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"Hans, here's a picture I took."

Gesturing to the other side, Sophia walked over to the television at the front of the room, slipped a tape into it, and turned it on, Duke continued, "Let's watch the opening scene of a video first......

This is not a zuò made by Duke or Mike Dawson, but the result of Sophia's practice after printing some negatives, although it is only a rough editing of the filmed footage, not even a first cut, but it can reflect some of Duke's views on the film, which happened to be used in today's meeting to discuss the soundtrack.

There is no sound in the picture, but it does not prevent Hans Zimmer from sitting in his seat and watching carefully, first showing several soldiers carrying a coffin, then an officer sitting and smoking, the picture always shifts around the officer and the soldier, interspersed with a few explosions.

Even if the picture is not retouched, Hans Zimmer still gets some information from the image, the officer seems to have something extraordinary, mixed with tragic complexes, and the time of each shot is very short, constantly switching, presumably after the film must be fast-paced.

The opening scene was only a few minutes long, and after it was played, Hans Zimmer didn't know what was going to happen next, but he seemed to feel something.

Now Hans Zimmer is just one of many Hollywood's first-class soundtrack artists, and has not yet reached the status of a future master, so Duke replays the opening scene and puts forward his own requirements for the soundtrack.

The soundtrack is not as simple as a simple composition, which should set off the theme of the film, conform to the artistic conception of the scene representative, and reflect the director's thoughts.

"The film needed two soundtracks with different tones."

After a brief exchange, Duke said directly, "First, in order to match the soundtrack of such a heavy scene as the beginning of the film, it should be low, rich and tragic, and it sounds like a soothing and sad and stable feeling, and it is best to make people feel the deep feelings of the characters in the film." ”

Hans Zimmer nodded, and then asked his assistant to jot down Duke's requests.

"There's also one that appears in battles and car chases." Duke continued, "I needed a fast-paced, action-packed soundtrack that was exciting, tense, and even sharp......"

For music, Duke is a complete layman, he can only say his own requirements, and then let the soundtrack composer compose the soundtrack according to the requirements, the former soundtrack can be called a classic, but unfortunately he remembers too limited, and he does not have enough professional ability to express it, and the soundtrack will have different ideas at each stage, these are still left to Hans Zimmer to deal with.

"Director Rosenberg......" said Hans Zimmer, after reading his assistant's notes, "I hope to follow the crew for a while and get to know the work more deeply, and the final soundtrack will not be determined until you finish editing." ”

"No problem." Duke turned to look at Sophia, "If you need anything, you can contact Sophia." ”

Hans Zimmer and his party were the first to leave the reception room, and Duke turned his gaze to the other side, it was the people from Warner Records, according to the agreement between Duke and Warner, Warner Records would be responsible for the theme song of the film, and they also brought the singer who sang the theme song.

It was a young woman about twenty-five years old with long brown hair falling over her shoulders like a waterfall, she was wearing a tight denim suit, her facial features were three-dimensional, and her facial lines were tough, even if she sat on the sofa without saying a word, you could feel the wildness and sensuality she exuded.

"This is the newcomer that Warner Records will focus on next year."

Robin Grande, who had seen off Hans Zimmer, returned to the reception room and, as he passed Duke, whispered, "Warner, for its part, apparently wants to use the film to warm up for her record release next year." ”

Warners are also very good people, and if Duke is not satisfied, they will not insist on it.

"Miss Donne."

Actually, the theme song or something, Duke doesn't care at all, in this film, the song will only appear in the final subtitle stage, even if the song is not highly evaluated, it does not have much impact on the film, if it is sung, maybe it can also pull the box office of the film.

"I don't know what type of music you're good at?" Duke asked as he returned to his seat.

"Country music."

The other party raised his hand and stroked his hair, this seemingly ordinary action, but it seemed extraordinary. "You can call me Shania or Regina." ”

If it were a few years later, Duke would have liked Shania Towne sing the theme song of the movie, but now it can only be said that it is better than nothing.

In many ways, Duke also relies on Warner's super thigh, and since they want to use the film to promote the newcomer, they will not deliberately object, and after a few routine questions, they throw the matter to Robin Grande, the production manager.

The soundtrack and theme song won't be completely completed until the film's post-production, and now it's just a prepend, and Duke returns to the filming of the film after making his own request.

