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"No problem." Simon nodded readily this time, and added: "But don't forget, it's less than 300 million dollars."

"I promise."

At this time, Girl A connected the iRec that Paul Greengrass had just provided, and closed the automatic curtains in the study. The surrounding environment quickly darkened, and the projection screen on the east wall also slowly fell.

After finishing all this, received a signal from Simon, girl A was operating a laptop in front of her, and a sample shot appeared on the screen soon.

Paul Greengrass filmed a lot of material, and under his guidance, Girl A only played a few key passages, mainly involving the framing of some important plots in the film.

After reading it, Simon was very satisfied.

Still compared to the original version, the team had to pay too much attention to the framing of the scene.Coupled with the resource support of Daenerys Entertainment, the details have been done to the greatest extent without omission.

Like the seasons.

The reason for choosing the southern states rather than the northern ones is to take into account the elements of the seasons.

If you choose to be in the north, although there is no shortage of evergreen coniferous forests, but once it snows during the next filming period, it will definitely be a disaster for the filming of this film.

As for California, it is very close to Los Angeles, and has a Mediterranean climate. The seasons are like spring, which seems to be the best, but it lacks the bleakness and silence that winter should have.

In this regard, several states in the south of the subtropical climate area are just right.

It will neither be too exuberant like Los Angeles, nor too withered like the north, and the extreme winter climate that may be encountered at any time.

If these are not considered, or if you make do with it to save trouble, the effect will definitely be unsatisfactory.

Having been immersed in the film and television industry for two lifetimes, Simon can deeply feel that the quality of a movie has nothing to do with the ability of the filmmaker, but has a lot to do with whether the filmmaker puts his heart into it.As long as the creators put in enough energy and do their best within their abilities, the quality of their works will not be too bad.

After watching the samples taken by iRec and discussing them again, the curtains were drawn back and the room was bright again.

Simon also opened a memo in his hand, and said to everyone: "Then, let's talk about some details of the plot."

The memo in his hand is some records that Simon made after reading the first draft of the script provided by the team. He glanced down and said, "First, about the sacrificial array placed by the witch, if it is shown to the audience without reference, the effect will be It’s not clear enough, by the way, didn’t you say that you have collected a lot of information related to witches?”

Everyone nodded, and the young female screenwriter Annika Settle, who had light hair and delicate face, took out a thick folder from her satchel and wanted to hand it to Simon.

Simon waved his hand slightly to refuse, and said: "I don't need to look at it, what I mean is, you can use these materials to make a prop, such as a name. When a group of people see the sacrificial law in the forest, they can take it out on the spot as a comparison. This one will give the audience a more real feel."

In the new version of the script, several protagonists discover in the dense forest the witch's sacrificial formation made of stones, wood and dead bones, which becomes a turning point in the film.

In the setting, the function of this formation is to curse those who step into it, they will continue to encounter bad luck within three days, and eventually die.

The beginning of the story was originally an adventure made by five young men and women on the grounds of exploring witches. It was more of a playful nature, and they didn’t think they would really encounter any witches. Therefore, among the five people, two boys, and Catherine Mourning Playing the role of a carefree tomboy, they stepped into the formation together and took pictures to commemorate it.

The roles played by Amy Acker and Rachel McAdams did not step in, and it eventually brought different results.

Simon is the creator of the story, and the role of this suggestion is also obvious, and everyone will settle after a short discussion.

Immediately afterwards, Simon added: "Also, regarding death, Jessica, played by Mourning, was the first to die because she fell into the trap with wooden thorns set up by the hunter. In the interview with the residents, an old man reminded the explorers to pay attention to the traps left by the hunters in the early years, but such an important turning point requires the discovery of some practical props, such as rusty traps."

Obviously, no one will disagree with this point.

Simon didn't waste time, and continued quickly: "Finally, regarding the death, whether it is Jessica or the two boys who accidentally drowned in the vortex of the stream, there is no need to give too much description, because this is a pseudo-documentary, a normal People, when their companions are in danger, it is impossible to have too much mood to shoot images, isn’t it? Therefore, the details of this part in the script need to be cut.”

