Chapter 21 - Preview

Why is the effect caused by the same work so much worse? This involves an issue of final editing rights.

Not only in Hollywood, nor in the East or the West, the right to edit films is basically in the hands of the investor.

It's like cooking. The director puts all the ingredients in the pot and then makes the finished product. As a result, the right to put the plate is given to others. Whether to place a few flowers or to carve some decorations depends on the mood of others.

Laila thinks this is a very unreasonable thing, because the director will know exactly where the filming section should be used when shooting. It is undoubtedly quite puzzling to let other people, even people who are not very professional, take on this important task.

But the reality is so cruel. Those who can really get the director's final editing rights are at most 10% in the industry, that is, the rights that the big directors at the top of the pyramid can have.

Like some big film companies, directors are just employees they hire. The company gives the subject matter, the direction, and even the actors. The director just shoots the movie like a propositional composition, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest.

No way, this is the film industry, and the rich have the right to speak. Of course, if you are a well-known director like Steve Spielberg, the director's right to edit is just one sentence. They have long used facts to prove their own strength and the attractiveness of movies. As long as they can make money, it doesn't matter if they cut into a bunch of inexplicable things.

Laila felt very lucky. Because she is the boss of the company and the only investor in this movie, it means that no one will rob her without a long eye, and no one can rob her. She can edit the shot material as she wants to achieve the effect she most wants.

Compared with the original "The Blair Witch", Laila has added something. The relationship between Eastern and Western cultural differences, the original version does not make her feel particularly terrible, even if later generations commented on the film using very good psychological cues, she actually did not feel much.

So when shooting, she borrowed some oriental mystical culture. Simply put, the West prefers to use blood plasma, brutal actions, and terrible monsters to show terrifying things. The East is more inclined to the power of nature, and likes to slowly permeate a terrifying atmosphere straight into the bone marrow from objects such as flowers and trees, doors, windows, tables, chairs, and benches.

She actually took a lot of risks in doing so, because she didn't know whether the terror point of Westerners could be accurately pricked by her. But think about the several films that Hollywood will remake in the future, such as "The Grudge" and "Midnight Ring", which also used the oriental expressions, and received good results. It can be seen that Western audiences are still very receptive, and they can feel the connotation of Eastern mysterious culture.

For a whole week, Laila hid in the editing room to integrate the material. This is the very first work, and she will scrutinize every shot.

The final product of the film is expected to be between 80-90 minutes, and the material shot will be a full 200 minutes. How to extract a terrible and wonderful story from those 200 minutes is definitely a very challenging thing.

In addition, the soundtrack of the film was originally packaged under the advice of Louise and handed over to a music producer who cooperated with the company to create. Fortunately, this film doesn't require much music. After listening to it a few times, Laila felt it was acceptable and didn't care too much. Soon after the editing was completed, the soundtrack was also completed. Coupled with some post-production, the hot Laila's first film was officially born in this world.

The trial screening was placed in the screening room of Phoenix Company. In addition to a few actors, all the staff of the company also ran over. They want to use this movie to see if the new boss is as talented as the previous boss.

They are content and don't need movies to be popular, as long as they can get their salary on time and keep the company running normally. A young director who has just passed the age of eighteen, who has never even touched a camera before, can she have more extravagances?

In the projection room, the lights went out one by one with the beginning of the movie, and everyone present began to calm down and prepare to watch.

A few lines of subtitles began to appear in the movie, which was a little shaky and made people feel dizzy, but I don't know why a few simple lines made a horrible breath overflow the whole room. Soon, the heroine playing Cate appeared on the screen and introduced herself to the camera.

How could this be?

This was the first time everyone saw the finished product, and everyone was shocked. Because they found that the shots were too far from what they thought, not in the good direction, but in the bad direction!

What is going on with this dazzling lens? What's the matter with this crudely crafted picture like a student's work?

Can such movies really make money?

The actors' optimism towards the young director at first began to waver, and the company's employees felt that the future was dim.

Regarding this, Laila sitting in the corner just smiled faintly, watching everything in his eyes without saying a word.

As the plot progressed, there was a sound of cold breathing in the projection room, and occasionally one or two exclaims. In the second half, more people's breathing began to become disordered, apparently frightened by the plot in the film.

"God, how do I think this is true?"

After the movie ended, the whispering voice began to ring.

"Yeah, I also feel as if I have heard of it somewhere."

A person suddenly stood up: "That missing person notice!"

"What is the missing person notice?"

"Forgot? It was entertainment some time ago. The missing persons notice published in the home newspaper has been advertised for several weeks. Isn't it true that some people say that the missing people were captured by witches just to make a movie?"

"Oh my God, isn't it us at all? Are the movies made but the images left by those who disappeared?"

"Don't talk nonsense, okay! You scared me!" The

projection room became more and more chaotic after the lights were bright, and the last subtitles of the movie were already No one cares, everyone's attention is drawn to the disappearance case.

The employees of the company don't know what the movie was made, most of them only know that it was a horror film. Only the actors and crew members know that this is what they filmed. Just why is it connected with reality? Be aware that they have already started preparing for the movie before the missing persons notice is issued.

Is their little director a magician or an unknown prophet?

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