[US Entertainment] Superstar

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The knock on the door made Eve couldn't help looking up from the computer monitor. She had become a veritable Internet addict girl.

It's just that the person who appeared at the door was not other people, but the assistant Mandy.

"Miss Campbell, your cell phone has been turned off. Mr. Robert wants me to inform you that New Line Films has finished the rough cut of "Death Comes" and wants you to record it now."

Originally, Robert was doing these tasks. After hiring an assistant for Eve, he was freed from specific and complicated things.

Eve was a little surprised, "Go now?"

"That's right, it's just a small part of the supplementary recording. It is said that there were noises in some places during the live recording."

The vast majority of Hollywood movies and TV series are recorded at the same time as shooting, and some sound effects and soundtracks need to be added later.However, there will always be various unexpected situations in live recording, such as noise, noise or unclearness.

It stands to reason that these flaws will be found when shooting.

But "Death is Coming" was too rushed during filming, so I didn't pursue it too much in this regard.

Only in the absolutely quiet place in the editing room will you hear the problems in the audio track. Since each shot will be shot at least several times, if it can be replaced, it will naturally be replaced by another version. If it cannot be replaced, an actor will be hired to dub it.

Eve knows the difficulty of recording during the same period, and has very high requirements for the actor's line skills, so TV dramas in mainland China will hardly choose this method. They always ask the actors to find professional voice actors after filming.

The result of this is that the male and female protagonists on the TV are the voices of those top voice actors over and over again. It's not that they don't match well enough, it's that they appear too frequently and lead to drama.

The most important point in the Oscar selection is that actors cannot dub later, otherwise they will not even be eligible for nomination.Lines are an important manifestation of an actor's acting skills. If even the lines are uttered with the help of others or dubbed by yourself in the later stage, then the acting skills will naturally be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, "Death is Coming" is just a commercial film, and it's not a big deal to ask Eve to make up for it. No one expects this movie to compete for the Oscars.

Since this kind of old-fashioned mobile phone can last for several days on a single charge, and there are no entertainment functions, Eve doesn't check it often at all.If it is a smartphone, she must charge it every day, and has a fear of low battery.

After she plugged in the mobile phone charger, she said in a hurry: "Then let's go now. Do you drive your own car or take my car?"

"Let me drive, I'm more familiar with Los Angeles." Mandy has already inquired about Eve's slightly road-crazy attributes from Robert.

Since this was the case, Eve was much more at ease. She didn't carry her bag at all, she just took the room key and went out with Mandy.

I don't know how much content needs to be re-recorded, so go early and return early.

Fortunately, the ticket is tomorrow night, otherwise it would be very troublesome to call me over to record after I go to Pennsylvania.

Mandy's driving skills made Eve feel inferior. This driver was simply superb. He even drove an old Ford car like a sports car, driving fast in the downtown area and on the highway, but it was still very smooth.

No wonder to be able to get this weekly salary, life and professional skills must be full!

When they came back to Warner Studios, Eve and Eve didn't go to the studio, but went directly to the small post-production building, where New Line rented an editing room and a recording studio, and the supporting facilities were very complete.

Even though they had only been separated for less than ten days, when Eve saw the director Huang Yiyu again, she felt as if she had passed away.

"It's good to see you." Huang Yiyu opened his arms and hugged her.

Eve asked with concern: "James, how long has it been since you took a break? You haven't been in the editing room, have you?"

"I don't remember when I slept last time." Huang Yiyu's eyes were bloodshot, the T-shirt on his chest was still stained with coffee, his hair was messed up like a chicken coop, and the beards around his chin were of different lengths.

"Death is Coming" is the first film he directed. From preparation, shooting to post-production, he attaches great importance to it and has been involved in it all the time.

If it is to be released in time for Halloween, the finished film must be handed over at least in early October, otherwise there will be no time to submit it to the MPAA for review, and there will be no time to copy and screen the master tape and mail it.

The full name of MPAA is the Motion Picture Association of America. All films to be released on a large scale in North America must be classified in advance.The committee members will rate the movie based on the theme, language, level of violence, nudity, sex, poison, gore, and scenes used to determine what age group the movie is suitable for children to watch.

