"Vincent, it's not black gear, I need that bright gear with a metallic sheen, preferably stainless steel. ”

"Do you need grooves on the sides? Like the gears in Chaplin's Modern Times, I think it would be more artistic. ”

"No, you don't need any grooves on the sides. “

"It's going to look monotonous, Simon, I'll show you a part. ”

"Of course I know, but the multiple gears overlap to create a sense of three-dimensionality so that it's not monotonous, like my concept map. ”

"Simon, your concept art is beautiful, but it's actually very amateurish. ”

"So I'm the customer, you're the owner, Vincent, and it's your business how to make my vision as possible and as good as possible. Also, when the clock is running, all the gears have to turn with it, and I need to give a very strong sense of time passing. ”

"Two options, Simon, if you only need to show this effect, I can set up another powertrain, which is very simple and cheap. If you want to fuse the gears with the mechanics of the clock, you may have to wait two or three months, and it's expensive. ”

"I'll choose the first one. ”

"Okay, then, take a look at your next concept art, which is, um, a butterfly?"

At the counter of the Strong watch shop, Sandra Bullock sat quietly next to the boy with Simon's backpack in her arms, listening to a series of conversations between him and Vincent Strong, the owner of the watch shop, and although she had a smile on her face, she felt a little distressed that she could not interject at all.

At the same time, Sandra looked at the two concept images that Simon showed to the shopkeeper more than once.

These are two wall clocks.

The first one has a pendant, and the main body is composed of many dense gears, because it is only a light gray pencil drawing, it is indeed very reminiscent of the scene in Chaplin's "Modern Times".

The other clock is a butterfly, with a very beautiful pattern, and the patterns and textures on the butterfly are cleverly divided for twelve hours. Listening to Simon's conversation with the shopkeeper, it seems that he wants to make it golden, it must be more beautiful.

Simon and the shopkeeper discussed for more than ten minutes, confirming in detail the various details of the two wall clocks and the custom prices.

After paying the deposit, Simon left the watch shop with Sandra.

Standing on the side of the street, Sandra watched Simon start looking around again, reluctantly cheering up, and smiled casually, "So, where are we going next?"

Simon felt the faint complaint in Sandra's tone, and stretched out his hand and pointed to a café diagonally across the street: "Now, please talk to Coffee and Coffee, by the way, about the movie." ”

Some of the dissatisfaction that had just risen in my heart suddenly disappeared.

I found myself gladly following him through the streets, and laughed at myself secretly.

Unproductive guys.

But.

It doesn't matter.

Simon locks his bike to the side of the street, and the two walk into the café together and find a place to sit.

After ordering coffee and a plate of muffins, Sandra was the first to ask, "Simon, what do those two wall clocks do?"

Simon patiently explains: "The two shooting props, the gear wall clock was used to shoot the beginning of the movie, and the butterfly wall clock was the set in Lola's room. As clocks, they all represent the passage of time, of course. However, there is another meaning to the butterfly wall clock, and I hope this film will set me up for another film. ”

In the original version of "Lola Run", the two clock props that appeared successively were of the European retro type. In fact, this is very much in line with the overall style of Berlin, an old European metropolis.

However, Simon is now in Los Angeles.

A new and vibrant city.

Therefore, if you continue to copy the original, the two European-style retro clocks will look very incongruous in the new version of the film.

Since the time, place, storyline, etc. of the new version of the film need to be greatly adjusted, Simon is actually a remake of another completely different "Lola Run".

That being the case, Simon intends to show something completely different from the original in it.

In fact, the original "Lola Run" did not convey much too profound philosophical thinking, or even some specious truths.

Director Tom Tikway just wanted to bring out the ideas he had accumulated as a crazy video game fan through a movie, so he wrote the script quickly, shot it quickly, the male protagonist was his best friend, the female protagonist was his girlfriend, and most of the other characters were acquaintances, and everyone had fun making a very fun movie.

Now, Simon's purpose in making this film is similarly clear.

First: Make a cool movie and show Hollywood what you're capable of.

Second: Through the production of this film, I am re-acquainted with the production process of Hollywood films in the film era.

Third: Promote the concept of the 'butterfly effect' and pave the way for the release of "Butterfly Effect" movies in the future.

Among them, the first two points are Simon's goals that must be completed, and the third point is incidental, if it can be achieved, it is naturally better, and it doesn't matter if it can't be achieved.

However, although the third goal is a matter of luck, Simon still leaves no stone unturned in the details of his performance.

Two new custom wall clocks, the first modern gear wall clock is designed to match the new shooting environment. The second butterfly wall clock is a clear allusion to the concept of the 'butterfly effect'.

In fact, Simon intended to use a total of three 'butterfly' imagery in the film.

If there are only one or two, it is not easy to impress the audience too deeply, and more than three will seem too flooded, and it is just right to set up three images.

The waitress brought the two of them coffee, and Sandra waited for the other to leave, asking, "Another movie?"

"No," Simon shook his head and said, "The other one is "The Butterfly Effect", you should have heard of it these days, I wrote the script. ”

Sandra had just signed with Jonathan last week, and in the following days, a media storm broke out over the WMA packaging project that led to infighting in the company, and the girl was a little worried about whether she would have to find another agent just after signing the contract, how could she not know about "The Butterfly Effect".

It's just that, no matter what, she didn't expect that the script of "Butterfly Effect" would be written by this young man opposite.

After glaring at Simon for a few moments, Sandra finally let out a low exclamation, "Wow!"

Simon just shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Most people who have read the script of The Butterfly Effect think the name is too unpopular. The plot of "Lola Run" happens to be a very vivid explanation of the concept of the 'butterfly effect'. Therefore, through the clear prop hint of the butterfly wall clock, I hope that "Lola Run" can let more people know the term 'butterfly effect'. ”