Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 47 Role Audition
After the first round of filming for "Ghost" was completed, Link returned to the Guess What Studios in Los Angeles to edit the film and audition for the leading male role.

An audition office was also set up at Guess Pictures. Five people came for the audition, and two more people were added temporarily.

The audition was conducted by Liu Xiaoli.

"Next, Mr. Matt LeBlanc."

Liu Xiaoli was wearing a women's shirt and straight pants, with a work badge hanging around her white swan neck. She was standing at the door holding a folder and calling out names in the aisle outside the office.

"Hello, beautiful lady."

Matt LeBlanc, who played 'Joey' in 'Friends', was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. As he walked to the door, he gave Liu Xiaoli a bright smile.

"Hello, Mr. Reblanco, please come in."

Matt LeBlanc walked into the office.

Link, Daniel DeVito and Monica sat behind a long desk, discussing the previous person's performance.

"Hello, Director Link. I'm a fan of yours. I really like your movies. It's my honor to meet you here."

Matt LeBlanc looked at Link with a smile, an expression of excitement and admiration on his face that he couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.

"Hello, Mr. Leblanc, I've seen your ad and it's my honor to meet you here."

Link walked up to Matt Reblanc and shook his hand, handed him a piece of paper, and asked him to try to perform.

There is one scene on paper, five lines.

The male protagonist Mika stood in the swimming pool, using his fingers as a pistol and firing wildly, then pretended to be a fisherman, pulling the fishing line with both hands and working hard to reel in the rod.

The heroine teased him for being childish, but she also liked his childishness.

The role of this scene in the play is to highlight the character of the male protagonist, who is lively and humorous, has a childlike innocence, and is curious, paving the way for what the protagonist does next.

"Director Link, I'm ready."

Matt LeBlanc said after reading the description on the paper.

"Well, Mr. Reblanco, please start your performance."

Link gestured with his hand.

Bang bang bang!
Matt LeBlanc held up two fingers, fired into the air, and simulated the sound of a bullet firing with his mouth. He was having fun very seriously.

"Ah, look, I caught a big fish."

After performing the shooting, Matt LeBlanc leaned back and seemed to be holding a fishing rod in his hand, performing without a physical object.

Link crossed his fingers and watched his performance quietly. Matt LeBlanc had received professional acting training and his acting skills were above average.

"Mr. Leblanc, that's enough. I still need to look at your lines."

"Ok, no problem."

Liu Xiaoli took out the second piece of paper and gave it to Matt Leblanc.

Monica also stood up and walked in front of Matt LeBlanc to cooperate with his performance.

"Wow, lady, you are beautiful."

Matt LeBlanc looked at Monica Bellucci with burning eyes.

"Thank you!"

Monica shrugged modestly.

Three minutes later, Matt Reblanc was ready to call it a day.

Both sides began to rehearse their lines.

"Now I want to make a statement about this exquisite and beautiful instrument. I love it. This is my guitar."

Matt LeBlanc pretended to hold a camera and pointed it at the guitar on the sofa and Monica.

"Haha, you're so cute. What are you doing?"

Monica said.

"I love your feet, they're so sexy."

Matt LeBlanc pretended to move the camera on his shoulder and pointed it at Monica's feet.

"My toenails need some new polish. Stop taking pictures of my feet."

"How about some sexy moves, a striptease?"

"what?"

"Please, halfway through the dance, just strip down to your underwear."

Matt LeBlanc laughed.

Monica waved her hand as if to hit him.

"No!"

"As long as you jump, I will do whatever you want me to do."

"No!"

"What a bummer!"

Matt LeBlanc said unhappily.

"Cut! That's it."

"Mr. Leblanc, thank you for coming to the audition. We will inform you of the result within one day." "Okay, Director Link, this script is great. I hope we can have a chance to work together."

Matt LeBlanc smiled, said hello politely and left.

"Link, what do you think of him?"

Monica twisted her hips and sat back in her original position.

"It's OK, let's see the next one."

Link picked up the pen and typed a '?' after Matt Reblanc's name.

Matt LeBlanc's acting is pretty good, but he and Monica don't quite match up as a couple. He is quite famous in the advertising circle.

He can be used as a backup. If there is no more suitable person, you can try him.

"Next, Mr. Jeremy Northam."

Liu Xiaoli walked out the door and shouted.

