Rebirth in America

As soon as the news of Parker and Hepburn's engagement came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Europe and the United States. Many people were shocked by the news and wanted to know more details like crazy. Journalists from all over the world flocked to the location of the crew. Like hounds, they chased every member of the crew who appeared to be part of the crew of "The Sound of Music."

Soon, they found some news information and quickly wrote a highly exaggerated report and sent it back to the country.

Major newspapers rushed to report: "Parker \u0026amp; Hepburn announce their engagement!"

Some newspapers wrote with sensational headlines: "Princess Anne finally marries reporter Joe!"

Some newspapers wrote: "Hepburn and Parker set their love for "The Sound of Music"!"

Such reports not only attracted large audiences but also generated interest in the film, which is still in production.

Other newspapers got the news from unknown sources and described the proposal scene in detail, adding many imaginary details. At the same time, the song that Parker sang when he proposed, immediately became one of the most famous songs. But at this time, no one had heard the record of this song.

In these newspapers, in addition to Parker and Hepburn being frequently mentioned, there are also individuals who are constantly mentioned. That was Alex, who was their matchmaker, and his role was constantly written about in newspapers by reporters. At the same time, reporters revealed that the actual director of the film was Alex, while Morris was just a nanny director.

Morris turns green when he sees reports like this. He made a prompt decision, went to Alex and said, "When the movie is released, put my name in the position of assistant director."

Alex looked at Morris in surprise and asked, "Are you sure?"

Morris nodded and said no more. Seeing him like this, Alex said nothing more and immediately publicized that he was the main director of this movie and Morris was the assistant director. Under the operation of DreamWorks' public relations department, people thought that the previous report was just that the reporter had mistaken the main and deputy directors, which finally saved Morris a lot of face.

Alex said to Morris with some pity: "This time we are missing a best director."

What he means is very clear, that is, he believes that this movie will definitely win the best director. If Alex came up instead, it would definitely not be awarded to a child. This has never happened before in history and will never happen.

Morris also thinks that this movie is well made and may win an Oscar. He said: "It is precisely because of this that I cannot win this Best Director award. If I win it, it will definitely be remembered by history." , became a stain on me.”

In any case, the news of Parker and Hepburn's engagement has drawn much attention to their ongoing filming of "The Sound of Music." Many people are eagerly awaiting the release of this movie. They want to see what other masterpieces the male and female protagonists who can perform such a masterpiece as "Roman Holiday" can produce.

In fact, most of the footage for "The Sound of Music" has been filmed, and post-production work is even ready to begin. However, there were still some clips shot using helicopters that were not captured. It was not because they did not want to take them, but because the helicopter never landed.

Just when Alex was worried, a piece of good news came.

"What? TWA is willing to rent the helicopter to us?"

Alex almost danced with joy when he heard the news. He learned from the staff of DreamWorks that TWA planned to lease the helicopter under development to them. The performance of this aircraft was better than that of the aircraft on the market and could definitely meet their requirements.

"Strange, why are you so nice to us all of a sudden? Is there some conspiracy?" Alex felt that the contrast between before and after was so great that he couldn't accept it all of a sudden and always felt that something was wrong. As the saying goes, showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

"I heard that Howard Hughes heard that you needed it for a movie, and he immediately had it shipped over. However, he hopes that you will have time to meet him after you return to China."

Sure enough, there is a problem, why should we meet for no reason.

Alex didn't know what kind of medicine the other party bought in his gourd, so he could only try to find ways to deal with it. Now that we have the most advanced helicopters, all problems have been solved.

When the cargo from TWA arrived, Alex immediately got everyone ready. Under the full surveillance of the other party's security guards, they quickly finished filming this part of the scene. It could have been done in one day, but Alex had to shoot these sets of shots over and over again for several days. He was very resentful that he almost couldn't make it, so he did it like this to relieve the tightness in his chest.

As soon as the filming of the movie was completed, Alex immediately flew back to the United States with the crew. He wants to edit the film as soon as possible so it can be released before Christmas. With the hype surrounding the engagement, free publicity for the film saved DreamWorks a lot of time and money. Now as long as the film passes the review and approval, DreamWorks can immediately send the film to major cinemas for screening.

"Christmas is a money-grabbing opportunity, Maurice! We have to get this movie out as soon as possible."

Fortunately, Alex already had a draft in mind, so he didn't have to think slowly about how to edit a movie like others. All he had to do was edit it based on what he remembered about "The Sound of Music." It was already a very good movie, a movie that could win an Oscar.

Under Morris's surprised eyes, Alex directed several editors at the same time to find the required film reels and then cut them out. Using Alex's memories as a reference, the film was cut quickly. As for the post-production sound effects, they have already been prepared. Mainly some singing scenes and background music, as well as character dialogue and so on.

