Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 21 Test Screening
Why is the effect of the same work so different?This involves an issue of final editing rights.

Not only in Hollywood, but also in the East or the West, the editing rights of the film are basically in the hands of the investor.

It's like cooking, the director puts all the ingredients into the pot, and then makes the finished product, but the right to arrange the dishes is handed over to others.Whether you want to place a few flowers or carve out some decorations depends on the mood of others.

Laila thinks this is a very unreasonable thing, because the director will know exactly where the shot should be used when shooting.It is undoubtedly quite puzzling to ask other people, even less professional people, to take on this important task.

But the reality is so cruel, at most [-]% of the industry can actually get the director's final editing rights, which is the right that only big directors standing at the top of the pyramid can have.

Like some big film companies, directors are just employees they hire.The company gives the theme, the direction, and even the actors, and the director just shoots the movie like a proposition composition, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest.

No way, this is the film industry, rich people have the right to speak.Of course, if a well-known director like Steve Spielberg, the director's cutting right is just a matter of one sentence.They have already proved their own strength and the money-absorbing power of the film with facts. As long as they can make money, it doesn't matter if they cut it into a bunch of inexplicable things.

Laila considered herself lucky.Because she is the boss of the company and the sole investor of this movie, this means that no one will rob her without being blind, and no one can rob her.She can edit the shot material according to what she wants to achieve her most desired effect.

Compared to the original "The Blair Witch," Lyra adds a few things.The relationship between Eastern and Western cultural differences, the original version did not make her feel particularly scary, even if later generations commented that this movie used very good psychological hints, she actually didn't feel much.

Therefore, she borrowed some oriental mysterious culture when filming.Simply put, the West prefers to show horror with blood, brutal action, and scary monsters.The East is more inclined to the power of nature, and likes to slowly infiltrate a terrifying atmosphere that penetrates directly into the bone marrow from items such as flowers and trees, doors, windows, tables, chairs and benches.

In doing so, she actually took a lot of risks, because she didn't know whether the horror points of Westerners could be accurately poked by her.But think about the few movies that Hollywood will remake in the future, such as "The Grudge" and "Midnight Ring", all of which use oriental expressions, and they have received good results.It can be seen that the acceptance ability of western audiences is still very strong, and they can feel the connotation of oriental mysterious culture.

For a whole week, Leila hid in the editing room to put the material together.This is a very important first work, and she will reconsider every shot.

The final product of the film is expected to be between 80-90 minutes, and the material shot is a full 200 minutes.How to extract a terrible and wonderful story from those 200 minutes is definitely a very challenging thing.

In addition, the soundtrack of the film was originally packaged and handed over to the music producer who cooperated with the company under Louise's suggestion.Fortunately, this film doesn't need too much music. Laila listened to it a few times and found it acceptable, so she didn't care too much.Shortly after the editing was completed, the soundtrack was also completed.Add in some post-production, and the hot Leila's first movie is officially born in this world.

The trial screening was held in the screening room of Phoenix Company. Except for a few actors, all the staff of the company also ran over.They want to use this movie to see if the new boss has the same talent as the previous boss.

They are very content. They don't need the movie to be popular, as long as they can get their salary on time and keep the company running normally.A young director who has just passed, and a wealthy lady who has never even touched a camera before, can you expect more from her?
In the screening room, the lights were turned off one by one as the movie started, and the people present also began to calm down and prepare to watch.

A few lines of subtitles appeared at the beginning of the movie, which was a bit shaky and made people dizzy, but for some reason, a few simple lines of words caused a creepy atmosphere to permeate the entire room.Soon, Kate, the heroine, appeared on the screen and introduced herself to the camera.

How could this be?
This was the first time that everyone saw the finished product, and everyone was shocked.Because they found that what they shot was far from what they thought, not in a good direction, but in a bad direction!
What's with this dizzying lens?What's the matter with this shoddy picture that looks like a student's work?

Can a movie like this really make money?
The actors' initial optimism for the young director began to waver at this time, and the employees of the company felt that the future was bleak.

Regarding this, Laila who was sitting in the corner just smiled faintly and saw everything without saying a word.

As the plot progressed, there was a gasp in the screening room, and occasionally there would be one or two exclamations.In the second half, more people's breathing became disordered, obviously frightened by the plot in the film.

"God, how do I feel this is true?"

After the movie ended, whispers began to sound.

"Yeah, I also feel like I've heard about this somewhere."

A person suddenly stood up: "That missing person notice!"

"What missing person notice?"

"Did you forget? It's the missing person notice that was published in the Entertainment Daily some time ago. It has been advertised for several weeks in a row. Didn't some people say that the missing people were captured by witches to make a movie?"

"My God, isn't this a film we made at all, but a picture of those who disappeared?"

"Don't talk nonsense, please! You scared me!"

The projection room became more and more chaotic after the lights were turned on. No one cared about the subtitles played at the end of the movie. Everyone's attention was attracted by the disappearance case.

The employees of the company didn't know what the movie was about, most of them only knew that it was a horror movie.Only the cast and crew knew that was exactly what they were filming.Just why is it connected with reality?You must know that they had already started preparing for the movie before the missing person announcement was issued.

Could it be that their little director is a magician who does not know the future?
(End of this chapter)