After a day of auditioning, it was decided that Jeremy Northam was the most suitable.

Jeremy Northam is 188 cm tall and handsome. He has acted in stage plays and has solid acting skills. He is also a good match for Monica.

After selecting the male lead, Link handed the script to Jeremy Northam and gave him a week to prepare for the role.

Link returned to the editing studio to continue editing the videotape of "Paranormal Activity".

After I finished editing it, I watched it again and felt it was pretty good.

Since he is a professional director, his shooting techniques are more delicate and he knows how to create a horror atmosphere, which results in this version of the film having higher quality shots and the horror effect is no less than the original.

After the editing was complete, Link hired renowned sound effects engineer Tom Fleischman to adjust the sound and mix the film to increase the horror atmosphere of the film.

Although Link also knows some sound and sound effects technology, professional sound engineers are better at sound design and production.

After finishing the post-production of the film, Link invited Monica, Liu Xiaoli, Daniel DeVito and others to watch the finished film in the company's small screening room.

The sound quality in the screening room is very good, with surround sound, and the sound played from the speakers is even more terrifying.

Liu Xiaoli is a woman in her twenties or almost thirty. When she watched this kind of movie, she was so scared that she screamed like a little girl. She only persisted in watching it until the 13th day and refused to watch it again. She said that after watching the movie, she dared not go home to sleep at night.

Monica was also scared when she watched the horror movie she made herself. She held his arm from beginning to end. Every time a ghost was about to appear, she would turn her head and lean on his shoulder, not daring to look at the screen.

After 89 minutes, the movie ended.

Liu Xiaoli thinks this movie is very scary and she won't go to see it even if you give her a ticket.

Monica thinks it's great and that audiences who like thriller movies will definitely like it.

Chris Bauer was responsible for pretending to be a ghost during the filming. He usually did some very odd jobs on the crew and didn't even understand the plot of the script.

While watching the finished film, he hugged his arms tightly, and the muscles in his arms bulged.

"Fuck! It's so scary. I made all those weird noises. How come they are so scary after being made into a movie? That buzzing sound is so scary, it's like an evil spirit is breathing in my ear."

Chris Bauer shouted, shielding his eyes with his hands.

Chris Bauer also gave positive feedback on the film, indicating that ordinary audiences like him who don't have much appreciation ability also like this film.

Daniel DeVito was the only one in the audience with a serious expression, critical and unpredictable.

"Daniel, just speak your mind."

"Link, this movie has a pretty good thriller effect, but it's a pseudo-documentary horror movie that has never appeared before. The camera keeps shaking, and the plot doesn't have much substance, let alone artistry.

After it is released, I am afraid it will be criticized by critics and said that the film is shoddy. "

The film is shot with a handheld camera, and the camera moves in an erratic and shaky way that makes it uncomfortable to watch, even nauseating.

This shooting technique is often used in live TV broadcasts and documentaries, but no one has yet used it to shoot a movie.

The lack of precedent means taking risks, and it means there is no certainty whether the audience is willing to pay for such a movie.

Before the film was released, Daniel DeVito was not sure how much box office this kind of film would get in the market.

But Link once said that he wanted to explore new film areas and shooting methods.

Judging from "Ghost", Link has indeed done a lot of exploration and innovation, and it's very bold.

"It doesn't matter. I'm a newcomer. I don't need to worry about reputation. It's more important to make money first."

Link could also understand Daniel's concerns.

It is now 1992, and movies and audiences are in a more literary stage.

Most of the movies shown in theaters are relatively sophisticated, taking into account both the artistic and commercial aspects of the film. There are relatively few pure popcorn commercial movies.

Both directors and actors seem to look down on commercial films.

Unlike after 2010, when theaters were filled with sequels of commercial blockbusters.

The movie "Ghost" is shot in a pseudo-documentary style.

This approach was so ahead of its time that it was a groundbreaking film.

Unlike before the original "Ghostbusters" was released, pseudo-documentary horror themes such as "The Blair Witch Project", "Cloverfield", "Quarantine" and "REC" have been very popular, and there have been many successful cases.

"Paranormal Activity" is a complete follow-up to the trend, and there was not much risk when it was released.

If "Ghost" had been released in the 1990s, it would still be unknown how the movie would perform at the box office.

In addition, compared to box office, Link pays more attention to system evaluation and rewards.

(End of this chapter)