Annika Settle, the screenwriter, raised her hand slightly, and said after being signaled by Simon with a smile: “Mr. The image of Woodthorn's cash dying is very powerful, and I think it should be kept."

Simon nodded: "Yes, but don't give too many close-ups."

Paul Greengrass also put forward his own opinion: "Perhaps Brigitte can be scared that the camera will fall the moment the camera is aimed at the pit, and then cut out. Everyone has restrained Jessica's body."

Jerry Bruckheimer also said at this time: "If the falling shaking shots are good, some of them should be cut in. I have seen some shots in Paul's filming. The shaking can arouse the emotions of the audience."

Paul Greengrass was also reminded: "Then take this shot a few more times, there must be good material."

Simon smiled and agreed: "Then remember to bring more iRecs, anyway Tinkber will provide them as many as you want."

Everyone laughed.

Simon quickly moved on to the next topic. This time, he glanced at Amy Acker and Rachel McAdams who had been obediently sitting in the corner as vases. In fact, they also understood that Lena brought the two girls here because of He showed his face in front of him so that he could be remembered: "There is also a small detail. Regarding the scene where Keira, who was finally selected, walks naked to the witches late at night, I think it is best to find a substitute."

When Lina heard this, she immediately said, "Simon, Rachel is fine, and it's just a vague back view, not showing at all."

Rachel McAdams, who was slightly mentioned by a big man, also nodded in agreement, and smiled shyly, pretending to be embarrassed, and bowed her head slightly.

However, everyone obviously wanted to go wrong.

Simon shook his head with a smile, and said, "I don't mean this, I mean..." Simon said, and directly pulled out a sketch of the scene from the folder in front of him: "It's probably like this."

Everyone looked at the past together.

The painter obviously has a lot of skills. Although the brush strokes are sloppy, everyone can still easily see that in the picture is the back of a naked woman shuttling through the night forest, walking towards a group of vaguely floating in the air around the fire Dancing witch.

This is actually a sub-shot made by Simon referring to a scene in which Hollywood actress Anya Taylor-Joy participated in the memory.In that movie, the heroine played by Anya ended up going naked to the witch after all her family members died in this way, officially depraved.

In the new version, Keira played by Rachel McAdams, Simon gave the same ending, and has since disappeared completely. No one knows whether she became a member of the witches or was made a sacrifice by the witches.

In addition, the classic horror image of the witch floating in the air in that movie was also introduced by Simon into this new one.

After tracking and filming Keira walking towards the witch, she did not dare to continue because of fear. The final Amy Acker played the last Brigitte. , in the screams announcing the end of the film, and even in the flashback report at the beginning, Brigitte was also not found.

Five people, all missing, no one alive, no dead body.

But at this moment, everyone looked at the lens sketch in Simon's hand and was a little puzzled.

Is there anything wrong with this?

Finally, Bruckheimer probed: "Simon, you mean, you need a girl with, um, a better figure?"

After Jerry Bruckheimer said this, everyone looked at the draft shot again, and immediately discovered the crux of the matter. The woman in the picture... indeed, has a very straight man's feeling even with a few strokes. The perfect alluring funnel shape.

Could it be this?

Immediately, amid everyone's doubts, Simon said firmly: "Yes, I need a girl with a better figure." After he paused for a while, he explained: "We can't deny that this is a very weird but tempting girl." Even, in the future, many viewers will buy tickets for this scene and watch it repeatedly, and even buy the video tape as a collection. There is nothing embarrassing about it. Blood and sex are the eternal themes in commercial films. We will not These two aspects are too prominent, but a small amount of elements, such as Jessica's death, and Keira's departure, I hope to do the best."

Now, everyone has nothing to say.

Rachel McAdams, who was sitting on the periphery, even felt a little inferior after hearing Simon's words. She really didn't have such a good figure, and even, frankly speaking, her figure was a bit straight, even if her waist was tied, the key is, the upper and lower It can't reach the alluring arc in the picture.

But, what is this? !

It has always been only actors who want to find substitutes, and the producers have tried a lot of tricks to persuade them to take off their clothes. Now, the actors themselves are willing, but they are rejected by the producers.She is still a young girl, don't you want to lose face?

