Made in Hollywood

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"Hans, here's a picture I took."

With a gesture to the other side, Sophia walked over to the TV at the front of the reception room, shoved a tape into the VCR, and turned on the TV, Duke continued, "Let's watch the opening scene of a movie... …”

This is not made by Duke or Mike Dawson, but the result of Sophia's practice after printing some negatives. Although it is only a rough editing of the filmed clips, it is not even the first cut, but it can Embodying some of Duke's views on the film, just in time for today's meeting on the soundtrack.

There is no sound in the picture, but it does not affect Hans Zimmer sitting in his seat to watch carefully. First there is a picture of several soldiers carrying a coffin, and then a picture of an officer sitting and smoking. The picture always revolves around the officer. And the soldiers are in transition, interspersed with a few explosions.

Even if there is no modification in the picture, Hans Zimmer still got some information from the image. The officer seems to have an extraordinary behavior, which is mixed with a tragic complex, and the time of each shot is very short. Constantly switching, presumably the film must be fast-paced.

This opening scene was only a few minutes long, and after it was over, Hans Zimmer didn't know what was going to happen, but he seemed to feel something.

The current Hans Zimmer is just one of many top-ranking musicians in Hollywood, and he has no future master status. Duke replayed the opening scene and put forward his own requirements for the soundtrack.

The soundtrack is not as simple as composing music. It needs to set off the main theme of the film, conform to the artistic conception represented by the scene, and also reflect the director's thoughts. Every classic soundtrack is communicated in many ways by the director, the composer and other crew members. born in.

"The film needs two different tones of the soundtrack."

After a few simple exchanges, Duke said directly, "One is to match the soundtrack of heavy scenes such as the beginning of the film, it should be low, vigorous and tragic, and it sounds soothing, sad and stable, and it is best to make it sound. One feels the deep emotions of the characters in the film."

Hans Zimmer nodded, then asked his assistant to write down Duke's requests one by one.

"There's also one that's in fights and car chases," Duke continued. "I need a fast-paced, action-packed soundtrack that's exciting, tense, and even sharp..."

Duke is a complete layman when it comes to music. He can only say what he wants, and then let the composer create the soundtrack according to the requirements. The former soundtrack can be called a classic, but unfortunately he has too limited memory and no Enough professional ability to express, and the composer will have different ideas at each stage, these are left to Hans Zimmer to handle.

"Director Rosenberg..." Hans Zimmer said after reading the assistant's notes, "I hope to follow the crew for a while to gain a deeper understanding of this work, and the final soundtrack will have to wait until You can't be sure until you've finished editing."

"No problem." Duke turned to look at Sophia, "If you have any needs, you can contact Sophia."

Hans Zimmer and his party left the reception room first, and Duke's eyes turned to the other side. It was from Warner Records. According to the agreement between Duke and Warner, Warner Records will be responsible for the theme song of the film, and they also The singer who sang the theme song was brought over.

It was a young woman of about twenty-five years old with long brown hair draped over her shoulders like a waterfall. She was wearing tight-fitting denim, with three-dimensional features and strong facial lines. Even if she sat on the sofa without saying a word, she could make her People feel the wild and sexy she exudes.

"This is a newcomer that Warner Music will focus on next year."

Robin Grande, who had sent Hans Zimmer away, returned to the reception room, and when passing by Duke, he whispered, "Warner obviously wants to use the movie to warm up her album to be released next year."

Warners are also very good people. If Duke is not satisfied, they will not insist.

"Miss Dunn."

In fact, Duke doesn't care about the theme song at all. In this film, the song will only appear in the final subtitle stage. Even if the song is not highly rated, it will not have much impact on the film. If the popularity is high, say no. It can also boost the box office of some movies.

"Don't know what kind of music you're good at?" Duke asked, returning to his seat.

"country music."

The other party raised his hand and ruffled his hair. This seemingly ordinary action seemed extra tempting. "You can call me Shania or Regina."

If it were a few years later, Duke would definitely be happy to sing Shania Twain's theme song for the movie, but it's a pity that it can only be said that talking is better than nothing.

In many respects, Duke still has to rely on the super thigh of Warner. Since they want to use the film to promote the newcomer, they will not deliberately object. After a few routine questions, they threw the matter to Robin Grant. De this production manager.

