Exceeding

Alexander sat on a chair along with his grandfather. He looked ahead of him where a projection is flashing lights along with hearing the click of machines from behind him.

It did not take long for the flashing lights to show coherent colors and an opening sequence to a movie is about to be played.

A starry sky could be seen being panned to show its wondrous beauty and when it stopped, dashes of lines connected to form the legible words of Cosmic Pictures.

Cosmic was in bold and golden fonts reminiscent of the Guardians of the Galaxy title sequence or even the Star Wars one. The smaller much thinner 'Pictures' was centered below it.

Alexander also connected its sound sequence to the catchy background music of the Stanger Things series. These concepts were all suggested by him and he couldn't help but feel pleased when the finished product was as memorable as he thought it would be.

"I really hope that this would catch on to the same level as Columbia's Lady Liberty, Warner's Bold Initials, and the others!" Alexander voiced out as establishing a brand effect would help Cosmic's development in the long run.

Sullivan nodded at those words and found appreciation for the appropriateness of the logo's sequence. "It is already a fine work, Alexander! Be more confident in your work!"

The Cosmic is closely related to the cosmos. Humans can only reflect its presence by gazing at the night sky and its twinkling stars.

"Well, we can all agree that it would be the official logo." Mark voiced out from the side as he gave a gesture to the theatre operator from behind them. "Now, you will see some samples of what we have done so far in post-production."

The projected screen turned black for a minute and began again with flashing random lights.

A coherent picture was formed and it was a stoic and calm John Smith. He was walking along the streets and at random spots, apparitions of ghosts would reveal themselves and fade away as if they were smoke.

There was even one ghost in which the boy boldly passed through it without interfering with one another.

The walking and appearance of random ghosts continued until the screen turned black.

It had no sound yet to be added but the scenes and effects it brought were extremely impressive.

"Wow! Wow! Wow!" Old Sullivan had only this to say. He was there when filming this incredibly tiring scene but how could he have guessed that it would lead to such a mindboggling effect when in a film?

"Amazing!" Even Alexander was a bit limited in vocabulary. He also forgot the trauma that might have been induced by walking those scenes for a hundred reps.

The ghost's appearance and reappearance were a total leap from what he planned it would be.

It was originally meant to be akin to the ghost in the 1990s Ghost and the apparitions in Ghostbusters. A see-through holograph of sorts, who would've thought that was more showy yet realistic than that?

The fading and etherealness that the scenes were displaying were detailed yet extremely natural. With a few smoky waves and ghastly portrayals that would put 21st Century visual trickers to shame.

A storyboard was the template to follow but who would've thought that putting it into thorough practice would result in something that even the storyboard could map out?

Alexander had seen the highs and lows of CGI and special effects in future movies. He could tell that his father's level of visual manipulation is at its own level within the highs of the 2000s.

His picturesque settings and uncanny mastery of the camera were at the level of Snyder while his use of innovative technology is at the same level of enthusiasm as James Cameron.

He may be a bit exaggerated due to paternal worship but Mark was really as close to those styled directors as he mentioned.

Alexander really thought that the Kid Psychic movies would be of the same quality as 1977s Star Wars at its best.

At this point, bringing the best of the 21st to the bleak 70s is a surefire guarantee.

His father succeeding expectations was another proof that his money-making ventures are at a good start.

It was not unfounded to say that Mark Creed was truly at its peak when it comes to the technicalities of visual illusions. With just a little push from his son, the man found his path to not constrict to only one medium of visual technology but instead opted to masterfully mix them.

"If you guys are surprised by that then you would be more surprised by what is to come. The next ones please, Mr. Patel!" While his audience was still reeling over his accomplishment, Mark made another gesture to the operator, and clips from most of the finished scenes were played one after another.

Mr. Passerby that Alexander sympathizes with was on this scene as he was suddenly dragged into a corner.

Alex aka John, was there to assist him. Then, the first action sequence meant to truly hook the audience was shown.

Trash clans were flung towards the boy and the boy would also be pulled off the ground albeit momentarily.

The impressive dark spirit amalgam would put 1985s fat and green ghost to shame.

A psychic's glowing arms and eyes signify his use of power and the perfected sway of the shaggy hair shows the fast motion and windy atmosphere.

The spirit's masterful disintegration sequence and John cleaning up the mess the battle left behind.

Then, the boy leisurely walked out of the alleyway while leaving behind the stunned and unconscious Mr. Passerby.

Black then came to the screen as Alexander cherished the sight of a live-action Mob Psycho being given its extremely fascinating interpretation.

Another scene was then shown but it was only a glimpse of the psychic boy strolling toward the Smith Spiritual Agency.

"Unfortunately, that is all I have to show you." Mark expressed his regret while his audience was left in frustration due to the distasteful, teasing cliffhanger.