Chapter 98 Blair Witch II: Book of Shadows

"Why are there two scripts?"

The next day, looking at the two scripts placed in front of her by Charlotte, Jodie Foster was a little confused.

"One is the new version of the storyboard script for "Happy Death Day", which has certain adjustments."

Charlotte began to explain,

"The other one is a script called "The Blair Witch Project," which I received the last time I attended the celebration party for "The Turn" at USC."

"Do you plan to make this script into a movie later?"

"No, you want to make this script into a movie later!"

"What!?"

Charlotte's words blinded Judy again,

"You accepted a script and planned to let me film it. Why?"

"For the paint!"

Charlotte directly stated the reason that Judy couldn't refuse,

"This is a very crude and terrible script. If I were to film it, it would be easy to complete, but I would definitely face overwhelming criticism later on."

"So you don't take the pictures yourself, but let me take them!?"

Judy looked at Charlotte with an angry look, and the latter corrected,

"I want you to film it, but not as an actor or director, but as a producer."

"Producer!?"

"Yes."

Charlotte pointed to the script of "Blair Witch" and said,

"I wrote some simple instructions at the end of the script. You will understand what I mean after reading it."

"Yeah?"

The movie queen nodded noncommittally, unfolded the script and read it.

- This is the plan Charlotte and Charlize talked about yesterday.

Regardless of whether Judy deceived them or not, the monster Huapi, and even the evil god who may have created Huapi, the source of their power now is "The Silence of the Lambs".

It is the fear left by the audience after watching "The Silence of the Lambs".

Invisible fear accumulates into invisible magic, which can be borrowed by related ghosts and monsters. To eliminate this kind of ghost, one or two new movies seem to be a good choice in Charlotte.

From the movie, back to the movie.

"The script for this movie is terrible!"

Soon, after quickly reading the script of "Blair Witch", Judy sighed,

"I kind of see what you mean, though - it's a bad movie for the director, but not for the producer."

“In terms of publicity, there is a lot of room for maneuver.”

Charlotte gave her own assessment.

"That's right."

Judy agreed with him,

"But why should I do this? Doing the promotional operations you attached later will also damage the credibility of my production company to a certain extent."

——That's right, behind the script of "Blair Witch", Charlotte attached a promotional plan for this movie that ushered in the era of online viral marketing in history.

To sum it up, it’s just one word.

saute! ! !

Although now in 1994, Internet promotion in North America is far inferior to that in 1999, viral marketing is unlikely.

But on the other hand, the North American audience at this time had not yet experienced those fresh tricks and was still very simple and young.

This provides the possibility for speculation.

In particular, Charlotte also suggested that Judy use some real-life events, such as the Vians Valley series of cases that had been completely exploited by "Fatal Turn".

After going through this process, it is not difficult to make "Blair Witch", the ancestor of pseudo-documentaries, popular, but the producers will definitely lose some credibility as a result.

——After all, it is planned to be promoted under the guise of "this is a record of real events" just like in the original history.

When the audience finds out that you have deceived them, they will burst into tears. In the end, it is just for the money in their pockets...

This will definitely damage the credibility of the producers.

As a veteran who has been in Hollywood since childhood, it is not surprising that Jodie Foster can see this. And Charlotte is also confident that she can convince her:

"It will indeed damage some credibility or credibility. But the question is, who will be damaged?"

Charlotte's words made Judy realize something,

"You mean, when promoting, focus on actors and directors and downplay the existence of producers? This is a way, but for directors and actors..."

"That's why I don't know how to make this movie!"

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders, looking very indifferent,

"For directors and actors who are already well-known, making this film may indeed damage their credibility. But for newcomers who have just entered the industry and are very young, this is not the case."

"Even if young newcomers are criticized for this, they will successfully open up their future career paths. For them, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

Judy figured it out,

"You don't want me to go directly to the person who wrote the script to make the movie, right?"

She pointed to the author's name written on the script——

Daniel Myrick.

"He is now a freshman at the University of Southern California. With your methods, it is easy to control him."

In Charlotte's view, for Daniel Merrick, filming "Blair Witch" does have more advantages than disadvantages.

Although deceiving the audience may bring some loss of credibility, the success of the movie will leave a deep impression on major film and television companies, but it is real.

With the trust of these investors and distributors, there is no problem in releasing a new movie after a few years of silence. After the limelight has passed, the audience is forgetful after all.

In fact, Daniel Merrick originally took this route in history. It's a pity that his level of directing is really average. Except for his debut "Blair Witch", his other works are not very popular.

However, even so, this guy is actually on the fast track of career development.

After all, even someone like Charlotte, who was able to hold a guide tube in her early 30s due to some strange factors, is considered young among directors.

And in your 20s, you can make a name for yourself even while still in college. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?

This is also true for the actors participating in the show.

Jodie Foster also understood this, so she no longer worried about the director and actors. After all, she knew from the script that "The Blair Witch Project" would be easy to shoot. The only trouble was publicity.

"In this case, there is nothing wrong with the movie itself. But what do you mean by "for the sake of painting" just now?"

Now, what the movie queen is most concerned about is actually this matter.

And Charlotte has been waiting for her to ask this question for a long time,

"Just like the literal meaning, when the movie you produced is released, I can use magic to let you gain power from the audience's fear. And this power can temporarily suppress the painting and slow down his birth."

"is that so?"

"certainly!"

--no.

Charlotte's words were a lie.

Here, there is only one reason why he reused the script of "Blair Witch" and gave it to Jodie Foster -

He is testing.

Although she had made her own conjecture, judging that the human skin book that might have triggered the incident should still be in Jodie Foster's hands, Charlotte lacked evidence after all.

By letting Judy supervise the production of "Blair Witch", he will be able to obtain sufficient evidence in two months.

After all, this film was really easy to shoot and could have been completed in a few days if it had been faster. Coupled with the hype and publicity, two months for a release is more than enough.

Once the movie is released, Charlotte will be able to judge the true relationship between Judy and Huapi by observing the changes in power between Judy and Huapi——

If the power of the painted skin has not changed at all, it means that Charlotte's guess is wrong, and Jodie Foster is really just an unlucky victim as she said.

But if the power of the painted skin increases, it will be just the opposite, indicating that the book is really in Judy's hands, and even the painted skin comes from the dark side of the movie queen's heart.

Otherwise, why would the power of fear that Judy gathered through "The Blair Witch Project" be absorbed by a painting that has nothing to do with this movie?

Unless there is a closer connection between the two, which is Charlotte's inferences.

——As for the power of the painting skin that may be strengthened as a result, Charlotte is not worried at all.

Sometimes, stronger monsters are easier to deal with because they forget to escape because of their strength.

only--

"Is this method too roundabout? Isn't there an easier way? For example, directly invade Judy's heart or something?"

When he explained this step to Charlize yesterday, this was the girl's reaction.

"Yes, yes, but my magic power is not that powerful!"

Charlotte was also depressed;

"And if we don't borrow magic, facing a top celebrity like Jodie Foster, we don't have any means to force her mouth open!"

——Especially when the other party is a master of acting!

Looking at Jodie Foster in front of her, Charlotte added another sentence in her mind.