Screenwriter Mystery

"cut!"

The filming site of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" was accompanied by the last voice of director Wen Ziren.

The whole film finally completed the shooting of the last scene.

"Okay, all the shooting, this is the end!"

Sitting in front of the camera monitor, watching the picture on the small screen, Wen Ziren sighed in relief, then raised his voice to make an announcement.

"Long live!"

Hearing the news of the completion of the film, the entire crew suddenly cheered excitedly.

The staff whistled and clapped their hands to celebrate the completion of the filming.

Among all Hollywood film types, horror films have the shortest shooting cycle. Compared with action-adventure films and sci-fi fantasy films, which often require various pre-preparations and post-production special effects, it takes more than half of the production time. Horror films have always been Known for its low cost and fast shooting cycle.

Especially for a massacre movie like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" that doesn't have many special effects shots, it took no more than half a year from the official project approval to the shooting. If you put aside the early stage crew formation, funding and actors and other issues, the actual time spent on filming took less than three months.

At that time, although compared to other types of films, the shooting of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" was rapid.

However, the continuous filming experience for several months has greatly worn away the passion and physical strength of the crew.

After the completion of the film, the film of the film was sealed and sent to Universal, and the equipment was put into storage.

That night, the entire crew put on suits and dresses to attend the carnival party that is indispensable after the Hollywood movie is completed.

To be honest, Zhao Yuan is not very keen on the so-called parties in Hollywood, especially since he just attended the carnival party of the "Modern Family" crew in New York not long ago. It's just that, as the screenwriter of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", one of the core of the whole film, even if he is not interested in the party of Hollywood demons, he must participate in this social activity.

As a small-budget horror film crew with low-to-medium cost, the nightclub venue for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" party is not big.

Of course, there is more than enough staff to accommodate the entire crew of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2".

Universal's producers have contracted a nightclub for the crew to party all night, to vent the emotions accumulated over this period of time, in order to be able to work better in the future.

In such a party, alcohol is always an indispensable existence. Everyone keeps colliding with the wine glasses in their hands, shouting happily or frantically with each other. For the vast majority of people participating in this party, this It's their last day on the show.

After today, many of them may not have the chance to meet again.

Zhao Yuan was sitting at one end of the party, also holding a wine glass in his hand.

Feel the extravagant atmosphere of Hollywood that fills the entire nightclub and is drunk and lavish.

Unfortunately, with his current physique, it is difficult to get him drunk with pure alcohol.

This made Zhao Yuan extraordinarily sober even though he was in the party.

"Ellen, so you are here..."

With a wine glass in his hand, Wen Ziren found Zhao Yuan sitting on the side, went up to touch him, and said with a bit of drunkenness in his eyes.

"cheers!"

"cheers."

Touching Wen Ziren in front of him, Zhao Yuan raised his hand and poured the red wine from the glass into his mouth, feeling the coldness across his throat, and then asked Wen Ziren a question.

"Next, what are your plans, Director?"

"Although the filming is over, I still need to watch the editing later."

The completion of the film, for most of the crew, including the screenwriter Zhao Yuan, represents the end of the work.

However, this is not the case for Wen Ziren as a director. After a short break, he will soon enter the intense post-production work. He will go to Universal's studio to work with editors to edit the scenes of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". It can be said that , there is still more than a month of busy time waiting for him.

Although, in Hollywood, many crews will exclude the director from the editing work.

However, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is obviously not on this list.

The reason why Universal is willing to make concessions and agree to let Wen Ziren join the editing work is also entirely due to the box office performance of the previous film "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Wen Ziren's outstanding performance in several consecutive big-selling horror films. performance as a foundation.

Otherwise, it is almost impossible for a rookie director who has no achievements to rely on in the past to convince the producer to get the editing rights of the movie.

Of course, this is not without exception.

For example, "Blair Witch", the shooting method of "pseudo-documentary" makes the whole film have no room for the editor to play.

"It's you, Alan, do you have any ideas for a new script after "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2"?"

He briefly explained his situation~www.novelmt.com~ Wen Ziren's words changed, and then he threw the topic to Zhao Yuan in front of him.

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is over, and I have to go to Los Angeles to join the crew of "Modern Family". The TV series has already officially started filming. Although the follow-up script of the TV series has been created, ABC Concerns have been expressed about this.”

Different from the filming of the film, in the filming of the TV series.

The screenwriter is the soul of a play and controls the quality of the whole play.

Because of the production mode of playing while shooting, many plots often require the presence of the screenwriter and the director to determine the direction of the shooting.

Under such a model, the screenwriter's power in the play is amazing.

Even, once the screenwriter is angered, even the lead actor will not escape the fate of being replaced.

A well-known example of this is that Charlie Sheen, the star of the American TV series "Two and a Half Heroes", offended the crew. In the end, the screenwriter wrote him to death in the play, and designed that he fell into the platform and was hit by an oncoming subway. The deadly way of dying drove him out of the crew.

Among them, of course, there are reasons why Charlie Sheen deserved what he deserved and committed suicide many times, but the influence of the screenwriter on a drama can be seen from this.

"It seems that we will all be very busy in the next period of time."

Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer, Wen Ziren, who was in front of him, raised the wine glass in his hand and said drunkenly.

"Hollywood!"

His gaze swept across the wine glass in Wen Ziren's hand.

Zhao Yuan also took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray and replied with a smile.

"Honor Hollywood."