The soundtrack and theme song will not be completely completed until the post-production of the film, and now it is just the preliminary preparation. After Duke made his own request, he returned to the filming of the film.

After a five-day long wait, the Actors Guild concluded the investigation and determined that there were adequate safety measures on the set of "Brave to the Dead Island", and that the stuntman's injury was just an accident. The crew can finally reshoot.

The injured stuntman took nearly $130,000 in compensation from the crew, was also removed from the crew by Duke, and was blacklisted by Warner Bros.

"Brave to the Dead Island" can be restarted, and "Interview with the Vampire" is still far from the end of the shutdown, and the Children's Protection Association is far more difficult than the Screen Actors Guild.

Five days is not a long time, but it really disrupted Duke's shooting plan, and made him a little more anxious because of the pressure. During these five days, he and Sophia and Zach Snyder The filming schedule was re-adjusted to try to grab the five days back in the subsequent filming.

After filming resumed, both Hans Zimmer and Shania Twain were on set, apparently wanting to learn more about "Brave Island" and future collaborators.

During the five-day shutdown, not only the shooting rhythm of Duke was disrupted, but also the state of the actors and other staff. There were endless problems in camera, lighting, performance and props. The anxiety seemed to be contagious, and the shooting started again. In the first three days of , the crew only completed the plan for one day.

All these made Duke's pressure even greater. Whenever someone made a mistake, the anger in his chest always wanted to explode, and several times it was completely suppressed by force.

"Cut!"

The sound of Duke's suppressed anger sounded again in the studio, and he strode to the vicinity of Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee, jumped directly into the pool where they were standing, and walked back and forth, regardless of being wet. trousers and shoes, and said loudly, "Nikola, Chris, is the water cold? Are you unsteady?"

Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee were both wisely silent.

Duke's voice raised a little more, "If you guys can't insist, please tell me directly, I will change the stunt actor, please don't waste your time!"

After speaking, Duke walked out of the pool, kicked off his shoes filled with water, walked barefoot behind the monitor, and shouted, "All departments prepare, re-shoot!"

"Your manners!"

Sophia just reminded in a low voice when she saw Duke's eyes turning around, and then she obediently closed her mouth.

In fact, no one in the crew knows better than her that Duke has accumulated a lot of anger since the shutdown of the crew, and she doesn't want to be a target.

"John, the camera is re-adjusted." Duke's slightly hoarse voice continued to sound, "You shoot with the Steadicam, and the second camera is adjusted to thirty degrees to the left and rear of Nikolai, you have ten minutes to prepare! "

Just as Duke was yelling like a hair dryer, Sophia quietly walked aside and found a pair of slippers from the resting place.

"Are all film directors bad tempered?"

A woman's voice came from the side, Sophia turned to look, it was Shania Twain, the female singer who came to the crew for the second time, and after shrugging her shoulders, she said to her, "No matter how good-tempered you are, sit down. In that position, it will become a powder keg."

The other party pouted and said nothing. Sophia took the slippers back behind the monitor and threw them to Duke.

"Thank you!" Duke nodded to her and put it on his feet.

Taking two deep breaths in a row, Duke temporarily suppressed the anger caused by anxiety, stress, and unhappiness, which were not beneficial to the filming, and then raised the megaphone. "Seventy-eighth, scene twelfth, start!"

The crew, which gradually developed a tacit understanding, began to operate immediately. The appropriate lighting, colors, sets, props and performances were almost perfectly presented on the monitor in front of Duke through the camera lens. He nodded slightly, and the state of the crew was obvious. Getting better.

In the scene arranged as an underpass of Alcatraz, Nicolas Cage has raised his pistol and aimed at John Mason who wanted to retreat.

The microphone used for the live recording slowly fell from the sky, and the entire studio was silent.

"You want to be tough, that's fine! FBI! Don't move, bastard!"

"Cage's state also seems to be back..."

Just as Duke was thinking so, the ringtone of the mobile phone suddenly rang from behind. The sound was not loud, but it broke the silence in the studio and spread to every corner.

John Schwartzman froze for a moment while holding the Steadicam's body.

Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee stopped the show at the same time with helpless smiles on their faces.

Sofia Coppola subconsciously wanted to block her hearing, the volcano seems to be about to erupt?

Duke turned his head slowly, looking in the direction from which the bell came.

"Whose phone is this?"