Hollywood Director 1992

Sophia's shots were beautiful and exquisite, full of artistry.

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But this movie is a documentary, and the most important thing is authenticity.

Only authenticity can make the audience believe that the story in the movie is real, and only by believing it is real can they feel a sense of immersion and be thrilled.

However, Sophia's shots were too regular and exquisite, like a carefully dressed woman, beautiful but fake, and pretentious.

There was no authenticity at all.

"How is it? Don't be dazed, say something."

Sophia nudged his shoulder.

"What does this mean? Why are Renée and Matt looking at each other, why does it look so ambiguous?"

Link pointed at the screen.

"Aren't they young men and women? Isn't it normal to develop feelings for each other while traveling?"

Link's mouth twitched.

"What does this mean? Why does Ben's expression look so unhappy?"

"My idea is that Annie, the female lead, likes Mike, the male lead, and Charlie, the male second, secretly loves Annie. Mike and Charlie are good friends and don't want to see Charlie sad, so he doesn't accept Annie's advances and pretends not to know that Annie likes him."

"What a mess! This is a horror movie, not a romance movie. Who told you to insert emotional scenes, and the most cliché love triangle? What's the use of this kind of scene except to distract the audience?"

"I have to do this. The storyline of your script is too thin. The first few tens of minutes of the plot are just walking, chatting, or interviewing residents. It's too monotonous and has no drama. If you shoot it like this, no one will watch this movie."

Sophia said unyieldingly.

Link rubbed his forehead, "Your idea is right. Adding other elements will indeed increase the highlights of the movie. Many movies are handled this way, but it's not suitable for this movie.

The design of this movie is very simple. Three college students come to Wilton Town to explore the Blair Witch out of curiosity. This is a documentary. There are two keywords: one is authenticity, and the other is horror. Apart from these two points, nothing else is needed."

"Can acting also be unnecessary?"

"Yes, as long as the three of them can make the plot more thrilling during filming, they can act however they want. Everything serves the thrill, and all other minor details can be discarded."

"Are you making a Gokudo film?"

"Gokudo? Okay, I guess so."

Link wasn't sure if there was Gokudo-style film in the film industry, but Sophia's analogy was accurate.

"Sophia, there's one thing you need to understand. We're making an experimental film, not a classic art film or a commercial blockbuster.

So, you don't need to think too complicatedly when shooting, and don't add too much meaning, ideals, or goals to this movie.

A movie of this cost can't support too many things. Forcing too much will only make the movie collapse and make you collapse during filming."

"Okay, whatever you say. My original plan was to be your assistant on the set, but you wanted me to be the director. Since you think my filming is not good, then you do it yourself, and I'll see what you can film."

"It's not that I think what you filmed is not good, but that it's not suitable for this movie.

The target audience of this movie is teenagers in their teens and twenties who are more curious and like fast food, and middle-aged and elderly people who like supernatural stories and don't have high appreciation levels.

Rather than highly educated and highly intelligent social elites, most of these people are materialists and don't believe in witch rumors. Even if it's filmed well, they won't take a look.

The different target audiences of the movie also determine that what we film cannot be too profound. They can't understand things that are too profound, which is equivalent to dancing ballet for the blind, understand?"

Link said patiently.

"Is this also the reason why my dad's 'The Godfather' didn't do as well at the box office as 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,' 'Jaws,' and 'Home Alone'?"

Sophia thought for a while and asked.

"That's right, it's the same principle."

"Okay, let's shoot according to the script you wrote, but the threshold for your movie is too low. I don't think those people will be fooled into the cinema anymore."

"Who knows?"

Link shrugged, said nothing more, took Sophia back to the set, found Renée Zellweger, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck, and told them that there were problems with the previous filming and that it needed to be reshot.

However, it wasn't a complete overhaul. In the plot Sophia filmed, there were also some qualified shots.

These types don't need to be reshot.

"Shoot it again?"

After hearing Link's request, Ben Affleck didn't have any opinions in person, but muttered to Matt Damon in private.

"I feel like this movie is going to be a disaster."

"Why?"

Matt Damon flipped through the script on the chair. The script Sophia gave before was scrapped. According to the original script, they needed to memorize the lines again.

"I've been in Hollywood for more than a year, and I've never heard of any crew reshooting a movie from beginning to end after it's been completed. This is filmmaking, not playing a game. If the first round fails, then come for the second round. If Link does it like this, it would be weird if this movie doesn't lose money."

Without error, the first one is issued, the first one is inside, one is contained, one is in one, look!

"Then you're just making a fuss about nothing."

Renée Zellweger interjected.

"You've only been in Hollywood for half a year, have you seen many crews filming a movie back and forth several times?"

Ben Affleck curled his lips, not very convinced by Renée.

Renée Zellweger smiled slightly, hooked a strand of hair behind her ear, and glanced at Link, who was busy in front of the camera, "Guess how many times 'Paranormal Activity' was filmed?"

"Hmm? Wasn't it just once?"

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck asked in surprise.

Suddenly, they remembered that Renée Zellweger was the female supporting role in "Paranormal Activity" and knew a lot about the inside story of that movie.

"Of course, it wasn't just once. The male lead in the first version was Link. I heard that the 'Paranormal Activity' released in Asian regions used the first version."

Renée Zellweger smiled.

"Link was the male lead in the first version, and Jeremy Northam was the male lead in the second version, so 'Paranormal Activity' was filmed twice?"

Ben Affleck asked.

"No, according to my observation, it should be three times. This movie has three versions."

"Three versions?!"

"A movie filmed three times?"

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were so surprised that they almost shouted.

"A movie filmed three times? Is Link filming a movie or doing an experiment? Which experiment has the best results, which one to use?"

Ben complained.

"Link publicly stated before filming 'Paranormal Activity' that this was an experimental film used to practice and explore audience preferences. Since it's an experimental film, it's normal to film it two or three times."

Renée Zellweger said.

"Is that how movies are filmed?"

Ben Affleck's eyes lit up as he listened, deeply touched.