Chapter 1217 Hello, Sister Gen

Boston, the Weston affluent district in the western suburbs of the city.

It's Sunday morning.

A group of people who flew to Boston yesterday entered a manor in a rich area five minutes before nine o'clock. Lena Kane got out of the car first, and immediately saw an Eastern European woman wearing rimless glasses and a home suit. He was greeted by two waitresses who were obviously of Eastern European descent.

Even though it could be roughly judged that this woman should be quite old, Lena Kane was still a little embarrassed in front of her perfect appearance and demure and gentle temperament that had resisted the erosion of time, and even had some kind of inexplicable inferiority complex and intimacy.

However, Lena Kane immediately noticed that the woman seemed a little embarrassed in front of them, her voice was soft, and she greeted with a British accent: "Everyone, please come with me."

The other party did not introduce, and it was inconvenient for Lina and the others to take the initiative to greet them too much.

Lina, who is good at observing, soon discovered that the edge of the woman's slender neck wrapped in a turtleneck sweater had some faint red marks, and even the woman's face had a certain ruddy color that could easily be associated with ambiguous associations. I understand why this woman is embarrassed.

Lina couldn't judge the specific age of the other party, but at least she was in her thirties, and her boss was only 29 years old this year.

It is inevitable that such an intellectual and gentle woman would be embarrassed to be seen by outsiders as a lover to a man who is much smaller than herself.

It has to be said that Lina really guessed what Maria was thinking.

In addition to not guessing the age correctly.

Moreover, this is actually not the manor where Maria and the children live, but the residence of Ulyana. Compared with other women around Simon, as the mother of five children, plus her own personality, and even, with a certain The age gap between a small man, she has always been a shy passive bearer in front of him.

Last night, she was half-deceived and half-coaxed, and it was the first time she spent a ridiculous night with a little man with Ulyana. Even though these guests could not know what happened last night, Maria still felt uncomfortable when facing outsiders. Excuse me.

Fortunately, it wasn't in her own residence, otherwise, Maria would definitely not follow.

You know, it's not just the three boys and the two little ones, because of the weekend, the daughter also came back from T to visit her.

However, a certain nasty little man probably also thought of this before choosing this side, which made Maria feel a little strange gratitude for this inexplicably. She knew it wasn't normal, but at least he wasn't embarrassing himself in front of the kids, so...not too bad.

Thinking of this, Maria led the guests into the villa, walked through the hall, and came to an office on the westernmost side of the first floor, knocked on the door, and opened the door after getting a response.

In front of you is a very spacious office, and the floor-to-ceiling windows on the south side make it very bright.

The current temperature in Boston is very low, but the room is as warm as spring.

Simon was originally sitting on the sofa in the reception area near the glass window, flipping through some documents with his legs crossed, listening to Girl A's report on the incident, and stood up when he saw everyone entering the door.

There were a total of two men and four women.

In addition to Lena Kane, there are also Hollywood gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the default director of "The Blair Witch" and "Public Enemy" Paul Greengrass, the screenwriter of "The Blair Witch" Annika Settle, And, the last two, not only did each other know Simon, but Simon also knew each other's young girls.

The first one is from Canada, Rachel McAdams, who was once one of Hollywood sweet sisters and just turned 20 this year.

And the second one, look at the pair of little canine teeth when they smiled. When Simon greeted the other party, he almost blurted out "Hello Genmei, how is the sledgehammer?" Simon once liked a TV series "Suspect Tracker" The heroine, Amy Acker, 22 years old this year.

These are two of the three heroines of "The Blair Witch" recently selected by Linna.

Of course, it was the result of Simon intervening a little because of his personal bad taste.

Now that Genmei has shown up, Simon actually hopes that good things will come in pairs, and get together a "Xiao Sledgehammer", so that the three heroines in the setting will also live together.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find it.

Because the casting criteria of "The Blair Witch" still refer to "Ghost Story", newcomers who have a foundation in acting but have basically never appeared on the big or small screens are needed, and it is best to be students majoring in various university performances.

So Rachel McAdams and Amy Acker were singled out.

