As soon as the news of Parker's engagement to Hepburn came out, it immediately caused a sensation in European and American countries. Many people were shocked by the news, and they went crazy and wanted to know more details. News reporters from all over the world flocked to the location of the crew, and they chased everyone who seemed to be the crew of "The Sound of Music" like hounds.

Soon, they found some news news, quickly wrote a very exaggerated report, and sent it back home.

Major newspapers rushed to report: "Parker Hepburn announces engagement!" ”

Other newspapers wrote with sensational headlines: "Princess Anne finally marries reporter Joe!" ”

Some newspapers wrote: "Hepburn and Parker fall in love with "The Sound of Music"! ”

Not only did this kind of coverage attract a large audience, but it also generated interest in the film, which is still being filmed.

Other newspapers got the news out of nowhere, and described the scene of the proposal in detail, adding a lot of imaginary details. At the same time, the song that Pike sang when he proposed marriage immediately became one of the most recognizable songs. It's just that at this time, no one has heard the record of this song at all.

In addition to Parker and Hepburn, who are frequently mentioned in these newspapers, there are also individuals who are constantly mentioned. That is Alex as their matchmaker, and his role in it is constantly written about by reporters in the newspaper. At the same time, it was revealed by reporters that the actual director of this movie is Alex, and Morris is only a nanny director.

Morris's face turned blue when he saw such reports. He immediately made a decision, found Alex and said, "When the movie is released, put my name in the position of assistant director." ”

Alex looked at Morris in surprise and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

Morris nodded and said no more. Seeing him like this, Alex didn't say anything more, and immediately publicized that he was the main director of this movie and Morris was the assistant director. Under the operation of DreamWorks' public relations department, people thought that the previous report was just a reporter who made a mistake with the main and assistant directors, and finally saved a lot of face for Morris.

Alex said to Morris with some pity: "This time we have one less best director." ”

His meaning is very clear, that is, he thinks that the film will definitely win the best director. It's just that Alex came up, and it definitely won't be awarded to a child. This is something that has never happened in history, and it will never happen.

Morris also felt that the film was made well and could win an Oscar, saying: "It is precisely because of this that I can't win this best director." If I take it, it will definitely make history remember this and become a stain on me. ”

Anyway, the news of Pike and Hepburn's engagement has attracted a lot of attention for the "Sound of Music" that they are filming. A lot of people are eagerly awaiting the release of this movie. They want to see what kind of masterpieces can be produced by the heroes and heroines who can perform such a masterpiece as "Roman Holiday".

In fact, most of the clips of "The Sound of Music" have been filmed, and they are even ready to start post-production. However, there are still some footage shot with helicopters that were not taken, not because they didn't want to shoot, but because the helicopter never landed.

Just as Alex was worried, good news came.

"What? Would TWA would like to rent a helicopter to us? ”

Alex almost danced with joy when he heard the news. He learned from the DreamWorks staff that TWA was going to lease them the helicopter it was working on, and that the aircraft would perform better than the ones on the market and would definitely meet their requirements.

"Strange, why is it so good to us all of a sudden? Is there some conspiracy? Alex felt that the contrast between before and after was too great, and he couldn't accept it at once, and he always felt that there was a problem. As the saying goes, there is nothing to be done, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

"I heard that Howard Hughes heard that you needed to make a movie, and he immediately had someone transport it. However, he hopes to have time to meet him when you return home. ”

Sure enough, there is a problem, for no reason, for what do you want to meet.

Alex didn't know what medicine to buy in the other party's gourd, so he could only see the move. Now that there are state-of-the-art helicopters, everything is solved.

When the people from Global Airlines arrived, Alex immediately got everyone ready. Under the full monitoring of the other party's security guards, they quickly finished filming this part of the footage. It could have been done in one day, but Alex had to shoot these sets of shots over and over again for several days. He had a lot of resentment about almost not being able to shoot, so he deliberately did it like this, so as to source the stuffiness in his chest.

As soon as the movie was finished, Alex immediately flew back to the United States with the crew. He wants to cut the film out as soon as possible so that it can be released before Christmas. With the hype of the engagement event, promoting the film for free saved DreamWorks a lot of time and money. Now, as soon as the film is approved, DreamWorks will be able to send the film to major movie theaters for screening.

"Christmas is a great opportunity to grab money, Maurice! We have to get this film out as soon as possible. ”

Fortunately, Alex already had a draft, so he didn't have to think about how to cut a movie like everyone else. He only needs to cut it according to the "Sound of Music" in his memory, which is already a very good movie, a movie that can win an Oscar.

As Morris watched in amazement, Alex directed several editors at the same time, finding the required film and cutting it with a knife. Using Alex's memories as a reference, the film was quickly cut. As for the post-production sound effects, they have been prepared for a long time. Mainly some singing scenes and background music, as well as character dialogues and so on.

