Don't go too deep into the play.

Zhou Mulan felt that she was too deep in the play, and the witch or something was just a legend, and it couldn't be true.

Don't overthink it.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhou Mulan asked, "Now that the actors and funds are available, when will we start filming?"

"In a few days, get the camera and DV ready, and some witch material. Liu Pian rubbed her head, "There is one more thing, I want to go to the college to ask for leave, and it will be more than half a month to leave, and if I don't find a good reason, the college will deduct my credits." ”

"I don't have to worry about it. Zhou Mulan smiled slyly, "The academy encouraged us to make movies. ”

Liu Pian shrugged, "Who made me a student at the Conservatory?"

......

The next day, Liu Pian came to the Thornton Conservatory of Music and found Glinton.

Straight to the point, Liu Pian said directly, "I want to take a leave." ”

"How long?" Greenton asked, noting that it was common for students to take time off.

"Probably... Half a month. ”

"What?" said Glinton, frowning, "Why do you need to take such a long vacation?"

"I'm going to make a movie. Liu Pian apologized and said that it was indeed a bit unprofessional for a person from a conservatory to make a movie.

"Filming?Liu, you're not kidding, are you?" Greenton was surprised, "Why do you suddenly want to make a movie, do you know how to make it?"

"For the Campus Film Festival. Liu Pian said, "Don't forget, I'm a screenwriter, you've been in China for so long, you should know that I'm a screenwriter, "Eavesdropping" is my script, and I can also score movies." ”

Greenton nodded thoughtfully, "It turned out to be a campus film festival, I said how could you have the idea to make a movie on a whim." ”

"yes. ”

"Can you finish filming in half a month?"

"Small production, finished shooting. ”

"Okay. Greenton sighed helplessly, "I approved this fake for you, but the missing course, you will find a way to make up for it yourself when you come back." ”

"No problem. ”

"Looking forward to seeing your film at the festival. ”

"Welcome. Liu Pian smiled.

But don't be too scared to walk into the playback hall.

....

It's September 10th.

On this day, Liu Pian and others also went to Maryland to shoot a movie in the small town of Butzizville.

Los Angeles is in the western part of the United States, near the Pacific Ocean, while Maryland is in the eastern part of the United States, near the Atlantic Ocean. Going from Los Angeles to Maryland is almost very fast to the entire continental United States.

Among the people who went to the group this time, in addition to Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan, there were also three actors, Jesse, as well as a prop master and several assistants. These assistants are the people Zhou Mulan asked for from his father to help with daily life and some trivial matters.

This is the whole crew, it can't be more simple.

Because it's handheld photography, and it's in the first person, you don't even need a photographer, you don't need a gaffer or anything.

Everything is simple, closer to the "real".

But Zhou Mulan felt that this was a bit unreliable, and the three actors also felt that it was very unreliable, and the prop master who invited him also felt that this was a bit of a joke.

Isn't this person a little too little?

But thinking that this is just a pseudo-documentary after all, everyone has nothing to say. It's just a pseudo-documentary, why are the requirements so high?

It was evening when they arrived in Maryland, and after a day's rest, they came to a small city closest to the small town of Buzizville.

Here, Liu Pian and others spent a morning filming the foreplay.

The so-called foreplay is the plot of the three dead ghosts before they go to the town, including some foreshadowing, such as why the three of them went to the town to shoot a witch documentary.

In the original work, in order to complete the final homework, Liu Pian changed it and became three young actors who decided to shoot a documentary about witches in order to participate in the USC campus film festival.

There is also the preliminary preparation process for the three of them, such as preparing food, maps, tents, sleeping bags, shooting equipment and so on.

The three actors had only acted before, and had never filmed themselves, and Liu Pian also took some time to teach them how to use a video camera. After getting started, the three found it surprisingly simple.

It's simple just because you don't need to think about all kinds of lens art, you don't need to think about the sense of the lens.

Just record!

Keep a record of everything that happens!

In recent years, many of the anchors have been playing outdoor live broadcasts, and many of them are self-taught, so don't you just take a mobile phone and pat it?

But this is a movie after all, a pseudo-documentary, and it is still more difficult than outdoor live broadcast. Even if it's just a record, Liu Pian's requirements are very high. Don't waste time if you shouldn't shoot, and there are also problems such as shooting angles and so on.

It's scripted, and you can't mess around.

......

In the afternoon, the group headed to the small town of Butzizville.

There were three cars in total, one car for three actors, and two cars for the others.

During this journey, the actors also have a task to shoot a video of the driving according to the plot.