This rating has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, but only with the scale.

Like cartoons, family movies are basically G-rated movies, anyone can watch them. The PG level is also known as the tutoring level. There may be some content that is not suitable for children to watch, but there is no mandatory ban. "Edward Scissorhands" and "Alice in Wonderland" are all films of this level.

PG-13 is a special guidance level, and it is recommended for children after the age of 13 to watch. "Titanic" and "Harry Potter" are the representatives.

R-rated movies are restricted movies, and audiences aged 13-17 must be accompanied by parents or adults to watch.Some action films and science fiction films are of this type, such as "The Matrix", "The Silence of the Lambs", "The Shining" and so on.Now Huang Yiyu and others just want to put "Reaper" at the R level instead of the NC-17 level.

Because NC-17 is no longer a recommendation, but a ban on spectators under the age of 17.Films with too much gore, violence, or sex scenes belong to this level.

Even horror films do not want to be included in the NC-17 level. Once it is included, it means that there will be fewer films in theaters, fewer audiences, and the box office may be directly halved.

"Death is Coming" inevitably has bloody scenes, but Huang Yiyu controls it well, without exaggerating, not using it on a large scale, and not having heads and limbs flying around.

Members of MPAA are composed of the seven largest film companies in North America. This organization is one of the most important processes for large Hollywood studios to restrict independent studios.

Disney, Sony, MGM, Paramount, [-]th Century Fox, Universal, and Warner control this institution and suppress all new studios that want to take the lead, such as DreamWorks, Lionsgate, flix, etc.

It is already an open unspoken rule for the MPAA to adopt double standards for the films produced by these companies and the films of other studios.

No matter how serious the soft violence plots of their commercial films are, they can meet the audience.And the rest of the companies will be listed as unsuitable for children to watch if they are a little careless. Either NC-17 will be released, or they will be greatly cut. Only after the story is cut into fragments can it reach R rating or lower.

Although "Reaper" is produced by New Line Pictures, it belongs to the same parent company as Time Warner, Warner Bros., and there are people covering it, so there is no need to worry about being unfairly treated by the MPAA.

When Eve followed Huang Yiyu to the third floor, she was surprised to find that this floor was full of editing rooms, which could accommodate several films to start work at the same time.

Huang Yiyu pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and opened the door of No. 2 editing room. At this time, there was a middle-aged fat man in loose sportswear sitting in front of the computer, concentrating on checking it.

"This is our editor, Jack Hardy, who is also an old friend of mine." Huang Yiyu introduced, "I originally wanted you to come back to record in three days, but who knew that your agent said that you were going to film soon , so we can only advance to the present. It will take at least three days before I can take out the rough cut version."

McDonald's French fries and ketchup were still placed in front of Jack, but they seemed to be cold without a trace of warmth.

He also looked a little tired, and he yawned and said, "James is a lunatic. The two of us went through all the material in eight days, and then edited out the current three-hour version."

Eve's original owner was a student at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, and she was no stranger to post-production. Usually, it would take several days to edit something shot by a student.

Especially "Reaper" needs details everywhere, even if there are reminders on the script and records on the scene board of the scene, it is not easy to put these hints in the established order.

Three hours is still too long for a horror film, and almost an hour or more will be cut off.

Every shot is the director's painstaking effort, so Huang Yiyu needed Jack's help, otherwise he would not be able to cut out these superfluous and minor things.

There is a rumor in USC that a good editor can prevent the director from committing suicide.

Not to mention the supporting actors, even the plots shot by the protagonists may be ruthlessly cut, because the plot must be kept coherent and concise, and try not to be muddled.

Huang Yiyu himself does not have the final editing rights, so he can only submit the edited version to the producers and senior executives of New Line Films, and try not to give them the opportunity to criticize, so that more content can be retained.

In order to prevent being randomly cut by others, he preemptively cut it down by himself!

"I believe this is definitely an excellent movie. What parts do I need to make up?" Eve said eagerly, but she wanted to see the rough cut version of the movie, and she didn't know what more content would be added than the final release version. Come.

