As a professional director, Gao Chang has been a little sad lately.

He took over a garbage movie, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't open the pot at home, he wouldn't have considered this type of movie at all, and if his peers and friends knew that he made this, he would definitely become a laughing stock.

For this kind of movie, he plans to deal with it casually.

According to Chen's script, the film tells the story of a young couple, Katie and Mick, who move into a suburban apartment and are frightened by strange noises at night, so they decide to place a camera in their bedroom to capture potential "weird phenomena".

After the actor Mick bought a video recorder and went home, many strange things happened, all of which proved that there were invisible demons at work in their house, and as time went by, the supernatural events intensified, Katie couldn't bear to want to move away, but Mick was excited to make a movie about the event.

At this point, the devil is angry that they recorded the video, and when Mick really wants to leave, it is too late, and finally gets on the heroine to kill the hero.

The whole story is simple and doesn't have too many twists and turns. There are no character lines in the script, and it is completely dependent on the free play of the characters on the spot.

In Gao Chang's opinion, Chen Xiao has probably given up on himself.

But as a director, he still has basic professionalism.

The script that Chen Xiao gave him was a synopsis, and the vocabulary descriptions in it were very inaccurate, and he needed to re-polish it and sort it out according to the direction of the story.

Since the vocabulary described by Chen Xiao is emotional, he has a lot of room to play.

In fact, according to the fixed process, these are all done by professional screenwriters, but well, Gao Chang went into battle in person in order to save trouble.

In the end, he made a first draft for Chen Xiao, and Chen Xiao did not raise any objections, so he finalized his first draft.

This made Gao Chang even more sure that Chen Xiao was just joking and didn't take it seriously at all.

I want to think so, but Gao Chang still does what he should do.

The setting of the movie is supposed to be an American-style family.

This is easy to get, in the suburbs of Huijing, he knows a small villa residential area, the scene in it is very similar to Chen Xiao's description, rent it for a few days, and the price is also very cheap.

The movie is mainly about interior scenes, and other scenes are not much needed, so it is enough to rent this one house.

Then, there is the issue of actors.

Gao Chang interviewed more than 20 applicants, and finally chose two foreigners who were studying abroad: Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone, and a friend of theirs, Mark, to make a cameo.

The reason why the two of them are because in reality they are a couple who have been together for many years, they are very familiar with each other, and they are very suitable for the characters of this story, which invisibly adds some credibility to the story.

In addition, these two people also have good Chinese and have no barriers to communication.

The two of them are also very serious in their work, and they also have a deeper understanding of Chen Xiao's story, and they also add some background stories to their characters, which seem to be more attentive.

Of course, the decision is ultimately the factor in whether they are involved or whether they are cheap.

Some other foreigners, most of them are models, teachers and the like, obviously they don't have any skills, but the price is quite high, and they simply regard Huaguo as a country where many people are stupid, which makes Gao Chang very unhappy.

Katie Slott and Maika Fidstone are still more knowledgeable, probably because of the students, who don't know much about the market, and they can get it for five hundred dollars a day, which is so cheap that it can't be cheaper.

When the time comes, after the filming is completed, Gao Chang can make a false report to Chen Xiao, say three or four thousand, and get a rebate.

The filming location was done, and the actors were also done.

The rest is photographic equipment.

Gao Chang is surrounded by some photography friends who have been working with him before, and it is not a hassle to call them over to help shoot.

But making this movie, Gao Chang is too difficult to talk about.

It would be really embarrassing to be known by these former photography friends and old colleagues, so he did it himself and had enough food and clothing. Just take out his long-ago SonyHDR-FX1 camera and shoot it, and the rest won't be so much.

Now everything is ready, as long as Chen Xiao opens his mouth, he can shoot.

Just as he was thinking about it, Gao Chang's phone rang.

He took out the phone and saw that it was Chen Xiao calling: "How are you preparing over there, is the movie ready to be made?" ”

Gao Chang patted his chest and said, "Everything is ready, you can shoot it right away." ”

"Let's start today, and we will shoot it on Saturday and Sunday."

"Okay, no problem."

hung up Chen Xiao's phone and sent him a location to rent a house.

Gao Chang found the contact information of Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone, contacted the two of them, and asked them to go to the agreed place early to prepare in advance.

It was supposed to be Saturday, and Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone didn't have class, so they immediately agreed to rush over.

Gao Chang also drove his rented convertible sports car under the rented house.

By the time he arrived, Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone had already arrived first, and not long after, Chen Xiao had also arrived.

Although Gao Chang looked down on a layman like Chen Xiao in his heart, he still had to do superficial work.

Now Chen Xiao is still his nominal boss and his financier.

Seeing Chen Xiao, Gao Chang greeted him warmly and introduced Chen Xiao to Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone.

Katie Slott and Mika Fidstone met Chen Xiao for the first time, and when they heard it, Chen Xiao was the boss and planner behind the movie, and they were very polite.

Chen Xiao and Gao Chang exchanged two words and went straight to the point.

"The props and stuff are all ready, right?"

"Don't worry, I've already done it, it's in the bedroom, when I installed the camera and the tripod that supports it, the static picture is a bit problematic, but don't worry, I tried a variety of different lighting methods, and it's OK, and I'm ready to start shooting."

"Let's not waste time, let's start early, and when we're done, let's go edit. Don't be too troublesome with editing, just use Vegas or Pr for post-production. ”

"......" Gao Chang was stunned for a moment, but still nodded: "Okay." ”

Vegas is a commonly used video editing software, which is good, and Pr is also commonly used, but these are really just commonly used editing software, and professional movies are very cheap with these clips!

As a movie, shouldn't you use MediaComposer and FCP to look professional? Don't want Davinci to tune up?

Well, it's good that the boss is happy, anyway, it's not his money to burn, and it's good that he eats radishes and worries about it, so he's happy.

"Let's shoot!"

"Well, actor preparation."