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The script went too far in content. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJBHvzBDcD
That night, the director quietly broke down.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIfOovrLA1
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKRjofVV6d
He didn’t dare say no.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmyYkROLA1
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11:30 p.m. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2tLYAxggl
The director sat at his desk, his face even grayer than the desk lamp’s light.
Beside him: a cup of cold coffee, two packs of antacids, a post-it labeled “Team Discussion Points,” and…
…a script from Satan himself. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBffc5xV34T
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPPQlTLX97
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmQAAGi3O4
Opened again. Closed. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLs1l3lzme
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H6z1JNyEy
Took a deep breath. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAonzXFmB8T
And prepared to enter hell.
“...Sigh.”
The first sigh came while reading the character sheet.
“These minds… are insane.”
He picked up a pen to draw a relationship chart—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaKsHKHoKf
but halfway through, the level of manipulation in the plot nearly gave him a heart attack.
“These scenes… this dialogue… these actions…”
He flipped three more pages. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWkCSamBqA
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElIDPlSEQp
“Camera pans from ankle to collarbone. High lick-the-lens energy.”
“I’ve never shot a scene this explicit… this graphic…”
He muttered to himself, holding his head like someone freshly dumped.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t film steamy content. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TPn0UBNkJ
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VLz987AGt
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaqEtajTq4
“Angles… lighting diffusion… maybe have them wear sunglasses…”
He scribbled shaky notes while his mind spiraled.
Then he paused.
He remembered what the screenwriter said in the meeting: 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yHtgM5ZfI
“This script was written with what’s left of my life.”
The art lead: “I redesigned forty props. I’ve got one breath left.”
The manager: part priest, part producer, drawing character sheets while purifying the set.
This wasn’t just a script. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkY0ue1VhRg
It was a product of resentment, grief, despair—and deadlines.
“How could I possibly say this can’t be filmed…”
“I’d get murdered…”
He glanced at his phone, opened the team chat. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYnixPTsIz
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScMpCYpYsA
Then closed the app.
No message sent.
Didn’t dare.
He went back to the script, still trembling, still trying to sketch out camera angles.
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He gasped again.
This scene… 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYD4qpP8Lt
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBav9q9HxV
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxCdqr2ioV
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VXmCtcDTD
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodjOsT4U0Z
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UK5t1HIGI
Title: blank. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMGhTOp2YY
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJFM9RVJMJ
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jbVRmBXUw
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeqtn8KfNy
The bunny and the human had traced a heart in it… with a spelling mistake.
The director closed his phone.
Stared at the script’s cover.
Said nothing.
Only a sigh—— 12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCU7YC6Mo3E
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CXC6J9Eo5