Huang Yiyu gave her a prepared script, and said: "You can read the script first and recall the content, and I will send these corresponding video clips to the TV in the recording studio later, so that you can say it in person. Say the lines."

He knew that Eve's acting skills were very good, and he thought it would be very easy to dub the character he played.

"No problem, that's all, right?" Although Eve memorizes the lines fluently, recently, in order not to crash with "The Girl Who Moved Soul", she has deliberately blurred and deleted the lines of "Death Comes" from her memory.

Now after seeing the script, those memories come alive again.

Because of the pre-recording, Huang Yiyu didn't know whether the clips recorded by Eve would be deleted, and he might do some useless work, but he still had to let Eve go to the recording studio on the second floor.

"Jack continues to edit the film on it, I will go to the recording studio with you, and I will remind you every time I record a sentence."

"Okay, let's hope the snippets aren't too many."

"It's really not much in itself, and it's only seven or eight minutes in total. We still had a little problem with the radio when we were filming on site."

On the surface, it seems that the time is very short, but the plot is very scattered, which means that Eve has to switch emotions in a very short time.

Maybe one second she was still frightened and sad, and the next second she was narrating calmly or teasing dogs warmly.

Therefore, the help of video is even more needed, so that the actors can recall the shooting conditions at that time, and try to keep the emotions, speech speed, and bass at the same position as much as possible.

Many of Eve's supporting roles in her previous life did not use over-the-air radio, and it took a few days to complete the place where she appeared after filming.The big names have their own voice actors, and these small actors are cheap and have time, so they directly pull them over to match their roles.So it's kind of an experience.

In the recording room, Eve looked at the TV screen in front of her, and then said into the microphone in horror: "Alex! Get out of the way!"

Not only the tone of voice is exactly the same as the video, but even the facial expressions and movements are in sync, which is worthy of the role I played.

This is a little habit she has when she is dubbing. It's like re-acting the scene instead of reciting the lines directly, so that it can better match the screen.

If this is the case, it is inevitable that you will be asked to do it again and again.

It took her almost two hours to record these clips, and the recorded audio might be cut, which makes me a little sad to think about it.

Eve also thought that if she had the opportunity in the future, she would help the original owner realize her dream of being a director and shoot a movie that could be seen by audiences all over the world.Now these are the times for her to learn and accumulate.

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"Is your voice okay?" Mandy asked with extra concern as she handed over a bottle of mineral water.

Eve made an OK gesture with her hand, and really didn't want to speak.

After being nourished by mineral water, she felt comfortable, but she wanted to find something like Pang Da Hai to soak in, but these people were used to drinking mineral water or even tap water.

Now that they have all come to the editing room, Eve just shamelessly watched the rough-cut version for a while. The rhythm is indeed a bit slow, and there is still a gap from the version in memory.

Anyway, watching the Claire I play appear on the screen, I always feel that all the hard work is worth it!

It's almost September, and the editing of "Death Comes" hasn't been completed yet, let alone the soundtrack and sound effects.If a thriller wants to create a horror atmosphere, it needs the cooperation of various sound effects.

November 11st is Halloween, and Halloween Eve on October 1st is the busiest time. Children will knock on the door to ask for candy, otherwise they will trick or treat.The adults are dressed up as various ghosts or iconic characters, showing the posture of a group of demons dancing wildly.

The schedule of "Death is Coming" has been confirmed, and it will be released across North America on October 10, which happens to be Friday.

In North America, the payday of the weekly salary system is set on Friday, and it happens that Saturday and Sunday are rest days, so the audience has time and money to spend, and now it is to take care of the time of students and office workers.

Generally, unless it is a special holiday, commercial films will choose to be released on a large scale on Friday.

The reason why October 10 was not selected for release is because after Halloween, the box office of horror thrillers will plummet.This type of film generally puts the Halloween holiday in the second week of release to avoid a huge drop.

Before the large-scale release, New Line Films also prepared a premiere ceremony, which was arranged on the evening of October 10, in order to help promote the film, and by the way, boost the box office of the afternoon night show.

It has been less than two months since the film was released, and Huang Yiyu is cooperating with Jack to edit a PG version of the trailer, which is going to be posted as an advertisement in the opening title of Tom Cruise and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia".

