August 27.

  In the old courthouse room, Billy adjusted his suit, preparing for what would be the majority of the trials today, possibly up to 70%. The first to be pleaded was against Billy Ray Cobb, followed by Carl Lee, who, after what happened during the trial, decided to take revenge on those who had victimized his daughter Tonya in the worst ossible. Because of this, they would take everything in small shots.

  -You'll be taking the shots with Sandra today; she should be here by noon acc tent's st call, and you'll be doing small ses, - Paul Schumacher said. It was difficult for people to acclimate to such takes, but that's why Sandra was chosen. It was challenging for newers to adjust the lio her arrival, but an expert could take notes in seds and capture the character's essence. Sandra's stant travels for promotion slightly extended her takes, but everything rogressing well.

  -Sure, - murmured Billy, already immersed in his role, more pragmatid focused than anything else.

  Se 34. Take 2.

  Samuel L. Ja was seated at the back of the courtroom, and therefore, among many other things, he presided over the trial. His demeanor had to reflect excessive . His face was wrinkled, with eyes refleg hatred, disfort, and indifference.

  -Rise. His hoers the courtroom, - everyoands. Bulr took the fourth chair and sat down.

  -Sit down, - he ordered the entire court. - Where are the defendants? Where? Bring them to the courtroom, - he shouted.

  Cobb and Wilrd emerged in handcuffs from the small adjat room. They were unshaven, and dirty, with wrinkled clothes and a fused appearance. Wilrd looked at the rge group of bck people, but Cobb turned his ba them.

  -Listen to me, - Bulrd began in a loud voice. - This is a preliminary hearing, not a trial. The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to determine if there is enough evidehat a crime has been itted to proceed to trial. This hearing even be waived at the request of the defendants. -

  -With your honor's permission," Tyndale said after standing up, "we wish to proceed with the hearing. -

  -Very well. Here I have sworn statements from Sheriff Walls acg both defendants of kidnapping, serious assault, and raping a female uwelve. Mr. Childers, you may call your first witness. -

  -With your honor's permission, the prosecution calls Sheriff Ozzie Walls. -

  - you state your name? - Bulrd/the judge asked.

  -Sheriff Ozzie Walls. -

  -Are you the sheriff of Ford ty? -

  -Yes. -

  -I know who you are, - Bulrd whispered as he flipped through the notes oable. - Tell me, Sheriff, did your department receive a call yesterday afternooed to the disappearance of a girl? -

  -Yes, around four-thirty, - Ozzie/Charles S. Dutton responded.

  -What did you do? - the judge tered.

  -Officer Willie Hastings went to the home of Gwen and Carl Lee Hailey, parents of the missing girl, - Ozzie replied.

  -Where is this residence located? - Bulrd asked.

  -On Craft Road, behind Bate's grocery store. -

  In the audience, Jake Brigance/Billy pyed his role as a wyer in the front row, not far from there, carefully assessing the case, and looking down thoughtfully.

  ...

  -Cut,- Paul responded.

  They tinued with shots here and there; in the meahey would take the shot where Carl Lee hides ihe courthouse in a closet, while the previous defendants described as the criminals are gunned down by Samuel L. Ja's character, who had a versation with Billy/Jake Brigahe night before about the fate of the murderers.

  The backdrop was beginning to fill in.

  -Sorry for the dey; I had to travel as quickly as possible, and flights are impossible in these situations, - Sandra Bulloented. She was wearing a fitted white shirt along with jeans and cowboy boots, her particur attire for the role. trary to popur belief, Sandra isn't an outgoing person; she adheres to social protocols aually finds so her pce ages in private versation with whoever she o speak to.

  -Paul, great to see you, and you too, Billy. Though we met briefly for the script reading, now we'll be colleagues. - Sandra ented, arriving just before the Carl Lee se was shot.

  -Billy... - Paul mentioned, as he went off to sort out all the produ details.

  -We're about to shoot the se with Carl Lee, following our shots. Are you ready for this? That's aul would ask. - Billy remarked.

  -I'm ready. It would be an insult for ao say otherwise. - Sandra quipped. Billy stood back, the shots were all close-ups.

