不認為這個問題有簡單的答案。

for creating two characters with opposing viewpoints.

所以他和編劇David Koepp以這主題作為藍圖

When we first meet Dr. Alan Grant, he is anti-progress in two distinct ways.

當我們第一次見到艾倫格蘭特博士時， 他以兩種明顯的方式反對進步

We see that Grant is completely mistrusting of technology.

我們看到格蘭特完全不信任科技。

“He touched it. Dr. Grant is not machine compatible.”

「他碰了它。格蘭特博士與機器不相容。」

We also see that he is not compatible with a more symbolic representation of the future.

我們也看到他和未來象徵的代表不太相容

「他攻擊你這裡......或這裡。」

“You are alive when they start to eat you.”

Grant doesn't like kids and doesn't want to have them.

「當他們開始吃你的時候，你還活著。」

格蘭特不喜歡孩子，也不想要擁有他們。

「我的意思是，孩子有什麼不好？」

They're noisy, they're messy, they're expensive.”

他們很吵，他們很亂，而且很貴。」

Throughout the first act we see examples of Grant's dislike of children

and his contentious relationship with technology again…

在第一幕中，我們看到格蘭特不喜歡孩子的一些例子

再次看到他與科技不和睦的關係

Grant clearly represents the anti-progress side of the theme,

but soon, someone with an opposing viewpoint comes barging into his world…

格蘭特明確代表了主題中反進步的一面，

但很快地，和他看法相左的人闖入了他的世界......

Hammond is so pro-technology and progress,

he doesn't even consider that genetically engineering dinosaurs might be dangerous.

哈蒙德是如此支持科技和進步，

他甚至不曾考慮基因工程造出的恐龍可能很危險。

When a worker is killed by a velociraptor,

Hammond's only concern is that it might delay the park's opening.

In fact, Hammond's favorite catchphrase…

哈蒙德唯一擔心的是公園可能因此延後開幕

事實上，哈蒙德最喜歡的口頭禪......

…is an expression of this mindset: forward at all costs.

“How could we stand in the light of discovery and not act?”

......即表達了這種心態：不顧一切向前。

The first act of Jurassic Park establishes Grant and Hammond's opposing takes

「我們怎麼能有所發現卻不行動呢？」

《侏羅紀公園》的第一幕確立了格蘭特和哈蒙德

But just having characters embody different perspectives isn't enough.

To truly explore a theme, you must find ways of testing the characters' beliefs.

但只是讓角色體現不同的觀點是不夠的。

In act two, the screenplays Grant and Hammond up,

要真正探索主題，就必須找到方法測試角色的信念。

putting an entire island and a 10,000 volt fence between them.

在第二幕，劇本將格蘭特和哈蒙德 分開，

This separation allows each of them to encounter situations

在他們之間相隔整座島嶼，和一萬伏特的高壓電柵欄。

uniquely designed to attack their beliefs.

這種分隔讓他們得以各自遭遇不同情境

都是特別設計來攻擊他們的信念。

Grant is suddenly forced to get along without the help of any technology…

格蘭特突然被迫在沒有科技幫忙下處理一切

“You didn't touch anything. We've stopped.”

…while at the same time finding himself responsible for the lives of Hammond's grandchildren.

「你沒碰任何東西。我們自己停下來了。」

......同時發現自己得對哈蒙德孫兒的生存負起責任。

“But that's not what I'm going to do.”

every single moment in Grant's story is about one of these two things.

格蘭特故事的每一刻，都是關於這兩者之一

Eventually, Grant even acknowledges that he has been resisting progress in his own life,

最終，格蘭特甚至承認了他一直在生活中抵抗著進步，

“What are you gonna do now if you don't have to pick up dinosaur bones any more?”

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