Fame with a ball

After the UEFA Champions League draw, all major leagues except the Premier League have ushered in the winter break one after another.

The winter break of Serie A this year is from December 12th to January 17th. In the past, the winter break was about three weeks. The reason why it is only a little more than two weeks this year is because the league schedule has to be compressed for the World Cup. , but the professional league has also said that the winter break will only get shorter and shorter in the future-many media including Corriere dello Sport believe that the Christmas and New Year holidays are the most economical for sports culture. Opportunities for income, don’t you see that there is no winter break in the Premier League, and every New Year’s day, you can earn a lot of money just by selling tickets, so the media have proposed that Serie A study the Premier League and cancel the winter break. This proposal is very impressive for professional leagues and Serie A fans. heart, but it has aroused widespread opposition from professional players.

Although the plan to cancel the winter break cannot be implemented for the time being, the current winter break of Serie A is indeed getting shorter year by year. Professional leagues are gradually eroding the players' vacation time. Capello announced this year's winter break When returning to the team (returning to the team on January 1, it will take 3 days to resume training), the players complained one after another: "In a few years, Serie A will become La Liga." La Liga starts after New Year's Day.

When it comes to the arrangements for the short ten-day New Year holiday, there are all kinds of voices in the locker room, returning home, visiting relatives, vacationing... But Lin Zhigao does not belong to these types, he is bitter Forced "busy family".

The official dubbing work of "Save the Earth" will be carried out at the end of December. Pixar invited Lin Zhigao to their headquarters in Los Angeles for training for a week on the 12th. One week of training plus at least one week of dubbing time. Spent.

On the 18th, he and Sebastian took the plane from Turin to Los Angeles. Before Sebastian was safely handed over to his mother, Lin Zhigao would act as his bodyguard and guardian—yes , Sebastian and Lin Zhigao's "cohabitation life" is over, and he will participate in the spring admissions interview of a private high school after returning to China this time, and he will never return to Turin again.

When he heard the news that Sebastian was leaving, Lin Zhigao still felt a little bit reluctant in his heart.John is usually very busy. Lin Zhigao came home from training and competitions, and he rarely lived with John. It was not uncommon for him to stay alone in an empty room. After Sebastian came, the house finally became more lively, although he I often make complaints about Lin Zhigao's cooking skills, but the days of bickering are alive and well.

After getting off the plane and saying goodbye to Sebastian at the Los Angeles Airport, Lin Zhigao looked around and wondered, "Is no one coming to pick you up?"

"I'll take a taxi back by myself." Sebastian stretched arrogantly: "Finally, I don't have to live the life of an ascetic monk anymore!"

"Ascetic monk?" Lin Zhigao was depressed: "Hey, why don't you be so heartless, I didn't abuse you."

Sebastian's face blushed visibly: "Hey, I mean, a life without nightlife is boring..."

Lin Zhigao raised his eyebrows: "How old are you that you need nightlife?"

"That's why I say you are behind the times." Sebastian looked carefully at Lin Zhigao with a strange expression: "Are you really born in the 90s? I think your life is as self-disciplined as those middle-class people in their 50s and [-]s." Same class, every day is club-home, home-club, so old-fashioned."

"I call it clean!" Lin Zhi turned around and left angrily.

"Hi!" Sebastian called to him.

Lin Zhigao ignored him.

Sebastian took two steps and grabbed Lin Zhigao's arm: "It's too narrow-minded to say you'll leave immediately."

"Anyway, I sent you back to Los Angeles, do you want me to escort you home?" Lin Zhigao shook his arm impatiently, and continued walking with the suitcase: "I still have to take a taxi to the hotel. "

"Come back with me, I'll invite you to live in my house." Sebastian shrugged: "Mom, she won't say anything."

"No, it's more convenient for me to stay in a hotel, and it's a little closer to the Pixar headquarters."

"and many more!"

"What's the matter?" Lin Zhigao looked at Sebastian helplessly: "If you can't bear it, just tell me, I can still give you a farewell hug."

"Stop being sentimental!" Sebastian frowned in disgust, and then said dryly, "You said you were going to dub Pixar, right?"

Lin Zhigao nodded: "That's right."

Sebastian's eyes began to wander: "Well, you have to help me get GAGA's autograph."

Lin Zhigao smiled: "What words should I say when I ask someone for help?"

"..." Sebastian stared and said aggressively, "Please help me get GAGA's autograph!"

"Good boy." Lin Zhigao suppressed a smile, and stroked the curly hair flying around Sebastian's head. Seeing Sebastian's angry and daring to resist, he felt extremely refreshed.

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Sound effects, dubbing and pictures are the three most important factors that support a cartoon.And dubbing is one of the most important items. An animation without sound is not only lacking in aura, but also has a greatly reduced expressiveness. If an already excellent character has a voice suitable for it, then this image will immediately become Come alive, as if you have life.

