screenwriter mystery

Chapter 165 Change the script

After learning that the film could be shown in theaters, the director of "Smart: Ghost Story" specially modified the ending.

The horror atmosphere was added, which made the film perform well at the box office in theaters later, and laid the foundation for subsequent sequels.

But, even so, just from the plot of the movie.

In fact, the first part of "Spirit: Ghost Story" does not have a strong connection with the subsequent series.

Instead, starting from the second part, the plots of each sequel are closely related.

Now, as the filmmaker of "Smart: Ghost Story" in this world, Zhao Yuan will naturally not follow the path of the original director.

In the script design, he first modified the ending and chose the theater version as the end of the movie.

At the same time, in the plot of the movie, some details have been added to pave the way for the next sequel.

Although such a modification made the shooting time of the movie longer, it increased from the original seven days to half a month.

But it has greatly enriched the background of the script. Although these backgrounds are not too conspicuous in the first part, with the appearance of the subsequent sequels, the content of the entire script will become natural, not as blunt as the sequels of some movies. .

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"Any questions, Director?"

"Spirit: Ghost Story" filming scene.

Hearing Zhao Yuan's call, the two couple actors showed puzzled expressions on their faces.

They looked at each other, looked at Zhao Yuan standing behind the DV camera, and asked a little nervously.

As a couple who have worked hard in Hollywood for many years but failed to improve, they don't have any confidence to fight against the director. During the whole filming process, Zhao Yuan said they just acted like this.

"I feel that the conversation you had just now was a bit unnatural."

Looking into the eyes of the two actors, Zhao Yuan expressed his inner thoughts.

"unnatural?"

Hearing Zhao Yuan's words, the two looked at each other in dismay, and the actor who played the leading role in the movie said, "However, we have followed the script's lines and got them all right, there is no problem."

Zhao Yuan is now a well-known screenwriter and director in Hollywood.

The two actors were naturally very excited to be able to participate in the film he shot. For this reason, they checked "Spirit: Ghost Story" several times, and tried their best not to have any problems during the official shooting.

"Perhaps this is your biggest problem."

Hearing the actor's answer, Zhao Yuan's expression suddenly became a little bit stunned.

"The filming of this movie is in the style of a 'pseudo-documentary'. The reason why I chose you as the leading actors is that the relationship between you couples naturally does not need to be acted. Only the natural and unmodified shots can convince the most The audience watching the movie, what they see is the daily life of a normal couple, not a movie..."

"It's also my fault. I shouldn't have written the script so clearly. In fact, many plots are completely free for you to play."

The filming of the original "Spirit: Ghost Story" did not have a complete script from beginning to end.

Such a movie may not even be considered a movie for professionals.

However, from the angle of 'documentary', it is undoubtedly the correct way to shoot.

After all, what sense of lens does a documentary need, the more natural it is, the more real it can be shown.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan directly revised the script, cutting out a large number of lines from the original script, allowing the two leading actors to play freely as much as possible, presenting the appearance of life in the DV camera.

At the same time, he also changed the lens and lighting of the DV camera. Instead of facing the actors directly as before, he deliberately turned it a little bit, giving people the feeling of recording inadvertently.

Through these changes, the filming changes of "Spirit: Ghost Story" went more smoothly.

After not sticking to the lines of the script, the performance of the two actors in front of the camera became more and more natural, as if they were really just recording daily life through DV cameras instead of filming movies.

Of course, as a movie.

Although it is called a 'pseudo-documentary', it is impossible for Zhao Yuan to really use it to film daily life.

Therefore, in these daily shots, he also intersperses some scary scenes from time to time, or shadows flashing on the TV screen, or shaking lights, these are common scenes in life.

"Director, because of your previous shooting, I'm a little scared when I see the mirror now."

To Zhao Yuan, these scenes may not have much feeling.

However, from the perspective of the two actors, it is somewhat scary.

In particular, in order to pursue a sense of reality, many of the horror plots added by Zhao Yuan were not notified in advance, and they often appeared on the scene suddenly after discussing with the prop designer of the film.

"In this way, we can shoot a real sense of horror, isn't it?"

Hearing the actor's complaint, Zhao Yuan smiled and comforted him.

Over the past few days, the filming of "Smart: Ghost Story" has come to an end, and it will take about two or three days to complete the filming.

Of course, the completion of filming does not mean the end of the film.

Although "Spirituality: Ghost Story" is a "pseudo-documentary" it also needs editing.

Especially for the shooting of some horror scenes, in order to achieve the effect, there are more or less staff members participating in it.

These shots will be edited in post-production to make the whole movie look like a home video as much as possible.

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"Although, it's not the first time I've heard you say that, but Alan, I still want to say something..."

"You are simply a pervert!"

During the phone call, I learned again that Zhao Yuan's new movie "Smart: Ghost Story" has finished filming.

Wen Ziren couldn't help but swear, and said speechlessly.

"A film in the form of a 'pseudo-documentary' is originally shot at this speed. In fact, half a month is already much longer than I originally expected."

If Zhao Yuan remembers correctly, the original version of "Spiritual Motion: Ghost Shadow Record" took seven days to complete the filming.

Even, during the filming process, the neighbors did not know the process of their filming.

"It took half a month. You know, it took me about [-] days to shoot the fastest film "Saw". If you count the preparations, it took about a month."

"It took you only half a month to complete a movie, and you still think it's too long."

Wen Ziren's current record for the fastest filming is "Chain Saw". After that, he has never shot a film so quickly.

It is precisely because of this that he was amazed at Zhao Yuan's quick shooting.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, anyway, when a new movie is released, you must notify me!"

"In fact, the editing of the film is already done, so I believe it won't be long before you can see it in theaters."

Wen Ziren: "..."

(End of this chapter)