Why is the same work so much worse? This is a question of final editing.

Not only in Hollywood, but also in the East and the West, the editing rights of the film are basically in the hands of the funders.

It's like cooking, the director puts all the ingredients into the pot, and then makes the finished product, and as a result, the right to put it on the plate is handed over to someone else. Whether you want to put a few flowers, or carve a little ornament, it depends on the mood of others.

Leila felt that this was very unreasonable, because the director would know exactly what to use for this part of the film when shooting. It is undoubtedly quite puzzling to have someone else, even someone less professional, take on this important task.

But the reality is so cruel, and the most people in the industry who can really get the director's final editing rights are at most, that is, the rights that only big directors who stand at the top of the pyramid can have.

Like some big studios, directors are just employees they hire. The company gives the theme, gives the direction, and even gives the actors, and the director just shoots the movie like a proposition essay, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest.

No way, this is the film industry, only rich people have the right to speak. Of course, if a well-known director like Steve Spielberg is, the director's editing rights are a matter of one sentence. They have long confirmed their strength and the gold-absorbing power of the movie with facts, as long as they can make money, it doesn't matter if they cut it into a bunch of inexplicable things.

Leila considers herself lucky. Because she is the owner of the company and the only investor in this movie, this means that no one will rob her without a long eye, and no one can rob her. She can edit the footage as she wants to achieve the effect she wants.

Compared to the original Blair the Witch, Lyra has added a few things. The relationship between the cultural differences between the East and the West, the original version does not make her feel particularly terrible, even if later generations commented on the film using very good psychological hints, she actually didn't feel much.

Therefore, when shooting, she borrowed some of the mysterious culture of the East. To put it simply, the West prefers to show horror with plasma, brutal movements, and terrible yokai. The East, on the other hand, is more inclined to the forces of nature, and likes to slowly seep out a terrible atmosphere that penetrates straight into the bone marrow from flowers and trees, or doors, windows, tables, chairs, benches and other objects.

She actually took a lot of risks in doing this, because she didn't know if the horror points of Westerners could be accurately poked by her. But think about the several Hollywood remakes in the future, such as "The Grudge" and "Midnight Bell", which also use oriental expressions, and have received good results. It can be seen that the receptivity of Western audiences is still very strong, and they can feel the connotation of Eastern mystical culture.

For an entire week, Leila hid in the editing room to put together the footage. This is a crucial first work, and she will scrutinize every shot.

The final result of the film is expected to be between 80 and 90 minutes, and the footage is a full 200 minutes. How to extract a terrifying and wonderful story from those 200 minutes is definitely a very challenging thing.

In addition, the soundtrack of the film was originally packaged and handed over to a music producer who collaborated with the company at the suggestion of Louise. Fortunately, this film doesn't need much music, and Layla didn't care too much about it after listening to it a few times and thought it was acceptable. Shortly after the editing was completed, the soundtrack was also completed. Coupled with some post-production, the first film of the hot Leila was officially born in this world.

The preview screening was held in the screening room of the Immortal Bird Company, and in addition to a few actors, all the company's employees also ran over. They wanted to use this movie to see if the new boss had the same talent as the previous boss.

They are content and don't need movies to be popular, as long as they can get their salaries on time and keep the company running. A young director who has just passed the age of eighteen, a wealthy lady who has never even touched a camera before, can she have more luxury?

In the screening room, the lights went out one by one as the movie began, and the people present began to calm down and prepare to watch.

A few lines of subtitles began to appear in the movie, which was a little shaky and dizzy, but for some reason, a few simple lines of words made a creepy atmosphere spread throughout the room. Soon, the heroine's role as Kate appeared on the screen and introduced herself to the camera.

How so?

This is the first time that everyone has seen the finished product, and everyone's hearts are shocked. Because they found that what they shot was too different from what they thought, not in the good direction, but in the bad direction!

What's going on with this dizzying shot? What's going on with this shoddy picture that looks like a student's work?

Can a movie like this really make money?

The actors' optimism about the little director at the beginning began to waver at this time, and the employees of the company had a feeling that the future was dim.

In this regard, Leila, who was sitting in the corner, just smiled faintly and looked at everything without saying a word.

As the plot progresses, there is a gasp in the screening room, and there is an occasional exclamation or two. In the second half, more people's breathing began to be disordered, apparently frightened by the plot in the film.

"God, how do I think it's true?"

After the movie ended, whispers began to ring.

"yes, I think I've heard about it somewhere. ”

A man suddenly stood up suddenly: "That missing person notice!"

"What's the missing person notice?"

"Forget? It's the missing person notice published in the entertainment newspaper some time ago, and the advertisements have been hanging for several weeks, isn't it still said that the missing people were captured by witches just to make a movie?"

"Oh my God, isn't this not our movie at all, but the images of the missing people?"

"Don't talk nonsense, okay! you're scaring me!"

The screening room became more and more chaotic after the lights turned on, and no one cared about the subtitles at the end of the movie, and everyone's attention was drawn to the disappearance.

The employees of the company didn't know what the movie was about, most of them only knew that it was a horror movie. Only the actors and crew knew that this was exactly what they were filming. It's just that why is it connected to reality? You know, they were already preparing for the movie before the missing person notice was issued.

Could it be that their little director is a magician of an unpredictable prophet?