Mark is a man of action, now he can be called a gunman, and he immediately got into a hurry, Ruby is a filming professional, Hank is a producer major, the two of them couldn't find their ideal job after graduation, and they started to study in graduate school again, their ability is still very strong, helping Mark make storyboard plays, making production plans, finding venues, looking for actors, and customizing various props and sets and costumes.

Hank bragged directly: "As long as you have money, the plane cannon will give you the whole thing." ”

The original film only took five days to prepare for filming, and only 18 days of shooting, none of the actors had a rehearsal, "Saw 1" invested 1.2 million US dollars, the North American box office was 55 million, and the global box office was 120 million US dollars, and Mark was ready to do the same, so everything was carried out efficiently and at high speed.

Gordon is starring David Lee, John as Jigsaw, Tony as Tep, a black police officer, Black as a female police officer, Mason as Stephen, a police officer who died in the line of duty, and as for Amanda and Adam, Hank recommended two completely unexpected actors from Mark, Heath Ledger as Adam and Johnson Scarlett as Armanda.

Mark said: "Our budget is 1.2 million to 1.5 million, do you think I can afford to hire them?"

His first reaction was to become popular with "Brokeback Mountain" and be nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and then win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "The Dark Knight".

Hank said: "I promise that the budget will not exceed 1.5 million. ”

Mark said: "Heath Ledger is a well-known actor. ”

Hank said: "Heath is a talented, highly talented actor, acting is very outstanding, the first opportunity to act was in a low-budget film called "Black Stone" in '97, in '99 he starred in Hollywood two films "Two Hands" and "Ten Things I Hate You", which basically allowed him to gain a foothold in Hollywood, and at the same time brought him the opportunity to star in the film "Patriot" with Mel Gibson, and Heath starred in the film "Jihadist Knight" a year ago In 02, he starred in the big-budget film "Four Feathers", but the box office hit hard, and this year he starred in "The Sin Eater" and "Kelly's Party", all of which hit the streets, his film career gradually went from the peak to the bottom, Heath is facing a three-strikeout situation, do you think he dares to open his mouth? 200,000, no more. ”

Mark was overjoyed, slapped his thigh, and said, "Kill you!"

Hank was startled, and Mark said happily, "I mean deal!"

In Mark's version of "Saw Horror", the director is no longer James Wynal, the screenwriter is no longer Ray Warner, and these two Gamma are still in college in Australia? Naturally, it is impossible to ask Ray Warner to play Adam and be replaced by Heath Ledger, Mark is too lazy to audition and sign a contract directly.

Hank said, "I'll contact his agent right away. ”

Mark said, "What about Johnson Scarlett, what do you do to impress this literary girl, whose career is on the rise?"

Johnson was born as a child star, and has been working continuously, and it is a good work, and last year's "Horse Whisperer" made her famous and won the nickname of a literary girl.

When Mark and Hank were studying the script, they vaguely revealed that they intended to make "Saw Horror" into a series, and Amanda was a key role in it, otherwise with her few scenes, she would be less than Gordon's wife, just find an actor to play it.

Hank said: "The reason why I recommend her is because of her good appearance and acting skills, we met in the sci-fi movie crew of "Eight-legged Monster", Johnson's nickname of a literary girl will not be called in vain, she has high requirements for the script, likes some challenging roles, as far as I know, she has just finished filming Sophia Coppola's work "Lost in Translation", is in a break period, I believe that if the price is right, I can impress her, my plan is five days of work, 200,000 salary, I believe I can impress her agent." ”

Mark said: "What do you think of Johnson as an actress?"

Hank said: "In '96, Scarlett played a little girl who lost her parents in the film "Manny and Law", and was nominated for Best Actress at the "Independent Spirit Awards" that year, and in 97, Johnson, who was not yet thirteen years old, played a little girl who lost her parents in "Sister Mannie", and her performance was well received and was nominated for Best Actress at the National Independent Spirit Awards. played the daughter of the heroine Christine Scott-Thomas, a girl who lost a leg, despite the film's mixed reviews, Scarlett's performance was widely acclaimed, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the "Box Office Bomb Award" and a number of "Star of Hope" titles, 2000 years, Scarlett starred in "Ghost World", "Rhapsody of the United States" and other films, mostly independent productions, and was selected by the Coen brothers in 2001 to play the "Piano Girl" in "The Absent Man" Betty, as a beautiful girl, Hollywood has always noticed her acting skills rather than her appearance, which is rare. ”