Chapter 1219 The speed is too fast

What Rachel McAdams didn't expect was that not only would she never get her face back, but she and Amy Acker were also quickly kicked out of the office.

Well, not really deportation, of course.

Someone also deliberately explained that it was necessary to discuss how to help them brew their emotions during the filming process, so it was not suitable to listen in, otherwise it would not be effective, and at the same time guaranteed that the measures taken would definitely not be dangerous.

The previous "The Blair Witch", although it looked rough, the production team still put a lot of thought into the filming process, such as the performance of the actors.In order for the actors to truly fall into an emotional state of collapse, the team directly threw several leading actors in the dense forest for several days and nights to play on their own, and finally brought the film at least a very high standard in performance, and even the final heroine A classic shot of a monologue to the camera.

It is conceivable that if the actors in "The Blair Witch" are as exaggerated as the silicone breast vases in many low-quality B-movies, there will be no accidental explosions in the film.

For the new version of "The Blair Witch", Simon's requirements must be higher.

However, the means of stimulating the emotions of the actors are actually nothing less than those, creating isolation, wantonly criticizing, and even deliberately promoting the confrontation between the opposing actors, and so on.

Let's talk about the new version of "The Blair Witch". The atmosphere at the beginning of the story is very relaxed, which is not a problem for young actors and actresses who have a solid foundation in acting.

The key is the second half.

The further back, the more actors need to walk on the verge of collapse, or even truly collapse.After all, the protagonists are young, even if they are talented, it is difficult to build up their own emotions after all, so the production team needs to use some unconventional methods.

After some discussion, the method of determination is not new.

During the shooting process, especially in the second half, try to minimize the contact with the actors, so that the actors feel isolated and helpless, and they have to live in a tent alone every day to keep the distance, and absolutely cannot give any items that may be used to pass the time at night , can only be boring and stiff.

In addition, it is necessary to reduce the sleep time of the actors, organize to watch horror movies, and even not provide too much food and water to create a real state of distress and anxiety.

Do all of this and the film can't be too bad.

Then again, why many actors have all kinds of mental problems, a large reason is such a toss, just like Heath Ledger who died young, in order to play a good clown, really Pushed himself to the verge of a near-crazy breakdown.Of course, some talents are good, but then they will only frown or growl or growl. Except, this will not have any other negative effects except that the face is more and more squared because of frequent grinning.

The last problem is publicity.

The new version of "The Blair Witch" is expected to start filming in early November, wrap up in mid-December, participate in the Sundance Film Festival in mid-January, and be released in early February, just in time for the subsequent Valentine's Day schedule. Calculated, it will only take three months from the start of filming to the release Time, so it needs to be announced while making.

The plan is actually ready-made.

viral marketing.

After a little discussion, the plan was quickly finalized.

In mid-December, when the film is finished and enters post-production, the official website of "The Blair Witch" will be launched, and it will be promoted with the help of the network resources of the Westeros system.

The website will be very real, such as the missing person notices of five missing college students, various legends about the Blair Witch, and even a small number of "leaked" video clips, and so on.Then properly guide some public opinion and quickly spread the topic.

Afterwards, when the heat started to stir up, it was different from the fact that many people thought it was a real incident until the film was released. This time, Daenerys Entertainment will promptly clarify that the whole incident is just a marketing plan for a film, so as to eliminate some potential lawsuits in advance. Risk, and officially announced Daenerys' second mockumentary film project after "Ghost Story".

Coupled with the subsequent Sundance premiere and a complete set of marketing combinations, it is estimated that not many people wonder if this movie is not.

Then, it will be released in February. Apart from the popularity accumulated in the early stage and some luck, it still depends more on the quality.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and it was already past 11 o'clock when it ended.

Simon didn't intend to keep anyone for dinner.

Everyone got up to say goodbye, and the others went out first. Lena Kane slowed down, and when everyone left, she threw herself into Simon's arms like a bird returning home, hugged the man with her arms around the waist and raised her face in anticipation Said: "Simon, can I stay today?"

Simon held Lena's slender waist in his arms, shook his head and said, "Not this time."