One of the two daughters is a student majoring in drama performance at York University in Canada, and the other just graduated from the performance department of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas this year, and happened to go to Los Angeles. As for the former 'Xiao Sledgehammer' Sarah Shahi, it is obviously not listed here.

The three heroines in the plan have actually all been selected.

The last one didn't come today, mainly because Simon wasn't interested, and because the other party didn't sign under Lina's name. Through the relationship of family connections, there was already another brokerage company. Moreover, this girl is also an actress that Simon once knew, Catherine Mourning, a famous tomboy in Hollywood, once famous for participating in "The L Word", or the "Queen of Water" Gwyneth Paltrow cousin.

Catherine Mourning is 20 years old and a junior at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Although Simon was not interested in this girl whose head was covered and she couldn't tell the difference between the pros and cons, her acting skills were good enough and her image fit the requirements of "The Blair Witch", so she was naturally selected.

Speaking of which, because of the need for a tomboy in the film, initially seeing Katherine Mourning, West

Meng actually thought of Hilary Swank, the most inexistent Oscar actress in Hollywood. She has better acting skills. Unfortunately, after checking, she found that she has made her debut for many years. Must be the screening criteria for newcomers.

After the greeting, Maria arranged for coffee and snacks in person. Everyone sat down on the sofa in the reception area of ​​the office and began to discuss the business.

The thing about The Blair Witch, of course.

Today is Sunday, which is not a working day, but Simon can only squeeze out some time today. Lena and others naturally have to cater to his schedule, and they have to fly to Boston from all over the United States.

Everyone has no complaints about this. No matter inside or outside Hollywood, there are countless people who are looking forward to meeting Simon Westeros. As long as there is a chance, let alone flying to Boston, even flying to Mars, as long as it is feasible , not many people will refuse.

Just like Jerry Bruckheimer who came together this time.

Originally, the project "The Blair Witch" had nothing to do with him. Seeing the opportunity, Bruckheimer offered to be the executive producer of the film without asking for anything in return.

The proposal was sent to Simon, and Simon agreed after a little consideration.

It's what you need.

Jerry Bruckheimer's career has obviously declined in recent years, and the idea of ​​"The Blair Witch", with Bruckheimer's position, can naturally find out that it is an idea provided by Simon himself, so it can be said that it is an initiative to make friends. Just like Brian De Palma escorted Simon's debut novel "Run Lola".

In addition, since Paul Greengrass, the director of "The Blair Witch", is also the director of "Public Enemy" favored by Simon, Bruckheimer, as the producer of "Public Enemy", also happened to observe and even help this newcomer , Maybe he can become his direct partner in the future.

The script of the new version of "The Blair Witch" has been basically completed.

Except for the setting of the original witch-hunting expedition, most of the other details are quite different from what it used to be. This is mainly because the quality of the original version is really not on the table, and it is more of an accidental success under viral marketing.

The story this time mainly tells the story of two men, three women and five college students who went on an adventure based on the legend of a witch in a small town and went deep into the jungle. From the initial adventure hunting, to discovering that things started to be weird, and then to the appearance of a real witch and the annihilation of the small team s story.

That's right.

Compared with the past, the new "Blair Witch" will actually have witches appear.

In fact, the reason why I was completely afraid of playing in the first place was that there were no witches, and it was more because the team's budget was too small to afford it.

Simon initially considered continuing this pattern of psychological fear, but then overthrew himself.

Because this mode has just been used in "Ghost Story".

"Ghost Story", which is still in theaters, basically follows the setting of the original version, and there are no ghosts in the whole process. If the following "The Blair Witch" is still like this, it will inevitably give people a feeling of repeated frying. It’s fine if you don’t see a ghost once, but if you don’t see a witch twice, it’s likely to make the audience feel like they’ve been tricked.

At least, even if he substituted himself, it was not easy for Simon to accept the so-called fear in his heart twice in a row.

There is always some 'progress'.

In addition, in terms of story structure, a flashback mode will also be used this time.

In the beginning, there is a TV report on the search and rescue of five missing college students, and then it leads to several irec digital cameras found by the search and rescue team in the dense forest, and then it is shown to everyone in the form of leaked secret files.

