"Movie Horror" and "This Man is from Earth" are almost the same single-scene movies, Kitai has no exterior locations, and a limited number of scenes are completed in the studio, toilets, police stations, hospitals, offices, and even the car chase scene is completed in the studio.

It's just that Dr. Gordon's home is not easy to run, it is a well-known doctor, the villa of the middle-class family, the layout and design must conform to the reality, all the sets cost a lot of money, in fact, David's family and Lively family meet the requirements, but they are not happy to use their home as a murder scene, there is no way, they have to rent a villa for half a month as a filming location.

The good news is that the owner of the house is a horror movie lover, and the best murderer is a horror and bloody scene, not only does he not mind making the house bloody, but he also takes the initiative to play a role, and he doesn't need money, he plays the unlucky ghost who wears through the barbed wire.

In fact, the real good news is that "This Man is from Earth" has set a release date, August 1, still within the summer, for a small adult movie, it is a very high courtesy and schedule, although only 100 theaters are released, or in art theaters, but this is enough to make many works made by twenty or thirty million American knives envious, but such a small work, it is impossible to do a premiere.

Mark asked the artist to make two promotional posters, one is John standing on the earth, surrounded by a holy light, and the other is the head of a protagonist, with a starry sky map behind him and the earth below, which is very sci-fi, and their promotional title is: "A sci-fi film like no other!" and the other is: "The story of a man who has lived for 14,000 years." ”

On the day of the premiere, they also organized the whole crew to watch it on holiday, the movie tickets were paid for by Mark, and the popcorn and soda were brought by themselves.

Blake comforted Mark: "This Man Is From Earth is a good movie, at least you don't have to worry about hitting the streets." ”

Mark smiled bitterly: "Where can the production cost of 20,000 yuan be lost, and who dares to say that the loss of 20,000 yuan for playing movies is lost?"

Kills people, misinformation kills people, who said that the box office of "This Man is from Earth" broke 100 million? It is estimated that it is unlikely to break 1 million, but one thing is certain, this movie will not lose money, and it will be ironclad and profitable.

However, Mark found that the attendance rate in the theater was 30%, and after only more than ten minutes, a few people scolded and left, and they scolded: "Damn! A group of SBs are bragging about the movie, wasting Lao Tzu's seven beautiful knives, and making the director who killed that day lose money!"

Mark hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to be discovered by these shouting and shouting killing, but the rest of the people stayed until the end.

Mark asked Heath Ledger, who was watching with him, "What do you think?" ”

Heath is a tall and handsome blonde handsome guy, twenty-three years old this year, but he has seven or eight years of acting experience, he has been down-and-out in the scenery, and he is used to seeing the cold and warm in the circle, he smiled: "The idea is good, the story is well told, man, you should be proud of it, you made a movie with 20,000 yuan, and you have walked ahead of many people." ”

The people around him were also comforting Mark, obviously afraid that he would be upset.

Jack and the others went back to shoot the next day, and Mark didn't dare to expect too much from the box office of the movie, only to expect his beer, hoping that his good beer would bring him popularity and give him a foothold in Hollywood.

The main scene of "Chainsaw" is set in a small space toilet, the props are scarce, handsaws, photos, cigarettes, bullets and other items, the handsaw is broken, the photo is discarded, the cigarette is poisoned, and the bullet is fired, which is a small scene to complete the characterization.

"Chainsaw" is a horror film wrapped in a theme, and because of the existence of this theme, the movie is bright and bright, with a suspicious classic flavor, this theme is: people live to be grateful for God's gifts, we live in peace, when the smoke of gunpowder is replaced by hot soup, and the cannon fire is replaced by singing, people begin to indulge themselves, try to free themselves, and over time they will have a good understanding of the world, Losing its appeal to society, becoming unidealistic, becoming hysterical, and becoming only able to use the impact of external objects to stimulate one's own unheated heart, drug abuse, extramarital affairs, voyeurism, self-harm and a series of behaviors are representatives without ideals.

Mark also understands this, before the complete story is made, many people just think that "Chainsaw" is just a bloody and perverted and disgusting horror film, scaring people in the cinema and taking people's money away.

At the beginning of the shooting, it is a mask in the shadows, which is there to set off the terrifying atmosphere.

Adam moans and cries out for help in a weak and tired way, and there is no protagonist in this segment, just a conversation in the dark.

