"Great idea, Alan."
Wen Ziren, who was preparing for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", learned about Zhao Yuan's thoughts about "Blair the Witch" from Ron Meyer, and couldn't help but call him to express his opinion, "I can't wait to see everyone's reaction after the movie is released." ”Wen Ziren's penchant for horror movies is based on this reason.He will sigh so much about the horror film in the form of 'pseudo-documentary' proposed by Zhao Yuan."
Perhaps, it won't be long before you can see it."
The small town of Buzizville, Makari State.Zhao Yuan replied to Wen Ziren on the other end of the phone, and not far in front of him, several young men and women were interviewing the residents of the town with DVs in their hands."
Have you ever heard of Blair the Witch?""
I've heard about it a few times.""
How many times?
What was it like to hear it for the first time?
”"I heard about her from acquaintances, neighbors......
Still, I've seen a documentary about her on shows like the Discovery Channel......
"Really?
”"It's a legend about the Devil's River soul or something."......
"What do you mean?"
”Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer on the phone, Wen Ziren was visibly stunned."
The filming cycle of the whole movie "Blair the Witch" is not long, in fact, we have already completed the filming of part of the plot, and I believe that in less than half a month, you will be able to see the content of the movie in the theater."
The short filming time of "Blair the Witch" is also the main reason why Zhao Yuan chose it.In his memory, there was no faster film shoot in Hollywood than "Blair the Witch," except for a certain movie in which everyone listened to the braggart of the male protagonist in the room.Even, if it weren't for the witch's background that needed to be brewed, the world where the movie was released might have been much earlier.But no matter what, "Blair the Witch" is already the fastest movie that Zhao Yuan can think of to earn [plot value]."
Are you sure you're not joking on April Fool's Day, Alan?"
Wen Ziren learned from Ron Mayer that "Blair the Witch" had only been a long time, and as a result, he was told that the movie was about to finish filming and was ready to be released.His "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is not even ready yet."
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."
ended the call with Wen Ziren, and the executive director on the side stepped forward and made a report to Zhao Yuan.For the sake of the filming effect of the movie, Universal not only arranged a special small team for "Blair the Witch" to help Zhao Yuan, who knew nothing about film shooting, but also increased the original shooting cost of less than $60,000 to $150,000, showing its support for the film."
Was the extras interviewing filmed?"
is like what Zhao Yuan said to Ron Meyer, the director can not play much role in the filming process of "Blair the Witch".What Zhao Yuan needs to do is to arrange some 'surprises' from angles that cannot be shot with handheld DV according to the plot arrangement of the script, and even, because of the scarcity of bloody scenes in "Blair the Witch", even the plasma most commonly used in horror movies is left."
It's done, they don't even know that the interviewee is an actor."
In order to show authenticity in front of the camera, Zhao Yuan deliberately arranged several temporary performances to reveal the legend of the witch through their mouths, so as to increase the authenticity of the whole documentary.......
"The legend of Blair the witch, is it true?"
”"Maybe it's true, I've heard from the townspeople, many of them have heard of this legend......"
"Don't be stupid, we're making a movie right now."
Entering the forest, several of the participants in "Blair the Witch" couldn't help but start talking.Before the start of filming, Universal had signed a confidentiality agreement with each of them, and would not reveal any information related to "Blair the Witch" before the movie was released, but after filming along the way, the plot woven by various DV records made them a little confused whether it was in the filming of the movie or a real documentary.Especially after interviewing the townspeople.Earlier, the leading actors of several movies debated the authenticity of their own filming of "Blair the Witch".Walking behind, Zhao Yuan kept looking at the objects in his hands."
Director, what is this?"
Sensing his distracted appearance, the executive director on the side asked curiously.His gaze fell on Zhao Yuan's hand and 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 with a casual face."
I just bought a souvenir from the townspeople, supposedly a pendant made of wolf teeth."
After a few simple chats with the executive director, a few minutes later, Zhao Yuan and others came to the filming location selected by the crew before.The cameraman took the handheld DV and began to be responsible for shooting, several people just stopped and stopped, from time to time the DV was passed to each other to create a self-entertaining shooting atmosphere, non-professional shooting techniques led to serious shaking of the lens picture, and occasionally there were shots to the forest floor, but in this regard, Zhao Yuan not only did not have any prevention but let it happen.Because, such a shot can highlight the authenticity of the movie even more.As they walked and stopped, they came to a forest hut.This wooden house is also the most critical plot location of the entire "Blair the Witch", where several of the film's leading actors were eventually killed.Of course, the cabin has an owner, and the crew contacted the owner of the cabin to express the idea of wanting to shoot a movie, and after paying a rental fee of three hundred dollars, the other party readily agreed to the request.Because the wooden house needs to be arranged, the scene of the main actors' deaths is not in today's shooting plan.After the group took some more shots around the forest, the main shooting task for the day was basically completed.Although the main shot is almost over, 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 were ready to set up a tent in the forest for the next few days, to speed up the filming schedule, but also to add more presence.Of course, for safety reasons, the location of the tent they set up is only a few hundred meters away from the road, even if they encounter any dangerous things, such as brown bears and wild wolves, they can run to a safe place in the first place.