"Yes, yes, I know. I've never had faith in acting, and I don't know, he's such a powerful actor, Jesus Christ, he's ten years younger than me, is he? or nine?

What's more, when it came to 'social networking', Jesse's character was originally a powerful type, but this time he was just a down-and-out singer, so I naturally didn't worry too much, always thinking that this time the role should be simpler. But who knew it would be like this.

I finally know now, what it means to be a showman, God, how did the actors who worked with Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis hold on?"

Justin Timberlake is answering the phone, and on the other end is his new wife, Jessica Bell, even though they are separated, the two of them are still talking on the phone all the time, and today is no exception. At this time, Justin was exclamating again and again, and even Jessica, who was on the other end of the phone, was laughing constantly.

"Don't worry about today, this is my territory today, so I'm naturally not nervous...... Haha, he said it himself, he's not a singer...... Sales? My albums are selling better! Yes, I'm sure! I'm pretty sure! Anyway, I'm not worried at all. ”

As he spoke, Justin's voice was lowered as he pushed the door open and entered the building in front of him, "I'm coming in now." At the same time, he slowed down slightly, nodded politely to the staff next to him, and asked in an airy voice, "Which studio are they in?" After getting the instructions, Justin said "thank you" and then took another step.

"I was fifteen minutes ahead of schedule, and I now have a strong suspicion that I would be the only one who arrived early. You also know that musicians don't have a concept of time, they are all European time, it's only nine o'clock in the morning, it is estimated that they are still in the middle of the night, and they worked until three or four o'clock in the morning last night, how can they get up at this time.

But...... I still have to come over in advance to prepare.

Well, I'll admit it, I still don't know enough about folk, come on, I'm good at pop and jazz? reggae or rhythm and blues are a little bit of a dabbling, but folk? I'm not a jack of all trades. ”

While complaining and joking, between giggling and laughing, Justin's mood was completely relaxed, "I've arrived." Well, I'll call you back and love you. ”

Today and tomorrow, the filming of the crew of "Drunken Country Ballads" will be suspended for two days. Because the Coen brothers needed to take a break, the music-related work of the entire crew included the meeting and meeting of the soundtrack and music producer, including the arrangement and production of the original track, including the communication meeting between the actors and the producer.

According to Lan Li's previous suggestion, Levien and his partner Mickey's choral repertoire needed to be listed separately, even if only as a background supplement, which was an important part of Levien's role.

After deliberation, the Coen brothers adopted Lan Li's opinion. They decided to invite a singer to come and "guest" Mickey -

The reason why the cameo needs to be put in quotation marks is because this character will not appear in the scene, only in the soundtrack, but in the dialogue of the character, he is also real and vivid.

The special guest singer will be recording "Wave Goodbye" with Lan Li, and he will also participate in the recording of "Ancient Trio".

The former is planned, the latter is unplanned. The reason is not complicated, the song in the movie will be sung a cappella to highlight a series of trend-catching tricks in the wave of folk songs, but this kind of performance needs to be run in and trained, and the cooperation between singers is the most important, otherwise the live performance is likely to become a car accident.

For the actors, this is undoubtedly more difficult, the difficulty of singing and performing is more difficult than expected, and it is also a quartet, and the four actors must fully reach the height of tacit understanding, which further adds to the difficulty.

After much deliberation, the Coen brothers decided to go with the recording, which would be the only track in the entire film that was not a live performance.

Now that they've decided on how to use the recordings, the Coen brothers came up with an idea that is buried in the film's thread as a deep dark thread:

If Mickey and Jim join forces to participate in the re-cover and interpretation of this "old trio", Mickey has chosen to compromise before committing suicide, but after all, he still can't cross the threshold of his own heart, in a sense, intensifying the conflict and becoming the fuse, or Mickey is afraid to face Levine, and in the torment of guilt and shame, depression detonates the impulse, so he chooses to end himself, or maybe there are other possibilities.

The specific setting can leave a blank space for the actors to taste slowly, and for the attentive audience to think slowly.

