Chapter 82: Start Working!
After dinner, Brian went back to his room to rest, his team began to make preparations, and Xu An left the hotel with his friends. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"How's it going, Bruce, are you ready to make a big deal?" Xu An asked.
Bruce patted his chest and said confidently, "It's ready to start, I can't wait!" ā
"Thank you, Ann, it's a really great script, thank you for giving it to us!" Rachel sincerely said that she began playing Broadway as a teenager and has seen countless ups and downs in two decades, so she knows better what a good script means for a theater company.
"Don't be so polite, Rachel, this doesn't look like yours."
Rachel smiled and didn't speak again, there are some things that can be kept in her heart, not necessarily said, she is in the same mood as Bruce now, nervous, excited, and some impatient and apprehensive.
Compared to the two of them, Emily has a lot less feelings, she is still very young, and she only has anticipation and excitement for the new script.
It was Taylor, who was a little silent after coming out of the hotel, although she kept smiling and looking at everyone, but she didn't speak, Xu An didn't think much about it, she didn't know the thousand thoughts in the girl's heart, she just asked: "Taylor, would you like to join our creative team?" Work with Sean, Samuel and Judy! ā
Taylor put away his careful thoughts, smiled and nodded, and said, "I can't ask for it!" ā
In any case, working with a professional team is a valuable experience and a rare exercise for her.
"Emily, Bruce, Rachel, before the official rehearsal, we still have an important job, which is choreography, I have a general idea in my head, but I am not a professional after all, I need you to help me!" Xu An said again.
The three of them looked at each other, all of them looking eager to try, choreography is perhaps the best job in the creative process compared to the script and original songs, Emily smiled, "Leave it to us, you can imagine it to your heart's content, and we'll take care of bringing it out!" ā
At this point, the creative team of the script of "Mamma Mia" was officially established, Xu An provided the script and main ideas, Brian's music team was responsible for the songs, and Bruce's people were responsible for the dance.
It seems to be troublesome, but in fact it is, and it is precisely because it is much more complicated than the movie script that everyone will not trust him after Xu An revealed to the outside world that he wanted to write a stage script.
Lloyd, as a professional revue producer, was even more dismissive of this.
The next day, Brian's team began to prepare the venue and equipment, and Brian stepped in to borrow the studio and recording studio of Bandai Records' New York branch, for which Xu An and Xu paid a small amount of rent.
Next, everyone threw themselves into the intense and busy creation.
Bandai Records' studio, Xu An and Taylor came here early in the morning, Samuel and Sean have already started to work, and there are huge and complex equipment in the studio, which dazzles Xu An, but Taylor is full of interest, curiosity and anticipation.
The arrangement work is carried out in order, starting with "I Have a Dream", then "Honey, Honey", "Money, Money, Money", and finally "Say You Love Me", plus the intro, interlude and various soundtracks interspersed, all of which need to be completed in this studio.
This is a relatively complex job, Xu An can hardly help much, he can write the lyrics and tunes in his head, but he can't express the imaginary instruments and melodies, he can give a little advice at most.
Like "Honey, Honey," he can tell Samuel and Sean that the song is pop style, upbeat tunes, and he can't say anything else.
So he was destined not to be able to reproduce the songs in his head completely.
Unless he goes to learn arranging and music from scratch, but Xu An has no such plan at all, he plans to use his spare time to learn some musical instruments, such as guitar or violin or something, no matter how advanced it is, it is better to leave it to professionals.
He spent the morning in the studio and the afternoon at the Golden Rose Theater, where Bruce and his crew were hard at work preparing, and although the soundtrack was not finished and the choreography was not ready, at least the plot of the script was complete.
By the time Xu An came, they had already reached the second act, and everyone had a script, and Bruce was standing in front of everyone to command.
"There's a song here, it's 'SOS' that Rachel and I sang, I came to Rachel, and we had a big fight when we didn't agree with each other, Rachel, we had to move fiercely, dance a little bit more unrestrained, show both anger and love, you understand?" Bruce plays Sam in the show and also works part-time as a director.
Rachel said, "Just like we usually quarrel with?" Don't worry, I'm good at this! ā
Everyone laughed, and Bruce reluctantly took the script and clicked it a few times: "Be serious, Rachel, concentrate, no one can be sloppy with this script, we can't mess it up, understand?!" ā
The main cast of this musical is Donna and her daughter Sophie, then Donna's two best friends and her three old lovers, three old women, three old men and a girl to be married, who are the protagonists of the whole play, and of course, there are more than a dozen supporting actors, the total number of participants is not large, but it is just right for Bruce's small troupe.
Emily plays the main character Sophie, her basic skills are very solid, her body is flexible, her voice is clear and penetrating, she is a great stage actress, but she has never encountered a good opportunity.
In fact, most of the members of this revue troupe are old members, they are mediocre, unattended, and gather in a run-down theater on Off-Broadway to make a living, but everyone is a good actor and has a very solid foundation, which is the greatest wealth they have gained from years of practice.
This kind of solid foundation may be invisible to everyone and do nothing in their lives, but as long as they are given a Mars, they can burst out with amazing energy and rise to the sky.
Xu An stood aside and didn't speak, and after Bruce finished explaining, he walked up to Bruce and asked, "How is it, is it going well?" ā
"It's good, everyone's enthusiasm is high, and we can't wait to start the official rehearsal right away!" Bruce excitedly said that having been on Broadway for many years allowed him to tell the good and bad of the script at a glance, and likewise, his members knew this very well, so everyone was working very hard to seize this hard-won opportunity.
This kind of excellent script, which is completely original and produced by a top team, has never been performed by an unknown small troupe.
"That's good, Samuel and their side of the process is also very fast, Brian has contacted a few professionals, probably the day after tomorrow will arrive, after the personnel are complete, they will go their separate ways, three songs arranged at the same time, Sean said that an average of a song can be completed a sample a day, the soundtrack can be made together at the end, first arrange the tune, let you practice here first!" Xu An said.
"That's the best, I'll let everyone prepare in advance!" Bruce was in a hurry, and the progress of the script was naturally as fast as possible.
"In that case, you have to be mentally prepared, rehearsals, choreography, and singing at the same time, what about daily performances?" Xu An was a little worried, everything was going on at the same time, and the intensity would be very large.
"From today, the daily performances have stopped!"