Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 103: Doing a Side Job (Please Collect and Read)
After Matt Damon and Ben Affleck left, Link and Sofia Coppola returned to the company to give them some work.

"What? You want me to be the director of this movie?"

Sophia looked surprised.

"Yes, I have other work and don't have time to go to Illinois with you to shoot, but I have prepared a movie script. If you shoot according to the composition above, it is basically impossible to make mistakes."

Link took out the movie script he had drawn during this period.

The script includes the shot design, lines, performance methods, scene design, shooting methods, lighting, makeup, character positioning, etc. for each scene.

Almost the entire plot of the movie is presented in the form of pictures.

With this script, any director with a bit of talent can make this film.

Sofia has studied photography and also learned film directing from director Coppola, so this kind of documentary-style film is not difficult for her.

Sophia flipped through the thick script and became more and more shocked. The script was even more detailed than the one her father drew. Filming according to the script was like copying homework, and there was almost no difficulty.

“But I’m not ready to be a director yet.”

Sophia said hesitantly.

The reason she joined Link's crew was that she wanted to learn how to make movies from him and see how he could turn a low-budget movie into a box-office hit that everyone would like.

She also thought about becoming a director, but not now.

It was too sudden.

"It doesn't matter. Daniel DeVito will be the executive producer and will be responsible for every aspect of the filming. Guess what, the film production department will arrange two assistant directors to help you.

In addition, after I finish my work, I will go to the crew to supervise and check for you. When shooting, you can treat this movie as a practice like me, do it according to your ideas, and don't give yourself too much psychological burden. If you are worried that the film is not well shot and criticized by the public after it is completed, you don't have to sign your name. "

Link said.

"That sounds good, but you're the director, and Blair Witch is your movie. What job is more important than making a movie at this time? You're not trying to pick up girls, are you? The news said that you and Jennifer Connelly were also having an affair. Is that true?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Jennifer and I have the same agent. It's normal for us to interact more often. This is the work I'm busy with recently."

Link took out a beautifully wrapped book and handed it to Sofia.

"what?"

Sophia looked at the title of the book. It said "Interstellar". On the cover was a person in a space suit, floating in the dark space, surrounded by a lot of data.

The author's name, Link, is also on the cover.

"Did you write this?"

"I wrote a few science fiction novels in my spare time and submitted them to Tor Books. They said they were good and agreed to publish them. After Interstellar was published, it sold well. Publishers from all over the country invited me to participate in book signings. I couldn't refuse, so I had to leave the crew to you and take care of this first."

"You are quite versatile. Give me this book so I can see how well you write it."

Sophia leaves with the book.

When she arrived at the parking lot, she didn't rush to drive. She took out "Interstellar" and leaned over the steering wheel to read it.

Originally I just wanted to read one article to see what the level of this book was.

As a result, I wanted to read the second page after reading all night, and I couldn't help but read the next article after finishing one. The more I read, the more addicted I became. My eyes became more and more tired, and I couldn't even see the words clearly.

When I looked up, it was dark outside.

Sophia drove back home quickly, without even bothering to eat, and hurried into the bedroom to continue reading.

"Interstellar" has more than 1030 pages and 53.3 words, divided into 8 science fiction stories, three medium-length novels, and eight short stories, including "Interstellar", "The Martian", "The Man from Earth", "Gravity", "Source Code", "Edge of Tomorrow", etc.

Each one is very exciting.

These science fiction stories tell many things about the future world, including interstellar orbits, driverless cars, charging cars on the streets, electric tanks, nuclear-powered aircraft, drones, Starlink, and the use of electromagnetic nets to recover rockets, etc.

There are also touch-screen mobile phones, touch-screen computers, live webcasts, communication tools implanted in the cerebral cortex, photography technology implanted in the corners of the eyes, intelligent robots, Internet AI, etc. There are also interstellar adventures such as Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, black hole theories, space jumps, contact with aliens, and interstellar wars.

Although these things have been written about in science fiction novels in the past, none of them have been written in such detail, reality, and vividness as in "Interstellar", as if they were personal experiences.

It was so brilliantly written that Sofia couldn't stop reading it.

I watched it until about four in the morning and finally finished it.

After getting up at noon, Sophia walked out of the bedroom with disheveled hair and a dirty face to look for food, and was seen by her and criticized.

"Sophia, what were you doing last night? Why did you sleep until noon?"

"Read a book."

"Reading? Reading all night? Is it a serious book?"

"Sure. Science fiction."

Sophia picked up Interstellar and shook it at her mother.

"Sophia, when did you start liking science fiction? I remember you preferred those brainless romance novels."

Sofia's brother teased.

"Hmph, I don't want to bother with you. Dad, there's a really great science fiction novel on the shelves recently. Have you read it?"

Sofia asked, sitting at the dining table.

"No, what science fiction?"

"Here, I'll lend it to you for a while. Return it to me quickly after you finish reading it. I want to read it again."

Sofia handed Interstellar to director Coppola.

Director Coppola took it and looked at it. "Link? The Link from the movie?"

"Yes."

“He can also write novels?”

After seeing that the author was Link, director Coppola lost interest in opening the book. Although Link's script was well written, what good story could he write as a screenwriter writing a novel?

"Take a look first, don't jump to conclusions so early."

Sophia said unhappily.

For Sofia's sake, Director Coppola opened the novel, prepared to read a few pages, pointed out a few loopholes in person, and then told Sofia not to think too highly of Link, because compared to your father, he is still too young.

After just finishing his first novel, "The Martian," Director Coppola smacked his lips and couldn't help but read it again carefully.

I was surprised to find that this science fiction novel is really good. Both the plot design and the detailed description are very sci-fi. It describes the science and technology of the future world, the changes in human lifestyle in the technological age, and thinking about the development of science and technology and human nature.

The combination of hard science fiction and soft science fiction, the two original genres in science fiction novels, are very cleverly integrated in this novel, which also makes the flavor of this science fiction novel very pure.

It is one of the few science fiction novels that suits my taste in recent years.

Director Coppola smacked his lips a few times and continued reading the second and third chapters.

"Dad, have you finished reading it? I want to read it too."

Sophia came over after breakfast.

Director Coppola ignored her, waved his hand, and went into the study with the book.

Sophia rolled her eyes. The old man said one thing and meant another.

She hadn't finished reading the book, so she had to drive to the Beverly Boulevard Bookstore and buy all the remaining sixteen books, keeping one for herself and giving the rest to people around her as gifts.

(End of this chapter)