Tony continued to sit on the couch in the living room, his eyes closed looking for what it was like to be filming, while Ayman Ruhr gestured for Jude to step aside and talk.

The two walked to the top of the staircase, and Ayman Ruhr said bluntly: "In addition to the lighting during shooting, simultaneous recording is also a big problem, unless you are going to use the method of post-dubbing. ”

Jude shook his head, "That would be too expensive." ”

Ayman Ruhr shrugged in agreement.

Generally speaking, simultaneous recordings are actually more expensive than post-dubbing, the biggest reason being that simultaneous sound recordings are difficult. There is a shielding effect in the human ear, and when you listen to it with the microphone, you will find that no matter how quiet the environment is, the noise is still very loud, and it is impossible to create a quiet environment without restrictions during filming, so many TV series and movies choose dubbing to speed up the shooting progress.

If you are going to receive live sound, it is very demanding on the shooting location, and it means that you have to spend a lot more money on renting a venue and using a professional sound engineer than you would for a post-dubbing job

At the same time, due to various uncontrollable factors such as actors, the use of live sound generally increases the production cost and shooting time, which leads to the fact that most low-cost films in the industry now like to use post-dubbing.

These are just commercial-oriented low-budget films, and those who want to hit the awards are different, because one of the requirements for most film awards is that the film must be contemporaneous.

"Is there any way to record at the same time and at the same time keep the cost to a minimum?" Jude asked.

"Now there is a technology called aDR, which is to let the actors dub their own voices in the post-production, but this technology can only be used by wealthy crews." Aiman Ruhr pursed his lips regretfully and said a somewhat frustrating truth.

"There's no other way?"

"The problem now is that I can guarantee that there will be no problems during the shooting, but at the same time there will be no problems in the live recording studio, because you have to take one shot to the end, so no one can make a mistake on set," said Ayman Ruhr. ”

Jude frowned, after all, the crew still needed an experienced sound engineer now.

"I know a guy who owns an underground recording studio, and maybe he'll be up to the job." Tony, who was sitting on the living room couch, suddenly interjected.

Jude and Ayman Ruhr turned their heads together.

"Are you sure?" That's Jude's problem.

Ayman Ruhr was more direct, questioning the fact that the guy who worked in the studio was up to the job of recording live, because in his opinion they were two very different jobs.

"He's been in a couple of crews before, so he should be able to handle it." Tony stood up with his hands on the armrests of the couch, looked at Jude and said, "He and I have a good relationship, and I can convince him to lower his pay to help." ”

This was what really struck Jude, and he agreed to let Tony go and talk to the sound engineer first.

Tony called the man on the spot, and the two ended up meeting in a dimly lit bar.

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"So you're going to be a real actor right away?"

A black man with fluffy curly hair and a floral shirt sat at the bar, looking sideways curiously at Tony, who was drinking beer next to him.

Tony shrugged as he put down the empty bottle, "No agent, no pay, but other than that, I can really be considered a real movie actor." ”

"I can see you're having fun." The guy named Jim raised his hand and asked the waiter to bring him a bottle of beer, then turned to look at Tony with a smile and said, "Tell me, what's the matter with me?" ”

"The crew is still short of an experienced sound engineer."

"You want me to go?" Jim pointed to himself, then shook his head with a smile, "I don't love movies as much as you do, and I won't do unpaid work." ”

"Of course, recording is behind-the-scenes work, and this part of the crew is paid, eight hundred dollars a day, what do you think?"

Tony didn't plan to bargain with Jim, and directly quoted Jude's offer.

"What?" Jim stared at Tony with wide eyes, "You're not kidding me, are you?" At such a price, you can hire a first-line recording engineer, so why spend it on me? ”

"The film will only be shot for five days, and if it goes well, it will be even shorter, so you can only get $4,000 at most, and at that price, do you think those first-line studios are willing to come?"

Jim hadn't recovered from the shock of the previous question, and then he was squeezed by the "big talk" of making a movie in five days.

He took the beer bottle from Tony's hand and looked at it, making sure it was beer and not vodka.

"You're not going to be drunk, are you? How is it possible to make a movie in five days? ”

Tony looked at Jem with clear eyes, "Do you think I'm drunk like this now?" ”

Jim pointed to his head, "Then you must be broken here." ”

Tony laughed.

"To be honest, I didn't believe it at first when I heard the director say that, but now I have no doubt about it, because it's all true."

Jim stared at Tony for a long time, finally making sure he wasn't talking nonsense.

"It's really hard to imagine how rough and casual a movie can be so casual that it can give you such confidence."

"On the contrary, the content of this movie will definitely take your breath away, how about it, are you interested in seeing it?"

Tony extended another invitation to Jem.

"I only need to be in charge of the live sound collection so that I can get eight hundred dollars a day?" Jim reconfirmed.

At this point, Tony wasn't going to keep Jim out of hirass anymore.

"Of course it's not that simple, you have to record for 90 minutes without making mistakes, that's the only requirement of the director."

Jim picked up the bottle and was about to say that it wasn't that difficult for him, and then suddenly realized that it wasn't that simple, why did it have to be ninety minutes in a row without making a mistake, didn't everyone take a break in between?

Thinking of this, he stopped drinking and asked Tony directly.

"Because the total length of this movie is 90 minutes, the whole movie is shot to the end."

"God, you must be crazy!" Jim put his hand on his forehead, and suddenly began to regret that he had agreed without asking the situation clearly, and the eight hundred dollars a day's work was really not so easy to get.

"A thousand dollars a day! Because I can't do this alone, I have to find another helper, I am responsible for recording, and he is responsible for the live recording. ”

"The thousand dollars include that person's pay?" Tony tried to ask.

"Of course!" Jim looked helpless, and even then he felt that he had suffered a little.

Tony pointed at Jim, "That's it, I'll talk to the director when I go back!" ”