Zhou Yan thought that after arriving in Plymouth, he would meet director An Li first, but he didn't expect that the producer and screenwriter would come to him first.

"Come in, two of you."

When they entered the room and saw Wang Zuxian, the two were not surprised, because Brigman knew in advance that Zhou Yan had brought his female companion over.

However, they didn't know Wang Zuxian, they just nodded to Wang Zuxian as a greeting.

"Should I call you Y, or chou?" Brigman asked with a smile.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "It's all right." ”

"Then I'll call you Y." Briegman smiled, and then congratulated Zhou Yan very politely, ""The Sixth Sense has achieved very good results in North America, congratulations." I also went out of my way to the cinema to see this movie, and I was amazed by your talent in film. ”

Zhou Yan also laughed, who said that foreigners can't talk about the scene, look at how good this Bragman's scene is.

The reason why Briegman went to see "The Sixth Sense" is probably because he is the soundtrack director of "Sense and Sensibility".

Compared with Brigman, Emma Thompson is a little more anxious, and the first thing she says is to ask about music.

"Have you made the tunes you used for the filming?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Thompson, but it was a little strange, in fact, the soundtrack generally doesn't need the screenwriter to care.

The production of Hollywood movies, after all, is different from American dramas, and screenwriters do not have so much power.

However, it seems that Emma Thompson still has a lot of power in the crew of "Sense and Sensibility".

The soundtrack that Thompson asked, Zhou Yan had naturally written it, he got up and took his folder and pulled out a small pile of scores.

He handed the score to Briegman, "These are the four pieces that Marianne played in the film, and the lyrics of two of them. ”

In the script that Zhou Yan obtained, Marianne played a total of four original tunes, two of which were played and sung.

Originally, Zhou Yan only wrote tunes and didn't write lyrics, but he still filled in the lyrics, and as for whether to use them, it depends on the director and producer.

These lyrics are basically not written by himself, but directly changed and filled in some European and American poems.

Seeing that there were lyrics in it, Emma Thompson raised her eyebrows, which was quite unexpected.

Because it has been said before, the song will be written by Zhou Yan, and the lyrics will be written by them.

The reason why she was in a hurry just now was that she wanted to settle down the tune as soon as possible, and then fill in the words.

"Which one was sung by Marianne at Sir Joe's luncheon?"

It can be seen that Emma Thompson cares more about this song.

This is also normal, and this one is the most significant of the pieces played by Marianne, because it is the key to Colonel Brandon's love for Marianne.

At the luncheon of Sir Joe's house, in order to relieve his sister, he offered to borrow the piano of Sir Joe's house to play a section.

Halfway through her playing, Colonel Brandon, who was belated, walked into the dining room and was instantly fascinated when she saw Marianne playing the piano and singing.

This kind of plot that has been around for thousands of years at a glance is very important to Marianne's love shaping.

Therefore, the piece had to be charismatic.

The music has to be simple and at the same time amazing.

"This one, "Don't Cry." Zhou Yan pointed to one of the scores, "The first page is the score for the accompaniment, and the second page is the melody. ”

In fact, there is no need for Zhou Yan to explain specifically, these two scores can be distinguished at a glance which is the accompaniment and which is the melody, because the lyrics are written on the melody sheet.

Emma Thompson has also participated in musicals before, and she still has the ability to sing scores, but she didn't rush to read the score, but read the lyrics first.

"Fountain of sorrow, don't weep.

Why are you in a hurry?

Don't you see how the sun of heaven gently melts the snow-capped mountains?

But ......"

Emma Thompson read the lyrics of the song in a pure English voice, and her reading was very infectious, and although it was the first time she saw the lyrics, she still read them very smoothly.

It can be seen that she should read aloud often in order to have such a level.

After reading it, Emma was a little puzzled: "I think I've heard this lyric somewhere." ”

"This is a sixteenth-century poem, you may have heard it before."

"Perhaps." Emma nodded, "Who is its author?" ”

"I don't know."

