The My Hollywood System

Chapter 20

Montgomery County Airpark is about thirty miles from Burkittsville, but their first destination is not the city, but rather a car dealership shop.

In the film, three protagonists - Heather, Josh and Mike - reach out into the car, the 1987 Dodge Daytona, its counterpart in the world is the 1989 Chryslus Drift - both of which look similar and feature pop-up headlights.

In the afternoon, they reach their destination - a car dealership shop, Will buys a used Chryslus Drift and then when they stand next to the car, Will, he began to explain the scene to the three main clues of the money.

“From now on, we'll call June Heather, Marcus will be Josh, and Zach will be Mike. We'll use the code word - taco. And when I say tacos, I want you to be like his character; I want you all to act like them. And if any of you are tired or want to rest, the three of you should say tacos, or you should keep a character.”

The three of them nodded as Will continued while pointing to the car beside them.

“The scene we are currently taking is not the opening of the film; instead, that is what will happen after about two minutes have passed. As for the first two minutes, we will shoot after we finish with the rest of the filming. ”

Zach (Mike) slightly raised his hand just then to ask.

"Yes?" Will focused on her.

“Sorry to interrupt, but... why... do we miss the first two minutes? Isn't that the easy part? I feel we can finish it tomorrow morning; why wait until the end of the movie?”

Will nodded, “Yes, it was probably the easiest shot in the movie, but I want us to record the first two minutes of the movie at the end because.well, let's say, to lighten the atmosphere. And believe me, you will all thank me for this.”

The other three smiled hearing this, and Will continued his instructions.

“You have read the script, and I give you all permission to improvise the dialogue as you please. The more raw your actions, the better the results we will get. And for this scene, we will start with car.”

Will then calls someone from the crew and asks for a bag. Out of the bag, he first took out the cameras - the CP-16 and Hi8 Camcorder - and then handed them to Josh and Heather, respectively.

"Josh," Will spoke to Marcus, calling him by his character's name, "This is the camera I talked about earlier. It will be used to film a 'documentary' about witches.”

And then he glanced at June and handed her the Hi8 camcorder; he added, “This camera will be used to record your group's everyday moments. This camcorder will be forwarded among you all; we have a few more, but try not to lose them.”

And then he said to the three, "And yes, take this as well."

Putting his hand into the bag while holding it with the others, Will took out three walkie-talkies.

"You'll be driving right in front of the bus, and this walkie talkie will be with you, and we'll be listening to your chat."

As the other three nodded, Will gave them the last instruction, “Now, get in the car and start working on it. Oh, and remember one thing - from this gesture, to the end of the shoot - don't stop shooting. In the car, you will find some more camcorders.”

“Taco!”

…

The Hi8 camcorder, facing Mike, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, was opened by Heather.

“How are you, Mik? It's good to see you."

Heather asked as soon as she opened the camera.

It was early in the morning, and Mike's face was half covered by the bright sunlight, and he had difficulty opening his eyes due to the direct sunlight reflected in it while also replying to Heather, “I'm fine, and I'm I'm very excited about this. Thanks for the opportunity.”

Heather's satisfied voice came from behind the camera, "Alright, thank you for collecting the equipment."

The three of them kept chatting and even talked about the number of batteries they had in this car, thanks to the film crew (which of course they didn't mention and gave Mike his reasons).

"Mike, with this much battery power, we can refuel in a small country for a month!" Heather commented in an indifferent voice.

…

….

They continued forward and soon reached the town of Burkittsville. Will instructs them to stop right outside the signboard of the city entrance and has them follow the next scene. As the trio prepared, the bus also stopped, and the rest of the crew also got off and started helping Zach and Mike set up the scene. As for June, she was told instructions by Will, with Jeffrey standing beside her, about how she was supposed to record the next scene.

…

Camcorder Hi8 began recording other important scenes, with Josh in the video, and Heather holding the camcorder.

Josh was sitting on one knee and was filling the film's recording board with a black marker, whose hat he held between his teeth.

"This is it, filling our first slate for our first shot," Heather spoke as she showed the slate over Josh's shoulder.

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In response, Josh lifted his head, and with the sun on his face, he asked with one eye closed, and the corner of his upper lip lifted, "Should we all like ..."

Placing the lid back into the market, he continued, "Cutting our fingers open and bleeding on top of it?"

As Heather chuckled at hearing that, Josh added, "A little bloodshed on the slate?"

Hearing this, Heather nervously laughed as she replied, "No, we'll save it for later."

"Kiss that!" Josh puts the marker back, kisses the slate, and gives it to Heather.

He also kissed her without showing her face on the camcorder.

"This is the first slate!" Josh's voice rang out as he picked up the slate.

“The first writing stone. Tagged with my lipstick.” Heather replies, and then turns the camera around, she shows Mike, who is holding the CP-19 and setting it; both hands are busy, and headphones on top of his head.

"The first writing stone, kiss!" Josh called out to him while putting the slate near Mike's mouth, which then, instead of kissing, bit off the biscuit part of the slate.

“Awe, he licked it, God bless him. You shouldn't eat it; we need it for the rest of filming.”

With the camera set, the CP-16 began playing and recording the Burkittsville city sign, with Heather speaking in the background.

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“This is Burkittsville, formerly Blair. This is a small and quiet Maryland town.” Heather said in a professional tone.

"Cut!" Will call.

The next scene is in the cemetery.