"What a terrible script!"

The old gun took a cursory look and came to his own conclusions. He looked at Charlotte in amazement, as if wondering why he would be interested in such a garbage story.

"The story is really not good!"

Charlotte nodded, her tone unhurried.

In the original history, the movie "Blair the Witch" became famous, largely thanks to the blessing of Internet marketing.

At that time, the audience was still too young to easily believe that this tattered pseudo-documentary was a real event just because of some fake rumors on the Internet.

And the degree to which people care about real events is completely different from that of a simple movie.

In this regard, the marketing method of "Blair the Witch" is similar to Charlotte's current use of a series of cases in the Bians Valley to hype "Fatal Bend".

INTERVIEWER Of course, the Internet penetration in North America is still far less than it was in 1999.

In 1994, less than a year after the "information superhighway" project was launched, I wanted to play Internet viral marketing, which was really a bit too much.

And if you remove this, "Blair the Witch" is nothing more than a very badly shot pseudo-documentary.

So, when Charlotte took the script from the USC freshman named Daniel Merrick, the initial idea was to politely say a few polite words and throw the script in the trash as soon as the other person left.

- After all, even if you were given a computer, you wouldn't be able to do anything if you were left before the first year of the Common Era.

At that time, there was no electricity.

However, in the next moment, Charlotte, who is a spell rookie, stopped director Charlotte -

"Maybe you can give it a try!"

In fact, since the release of "Fatal Bend", Charlotte has had a strange feeling - the speed of his cultivation seems to have become faster.

It's not a delusion or some psychological factor, Alexis is the best example of this-

In the past, although there was a contract, Charlotte had to work hard to influence Alexis.

But now, if he wants, he can temporarily block Alexis from Charlize's consciousness at any time.

- Well, it's mainly for certain moments, after all, everyone needs privacy.

However, this does prove that Charlotte's mana has indeed improved a lot. He felt that it might not just be because he had swallowed Wei Changhui's remnants of power.

"Is it because you directed "Fatal Bend" that you got the power of fear in the hearts of the audience?"

In Charlotte's spell system, power comes largely from the human heart, so he can't help but speculate.

But there is still a big loophole in this speculation -

For ghosts that already rely on people's fears as their energy, it is normal to be strengthened by fear.

But Charlotte is human.

People don't need and can't get mana from the fears of others, otherwise Hitler would have become a real demon king long ago......

This contradictory speculation bothered Charlotte. From the perspective of a spell lover, how could he not care about things that could increase his cultivation speed?

"Maybe another film will need to be made to find out why. ”

In desperation, he came up with the idea of practicing the truth.

However, it is not easy. Under normal circumstances, eight to ten months to finish a new movie is considered fast.

Charlotte didn't want to wait that long.

"This pseudo-documentary model may be able to be tried!"

That's why he ended up leaving the Blair the Witch script.

The biggest advantage of this kind of pseudo-documentary film is that the shooting cost is low and the shooting speed is fast. A lot of it was shot directly with a home camera.

"If you use this model, you may be able to make a miniature horror film during the preparation of "Happy Death Day".

Charlotte pondered to herself.

But before he could say what he thought, the old gun clearly objected.

"Charlotte, I don't know why you're interested in this script, but if you don't have to, I think you'd better not shoot this script yourself!"

- The other party also deliberately accented the word "in person".

This made Charlotte have to pay attention to it,

"Why?"

"Because you're a rising star in the world of directing right now. ”

The old gun's tone was a little trance,

"Your career at this time can't afford to fail, or even stand up to questioning. ”

At this point, he paused,

"Do you remember Roger Albert's words?"

"This ......"

Roger Albert, a famous film critic nicknamed "Thumb Man" by Charllotze, did not release a review of the horror film until the fourth day of "Fatal Bend", later than many critics.

In the review, the notoriously conservative old man, in a very interested tone, praised the new use of visual retention technology in Fatal Bend, while also acknowledging that even without the gimmick, Deadly Bend would still be a good horror movie.

However, to the director of the film, Charlotte Booth, the old man's tone became stern -

"Mr. Booth did a good job this time, and he deserves a thumbs up. But I want to remind him that, except for that funny little trick, he didn't show amazing talent and ability in directing the film this time, and the story rhythm of "Fatal Bend" is problematic. ”

"If he wants to be a master of publicity, then he is undoubtedly on the road to success, but if he wants to go further on the road of directing, then he should put down these gimmicks and make a real and down-to-earth film next time. ”

"I'm looking forward to it!"

"This old man, are you afraid that I will go down the wrong path?"

When I saw this film review at the time, Charlotte had made such a joke with the old gun. The two laughed.

But at this time, when this film review was mentioned again, the old gun's face became serious,

Albert's old man's words may just be the habitual alarmism of critics, but they also represent an old-school view in Hollywood that a successful film doesn't give its director peace of mind, especially when there's a lot of marketing in it. ”

"yes!"

Charlotte nodded, he kind of understood what the old gun meant,

"The old man must have seen that we were using the Bians Valley series of cases to hype up the movie—and yes, most of the people in the industry should have seen it—that's why he gave such a stern warning. And old gun, you think he's right, I should be more focused on the movies, right?"

"I don't think you're not focused on movies. ”

The old gun shook his head. He tugged at his red beard in distress and organized his language for a moment before continuing:

"I just feel that the script for 'Blair the Witch' is so bad that it doesn't fit into the work of a director like you who has a lot of room for improvement. It's more suitable, well, as a Lego brick in the hands of those producers that they can combine at will. ”

"Is the director still the producer?"

Charlotte muttered to herself.

He already fully understood what the old gun meant.

Indeed, many famous directors often serve as producers of their own films at the same time. But that doesn't mean that the functions of the two are very similar – producers are more likely to think in terms of cost and profitability commerciality, and use more of a variety of means.

The director, on the other hand, is much more introverted in comparison. It's more of an internal and inward-looking job. The most important thing for a good director is to always make a good movie.

INTERVIEWER Do you want to be a money-making producer, or do you want to be a great director?

Although it was not explicitly stated, there was indeed such a meaning in the words of the old gun.

This made Charlotte think.

He doesn't have a clear idea of whether he prefers to be a director or a producer. But for the movie "Blair the Witch", he is not without inclination-

Although online marketing is not possible right now, Charlotte still has a way of hyping up Blair the Witch. However, did he really want to make the film himself?

If he didn't think about making money, and he didn't think about using it to experiment with spells, then his heart really refused.

- Otherwise, he wouldn't have wanted to throw this script in the trash.

Charlotte is not a fan of pseudo-documentaries. He didn't like it, either before or after the crossing.

In his opinion, this kind of film that constantly tortures the audience's visual nerves through inferior animation can be called a movie, but it can never be said to be art, and sometimes it is not even a story.

Of course, this may just be his bias.

After all, when he watched "Saving Private Ryan" before the time travel, he had also seen the imitation documentary footage that Spielberg imitated. The same shaking was terrible, but he didn't feel any discomfort.

It can only be said that he does not like this kind of pseudo-documentary film.

"Forget it, the script of "Blair the Witch" will be shelved for now!"

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders and agreed with the old gun,

"Let's focus on the script of "Happy Death Day" now!"

"Okay!"

The old gun was relieved.

But before they could continue their previous work, a phone call disturbed the silence in the studio again.

"Westwood?"

Charlotte picked up the phone,

"What's the matter?"

On the other side of the phone came the anxious voice of Mr. Producer,

"Charlotte, something happened to Jodie Foster!!"