Chapter 250 How long have you been without a boyfriend?
The so-called high version and short version refer to the two versions of the lead singer.
One recording was of the motels, whose lead singer was Martha Davis, who was very tall.
The other one was sung by the band Berlin, and the lead singer Terri Nunn was very short.
The performances of the two recordings are somewhat similar, both in pop rock style. Martha Davis is more inclined to the classical rock of the 1950s and 1960s, while Terri Nunn of the Berlin band is more unrestrained.
Ronald distinguished it carefully, and it seemed that the timbres of the two singing songs were very similar. Comparing it carefully with the interlude in the dream, it was difficult to tell who sang it.
"Which version do you prefer?" Ronald had to ask the two producers for their opinions.
"Martha Davis is now well-known, and the Berlin band is still working hard to hold concerts. They lack a popular title song." Bruckheimer did not answer the question directly.
"I prefer the motels' songs, but it's up to you to decide the soundtrack." Don Simpson didn't interfere either. Ronald's editing style, pictures and interludes are highly bound. The two reached an agreement and couldn't interfere.
his judgment.
"Call George Moroder and ask him to come over." Ronald had no choice but to ask the music producer responsible for the soundtrack for advice.
"What, my friend, are you having trouble choosing? Tell me, what was your first feeling? Or which girl do you like?" George Moroder came to the recording studio and heard that Ronald could not make up his mind and put the two together.
I brought posters of the lead singer of each band.
When it comes to music, sometimes it comes down to feeling. Whether it’s the first feeling when hearing a sound or the first feeling when seeing a photo. As an artist, sometimes it depends on intuition.
Ronald was wearing headphones and had listened to it over and over again. He took off his headphones and looked at the photos of the two lead singers, looking at their faces carefully for a long time.
Then he pointed to a picture of Terri Nunn, the lead singer of the band Berlin, and said, "Can you ask her to come over? I have a question for her."
Terri Nunn's hair was dyed light blonde, but the bangs still kept the original brown color, which is very personal. She is very short, but she has great energy when singing.
"Terri, we didn't create this song ourselves, otherwise we shouldn't sing it." John, the band's lead guitarist and main songwriter, advised her. John had always insisted that the Berlin band only sing its own original songs.
"But this song is really great, very romantic, and I want to sing it." Terri Nunn didn't want to quarrel with the core members of the band anymore, but she couldn't forget the words of the producer Giorgio Moroder who had hired him with a lot of money.
She said it.
"I have a song here, Tom Cruise! Ronald Lee! It will be released next summer! It will be a big hit! A huge hit! A super hit! Will you sing it?"
Giorgio Moroder not only worked as a producer for superstars like David Bowie, but also scored the hit movie "Flashdance." Terri Nunn insisted on singing this song despite the band split.
"Terri, come and meet our great director, Ronald Lee. He is a master at shooting music videos. Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, and MJ all queue up to ask him to shoot music videos. If you are attracted by him,
, shoot a music video for you, and you might just take off."
As an Italian, Giorgio Moroder is very good at bragging about his partners.
"Terri Nunn is one of the most talented female singers I have ever seen. Her range and energy are incredible. You've heard her sing and you can ask for anything."
Ronald took off his headphones and shook hands with the little lead singer. The female lead singer had a very chic temperament, even more arrogant than the female rock star played by Diane.
"I heard you want to see me? I saw the real person, do you have any questions to ask me?" Terri Nunn's voice also had a hint of metallic sound.
Ronald stared at the other person for a long time. From the other person's voice, he heard a hint of the feeling in the biased recording just now. Ronald asked:
"How long has it been since you had a boyfriend?"
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"Huh?" Producer Don Simpson, Bruckheimer, and music producer Giorgio Moroder were all stunned. This method of picking up girls was really refreshing and refined.
"You heard it? After our first album was released, I didn't have a normal... life." Terri Nunn didn't take it seriously.
"So I can't sympathize with the warmth between lovers like 'Take My Breath Away'. I just sang it with the emotion of longing for love and longing for a man."
"Very good, it's just you." Ronald decided on the lead vocal.
The Lone Ranger and Charlie in the movie are like this. For most of the plot, they are happy enemies. In the end, there is no clear explanation whether they are together or not.
This feeling of longing for love just matches the plot.
Ronald immediately returned to the editing table and began to add the love scene of the hero and heroine riding a motorcycle together on the beach to the rhythm of Terri Nunn's singing.
"No... you called her here and just left her alone?" As an Italian, Giorgio Moroder really couldn't stand Ronald's style. Italian men should be very gentle and caring towards women, so that they
Only then will it melt slowly in warmth like a piece of butter.
"It's cool, that's good. This is the style of a great director." Terri Nunn admired Ronald's artistry. It's not that she doesn't understand Hollywood. She once participated in the starring role in "Star Wars" and played the lead role in "Star Wars".
Princess Ya's audition.
It's just that her father, an actor, died early due to alcoholism, and unlike Carrie Fisher, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, called Lucas to ask for care.
"That's it, I'm going back. If Ronald is free then, ask him to direct a music video for our band." Terri Nunn walked away gracefully.
