Chapter 61: The Idea of a Film Studio
Although Leonardo's last shot is not very outstanding, it has reached the passing mark required by Xiansen, in fact, compared to these scenes that test the acting skills of actors, Xiansen still cares about another thing, that is, music. Music is a magical thing, it can allow the audience to substitute emotions, in an eerie melodious melody, to give people an immersive feeling, this attraction is especially important for a high-IQ movie.
In fact, the soundtrack of "Shutter Island" is not complicated, but it must be in line with the development of the plot, and the melody must be as low as possible, but not too depressing. No matter how the scene changes, the style of the music must be embedded in the plot at the first time, just like Tchaikovsky's famous piano piece "June Boat Song", which can arouse the audience's emotions at any time.
Long before the filming of the film, Xiansen commissioned Columbia to contact many composers and performance masters, and expressed his requirements in detail, hoping to obtain a satisfactory musical work.
After this period of searching, Columbia has also received a lot of replies from composers, Xiansen personally reviewed these works, although there are some gains, but the most important scenes need to use the soundtrack can not be selected to be satisfactory, these composers are too restricted, and Xiansen needs to try more boldly.
"Is that all? Nothing else? ”
Xiansen sat on the killer hair in the office, threw the USB flash drive in his hand to Cook's desk, and asked a little unwillingly: "Is there a more novel, not too formatted melody?" ”
"I'm sorry, Mister, that's all we've received so far, it's all here."
Cook took a sip of his coffee and shook his head helplessly, there are already dozens of sheet music here, those composers are not geniuses or perverts, it is already good to be able to give so much.
Xiansen stood up, walked around the office twice, and suddenly stopped: "We can try to look on the Internet and publish an event under the name of a movie, called 'Million Musicians', you know, there are many geniuses in this world that no one knows." ”
"Network?"
Cook put his coffee cup down, thinking about a viable name for the event.
"Does it make sense to do that? I mean, even if you're a genius, isn't it a bit of a waste to go to such great lengths for the soundtrack of a movie? ”
Cook's concern is not that Xiansen is unaware, in fact, the real reason why he wants to hold this event is to find one or two music directors who can join his film team, and this job is currently filled by a few second-rate musicians assigned to him by Columbia, and the work ability and efficiency of these people, through more than three weeks of getting along, Xiansen is completely disappointed, these people are here to play soy sauce.
Therefore, this 'million musicians' event is Xiansen to choose an assistant for himself from another aspect, the significance of music to the movie is self-evident, Xiansen does not want these second-rate guys to ruin his movie.
"No, no, no, it's not a waste, there is no shortage of works in this world, what is lacking is talent, and if we dig out a genius, it will be a huge wealth for us."
When Xiansen said this, an idea suddenly occurred in his mind, which he suddenly considered.
The main reason for the chaos in the filming of the movie "Shutter Island" is that the relationship between the members of the crew is not coordinated, and some of the people arranged by the Columbia company and the people recruited by themselves cannot be integrated together.
How can I change my current state? Xiansen had the most perfect idea.
That's to set up a studio on your own!
Xiansen knew very well that he would not open a company, because he had no energy to manage it at all, so he had to settle for the next best thing, to create a film studio, the studio does not need to be very large, but it is better to have a complete set of people in each department, such as assistant directors, cinematographers, action directors, art directors, stylists and even some actors and the like. Of course, if you want to match all of this, the monthly consumption is also very large, and with Xiansen's current financial resources, you can only pick up a few important positions to set up.
There are several advantages of such a studio, one is that when making a movie, the personnel of their own studio can become the main person in charge of a department, and he is in charge of other staff under the department, so that if there is a conflict, Xiansen only needs to talk to the person in charge. Secondly, the efficiency of this kind of studio is also higher, and the cooperation time is longer, and the tacit understanding will get better and better. The most important thing is that because of Reese Witherspoon's incident, Xiansen has always been suspicious of strangers added to the film, and the studio can minimize the impact of strangers on the film.
"I need to write another copy for the Washington Post now, and I'll leave the details of the event to you, remember that the condition for the preliminary round is to create a low but not oppressive score, and 50 places will be given for the preliminary round."
After Xiansen finished speaking, he straightened his clothes and walked towards the outside of the office.
"Preliminary? Why not the finals? Know that the finalists may be more serious. ”
Cook is now obedient to Xiansen, he knows that the things that this young man has decided have never changed, but what he doesn't understand is why Xiansen set the required tune in the preliminary round, and wouldn't he get a better work by releasing such a topic in the final?
"Hi old man, do you know, there is no pressure in the preliminary round, the preparation time is long, in order to join everyone will show their best side, so that there will be good works, remember, this is the law of all competitions!"
After saying that, Xiansen walked out of the office without looking back, and it was enough to leave the matter to Cook, and he needed to implement his plan. The studio is concerned about the efficiency of future film shooting, even if it is to suspend the filming of "Shutter Island" for a few days.
"Five positions will be tentatively determined now, assistant director, cinematographer, sound recordist, music director and an actor Leo."
While crossing his fingers while calculating the candidates that his current studio can identify, Xiansen finally decided on five positions, and the music director will have to wait for the end of the 'Million Musicians' event to choose, and now his top priority is to register the qualifications and trademarks of his own studio, only after all these formalities can his plan be considered to be completed in the first part.