Chapter 60 Recording and Dubbing
The establishment of Jenkins Pictures was silently and there was no movement. Except for a few insiders, not many people knew that Hollywood had another star shell film company. Even after its establishment, Ryan didn't even look at it. There were only eight staff members in the entire company, including two part-time jobs, Scott Swift and Pat Kingsley.
As Ryan said, the company does not have much business, and it does not invest in foreign scripts or purchases movies to release them. All it needs to do is to jointly invest and send corresponding property supervisors.
The negotiations with Warner are still going well. Hollywood has already shown a trend of shifting to big investment and big productions. Joint investment and account sharing cooperation will inevitably become mainstream in the future. The audience taste is the most unpredictable thing. It can bring Ryan Jenkins' team to invest together to reduce risks. Why not do it?
What's more, the investment amount required by the other party only accounts for one-quarter and does not touch their bottom line.
In 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 style should be more playful, and try to minimize the irony. It is enough to have the meaning of lyrics." In the studio, John Burns personally served as the producer of "He" and was giving his own opinions based on Ryan's singing style.
Ryan is still very clear about the truth that too much is too little. After thinking about it, he felt that what the other party said was very reasonable. He should be a bystander, not a ridicule. The lyrics are enough to make the people of the United States understand what it means. He does not have to add too many personal likes and dislikes to his singing style.
"Okay, try again." Ryan put on the headset again.
Burns breathed a sigh of relief. The boy's performance could be described as stunning. After getting through the first time he entered the recording studio, he quickly found his state. The small problems in his singing style are often clear at a glance and can learn from one example. In his opinion, his talent and talent in music are even far superior to writing!
He would love to say to him, “Give up writing and acting, your future is in pop music.”
"The accompaniment also needs to be changed." Ryan frowned after listening to the recorded segments.
"Yeah." Burns nodded in agreement.
Ryan returned to the lounge on the other side, and George immediately brought clean water. After he drank it all in one gulp, he asked, "Do you still need it?"
"No need." Ryan waved his hand and continued, "George, bring the training plan customized by the record company for me, thank you."
After the contract was signed, Hollywood Records not only sent a dedicated person to guide him, but also formulated a complete plan for the voice change period. After Ryan watched it, he felt much more relieved.
After reading a few passages, Ryan remembered something else. Al Solkin finally sold the script to his shell company. He roughly read it. The general plot did not change much. As for the different subtleties, he was not going to intervene. He directly gave the script to Miramax, and said explicitly that as long as there was nothing unexpected happening, the script would definitely be sold well.
Even though Harvey Weinstein was a little dissatisfied with this not his original work, he accepted the suggestion of collaborative shooting. As for the male and female protagonists, it was naturally not Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. Ryan's suggestion was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.
Peter is just a third-tier actor now, and he is not inferior to a cream-like boy. Although he lacks box office appeal, Nicole Kidman can make up for this to a certain extent. Moreover, using these two people, the savings can make the investment in the entire movie in half.
This kind of film that reflects the American spirit and main theme, as long as the director and producers do not cramp in their heads, there will be no problem in recovering the cost.
What's more, the fat man Harvey Weinstein has always been very sensitive to the market and can be ranked in the list throughout Hollywood.
After several adjustments, the single was recorded for two full days, especially the next day, Ryan's condition got better and better, allowing Burns to directly overturn the clips he used the day before and re-record them.
If Ryan's voice change was not becoming more and more obvious and was not suitable for long-term high-intensity work, Burns even wanted him to continue trying.
Listening to the singing in the headset, Ryan shook his body gently. His voice was very clean, with a little hoarseness, and a little bit of tenderness, just suitable for the brisk and playfulness that the song wanted to express. To him, this song was at least one-third different from the original version of his previous life.
That's right, he borrowed the song "She" from the dance elves!
It was just that the original relaxed and cheerful lyrics were changed to an inappropriate ridicule by him.
After finishing his brief recording work, Ryan did not have the opportunity to relax. In addition to going to school and facing harassment from paparazzi, he began to go to North Hollywood every day after school.