"This..." Several people present couldn't understand it again, so they had to attribute it to the artist's sympathy for each other.
Three interludes with a very outstanding style, plus five or six other interludes that match the plot environment, are all in place.
The day-to-day editing process passed in discussions between Ronald and the two editors. After Chris and Billy became familiar with Ronald's methods, they also put forward many good suggestions. They spent ten hours in the editing room every day.
For several hours, Ronald and them had to discuss and modify the position of the editing point.
The Industrial Light and Magic of the stunt model team also helped Ronald shoot the horizontal spiral shot. The special effects employee who is good at throwing model airplanes climbed up a high crane and threw the model down with a little rotation.
Although two models were lost, Industrial Light and Magic prepared five models, and finally captured a realistic horizontal spiral shot.
Time passed day by day, and after two months, the first cut of "Top Gun" was finally completed, and the soundtrack was basically mixed into the soundtrack on the film.
The chirping of summer cicadas begins to fill the editing room outside Los Angeles.
Ronald edited the last work sample and put it into the iron box. Next, he will send it to Paramount's factory. According to the editing sequence of the work sample, the film editor will be asked to edit the film, and finally develop and print it.
A set of response samples was provided for Paramount executives to view.
"Is this really possible?"
Ned Tanning was the first Paramount executive to see the dailies developed by Ronald.
He liked Ronald's MV-style editing very much, and some of the interludes were also very nice. However, there was no deep story or performance in the whole movie, and the dialogue between the characters seemed a bit simple.
The whole story, how should I put it? It's a bit like a MV, relatively superficial. Will this kind of story, which all follows the fast editing rhythm of the MV and is deeply coordinated with the music, be liked by the audience?
"No problem, Ned. Several young editing assistants like it very much." Chris and Billy tried their best to persuade the senior management. Although they were not supposed to speak here, after watching the finished film, several second-hand assistants liked it very much.
The excited reactions of the editing assistants who were about ten years old made them feel a sense of accomplishment for this new editing method.
Ned Tanning looked at the producer and director, "Since you are all confident, come with me and show it to CEO Mr. Mancuso."
"Is this the final result of your editing?" The next day, Mancuso took the time to watch the finished film of Top Gun at the agreed time.
He felt happy and sad at the same time.
Happily, as expected, the Ronalds made the movie extremely fragmented. Audiences go to the cinema to appreciate a good story. Such a movie may only include three good interludes.
Only when it comes out and is sent to MTV will it gain ratings.
What's sad is that Paramount, once the most powerful company in Hollywood, actually produced this kind of garbage movie. And it didn't have enough control to stop this one-hour and forty-five-minute music video from the beginning.
It was filmed and the 15 million budget was wasted.
Now, it's time for the truth. Although money was wasted, it can still bring Paramount's production department back on track in the golden era. All these sacrifices are worth it.
"Yes, Mr. Mancuso, the editing and special effects department staff have seen it, and their response has been great," Ronald replied.
"Staff?" Mancuso sneered in his heart. How can the reaction of the staff be compared with that of the audience? They are all people who are counting on you to issue salary checks. What bad comments can be heard in your ears?
inside.
"When can we start the marketing campaign? Has the schedule been finalized?" Don Simpson asked directly about the release.
"I think your editing is not good enough, it is too fragmented. The audience will not be able to accept it." Mancuso took the notebook directly and completely rejected the editing of the film, "How about you go and edit it again?"
?This time, use more long lenses and main lenses.
Oh? Or do you mean you didn’t shoot the main shot? I can’t give you more budget.”
As a veteran, Mancuso certainly saw Ronald's intention of not shooting the main shots, to prevent himself from finding someone to edit without him. This young man is so interesting, he really thought he was filming "Guanshan Fit", "
Masterpieces like “High Noon” and “Sunset Boulevard”?
How could a great director like Billy Wilder or John Ford pull this trick? Sure enough, it was a mess.
"Frank, I think their editing is also an innovative method. Although it does not have the classic Hollywood narrative method, the quality is still passable. The young staff members like it very much."
Ned Tanning defends 'Top Gun'.
"That is not a real audience at all. A real audience has not read your script, and they will have difficulty understanding it."
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Seeing the two people getting into a dispute, Ronald gradually understood on the other side of the conference table. Mancuso really didn't like his director and editor from the bottom of his heart. His mind was still stuck in the 1950s, when
Audiences don’t have TV to accompany them, so what they want when they go to the cinema is a good story.
Today's audience has been watching MTV for several years. Young people have very rich imaginations. They can imagine a complete story in a few minutes of music video. Why can't "Top Gun" do the same?
"Mr. Mancuso," Ronald began, "I would like to suggest that we find some test screening audiences and see what they think?"
He recalled the time when he filmed a chewing gum commercial. In the end, he asked the audience to vote in different places to decide whether the film was good or not.
"You seem very confident," Mancuso smiled.
"Then Ned, arrange one, no, three test screenings, one in Los Angeles, one in New York, and one in Chicago, to see how the audience reacts in the three most representative big cities."