They are all New Line's own movies, so of course we have to promote our own movies.

Pre-roll ads are shown in movie theaters, and they are aimed at people who have been watching movies in theaters for a long time. It is much more efficient than advertising on TV stations and video websites!

In particular, the movie "Magnolia" still has Tom cruise, and the attention is very high, which can make "Death Come" a bit more popular and attract more audiences.

The trailer also needs to be reviewed by the MPAA. In order to allow more people to see the "Reaper" advertisement, we can only choose some slightly calmer images. Creating a horror and mysterious atmosphere is enough, and the bloody death scene is still in the feature film.

In fact, the promotion of the movie has started quietly now, and various cases of lucky people who escaped death are being discussed on the Internet, newspapers, and TV programs. Some of these cases are real and can be inquired about, while others are fictional , in order to make the audience believe in the existence of the god of death!

Eve didn't know if she had finished filming "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" at that time, she just hoped that she would not miss the premiere of her first movie.

This film has changed actors and scripts, and it is unknown whether it will be as successful as in the previous life.

None of their actors have any box office appeal, and they can only rely on the subject matter and quality of the film to win the favor of the audience, and catch all audiences who like horror and excitement.

The box office is almost a hurdle in her heart. Who wouldn't want to star in a big production and cooperate with famous directors and actors!

Eve stood on the side of the road and waved to Mandy before turning and going upstairs.

She was in a good mood at first, but she couldn't relax when she thought of the box office pressure.

Two people, making the first movie, seeing the prototype today, can't wait to jump to October 10 now to see how the final product of "Death Comes" will be.

Eve poured herself a glass of red wine, and she planned to sleep after drinking some wine and get ready for the departure tomorrow, the plane would fly directly to Philadelphia.

After all, a person's life is a bit deserted. She is worried but doesn't know who to talk to. Only the computer on the desk is her connection with the outside world.But Eve, who came from the future, knows that the traces on the Internet cannot be erased. In order not to be dug out of the black history, she has always been cautious in her words and deeds, and did not use the anonymous platform of the Internet to vent her emotions.

She suddenly missed Enzo. It would be much better if the golden retriever was by her side, at least she could chat with him.

Eve has always used work to numb herself, preventing herself from thinking about these things, but now her emotions are surging.

There are so many people in the world, but there may be no one to chat with.

After thinking about it, she picked up the fully charged mobile phone and was going to call her friend Jessica to see if she could buy some wine and have a drink at home.

Just as Eve picked up the phone, the originally quiet phone rang.

Keanu found that Eve always called or texted him. Apart from inviting her to participate in the tour in New York, he hadn't actively asked her.

Yesterday, he read the script until early morning, and after getting some sleep during the day, he rehearsed for the tour. He didn't have time until now before the performance, so he planned to tell Eve his slightly adapted plot, just as a small start.

"Hi, this is Eve."

Just as Keanu was about to speak, he heard a low voice on the other end of the phone, as if he had encountered something unhappy, so he asked with concern, "Eve? Are you okay?"

People who work independently are most afraid of others' sudden concern. Eve is a little speechless and doesn't know how to answer.

"You can tell me anything, I'm here to listen." Keanu himself is a very sensitive person, and he can keenly perceive the psychology of others. He doesn't know what happened and just wants to help.

Eve sat on the sofa with her mobile phone in her hand, decided to give up on herself, and vent her emotions, "I just suddenly felt a lot of pressure. I just went to record the dubbing of "Death Comes" today. I am obviously looking forward to the release of the movie, but I am very scared . Fear of bad box office, fear of bad word of mouth, fear of criticism from audiences and film critics, fear of not being able to receive any more movies from now on.”

Even though I was surrounded by layers of hard shells, my heart was still full of worry and anxiety, but it was suddenly magnified in the dead of night, as if I was isolated from the world all of a sudden, out of place.

Keanu finally breathed a sigh of relief, he said comfortingly: "It's not just you, I am also like this. I started to worry when I was filming the movie, and I was even more worried when the movie was finished, and even regretted it. Why didn't it act better."

