After watching the film footage, Chris Paul kept his head down, a small-budget film, very shoddy.

As usual, he cut it directly into videotape, and he wouldn't think about entering the theater at all.

The theatrical cut version and the videotape cut version have different emphases and need to be cut separately.

"How do you want to cut this film!"

Chris Paul rubbed his temples and finally felt better, and after more than two hundred minutes of watching it, even he was a little dizzy.

"Keep it as concise as possible, cut out all the unnecessary dialogue, and make the film look like a pure interview rather than a purpose-made film. ”

"There is also a need to pay attention to the shaking of the lens, not too much, and in addition, it sets off some horror and mystery. ”

"Of course, this is not a real horror movie, and it can't really be cut into a horror movie, it just needs to create enough horror and mystery, and the whole film should not be too long, preferably no more than 100 minutes. ”

Ryan is very helpless about the shake of the lens, not to mention the problem of the portable camera, just to make the film more like a real story, then a certain amount of shake is needed, so that people can't see at a glance that it was deliberately shot.

But if the camera shakes too much, it will make people feel dizzy and have to fall into a kind of contradiction.

"You mean make it feel like a horror movie, not a horror movie!" asked Chris Paul, who seemed to understand it.

He didn't understand what Ryan meant, and the cut film was a little too weird.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. ”

Ryan paused, as if to organize the language, and said, "I mean, the first impression of the film is that it's a real documentary, not a movie, as if it were shot by the main character in the film himself." ”

In the face of a cutter, it is difficult to achieve true secrecy, and only some information can be revealed.

Anyway, when the film is released, he will understand it as soon as possible.

As for secrecy, Ryan is really not too worried, as a professional cutter, he has his own rules in Hollywood, and he will never talk nonsense to the media without the consent of the crew.

Unless he wants to be burdened with high court fees and leave Hollywood completely,

In Hollywood, whether it is a big crew or an independent film, they will not like such people, just like Ryan some time ago.

"You're trying to make the audience think that this is a real event, not a film!"

Chris Paul looked at Ryan with some disbelief, he never thought that the young director in front of him would have such an idea again.

He has been in Hollywood for many years, how can he not understand the meaning, it is nothing more than trying to make a fuss in publicity to induce the public to enter the theater.

Many Hollywood film companies have done things like this, but the person in front of him obviously has no lower limit.

When the film is released, he will pull the entire Hollywood film company and distribution company, which was already very low, down a lot again.

"Great cuts, but this film was clearly shot and it's a bit difficult to get what you're looking for. ”

"I need a professional cutting room, a qualified assistant, and at least a week to spare. ”

Chris Paul has a hint of excitement in his eyes, such a film will definitely cause a huge sensation when it is released!

Wouldn't it be a good opportunity for him to even get out of his current life and return to the mainstream Hollywood crew.

Professional cutting room with an assistant!

Ryan only hesitated slightly, then agreed, "No problem." ”

Of course, he won't hire an assistant again, so he can only do it himself.

And as Chris Paul said, the public is not stupid, the media is not stupid, and film critics are not stupid, and it is difficult to achieve the desired effect.

So the next publicity is the key, so that the first feeling is that it is a true story.

This kind of propaganda has only one chance, and it will be difficult to succeed next time, and the best way is not to do similar propaganda in the next few years.

What's more, as the public is fooled more and more, it will only backfire.

On the same day, Helen contacted a professional cutting room, which is a professional cutting room owned by Lucasfilm.

It can be seen that the relationship between Helen's parents and George Lucas is far closer than Ryan imagined.

A full week passed, and Ryan and Chris Paul walked out of the cutting room with tired faces.

At the same time, the first thing that came out was to contact Helen and ask her to inform the distribution company to hold a small preview session.

Early the next morning, Helen and Ryan went to Lucasfilm to meet George Lucas with the sample film and promotional planning, and after a few simple greetings, they went upstairs to a not very large screening room.

During this period, Ryan barely said a word, and Helen was socializing.

To put it bluntly, it was a personal audition, and it was nothing more than for the sake of George Lucas's face, and the Twentieth Century Fox publishers had to come and take a trip.

Auditions like this are held almost every day in Hollywood.

It's just that this time with George Lucas, even if the Twentieth Century Fox publishers have any thoughts in their hearts, they don't dare to show it.

Twentieth Century Fox's senior management has been in contact with George Lucas, hoping that he can reboot the "Star Wars" series, and the investment and distribution channels will all be solved by Twentieth Century Fox.

Naturally, they don't dare to offend George Lucas at the moment.

After a while, seven or eight film selectors from Twentieth Century Fox gradually walked in.

Although there were no high-ranking figures of Twentieth Century Fox in the projection room, Ryan was not disappointed, but vaguely nervous.

Even the selection staff of Twentieth Century Fox is not a small person for Ryan, and it is difficult to meet him on weekdays.

Besides, without the investment of Lucasfilm, this film can have the scene in front of him, which is already for Helen's face.

It is conceivable that without Helen as an agent, Ryan would only have to run with one distribution company after another, or look for a professional buyer.

Several of the 20th Century Fox filmmakers had no intention of talking to the two of them, or they had no interest in the upcoming film.

A newcomer with no name, a pitiful investment, put it in the weekday, they will definitely not come.

There is also the young rookie director, who seems to have written a promotional plan, which makes people laugh.

If it weren't for George Lucas's face, they wouldn't have come in person unless they were crazy.

Twentieth Century Fox's distribution department, however, wanted to release the film, even if it was a useless junk film.

From the top of the company, maintaining a friendship with George Lucas and the distribution rights of Star Wars in the future is only good and not bad for Twentieth Century Fox.

As the distribution arm of Twentieth Century Fox, they had been looking to restart the Star Wars franchise and increase the company's revenue.

However, the key to restarting the "Star Wars" series is not Twentieth Century Fox, but George Lucas and his industrial magic light.

As the film began to be screened, most of the filmmakers focused on how to get closer to George Lucas and convince him to restart the Star Wars franchise.

A film shot with a hand-held camera made them have no desire to watch it at all, and they made up their minds to arrange a few theaters to screen it at that time, and if the results were too poor, they would directly distribute the videotape, and maybe they could earn tens of thousands of dollars.

Ryan's propaganda plan was almost unattended.

Including the many Twentieth Century Fox executives who didn't come, it seems that they all had this idea, and took the opportunity to befriend George Lucas.

As for the video playing in front of you, it is dispensable.

However, there are also one or two professional film selectors, looking at the screen intently, and from time to time they will look down and flip through the publicity plan in their hands, and their faces will change.