Hollywood Drawing

In early October 1990, the University of Southern California, the nation’s number one school of film arts. Professor Andreessen Horowitz, majoring in film and video, is reminding graduating students what to pay attention to in their graduation works.

"Listen, if you haven't taken enough credits yet, I hope you can take enough credits as soon as possible and start thinking about your graduation project as soon as possible. There is less than one school year left, and based on my experience, if you do well, this will be A rare 'job resume'. Wayne, Wayne? Mr. Greenberg!"

"Sorry, Mr. Anderson, I didn't get a good rest last night and spent the whole night thinking about plans for my graduation project."

Wayne, who was lost in thought, raised his head, looked at the teacher, and explained sincerely.

"Ha, look, our Mr. Batman, maybe he went to save the world last night, and maybe he didn't come back until dawn."

Wayne's expression remained unchanged when he heard the roar of laughter. He looked back at the big man who was speaking and continued to listen to Professor Anderson's reminder.

"If any student needs help, you can bring your script or plan and come to me in the office. That's it, get out of class is over, guys."

After hearing what the professor said, Wayne rubbed his forehead vigorously, packed his backpack and prepared to go back to the apartment. He did think about the script all night last night, and he was still making choices in his mind during class.

When he was carrying his bag and preparing to go out, the big man who had just mocked Wayne blocked the door with a beautiful blonde in his arms.

"Mr. Superhero, I heard from Katie that you want to make a feature film as your graduation project. Buy it! I hope you can raise the funds for the film. Maybe I can give you some advice on how much money it costs to make a film! Haha."

Wayne looked at him calmly, looking at him like a clown, and then said to him in a calm tone:

"Yes, of course I can raise funds. Do you need me to help you raise some? Anyway, yours is relatively short. Of course, I don't just mean the film. Everyone knows that you always like to pick up the leftovers I use."

He said looking at the blonde and shaking his head.

"Sorry Katie, I'm not just talking about you, I'm talking about football and cheerleading."

Hearing Wayne's words, the big man's eyes immediately turned red. He clenched his fists and took two steps forward. Then he remembered something and stood still.

"Listen, Mr. Batman, my father has already prepared the filming funds for me, and Katie will appear as the heroine in my graduation film.

Let me tell you how we will be different. After graduation, I will successfully appear on the crew and start my internship as an assistant director, but you will keep doing odd jobs on the small crew until you give up. "

Wayne watched him get more and more excited as he talked, so he pushed him away and walked out, not wanting to waste time on him just to argue about how important it was to have a good father.

He always felt that time was tight and not enough. It has been 20 years since he came to this era, and he is working hard every minute to absorb all the knowledge about film production.

Thanks to the rebirth benefits that may have been given by God, I have a smart brain with a photographic memory. He also had the study habits of the Chinese in his previous life. Having lived in two lives, he learned everything in the plan at a terrifying speed.

Since he was born in 1970 and entered primary school at the age of five, he has made a study plan, is self-disciplined and has implemented it resolutely. At the age of seventeen, he was admitted to the University of Southern California, the top-ranked school of film arts in the United States, with excellent results, and had completed enough credits in his junior year.

He has prepared a 20-year plan and is about to take the first step to shoot a feature film of his own. The reason for his insomnia last night was because of this. He had trouble choosing. He had already prepared a script, but as it approached, he began to hesitate.

Arriving at the parking lot, Wayne drove a black F150 pickup truck and prepared to return to his rented apartment. This car was a college gift from his father. Old Greenberg felt that a man should drive such a big thing.

The apartment he rents is not far from the school, a five-minute drive, making it convenient for him to attend classes. Even if he has taken enough credits since his junior year, he is still willing to audit in other departments. As long as it is related to film and television production, he will try his best to understand it.

Parking the car downstairs, he took out the key and opened the door on the left side of the fourth floor. He was ready to finalize the plan and write the script as soon as possible. Just as he was about to close the door, the door opposite opened from the inside, and a tall blonde in pajamas walked out carrying a large bag of garbage.

"Hey, come back so early, don't you have class?"

Wayne greeted the beauty, stopped closing the door, and took a closer look at her.

"Yes, I'm about to graduate, I still have something to do, bye."

He has been withdrawn since he was a child, not gregarious, and does not like to deal with others. The reason for all this is that he has too many secrets hidden in his heart. At first, he was always afraid of saying something shocking. Later, silence gradually became a habit.

As an adult who lived in his thirties in his previous life, he has not shared a common language with his peers since he was a child, and he understands that talking too much will lead to mistakes. Just like the beautiful woman he greeted just now, if he had seen her in his previous life, he would have been so excited that he asked for an autograph and a photo.

The single apartment is not large in size. There is a bathroom on the left side of the door and a small balcony directly in front. The living room and bedroom combined are only about fifty square meters. These apartments are usually rented to nearby students, and a small number of them come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams. People, mainly relatively cheap.

Lying on the sofa, Wayne watched the various video tapes on the coffee table in trance. In his freshman year, he was successfully selected for the football team, and after two training sessions, he was selected as the main quarterback.

The coach looked at him as if he had discovered a piece of gold. He has a strong and flexible body, a tough character, excellent athletic ability, and most importantly, a brain that can memorize an entire playbook.

