Chapter 60: Recording and Dubbing
Jenkins Films was established quietly, without any movement, except for a few industry insiders, not many people know that Hollywood has another star shell film company, and even after its establishment, Ryan didn't even look at it, the entire company has a total of eight staff, including Scott Swift and Pat Kingsley two part-time jobs.
As Ryan said, the company doesn't have much business, neither shoots foreign scripts, nor buys movies for distribution, all it needs to do is to send corresponding financial supervisors after joint investment.
Negotiations with Warner are going well, Hollywood has a tendency to shift to big investment and big productions, co-investment and split-account cooperation is bound to become mainstream in the future, and audience taste is the most elusive thing, so why not pull Ryan Jenkins' team to invest together to reduce risk.
What's more, the investment amount requested by the other party only accounts for a quarter, which does not touch their bottom line.
After negotiations with Hollywood Records, after Ryan came to the audition room again and hummed a few songs, Hollywood Records showed unprecedented efficiency and quickly finalized the contract, promising to record and release the single as soon as possible.
"Ryan, I think the whole tune and singing should be a little more playful, try to minimize irony, and it is enough to have lyrics to express the meaning." In the studio, John Burns himself is the producer of "HE" and is giving his opinion based on Ryan's singing.
After thinking about it, Ryan felt that what the other party said was very reasonable, he should be a bystander, not a mocker, and the content of the lyrics was enough for the people of the United States to understand what it meant, and he didn't have to add too many personal likes and dislikes to his singing.
"Okay, try again." Ryan put on the headset again.
Burns breathed a sigh of relief, this boy's performance can be described as amazing, after getting through the discomfort of entering the studio for the first time, he quickly found his state, and the small problems in his singing voice are often thorough, and he can draw inferences, in his opinion, his talent and talent in music are even far more than writing!
He was tempted to say to him, "Give up writing and acting, your future is in pop music." ”
"The accompaniment needs to be changed a little bit as well." Ryan frowned after listening to the recorded segments.
"Hmm." Burns nodded approvingly.
Ryan returned to the lounge on the other side, and George immediately brought water to him, and after he drank it all in one gulp, asked, "Do you still need it?" ”
"No need." Ryan waved his hand and continued, "George, bring me the custom training Jihua from the record company, Xiexie." ”
After the contract was signed, Hollywood Records not only sent someone to guide him, but also formulated a perfect jihua for the voice change period, and Ryan was much more relieved after reading it.
After reading a few paragraphs, Ryan remembered something else, Al Sorkin finally sold the script to his shell company, he roughly flipped through it, and the general plot did not change much, as for the different subtleties, he was not ready to meddle, and directly gave the script to Miramax, and made it clear that this script will definitely sell well as long as there are no accidents.
Even if Harvey Weinstein was a little dissatisfied that this was not his original, he accepted the suggestion of co-shooting, as for the male and female protagonists, it would naturally not be Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, Ryan's advice was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.
Brother Pitt is now just a third-tier actor, no worse than a cream boy in terms of handsomeness, although he lacks box office appeal, but Nicole Kidman can make up for this to a certain extent, not to mention, the salary saved by using these two people can make the investment in the whole movie discount.
This kind of film that embodies the American spirit and main theme, as long as the director and producer do not have a cramp in their heads, there is no problem in recovering the cost.
What's more, Harvey Weinstein, the fat man, has always had a keen grasp of the market, and he can also rank among the top in Hollywood.
The single was tweaked several times and recorded for two full days, especially the next day, when Ryan was getting better and better, allowing Burns to directly overturn the clip he had adopted the day before and re-record it.
If it weren't for Ryan's increasingly pronounced voice change and his unsuitability for long, high-intensity work, Burns would have even wanted him to keep trying.
Listening to the singing in the headset, Ryan shook his body slightly, his voice was very clean, slightly hoarse, and a little immature, just right for the lightness and playfulness that the song wanted to express, and to him, this song was at least a third different from the original version in his previous life.
That's right, the tune of this "he", he borrowed the "she" of the dancing elves!
It's just that the light-hearted and cheerful lyrics of the original version were changed by him to nondescript sarcasm.
After a short recording stint, Ryan had no chance to relax, and in addition to going to school and facing harassment from the paparazzi, he began to go to North Hollywood every day after school.
