Chapter 027 Clear Purpose

"Vincent, not black gears, I need those bright metallic ones, preferably stainless steel."

"Need grooves on the sides? Like those gears in Chaplin's Modern Times, I think it would be more artistic that way."

"No, you don't need any grooves on the sides."

"It's going to look drab, Simon, I'll show you apart."

"Of course I do, but, The multiple gears overlap to create a three-dimensional look, so it's not monotonous, like this one of mine."

"Simon, your concept is pretty good, but its design is amateur."

"So I'm Customer, you're the owner, Vincent, and it's up to you to try to implement my vision. Also, when the clock runs, all these gears have to turn, and I need to give a very strong sense of the passage of time."

"Both options, Simon, if you only need this effect, I can set up another powertrain, it's easy and cheap. If you want this set of gears to blend in with the clock's mechanics Together, it may take two or three months, and it's expensive."

"I choose the first one."

"Okay, then, look at your next concept map, which is, um, a butterfly?"

At the counter of the Strong Watch Shop, Sandra Bullock was still sitting quietly beside the boy with Simon's backpack in her arms, listening to a series of conversations between him and Vinson Strong, the owner of the watch shop, although There was a smile on her face, she felt a little distressed that she couldn't speak at all.

At the same time, Sandra looked at the two concept maps Simon showed the owner more than once.

Here are two wall clocks.

The first pendant is composed of many dense gears. Since it is only a light grey pencil drawing, it is reminiscent of the scene in Chaplin's "Modern Times".

The other clock is a butterfly with very beautiful patterns, and the patterns and textures on the butterfly are cleverly divided into twelve hours. Listening to the conversation between Simon and the shopkeeper, he seems to want to make it golden, it must be more beautiful.

Simon and the shop owner discussed for more than ten minutes and confirmed in detail the various details of the two wall clocks and the customized price.

Finally, after paying the deposit, Simon left the watch shop with Sandra.

Standing on the side of the street, Sandra watched Simon start to look around again, cheered up, and said with a nonchalant smile: "So, where are we going next?"

Although the girl concealed it well, Simon still felt Sandra La complained faintly in his tone, and pointed to a cafe diagonally across the street: "Hey, please have a coffee and talk about the movie by the way."

Some of the dissatisfaction that had just risen in her heart disappeared immediately.

I found myself happily following him across the street, laughing at myself inwardly.

Unpromising guy.

but.

never mind.

Simon locked the bicycle on the side of the street, and the two walked into the cafe together and found a seat to sit down.

After ordering coffee and a plate of muffins, Sandra first asked, "Simon, what do those two wall clocks do?"

Simon explained patiently: "Two shooting props, the gear wall clock is used at the beginning of the movie, the butterfly wall clock is the set in Lola's room. Like clocks, they all represent the passage of time of course. But there is another meaning to the butterfly wall clock, which I hope this film will do for another of my films Some foreshadowing."

In the original "Lola Run", the two clock props that appeared successively were of European retro type. This is actually in line with the overall style of the old European metropolis in Berlin.

However, Simon is now in Los Angeles.

A new and vibrant city.

Therefore, if you continue to copy the original version, the two European-style retro clocks will appear very incongruous in the new version of the film.

Since the time, location, storyline, etc. of the new version of the film need to be greatly adjusted, Simon is remaking another completely different "Lola Run".

In this case, Simon also intends to show some completely different ideas from the original.

The original version of "Lola Run" did not convey much esoteric philosophical thinking or even some plausible truths.

Director Tom Tykwer just wanted to show all the ideas he had accumulated as a crazy video game fan through a movie, so he wrote the script quickly, shot it quickly, the male protagonist is his good friend, the female The protagonist is his girlfriend, and most of the other characters are acquaintances. Everyone happily made a very interesting movie.

Now, Simon's purpose for making the film is equally simple and clear.

Number one: Make a cool movie that shows Hollywood what he's capable of.

Second: through the production of this film, become familiar with the production process of Hollywood movies in the film age.

Third: Promote the concept of 'Butterfly Effect' to pave the way for the release of The Butterfly Effect in the future.

Among them, the first two points are the goals that Simon must complete, and the third point is incidental. If it can be achieved, it is naturally better, and it does not matter if it cannot be achieved.

However, although the third goal depends on luck, Simon spared no effort in the details of his performance.

Two wall clocks that have just been customized, the first modern gear wall clock to match the new shooting environment. The second butterfly wall clock is suggesting the concept of the 'butterfly effect.

Simon intends to set a total of three 'butterfly' images in the film.

If there are only one or two words, it is not easy to leave a deep impression on the audience. If there are more than three, it will appear too flooded. Setting three images is just right.

The waiter brought their coffee, Sandra waited for the other to leave, and asked, "Another movie? Are you planning to make two movies?"

"No," Simon shook his head and said, "The other one is "The Butterfly Effect", you should have heard about these days? That script was written by me."

Sandra just signed with Jonathan last week, and the media turmoil surrounding the WMA packaging project led to the company's infighting in the following days. It broke out, and the girl was a little worried that she would need to find another agent just after signing the contract. How could she not know about the "Butterfly Effect".

However, in any case, she never thought that the script of "Butterfly Effect" would be written by the big boy opposite to her.

Staring at Simon for a while, Sandra finally let out a low exclamation: "Wow!"

Simon just shrugged and continued: "Most people who have read the script of "The Butterfly Effect" feel that this name is too unpopular. The plot of "Lola Run" can explain the concept of the 'butterfly effect' very vividly. Therefore, through the explicit prop hint of the butterfly wall clock, I hope that "Lola Run" can make more Many people know the term 'butterfly effect'."