Lena immediately added: "You can also add Rachel and Amy, the three of us."

Simon raised his hand and patted the buttocks of the cunning little manager, and said with a smile, "Go back, I'll please you if you finish the project well. Just like this time, the screenwriter you found is very good."

Lina blinked again: "Well, it's okay to add Annika, four."

Then got another hit.

Lina knew that there was no play this time, so her tone was a little more serious, and she explained: "Anika is an alumnus of mine at USC, one year older than me. We were good friends before. She used to work at Warner. I just let her try to write it, but I didn't expect you to like it, Simon."

Simon smiled: "If you can think of it, your friends will not be too bad."

Still divided into groups.

After pestering and talking for a while, Lina reluctantly bid farewell.

Simon can judge whether this ambitious little elf is more coquettish with him or intentionally, but he will not expose it. When he went out with Lena, everyone was still waiting. When the group arrived in the morning, they didn't show up because they didn't get up. Ulyana Meretskova from the show also showed up at this time to see off the guests with Simon.

Before Lena Kane came, she thought she could stay today. After all, with two vases and even Annika, the four girls together can always make someone's heart flutter, right?

This is a man's preference.

However, when she first arrived in the morning and saw Maria, Lena felt that her thoughts were a little suspended. When she left and saw Ulyana, who was even more stunning in terms of appearance, figure and makeup, she completely lost any thoughts.

If Maria's appearance and temperament belong to the kind that people can't help but get close to, Ulyana, the flawless face of an Eastern European woman combined with a perfect and plump figure, coupled with the graceful aura cultivated by her previous family background, is definitely the kind that makes most people A woman feels ashamed at a glance.

Even though Lina didn't think that she could occupy a place next to a certain man by virtue of her appearance and body, she still felt a little inferior when she saw two stunning women in a row. Everyone finally said goodbye and got in the car until they left the manor. , she barely gave birth to a small idea of ​​self-comfort.

I am young!

On the way back to the city, the person sitting next to Lena was not Rachel McAdams or Amy Acker, but the light-haired "Blair Witch" screenwriter Annika Settle.

Indeed, people are divided into groups.

Although they have different majors and different grades, the two met not long after Lina entered the school. They were equally outstanding and ambitious, and they quickly became good friends.

Annika graduated from USC a year earlier, was directly admitted by Warner Bros., and became a staff member in the script procurement department of Warner Bros.

The reason why she did not choose Daenerys, who is hot in Hollywood, is not because Annika is not strong enough, but because the girl is deliberate. The main reason is that Daenerys's internal competition is too fierce, and Warner, who is firmly ranked second in Hollywood, has continued to compete in recent years. Turmoil, on the contrary, can give newcomers a chance to stand out.

Annika's judgment was indeed correct.

After only two years in the Warner Bros. script acquisition department, Annika got a promotion for helping to select a low-budget blockbuster and received further attention from Warner Bros. executives, who had already talked to her and planned to transfer her to To the more core production department.

Around the same time, her good friend Lena Kane approached her and said that there was a script for a low-budget horror film project that she could try to write, and the idea came from Simon Westeros.

Annika made her choice without hesitation.

Even if she is confident enough in her abilities, under normal circumstances, Annika knows that she will have to work for at least another five years before she can get the chance to get in touch with the senior management of Time Warner and even the higher-level parent company General Electric.

Now, a fool would give up when there was a direct chance to relate to Simon Westeros.

Annika worked during the day, stayed up for three consecutive nights after get off work, and quickly came up with a sample script. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a writing major, and she has never let go of her skills. The sample script was sent to New World Pictures by Lina There, he was hired quickly and was determined to be the screenwriter of "The Blair Witch", assisting Paul Greengrass to write the script together.

Annika immediately resigned from Warner decisively to focus on this project.

A few days ago, Annika and Paul Greengrass traveled non-stop across several southern states with a small team of few people in order to observe the scenery.It can be said that Annika has contributed a lot to the smooth progress of the project.

This is also the reason why he was allowed to come and see Simon today.

inside the carriage.

When the car left the manor, Annika let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at Lina beside her: "How did I behave in the morning?"