Fortunately, now with a strong bodyguard and driver, to some extent, it can block him a lot of trouble, such as the Jenkins couple who came to harass him, and, after Nicole's another $100,000 sponsorship, the school allowed his private car to drive directly into the campus for a distance to ensure that he could safely get to and from school.
Ryan also made the first large expenditure, which was his special car. Nicole wanted to bear the money for buying the car, but he forcibly refused. His expenses will become larger and larger in the future. Should he really keep Nicole Kidman responsible until he turns 16?
His initial plan was to buy a Bentley or Rolls-Royce Silver Magnificent. After all, I heard a lot of these luxury cars in my previous life, but I never rode it. But before Nicole's eyes turned cold, he quickly rejected his words and finally bought the latest Audi 90.
George parked the car steadily in front of the T2 studio. The post-production of "Terminator 2" has entered the final stage. James Cameron often runs between Industrial Light and Magic and T2 studios, and the main actors are re-summoned by him to dub the edited sample.
Although it was just a few clips, the huge investment of more than 100 million US dollars put huge pressure on Cameron. He was so strict with every detail that he had than when he was on the set.
"Ryan, what are you stunned? We don't have any extra time to waste it for you!" Looking at Ryan's slightly trance, Cameron burst into anger and shocked Arnold Schwarzenegger quickly retreated to prevent the fire from the city gate from affecting himself.
In the compact dubbing room, the only thing left was Cameron's roar. Ryan pinched his nose, took off his Mike, stood up from the chair, and said slowly, "Wait, Jim, don't you lift the T800's sound when shooting with a shotgun?"
"Too?" Cameron seemed to be even more angry, and he shouted again, "Ryan Jenkins, you are just the starring actor of this movie. The gunshot sounds of the gunshots are determined by me, the director."
Ryan's mouth trembled, knowing that the other party was on the fire, it would be better not to care about him. In the sample just now, he heard the sound of the T800 shooting with a shotgun, which was a huge difference from the videos in his previous life, and he couldn't help but fall into memories.
James Cameron suddenly stopped and had known Ryan for so long, so he naturally knew that he would come up with some ghost ideas from time to time. Past experience proved that these ideas often have unexpected effects.
"Okay, Ryan. What did you think of again? Can you just say it?"
"You use the sound of shotgun dubbing, right?" Ryan asked.
"Yes." Cameron recalled, "the gunshots were indeed hoarse and deeper."
"Then why not have more shocking sounds? Only that shocking sound can be worthy of the T800's powerful appearance, right?" Ryan's eyes turned, "For example... the sound of howitzers or cannons."
A picture immediately appeared in Cameron's mind. The T800 pulled the trigger, and the shotgun spewed out flames, knocking the T1000 to the ground. The loud noise of cannon bombardment of a tank echoed in the screening hall, shocking the audience.
After more than ten seconds, Cameron nodded slowly and shouted loudly, "Today's dubbing ends here. The editing and soundtrack... No, I'm calling out to me the supervisors of each department, right away! I'm going to modify the sample!"
Ryan and Schwarzenegger looked at each other. Their style was indeed decisive. The tyrant director did not give them any face. "You can leave now, hurry up, especially Ryan, go quickly! Don't cause trouble for me here."
This is a bridge burning the river! Ryan sighed in his heart and said to Schwarzenegger, "Arnold, let's go."
The two walked towards the gate and saw the entire studio turbulent and in a mess, they could only shake their heads and smile.
James Cameron's pursuit of movies can only be described in two words - perfection - although he knows that it is impossible for this world to make perfect movies, it does not prevent him from working towards this.
Especially when Ryan saw his ungrateful and sloppy image, he sighed that the job of director 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 CG technology, which takes up more and more time. It is already considered a rapid success for a director to make a qualified commercial movie in a year.
Of course, you can also produce 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 most of the post-production special effects were not outsourced to Industrial Light and Magic, it would be a big question whether "Terminator 2" could be released on the original Independence Day.
Chapter completed!