Chapter 66: Brainstorming
"Hmm...... Let's put it this way, this movie is very interesting, it has a kind of fatalistic flavor, and it is easy to escape the disaster by using the little foreknowledge of the event, but the rules in the dark do not allow this kind of thing to exist, so you keep encountering accidents and dying in accidents. Its horror is also here, we used to watch horror movies, we all had a specific scary image, such as Freddy on Elm Street, such as Jason in Crystal Lake, or the alien in the spaceship, and the elusive killer with a white mask.
But this movie doesn't, it's invisible, but it exists everywhere, if you're not careful, you may die, you can't beat it, this kind of despair under pressure is very attractive. After I got the script and read it, I had to marvel at the director's imagination, so I took on the role. โ
In a corner of the set, Sean, sitting in a chair, said to the camera, while a man took charge of the little machine, making sure it was always on him. This is a behind-the-scenes recording of footage, many times, before or after the release of the movie, out of publicity needs, some actors, directors or producers will broadcast their views on the movie on TV stations or other media channels with the trailer or something, so as to attract attention.
Most of these tidbits were filmed and recorded at the same time, and they were all the same compliments, and the people in front of the camera tried their best to describe the merits of the film in order to achieve the purpose of attracting the audience. After all, the reputation of the movie and the box office are directly related to their interests, even if someone is dissatisfied, let alone whether it will be recorded, even if it is recorded, the producer will not take it out and broadcast it.
Sean had also recorded it before when he was filming "The Genius Ripley", so it was easy to do this kind of thing again, and "Death is Coming" does have a lot of merit, but the other thing is a bit troublesome.
"Sean, the director asked me to come over and tell you, if it's good, go to the meeting, and it has to be decided today." Galen then ran over.
"Okay, I'll go over it." After questioning the field assistant in charge of the camera, Sean immediately got up and walked to the tent in the conference room led by Galen.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't this kind of thing be discussed before filming? weishenme wants to discuss while shooting? I also had to work hard to revise the script and delay the filming schedule. Galen muttered in confusion, he had been caught together for a few days, even though he was only Sean's assistant.
"But you have to admit it, it's interesting, and it's rewarding if someone's proposal is adopted, isn't it?" Sean Haha smiled.
Soon, they came to the tent used in the conference room, where there was a lot of commotion, and people were discussing it together. Huang is also talking to the assistant director.
"Sean, what did you talk about?" Sean walked straight up to a young man a few years older than himself, patted him on the shoulder and asked.
"Hey, Sean, you're done recording?" The other party immediately smiled and slapped him.
His name is Sean too, Sean? William? Scott, 23, started as an actor in 95, ran a lot of tricks in school comedies, and then was selected by Huang to play Billy, one of the survivors of the plane crash? Alfred Hitchcock.
Scott is very good, although after the start of filming of "The Grim Reaper", he participated in the performance of "American Pie", which was released on September 2, achieved quite good results, and his role was also very well received, but he still got along with the crew. And then both the same name as Sean and about the same age - Frederick still said he was 23 when he fought for the role - so he got along best.
"I'm done recording for the time being, I don't know what else to say." Sean shrugged, then pointed at him.
"As always, we've killed Chad and Amanda countless times, but the director is still not satisfied," Scott sighed, "It looks like he wants to use the most brutal method to dismantle us." โ
"Hey, Sean." James? Huang noticed Sean at this time and immediately greeted him loudly.
"What's the matter?" Sean and Scott immediately replied in unison, causing a burst of laughter, which was a trick on their crew.
"Alright, William, don't trouble me anymore. As for you, Sean, you have to come up with a viable, powerful idea today. Huang pointed at the two of them and said.
"Okay, okay," Sean said, holding up his hands, "tell me, where are you guys talking now?" โ
"Hmm......" The director flipped through the things in his hand, picked up a few drafts on the table and looked at them, "About Todd?" Wagner's method of death, currently set up, first the rusty hose in the corner of the bathroom ruptures, then the dripping water droplets spread to George's feet, George goes to get the shower gel, steps on the water and slides to the ground, and in the middle of the fall, his hands are waved wildly, Zuihou grabs the cabinet, and things fall, including a pair of scissors. Of course, the scissors did not stick to him, but hovered on it, and the frightened George paused for a moment, then got up carefully, stepped on the water again and fell to the ground, the taut scissors bounced up, and then were pulled off, and finally **** his eyes. โ
"Look, don't you already have results?" Sean immediately spread his hands.