Eve seems to have found a bosom friend, "Yes! I also have the same idea. In fact, when I saw my clip in the editing room in the afternoon, I wondered why I didn't use 120% of my strength and why I didn't perform better. "

"Every actor is like this. Film is a collective art. It doesn't mean that if you perform well, you will have good results. Its success is inseparable from the director, screenwriter, actors and the rest of the staff. Work hard. A good film reputation does not mean that you are a qualified actor. Maybe the success of others will cover up your flaws. A bad film review does not mean that you will act poorly. Maybe your performance will be a bad film. One of the only bright spots left in the game, it just couldn't cover up the mistakes of the rest."

Keanu explained it patiently. He once fell into such self-blame, confusion, and anxiety. Fortunately, as the number of films shot increased, this emotion gradually began to disappear.

Why do actors have a lot of depression, because this profession faces too many pressures.

"Thank you, I feel much more comfortable now. Are you also worried about your own movie?" Eve tightly hugged the doll dog on the sofa, a little curious about the psychology of first-line stars.

"Of course I'm worried. I'm actually very worried that the sequel to "The Matrix" will fail badly at the box office. Everyone's expectations for the sequel are too high. Although I have great confidence in the talents of the Wachowski brothers, I also believe that Warner will Create with the best team and resources, but no one knows before the film is released." Keanu rarely reveals his heart to others, he said with a smile: "After I do my own things well, I will leave everything else to God, give it to the Buddha."

Eve said in a firm tone: "Don't worry, those two movies will definitely not be bad."

She doesn't like to watch brain-burning sci-fi movies, but she also knows from gossip and news that Keanu made a lot of money with the last two movies of "The Matrix".When people mention the name Keanu, the first thing that comes to mind is the "Matrix" trilogy!

"Look, you're putting pressure on me right now," Keanu joked. "We actors are just a part of the filmmaking, not as important as you think. Does that make you feel better?"

"not at all."

Eve shook her head and said to herself, "I've always wanted to act in a movie, and I'm very lucky to get the role of Claire. I've always been grateful for the favor of fate. I may have had some wine tonight, but it's not usually like this. "

In fact, Eve sensed something was wrong just now, but she deliberately didn't adjust her mood, but planned to let it sink.Immediately, she experienced part of Daisy's state of mind in "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", as if she was abandoned by the whole world.

This kind of feeling can help her better interpret the role. There is darkness all around, as if invisible hands are pulling feet to the bottom of the water.

It's just that Keanu's phone is like a beam of flashlight, breaking her out of Daisy's spiritual world, making her realize that she is not the same as Daisy at all, that girl has no hope in her life, but she is still alive. Have a great youth!

"Do you know what I usually do when I'm depressed?" Keanu originally planned to spoil the script of "Almost Famous" to Eve, but now is obviously not a good time, so he put things aside for the time being and said something. easy thing.

"doing what?"

Eve doesn't know Keanu at all, and doesn't know how he would handle the situation.

"I can play rock music, feel the power of rock, feel the drums beating on my heart, and feel that the world is not too bad."

"Then I'll try it later and see if it works."

Keanu looked at the guitar at hand, put the phone on his lap, with the microphone facing him, then picked up the guitar and plucked it lightly, without the cooperation of other instruments, just humming softly.

Eve thought that Keanu hung up the phone, but who knew that there was a burst of musical instruments and singing from the phone.She had noticed before that Keanu was only responsible for the bass in the Sirius band, and he couldn't speak at all. Their drummer also spoke to help the lead singer from time to time.

Now it's singing!

The voice sounds soft.

Although she doesn't understand music, after hearing this very familiar "letitbe", her heart gradually calmed down. It's no big deal, everything will pass.

On the other side of the phone, Keanu was playing and singing, and here Eve also opened her mouth and sang softly, and her right hand also beat the beat.

The lyrics are simple but powerful, and the slow guitar solo immerses the two people who are separated by hundreds of kilometers into the world of music, letting everything go as it should.

"There will be an answer, let it be~~"

The author has something to say: I strongly recommend this song by the Beatles~~~

fried chicken sounds good