The My Hollywood System
Chapter 23

"I, I don't know.. hiccups!"

"Silent. I'm here with you. It's all over."

"Hiks.. hyks..."

In the forest, the final scene for [The Blair Witch Project] was finally taken, and June was crying and too scared that Will had to hug her.

The end of the film was scary, even for Will, and in the end, his improvisation left June so frightened that she couldn't stop crying.

Finally, after comforting her for a long time, June stopped crying, and in the warmth of her hands, she began to feel better.

"Hey, June. You okay now?"

Will asked, his eyes looking into his eyes, but Will shook his body and curled up again.

"I'm still scared. Let me be there for a few minutes."

"OK

She didn't know if it was just because of her feelings for him or if he was really too scared, but she let him stay in her arms for a while.

Jeffery and the rest of the crew said nothing seeing that and just chuckled. They leave Will and June alone and take care of Marcus and Zach.

Both of them were in much better shape than June, but they remained scared.

The next morning, they all have a mandatory meeting with a psychiatrist called Will.

After all, actors often experience trauma after filming a horror movie. And [The Blair Witch Project] was even shot very realistically.

In this Hollywood world, there are even conspiracy theories about a popular actress of the 90s who was found dead in her apartment after filming a horror movie.

There have been reports that she experienced mental health problems due to her character in the film and ended up ending her own life.

Will didn't want any of his actors to run into this kind of trouble, so he had prepared everything first.

The next day after the meeting with the psychiatrist, they were filming the final scene and as Will said at the beginning of filming, the three of them were happy to shoot that scene.

* * *

It was the room of a young girl filled with books and posters. Heather stands in front of the camera, and Mike shoots her.

This is the first scene of the film that begins, and Heather smiles as Mike asks.

"You look a little fuzzy. Let me zoom out, okay?"

"OKAY. Huh."

"OK, get it."

"This is my home, which I will leave comfortably, for the weekend. To explore the Blair Witch."

He said, and Mike closed the stack of books. There were some famous books in the 90s.

"Some important readings. How to Stay Alive in the Forest, because you never know what's going to happen."

He said, take a book. His words were enough to show how excited he was about his upcoming adventure.

Turning his head, he picked up one book and showed it to the camera.

"And this is a very important book, because it contains an article about what happened at Coffin Rock."

"It's pretty old." Mike commented, and Heather nodded.

"Yes, it's really old."

With that the scene ended, and they ended up getting over 20 hours of footage enough to be edited into a great movie.

"Cut it! It's wrap!"

As Will's voice echoed, all the cast and crew heaved a sigh of relief.

The shooting is finally over!

* * *

After filming was over, everyone, including the crew and cast, finally took a breather. It's time to fly back to Los Angeles.

Although it was a fast-paced city and lived without much peace, they already missed it after this horror journey.

Everyone started packing. June, who had finally calmed down after filming the festive final scene, kept glancing at Will every minute.

As the entire cast and crew prepare to depart from the same bus they are on, Will tells Jeffrey that they are both about to board the car.

Although June wanted to complain, she decided not to be nosy.

On the way to the airport, Jeffrey smiled. No one could compare this man to the one Will had first met. His temperament and atmosphere had changed a lot.

"You seem very happy for someone who rejected the idea of filming on a camcorder."

Will teased, making Jeffrey laugh while patting his shoulder and saying.

"Haha, you know it's just like me, how crazy the idea was at first."

Will did not argue against it, of course, for an alternate universe like this without success in such a type of film; the recording technique invented would seem like a fool's duty at first.

As he thought that, he suddenly recalled something and said,

“Ah yes, Jeffrey. Do we have a good editor on our crew? We need to cut 20 hours of this raw footage into a movie. We need to add many kinds of sound effects and such; I really appreciate a good editor.”

Will was very worried about this. He had no idea where the technology of this world stood; although he had researched it, he had no idea how difficult it was to find a good editor. So he couldn't help but ask Jeffrey.

Jeffrey, who heard this, smiled as he said,

“About that, actually my wife is also an editor. He is the best I know. Why don't you give him a job? You can make it edit short clips and check its capabilities.”

Will was shocked after hearing that. He knew Jeffrey was married because Jeffrey would call his wife at almost every talk. What surprised him was that he was also an editor, which was good at it.

Will knows Jeffrey isn't the type to lie about someone's abilities just because they are his family or friends, so Will can only sigh in relief as his final concerns regarding the production of the film have been resolved.

"By the way, have you decided which distribution company you are going to?"

Jeffrey asked. Since the film was produced, now the main concern is its distribution. Thousands of movies are produced every year in Hollywood, but not all get the chance to be screened on the big screen due to their distribution methods.

“Do not worry about that; I have decided to send it to several distribution companies after the last clip is ready.”

Will replies, and Jeffrey doesn't ask more about it.

When they reached the airport and showed their boarding pass to enter, Jeffrey would not comment.

"Don't forget your promise, okay?"

“Yes, I won't.”

Will chuckled in his answer. He had promised Jeffrey that he would throw a big party after the film surpassed the 100 million mark at the box office.

Although Jeffrey didn't believe in the promise before because he didn't think the film would produce so much after the film was over, he somehow couldn't keep up his previous opinion.