Look at what is displayed on the system.Zhao Yuan finally understood why the circus director looked so reluctant when he handed over this stack of cards to him before.These cards are generally not of a high level and have a limit on the number of times.However, for the circus director, it is also an extremely painful thing to give away so many cards at once.If it weren't for Zhao Yuan's aura as a script creator, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to get this gift or apologize.Sweeping from the card in his hand, Zhao Yuan's gaze stopped for a moment when he saw the last card printed with [Swedish Nightingale].In the circus performance, if he was most impressed by it, it was naturally the beautiful singing voice of the [Swedish Nightingale].However, considering that this [Swedish Nightingale] card is only limited to one use, Zhao Yuan does not plan to use it impatiently now.Looking at the stack of cards in his hand, a vague idea vaguely emerged in his heart.Purely as combat power, these circus roles in their hands are obviously not outstanding.But it would be a lot of fun to get them together and make a circus-related movie.In particular, as the actual audience of the entire circus performance, he personally experienced the wonderful performance of the entire circus, and finally the singing of the [Swedish Nightingale], even if he has left the circus, is still haunting in Zhao Yuan's heart.Filming the circus experience into a movie is an idea that Zhao Yuan, as a superficial Hollywood screenwriter, came up with out of professional instinct.However, it is only an idea.Not to mention, a movie, especially a movie related to the circus genre, is not a mainstream Hollywood movie theme in itself, and the adaptations involved in it are even more head-wrenching.And, once these characters are put into the film, he also needs to explain the provenance of the circus troupe.Therefore, after the idea of making a circus movie flashed through Zhao Yuan's mind, he quickly suppressed the idea again.For now, at least, the idea is just a fantasy.Instead of thinking about it, focus on more realistic things.For example, the filming of the new movie, "Smart: Ghost Shadow".…… Early February.The Writers Guild and the Union of Motion Picture and Television Producers voted on the provisional agreement.It means that this time, the mighty general strike action led by the Hollywood Writers Guild has finally ushered in the final moment.With the end of the strike, the screenwriters, who had been away from their jobs for months, returned to their jobs, and TV dramas and talk shows, which had been close to suspension, returned to the television screen.At the same time, a house was selected in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and the movie "Smart: Ghost Shadow" was also filmed in a low-key manner.If you look at it purely from the perspective of the filming, "Smart: Ghost Record" is a more relaxed movie than "Blair the Witch".The latter, throughout the filming process, also needs to walk around the forest to shoot some real and fake witch shots.Then "Smart: Ghost Shadow" is purely a film that takes the 'pseudo-documentary' style to the limit.The entire shooting scene is confined to one house, and even most of the plot focuses on the bedroom bed.If it weren't for Zhao Yuan's script, this would be a horror movie.The actors who came to the audition thought they were coming to shoot a different genre film.With the previous directing experience of "Blair the Witch", plus "Smart: Ghost Shadow" is the same type of 'pseudo-documentary' movie.In terms of Universal, he didn't hesitate too much and agreed to Zhao Yuan's proposal to continue directing.In fact, for a movie like "Smart: Ghost Shadow", the director's role in the whole work is minimal, so instead of arguing with Zhao Yuan over the issue of film director, it is better to give him this position in exchange for the negotiation of the copyright of the sequel to "Blair the Witch".That's right, it's been evaluated by the global side.Although he participated in the investment and filming of "Smart: Ghost Shadow".But more emphasis is placed on the copyright of the sequel to "Blair the Witch".After all, compared to a new movie that has not passed any market tests, "Blair the Witch" is a dark horse movie whose predecessor has earned 250 million US dollars, and the gap between the two can be seen at a glance by a discerning person.But judging from the movie data, there is nothing wrong with Universal's decision.It's just that they wouldn't have expected that "Blair the Witch" would be so overdrawn in word-of-mouth that it wouldn't even be able to support the box office of the sequel.Universal wants to buy the copyright of "Blair the Witch" to shoot a sequel, and Zhao Yuan naturally won't pour cold water on them and block himself.It's all established film production companies that have been working in Hollywood for many years, and he doesn't think Universal will be unaware of the problems with "Blair the Witch."
It's just that the box office of the previous work of 250 million US dollars is too dazzling, even if the sequel can't reach this level, even if only half of it is a big profit for Universal.
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”Los Angeles, the filming site of "Smart: Ghost Shadows".Zhao Yuan looked at the two actors who played the couple in the room, and couldn't help but frown and shout the card unnaturally.Although "Smart: Ghost Shadow" is a film in the form of a 'pseudo-documentary', there are not too many settings for acting skills.But the most basic nature is the key to the documentary.In order to conform to the natural setting in the script, like "Blair the Witch", Zhao Yuan did not invite any famous actors in the casting of the movie "Smart: Ghost Shadow", but deliberately chose a couple of actors who are not famous in reality to play the couples in the movie.There is no doubt that he made the right choice.The appearance of this real-life couple in the DV camera meets the requirements of the movie setting.However, when the performance reached the appearance of supernatural scenes, the two obviously could not achieve the idea in Zhao Yuan's mind.According to the original plot of "Smart: Ghost Shadow", this kind of supernatural phenomenon is not outstanding.Just rely on some limited, pretending to be mysterious shots to create a terrifying sense of supernaturalness.That's because the original world director didn't think about the possibility of shooting a sequel when he was filming "Smart: Ghost Shadow", and he didn't even have the idea of entering the theater at first, which is why the DVD version of the movie and the ending of the theater version are different.