Chatty Hollywood

"The weather is a bit gloomy!"

Photographer Addison Young looked through the camera at the scene about to be shot, always feeling eerie and eerie.

But when he looked up, he found that the sunshine today seemed no different from usual.

"Is it my imagination? Or is it the effect of the filter?"

Different from the scene preview, before the official shooting started, director Charlotte gave him a complete set of filters, saying that this set of filters was specially used to cooperate with the special effects technology of Spectre Studio.

Addison, who had already seen it once, did not object again.

Especially this time, he obviously saw different images from the camera with a filter.

——This was actually Charlotte’s intention!

After the last experiment, Charlotte discovered that through the filter she blessed with magic, she could indeed capture scenes that ordinary people could not see with the naked eye.

However, there is also a small problem——

Because those special scenes can only be seen after special processing by Charlotte, the photographer cannot adjust the lens well according to these scenes when shooting.

If you want to take detailed and beautiful pictures, this is not possible!

As a result, Spectre Studio’s special effects technology was “upgraded.”

——Of course, this is what he told photographer Addison Young and assistant director Lao Qiang.

In fact, he just adjusted the spell so that some relatively simple special images could be captured directly by the camera without the need for secondary processing.

This is the same reason that after the development of green screen technology matures, some relatively powerful technical teams can load the draft version of special effects directly onto the director's monitor during shooting.

Even compared to green screen technology that requires cutout, Charlotte's spell rendering is simpler.

To a certain extent, this is really just a filter.

However, whether it is the weird fog, the invisible ghost aura, or the abnormal light and dark effects, they are not the effects of ordinary filters.

Of course, it’s not difficult for those who are able to do it, but it’s not difficult for those who are difficult—

For Charlotte, who has mastered magic, this is indeed relatively simple;

But in the view of photographer Addison Young, this "special effects rendering" technology that can see the effects directly during shooting is simply a black technology.

"When I use these new technologies to make a blockbuster, I must go and have a chat with Cameron!"

Addison Young has always been brooding about the past with James Cameron.

He always wanted to make a movie that he could be proud of, but he calmly said to Cameron, who is now a major commercial film director:

"Although it was my fault back then, I haven't accomplished anything over the years!"

And now, the "special effects technology" of Spectre Studio has given him hope...

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Charlotte didn't know that her photographer had an ambition in her heart: "I have worked hard for twenty years just to have a cup of coffee with you as an equal."

At this time, he was carrying the assistant director's old gun and checking the sets and props for the last time.

"Charlotte, why did you choose this as the first scene?"

Looking at the "lifelike" corpse placed in the center of the set - okay, this description is a bit strange, but in short, this prop corpse is very realistic - Lao Qiang frowned and asked.

"Because this is the scene that best expresses the character of the leading actor Ichabu Karan!"

Charlotte looked at Johnny Depp who was putting on makeup in the distance,

"Due to the Winona Ryder incident, Depp is probably not in his best form right now. I need to use an impressive scene to get him into the role as soon as possible!"

"It makes sense!"

Lao Qiang touched his red beard,

"So, I'm afraid Depp will be NGed many times today?"

"If you need."

Charlotte smiled slightly, and there was a hint of sharpening in her words.

Before "Happy Death Day" exploded at the box office, Charlotte would not have been so straightforward when facing a star actor with a certain status like Depp.

——No way, at that time he was just a young director who had just made a movie, and he did not have enough qualifications to yell at the stars.

——When junior directors use celebrities to film, they often can only coax each other to work like children.

But now, "Happy Death Day" is a box office hit and has a very good reputation. It is obviously a youth campus horror film, but because of its peculiar infinite loop structure, many curious viewers have watched it repeatedly.

This makes the long-term box office curve of "Happy Death Day" very beautiful. After a long run, the box office of this recently released movie has surpassed the US$100 million mark.

Compare this to the US$5 million production cost of "Happy Death Day". Even if the publicity and distribution costs are included, the ultra-high input-output ratio is enough to make Hollywood film companies, big and small, instantly stunned by director Charlotte.

Now, he is a commercial film director who has had two consecutive blockbuster films, and one of his films has exceeded the box office mark of 100 million US dollars.

Such a director would unceremoniously guide star actors who have not yet reached the front line, and the actors themselves would not have any objections.

——This is the reality of Hollywood!

Of course, when it comes to the future Captain Jack Sparrow, Charlotte actually has no intention of using him to establish her power.

After all, because of the Winona incident, Charlotte has actually taken hold of Depp's pigtails, and there is really no need to do more.

He wanted to use a scene to test Depp, really because he felt that Depp was not in good condition.

And the fact is——

Just listen to the continuous "Cut", "Restart", "Cut", "Restart" after the shooting started...

I know that as a director, Charlotte’s judgments on actors are quite reliable.

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Johnny Depp actually knows that he is out of shape.

Because of the Winona incident, although he had read the script before joining the crew, he did not study it specifically.

This made him somewhat unable to grasp the characteristics of the character Ichabu Karan he was going to play.

Therefore, when faced with director Charlotte's repeated requests for reshoots, he had nothing to say.

However, after reshooting for about twenty times in a row, he became anxious.

"Johnny, come here!"

Charlotte also saw Depp's impatience, but he had no intention of teasing the latter. He just pulled the other person and came to the center of the set——

There was a "corpse" carefully crafted by the prop team.

This scene, in the script, is actually the murder scene of the first person killed by the Headless Horseman that Ichabo Kallan encountered after being sent to Sleepy Hollow as a police officer.

To put it simply, it can be said to be a late-eighteenth-century version of crime scene investigation.

Here, Ikab Karan will wear all kinds of strange self-made investigative tools and investigate the bodies of the dead like a Frankenstein.

As for the other characters surrounding him, they only need to cooperate in a timely manner and show their distrust and surprise towards the young and strange Ikabu.

It can be said that the highlight of this scene is Depp's performance as Iqab Karan.

But Depp has yet to get into the mood.

Charlotte decided to help in her own way——

He pointed at the "corpse\

,""Johnny, don't worry about the script or anything right now, just get closer and observe the "corpse" and say "interesting"."

"ha!?"

Although he didn't know what the director meant, Depp, a good actor, decided to do it.

He leaned down and looked closely at the severed neck of the "corpse."

——As mentioned before, in the script, this "corpse" was killed by the headless horseman, and the head was chopped off.

Therefore, Depp could only stare at the broken part of his neck.

While watching, I kept saying "interesting"...

The surrounding staff remained quiet at Charlotte's request.

Slowly, Depp felt his anxious mood slowly calm down.

He looked at the gap on the neck of the "corpse" and suddenly felt that there seemed to be some warmth there.

Next, a huge beetle suddenly crawled out from there.

“Interesting!!!”

Depp's voice suddenly became sharp and high-pitched...

PS1: "Warm Bodies" is a youth horror romance film released in 2013, with a zombie theme, starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. This movie is quite interesting. PS2: Nicholas Hoult is my eldest cousin’s ex-boyfriend, and Teresa Palmer, this girl looks very much like Twilight girl K, it’s almost a bit of a collision. PS3: I don’t know if any of you still remember the grudges between photographer Addison Young and Card God. If you forget, you can go to the front page.