151. Animated dubbing
Andy Lewis hadn't even stepped out of the Warner Bros. door when he noticed a pouring rain outside the door, and he couldn't help but curse the hell weather. I had heard the weather forecast that Los Angeles would be hit by continuous showers in the next few days, due to some damn ocean current or some storm at sea, which made Andy, who was planning to take his family to the beach to enjoy the spring beach, very unhappy.
He held up the black umbrella and complained to God as he hurried to the open parking lot, still wondering why he hadn't parked in the underground parking garage in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't have been drenched in the rainstorm by now. To be honest, he doesn't like rainy days, and people in Los Angeles don't like it very much, and if it weren't for a friend's request, he would rather stay in the company, order takeout, and listen to the sound of the rainstorm outside the window while cross-legged research and planning.
His friend had met when he was still working as an agent, and the two of them were unknown in Los Angeles at the time, and they had spent time under the same agency, so they had a decent relationship. At that time, they were barely able to make ends meet, and the rest of the company called them as interns, after which Andy left the company and the two never had contact again.
When Andy hears that his friend has suddenly come to work and has run into one of Hollywood's most cost-effective talented actors, he has stopped working as an agent. He wasn't as lucky as his friends, and his poor and uncertain future led him out of the broker industry to become a manager, and things finally took a turn for the better, and from 1997 onwards, his name was finally able to squeeze into the inconspicuous position of the long scrolling list at the end of the film.
Now, he has another DC animated movie in his hand, which is a spot he has won so hard, and once made Andy so excited that he can't sleep, and the comics in his bookcase can prove that he is a standard comic book enthusiast, and being the production manager of "Future Batman" is like a gift from Santa Claus.
Just as he was so excited that he kept his enthusiasm high every day, his friend who he hadn't seen in a long time suddenly contacted him, and he somehow learned that he had become the producer of an animated film that had gained a large fan base before it was released, and asked him if the film needed a voice actor (CV).
Well, in fact, there is nothing surprising when you think about it, after all, the other party is the owner of a rising brokerage company at the moment, not the obscure small agent, who always has various channels to get the information and job opportunities he wants.
The so-called production manager, to put it bluntly, is just an assistant's assistant, an assistant to the producer and producer, in fact, the kind of role that looks at people's faces and does things without pleasing inside and out, a production manager wants to be a producer I don't know how many years, and he doesn't have any real power in his hands. Because of the limited resources, Andy thought about it for a while, and he could only give a few vacancies for roles that had not yet been implemented, and those that were "possible" were abandoned by him.
Those roles are only a few lines, and he can recommend candidates for these less important roles to his superiors, and the success rate is often quite high. In this Hollywood, where you can get along as friendly as possible without offending people, Andy naturally won't mind selling a favor to the boss of a brokerage company, he thinks that the other party must want to let the CV newcomer in his hand experience and experience, "Future Batman" is of course a good www.biquge.info.
But Andy never dreamed that this CV newcomer would be their signature star and Golden Globe winner! Damn Marshall, Andy cursed secretly, he obviously raised a cash cow that could make money, why did he just want to pluck its leaves and use it as a potted plant! He didn't believe that a dignified Golden Globe, Saturn Award, and Oscar nominee couldn't find a job and could only make money by selling his voice. Could it be that this acting genius is also a diehard DC Comics diehard?
When Andy told his superior, Glen Mulakami, the producer was also taken aback. Normally, only when their careers are not very prosperous, these Hollywood actors will choose to dub animation, but this Theolod Lecht is just right at the moment, how can he want to participate, or those negligible supporting roles? If Theolod came to Warner to make some kind of drama thriller, Glenn would definitely not be surprised, but, animated films?
Andy didn't know what was going on at the top, he just got the end result - it might be overkill to let Theolod voice a passerby, after all, his voice is really nice and very shapely, but given that this is his first time in animation dubbing, maybe they can give him an important role that is a little difficult but doesn't have many lines...... That's Tim Drake from his boyhood.
Andy admits that this is indeed an "important character" - this is Batman's third generation Robin and Red Robin, how can it not be important - but Andy has read the script, and he knows that the lines of this character, especially those of Tim as a teenager, can be counted on one hand.
Andy thinks it's all a trick, and these producers are aptly showing their respect for a talented young man without letting the CV rookie waste their investment. Andy thought that Marshall could understand that this was just Warner's "consolation prize", but he didn't expect that the other party really agreed, and by the way, he also made an appointment for the interview.
Since everyone nodded and agreed, let's interview, although the young Tim's lines are pitiful, but he is also an important role, and there is still a little difficulty, Glenn Muracami, who is in charge of the casting of "Future Batman", decided to take a look, and Andy, who is the recommender, naturally has to go.
Andy drove to the agreed location, a small restaurant opposite the recording studio. He pushed open the door and found the figure of his superior, and to his surprise, he actually saw an old man sitting opposite Glenn. As a comic book enthusiast, Andy feels almost suffocated, and that is Jerry Robinson, who began to create the Batman series of comics in the golden age of comics and gave the ghost card to the Joker!
Ever since the opportunity to join the production team of Future Batman, Andy has met many veteran Batman cartoonists that he had always dreamed of bumming, but he has never been able to find the opportunity to ask for autographs or autographs. Now, Andy thought his chance had come, and he immediately stepped forward to greet the two men who were waiting for dessert after the meal nervously.
