The Best Entertainment Era

Going north along the Interstate Highway, near the San Fernando Valley on the north side of Burbank, Ronan got off the car and entered an old warehouse that was not too big.

Since the warehouse has just been rented and has not yet been remodeled, the garbage cleaned up in many places has piled up and has not been shipped out.

Wait! Don't move yet!

Wen Ziren's shout came from the front, and he said loudly to several workers: Don't dismantle the water pipes and toilets in the toilet! Don't clean this toilet, just keep it as it is now! It's okay, it's okay to be dirty! Open that window , to ventilate and dissipate the smell.

Ronan could tell that Wen Ziren had already entered the state.

On the other side, Ray Warner was relatively silent, walking around the warehouse with a pen and paper, writing and drawing constantly, and only said hello when he met Ronan.

Ronan knew very well that the combination of Wen Ziren and Ray Warner was completely dominated by Wen Ziren.

After Wen Ziren finished explaining his work, Ronan walked over. Wen Ziren hurried over to shake hands with Ronan: Good afternoon, Mr. Anderson.

Ronan said: James, you're welcome, just call me Ronan.

Just as he was about to shake hands with Wen Ziren, Wen Ziren found that his hands were covered with ashes, so he quickly withdrew his hands and said embarrassedly, My hands are too dirty.

Ronan didn't care, and asked, Is it going well?

Wen Ziren said: The warehouse has just been rented, and it needs to be cleaned and tidied up. It's not a big problem.

In fact, money is easy to do anything.

Ronan said, I'll leave this project to you.

Thank you. Wen Ziren was a little moved: Ronan, thank you for your trust.

Ronan smiled and said, James, I believe in your ability.

The entire project invested 1.5 million US dollars, and in today's Shahai Entertainment, it can be said to be a veritable low-cost production.

Wen Ziren led Ronan to turn around in the warehouse, talking about the future shooting plan according to the script while turning.

This also reassures Ronan, the producer.

For such a small production, Ronan also dared to let the director do his best. To put it bluntly, if he screwed up the $1.5 million investment, Wan Ziren’s directorial future would basically be ruined, but Relativity Entertainment did not have much impact .

Relativity Entertainment now has such capital.

Entering the management office of the warehouse, Ronan immediately stopped and stood in front of a sofa to look carefully.

A puppet was sitting on the sofa. The puppet was wearing a black suit and a red bow tie. Its pale and gloomy face seemed to be stained with blood, and there was an evil spirit all over its body.

Perhaps because of the relationship between watching Chain Saw, Ronan thinks this puppet is super attractive, evil charm!

Ronan pointed to the puppet and asked, James, did you make this?

Wen Ziren smiled embarrassedly and said, It's called Billy, and I made it.

Ronan nodded, Billy the Puppet was once a famous character, featured in countless Internet posts and Internet works, he can be called a mythical movie character like Uncle Ninth.

Not bad. Ronan glanced at Billy again: It looks scary.

Wen Ziren said simply: This puppet, in fact, I borrowed from the famous Italian horror film master Dario Argento's work Deep Blood Red, and transformed it into this puppet according to the setting of a murderer.

Ronan asked concerned: There will be no copyright issues, right?

No. Wen Ziren is very confident about this: I just borrowed from the setting, and the external image is completely different.

Ronan nodded and asked, Do you have any ideas about actors?

Wen Ziren smiled and said, Lei and I came to Hollywood not long ago, and we are not very familiar with the industry, so I have to trouble you...

Yeah. Ronan said directly, I'll let Shahai Entertainment send out an announcement to recruit actors.

Tobin Bell should be an old actor. Such a person is easy to find in the industry, so let someone ask for it later.

Oh, that's right. Wan Ziren seemed to remember something, and said, Lei wants to play one of the roles, and there is no need for extra salary.

Ronan said unambiguously: Yes, you and Lei can discuss this aspect.

Sandsea Entertainment signed a long-term film contract with Wen Ziren and Ray Whannell. This Chain Saw is also paid in accordance with industry practice. The total salary of the two is 50,000 US dollars.

As for Wen Ziren's concern about increasing the risk of investment, it is nothing in Ronan's eyes.

Wen Ziren is a veritable rookie director in Hollywood, and he has to coordinate in all aspects, such as buying ketchup for prop plasma, pig intestines for human intestines, and so on.

Blood and cruelty are also one of the selling points of this film.

In Wen Ziren's words, it is to use blood to interpret human nature.

