Hollywood Hunter

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Leaving the convenience store, Simon did not immediately return to the motel, but shuttled through the streets of Santa Monica, filming in advance for the first film he planned.

The first film Simon intends to make is "Lola Run."

While the original "Lola Run" was not filmed in Los Angeles, Simon doesn't have the capital right now to pick and choose. Since he was in Santa Monica, he directly confirmed the location of the new version of the film here.

Choosing "Lola Run" is also the result of Simon's careful consideration.

After all, the body is now only 18 years old.

Under normal circumstances, a slightly sensible Hollywood film company would not take a few million dollars to let a young man under the age of 20 take risks, and now Simon has no capital to personally invest in the production of commercial films.

Therefore, he must show enough strength, at least to a certain extent, to dispel Hollywood's scruples about his age.

To do this, it is actually very simple, nothing more than to prove it through works.

Although some changes have occurred on the WMA side, the script income of "Butterfly Effect" can already be expected. This is Simon's first capital, and he must make good use of it to knock on the door of Hollywood.

Of course, the price of a script cannot be too high no matter how high it is. Therefore, Simon has very little choice, and can only make an ultra-low-cost movie. Also, the film has to show enough value, either at the box office or as an award.

In terms of box office, there are actually many films in Simon's memory that simply created a low-cost, high-box-office miracle, such as "Blair Witch" and "Ghost Records".

But in the final analysis, more than 90% of the success of these films is due to luck and just the right commercial operation, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the film itself.

The obvious evidence is that after the success of these films, the directors of the films did not show much presence in Hollywood anymore.

Therefore, when these films are released at this time, Simon has a 99% chance of being a slut. Even if there is such a 1% chance of reaping some benefits, Simon’s own ability in filmmaking will not be affected by Hollywood. 's approval.

As for awards, this thing undoubtedly pays more attention to seniority.

Moreover, it is equally difficult to make an excellent art film that can reach the award-winning level of several major film festivals with the money earned from selling a script.

After repeated selection, "Lola Run", an alternative and avant-garde experimental film, seemed perfect for Simon.

"Lola Run" also has a very low production cost. In memory, it is 350,000 Deutsche Marks, which is roughly equivalent to 180,000 US dollars, but this is more than ten years later.

Now, with just a few savings, Simon thinks $100,000 is basically the deal.

Although it is a low-cost production, "Lola Run" also has sufficient artistic value and commercial value. The film has not only won many awards, but has even formed a trend among young Germans.

Of course, for Simon, these are not the most important.

What Simon values ​​most is the perfect demonstration of "Lola Run" for the film's main creator and directing ability.

After the birth of "Lola Run" in 1998, the film's dazzling use of skills in editing, soundtrack, color, montage, mirror movement and other aspects quickly made it a classic teaching case of film academies all over the world, and it has also been used by many well-known film academies. The director has had a very profound impact.

Doug Liman, the director of the classic Hollywood spy film "The Bourne" series, has publicly admitted that the unique shooting style of "The Bourne" was inspired by "Lola Run". For this reason, Mann specially invited Franka Potente, the heroine of "Lola Run", to serve as the female lead of "Bourne Bourne".

Therefore, choosing "Lola Run", even in the worst case, the film will not be satisfactory at the awards and the box office in the future, Simon is enough to get a chance to show his filmmaking skills to the major Hollywood studios.

Hollywood has its ultra-conservative side, but at the same time is a world that worships genius and wonder.

As long as a person can prove his strength and bring benefits to the film company, not many people will care whether this person is an angel or a devil, and the age issue is naturally not a problem.

On Hsd Avenue north of downtown Santa Monica.

Simon passed by this intersection and caught sight of the castle-like dark gray building across the street, which was a club. The architectural colors of Los Angeles are generally dominated by light tones such as white, which make people feel monotonous and boring.

