Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 57 Scream
When Quentin Tarantino screamed out in fear, many people in the audience also reacted.

The female producers were very direct. They covered their eyes with their hands and only looked at the screen with their peripheral vision. When they saw the door being opened, they quickly lowered their heads and didn't look.

Except for Quentin who shouted out, most of the male audience members frowned or tilted their heads slightly.

The brave ones folded their arms and looked at the screen as if nothing had happened. When they heard Quentin call out, they glanced over with a playful or smug smile on their faces.

Their performance, especially Quentin's, was accurately captured by the cameras placed on both sides.

The people who filmed it were employees of Guess What Pictures, and filming the audience's reactions was also a task assigned by Link.

Link planned to promote "Paranormal Activity" by not spending money to put movie trailers on TV stations, but only showing videos of viewers being scared while watching "Paranormal Activity".

Audiences want to know whether this movie is scary or not.

No need to read movie reviews or watch trailers.

You can get the answer by looking at the audience's real reactions.

After watching these clips, other people will also be attracted and become curious about the movie, thus generating an urge to consume.

This is also one of the publicity plans formulated by Link.

"Oh, Mika! Come here quickly, come here quickly."

Over the speakers, the heroine Katie suddenly screamed.

"Is a ghost here? There are ghosts during the day. It's nothing. I'm not scared at all."

Quentin leaned his head back in his seat, staring at the screen with half-closed eyes.

The male protagonist rushed into the toilet with the camera in hand, and what he saw was a spider.

"Mystique. This little trick can scare me."

Quentin curled his lips in disdain.

"Don't you feel that the horror atmosphere in the room is getting stronger and stronger? Link was very good at creating atmosphere when he was filming Buried, and this movie is even better. There is no blood, no horror props, no horror music. It is all rendered by the camera. It's amazing."

Steven Soderbergh said.

"It's amazing. Previous horror movies relied on makeup and music to set off the theme, but Link is different. The images are very clean, like our daily lives. It's very easy to shoot. If this movie performs well at the box office, many people will definitely follow suit in the future."

Lawrence Bender said.

"It's too early for you to praise it. It's only been more than 20 minutes. Who knows what will happen in the back? Many horror movies are good in the beginning but a mess in the end. I hope Link won't be like that."

"Don't talk, the ghost is coming."

On the thirteenth night, the hero and heroine continued to sleep in bed.

At around two o'clock in the middle of the night, the "empty, empty, empty" sound was heard outside the door again.

Quentin frowned and looked at the screen with his peripheral vision. He did not stare at the dark door, but at the hero and heroine on the bed, which would reduce the sense of horror.

The heroine heard a strange noise, woke up, and stared at the door. Then the hero also woke up. The two hugged each other and talked, looking outside the door.

The audience also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the hero and heroine wake up.

Roar!
Bang dong!

Suddenly, there was a roar from outside the open door, and then something fell heavily to the ground.

The hero and heroine screamed in fear.

"what!!!"

There were also a few screams from the audience.

“Is there something wrong with this movie?”

In the third row of the auditorium, Jerome Preston scratched his thick hair and turned his head slightly, not daring to continue staring at the open door on the screen.

"what is the problem?"

asked film critic Will Rogers.

"This scene is obviously very common and we see it every day. Why is it so horrifying and disturbing when we see it on the screen?"

Jerome Preston asked, frowning.

"This is where Link was clever. When shooting, the camera was pointed directly at the open door. Normal people are used to closing their doors before going to bed, or even locking them. If they don't close the door, they may not be able to sleep.

Now when we see the male and female protagonists sleeping with the door open, we subconsciously feel uneasy for them, just like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder seeing messy books, this psychological impact is inevitable. Link made good use of this in the movie, especially when he used the form of live broadcast, the effect was doubled, and the uneasy psychology was also doubled.

Regardless of the shot, this setting is very clever and very novel. Link is indeed an innovative and creative director."

Will Roger said seriously.

On the evening of the 15th day, around : a.m., the heroine suddenly got up from the bed, stood by the bed and stared at the hero on the bed.

"Sleepwalking! This is sleepwalking. I've sleepwalked before and I didn't know anything after I woke up."

A female producer covered her mouth and exclaimed.

"Kati must be possessed by an evil spirit."

Someone said uneasily.

"What is she going to do?"

"Oh my god, is this what happens when you sleepwalk?"

"terrible."

After standing by the bed for more than two hours, the heroine turned and walked out of the bedroom.

The male protagonist woke up and went downstairs to find the female protagonist. He went back to the room to get a blanket when a muffled sound suddenly came from the second floor.

The male protagonist was startled and rushed upstairs with the camera, only to see the TV turned on.

The screen was filled with black and white snowflakes, making crackling sounds.

The male protagonist plucked up the courage to take the camera and film the bedroom, looking everywhere but found nothing.

When the camera scanned behind him, he saw the heroine standing at the door with disheveled hair.

"what!!"

There were exclamations in the cinema at the same time.

"Shit! I've had enough."

A female producer stood up and walked out. When she reached the dark corridor, she stopped and saw that some people were leaving, then they walked out of the screening room together.

This time 5 people left.

53 people remain.

"Boss, I told you long ago that your movie is too scary. It will scare the audience if it is shown in theaters. Is my guess accurate?"

Liu Xiaoli asked, tugging at his clothes with her fingers.

"Accurate. The one who went after was the producer of Disney Studios. The films released by Walt Disney are mainly animated films and family movies. It's normal that they don't want this film."

“What if they all get scared away?”

"That's even better. It means my movie has a very strong horror effect and will do very well at the box office after it's released."

"You're always so optimistic."

Liu Xiaoli reached out and smoothed his clothes to smooth out the wrinkles, then stood behind him, not looking at the screen to avoid being frightened.

Ah!
"Shit! What the hell is this?"

"Damn, I was scared to death."

Suddenly, there was a cry of surprise in the theater, and more than a dozen people in the audience suddenly stood up, including Quentin, Jerome Preston and others.

"Richard, how are you? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to take a heart pill first?"

In the front row, Scott Rudin noticed Richard Zanuck holding his hand to his heart.

"I'm fine. This kind of little scene can't scare me."

Richard Zanuck waved his hand and let out a slow breath.

"Don't force yourself. It would be bad if something unexpected happened."

"Stop talking nonsense and watch a movie."

(End of this chapter)