Hollywood What If Chapter 252
Reputation was a very important thing. This aspect would determine how people would look at you. How they would respect you or ignore you.
Kazir experienced being ignored. When he tried to sell Se7en to many production companies, almost all of them ignored him. Had it not been for New Line Cinema's interest in his script, he might never have reached his current position.
'But I can't deny that New Line Cinema is not a company you can trust. What they did to Peter Jackson was nothing to be proud of. They basically cheated the director.'
It hadn't happened yet, as Lord Of The Rings was still in production, but Kazir was 100% sure that New Line Cinema would definitely screw Peter Jackson over.
"Reputation is hard to build, but so easy to destroy. Once you make a mistake, it's impossible for people to forget it."
Kazir muttered to himself as he watched the crew prepare the set. The place had a green background all around.
Kazir wanted to use green screen technology for some scenes. This technology was also called chroma key compositing or chroma keying.
A visual effects and post-production technique for compositing (layering) two or more images or video streams together based on color hues (chroma range). (Google)
This technique was mostly used for backgrounds. The crew could film the scene in real locations, but there were situations where it was difficult to do so. To film in public places, such as public roads, they had to contact the local municipality and time was their main problem in this regard.
A green screen could solve this problem. Although Kazir intends to use this technology only a few times... He wanted to practice using Sony-Columbia's money.
Kazir's expertise in his past life was more in horror movies, using dark shades and such to scare the audience... His films were never popular. His experience with green screen was basically non-existent.
So yes, he used this moment to ask for a green screen studio to expand his knowledge.
Kazir knew that from now on, the future of most blockbusters would rely on heavy green screens.
Marvel movies.
DC movies.
Pirates of the Caribbean.
'Sony-Colombia made a huge investment in Spider-Man, spending some of it on a green screen is not a crime. Besides, I'm not spending my money anyway. A win for me.'
He grinned slightly. That was the power of respect. Sony-Columbia respected him because he could make a lot of money.
So yes, he was milking the company to learn green screen technology.
Speaking of respect...
Kazir glanced around and noticed that Kirsten Dunst seemed uncomfortable. The actress tried to act as if nothing was wrong, but Kazir could see through her lies.
The set was full of men. The reason for this was that many women quit their jobs after being berated by the producer.
Three people had the most authority in this project. Kazir Grey, the Marvel representative, and Jezebel Salome.
Unfortunately, Jezebel loved to demean the women in the crew. One by one, the women left the crew until only a handful remained.
From the looks of it, Kirsten Dunst seemed to be suffering from the producer as well.
Kazir thought about firing the producer, but he knew he could not do it without a real reason.
Jezebel was put in the position by Sony-Colombia to control Kazir in case the director ran amok.
'I can't say that she is affecting the production because there is no substantial effect. Production is going as smoothly as possible.'
Kazir admitted that Jezebel had bad blood with the women, but overall her work ethic was good. The production was on the right track because of her.
The producer was responsible for keeping, organizing and managing the crew. So far, Jezebel was doing the right thing with no flaw.
'Jezebel works for Sony-Columbia, so even though I'm the director, they can't put all the faith in me. At least Jezebel has respect for me. Whenever I have spoken my mind, she has agreed with most of it.'
He could say that his authority over the crew was amazing, even though almost 2/3 of that crew was working with him for the first time.
Kazir decided to approach Kirsten Dunst, wanting the actress to be calm so she wouldn't interfere with the shooting schedule.
But before he could talk to the woman, an old actress comforted Kirsten Dunst.
The old actress was Rosemary Harris, the movie's Aunt May. Peter Parker's Aunt May.
Rosemary Harris had been in the business since the 50's. They hired her because her salary was within their budget.
Rosemary was talking to Kirsten and the young actress smiled slightly.
Kazir came closer and overheard their conversation.
"I can't believe she called me fat and ugly. I didn't eat today because I don't want to look fat on camera."
"She really said that word for word?" Rosemary asked.
Even Kazir was surprised. He hadn't expected Jezebel to say that directly.
"No, she just said that I have to be thin and pretty because Mary Jane is the queen of the campus. She told me that three times on different occasions because she wanted this project to be perfect. Since then, I can't help but be aware of my body. This is my biggest role and I don't want to make any mistakes. You know how hard it is for a woman to get a big role. It's not easy to compete for this role, and I don't want to be replaced."
The woman touched her flat stomach. She might be hungry.
"Oh, honey, you don't have to think about it seriously. You are pretty and young."
The standards of beauty for women were outrageous and sometimes fucked up. Women had to shave their legs, go on diets to maintain their figure, and use makeup to disguise themselves. To be honest, men were also responsible for this problem.