Chatty Hollywood

"The main purpose of doing this is to gain time!"

Charlotte said to Old Gun and Alexis,

"Although I have made the Elder Wand, under the influence of the magic power, those children will become more and more like the characters in the book. However, this will take time after all."

"So you need a few months or even half a year for these children to change?"

Alexis asked,

"Then what are we going to do in these six months? Delaying it for half a year for no reason will be detrimental to the film's cost control, right?"

"This is natural!"

Charlotte nodded,

"So, during this period, we cannot be idle. All preparations we can do must be completed in advance, including some post-production work!"

"Are you kidding me?"

The old gun on the side interjected,

"It's not like you don't understand. The reason why post-production is called post-production is because a lot of work needs to be done on the original dailies taken by the actors. Now that there are no original dailies, how do we do it in post-production?"

"Under normal circumstances, it is indeed the case!"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"However, with the help of the Elder Wand, it's different."

"What's the meaning?"

"I told you! The Elder Wand I made is a real wand."

Charlotte looked mysterious,

"The magic on it, although not as interesting and mysterious as in the stories of Harry Potter, is not simple either - it can control and connect dreams."

"Is this because you used the power from the nightmare inside?"

Charlize, who had been listening silently, suddenly asked.

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Under the influence of the power of nightmares, I can construct a common dream for those children."

"Like between us?"

Charlize suddenly became interested.

Recently, the girl has been on vacation in the UK.

Although she spent most of the time with Charlotte - after all, during the filming of "Silver Linings Playbook", both of them were having a hard time.

Therefore, during this period, their lives were a bit indulgent.

——This can be seen from Charlize's nourished and increasingly charming face.

However, it is not an option to live like this all the time.

Apart from anything else, if Charlotte hadn't been proficient in magic and had not carefully asked the Irish leprechaun who had been following her to check the room in advance, those eavesdropping and candid camera devices would have definitely been enough for them.

——Of course, Charlotte didn’t tell Charlize about this.

Because this thing is really annoying and disgusting.

——Just like he didn’t tell Charlize, he later let the Irish leprechaun do a “prank” and directly sent the car parked near the hotel for monitoring into the Thames River.

However, even if she didn't feel "welcome" by the London media circle, after staying like this for more than a month, Charlize was a little bored.

After all, no matter how comfortable the exercise is, if you continue to play for a month or so, the feeling will be reduced.

As for the attractions near London, Charlize has visited a lot of them in the past month or so. The so-called British style has suddenly become less attractive to girls.

In fact, Charlize already wants to go back to work.

But unfortunately, the filming time for her next movie was in early 1998. And the current time seems not enough for her to do other things.

Therefore, during the recent period, when the girls are not touring, they will also accompany Charlotte to participate in the casting work of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Originally, this could only be said to be a way to relax after vacation, but what Charlotte said today really aroused her interest——

Charlize has always felt that the dream world Charlotte created with the help of nightmares was grand, magnificent, strange and beautiful, and it was just used as a tryst place and entertainment scene for them, which was really a waste.

Therefore, as soon as she heard Charlotte say that she wanted to contact the dream world, the girl reacted intuitively.

"You're not planning to shoot a movie in a dream world, are you?"

"There is such a plan!"

Charlotte smiled.

"But how to solve the camera problem?"

Charlize asked,

"How can the scenes in dreams be transferred to the real world?"

"This is indeed a problem."

Charlotte scratched her head,

"I have considered building a dream camera that can shoot scenes in dreams, but at present, I am afraid that even if it is built, the scenes captured will not be clear enough."

"That--"

“But even unclear things are useful!”

Charlotte waved her hands and said,

"At least, if I directly create a common dream for those young actors, and let them repeatedly perform the plot of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", then their proficiency will improve very quickly."

"Is this an acting training class in a dream?"

"So be it!"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"Anyway, after repeating this a few times, they will become very skilled in playing their own roles - after all, in the dream, they are the characters they play."

"But if they keep having dreams like this, won't they be discovered?"

Lao Qiang asked worriedly.

"Except for people like me who know magic, how many people can remember what happened in their dreams?"

Charlotte said disapprovingly,

"In fact, in their dreams, they don't even realize that this is the world of Harry Potter, even if they are very familiar with the story - they will only be there to experience the lives of the characters they play."

"And they won't remember this experience. It will just lurk deep in their subconscious and won't show up until we actually shoot it."

"I see!"

Lao Qiang nodded,

"This can indeed save a lot of time. After all, it is very difficult to shoot scenes with children and animals - they are completely unable to direct and control - if your method is effective, it can save at least one to two months of shooting time. But--"

Lao Qiang glanced at Charlotte,

"The unclear dream scene you just mentioned is also useful. It shouldn't be just for this little purpose, right?"

"certainly!"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"The main purpose is to serve as a reference for us to start post-production in advance."

"You mean-"

"Because they have been rehearsed repeatedly in dreams, the children's performance in real shooting will probably be the same as the scenes captured by the dream camera, only clearer."

"In this way, we can refer to the footage captured by the dream camera to design and prepare various post-production special effects in advance - especially the parts that cannot be supported by spell special effects and can only be completed with computer technology."

"And when the filming is finally completed, we just need to reverse it and move the characters into the special effects scenes that were prepared in advance!"

"Just like green screen photography!!!" ()