The design of the Pixar headquarters building is very modern, with a wide hall like a factory workshop, pure log decoration, mosaic walls, marble floors, and huge floor-to-ceiling windows that make every space in the building bright and extraordinary, but the imprint exclusive to Pixar is everywhere— —The back view of Bob and his wife on the metal decoration on the wall, the rubbings of the cowboy Woody on the floor, and the rows of car models under the glass table in the conference hall. These tiny details tell the visitors "Hey, this is Pixar" all the time ".

Lin Zhigao learned a lot during the week of training by a dedicated sound engineer at the Pixar headquarters. He grew from a novice who didn't know what dubbing is to an apprentice who just started.

And just after learning the basics, the sound engineer told Lin Zhigao that he could go to the dubbing studio for "actual combat".

Actors can rely on voice, body language, and facial expressions to make a character full, so that until now, a certain type of role has formed a fixed routine of interpretation.But dubbing is different from acting. Dubbing can only rely on voice to decorate the character. If an animated image wants to become flesh and blood, its voice must be very emotional and have a deep enough understanding of the character itself. This is something that cannot be learned. Yes, you have to experience it over and over again in person.

The staff led Lin Zhigao up the spiral staircase: "If you want to complete the dubbing before the New Year, you have to work harder, because the voice actors for other roles have been working for two weeks, and the Mike you dubbed is the last one to appear on the scene, so It doesn't matter if you join later, but if you don't do a good job and drag others down, some people will be very angry."

Lin Zhigao was "intimidated" before he started working, and was a little startled: "Is the director very strict?"

"It's not the director, it's other voice actors." After climbing to the second floor, the staff walked into a corridor next to it, and turned back to Lin Zhigao with an exaggerated surprised expression while walking: "There is a big name!"

Lin Zhigao smirked and raised his eyebrows: "How big is the card? King, old ace, or king and king?"

"You have a flair for being funny, I like it."

The staff suddenly stopped in their tracks, pushed open the innermost door in the corridor, raised their heads high and made a gesture of "please", and winked at Lin Zhigao: "You are very lucky today, all the voice actors are here, don't Be scared!"

I don't believe that there is any other situation that can scare me——Thinking of this, Lin Zhigao walked into the dubbing room carelessly, but after seeing clearly who was sitting inside, he was startled, and the word "rely" Almost blurted out.

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Brad Pitt...isn't he the husband of Jolie with a big mouth, the former handsome guy, now the bearded and handsome uncle, they met once in Los Angeles...Lady Gaga...Is it possible to ask for an autograph for Sebastian Can't forget, but her hairstyle...has a personality...Jesse Eisenberg?I rely on this not the guy who played Mark in "The Social Network"!So his name is Eisenberg?The last one was—Bruce Willis? !I wipe it!What a blues!

The intense brain activity and the unrealistic feeling like standing on a cloud made Lin Zhigao feel dazed.

He only knew that Lady Gaga participated in the dubbing of "Save the Earth", but he didn't know there were Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis!Especially Bruce, he loves his "Die Hard" and "The Fifth Element"!

The sudden appearance of Lin Zhigao made the big-name stars in the dubbing room seem to be aware of it. They took off the earphones they wore on their heads, turned off the microphone, and looked at the newcomer.

Brad Pitt smiled: "It's Lin."

"Lin?" Lady Gaga was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Ah, the last member of us." Gaga looked at Lin Zhigao carefully, and commented: "He is a little more handsome than he looks on TV, and he is also strong. many."

The director in charge of coordinating the dubbing work stood up, walked to Lin Zhigao, patted him on the shoulder and introduced to everyone: "This is Lin, and he will work with us in the next week. He will be dubbing Mike. Everyone I’ve read the script, so I should be familiar with it. Hopefully we can make a quick decision and finish the film before the New Year.”

All the celebrities smiled and expressed their kindness to Lin Zhigao, but they didn't get a response—the Asian boy was still in a daze and continued to wander, not to mention how stupid he looked.

Lady Gaga touched her unique hairstyle and joked: "Did I scare him?"

Jesse Eisenberg also looked at Lin Zhigao curiously. In this "Save the Earth", the cat he cultivated, Mr. Hans, is the character who fights the most with Mike, the voice of Lin Zhigao, so he cares a lot The performance of my partner, if they cooperate well, then everyone can stop work early, if they do not cooperate well, it will be a disaster for this film.

The director patted Lin Zhigao on the shoulder again, wondering what happened to him: "Lin?"

Lin Zhigao suddenly came back to his senses, stared straight at Bruce Willis, took a big step forward, held Bruce Willis's hand tightly and said: "Mr. I like you!"

The "tough guy of steel" who has been in Hollywood for many years shuddered suddenly, and a look of shock and fright appeared on his face, which always showed people a smile, which really surprised everyone around him.