Of course, this movie is a little different from the original, especially the description of the baroness, which allows Alex to add a lot of scenes. With a supporting actress like Bergman, how could he miss it in vain.

Stimulated by Bergman, Alex modified this side plot of the colonel and the baroness, adding clips of the change in their relationship. From falling in love to almost getting married, and then from the change on the eve of the engagement, the Baroness had to leave in disgrace.

Alex cut and cut this part of the content, and spent a lot of effort and effort on it. He also plans to make an MTV with the Baroness's love story and put it in the form of easter eggs later in the film. This MTV uses Matthew Lane's "Bressenon" as the background music, which is very infectious and can make people cry after watching it.

"Alex, you're not going to put this piece of music in the back, are you?" Maurice sensed Alex's intentions, and he asked the question. At this time, there is no such thing as MTV, and not many people will spend so much energy to make such an easter egg.

"What's the problem?" Alex asked rhetorically.

Morris looked at him seriously and said, "It's a big problem, you have to think about it carefully." What is the main purpose of this film, is to bring joy to people. But after you make such a sad thing after it's over, the audience will scold us to death.

Alex thought about it and felt that Morris's statement made sense, but he felt that he was unwilling not to add this. Until the premiere was about to begin, he didn't make a decision, and every time he discussed it with Morris, he would be persuaded by various reasons given by the other party.

He had never been able to make up his mind. He knew that without this paragraph, the movie would definitely be a big hit, and even the box office might surpass the original. If this paragraph is added, it may incur the disgust of the audience, after all, people's expectations are to watch a comedy, not to be made by him to become a tragedy of love. However, it is also possible to become a classic within a classic.

"Forget it, let's see how the premiere goes, and then think about adding it or not."

After the film was edited, Alex stopped paying attention, and he didn't care about censorship and publicity. He handed it over to the relevant personnel of DreamWorks to get it, after all, professional things still have to be done by professional people. Besides, Morris is the new official who has taken office three times, and with him watching, there will be no problems.

After the film company was handed over, Alex was not idle. Instead, he became very busy, recording songs, writing books, finding people to reconcile, and so on. After careful calculation, his "The Sound of Music" did not exceed 7 million US dollars, which was less than the original budget.

In fact, this is normal, the original movie costs more than a million dollars just to buy the shooting rights. This is to be calculated into the cost of shooting, and the price and labor are much cheaper now than in ten years, of course he can't spend so much money.

Alex was busy recording the music from the "The Sound of Music" movie into a record, which was not an easy job, it was a trivial job. Thankfully, this can be left to someone else to do, after all, he doesn't need to sing, as long as the music producer sorts out the original sound of the movie version.

As for the songs that needed him to record, those were the three songs he wrote during filming. These three songs have different styles and require different people and instruments, which can be quite troublesome to record.

In particular, the song "MoreThanICanSay", if he really wanted to record it well, Alex wanted to make it according to Lee Ossayer's version, but that version needed to use electronic music as the sound effect of the accompaniment. Without an electronic music synthesis, he wouldn't have been able to make it out.

The first electronic music production in the world was the West German radio station Cologne, which began to explore this as early as 1951. It wasn't until 1954 that a West German made Study 1 and 2 and recorded it. In other words, electronic music at this time has not really matured and is still in the embryonic stage.

The production of electronic music is the use of electronic techniques to obtain various sound sources.

It uses a sine wave to create a so-called pure tone without overtones. Or the noise emitted by percussion instruments and noisy instruments, or the combination of human voice and specific music, through sound filters and reverberation equipment, to deform, deteriorate, and variable, and then through other electronic instruments and recording techniques to cut and knot, so that it can be regenerated and compounded to form a work.

In the early 50s, electronic music was made after calculations. Electronic music synthesizers were created in the late '50s, which could directly control pitch, tempo, dynamics, and timbre, and the makers could choose to use buttons to produce all kinds of wonderful music.

"Electronic music synthesizers? Looks like I can get one out. Alex immediately approached the folks at Carpenter Electronics and asked them to help get one out.

The principle was very simple, and with Alex's help, they figured it out right away. However, when Alex saw this huge electronic music synthesizer, his jaw dropped.

"Can't you make it smaller?" Alex said to them with a request.

One of the staff members immediately shook their heads and said, "No, you need to use computer technology to process the input information before it can be converted into electronic music." Computers alone are that big. ”

Alex thought about it and felt that there was a problem here, and it didn't have to be so complicated. So he made his own suggestion to have them add the keys and set the sound of the gong into it. It's a lot smaller, and the staff are inspired to cut a lot of unnecessary things.

With this altered electronic music synthesizer, Alex was finally able to record the song smoothly. He asked the staff to find a way to continue to improve, preferably to be able to pick it up with one hand, so that Carpenter Electronics would have one more electronic product to sell.