Chapter 31 (1/2)
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“You actually wrote a tragic ending!”
The Duke of Bones sat furiously at the long table in the hall as she looked at Joshua who was busy editing.
The Duke of Bones should have been furious at those despicable humans for barging into her territory, yet the moment she watched the complete sample of “Beauty and the Demon”, two tiny soulfires seeped out of her empty eye sockets, and she felt a little sentimental.
However, she did not wallow in it for too long as the Duke of Bones remembered that the screenwriter of the movie was just right beside her! So, the duke rushed over and gave him a live delivery of razor blades.
“Your Grace, if you are not satisfied with the story, you can rewrite the script make it end happily.”
Joshua held his charcoal pencil as he outlined a spherical shape, answering the duke without even raising his head.
“Your Highness, you mean, I can change the ending?”
The Duke of Bones’ not-so-friendly tone seemed to imply that. If Joshua permitted her, she would really amend the ending by force.
“What I mean is you can write a story you want using this story as a template. Anyone can do it.”
Joshua’s method of creation was called an adaptation back on Earth. In more niche terms, it would be called fan-fiction.
“Beauty and the Beast” movies seen in the later generations were all adaptations of the original, be it the Disney or the French version. All of them were movie adaptations instead of the original work, and so was Joshua’s.
Joshua did not oppose to the people of this world adapting “Beauty and the Beast”. In fact, he even encouraged it.
That was because having multiple adaptations would allow the story to spread far and wide…
Joshua only had one request that any person who adapted the work would credit the original author, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Mrs. Beaumont was the original author of “Beauty and the Beast”, a female French writer.
It was also Joshua’s requirement for himself. He had never planned to claim the work as his own in this world. After all, Joshua was there to propagate Earth’s culture, not to plagiarize it.
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As a proper propagator of culture, that was the most basic of requirements.
“I have not reached that level of humiliating myself.”
The Duke of Bones pondered a bit before she gave up the idea. She really did not have any creative bone on her.
“In that case, Your Grace, can you… tell me your full name?”
Joshua paused his writing. Ever since he forged the covenant with the Duke of Bones, Joshua only knew the duke’s first name, but not her family name.
“Your Highness, is there any meaning to that question?”
“I would like to tell the audience who gave the movie its soundtrack.”
Joshua completely blackened a long piece of paper before he wrote the cast list with white paint. The first person on the list was, of course, Mrs. Beaumont, while the second person was Ynor who played Belle, and Zenarth who played the prince. Even the names of the ghosts who played the living furniture were included, alongside a few villagers who made cameos, and Ciri Lloyd.
“My family name is not important, Your Highness. I am satisfied just as long as you record my name down.”
The Duke of Bones seemed to particularly resent her surname, but since she requested it, Joshua only wrote her given name. “Music: Selonica.”
The last series of names were all Joshua’s. Director, Planner, Scriptwriter, Propmaker, Cinematography, Camera Operation, Editing, and what not were all Joshua Annerlaude.
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After expending so much effort to produce the movie, Joshua was definitely not shy about crediting himself.
After he was done with the credits, the production of the opening credits remained.
The opening credits were nothing more than a means to show off the logo of a studio. Joshua pondered a while before he finally drew the logo of Earth on the paper before he wrote “Production of Studio Earth” in both Chinese as well as English.
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While it may look a little silly, the spinning blue planet was the go-to logo Joshua would use in the future. After all, all of these movies and novels originated from Earth.
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The spinning effect was done with basic continuous page flip animation as Joshua had yet to figure out how to insert pictures into the programs he had written.
“And… done.”
After Joshua completed the opening and ending credits, he recorded them into the originium crystal, declaring that the final product of “Beauty and the Demon: had been successfully produced.