I designed a lot of bloody shots. Wen Ziren handed the sketches he had drawn to Ronan, and said, For example, in order to get out of the shackles, I saw off my own legs, and the steel cleft jaw helmet cut off the head from the mouth. split into two……

He explained: Such a cruel scene directly tests people's psychological endurance. It makes people feel creepy and feels that human life is so fragile. It creates a kind of infinite fear from the bottom of the heart. After the fear, there is despair of life.

Ronan looked carefully at the sketches of the shots, and changed to other directors. If he wanted to achieve the goal mentioned by Wen Ziren, the budget of 1.5 million US dollars was not enough.

But Wen Ziren should not be a big problem.

A famous person once said that Wen Ziren has two attributes: Master of Horror Halo and Special Effect Amplification Halo.

The former can increase the horror sensory effect of the horror film he shoots by 50%; the latter can increase the special effects of the film by 20% at the same cost.

In this respect, Wen Ziren is similar to Michael Bay. While making a lot of money for the film company, he can also save a lot of production investment.

Such a director is a good director in the eyes of Hollywood production companies.

Masters of art like David Lynch and Woody Allen are really weak for the film company in front of Wen Ziren and Michael Bay.

Plasma and pig intestines are easy to make, and they are not a problem for Hollywood film companies.

Ronan will make people prepare in advance. The first part of Saw is okay, but more and more plasma will be needed later.

Blood and violence must be the biggest selling point of this series.

When it comes to blood and horror, Wen Ziren seems to have lingering fears, and it is unbelievable what he said: I am actually very timid. When I watch other horror movies, when I see blood splashing and flesh and blood flying, I will Blindfolded with fright.

Ronan smiled and said, James, you have to practice your courage.

Will it happen that the cowardly director is born to be a genius for shooting horror movies, but he is scared to death by the horror movies he made...

I remember when I was in school, there was a guy who told ghost stories on the radio, and many people rumored that he was scared to death.

Perhaps, after Wen Ziren went through such a creative process, those things that once frightened him no longer frightened him.

Before Ronan left, he warned: James, there is one thing you need to pay attention to, you must give the movie enough suspense, so that it can be distinguished from previous horror movies that purely show blood and cruelty, and make the audience feel that this horror movie is different.

Wen Ziren said solemnly: I will pay more attention to this aspect.

Ronan added: But it can't be complicated and obscure.

I understand. Wen Ziren was obviously a sensible person.

Ronan didn't say any more, and then took his leave and left.

In addition to the bloody cruelty and trick killings in Chain Saw, the suspense is also the best in the series.

Appropriately increasing the suspense can make the audience watch it with interest.

Hitchcock once said that when several people gather around a table to talk about baseball, if the audience knows in advance that there is a bomb under the table that will explode within 5 minutes, then this hint will create strong suspense and make the audience very concerned. This one talks about baseball.

But if the audience doesn't know there is such a thing as a bomb, and these guys talk for 5 minutes, and then the bomb explodes and blows people to pieces, the audience is just shocked. And for the five minutes these guys talk about baseball, it's kind of dull.

Wen Ziren undoubtedly did a very good job.

For example, at the end of the movie, the corpse stood up slowly, and said in a contemptuous and sincere gesture: Many people don’t know how to cherish, but it’s not you, and it’s not you anymore.

The suspenseful story and the depth of human nature are all there, but the director makes the heart that has been calmed to beat violently again, which makes people leave some puzzles while being shocked. For example, did the man with a broken leg survive? Are the detainees dead or alive? What will Jigsaw do when it leaves? This kind of suspenseful and open ending makes it difficult for people to get out of it for a while.

The classic feature of Chainsaw is that the content is richer and deeper. Not only is the story itself full of suspense, but the director also uses a lot of suspense techniques in the chapters, but the structure is not obscure and complicated.

For commercial films, obscurity and complexity are the natural enemies of the audience, and they are also a sharp weapon to drive profits.

In fact, one of the most hated movies by ordinary audiences is mystery.

Perhaps the deception will make many critics cite it as artistic and complacent that ordinary people can't understand it, but for commercial films, it is too terrible.

After leaving the warehouse studio, Ronan didn't go to the company anymore, and returned directly to Beverly Hills. Christmas was coming, and the manor was a little deserted.

The housekeeper Nikia and several workers also want to reunite with their families, and there are not many people in the huge manor.

After dinner, Ronan wandered around the garden, returned to the study, read books and processed emails as usual, when it was nearly ten o'clock, he suddenly received a phone call.

Ronan, it's me, Avril! Are you in Beverly Hills? Do you have time? I'm at the Beverly Club.

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