This idea was strongly endorsed by Lan Li, on the one hand, it did enrich the different options of the entire folk era, and even enriched the character of Levien in a sense, and on the other hand, it was also a good thing for the guest singer to be more involved in the creation of the film.

Although the idea is too idealistic, not to mention whether the audience can identify the voice of a particular singer through the live performance, even if they notice such details through the singers of the original soundtrack, it is difficult to connect the characters to the plot for a moment when they return to the movie. In other words, there's a good chance that the audience will completely ignore this detail and never find out.

However, the Coen brothers and Lan Li still insisted on doing so. This kind of blank space, hidden in the movie, is actually an interesting thing, leaving it for the audience who really loves this work to dig slowly, which is also one of the pleasures of watching the movie.

Over the next two days, the crew will focus on discussions related to music production.

As for the recording, there is no rush for the time being, and when the film is all finished, the main actors will enter the studio to complete the recording of the soundtrack, and the guest singer will not have to worry about it, he can record his own audio track in advance, and the actors will then record their own audio track, which can be synthesized through post-production in the studio.

Today, in addition to Justin, all the singers in the crew who need to sing live will also arrive at the studio to start today's work.

After hanging up the phone, Justin pushed open the thick door of the recording studio, but before he could put the phone in his pocket, he couldn't help but take a small step back, and looked at the hot discussion scene in front of him in a daze-

On the left-hand side, three people sit on different sofa positions, but they are facing each other in a cluster, each holding a guitar in their arms, sketching the strings, humming the tune softly, or gently tapping the rhythm with the soles of their fingertips, completely immersed in it, discussing with each other how to arrange the most appropriate music.

On the right-hand side, four people stand or sit together, holding what looks like sheet music, each immersed in their own world, exchanging ideas from time to time, and the discussion questions can capture the words, "Can you raise the key by half a key?" or, "Do you need to slow down the beat by a quarter of a beat?"

The huge recording studio was so hot that Justin strongly suspected that he had gone to the wrong room-

When the album is recorded, it is not like this, it is not a space for musicians to work, but ...... The crew, this is definitely a movie crew, but the soundproof booth and recording equipment in front of him occupy most of the line of sight, and it is impossible to ignore it, and the chaotic and inconsistent visual impact makes Justin stop like this.

The first thought that came to my mind was, "I...... Late?"

On the right-hand side are Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver, Stark Saunders and Chris Thile.

Among them, Chris Slee is a member of the Punch-Brothers (Punch-Brothers) and the lead singer. Founded in 2006 and signed to an independent label owned by Warner Bros., this New York-based folk indie choral band has been on the charts every year on average.

This time, all five of the current members of the Boxing Brothers will be involved in the production of the "Drunken Folk" soundtrack, which was the idea of Warner Bros. but also approved by the Coen brothers. They will be in charge of the harmonic part and will also be the main singer of the "Old Trio". But today it's not the recording work, it's the creative stage, so only Chris came to report.

To put it simply, it's still dominated by actors.

On the left-hand side are Lance Hall, T-Bone-Burnett and Marcus-Mumford.

If there is a cast on the other side, then ...... Is this a lineup of singers?

Justin is now full of question marks, always feeling that something is not right, but he can't say it.

According to the plan, this should be Justin's turf.

The boxing brothers, Benn Bennett, and Marcus Mamford, he knew each other very well, especially Marcus, who had met at the Grammys before, and had since become good friends, occasionally talking on the phone, and even the other two, they had met before, if they didn't know each other, but they were still peers.

Naturally, Justin intends to take on the role of "bridge", building a bridge between the actor and the singer, and may even need to lubricate the way they communicate with each other, after all, he is the only artist in the entire cast who has truly achieved something in both fields.

Last night, Justin even made up for it, how to introduce each other, how to cut into the topic, and how to discuss the situation, and gradually grasp the initiative and master the audience. The jerky and restrained nature of the crew in the past period of time will turn the situation around today, this is the territory where he is at ease, and he needs to show his ability.

But now, did he miss something? Why did the recording studio look so strange? Why did he suffer from the embarrassment of being anti-guest?