Boston, the Weston Rich District in the western suburbs of the city.

It's Sunday morning.

The group who flew to Boston yesterday was five minutes away from nine o'clock and entered a manor in the wealthy area on time. Lina Kane got off the car first and immediately saw an Eastern European woman wearing frameless glasses and a home suit, greeting her with two female waiters of obviously Eastern European descent.

Even though it is roughly possible to judge that this woman should be quite old, Lena Kane is still a little embarrassed in the face of the other party's perfect appearance and quiet and gentle temperament, and even some inexplicable inferiority and closeness.

However, Lena Kane immediately discovered that the woman seemed a little embarrassed in front of them, her voice was gentle, and she greeted with a little British accent: "Everyone, please come with me."

The other party did not introduce it, and Lina and others were not inconvenient to take the initiative to greet too much.

Lina, who is good at observing, soon discovered that the edge of the slender neck wrapped in a turtleneck sweater was faintly red, and even the woman's face was a rosy rosy that was easy to make people feel ambiguous. Think about it further and roughly understand why this woman was embarrassed.

Lina cannot tell the specific age of the other party, but she is at least in her thirties, and her boss is only 29 years old this year.

Such an intellectual and gentle woman is a lover for a man who is much younger than herself and is seen by outsiders. She will inevitably feel embarrassed.

I have to say that Lina really guessed Maria's thoughts.

Except for the age that I have not guessed correctly.

Moreover, this place is not the manor where Maria and the children live, but Uriyanna's residence. Compared with other women around Simon, as the mother of five children now, as well as her personality and even the age gap with a little man, she has always been a shy and passive bearer in front of him.

I was half-scammered and pulled over last night. It was the first time I was with Uriyana to spend a ridiculous night with a little man. Even though these guests could not know what happened last night, Maria still felt embarrassed when facing outsiders.

Fortunately, it was not in his own residence, otherwise Maria would definitely refuse to follow.

You know, it’s not just three boys and two little ones, but because of the weekend, my daughter also came back from MIT to visit her.

However, a hateful little man probably thought of this and chose this place, which made Maria inexplicably feel a little strange thanks for it. She knew that this was not normal, but at least, he did not embarrass herself in front of the children, and finally... it was not too bad.

Thinking of this, Maria took the guests into the villa, walked through the hall, and came to an office on the west side of the first floor. She knocked on the door, got a response and pushed the door open and went in.

In front of you is a very spacious office, and on the south side are floor-to-ceiling glass windows, which look very bright.

The temperature in Boston is very low now, but the room is as warm as spring.

Simon was sitting on the sofa in the reception area near the glass window, lying up his legs and looking through some information, and by the way, he listened to the report of the matter of Girl A. When he saw everyone entering the door, he stood up.

There were two men and four women in total.

In addition to Lena Kane, there are also Hollywood gold-medal producer Jerry Brookheimer, Paul Greengrass, the designated director of "Blair the Witch" and "Public Enemy", Annika Settle, the screenwriter of "Blair the Witch", and the last two, not only did the other party know Simon, but Simon once knew each other young girls.

The first one comes from Canada, once one of the sweet sisters in Hollywood, Rachel McAdams, who just turned 20 this year.

And the second one, seeing the pair of little tiger teeth showing when they smiled, Simon almost blurted out when he greeted the other party, "Hello, Genmei, how is Sledgehammer doing recently?" Simon once liked the heroine in a TV series "Secretary Tracking", Amy Ake, 22 years old this year.

This is two of the three heroines in "Blair the Witch" recently selected by Lina.

Of course, it was the result of Simon's intervening in a little bit of personal bad taste.

Since Genmei has appeared, Simon actually hopes that good things will come true and get together a "Xiao Dahui" so that the three heroines in this setting will live together.

Unfortunately, it was not found.

Because the casting standards for "Blair the Witch" are still based on "Ghost Records", newcomers who need to have a performance foundation but have basically never appeared on big and small screens, preferably students in various university performance majors.

So Rachel McAdams and Amy Aker were picked out.

