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🕑 Added 2024-09-22 15:30:57 +0000 UTCBehind The Spotlight Chapter 3
Wyatt sat down... Evelyn gave her seat to the Assistant Director. There was only one chair in the room for some reason. Probably because the room they were in was the cheapest one.
Wyatt thanked her. He then passed the fruits he brought to Evelyn.
"I'll cut fruits for you guys."
Wyatt and Colin started talking, mainly about Director Esteban's project. Wyatt said that the project only needed another month to complete. After that, Wyatt was not sure if he would keep his position.
Colin and Wyatt were both silent after that. Colin knew how hard it was to find jobs in Hollywood. As for Wyatt, he was stressed because his future was still unknown.
"Thanks for helping me find a job, Colin. I know that I'm still a newbie in Hollywood and I don't know how this place works."
"It's fine."
Colin couldn't say that he worked hard just so Wyatt would secure the position in Director Esteban's movie. He contacted his friends, the producer, and even Director Esteban himself. It was fortunate that Colin was their go-to agent whenever they needed people for missing jobs.
Wyatt Bray was the most promising client that Colin had and he wanted to make sure that Wyatt would get a great start in the industry.
Wyatt was actually by Colin when the young aspiring director applied to their agency. He had enough credentials and he also showed the agency of his college movie project that he filmed together with his classmates to pass their subjects.
At that time, Colin only had two clients, both were small time actor and actress. They rarely get roles with lines, they were more like extras in the movies. Well, Colin was still new in this career so he never had a solid foundation.
Thankfully, he had this unique talent that could discern if someone fit the job or something. It was hard to explain but Colin could predict if someone would do well in his career or not.
Unfortunately, he couldn't predict his own career as an agent.
So when the agency introduced Wyatt to him, Colin decided to work hard and give him a smooth path. After all, directors were the best clients that an agent could have. There were a lot of factors as to why it is.
Directors were the ones who made the movies. Directors were always above the actors and actresses. It was a hard fact that no one could deny.
Actors and actresses might be the faces of the movies. But directors were the ones who created, planned, filmed, and sometimes edited the movies. Directors were the ones who gave life to movies and made them watchable.
Because thousands of pieces of footage without a clear plot and concise editing, dubbing, and sounds were garbage.
For Colin to have his first aspiring director was already a heaven-sent. Because honestly, he didn't have any power or connection to make directors interested in signing with him.
So when Wyatt and Colin signed the contract of five years. Both of them knew that this was a real endeavor that they had to work out together.
'Let's all hope this time I'll make it.'
Colin weakly smiled. Despite being handsome, his career in modeling never really shined. It didn't make it better that the last magazine he modeled on tried to force him to have sex with their male photographer...
Yes, Hollywood, not surprising at all.
"I promised you that I'd send you the script that I write. I'm wondering if you can help me register for the Writer's Guild."
Wyatt passed a document to Colin and he started reading it.
"The Accidental Wedding Crashers... If I remember it wrong, the movie you filmed in college is a horror movie, right?"
Colin asked while skimming through the script. Honestly, he thought the script that Wyatt wrote was a horror movie. He watched his experimental film; it was average, but he had the filming style that veteran directors had. He had a clear goal for the movie.
Basically, Wyatt recognized the introduction, trigger, development of conflict, climax, aftermath, and conclusion of a story.
This might look simple but new directors were having a hard time finding the directions for their movies. Wyatt has already grown from that stage.
"That's right. Don't get me wrong, I still prefer horror movies. I just feel like this script that I wrote can be sold to some studios... Maybe, maybe we can sell it for millions."
He was hesitant about the latter. However, he understood that he needed money.
"Although, if possible, I want to direct it myself." He smiled. He was not sure if he would even have the chance to do so. It seemed like being a director would be hard.
Colin nodded and looked at Wyatt. Suddenly, a golden light glinted in his pupils and he groaned, feeling a bit of a headache.
"Ugh!"
"Son, I think you need to lay down."
"It's okay, Mom. I'm fine."
Colin immediately stopped his mother from forcing him to lie down. Instead, he looked at Wyatt.
He was shocked. He realized that there were golden letters on top of Wyatt's head! They were floating, surreal, and shining like the stars.
Wyatt Bray:
-- Talented at writing Comedy scripts.
-- Talented at filming Comedy movies.
Colin was dumbfounded and had no idea what was going on.
"Colin, are you okay?"
"Huh?"
