Early Monday morning, Matthew's car left Beverly Hills, hit the interstate, and headed north, just before 9 a.m. to Glendale, a satellite town north of Los Angeles where DreamWorks Studios is headquartered in downtown Glendale, a park area like Universal Studios that has been used for offices, productions and tours.

The car passed through a large brown-red arch, rounded a large circular fountain pool, and drove along an asphalt road interspersed with silver olive trees and flowing waterways, finally stopping in front of an office building with a twin tower design on top.

As soon as Matthew got out of the car, a middle-aged man with a full head of black hair greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Horner. He shook hands with Matthew and took the initiative to introduce himself, "I'm Tom DeSanto, the producer of the crew. Call me Tom. ”

"Hello. Matthew nodded at him.

Tom DeSanto led the way, and Matthew followed, and together they entered the office building, which was a little empty, and through some glass windows, Matthew could see clearly that some of the offices did not look like people working in them at all.

As an insider, of course he knows that DreamWorks Films has just experienced a huge turmoil, unlike the DreamWorks Animation Studio, which is in full swing after the split, the DreamWorks live-action film company helmed by Spielberg has encountered problems one after another since the beginning of the century After the failure, DreamWorks Pictures had to eliminate its distribution department and commit itself to Paramount Pictures, falling from the position of the seventh largest company to a pure production company.

As we all know, distribution is located at the absolute upper end of the industrial chain, and DreamWorks' abandonment of issuance also means that there is no chance to become a giant in a short period of time.

Taking the elevator to the seventh floor of the office building, Matthew met Michael Bay in an office, because Matthew only reserved a week for the "Transformers" crew, the time was relatively tight, Michael Bay didn't talk nonsense with him, and immediately took him to a large professional dubbing room.

"This is Megatron's line...... Michael Bay, who is the voice director himself, handed Matthew a thin folder and said, "Matthew, as I said last time, the film needs Megatron's voice to show strong and domineering qualities. ”

At this point, he gestured to an assistant director, and when the assistant director opened the huge screen in front of him, showing the extremely evil shape of a robot, he said, "Just like Megatron's appearance, his voice should let the audience hear his personality traits at the first time." ”

Looking at the frost-covered robot on the big screen, Matthew nodded, "I see. ”

Dubbing is not just about simply reading the lines, to a certain extent, just like when filming a movie, you need to bring yourself into the character in moderation.

Matthew didn't do much preparation for this dubbing, but as an actor who has seen the animated and live-action film versions countless times, he knows what kind of villain leader Megatron is.

Of course, I can't help but complain about Michael Bay's bizarre aesthetics, this CG-produced Megatron has more than evil appearance, but it is not domineering enough, maybe after the release, it will be angry with countless animation and toy fans.

In fact, no matter who shoots such an anime and toy adaptation movie, it will inevitably ruin the childhood series.

The beautiful image of the young partner is like the first love forever in the memory, if someone pulls the first love to the eyes, they will definitely complain, where did this aunt come from?

Matthew flipped through the script and turned to ask Michael Bay, "Can you show me the footage that needs to be dubbed today?" ”

"Absolutely. Michael Bay gestured to the staff member again.

The staff immediately picked up the remote control and pressed the play button, probably due to the principle of secrecy, only the footage related to Megatron was shown on the big screen, and the post-production of these shots was completed, but no soundtrack and sound effects were added.

From the quick playback footage, Matthew also saw the male protagonist and the heroine, as before, the male and female protagonists are still those two people.

I vaguely remember that one was Spielberg's godson, and the other was Miss Fox who had the largest vase in the universe on the Internet.

Seeing the heroine flashing from the big screen, Matthew waited for the broadcast to finish playing, and asked Michael Bay, "How many shots do you have, it seems that the hero and heroine have no voice and don't need to cooperate with dubbing?"

"Oh, they're coming in the afternoon. Michael Bay simply explained, "Most of the shots that the male and female protagonists need to dub are completed, and they are waiting for Megatron. ”

Matthew nodded lightly and cleared his throat, "Let's get started." ”

Michael Bay immediately said, "Good!"

The voice actor immediately debugged the equipment one last time, and then Matthew walked into the studio, holding a folder with lines in his hand, and his eyes turned to the big screen.

"Let's go!" said Michael Bay, gesturing to the studio.

Matthew understood, seeing Megatron resurrect on the big screen, shaking his body and shaking off his body covered in frost.