Hearing Zhou Yan say that he didn't know, Briegman had some doubts, "Will there be a copyright dispute?" ”

If this is a 16th-century poem, as Zhou Yan said, there will naturally be no copyright disputes, but Zhou Yan doesn't even know the author, and if this is written by someone else in recent years, there will be problems.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "You need to verify this yourself, if you are really worried, you can also use other lyrics, anyway, I won't charge you money for this word." ”

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Brigman smiled, and he could naturally hear that Zhou Yan was joking.

At this time, Emma Thompson began to try to sing the lyrics along with the melody, and it can be seen that her ability to sing music is still okay, and the pitch is not bad, but if you have to say professionalism, Zhou Yan feels that compared with real musical theater performers, she is still a little less interesting.

It may also be that I haven't acted for too long and am rusty.

And this song doesn't quite fit her voice either.

What Zhou Yan wants is a more ethereal voice, even if the singing skills are jerky, it doesn't matter. The melody of this song is simple, the lyrics are simple, the singing skills are probably passable, and the rest is the timbre.

Emma Thompson's voice is more mature, and her singing is also straightforward, and she doesn't sing what Zhou Yan wants at all.

Listening to her sing "Don't Cry", it feels like Cai Qin is singing "Little Hands Holding Big Hands", singing correctly, but the taste is wrong.

However, after Emma Thompson finished singing, Zhou Yan still applauded very politely, "Miss Thompson's singing skills are even better than I imagined, and you sing this song very easily." ”

He didn't praise it excessively, only said that Emma Thompson sang easily, which is also true, after all, this song is simple, and it is strange that it is difficult to sing.

Emma Thompson, as a half-professional, can naturally hear Zhou Yan's compliments.

However, she did not react to Zhou Yan's compliment, and even she felt that this Chinese was a bit hypocritical.

To be honest, her impression of Chinese is not particularly good, and she is not used to working with An Li during this time.

Under normal circumstances, when the crew encounters problems, they like a bunch of people to discuss together, and most of them will express their opinions, but An Li is always very silent.

At first, Emma Thompson thought that An Lee agreed with other people's opinions, so she didn't speak, but gradually, she found that An Lee didn't agree with them at all, or even completely opposed them.

But even if he objected in his heart, An Li always kept silent, and then threw the question out again after a while, so that after one or two times, maybe the third time, he would say his true thoughts.

Privately, some people call An Lee "Silent An Lee" or "Difficult An Lee".

So Emma Thompson was a little irritable, and now after every discussion they have, it doesn't mean that the problem has been determined.

This Y seems to be similar to An Lee, and he won't tell his true thoughts.

This made her feel a little tired of communicating with Chinese.

He wished Y could just say her problem and share his thoughts so she could be more relaxed.

Perhaps this Y will be more serious than An Lee, after all, An Lee has been in the United States for a long time.

Sighing secretly, Emma Thompson said, "This song is sung by Marianne, so I'm going to let Kate give it a try." ”

"Why don't you let Kate sing it live when the meeting starts?" Brigman said.

Emma shook her head and said, "Y won't be here for too long, I think it's better to let Kate give it a try, there is a piano in the hotel lobby, so she can try it there." ”

For Emma Thompson's eagerness, Brigman is not surprised at all, they have known each other for a long time, so he knows Emma quite well.

Not to mention Bragman, it's Zhou Yan, after chatting with Emma Thompson for so long, I can feel that she is more anxious.

Emma Thompson's urgency is completely visible outside, when she speaks, she will make a lot of gestures, and even her mouth is not as fast as her hand, Zhou Yan doubts that if she holds her hand, she can still speak normally.

Zhou Yan called this way of speaking "orchestra conductor style", and when they spoke, their gestures were more wonderful than that of the orchestra conductor.

Briegman looked at Zhou Yan, "Y, is it convenient for you to go down with us?" ”

After all, Zhou Yan has just come to the hotel for a long time, and the journey is already very tiring, so he may not be willing to toss with them, so Braegman asked.

However, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Of course, I came here to solve the problem, and I also want to hear how Marianne feels when she sings this song, which was written for Marianne." ”

"Okay, then I'll go to Kate now. It may take a while, you can wait a while and then go down. Brigman said.

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded.

Then Brigman and Emma Thompson walked out of Zhou Yan's room.

After walking for a while, Brigman smiled and said, "Y is younger than I thought it would be, what do you think, Emma?" ”

"But he's not like a young man, I mean, a very energetic young man."