One of the two girls is a student majoring in the theater performance at York University in Canada. The other just graduated from the acting department of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas this year and happened to go to Los Angeles to explore. As for the former "Shawk" Sara Shah, it is obviously not listed here.

The three heroines in the plan have actually been selected.

The last one did not come today, mainly because Simon was not interested. In addition, the other party was not signed under Lina's name. Through family connections, he already had another agency. Moreover, this girl is also a actress Simon once knew, Katherine Morning, a famous tomboy in Hollywood. She was once famous for her role in "The Legend of the Symbol First". She was also the cousin of "The Queen of Water" Gwyneth Paltrow.

Katherine Morning is 20 years old and a junior at the New York Academy of Drama Arts.

Although Simon was not interested in this girl who could not tell the right and wrong with her head, the other party's acting skills were excellent enough and his image just fits the requirements of "Blair the Witch", so he was naturally selected.

Speaking of which, because the film requires a tomboy, when Simon first saw Catherine Morning, she thought of the most invisible Oscar winner Hillary Swank, who is in Hollywood. She has better acting skills. Unfortunately, after checking, she found that she has been in the industry for many years. Although she is still in various supporting roles, she still does not meet the screening criteria for the film's characters to be newcomers.

After greeting, Maria personally arranged to bring coffee and snacks. Everyone sat down on the sofa in the reception area of ​​the office and began to discuss the matter.

It's naturally about Blair the Witch.

Today is Sunday, which is not a working day, but Simon can only squeeze out some time today. Lina and others naturally have to cater to his schedule and fly to Boston from all over the United States.

Everyone had no complaints about this. No matter inside and outside Hollywood, there were countless people who hoped to meet Simon Westeros. As long as there was a chance, let alone flying to Boston, even if it was flying to Mars, as long as there was such feasibility, no one would refuse.

Just like Jerry Brookheimer who came together this time.

Originally, the project "Blair Witch" had nothing to do with him. When Brookheimer saw the opportunity, he offered to be the executive producer of the film without asking for any reward.

He proposed to send it to Simon, and Simon agreed to it after a little consideration.

It's considered to be what each needs.

Jerry Bruckheimer's career has declined significantly in recent years, and the creativity of "The Witch Blair" is naturally found out that this is the creativity provided by Simon himself, so it can be said that he has been actively making friends, just like when Brian de Palma and others escorted Simon's debut work "Rolla Run".

In addition, since Paul Greengras, the director of "The Witch", is also Simon's tendency to director of "The Full Name of Public Enemy", Brookheimer, as the producer of "The Public Enemy", happens to observe and even help the newcomer nearby, and maybe he can become his direct partner in the future.

The script of the new version of "Blair the Witch" has been basically completed.

In addition to the original exploration architecture setting of the witch, most of the other details are already very different from the past, which is mainly because the quality of the original is really not enough, and it is more of a chance success under viral marketing.

This time, the story mainly tells the story of two men, three women and five college students, who went to explore according to the legend of a witch in a small town, and went deep into the dense forest, from the initial curiosity to discovering that things started to be weird, and then to the appearance of a real witch and causing the entire army to be wiped out.

That's right.

Compared to the past, the brand new "Witch Blair" will truly have a witch appear.

In fact, the reason why I was completely afraid of playing was that there was no witch appearing was more because the team had too little budget and could not afford to play.

Simon initially considered continuing this psychological fear pattern, but then he overturned himself.

Because this model has just been used in "Ghost Record".

The "Ghost Record" that is still being released basically refers to the original settings, and no ghosts appear throughout the whole process. If the next "Blair of the Witch" is still the same, it will inevitably give people a feeling of recurring rehabilitation. It would be fine if you can't see the ghost once, but if you can't see the witch twice, it may make the audience feel like they were being fooled.

At least, if you substitute yourself, Simon is not likely to accept the so-called fear in his heart twice in a row.

There must always be some "progress".

In addition, in terms of story structure, flashback mode will be adopted this time.

The beginning was a TV station's search and rescue report about the five missing college students, and then it led to several iRec digital cameras found by the search and rescue team in the dense forest, and then it was displayed to everyone in the form of a secret leak.

