To Become You,or To Be Myself?

The film script " If I were you" tells the story of how a couple repair their broken marriage and find themselves back by soul switch.Xia Xiaomeng and Zhuang Sheng were both lawyers.A few years after marriage,Xia had unwanted pregnancy and abortion,which led to her unemployment.They were so weary that they sought for divorce but accidently they switched their soul.They were supposed to switch back after 24 hours,but unexpectedly,Xia’s body got pregnant.This time they chose to keep the baby and continue the vicarious life until giving birth.However,A divorce case represented by Xia messed up their life again and Xia almost lost Zhuang’s job.To cheer Zhuang up,Xia took her husband to watch a football game.They made it up and the baby arrived before his due date.The creative interpretation of the screenplay "If I were you" expounds the origin of the story,the characters,the structure and reflection on the work.It shows the dilemma of men and women in family and in the workplace and discusses whether we can understand the opposite sex.Xia Xiaomeng is at the center of the character relationship,highlighting the awakening of women’s self-consciousness and the spirit of resistance."If I were you" can be classified as a fantasy and family film,which adopts the three-stage structure of classic Hollywood movies.It tries to compromise the temperament of both a comedy and a serious realistic film.The reflection part sums up the difficulties and solutions in the process of writing,admitting that the shortcoming of this piece is the lack of understanding on lawyer profession.Also,there can be more cinematic expression.