As a result, such a rather unusual dark gray building in front of him became very conspicuous, and Simon quickly made a decision to make this dark gray building one of the street scenes that Lola quickly passed by while running.

Without a camera, Simon could only use the stupidest method to record this location by painting.

Standing on the curb with a hand-bound hardcover notebook, Simon first wrote down the most basic street information, re-examined the street scene in front of him, and then began to quickly draw in the form of a split-shot script.

A few minutes later, while concentrating on the work in his hands, Simon suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.

He turned his head suspiciously, and two girls were already standing behind him.

One is Courteney Cox, the other

A blonde girl outside is also quite beautiful, but Simon doesn't know it.

At this time, Courteney was looking at him vigilantly, but did not speak, as if waiting for Simon to explain.

Simon turned and looked around, only to realize that he happened to be standing in front of a five-story apartment building, where Courteney and the blonde girl should live.

Feeling Courteney's eyes, Simon immediately understood.

All right.

Considered a stalker.

With a wry smile, Simon closed the notebook and explained, "Kurt, would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?"

"I don't believe it," Courteney immediately shook her head, but still said, "So, what are you doing here?"

"I told you this afternoon, I'm preparing my own movie," Simon said, handing over the notebook in his hand.

Courteney took the thick sixteen-open notebook with a suspicious expression and flipped it open. The blonde girl next to her also came over curiously.

The notebook has accumulated dozens of pages of split drafts based on various types of street scenes. Although they are all very brief sketches, both Courteney and the blond girl can easily appreciate Simon's solid painting skills. Most of the drafts There are also many professional annotations such as lighting and camera positions in detail.

After turning a few pages in a row, Courteney's attention was quickly drawn to the running short-haired girl in the sketch, and she suddenly looked at Simon again with embarrassment. The blonde girl didn't have any scruples, admiring a few words in a low voice, then raised her head and said to Simon: "You are really good at drawing, but is the girl in the drawing Kurt?"

Simon was stunned for a moment, looking at Courteney's short hair style at this time, and then he understood why the other party asked such a question.

In all fairness, Simon didn't have a specific object in mind when he sketched Lola's look, and he didn't have any feelings for the original Lola player, Franka Potente.

However, perhaps when he came to Los Angeles, Courteney was the only girl Simon knew and whose image was more in line with Lola's setting, so he subconsciously put the other person's figure on it during the drawing process, which led to this time. misunderstanding.

In fact, the sketch is actually very simple, and if there are not enough preconditions, it is difficult for anyone to think of this aspect. But Courteney happened to be right in front of Simon at this time, plus the little misunderstanding just now, it is not surprising that the blonde girl would ask such a question.

Looking at Courteney, who looked down at the sketches and didn't speak, the two girls in front of her had clearly identified a certain fact, and Simon no longer refuted this little misunderstanding, but simply nodded and admitted: "Yes, I still have this afternoon. I asked Curt to be my heroine, but she didn't believe it."

"Hehe, Kurt doesn't want to, or I'll do it, you can change all the girls in the manuscript to look like me," the blonde girl smiled playfully, and extended her hand to Simon: "Hello, I It's Kristy Swanson."

Simon reached out and shook hands with the girl, and said, "Simon Westeros."

The blonde girl heard the words and immediately showed a stunned expression: "Oh, you are what Kurt said recently..."

Before she could finish speaking, Courteney reached out and stabbed her friend on the waist, telling Christy to shut her mouth, and then handed the notebook to Simon, saying, "Okay, you're done."

"So," Simon raised his finger behind him, "can I stay here and finish that painting?"

Christie burst into laughter.

Courteney blushed slightly, and gave Simon a sullen look: "Whatever you want, this is a public place."

Simon also felt that the question he had just asked was a bit stupid, smiled, reopened the notebook, and turned to the last page.

After looking at the dark gray building opposite again, Simon picked up the pen and started to draw. Seeing that the two girls did not leave immediately, he said casually, "Are you going to dinner?"

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