hotmtlnovel Chapter 3657 Movie Plan ()
Chapter 3657 Movie Plan ()
Chapter 3657 Movie Plan ()
Schiller read the script sent by the director over and over again, and always felt that there was something wrong.
The school doctor he played was named Eldridge Buslatvoro Terence Barton. From such a long name, it can be seen that this is unlikely to be a minor role. Moreover, "Eldridge" means "king of the forest" in English. Schiller does not believe that the screenwriter and director did not play some word games on this name.
It's not that Schiller doesn't want to play a villain. In fact, it's easier to play a villain. Anyway, he just has a stern face and no expression from beginning to end. After being defeated by the protagonist, he will say a few harsh words and then exit the stage smoothly. It won't hurt to be scolded online. At most, he will just stop watching short videos.
He was more worried that the director would do a reversal - from a good guy to a bad guy and then back to a good guy. Schiller was not a professional actor, and if he was asked to play such a complicated role, his acting skills would definitely be criticized!
But as the saying goes, you're already here. The auditions have already been filmed, and it's too late to not act now. And almost everyone on Earth who has anything to do with magic has come, including the Sorcerer Supreme, and they've never acted before, so why are they all just getting together and memorizing their lines? Schiller really has no reason not to act.
With the mentality of taking things one step at a time, Schiller first memorized the very beginning of the scene.
In fact, the movie was not originally shot in the order of the plot. The ending might be shot first, then the beginning, and finally the middle, and then put together in post-production.
But this movie doesn't work. On the one hand, most of the protagonists are children. If you ask them to act out the ending first and then the beginning, they will be confused and can't figure out what the plot is about, and can't immerse themselves in it. In addition, most of them are not professional actors, and can't enter a scene and immerse themselves in it immediately. In order to increase everyone's sense of immersion, they can only shoot in sequence.
Then there is the issue of seasons. Because of the existence of magic, the filming process will definitely be very fast. If the finale is filmed in the fall, we cannot wait a year until the next fall to film the same period as the finale, which will take too long. It is better to start in the fall and end in the summer of next year, so that the order of the four seasons is exactly the same as the order of the four seasons in the plot, and it is also more in line with the order of the opening and closing of American schools.
On the third day, the second floor and the auditorium of the castle were completed, and the crew held a formal opening ceremony on the lawn in front of the castle.
Because the video of Wanda being attacked and the magician building a castle were widely circulated on the Internet, the opening ceremony attracted a lot of attention. Many media who were not invited also came to shoot spontaneously. The scene was large and lively, and basically everyone was interviewed.
"Yes, I play the school doctor in this drama. The name cannot be revealed for now, but it's a good role, and I have a lot of interactions with the young protagonists, which is very interesting. You can definitely look forward to it." Schiller said a few symbolic words.
The media didn't pay much attention to him, because all they knew about Schiller was an ordinary person. They thought that since the theme of the movie was magic, the magician must be the highlight, and ordinary people would probably just play a cameo role.
All the reporters swarmed over to interview Strange. Strange had not specifically announced his identity as the Sorcerer Supreme, but because there had been reporters and nearby residents squatting on the set to film recently, they heard the wizards and little wizards calling Strange "Sorcerer Supreme" and were very curious about this identity. Finally, they found an opportunity to interview him and wanted to put the microphone in his mouth.
In order to prevent the little wizards from revealing spoilers, Schiller, under the producer's command, took them to the filming base before the reporters blocked the little wizards. Wanda was still in the hospital, so Schiller and the hippopotamus goddess basically took care of the child together.
Like sheepdogs, he drove the children into the filming base. The little wizards were laughing and not afraid of Schiller at all. The kind hippopotamus goddess was much more majestic than him. She roared and drove all the little wizards into the lounge to do their homework.
Normally, there should be a period of mutual familiarity and adjustment between the actors after the start of filming. The crew usually chooses to go to team building to eliminate the unfamiliarity between the actors. However, this time it was a familiar scene, and the actors were a little too familiar with each other, so this part was cancelled. After the morning opening ceremony, the filming started immediately.
The venue had been set up long ago. The wizards used magic to transport a train, but it was not an ordinary train, but a special train for the inter-air transport system - the kind that can fly in the sky. It was built in the factory and before it was put into operation, it was moved here to be used as a prop for the first scene.
The young mages went to take pictures at the train station, while the principal and professors were also busy as they were rehearsing the movements of the branch in the auditorium.
Schiller was also shocked when he walked into the auditorium. This was very different from the empty auditorium built by the wizards. The floor was covered with a deep red carpet with gold weaving, and mysterious magic patterns could be seen everywhere. The blue-gray stone walls were hung with bright silk, using the representative colors of the four colleges.
The auditorium and dining room of the Magic Castle are separate. The auditorium is only used for ceremonies and major events, so there are no tables, only chairs. The arrangement is a bit like a church, with all the chairs facing the pulpit, divided into eight rows from left to right, two rows for each college.
The dome of the entire auditorium was cast with starry sky magic. When you look up, you can see the beautiful Milky Way. In the center floats the star of the solar system, the sun, and eight planets revolve around the sun. Each of them emits a faint light, and the starlight is bright and beautiful.
