Chapter 50

"Hans, here is a picture I took."

With a gesture to the other side, Sophia walked to the front of the TV in the reception room, inserted a video 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 of the negatives. Although it was just a rough editing of the shots together, it is not even the first cut, but it can It reflects some of Duke's views on the film, which was used in today's meeting to discuss the soundtrack.

There is no sound in the picture, but it does not affect Hans Zimmer sitting in his position to watch carefully. The first thing that appears is a few soldiers carrying a coffin, and then a picture of an officer sitting and smoking. The picture always surrounds the officer. Converting with soldiers, there are also a few explosion shots interspersed with them.

Even if there is no modification in the picture, Hans Zimmer still got some information from the image. The officer seems to have extraordinary behavior, and is mixed with a tragic complex, and the time for each shot is very short. Switching constantly, it must be fast-paced after the film is completed.

The opening scene is only a few minutes. After the show, Hans Zimmer doesn't know what will happen next, but he seems to feel something again.

The current Hans Zimmer is just one of many Hollywood's top scorers, and he has no future master status. Duke replayed the opening scene and put forward his own requirements for the score.

The soundtrack is not as simple as composing a piece of music. It should set off the theme of the film, conform to the artistic conception represented by the scene, and reflect the director's thoughts. Each classic soundtrack is communicated with the director and the soundtrack and other crew members. Born in.

"The film needs two different tone soundtracks."

After a few simple exchanges, Duke said directly, "One is to match the soundtrack of a heavy scene such as the beginning of the film. It needs to be deep, deep, and tragic. It sounds soothing, sad and stable. People feel the deep emotions of the characters in the film."

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

"There is another kind that appears in battles and car chases." Duke continued, "I need a fast-paced and dynamic soundtrack, which is exciting, tense and even sharp..."

For music, Duke is a complete layman. He can only say his own requirements, and then let the soundtrack compose the soundtrack according to the requirements. The soundtrack used to be called a classic, but unfortunately he remembers too much, and there is no Enough professional skills are expressed, and the soundtrack will have different ideas at each stage. These are still handled by Hans Zimmer.

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

"No problem." Duke turned his head and looked at Sophia. "If you have any needs, you can contact Sophia."

Hans Zimmer and his party left the reception room first. 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. They also The singer who sang the theme song was brought over.

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

"This is the newcomer that Warner Records will focus on next year."

Robin Grande, who had sent away Hans Zimmer, returned to the reception room. As he passed Duke, he whispered a few words, "Warner obviously wants to use the movie to warm up her record for next year."

Warner is also very good at being a man, and if Duke is not satisfied, they will not insist.

"Miss Tang En."

In fact, Duke doesn't care about the theme song or anything. 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 singing is high, say no. Can also pull the box office of the movie.

"I don't know what type of music you are good at?" Duke returned to his seat and asked.

"country music."

The other party raised his hand and lifted his hair. This seemingly normal action seemed particularly seductive, "You can call me Shania or Regina."

If it is a few years from now, Duke would definitely be happy to sing the movie theme song by Shania Dunn, but it is a pity that it is better than nothing.

In many ways, Duke still relies on Warner's super thigh. Since they wanted to use the film to promote the newcomer, they would not deliberately object. After a few routine questions, they threw the matter to Robin Glen. De, the production manager.

The soundtrack and theme song could not be completely completed until the post-production of the film. Now it is only the preliminary preparation. After Duke made his request, his energy returned to the filming of the film.

After a long wait of five days, the actors' union concluded the investigation and determined that the set of "Courage to Death Island" had adequate safety measures. The stuntman was injured as an accident. After the crew and the injured renegotiated a compensation agreement, it was temporarily suspended. The crew can finally re-shoot.

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 Death Island" can be restarted, and "Interview with the Vampire" is still far from the end of the shutdown. The Child Protection Association is far more difficult than the Screen Actors Guild.

Five days is not a long time, but it really disrupted Duke's filming plan, and made him feel a little anxious because of the pressure. In these five days, he and Sofia and Zach Schneider Re-adjusted the shooting schedule, and strived to take back the five days in subsequent shooting.

After the filming restarted, Hans Zimmer and Shania Dunn both appeared on the set, obviously wanting to know more about "Break into Death Island" and their future partners.

During the five days of suspension, not only Duke's shooting rhythm was disrupted, but also the state of the actors and other staff. Problems with camera, lighting, performance and props emerged one after another. Anxiety seemed to be contagious, so I started shooting again. In the first three days of, the crew only completed the plan for one day.

These all 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.

"Cut!"

Duke's suppressed fire sounded in the studio again. He strode to the vicinity of Nicholas Cage and Christopher Lee, jumped directly into the pool where they were standing, and walked back and forth, regardless of the water getting wet. Said in a loud voice, "Nicolas, Chris, is the water cold? Are you unsteady?"

Nicholas Cage and Christopher Lee both cleverly remained silent.

Duke's voice improved a bit, "If you can't insist, please tell me directly, I will change the double actor, please don't waste time!"

After that, Duke walked out of the pool, kicked off his shoes full of water, walked barefoot behind the monitor, and shouted, "All departments prepare and shoot again!"

"Your manners!"

Sophia just whispered a reminder when she saw Duke's turn around, and then closed her mouth obediently.

In fact, no one in the crew knew better than her. From the time the crew was shut down, Duke accumulated a lot of anger. She didn't want to be a target.

"John, readjust the camera position." Duke's slightly hoarse voice continued to sound, "You use Steadicam to shoot, and the second camera is adjusted to 30 degrees to the left and back of Nikola. You have ten minutes to prepare! "

Just as Duke yelled like a hairdryer, 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 her head and looked at it. It was the female singer Shania Dunn who came to the crew for the second time. After shrugging, she said to her, "No matter how good the temper is, sit down. In that position, it will become a powder keg."

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

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

After taking two deep breaths in a row, Duke temporarily suppressed the anger caused by anxiety, stress, and discomfort, which are not beneficial to the shooting, and then raised the loudspeaker, "Scene 78, Act 12. Start!"

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

In the scene set up as an underpass on Alcatraz, Nicholas Cage has raised his pistol and aimed it at John Mason who wanted to back down.

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

"You want to be hard, that's good! Fbi! Don't move, bastard!"

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

Just as Duke was thinking about it, the phone's ringtone suddenly rang from the rear. The sound was not loud, but it broke the tranquility in the studio and spread to every corner.

John Schwarzman stunned while holding Steadicam's body.

Nicholas Cage and Christopher Lee stopped the performance at the same time, with helpless smiles on their faces.

Sophia Coppola subconsciously wanted to block her sense of hearing. It seems that the volcano is about to erupt?

Duke slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of the bell.

"Whose phone is this?"