Chapter 1177: Chapter 678: Magic Shadow
Therefore, the magic shadow requires very high acting skills from actors.
When you’re acting, you must imrse yourself completely in the plot. When the plot is happy, you must have joyful emotions; when the plot is sad, you must feel sadness.
Otherwise, when you’re supposed to be happy, you’re ntally complaining about not being off work; when you’re supposed to be sad, you’re thinking about happy things. Even if your acting seems refined, it’s no good. The audience, when viewing it, will be absorbed into your emotions and laugh uncontrollably.
Although so codic magic shadows may use this contrast as a laugh point, most normal plots need a unity of plot and emotion.
And Dorothy and others, apart from Audrey who cos from an art family and is an industry insider, are outsiders forced into the scene—how can they shoot a magic shadow like this when they don’t even know where to find actors?
Of course, that’s not the point. The point is that magic shadows burn more money than films. Dorothy thought about those big-investnt movies from her past life with millions and billions of investnts and couldn’t help but hug her small coffin in distress.
She wanted to find a source of inco because she was short of money, but now she must invest instead. This isn’t right; absolutely not. Shooting magic shadows can be a bottomless pit, and you may not even hear an echo after throwing in so much money—many magic shadows flop every year.
In short, the threshold and difficulty of shooting magic shadows are way too high. Who in their right mind starts tackling the final boss right after leaving the Novice Village? The hobody witch originally thought newcors like them should start from sothing like underground idols.
But….
“I think we can do it; we must aim for the best. It’s too slow to take our ti with other things—totally doable to have a high starting point. I can be your investor.”
Before Dorothy had a chance to object, the wealthy sister beside her spoke boldly.
Senior Mia looked fervently at her beloved, her eyes filled with anticipation.
For the Golden Princess, whether the upcoming magic shadow will win an award or be a blockbuster isn’t important. What matters is that this magic shadow is shot by the Little Fairy.
Hmm, when the film cos out, I can totally enter the Little Fairy’s perspective. You know what that ans? Round it up, and it’s practically like I’ve rged with the Little Fairy, right?
Hehehe….. Sizzle….
Senior Mia’s breathing grew heated by a few degrees.
Hooray, I’ve captured the Little Fairy’s screen debut!
“Senior, think it through—shooting a magic shadow isn’t a small investnt, and we’re all untrained outsiders. It could flop, you know.”
Dorothy advised, trying to keep her emotionally stirred senior from going off the rails.
But Senior Mia couldn’t pay any attention to such words.
“I don’t need to think it through; I want your first—oops, I an it’s just pocket change, just a few days’ worth of allowance. I’ve been sequestered for a month without spending any money, and now my wallet needs to relieve so pressure or it might burst open.”
The Golden Princess pulled out a swollen, balloon-like wallet and said so.
Dorothy: “……”
Darn it, my wallet says it also wants to experience that bloated feeling.
“But we’re running out of ti—the award ceremony is next month, and even if we consider the ti for submission and review, we might not even have half a month left for preparation. It’s completely impossible.”
The hobody witch said again.
And this ti Audrey raised her hand to speak.
“It’s okay, Senior, I can take a special registration route. Mothers are judges for the Demon King Award, and as long as we finish one day before the awards ceremony, we’re set. We definitely have a month to prepare.”
The Little Fox, whose nine tails swayed behind her, clearly showed she really wanted to shoot a magic shadow.
In fact, the highest status performance project in Witch World isn’t the magic shadow but live stage plays.
If only the most excellent actors can participate in magic shadows, then only the most superb magic shadow actors qualify for stage play performances.
After all, at least magic shadows can use special devices to share the actors’ emotions with the audience, but for stage plays, perforrs need unyielding acting skills to pull all the audience into their performance, sharing all their emotions.
That difficulty is unquestionably Hell-level.
But Audrey’s two Mothers are the most outstanding stage play actors of the day.
For the Little Fox, who idolizes and aims after her two Mothers, the musical theater grand stage is her life goal.
Once, when she was very young, she got a chance to tread upon the grand stage, but Heart Demon and Fear shattered everything, keeping her at a standstill for all these years.
But now, if accompanied by Senior, she might muster enough courage to take that first step back to the grand stage.
Dorothy: “….”
Seeing both her senior and junior agreed, with two against one, she let go of resistance.
Since the senior isn’t afraid of losses and the junior has built up courage, what’s there for her to fear? Let’s do it.
“Alright, then let’s shoot the magic shadow. First, let’s prepare for shooting. First, the script—forget it—you probably know less about the Eastern Universe than , so I’ll find a way for the script.”
The hobody witch entered into the next stage of thinking.
First, it needs a script that showcases Japan’s scenery, but after glancing at both her senior and junior opposite her, she simply shook her head.
The three of them ca from elsewhere; not a single local among them. How would they understand anything about Japanese scenery? Dorothy decided to consult Aunt Yae or Miss Oiran, local witches, later to see if there are any ancient tales suitable for scripts.
“As for the venue, that’s easily solved. The existing places on Japan—with extras all around the streets—but for the main actors, we need to figure out a way to gather them. Maybe we need a casting call.”
Senior Mia imdiately proposed her view as well.
“As for a director, I can try. Though it’s my first ti performing a magic shadow, I’ve edited quite a few clips for my Mothers before.”
Audrey, at last, beca a bit more lively, mustering courage to recomnd herself.
“In that case, we’re missing a photographer, emmmm… Okay, there’s also an available one, and it’s the top photographer.”
Dorothy recalled a certain big-mouthed crow also on the island.
“Oh, it’s Wenwen, right? Indeed, that guy, aside from being a bit sketchy and loud-mouthed, has undisputed photography skills—she alone is like a whole photography team.”
Senior Mia realized this as well, clapping in agreent.
“But will Senior Wenwen be willing to help?”
Audrey worriedly asked, for she heard a lot about the infamous news club president, and saw many of her films in the Little Witch Daily at the academy; indeed, she has superb shooting skills, but allegedly, the senior doesn’t have an easy temperant.
“Don’t worry, she’ll agree.”
Dorothy wasn’t worried at all, because Senior, surely you don’t want your grandmother’s family to receive special treatnt from the Shrine?
The hobody witch grinned.
“Yes, Wenwen is definitely a helpful person.”
Senior Mia also smiled, because Golden Country is actually the biggest shareholder of Witch Daily.
……..
“Achoo…”
On Japan, in the Kujo Family’s house, a witch with black wings sneezed loudly.
“Ugh, which person is badmouthing behind my back again?”
Wenwen thought.
Then she recalled her enemies…..
emmmm…. that’s hilarious, too many enemies; couldn’t recall them all.
She, the news club president who was loathed by gods and despised by ghosts, felt proud thinking about this, and puffed her chest.
Yes, this is the honor of a news person.
“Never mind, better hurry and write this article. Hehe, the true identity of the mistress turned out to be this—this scoop has to make the headlines!”
…. Wenwen writing the article….
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