Hollywood Director 1992

Ben Affleck has a dream of becoming a director and actively studies related knowledge in his spare time.

In his inherent understanding, all Hollywood movies are filmed one shot after another, and finally, all the shots are combined, edited, and post-produced to become a qualified movie.

But Renée Zellweger told him that Link doesn't film like that at all; he treats movies as experiments.

He films from beginning to end once, and if he's not satisfied, he films a second time, a third time, until he is satisfied.

Based on his past knowledge of directing, this method of filmmaking is not feasible.

Filming movies is very expensive. Filming it once and then filming it a second and third time doubles the crew's expenses, and the greater the expense, the higher the risk.

No film company can afford such a large expense.

Nor does any film company allow its directors to waste money like this.

Ben Affleck subconsciously felt that this was not a good idea.

But the fact is that Link uses this method to film movies.

His first film, "Buried," was both critically and commercially successful, with a box office return more than 3500 times its budget.

His second film, "Paranormal Activity," had a box office return ratio of 30,000 times, becoming the two movies with the highest return ratio in the current world film history.

If Link's method of filming doesn't work, how could these two movies be such big hits?

They even suppress all the big-name directors in terms of box office numbers.

Could it be that Link's method of filming is the orthodox way?

Is it a wrong path that other directors' movies are not watched?

As long as you film movies like Link, you can also become a great director and a billionaire?

"Hahaha~"

Ben Affleck clapped his hands, excitedly gesticulating.

Compared to Matt Damon wanting to be a big star, he wants to be a director even more. Just like Link said in an interview, the director is the coolest person on the set, and everyone else is the director's tool.

Being a director in Hollywood is much more enjoyable than being an actor.

The reason he didn't choose to be a director before was because he lacked confidence.

After hearing about Link's method of filming, he seemed to see a bright path to success—

As long as he learns Link's method and films a movie repeatedly, he will definitely be able to make a great movie.

"Ben, what are you laughing at? Did the Blair Witch control you?"

Matt Damon put his arm around his shoulder and shook him.

"Haha, Matt, I know how to be a director now. Maybe we can take back the 'Good Will Hunting' script and film it ourselves."

Ben Affleck suppressed his excitement and told Matt Damon his idea: he wanted to learn from Link, film a movie repeatedly several times, and choose the best version to show, which would definitely make money.

Matt Damon shook his head repeatedly as he listened.

"Ben, have you considered the production cost of 'Good Will Hunting'? I've done a budget, and it will cost at least $10 million. $10 million for one take, $20 million for two, $30 million for three. With a $30 million investment, you need at least $60 million to break even. Can the best version of 'Good Will Hunting' get $60 million at the box office?"

"Yes, definitely! 'Buried' and 'Paranormal Activity' both got thousands of times the box office return ratio. Our 'Good Will Hunting' is not bad either. Not to mention a thousand times the return ratio, a hundred times, no, ten times should be possible, right?"

Considering that 100 times the $10 million cost is $1 billion, Ben Affleck was cautious and didn't dare to think that much.

"Stop daydreaming. Even if you want to be a director, don't learn from Link. The production costs of Link's three movies are very low. 'Buried' cost $20,000, 'Paranormal Activity' cost $20,000, and 'The Blair Witch Project' cost $100,000. You're using a project with a production cost of tens of millions to learn how to film movies from him? Even if you're a billionaire, it won't be enough to lose."

"Ben, you can learn from Link, first write a few cheap scripts and film them. Maybe you can also become a great director."

Renée Zellweger patted the leaves on her butt, got up, and walked towards the set.

"Sounds reasonable."

Ben Affleck stroked his chin.

"Everyone, it's time to enter."

"Follow the previous arrangement for positioning."

On the small town road, Link, wearing a baseball cap and carrying a camera, aimed at Renée Zellweger, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon.

This scene is about the three of them arriving in the town of Burkittsville, and after interviewing several residents, they are preparing to enter the forest where the legendary Blair Witch resides.

"Scene 7, Take 1, Action!"

Filming of "The Blair Witch Project" Version Two begins.

"Anyone want the first shot of the opening ceremony?"

Ben Affleck said off-camera.

The camera swept over Matt Damon and Renée Zellweger. Matt Damon was squatting on the ground adjusting his watch, and Renée Zellweger was squatting behind the car's rearview mirror applying lipstick.

"Of course, it's me."

Renée Zellweger walked over, stood behind the camera, and became the shooter in charge of the camera.

The camera was aimed at Ben Affleck, who was holding a clapperboard and filling in information such as time, scene number, shot number, take number, director, documentary name, etc. This was to prepare for the three to film a documentary.

"Do we need to cut our fingers and put some blood on it?"

Ben Affleck asked, putting away his pen.

"No, we'll keep this for later."

Renée Zellweger said, holding the handheld camera.

"Come kiss this thing."

Ben Affleck kissed it, and then handed the clapperboard to Renée. In the shaky camera, Renée Zellweger also kissed it.

"This is our first scene."

"There's my lipstick mark on it."

Renée Zellweger said.

"Mike, come on, kiss it."

Ben Affleck handed the clapperboard to Matt Damon's mouth, and Matt directly bit it.

"Don't eat it, we still need it."

Renée Zellweger said.

"Cut!"

"Good, continue to the next take."

This set is a black and white shot, filmed with a handheld camera. The camera is shaky and the picture is not clear, but it looks real.

"Wait, is it okay to film like this?"

Sofia Coppola sat behind the monitor and questioned, watching the screen.

"Yes! The three of them are performing well."

"Is that called good? The three of them's performances have no sense of layering, no appeal, and your lens design is too rough. Cutting in from various angles, sometimes a long shot, sometimes a medium shot, sometimes a close-up, and constantly shaking? Can a shot of this quality pass?"

Sofia asked.

"Yes. This is a documentary, the shots are filmed by the heroine Annie, similar to a personal travel video, the quality will naturally not be too high. In this scene, they only need to perform a little relaxed, treat this filming as a real adventure, there are not so many other requirements."

"Okay, I won't argue with you. I want to see what kind of monster you'll film in the end if you film like this."

Sofia said.

"Wait and see, this will be a wonderful movie."

Link smiled softly and beckoned the three to continue filming.