Changes: MAG 110: Creature Feature

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Martin Blackwood, Archival Assistant at the Magnus Institute, recording statement number #0121403, statement of Alexia Crawley, given March 14th 2012.

Statement Begins

Alexia Crawley is a cinematographer. She describes how important the job is to making movies, and that she is very good at it. She's worked with Dexter Banks many times, and despite feeling no small amount of hatred for him she knows they are dependent on each other. Since she was outed as trans, she had few other options but to work with him. Both were aware she was the reason his movies received any acclaim.

For a long time, Dexter had talked about "his spider film", but Alexia says it did not become an obsession until two years before her statement was given. During these points, he would become quiet and ask her if she'd ever seen Kumo Ga Tabeteiru. According to Dexter, it was a tokusatsu film from the 60s, about a giant spider that terrorized a small island.

When described, the most striking aspect was that it did not have a protagonist. Nobody fought the monster. The movie followed the lives of a few individuals on the island, but each vignette ended with the character simply feeding themselves to the creature. The one problem with this entire story is that neither could find any evidence of the movie's existence. While it was odd, this never really bothered Alexia, at least compared to Dexter's less pleasant quirks.

Then one day, he called her. He described his next film as his masterpiece and proceeded to lay out a plot identical to that of Kumo. She asked if he'd found a copy of a film or script, and his answer was "Better. i found the book it was based on." This disturbed Alexia, since he was not the type of person to ever describe a book as better than a movie.

The film went into production. It was titled "Widow's Weave", based off this mysterious book and the movie shots he could remember. Of course, Alexia was going to be working on it as the Director of Photography. Although the crew was nothing special, Alexia was struck by how little care was put into the casting. The exception to this was that Dexter claimed to have hired Neil Lagorio, an extremely successful creator of practical effects for film monsters.

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 Then one day, he called her. He described his next film as his masterpiece and proceeded to lay out a plot identical to that of ''Kumo''. She asked if he'd found a copy of a film or script, and his answer was "Better. i found the book it was based on." This disturbed Alexia, since he was not the type of person to ever describe a book as better than a movie.
-The film went into production. It was titled "Widow's Weave", based off this mysterious book and the movie shots he could remember. Of course, Alexia was going to be working on it as the Director of Photography. Although the crew was nothing special, Alexia was struck by how little care was put into the casting. The exception to this was that Dexter claimed to have hired Neil Lagorio, an extremely successful creator of practical effects for film monsters.
+The film went into production. It was titled "Widow's Weave", based off this mysterious book and the movie shots he could remember. Of course, Alexia was going to be working on it as the Director of Photography. Although the crew was nothing special, Alexia was struck by how little care was put into the casting. The exception to this was that Dexter claimed to have hired [[Neil Lagorio]], an extremely successful creator of practical effects for film monsters.
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