In terms of the ending, this time it will use a method similar to "Ghost Story" that stops abruptly after the audience's emotions are lifted to a high level.

This is why the plot of the search and rescue report was not put at the end.

Different from psychological fear, just like many classic story structures in Hollywood that are not outdated after repeated shootings, since the structure of "Ghost Story" is effective, let's continue.

Of course, there are also differences. The mood in "Ghost Story" is always rising, and finally stops abruptly. And "The Blair Witch" is a sudden ending after experiencing ups and downs. The five-person group is hunted by witches one by one, just like an old-school youth horror movie, and then, as the last player ga over, the story ends abruptly.

Unlike old-school youth horror films where there are always one or two survivors, this story will be a tragic annihilation.

“We recently went to several southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and finally chose a small town called Kannadia and the nearby forest area on the border of Southwestern Alabama and Mississippi as the The scene."

In the office.

Paul Greengrass posted several large photos recently taken in the south on the large whiteboard on the west wall, and introduced the preparation status of the project to Simon: "This is a mixed wild pine and oak forest area, and They are all the kind with very low and twisted branches, giving people a natural twisted and weird feeling, which is very suitable for the atmosphere we need for this film. In addition, there are many abandoned and dilapidated buildings along a small stream deep in the forest area. The wooden house, Simon, you see, it was left over by some early residents at the end of the last century, coupled with the erosion of the years, there is no trace of modern civilization at all, this, I plan to choose this place as the witch's lair."

Speaking of this, Paul Greengrass added without waiting for Simon to ask questions: "I know that in the setting of the plot, witches will appear, but they will not be found. Therefore, this is just a former lair. Which layout

Some witch elements, but witches don't live here. "

Simon looked at some photos on the whiteboard that were obviously taken by Paul Greengrass carefully selected angles, and nodded with satisfaction. Compared with the barren mountains and wild forests in the original version of "The Blair Witch", which did not give people any atmosphere related to witches, just look at these photos , almost immediately bring the audience into a certain atmosphere.

This is the gap between professional and amateur.

However, Simon immediately thought of a question: "How is the shooting effect of irec?"

The photo was obviously taken by a professional camera. If it were an amateur home digital camera like Irec, the lens effect might be completely different.

Paul Greengrass was also prepared for this. He took out an irec from his carry-on luggage and handed it to the girl next to him, but continued to say to Simon: "The effect of irec is also very good, but, Simon, I asked Tinkber over there, they have better high-res prototypes there, I was wondering, can we use those devices, the current consumer grade irec, frankly speaking, the effect is really poor? "

Simon shook his head without hesitation: "No."

Paul Greenglaston was a little disappointed.

Simon thought for a while, and explained: "Paul, you know, we signed a related promotion agreement with Tinkber, a sponsorship contract with a very high value, so we must use the irec on the market. At most, the battery life, etc. Make some changes in the details, because this is an important gimmick in the promotion process in the future. If we advertise the use of irec on the market, it is actually a high-end sample in the laboratory, even if it is still the Tincobel brand. If The news leaked out, and the results could well be catastrophic."

Of course, Paul Greengrass knew about the brand sponsorship, so he didn't expect much. Seeing what Simon said, he gave up.

Simon continued: "Also, even if you don't mention sponsorship, Paul, the texture of the so-called pseudo-documentary films should be like this. Consumer-grade digital cameras have too much picture quality, and the audience still loses the immersive documentary experience, and the results are unpredictable."

As Simon said, he also remembered a pseudo-documentary film "The Dyatlov Incident" made by Hollywood director Renny Haring in history. The story is not told, but it is just the quality of the picture, which is completely movie-level. As a result, he said It is a pseudo-documentary, but because the picture quality is so good, it is no less than a film movie, but it makes people play.

Let's talk about the "Ghost Story" series. After the opening chapter in 2007, the subsequent sequels, even if the picture quality inevitably continued to improve due to the times, they always give people a pseudo-documentary-style hand-held camera. .

Some people may refute that the winner is always right, but if you can clearly see that the winner has repeatedly proven to be right, and don't want to follow and imitate, but do the opposite, it would be very unwise.