Of course, this movie is somewhat different from the original, especially the description of the Baroness, which added a lot of drama to Alex. With a supporting actress at the level of a movie queen like Bergman, how could he miss it in vain?

Under Bergman's stimulation, Alex revised the subplot between the colonel and the baroness and added footage of the emotional changes between them. From being deeply in love to almost getting married, something happened on the eve of the engagement, and finally the baroness had to leave sadly.

Alex cut this part over and over again, spending a lot of energy and effort on it. He also plans to make an MTV out of the Baroness's love story and put it as an Easter egg at the end of the film. This MTV uses Matthew Lane's "Bressanone" as the background music, which is very contagious and can make people cry after watching it.

"Alex, you didn't want to put this music piece at the back." Morris noticed Alex's intention, so he asked this question. At this time, there was no such thing as MTV, and not many people would spend so much energy to create such an Easter egg.

"Is there any problem?" Alex asked.

Morris looked at him seriously and said: "This is a big problem. You have to think about it carefully. What is the purpose of this film? It is to bring joy to people. But after it ended, you made such a betrayal If something makes people sad, the audience will scold us.

Alex thought about it and felt that Morris's statement made sense, but he also felt that he would not be reconciled without adding this. He had not made a decision until the premiere was about to begin. Every time he discussed it with Morris, he would be persuaded by various reasons.

He had been undecided. He knew that without this paragraph, the movie would definitely be a hit, and might even surpass the original version at the box office. Adding this paragraph may arouse the audience's disgust. After all, people's expectation is to watch a comedy, not to be turned into a love tragedy by him. However, it may also become a classic among classics.

"Forget it, let's see how it goes at the premiere first, and then we can decide whether to add it or not."

After the film was edited, Alex stopped paying attention. He didn't care about censorship and publicity. He left it to the relevant personnel of DreamWorks. After all, professional matters still had to be done by professionals. Besides, Morris is the most important person when the new official takes office. With him watching, nothing will go wrong.

After the film company's affairs were handed over, Alex did not have any time to spare. Instead, he became very busy. He was busy recording songs, writing books, finding someone to settle bills, etc. After careful calculation, he found that the "Sound of Music" he shot did not exceed US$7 million, which was slightly less than the original budget.

In fact, this is normal. The original movie costs more than one million US dollars just to purchase the filming rights. This needs to be factored into the cost of filming. Also, the prices of goods and labor are much cheaper now than they would be ten years later. Of course he can't spend that much money.

Alex is busy recording the music from the "Sound of Music" movie. This job is not simple, it is a trivial job. Fortunately, these can be left to others to do. After all, he does not need to sing, as long as the music producer organizes the original sound of the movie version.

As for the songs he was asked to record, those were the three songs he wrote during the filming process. These three songs have different styles and require different people and instruments. They were quite troublesome to record.

Especially the song "More Than I Can Say" (More Than I Can Say). If it were to be recorded, Alex wanted to make it according to Leo Sayer's version, but that version needed to use electronic music as accompaniment. sound effects. He couldn't have done it without an electronic music synthesizer.

The first person in the world to start electronic music production was Cologne Radio in West Germany. They began exploring this area as early as 1951. It wasn't until 1954 that a West German, Stockhausen, produced "Study 1 and 2" and recorded it. In other words, electronic music at this time has not really matured and is still in its infancy.

The production of electronic music uses electronic technology to obtain various sound sources.

It uses sine waves to create so-called pure tones without overtones. Or use percussion instruments, noise from noisy instruments, or combine human voices with concrete music to deform, deteriorate, and change through sound filters and response equipment. UU Reading www.uukanshu.netｔ Then through other Electronic instruments and recording technology are used to cut and combine them to regenerate and combine them to form a work.

In the early 1950s, electronic music was calculated. The electronic music synthesizer produced in the late 1950s can directly control the pitch, rhythm, intensity and timbre. The producer can produce all kinds of wonderful music by choosing to apply buttons.

"Electronic music synthesizer? It seems I can get one." Alex immediately found the people at Carpenter Electronics Company and asked them to help get one.

The principle is very simple, and with Alex's help, they figured it out right away. However, when Alex saw this huge electronic music synthesizer, his jaw dropped.

"Can't you make it smaller?" Alex asked them.

Among the staff, some people immediately shook their heads and said: "No, we need to use computer technology to process the input information before it can be converted into electronic music. Just the computer is so big."

Alex thought for a while and felt that there was a problem here and it didn't need to be so complicated. So he made his own suggestion and asked them to add keys and preset sounds to it. This way, the whole place is much smaller, and the staff were inspired to reduce a lot of unnecessary things.

With this modified electronic music synthesizer, Alex was finally able to successfully record the song. He asked the staff to find ways to continue to improve it, preferably so that it could be picked up with one hand. In this case, Carpenter Electronics would have another electronic product to sell.