Huang immediately rolled his eyes, took off his glasses and glared at Sean about to speak, Sean hurriedly raised his hands again: "Okay, I know, you don't think it's like suicide, then cut your throat when you fall." If it doesn't work, then fall to the ground and knock your head unconscious, and the scissors cut the pulse. If you feel that the small scissors are not sharp enough, then replace them with large scissors or blades or something, as for the weishenme in the bathroom cabinet will have this kind of thing, maybe you have used it before and forgot to put it in it, maybe some families will put these in it. โ
"That's good," the director touched his chin, "but there's still a problem that can't be solved, and we calculated that the potential energy of flying with scissors must be high enough to kill someone." โ
"That's all I can think about for the time being." Sean spread his hands.
"You must have an idea, think again." Huang said in an encouraging tone, "There are not so many restrictions, you don't have to go to the bathroom early, you don't even have to commit suicide, as long as you are creative." โ
"Well...... Sean rolled his eyes and smiled evilly, "Well, if you want to be creative, there is one." โ
Suddenly, everyone else in the room looked over, including several women.
Todd had just finished serving in the school bathroom when he suddenly found that there was no paper and no one outside, so he had to turn over the partition and look for it on the other side. For reasons we all knew, he was very careful and slow, so he didn't notice that the belt was hanging over the cubicle, so when he was about to turn over, he suddenly stumbled and fell into the toilet. But the waistband of his trousers was hung on the interval, and the whole person turned over and had nowhere to do it, and he was in a panic, and he didn't know what to do, and then designed some props so that he couldn't use his hands, so he drowned in the toilet. โ
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd in the tent of the conference room immediately booed, apparently disgusting.
It's just that Huang pinched his chin and thought about it for a long time, but said, "At least, this is really creative." โ
"No, no, no!" Chad who plays Todd? Donella immediately shouted, "James, if you want this shooting, I will never agree!" โ
Then there was another burst of laughter, of course, all good-natured smiles with a little teasing, such discussions have been around almost since the start of filming, and everyone has long been used to it.
I have to say, James? Huang's trick is very good, "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is a horror film, and the supporting characters in it all have a strange and strange way of dying that looks like an accidental death. Sean was surprised that the way of death was not clearly written at the beginning of the script, and later learned that he planned to discuss and revise it with everyone during filming, and he was also a screenwriter anyway.
In this way, on the one hand, it can brainstorm ideas to make the death methods of each supporting character more eye-catching; On the other hand, it can deepen the sense of participation of the actors and maintain a good relationship in the discussion. So far, it seems that except for some delays in the filming schedule, Huang has basically achieved his goal, at least Sean likes the current atmosphere and gets along with the other actors very well.
"Don't worry, Chad, I'm just creative, I won't really let you put it in the toilet." Huang immediately said this, and laughter rang out again.
"Hey, what are you guys laughing at?" A tall girl looks quite cute from the outside, with straight brown hair hanging down softly and the corners of her mouth slightly hooked.
"Oh, you won't want to know, Kate." Another girl, who plays Tyri, is also Amanda who has been killed countless times on paper by everyone? Dartman, in an exaggerated tone.
"Can't you just say it?" The other party immediately gave her an angry look, so Amanda leaned into her ear and muttered a lot, at first she just laughed, and when she arrived at the key place, she couldn't help but show a disgusting expression.
"Seanโif it's not you, Williamโcan't you have some normal ideas?" The girl whom Amanda called "Kate" then walked up to Sean and said so.
"Isn't there anything wrong with this idea, Catherine?" Sean spread his hands innocently.
"At least normal people wouldn't design the plot of drowning in the toilet, and they wouldn't let my character starve to death on the roof." Catherine gave him a roll of the eye unceremoniously.
"Isn't it convenient for Alex to save Claire on the rooftop?" Sean said quibly.
The other party didn't say much to him, gave another roll of the eyes, and then went back to talk to Amanda.
This girl is what Frederick told him at the beginning, and the crew deliberately used Sean's heroine in order to invite her, Catherine? Heigl. She is indeed a beautiful girl, her facial features look sweet, she is also very lively, she is still a few months away from reaching the age of 21, and she is full of youthful atmosphere.
It's just that although Sean is a little moved, he still pressed it in this situation, as Galen said, it is no longer high school days. It's just that for Sean, who likes to chase beautiful girls and like to see their happy smiling faces, how long can this situation last? It's Hollywood.