Mark said, "I'll give you the task of convincing her to join." ”

Hank said: "0K!" As a producer, Hank has been depressed for many years, holding a fire in his heart, and now he has the power in his hands, although he is only the producer of a small Cheng Tai work, everyone is a grass stage team, but he still regards it as a platform to realize his ideals and realize the value of life, and he is full of enthusiasm and ready to do a big job, he and Ruby took care of all the work except creation, they spontaneously worked overtime until late at night every day, and appeared in high spirits early the next morning.

Sophia is a person with a certain literary culture, likes to read and literature, and is full of praise for Mark's "This Man is from Earth" and "Twilight", but "Chainsaw" Rather than agree, Mark designed the gruesome plots in the film, in which every victim must face a horrific choice, someone must pass through a sharp barbed wire covered with flesh, someone must cut off someone else's head to save themselves, etc., to make up these plots, you must be more imaginative than the pervert in the film, and even have a perverted psychology.

In addition to violence and gore, the perverted murderer designed by Mark is also different, he is not just a simple psychologically extremely twisted pervert, his actions are not only driven by cruelty and perversion, but also for moral reasons, he hopes that through this cruel way, the victim will realize the preciousness of life, but all this is not Sophia's dish, she doesn't like it, and tried to get Mark to stop making this work, she also hinted that the money is not enough, you can chase the loan, but Mark just can't listen.

So Sophia and Kayla rarely appear in the garage this time, and she doesn't want her children to be exposed to these horrible and bloody things so early.

As soon as Mark got the money, he immediately signed a formal contract with the actors and paid half of the salary, especially to Mark was Hank's successful Lahiss Ledger and Johnson Scarlett, although this exceeded the original budget of more than 300,000, from 1.2 million to 1.5 million, but Mark felt that it was worth the money, both of them are people with good looks and acting skills, and they are very high-quality actors.

"Chainsaw" is deeply rooted in the three flavors of small-budget independent films, with small investment, fast preparation, short production cycle, no start-up ceremony, no press conference, no media meeting, renting the venue and setting, the set prop master immediately stationed on the set, as soon as the actors arrived, they immediately started masturbating, oh! It's the start of filming! Even the actors didn't have a rehearsal.

Of course, Mark will not pretend to be dead, like many art film directors, throw the script away, and then tell the actors a general story, how to act, how to read the lines, is the actor's business, this is called improvisation, and also called maximizing the potential of the actor.

Mark gave the play to each actor, and then told them how to write the script, how to act, if you don't understand, you can ask me.

Their set was set in an abandoned warehouse, and the set designer began to set up and lay out the relevant scenes in it, scene notes, soundtracks, prop masters, costumes, makeup, lighting, recording, art design and logistics chores These people were all recruited by Hank, plus the actors, the entire crew had more than 40 people, and spent more than one million, which is related to "This Man is from Earth" They have a formal set this time, and the leading actors have formal dressing rooms, lounges, and cafeterias, which provide lunch every day, and don't have to occupy the Lively family's house and manpower like last time.

However, compared with the regular crew, it belongs to the grass stage team, the whole crew, none of them belong to their own things, the venue and equipment are rented, the editing and recording are hired by mercenaries, the actors and crew members sign a one-month short contract, the shortest is Johnson Scarlett, there is only one five days, 200,000 salaries, an average of 40,000 per day, followed by Heath Ledger 180,000 a month, Hank killed from 200,000 to 180,000 with eloquence, Mark's real subordinates are only Hank and Ruby, but this is a typical practice of many independent films, they can raise funds and win over people to make movies, which is quite goodIt is impossible to expect to have its own production team, which is already an official film company.

Mark They spent a week preparing, and next Monday the shooting will start on time, for big investment and big productions, this is too hasty and underprepared, for independent films, this is normal, most independent films are made when there is money, and there is no money to stop work, and it is normal for a film to be shot several times.

The difference is that Mark has a rigorous production plan, everything has to go according to the plan, and the plan is made by Hank, but Mark has no objection, because without this plan, he is blind and does not know where to start.