A Critique Essay on the Film Script THE BEAUTY

• Main Authors: Chi-Chieh Han, 韓豈杰
• Other Authors: Daw-Ming Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8su72e

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 電影創作學系碩士班 === 104 === The plot of The Beauty involves an older model Chou Chia Li, who aspires to be a famous model. When she knows her best friend, a stalkerazzi, is stalking and taking pictures of Li Mui, an heir to a fortune, she immediately accosts him in order to be in the pictures and gain good publicity for herself. She never expected to make a good impression of herself on Li Mui. It makes her want to marry into money. But nothing comes out as was planned. Li Mui just regards her as a plaything. He hates material girls. His father divorces his mother because of this kind of girl which casts a shadow on his life. He takes revenge on his father by pretending to date Chia Li in order to revolt against his father, who wants Li Mui to marry a proper match. But Li Mui has felt unhappy during the few days. One day , he found Chia Li’s sad past. They opened their hearts gradually so they found out the scars in each other’s heart and they create sincere feeling toward each other. However, Chia Li’s best friend, a stalkerazzi, keeps shooting until he is discovered by Li Mui. He is very angry. Chia Li feels regret and she wants to try her best to make up for her mistakes. She shows her sincere apologizes to Li Mui. The theme of The Beauty is “honesty can get true love”. Hopefully, this screenplay would reflect the social meaning of such a theme in the age of mammonism. The background of the screenplay involves yellow journalism and the society’s adulation top models enjoyed. The genre of this film is romantic comedy. I will analyze and compare my script with two classical romantic comedies from Hollywood, Pretty Woman and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The structure of the screenplay is divided into three acts. The research method used for conducting research before writing this script is “ in-depth interview ” and “ literature review”. Last but not least, I also describe my process in creating this screenplay and my own assessment on the outcome.