In terms of the ending, this time, we will use a method similar to "Ghost Records" that ends suddenly after the audience's emotions are hung to a high level.

This is why the plot about the search and rescue report is not placed at the end.

Unlike psychological fear, just like many classic story structures in Hollywood that are not out of date after filming over and over again. Since the structure of "Ghost Records" is effective, let's continue.

Of course, there is also a difference. The emotions in "The Ghost Record" are always rising and finally come to an abrupt end. "The Witch Blair" is a sudden ending after experiencing ups and downs. The five-person group is hunted by the witch one by one, just like an old-school youth horror movie. Then, with the last player Game Over, the story ends abruptly.

Unlike old-school youth horror movies, there will always be one or two survivors, and this story will be a tragic and complete annihilation.

"We have recently visited several states in the south, including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and finally selected a small town called Canardia and nearby forest areas in southwestern Alabama bordering Mississippi as the filming site."

Inside the office.

Paul Greengras posted several large photos taken in the south recently on the wide whiteboard against the wall on the west side to introduce Simon's preparation status: "This is a mixed area of ​​wild pine and oak trees, and they are all very low and twisted branches, giving people a natural twisted and weird feeling, which is very suitable for the atmosphere we need in this film. In addition, along the bank of a stream deep in the forest, there are many abandoned and dilapidated wooden houses. Simon, you see, this is left over from some early residents at the end of the last century, and with the erosion of time, there is no trace of modern civilization at all. I plan to choose this place as the witch's nest."

Speaking of this, Paul Greengrass did not wait for Simon to ask questions and added: "I know that in the plot setting, the witch will appear, but will not be found. Therefore, this is just a former nest. We will arrange some witch elements in it, but the witch will not live here."

Simon looked at some photos taken by Paul Greengras after carefully selected angles on the whiteboard, nodding with satisfaction. Compared to the wilderness forests in the original "Blair of the Witch", which did not give people any of the atmosphere related to the witch, just looking at these photos can bring the audience into a certain atmosphere almost immediately.

This is the difference between professionalism and amateurism.

However, Simon immediately thought of a question: "How is the shooting effect of iRec?"

The photos were obviously taken by professional cameras. If it were an amateur home digital camera like iRec, the lens effect might be completely different.

Paul Greengrass was also prepared for this. He took out an iRec from his carry-on luggage and handed it to the A girl next to him. However, he continued to say to Simon: "The effect of iRec is also very good, but Simon, I asked Tinkobaier where they have high-resolution prototypes that have better effect. I was wondering if we can use those devices, the current consumer iRec, to be honest, the effect is relatively poor?"

Simon shook his head without hesitation: "No."

Paul Greenglast was suddenly disappointed.

Simon thought about it and explained: "Paul, you know, we signed a relevant promotion agreement with Tincobaier, a very valuable sponsorship contract, so we must use iRec on the market. At most, some modifications are made in details such as battery life, because this is an important gimmick in the future promotion process. If we advertise using iRec on the market, it is actually a high-end sample in the laboratory, even if it is still the Tincobaier brand, if the news leaks, the result may be disastrous."

Of course, Paul Greengrass knew about brand sponsorship and did not have much expectations. Seeing Simon say this, he gave up.

Simon continued: "And even if you don't mention sponsorship, Paul, the so-called pseudo-documentary film, should be like this. If you give the audience a picture quality that is no less than a film movie, or even obviously exceeds the quality of consumer digital cameras, it will still make the audience lose the immersive documentary experience, and the result is difficult to predict."

Simon said that he also remembered a pseudo-documentary film "The Dyatlov Incident" filmed by Hollywood director Renney Haring in history. The story is not told, but it is just a picture quality and a complete movie level. As a result, it is said to be a pseudo-documentary, but because the picture quality is too good, it is no less than a film movie, and it makes people lose their drama.

Let’s talk about the “Ghost Record” series. After the opening of 2007, the subsequent sequels, even though the picture quality inevitably continues to improve due to the times, can always give people a pseudo-documentary handheld camera feel like shooting.
Chapter completed!