After chatting, Andy learned that Robinson was just spending lunch with Glenn, but in the middle of the meal, it suddenly rained, Robinson forgot his umbrella at home, and heard that Glenn was going to interview their Tim Drake later, Robinson simply stayed to see the newcomer together, and waited for the rain to stop.
Andy looked out the window at the heavy rain and couldn't help but start thanking God for giving him the opportunity to meet this wonderful cartoonist.
Five minutes before the interview, a young man in a hoodie, jeans, and sneakers rushed into the restaurant, and it was not until he closed the door that he put down his half-soaked hood, grabbed his hair messed up by his hat, and made a purposeful tour of the restaurant, finally setting his eyes on Andy's table.
"Theolodrecht," he strode over, reaching out to the others, his gentle voice tinged with apologies, "I'm sorry I'm late, and I'm still in this way, I forgot to bring my umbrella, so I had to rush in all the way by the car." ”
He has a handsome face that can hold up the whole movie, although the hair on his forehead is still a little dripping, and the hoodie and pants on his body are also wet, but no one can deny the charm that his sincere eyes give him, not to mention that the pouring rain can't disrupt his own temperament and demeanor.
This is indeed an actor who can give a very good impression, but the quality of the dubbing has nothing to do with appearance or temperament, the only thing that really matters is the voice, so far his voice quality is very good, but it is too gentle. Glenn thought to himself, stood up and shook Theorod's hand.
"It's okay, you're not late, you actually arrived five minutes early. Glenn looked at his watch and said, "We just had lunch here, so we came early." ”
As he spoke, he introduced the other two to Theorod. Theolod had seen Andy's picture before he came, so he knew him, but he didn't expect that the original three-person interview would suddenly become four, which Marshall did not inform him, nor did he give him the information of the old man, and Glenn only told him the other party's name and screenwriting position, and then passed it off.
In the parallel world of Theorod's previous life, there were also many comic companies or animation and comic book adaptations, but at that time, he had never been exposed to any comic films, and he knew only a handful of comics. After coming to this world, he didn't have the time and interest to contact comics, and it wasn't until Marshall found him this dubbing job that he began to cram on Batman's comics.
However, there is too little time left for him to tutor, he can only roughly understand the ins and outs of Batman's story, as well as some of his classic villains, as for who drew these comics and which painter wrote the screenplay, he didn't have time to understand at all, so he didn't know this seventy-seven-year-old man.
Theolod's calmness changed in Andy's eyes - he already regarded him as a fan of DC - he wanted to be worthy of being an acting genius, unlike him who tried his best to pretend to be natural but still excited with cold hands and incoherent words, look at others, how good the acting is.
The four of them chatted for a while, and Glenn led everyone to the opposite recording studio. This small studio is one of Warner's many recording studios, and it is not the one that is actually used for voice work, and it is more used as an "examination room" when interviewing voice actors.
Theolod had never dubbed before, so this was indeed his first attempt at animation dubbing. But after so many years in Hollywood, he has never tasted dubbing, and he has always heard and generally understood how dubbing work.
He stood in the studio, holding a thin sheet of line paper, and at the other end of the room was the dubbing room, where the other three sat and waited for Theorod to get ready.
Young Tim Drake's lines are indeed pitiful, and it's no wonder Marshall is so helpless. His normal lines are only one line, and the rest is all made up of laughter, which reduces the screenwriter's typing workload in a kind of chengdù. Of course, most of the laughter takes place in different contexts, and the person who made the list of lines is probably worried that Theorod doesn't quite understand the context of the dialogue - because there is no one else on the paper except Tim's lines - and the other person adds descriptive words to the laughter to remind Theorod of what to do with the laughter.
Before entering the recording studio, Glenn roughly described the plot about the young Tim to Theorod, who was ambushed and taken away by Batman's old enemy, and was brainwashed and almost inherited the Joker's memories to become another Joker, but was fortunately saved by Batman.
Glenn described it very succinctly, if it weren't for Theo Rod who had studied Batman's comics and understood the Joker's style, I'm afraid he really couldn't handle this role. This also leads to the fact that when he reads out the only line with substance after the beginning, Glenn is not very satisfied.
"Theo, I need you to do it again, you did make your voice a lot younger, which is great, but I want more than just energy, you have to understand that you are facing a lady's cry for help, and you are only a teenager, although you are mature and intelligent than children of the same age, you are still a child...... Do you understand what I mean? You have to interpret a qiē in your voice. ”
In fact, Glenn was very satisfied with Theolod's initial expression, and he believed that many people would not be able to do it just by refining his voice into a juvenile voice, not to mention that this was the first time in his life that he dubbed. But this satisfaction turned into surprise when Theolod tried it a second time. He had thought he would have to try at least three or four times to succeed, but the second time, he had already caught the feeling-
In the face of the due concern of calling for help, the small love table when acting independently from Batman, the calmness that is different from his peers, and the unique vitality and crispness of a teenager, Glenn wants to have all the perfect qiē!
Secretly suppressing the surprise in his heart, Glenn knew that the next thing was the main thing. In addition to reflecting his madness, the most important point is his unique laughter, madness, danger, darker than evil, although the young Tim has not really become a clown after being brainwashed, he must at least have the elements of madness, at least he must have fur, he doesn't want Tim's laughter to sound too dry and tasteless.
However, when Theorod opened his mouth to spit out that string of laughter, Glenn found himself almost reflexively standing up. At that moment, even Robinson, who has always been a good audience member and the screenwriter of the Joker's character, couldn't help but leave his chair.