Luckily, he now has a strong bodyguard and driver who can somehow keep him out of trouble, such as the Jenkins couple who came to harass him, and, after Nicole's $100,000 sponsorship, the school allows his car to drive directly into the campus for some distance to ensure that he can get to and from school safely.
Ryan also had his first large expenditure, that is, his special car, which Nicole wanted to bear, but he forcibly refused, and his future expenses will get bigger and bigger, do you really want Nicole Kidman to be responsible until he turns sixteen?
His original jihua was to buy a Bentley or Rolls-Royce Silver Charm, after all, he had heard a lot of these famous cars in his previous life, but he had never ridden them, but before Nicole's eyes turned cold, he quickly vetoed his words, and Zuihou bought the latest Audi 90.
George safely parked his car in front of T2 Studios, where post-production for Terminator 2 had entered the zuihou stage, with James Cameron often splitting between ILM and T2 Studios, and the main cast being reassembled by him to dub the dailies.
Even though it was only a few clips, the huge investment of more than $100 million put a lot of pressure on Cameron, and he demanded more of every detail than he did on set.
"Ryan, what are you doing in a daze? We don't have any extra time for you to waste! Seeing Ryan's slightly distracted appearance, Cameron burst into angry cheers, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was shocked, hurriedly retreated to prevent the fire at the city gate from affecting him.
In the tight dubbing room, the only thing left was Cameron's roar, Ryan pinched his nose, took off the Mike, got up from his chair, and said unhurriedly, "Wait, Jim, don't you raise the T800 to shoot with a shotgun too low?" ”
"Too inferior?" Cameron seemed to be more angry, and shouted again, "Ryan Jenkins, you're just the star of this movie, and it's up to me as the director to decide whether the shotgun is inferior or not." ”
The corners of Ryan's mouth twitched, understanding that the other party was on fire, it was better not to worry about him, just in the sample just now, he heard the sound of the T800 shooting with a shotgun, which was very different from the film in his previous life, and he couldn't help but fall into memory.
James Cameron stopped suddenly, having known Ryan for so long, he naturally knew that he would come up with some ghost ideas from time to time, and past experience has proved that these ideas often have unexpected effects.
"Okay, Ryan. What do you think of again, can you just say it? ”
"Shotgun voiceover, you use the sound of a shotgun, right?" Ryan asked.
"Yes." Cameron recalled, "The gunfire was indeed a little hoarse and muffled. ”
"Then weishenme doesn't need a more powerful sound? Only that kind of shocking sound can be worthy of the strong appearance of the T800, right? Ryan rolled his eyes, "For example...... The sound of a howitzer or cannon. ”
Cameron's mind immediately had a picture of the T800 pulling the trigger, the shotgun spewing flames, knocking the T1000 to the ground, like a cannon shelling a tank, echoing in the screening room, shocking the audience with horror.
After more than ten seconds, Cameron nodded slowly and shouted loudly, "This is the end of today's dubbing, which will be edited and soundtrack...... No, it's to call me the heads of all departments, right away! I'm going to make changes to my dailies! ”
Ryan and Schwarzenegger looked at each other, this one's style was really resolute, and the tyrant director didn't give them two faces, "You can go, hurry up, especially Ryan, hurry up!" Don't mess with me here. ”
This is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge! Ryan sighed in his heart and said to Schwarzenegger, "Arnold, let's go." ”
The two of them walked towards the door, only to see the whole studio jumping and falling into a hurry, so they could only shake their heads and smile.
James Cameron's pursuit of cinema can only be described in two words - perfection - although he knows that this shijie cannot make a perfect movie, but it does not prevent him from working towards it.
In particular, when Ryan saw his raunchy and sloppy image, he only sighed that the job of directing was definitely not something that ordinary people could do.
The post-production of most films often exceeds the shooting time, especially the development of film CGjishu, the post-production time will take longer and longer, and a director can produce a qualified commercial film in a year, which is already considered a speed.
Of course, you can also make two or even three works a year, but there is only one result of shoddy production, and the market and investors will soon abandon you.
If it weren't for outsourcing most of the post-production special effects to ILM, it would be a big question whether "Terminator 2" would be released on the original Independence Day.
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