Unfortunately, this was not his ambition. He played quarterback for five years from high school to freshman year. He tried this exciting sport but gave up in his sophomore year. The quarterback who replaced him was also his backup, the big guy who challenged him today, Adam Goodman.

Players and coaches always felt that he was too inferior to Wayne, but Adam hated Wayne because of this. Starting from his sophomore year, the two had various disagreements. Finally, they had a fight witnessed by the football players, and Wayne's boxing left him with a lasting impression. Made a very deep impression.

Provocations like today have lasted for three years, but the ending is always the same. Wayne, who is usually taciturn, makes Adam furious with just a few words but dare not take action.

Katie was on the cheerleading team and had a relationship with Wayne, or almost all the cheerleading girls had a relationship with Wayne. Wayne liked her figure, and she was proud to sleep with the hot guy in school.

There are girls like this in every school. As long as their vanity is satisfied, they can be taken wherever they want. Wayne's high school career from grades 9 to 12 and now his college career are full of them. They can let Wayne learn. Relax your tense brain.

"Gulu"'s stomach was protesting. He glanced at his watch and saw that it was already past lunch time. He got up and opened the refrigerator, took out two sandwiches made in the morning, went to the balcony and sat in front of the typewriter.

After swallowing his sandwich while watching the passers-by outside the window, Wayne typed out the name of his graduation project, Happy Death Day.

“Terry was brutally murdered on her birthday night, but she was still alive when she woke up. She thought it was just a nightmare on the eve of her birthday, but she didn’t know that the experience after waking up was exactly the same as in the dream. She was brutally murdered again on her birthday night, and then woke up again.

Whether it was a gift from God or a joke from the God of Death, she was killed countless times and returned to her birthday morning countless times. Terry wakes up and dies, and dies and wakes up again. The only thing she can do is to find out the mysterious murderer who killed her, otherwise she will be trapped in the endless reincarnation of birthdays and death bans forever. ’

This is his earliest planned movie. It has a relatively minimal production cost and is not new to time loops or clichés about love and family. Don’t think these old clichés are bad. Innovation always means unpredictable risks.

These broken Hollywood routines form this exquisitely structured black horror comedy. The main reasons for choosing this film are that it has a clear selling point, is low-cost, requires a small number of main actors, and does not require high acting skills. It just needs to be basically qualified.

Moreover, acting is inherently affected by the emotions of the chief officer. Unless there is too much difference, it is really difficult to judge.

This film has successfully proven itself in its previous life, and it does not rely on the distribution company's trickery like "Blair Witch" and "The Ghost Story". For Wayne, it is how to film it completely. He knows that for the same story, different directors can produce completely different effects.

For a full week, Wayne worked frantically. When he was hungry, he would call for hamburgers and pizza. When he was sleepy, he would go back to the bedroom and fall asleep. Sometimes when I'm halfway through writing, I have to consider the actual shooting issues and go back and revise it again.

After revising it countless times, he looked at the script in front of him and nodded with satisfaction. This was the most suitable version he wrote based on the picture in his mind, combined with shooting and other issues.

Stapled the script and put it aside, he began to write the project proposal that he had been planning for a long time. Although he knew that no company would ever invest in him, a newbie, and that the film would definitely be produced independently, he still tried his best to do everything in advance.

He barely left the apartment this week, eating hamburgers and pizza sandwiches for every meal, and he could smell the rancid smell on himself when he woke up the next day.

Shaking his head, Wayne walked into the bathroom, washed himself thoroughly, picked up the razor and looked at the tired young man in the mirror.

He is about 1.85 meters tall and weighs less than 80 kilograms. He has smooth and strong muscles, a flaxen round head, and a strong face. His Jewish characteristics are almost invisible, and he has a tough guy aura.

The most fortunate thing in this life is his appearance, which is the biggest reliance of the taciturn man to attract girls. The girls here don't like little white puppies, but typical strong and tough guys like him.

After cleaning himself up and putting on a clean suit, Wayne picked up the script and drove directly to Professor Anderson's office at the school.

"Dang, Dang."

Wayne knocked politely twice before pushing the door open and entering. Professor Anderson was reading the script and pointed to the sofa opposite. It was not the first time that Wayne had come. He skillfully took a cup of coffee and sat on the sofa to wait for the professor.

The script was not long, just two pages. After more than ten minutes, Anderson put down the script in his hand, took a sip of cold coffee from his cup, and sat next to Wayne.

"I haven't seen you this week, which is very surprising. Have you gone back to the farm to visit your parents?"

Professor Anderson greeted him familiarly. He is also of Jewish descent. The professor has taken great care of him since he entered school. Anderson is very optimistic about this smart and hard-working child.

He shook his head first and said:

"I didn't go back. I stayed in the apartment for a week and barely went out. I have been making plans for my graduation film. Teacher, you know how much I have prepared for this day."

Anderson looked at him seriously. This child's self-discipline in learning once surprised him, and he was willing to help him as much as possible.

"Of course I know, is this it?"

Anderson pointed to the document bag on the coffee table.

"Yes, I took it as if I wanted the teacher to help me take a look. I have been thinking about this plan for a long time."