After filming this paragraph, the lights suddenly turned on, and Adam, who crawled out of the bathtub in embarrassment, was illuminated by the strong light, he moaned in pain, covered his eyes with his hands, and subconsciously turned his face away, is this the reaction of a normal person?

Then there was a dialogue, as for the bloody man on the ground, with a tape recorder in one hand and a pistol in the other, the dead man who had committed suicide and those few shots and close-ups, and now the conversation between Gordon and Adam.

Heath played the panic and fear of the newcomer just right, without over-exaggeration, and did not give the impression that the performance was not in place.

David sat in frustration.

Then there is a dialogue, they all show a very high level and quality, the base is three or two, the crew has not arranged formal rehearsals and rehearsals, but Mark can see that they have practiced.

David Lee attaches great importance to this opportunity, last time he looked at his friends, he starred in zero pay, and now the opportunity has come, with a salary of 100,000 yuan, acting in a formal movie with an investment of millions of dollars, he plays the protagonist, the real protagonist, so he attaches great importance to this opportunity, and when he gets the script, he carefully studies the play, memorizes the lines, and practices in front of the mirror.

The opportunity is in front of him, if he does not cherish and grasp it, he is destined to never come out, who knows that the last time he made a small success movie, he will get the opportunity to play the leading role, and now who dares to say that this will not be his opportunity to step into another bigger stage? Born in 63 years, he is already 40 years old, he has wasted too many years, wasted too much time, missed countless opportunities, this time no, he can only go back to the farm in the Alabama countryside to farm, the Hollywood experience is just an unbearable memory in his life.

He really wants to see his wife's happy smile, and he also wants his daughter to proudly say to others: "My dad is a star, and I am proud of him." ”

Heath Ledger's situation is similar, he became famous at a young age, he became popular, with several works selling well, his fame and value dropped sharply, and it was time for him to not allow failure, and he was born with a great interest in acting, for acting, he was as religious as religious, although this was a casual work, but there was no contempt at all, after receiving the script, he seriously studied the play, studied the role, and took the initiative to call Mark to discuss the role.

This part of their confrontation in the toilet made Mark very satisfied, although David couldn't do it hard, but Mark didn't ask for it in depth, he understood that the selling point of this movie was there, and the actors' excellent performances could add color to the film, but if the actors' abilities were limited, there was no need to nitpick, this is a heavy-tasting horror film, the audience is more self-congratulatory in a series of horror scenes, and not many people really care about the acting skills of the leading actors.

As the old saying goes, do you need acting skills to act in horror movies? Do you think you're playing Professor Hannibal?

Heath Ledger's performance is very good, his understanding of Adam is very good, Adam is a person who makes a living in the gray area, this kind of person is not a weak stupid bird, Heath fully embodies this, with shrewdness and cunning in the dazed, can he play a supporting role, a supporting role is a supporting role, there are not many places to play, if the performance is too good, it will suppress the protagonist, making the whole play unbalanced, what Heath does to Mark's satisfaction is that he will neither hold on to his art and press the protagonist, nor will he make people feel that he has no acting skills, just a handsome vase。

They finished filming the scenes in the abandoned toilet, and then filmed others, this is the norm, after filming a scene in one place and then filming others, it can save a lot of time and resources, according to the storyline, only those wealthy literary and artistic people will do, this can effectively cultivate and mobilize the emotions of the actors, and have a sense of substitution, but doing this, not to mention how much it costs, it is absolutely impossible to complete the shooting in eighteen days.

The original version is a classic, Mark's knowledge and talent are not enough to make it go further, simply move it out as it is, as long as it is the level of the original, he is enough to gain fame and fortune, gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and then be qualified to make the movies he wants to make, earn more money, honor his uncle, honor Sophia and them, and live a better life, people in this society, how much money you earn determines how much status you have.

Mark really wants to be a director who is good at training actors, the problem is that he takes a stack of "Performance Bible" and studies it over and over again, and he can't come up with anything to teach people, to put it mildly, among all the actors hired by his crew, none of them have worse experience than it, they all have rich acting experience, teach him about the same, basically Mark says the request, and they can hand over the answer sheet that satisfies Mark.

When Mark sat behind the director's chair and watched David and Heath play against each other, the two of them worked together for a few days, and the more they played, the more flavorful they became, and they matched each other very well, and it smelled like a brokeback mountain, and Tom rushed in happily, jumped on a box, his face was flushed, and he shouted, "Great news, guys!"