"Ah...... Wow......"

Accompanied by Megatron's movements on the big screen, Matthew let out a beast-like cry, wild and domineering, "Ahh......h Ahh

Outside the recording studio, Michael Bay, who was also wearing headphones, heard the lines from Matthew that were not at all in the script, and not only nodded, the screenwriter clearly overlooked something.

In his setting, Megatron and Optimus Prime are not robots in the sense of the earth, but lifeforms from alien planets, but their bodies are constructed in a metal situation.

These alien mechanical lifeforms are naturally sentient, and when the leader of the bandit gang Decepticons wakes up from a deep slumber, like a powerful and evil person waking up from a long sleep, he will definitely make some noises when he wakes up.

Matthew Horner's voices sounded as if an evil god was about to awaken.

Michael Bay couldn't help but glance at Matthew in the studio, but it's a pity that Megatron doesn't need a live actor, otherwise he would be too suitable.

A close-up of Megatron's red-glowing face is seen on the big screen, and then he hears Matthew's distinctive voice in the headset.

"I ...... Be...... Megatron!"

This voice can't help but be domineering and strong, and it also has a domineering spirit that competes with each other, as if he is the boss of the whole universe.

"I'm Megatron!"

The second sentence is faster, but it sounds more domineering.

With that, the dubbing of this shot ended, and Matthew took off his headset, looked outside at Michael Bay, and walked out of the studio.

"How's it going?" he asked.

"Good, very good!" Michael Bey complimented, then added, "Matthew, I'm sure you can do better, let's do it again." ”

Matthew nodded, "No problem." ”

After a brief exchange of words with Michael Bay, he went back to the studio and continued the dubbing of the shot.

There are five or six times before and after, and it takes just a few short sentences of dubbing to be completed.

Michael Bay also made it clear to Matthew that it was not that there was a problem with his dubbing itself, but that people's tones were somewhat different every time, and he needed Matthew to record a few more versions in order to choose the most suitable one.

Matthew has no opinion, he is still very clear about the reason for taking money to work, and he has also done post-dubbing for the films he starred in before, and he also knows that like picking and editing from many shots, the director also needs to choose between dubbing.

Megatron's voice acting work wasn't going fast, and as the morning passed, Matthew and Michael Bay had only recorded five shots of Megatron.

At noon, Michael Bay invited Matthew to a restaurant near DreamWorks for a Chinese meal.

The two chatted while eating, and the topic was naturally inseparable from "Transformers".

"Is there a release date for Paramount Pictures?" asked Matthew.

Michael Bay seemed a little worried, "The schedule has been set early, and it will be the Independence Day holiday next year." But ......"

He sighed, then shook his head, and said, "Paramount Pictures has always wanted to dictate my film, and now that DreamWorks can't compare to before, I'm very worried that Steven won't be able to withstand the pressure." ”

Matthew asked tentatively, "What do they want to do?

Examples of distributors directly interfering in the production of films are not uncommon in Hollywood.

"Paramount wanted to intervene in the production. ”

This has long been spread within the crew and DreamWorks, and Michael Bay didn't take it as a secret, and said directly, "Transformers are Hasbro's toys, and Hasbro also has an ace toy line, you know?"

Matthew thought for a moment and asked, "Is it special forces?"

Michael Bay nodded, "Paramount Pictures has obtained the rights to the Special Forces film and is preparing to shoot a Special Forces live-action movie, and it is said that Stephen Sommers has been temporarily finalized as the director. ”

Stephen Sommers is an old acquaintance of Matthew, but Matthew doesn't quite understand what Michael Bay mentions about Stephen Sommers.

"It can't be because of the special forces, Paramount Pictures wants to intervene in the Transformers, right?" asked Matthew curiously.

"That's true. "Michael Bay has a serious face, obviously not joking," Paramount Pictures has been pressuring the crew and Steven to properly include special forces elements in "Transformers" so that the two films can be combined in the later stage. ”

Matthew suddenly thought of Marvel, isn't this also creating a universe?He frowned and asked, "Special Forces and Transformers can get together?

Michael Bay spread his hands and said, "I think so too." But Hasbro and Paramount don't think so, as early as the early nineties of the last world, Hasbro released a toy series of Transformers and special forces mixed operations, and later commissioned Marvel Comics to publish comics in which the two appeared in the same story. ”