Because Liu Pian wanted to test the results, the car stopped, stopped and drove again, and when he arrived in the town, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

The group stopped by the side of the road in the town.

There are small undulating hills, with the town of Buzizville in front of it, but in front of everyone is a cemetery, large and small, densely packed with tombstones, and some statues, carved with angel-winged children.

A real cemetery, not props, not a set, or a cemetery for the dead in a small town.

The three of them copied the guy and began to record.

"This is Butzizville, a quiet town. Shalene stood in front of the camera, like a reporter explaining the history of the town, and it was Jesse who filmed her.

"200 years ago, less than 20 families lived here. ”

"Many of the dead were either buried on the hill or buried here, and oddly enough, many children were buried here, most of whom died in the 40s of the 20th century. ”

While the three were shooting, Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan were watching from the sidelines.

Zhou Mulan said, "It's really trouble-free, there is no need for a special photographer." ”

"But I still need a director like you!" Liu Pian said with a smile.

"I feel like I'm here to travel, and it doesn't make much of a difference, they just follow the script. ”

"At least you can correct their mistakes. ”

Zhou Mulan was speechless, she stepped aside, looked at the words on the tombstone, and muttered, "This... Died like a child..."

"Isn't it said in the lines? Most of the buried children here are children. Liu Pian was not surprised.

He had already checked the information before he came, and the strangeness of the cemetery in the small town of Buzizville was still well-known in the local area.

"Uh...."Zhou Mulan timidly glanced at the few people who were filming, "How do I feel that something is getting more and more wrong, as if we are not making a pseudo-documentary, but a real documentary.... These cemeteries, towns, legends, are all true!"

Zhou Mulan took a few steps back, looked at the tombstones from a distance, and no longer approached.

What distinguishes pseudo-documentaries from documentaries is the word "pseudo", which is fake, not true. But all this in front of him made Zhou Mulan feel a sense of confusion.

Is there truth in falsehood, and truth in falsehood?

"It's true. Liu Pian shrugged, "But legends are legends after all, and what we have to believe in is science." ”

Zhou Mulan looked at him with disdain, "It's still scientific, aren't you planning to make everyone believe this?"

Big liar!

Liu Pian smiled but did not speak.

Zhou Mulan said curiously, "Liu Pian, you say, what if we really photograph a witch?"

Liu Pian narrowed her eyes and deliberately threatened, "It's not Jesse and the three of them who are missing, we are all missing." ”

Zhou Mulan: "......"

"So that's why your girlfriend didn't come?" Zhou Mulan asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Xiao Min is afraid of these things, even if they don't exist, she doesn't want to come. Liu Pian smiled, "It's okay if she doesn't come, let's concentrate on studying in school." ”

Zhou Mulan rolled her eyes, "Why do you feel that you are deliberately cheating on me, as if I am willing to come to this place where birds don't." ”

"At least you're bold. ”

That's right. Zhou Mulan smiled smugly.

At this moment, the prop master took a look, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, what about the pseudo-documentary, how can it be so real?

He looked back at the two of them, "Are you sure you're making a movie, not a documentary?"

"It's a movie. Liu Pian nodded, "We've just added a little bit of mystery." ”

In the plot, the witch never showed up from beginning to end, so whether the disappearance of the three people was the witch's ghost or not, the ending did not give an answer, but through various foreshadowing and clues during the period, the audience can make up the results.

It was the wicked witch who did it.

The prop master nodded and walked to the front of the car to smoke. The three of Jesse filmed over and over again at Liu Pian's request, and it was not finished until Liu Pian was finally satisfied. Some of the pictures were taken by Liu Pian himself with the camera.

In this kind of pseudo-documentary, the actor also acts as the photographer's job. If it's a selfie, it's a do-it-yourself approach. But if it's not a selfie, it doesn't matter who the person carrying the camera is.

The camera can only shoot the front, not the person behind the camera. As long as Liu Pian doesn't squeak, it's OK to let the actors communicate.

After that, everyone went to the town, and tonight, they were going to spend time in the town.

Along the way, Jesse said in shock, "I really didn't expect that the town in the script is real, even the cemetery and other things are real, exactly like the description in the script!"

Shalene muttered, "It's so strange, how can so many children die, and they are concentrated in one era." ”

Cliffor was a little uncomfortable, "It's so real, I've never felt this way before when I made a movie, it was like a real experience." ”

The most important point is that their characters have no pseudonyms, they are all real names!

The three of them looked at Liu Pian, who was walking slowly in front of them, and a sense of fear rose in their hearts for no reason.

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