Chatty Hollywood

Unlike when filming "The Turn" and "Happy Death Day", Charlotte paid special attention to the filming of the film this time.

To this end, he specially set up a camera specifically for recording clips on the set.

Coming from a later generation, he knew that although film clips seemed insignificant, they were actually an important element in increasing DVD sales.

It is now 1995. Although DVDs are not yet available for the market, VCDs are already available. What's more, there are also more traditional video tapes

Things like flakes and flowers already have their place.

Especially since Charlotte is one of the main producers this time and can enjoy a share of the box office, she also has to consider the issue of cost recovery.

As a medium- and large-scale production, the cost budget of "Sleepy Hollow" is US$60 million. Although this is slightly less than the US$65 million production cost of the film in the original world, it is still similar.

To recover this considerable production cost, Charlotte needs to find some way.

Of course, for a director, the most important thing to consider is the box office of the movie.

Even though with the development of the times, DVD and other peripheral income will gradually exceed the box office, the box office is still the most direct criterion for measuring the success of a movie.

However, this does not mean that Charlotte cannot also consider other means.

Moreover, even if the piece of flower is kept as a souvenir, it is still very good.

Charlotte heard that Kubrick, the great director who made "2001: A Space Odyssey", especially liked to collect the filming clips of the actors who worked with him.

Of course, considering Kubrick's cold and ironic film style, the trailers he liked may be said to be the dark history of the actors, but

Directors, who cares about that?

Even Charlotte herself, didn’t she also leave behind the footage of Depp screaming when he was frightened by a beetle?

Of course, unlike Kubrick who purely regarded special clips as a collection, Charlotte's main purpose of shooting clips was to sell them for money.

All filming activities that are not for the purpose of making money are hooligans!

In Hollywood, this is a secret industry standard.

Charlotte doesn’t intend to go against industry standards.

In fact, even though she gradually fell in love with the job of directing and made some achievements, Charlotte still had no particularly big artistic pursuits.

He just wants to shoot more good stories that more people can like.

that is it.

Because he likes the feeling of many people discussing his works and his works.

Even though these works are largely drawn from his original world.

But after all, being born into this world still passed through his hands, and he can still feel a certain sense of accomplishment from it.

"Even if I'm just a porter of film and television works..."

Charlotte thought silently in her heart.

Of course, this is just his own idea. If the original directors of the works he "transported" saw the results of his "transportation", 80% of them would be stunned

"Fatal Turn" not only changed the cast, but also changed the movie from the beginning to the end, from the rhythm to the scenes, and also introduced a very weird second-shot effect;

"Happy Death Day" changed less, but the cast also changed a lot. Especially the serial killer, who was directly replaced by a woman, and gave a very interesting backstory to Jodie Foster...

In comparison, "Sleepy Hollow" is his film that most adheres to the original work.

Except for the heroine Christina Ricci, who was replaced by Charlize because she was too young, the other actors are basically Tim Burton's version of the lineup.

There are basically no changes in the script.

He basically just used his abilities and spells and made some fine adjustments.

However, it is absolutely impossible to say that he did not mix anything personal in this movie.

Especially the scenes and shots involving spells.

Don't forget, unlike other directors who can only rely on imagination, he is a professional in this area.

Take for example the portal between the Yin and Yang worlds, the Headless Horseman, the Tree of Death.

In his original world of "Sleepy Hollow", although the tree was weird, it was more of a special effects rendering for the movie. It wasn't even a tree itself, it could only be said to be a prop.

In the Charlotte version of "Sleepy Hollow", the tree of death is a real demon tree.

"Alexis, I will bury your remains next to this tree!"

Pointing at the twisted and terrifying demon tree, Charlotte explained to the blonde girl beside her,

"It took me a lot of effort to find out the whereabouts of your remains from the Los Angeles Police Department, and then"

"Then you became a tomb robber?"

The blonde girl interrupted Charlotte directly, then stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully,

"That's what Charlize said!"

"Sally..."

Charlotte shook her head. Girl, is it so difficult to save some face for your new boyfriend that you just confirmed?

However, now that she has said this, Charlotte has no intention of hiding it.

"Actually, I've been a tomb robber more than once, right, Ruifan?"

When he said this, it was Johnny Depp's face.

"You're right!"

Depp, no, it was River Phoenix who occupied Depp's body and nodded with a wry smile.

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Today is Sunday and the crew is on break.

Charlotte specially brought the two ghosts Alexis and River to the "Tree of Death" that had been processed by the props team because she had something to tell them.

Of course, with Alexis, Charlize, who is almost one with her, is indispensable.

River Phoenix, with Charlotte's help, temporarily borrowed Johnny Depp's body.

Although she hasn't used it for a while, Charlotte's method of administering drugs is still so skillful with her strong body memory...

"I did steal Ruifan's body!"

In front of the two ghosts and her girlfriend, Charlotte directly admitted the crime that if the police knew about it, she would have to go to jail for at least several years.

"Now, I will bury you under the roots of the tree of death!"

"...That is to say, two corpses are buried under this tree, which is obviously a prop?"

Alexis' face turned pale.

Her reaction made Charlotte laugh.

"Hey, Alexis, you are a ghost! Why are you afraid of corpses? Especially, there is a corpse here, and it is your own corpse!"

"Even if you say so..."

Alexis hunched her shoulders and shook her head.

"Okay, it's indeed a bit weird! But I don't know why, but I'm just scared of this tree, just like you were when you exorcised ghosts at the crossroads."

"Was it like that the last time you exorcised a ghost?"

Charlotte touched her chin;

"It seems that Alexis, you really want to "live"! That's why you are so sensitive to the gate of hell!"

"Hell Gate!?"

"That's right!"

Charlotte pointed at the twisted tree of death,

"Under this tree, I have indeed placed a gate to hell!"

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