Screenwriter Mystery

"Great idea, Ellen."

Wen Ziren, who was preparing "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", learned about Zhao Yuan's thoughts on "Blair Witch" from Ron Mayer, and couldn't help calling him to express his opinion

"I can't wait to see everyone's reaction after the movie is released."

It is for this reason that Wen Ziren loves horror movies.

He would sigh so much about the horror film in the form of 'pseudo-documentary' proposed by Zhao Yuan.

"Perhaps, it won't take too long before you can see it."

Macari State, the town of Bouzidzville.

Zhao Yuan replied to Wen Ziren on the other end of the phone. Not far in front of him, several young men and women were holding DVs and interviewing the residents of the town.

"Have you heard of Blair the Witch?"

"I've heard of it a few times."

"How many times? What was the first time you heard it?"

"I heard the story about her from an acquaintance, a neighbor... However, I also saw a documentary about her on a program like Discovery Channel..."

"real?"

"It's a legend about the soul of the Devil River."

……

"what do you mean?"

Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer on the phone, Wen Ziren was obviously stunned.

"The whole filming cycle of "Blair Witch" is not long. In fact, we have already completed the filming of part of the plot. I believe that in less than half a month, you will be able to see the content of the film in the theater."

The short filming time of Blair Witch was also the main reason why Zhao Yuan chose it.

In his memory, apart from a movie where everyone in the room listened to the hero's bragging, no movie in Hollywood has been shot faster than Blair the Witch.

Even, if it weren't for the witch's background to be brewed, the world of the movie might have been released earlier.

But no matter what, "Blair Witch" is already the fastest movie that Zhao Yuan can think of to earn [plot value].

"Are you sure you're not making an April Fool's joke, Alan?"

Wen Ziren learned from Ron Mayer how long it took for "Blair Witch", and as a result, after a phone call, he was told that the film was about to be filmed and ready to be released.

His "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" has not even completed the preparations.

"If it's a joke, I'll definitely think of something more shocking."

On the phone, Zhao Yuan's answer made Wen Ziren even more speechless.

"Director, the content of the interview has basically been filmed."

After finishing the call with Wen Ziren, the executive director next to him stepped forward and made a report to Zhao Yuan.

Although the crew of "Blair Witch" is rudimentary, it is a film backed by Universal Investment after all. For the filming effect, Universal not only arranged a special team for "Blair Witch" to help Zhao Yuan, who has little knowledge of film shooting , and raised the shooting cost of less than $60,000 to $150,000, showing support for the film.

"Has the interview with the extras been filmed?"

Just like what Zhao Yuan said to Ron Mayer, the director could not play much role in the filming of Blair Witch.

All Zhao Yuan needs to do is to arrange some 'surprises' at angles that cannot be filmed with a handheld DV according to the plot arrangement of the script. Even because of the scarcity of **** scenes in "Blair Witch", even the most commonly used blood plasma in horror movies is also used. left.

"It's done, they don't even know the interviewee is an actor."

In order to show the authenticity in front of the camera, Zhao Yuan specially arranged several performances to reveal the legend of witches through their mouths, thereby increasing the authenticity of the whole documentary.

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"The legend of the witch Blair, is it true?"

"Maybe it's true. I listened to the description of the residents of the town. Many of them have heard of this legend..."

"Don't be silly, we're shooting a movie now."

Entering the forest, the few who participated in "Blair Witch" couldn't help but start talking.

Before filming started, Universal had signed a non-disclosure agreement with each of them, and would not reveal any information related to "Blair Witch" until the film was released. Some of them can't tell whether it is in the filming of a movie or a real documentary.

Especially after interviewing the residents of the small town.

Earlier, the protagonists of several films debated the authenticity of the "Blair Witch" they filmed.

Walking behind, Zhao Yuan kept looking at the objects in his hands.

"Director, is this?"

Sensing his trance-like appearance, the executive director on the side asked curiously.

His eyes fell on Zhao Yuan's hand, and he saw a pendant with sharp teeth.

"nothing."

Hearing the question coming from beside him, Zhao Yuan came back to his senses, put away the pendant in his hand, and replied casually.

"I just bought a souvenir from the residents of the town. It is said to be a pendant made of wolf teeth."

After simply chatting with the executive director for a few minutes~www.readwn.com~, Zhao Yuan and others arrived at the filming location previously selected by the crew.

The cameraman took the handheld DV and started to take charge of the shooting. Several people stopped and walked like this, passing the DV to each other from time to time to create a self-entertaining shooting atmosphere. There were shots of going to the forest floor, but Zhao Yuan did not stop it but let it happen.

Because, such a lens, on the contrary, can highlight the authenticity of the film even more.

Just like this, they stopped and walked, and they came to a forest cabin.

This wooden house is also the most critical plot filming location for the entire "Blair Witch", where several leading actors of the movie were eventually killed.

Of course, the wooden house has an owner. The crew contacted the owner of the wooden house to express the idea of ​​​​making a movie. After paying the rental fee of three hundred dollars, the other party readily agreed to this request.

Because the wooden house needs to be arranged, the scene of the death of the leading actors is not in today's shooting plan.

After the group took some shots around the forest, the main shooting task for today was basically completed.

Although the main shots are almost done, it does not mean that Zhao Yuan and his party will leave the forest.

In order to achieve the most realistic effect of the film, they have already made preparations to set up a tent in the forest for the next few days, in order to speed up the shooting schedule, but also to increase the sense of presence.

Of course, for safety reasons, the location where they set up the tent is only a few hundred meters away from the road. Even if they encounter any dangerous things, such as brown bears, wild wolves and other wild animals, they can go to a safe place as soon as possible.