Brigman pursed his lips and smiled, "How can a director who filmed "The Sixth Sense" be that kind of lively young man? Emma, you may not like their personalities very much, but he, as well as An Lee's talent, are amazing. You have to believe them, and this movie will definitely be good. ”

Emma Thompson pouted, "Maybe, this song is okay." However, this simple song is not a particularly difficult test in the first place. ”

Brigman was noncommittal, but said, "Let Kate sing it in a while, maybe there will be a surprise." ”

……

Here, after Brigman and the others left, Wang Zuxian spoke, "It seems that this Miss Thompson doesn't particularly approve of you. ”

Zhou Yan smiled indifferently, "For me, this is just a job, and Emma Thompson's attitude will not affect my remuneration." ”

Wang Zuxian lay on the bed and said with a smile, "You are really a pragmatic artist. ”

"Most artists are pragmatic." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Zhou Yan also lay down next to Wang Zuxian, and the two of them looked at the ceiling quietly.

After a while, Zhou Yan spoke, "I originally thought I could rest today, but looking at this situation, I may have to get busy quickly." ”

"Isn't that right in the hands of you workaholic?"

"I'm not a workaholic."

"You are."

Wang Zuxian turned over and lay in Zhou Yan's arms, "A person who works at least sixty hours a week is not considered a workaholic, so what is a workaholic?" ”

"There are a lot of people who have worked longer than me." Zhou Yan disagreed.

"But no one cares, and there aren't many people who can continue to work like this."

……

Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian didn't stay in the room for too long, and went to the hotel lobby hand in hand in less than ten minutes.

When the two of them arrived in the hall, Briegman and the others had not yet arrived.

There is indeed a piano in the hall, Zhou Yan walked to the piano in the hall, and tried the sound of the piano casually, it's okay, this piano should be played often, and it is relatively accurate.

"This piano looks very old."

"Well, it's been some years."

This one in front of me is an "antique piano", but it is not that the "antique piano" is precious, and many "antique pianos" are just put for a long time.

Some of the keys on this piano have big problems with the rebound, and it is not a piano capable of performing high-level tunes.

"You can play a tune for me, and you'll be waiting anyway."

Zhou Yan nodded, "What do you want to hear?" Declare in advance, too difficult tunes will not work, and I will not be able to control this piano. ”

"You can play anything."

Zhou Yan thought about it and casually played a piece of "Stealing Joy".

Since he came out to play, of course he wanted to play some happy tunes.

"Stealing Joy" was very short, and after playing, he played "Wind" again.

When he finished playing "The Wind," Briegman walked over with Emma and Kate.

Brigman applauded very facelessly, "Both of these pieces are very humorous and funny. ”

"This is the tune I have written for other films." Zhou Yan explained with a smile.

"This is Kate, the actor who plays Marianne, Kate, and this is the film's soundtrack director Y."

Zhou Yan smiled, "When we arrived at the hotel today, we had already met Kate. ”

With that, he stood up and gave the piano to Kate Winslet, "I'll leave it to you." ”

Kett nodded, walked over to the piano, set up the score, then sat down, and slowly began to sing to the score.

Because Zhou Yan wrote the melody and accompaniment on the two scores, it brought some difficulty to Kate's playing and singing, so she was a little slow when reading the score.

After a while, she had almost goped for the accompaniment, and began to grope for the singing part again.

It was about five minutes before she finally spoke.

"Fountain of sorrow, don't weep.

Why are you in a hurry?

Don't you see how the sun of heaven gently melts the snow-capped mountains? ”

……

Although Kate sang relatively unfamiliarly, it made Zhou Yan's eyes light up.

One is that Kate's singing skills are better than Zhou Yan imagined, although they can't be compared with those very professional singers, but they are much better than ordinary people, and the other is Kate's voice, which is very ethereal, especially in line with Zhou Yan's requirements.

This is actually not surprising, the movie must have taken these into account when casting, since Kate can be chosen to play Marianne, then she should have no problem singing.

Most fans' understanding of Kate Winslet comes from "Titan Rick", and many people may not remember her name, only the character Rose.