  -I o get into position for the shoot, but you speak to the makeup team two doors down on the left. - Billy replied.

  -Thank you. -

  Se 35, take 1.

  Cobb was the first to cautiously desd the stairs, hands cuffed behind his back, followed by Wilrd and Agent Looeo the nding, turned right, then aeo the first floor. Three ments waited by the parked patrol car at the door, smoking cigarettes and watg the journalists. Cameras followed them from the depths, in a wide shot. But a cameraman emerged from an interse and closely filmed the actors as they moved towards the courthouse stairs.

  As Cobb reached the sed-to-st step, with Wilrd three steps behind and Looney oep from the nding, the small door of the dirty, fotten ste room uedly swung open. Mr. Carl Lee Hailey emerged from the darkness with an M-16 in hand. He opened fire at cle. The rapid bursts of the submae gun filled the building, drowning out the silence.

  There was silence as some groans were heard, but the guns were not loaded; it was all mimed and acted. They began to fall, their shirts cealing a suit underh, bursting with a mixture of paint resembling blood. Like bee stings, it was a moment, and the actors y on the floor as a makeup team quickly arrived to touch up the fallen actors as cameras moved towards the se.

  The rapists froze and then screamed as they were hit by the bullets; Cobb was shot iomad chest, Wilrd in the faeck, and throat. They futilely tried to retreat, stumbling over each other, handcuffed and defenseless, as their skin and blood spilled out.

  Looook a shot in the leg but mao crawl up to the cell, where he huddled down, hearing Cobb and Wilrd's groans and the hysterical ughter of the bck man. Bullets ricocheted off the narrow staircase walls, and as Looney looked towards the nding, he could see blood and flesh spttered everywhere, casg doweps. The quick bursts of seven to eight shots from the M-16 echoed endlessly throughout the building. Above the noise of gunfire and bullets boung off the staircase walls, Carl Lee's sharp ughter could be heard clearly. When it was over, he tossed the rifle onto the bodies and ran off. He went into the restroom, wedged the door shut with a chair, jumped out the window into the bushes, calmly walked along the sidewalk, reached his pickup truck, and drove bae. Lester aralyzed upon hearing the first shots, which rang out loudly in the courtroom.

  Like bee stings, it was a moment, and the actors were on the ground as a makeup team quickly arrived to touch up the fallen actors, while the cameras turo capture the reas of the audience, from the menting cries of Wilrd and Cobb's mothers to the pale face of Billy/Jake.

  Wilrd and Cobb's mothers began to scream, and the officers rushed towards the cells but didn't dare ve onto the stairs. Lester listened ily in case pistol shots were heard, but there were none, so he left the courtroom.

  -Cut. - Paul ented.

  -We need another close-up of the guhis time, make sure it packs more punch to show a real firefight. - Paul shouted.

  -Actet ready for the se. - a produ assistant directed. The se called for a swift trial of Carl Lee; time was of the essence, and everything had to be dohout further dey.

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  August 29

  ID Software's new game was now on sale, and it delivered everything fanatics had been waiting for from the Doom franchise, Doom Rebellion (Doom 2), a first-person bat game. This Doom boasted a 3D rendering system with more polygons and gamepy focused on rapid shooting and mobility. It was set to un Nintendo 64, PyStation, and PC ptforms.

  It was simply breathtaking, from its revamped gamepy meics that retained some of the inal's esse enhanced various aspects, the best gamepy on the market.

  -We started distributing the demo and the offer has been a success since September 1. - Richard Boll ented, referring to the free trials and demos spread across the i, a rategy that, while irely inal, was enough to attract the attention of unsuspeg pyers who were willing to try out and promote the game.

  Sharper tours and more human-like digitized forms were the game's strong points, rivaling even the best games of the time, such as Mario 64, which was a masterpiece of its era. Doom was not far behind.

  -The game orders have already e in; we have an order for a million units. - Alexa Riley, part of the administrative team, ehat though her preference y in development, she was involved in all aspects of the pany.

  -Alright, we might hit three million copies by the year's end, and with the PyStation 1 release, we could reach four to five million, which alone covers the costs of the entire game team. - Richard Boll added in a low voice, calg not just for himself but for many others, making a lot of money in favor.

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