There was a long curved table on the pulpit in the front, and the chairs behind it were all designed with starry sky patterns. Above it was a golden beaded curtain in the shape of stars, and behind it was a huge Gothic stained glass window, the main color of which was blue-purple, and the patterns were not religious, but magic patterns and natural elements - patterns of wind, fire, thunder, lightning, etc.
The hall has a strong fantasy style, strong colors, and various decorations are full of fantasy elements. Compared with the Hogwarts in the movie, it lacks the solemnity of the traditional British castle and has more fairy-tale vitality.
The starry sky and celestial bodies are very important decorative elements, because the four colleges are named after the four planets, namely Mercury (Mercury in English), Venus (Venus in English), Saturn (Saturn in English) and Neptune (Neptune in English).
These names are also the names of gods in Roman mythology: Mercury is the god of communication and commerce, Venus is the goddess of love and beauty, Saturn is the god of agriculture and land, and Neptune is the god of the ocean and storms.
This is actually closer to Marvel's magic setting. Most powerful demons have some kind of concept, and except for some extremely powerful demons who have their own school, most of them are related to the basic elements of the universe. For humans, it is the source of simple belief in natural elements, such as wind, fire, sky, earth, etc.
The so-called magic talent is the affinity for these elements. Some people are born with a natural affinity for fire, so they are very suitable for making a contract with certain demons with the concept of "fire"; while some people are close to water, although they also have magic talents, if they are asked to make a contract with the god of fire, it is completely unrelated, and both parties are very uncomfortable.
Fire can be divided into different types of flames - some flames symbolize vitality, while others represent death and destruction. A certain wizard may also be close to one of these two. If we divide it down like this, everyone's magical talent is different.
It is not easy to find the power that suits you best. But conversely, it is not easy for the demon to find a good spokesperson. The purpose of the division is to roughly divide everyone's affinity elements, so that it will be easier to sense power and conclude contracts in the future.
From this perspective, there should actually be only three academies: one for the sky, one for the earth, and one for the natural elements in between. However, for the sake of filming, a few nicer names were found to make it easier for the audience to remember.
Even so, there is still one academy that doesn't fit in, and that is Mercury Academy. The reason for the existence of this academy is: if you really can't find the element that you are friendly to, but you are good at speaking, have a silver tongue, and are particularly good at doing business - to put it bluntly, you are good at "cheating and sneaking", then we are very welcome to join the magic family.
After all, Marvel's magic power cannot escape borrowing. If you can fool the devil with your own ability, then no one will care if you sign contracts with ten or eight people. These academies are reserved for those "greedy disciples".
Mercury Academy likes smart people who are quick and resourceful. It is not enough to have a high IQ, but also to have a business mind, know how to adapt to circumstances, be smart and have good eloquence. They are the reserve army of the future backbone employees of the Sanctuary.
Venus Academy prefers people with artistic and philosophical thinking. This is actually very important, because there must always be mystics who study theory. For scholars of mysticism, inspiration and passion are very important, and the emotional artistic mind is their weapon to analyze chaos. Such people usually enter the Kamar-Taj Institute to engage in theoretical research.
The Saturn Academy is full of practical people who are as solid as the earth. They are also the main force in maintaining the magic defense network in the future, so they require a stable contract connection and abundant energy. The key is stability - neither they nor the contracted demons can go on strike casually, but must stand up at every critical moment. Most of their future employment directions are temples around the world.
Neptune Academy is like a fierce storm on the ocean. They pursue the ultimate power, and their ultimate goal is to be invincible in the universe like Ancient One - "If I can beat all the demons, I won't have to look at anyone's face." They can be said to be the sword of the magic world, mainly used to deter demons with force, and are the personal guards of the Supreme Sorcerer.
To sum it up: tricksters, scholars, workers and guards. Basically, it can be said that they cover all aspects of the magic world. After uniting, they can give any demon a head-on blow and ensure the stable operation of the earth's magic power system.
Marvel doesn't have a Sorting Hat. The wizards also reject the props that can read minds directly, they think it is unreliable. Even if Professor X comes, he may not be able to understand the wizard's mysterious judgment criteria. So they changed the way to sort the houses.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the house sorting, Strange spent a lot of effort and came up with a lot of test questions, which were even longer than Schiller's psychological assessment questionnaire, and had already given them to the young wizards in advance. In other words, they had already been sorted into houses, and the screenwriter arranged the plot based on this.
While the young wizards were acting out their first encounter, the professors also had to finish this set of questions and be assigned to a department. But this actually had no effect, it just added to the richness of the professors' backgrounds. Most people just filled in the blanks randomly.
Unfortunately, Schiller didn't even need to fill out the application form and was directly admitted to Mercury College. Because in the setting, this college has produced many black magicians, who are willing to do anything to gain power, and the outside world has a serious stereotype of the students of this college.
And because Schiller was the object of misunderstanding in the early stage and he was born in this academy, it is more reasonable for the protagonists to have a bad impression of him.
Although Schiller felt that, based on his performance during the audition, it didn't seem to matter which college he came from. Even if he came from the Neptune College, which was known for its justice, as long as he was not blind, it was unlikely that he would think of himself as a good person.