After a long five-day wait, the Screen Actors Guild concluded its investigation and determined that there were adequate safety measures on the set of "Death Island", that the stuntman's injury was just an accident, and that the temporarily suspended crew could finally resume filming after the crew renegotiated a compensation agreement with the injured people.

The injured stuntman took a hefty compensation of nearly $130,000 from the crew, and was also removed from the crew by Duke and blacklisted by Warner Bros.

"Death Island" can be restarted, while "Interview with the Vampire" is far from the end of the shutdown, and the Child Protection Society is far more difficult than the Screen Actors Guild.

Five days is not a long time, but it really disrupted Duke's filming plan, and further aggravated his already anxious feelings due to the pressure, and during these five days, he readjusted the shooting schedule with Sophia and Zack Snyder, trying to regain the five days in the subsequent shooting.

After filming resumed, both Hans Zimmer and Shania Towne appeared on set, apparently wanting to learn more about Death Island and future collaborators.

The five-day shutdown disrupted not only Duke's filming rhythm, but also the state of the cast and other staff, with endless problems with camera, lighting, acting, and props, and anxiety as if it would be contagious, and the crew only completed the scheduled one day in the first three days of filming.

All this made Duke's pressure even greater, and whenever someone made a mistake, the anger in his chest always wanted to explode, and a few times he completely forcibly suppressed it.

“Cut！”

Duke's suppressed anger sounded again in the studio, and he strode up to Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee, jumped directly into the pool where they were standing, walked back and forth, ignoring his water-soaked pants and shoes, and said in a loud voice, "Nikolai, Chris, is the water cold?" Are you unsteady? ”

Both Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee were wisely silent.

Duke's voice raised a little more, "If you can't persevere, please sue me directly, I will change the stuntman, please don't waste time!" ”

After saying that, Duke walked out of the pool, kicked off his water-filled shoes, walked barefoot behind the monitor, and shouted, "All departments prepare, reshoot!" ”

"Your etiquette!"

Sophia had just whispered a reminder when she saw Duke's turn of the eye, and then obediently closed her mouth.

In fact, no one in the crew knows better than her that Duke has accumulated a lot of anger since the crew shut down, and she doesn't want to be a target.

"John, repositioning." Duke's slightly hoarse voice kept ringing, "You use Steadicam to shoot in the water, and the second camera is adjusted to thirty degrees to Nikolai's left back, and you have ten minutes to prepare!" ”

Just as Duke yelled like a hair dryer, Sophia crept aside and found a pair of slippers from the resting place.

"Are all film directors bad-tempered?"

A woman's voice came from the side, and Sophia turned her head to see that it was the female singer Shania Towne, who came to the crew for the second time, shrugged her shoulders and said to her, "No matter how good-tempered a person is, if he sits in that position, he will become a powder keg." ”

The other man pouted, but didn't say anything more, Sophia returned to the monitor with her slippers and threw them to Duke.

"Thank you!" Duke nodded at her and slid it on his feet.

Taking two deep breaths in a row, Duke temporarily suppressed the irritability, stress, and discomfort that had done nothing good for the shooting, and then raised the megaphone, "Scene Seventy-Eight, Act Twelve, Begin!" ”

The crew, which had gradually cultivated a tacit understanding, immediately began to operate, with the appropriate lighting, colors, sets, props, and performances, all of which were almost perfectly presented to the monitor in front of Duke, and he nodded slightly, and the state of the crew was obviously improving.

In the scene set up as an underground passage to Alcatraz, Nicolas Cage has already raised his pistol and aimed it at John Mason, who is trying to back down.

The microphone used for the live recording slowly falls from the sky, and the entire studio is silent.

"You want to come hard, that's good! FBI！ Don't move, bastard! ”

"Cage's form seems to be back as well......"

Just as Duke was thinking this, the ringtone of his mobile phone suddenly rang behind him, not loud, but it broke the silence in the studio and spread to every corner.

John Schwartzman was stunned as he stood on his Steadicam's body.

Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee stopped performing at the same time, a helpless smile on their faces.

Sofia Coppola subconsciously wanted to block out her hearing, and the volcano seemed to be about to erupt?

Duke slowly turned his head and looked in the direction the bell was coming from.

"Whose phone is this?"