Of course, Kate is not only a classic work of "Titanic", but compared to "Titanic", other movies are too inferior.

Even if you don't like the movie, you can't help but admit that it was a success, and it was not limited to box office success.

And when I heard Kate sing "Don't You Cry", the most surprised person was not Zhou Yan, but Blegman and Emma Thompson.

They knew that Kate sang very well and had a good voice, but what they didn't expect was that this song would be so good sung by Kate.

When Emma Thompson sang this song by herself before, she didn't feel how amazing this song was, she just thought it was a good song, but now after hearing Kate sing it, she understands that it's not the problem of the song, but that she, the person who sings, is wrong.

This song is not sung to her Eleanor at all, but tailor-made for Marianne.

Kate Winslet herself was pleasantly surprised, she didn't expect the song to be so good before she started singing.

It's not a very complicated song, which fits the plot very well, but it sounds good and has a very pure feeling.

At this moment, she even felt that she was Eleanor herself.

What's even better is that the melody of this song matches the lyrics well, and the two complement each other together.

After Kate finished singing for the first time, Zhou Yan walked over, "You sing very well, but there are a few treatments that can be changed." ”

On Zhou Yan's previous score, there was only a melody, but there was no indication of how each paragraph should be performed.

Singing is not about singing the pitch accurately, just singing it right at the right time, but also about the change of strength, the use of breath and other skills, the same song, with different techniques to express it is also different.

Zhou Yan pointed to the score, and after briefly talking to Kate about the handling of strengths and weaknesses, he retreated and asked Kate to sing it again.

Kate herself reviewed the things that Zhou Yan had just said in front of the score, and sang it again.

Because I have already sung it once, I am relatively familiar with the score, and with Zhou Yan's guidance, the second time the singing effect has improved greatly.

In fact, when Kate sings, she uses a lot of modern singing methods, which does not conform to the setting of the movie.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people didn't sing like that, they were more operatic in the way they sang, and Emma Thompson was in a similar style.

However, Ann Lee and the others don't like to adapt this film into something serious and entangled in historical research, they hope to make the film easily accessible to ordinary audiences.

Originally, as a hand-me-down classic, the name "Sense and Sensibility" already had a somewhat repulsive meaning.

When many viewers hear that it is a masterpiece, they will subconsciously think that this must be a movie with great literary and artistic value, but it is most likely a boring movie.

Even some viewers will think that I, an ordinary person who doesn't love literature, don't deserve to watch this kind of movie.

This is a scene that the producers don't want to see, so when the movie was not filmed and the script was adapted, they took this into account and then made modifications.

On the premise of respecting the original work, we must get rid of the shackles of the original work.

In fact, if you really want to shoot according to the original book, this movie can't be watched at all.

In the book, most of the male characters appear in people's conversations, without many specific plots, and if you shoot according to the development of the book, it will probably become a drama where the main scenes focus on the dialogue between the two female protagonists.

Therefore, when adapting, it is necessary to add a lot of specific plots to these male characters.

Marianne sings too, and it feels weird to have to sing a few operas to the audience in this movie.

When Kate finished singing for the second time, there was a burst of applause behind Zhou Yan and them.

It turned out that I didn't know when, but a lot of people had gathered in the lobby, and these applause were all from them.

Emma Thompson couldn't help but applaud, the performance of this song surprised her.

Brigman nodded slowly, Y's talent was really worth believing.

In fact, when An Li wanted a Chinese musician to score the film, Briegman didn't agree with it, but when he listened to Zhou Yan's two albums, his attitude changed.

Zhou Yan's talent in music is really rare.

Briegman even compared the two versions of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" and "The Piano Boy Who Fly", and then he found that Zhou Yan's handling of the details of the soundtrack is really good, and he can arrange different soundtracks according to the rhythm of the plot.

The differences between the two versions are actually not that big, but these differences are captured by Zhou Yan and reflected in the soundtrack.

Later, Brigman saw Zhou Yan's new movie "The Sixth Sense", and he was surprised to find that Zhou Yan's directing level had skyrocketed, and "The Sixth Sense" could be said to be a very mature work.

If "The Sixth Sense" were an English-language film, Brigman believes it would have done better, definitely more than that. (End of chapter)