Brad Pitt laughed uncontrollably, and for the first time he opened his mouth and said: "I think what Lin said is that he likes your movie very much."

Only then did Lin Zhigao come to his senses, his face flushed red, feeling extremely embarrassed.He immediately let go of Bruce Willis's hand, touched the back of his head, and said with a dry smile: "Yes, that's what I mean, I like your movies very much...don't worry, I have absolutely nothing to do with your own body Unreasonable thought!"

Bruce Willis finally regained his normal expression—the "tough guy posture" that Lin Zhigao is most familiar with, that kind of smiling expression that grasps everything, is extraordinary, and gently twitches the corners of his mouth. He nodded slightly to Lin Zhigao, He shook hands with him again: "Hello, Lin."

Lin Zhigao was very excited, and almost couldn't help but start to touch "John McLean". He held back his own, and then talked with Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Jesse Eisenberg Grid and others all said hello, and then sat down between Lady Gaga and Jesse Eisenberg.

In "Saving the Earth", Brad Pitt will play the role of Lion Redding. Among the "flying heroes" who save the earth, Lion Redding can be regarded as a leader.And Lady Gaga wants to match a reindeer Lina who is a bit nervous, gentle before transformation, and wild after transformation.

Clever and cunning, the Siamese cat, who usually plays a military role on the team, is played by Jesse Eisenberg.As for Bruce Willis, his rhinoceros gladiator is just as tough as his screen persona.

The voice actors were sitting in the recording studio, and the director was sitting outside with only a soundproof glass between them. After pressing a few buttons, the director looked up and asked, "Shall we try the sound first?"

Lin Zhigao knew that this must be said to himself, because several other people have already started dubbing, so they must have tried the dubbing long ago.So he immediately replied, "Okay."

A picture appeared on the big screen in the recording studio. It was the scene when Mike the Bulldog first came out.After retiring, Mike the bulldog lived a comfortable life in his home in London, but his years in the army left him not only with memories, but also with the living habits he has persisted for many years.Mike is a bit uncomfortable with such a leisurely and comfortable life, which makes his mind sometimes in a violent state, full of destructive desires, and the only way he usually vents his emotions is to play tricks on his master.

One day, Mike, who was squatting on the sofa watching TV, suddenly felt something was wrong, his home was invaded!

Desperate to get the intruders out, Mike went to find his military outfit—a top hat, bulletproof British three-piece suit, dog tags, and a machine gun.But Mike has been practicing for a long time, and his reaction is really a bit slow. When he hurriedly put on his equipment (one of the buttons on the vest collapsed because it was fastened too tightly), and appeared in front of the intruder, Mike But he found that the person who came was his old acquaintance, the Siamese cat Hans from the United States!

Hans also retired from the army. He served in the United States and was still a technical soldier. He often liked to command Mike when he was in the army. This made the proud Mike very unhappy, and he always put Hans in the position of an enemy and a friend. , Now that Hans suddenly broke into his home and startled him, Mike's attitude towards Hans naturally couldn't be very friendly.

Lin Zhigao had already figured out how to say this sentence when he was previewing the script. He brewed some emotions in his heart, stared at the screen, and when the sound effect appeared in the earphones, he immediately said into the microphone: "Get out of my house!" Get out, you bloody cat!"

"The voice line is very good, exactly what I want, that slightly hoarse London accent." The director commented: "It's just that the relationship is not quite right, you should be more grumpy."

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To bring a character to life through dubbing, three factors are indispensable: unique voice, abundant emotion, and precise positioning.

Dubbing is not broadcasting news, the standard "anchor tone" will become a disaster in the recording studio, because the uncharacteristic academic voice will dub all cartoons with different styles into one Tune in, so that the audience can't hear who is who without looking at the picture, and they can't have a deep impression on it after watching the cartoon.At present, most of the domestic cartoons have such disadvantages.

Hollywood's animation dubbing industry has such an advantage, that is, it has high requirements on voice lines, and the positioning of characters is relatively appropriate. For example, the role of Mike, because the character was born in London, requires the actor who dubs to be fluent. Cockney accent, preferably with an oriental accent, because Mike served in Afghanistan.Because Mike has a bad temper and often swears and swears, the voice actor should not be a dull middle-aged and elderly person, but a young person is best.

Lin Zhigao is very suitable for the role of Mike, both in terms of voice and positioning, but the only thing he lacks is emotion.

After being stopped by the director for the first time, Lin Zhigao tried to dub it twice, but it didn't work.He's not even an actor, he doesn't know how to use acting to put himself into a role, and among all the people sitting here, he's the only one who's a novice——

Brad Pitt once dubbed the "Super Villain"; Lady Gaga is a singer, the use of timbre is superb, not to mention that she herself has positioned herself as a completely male image JoCalderone, with a fine reindeer is simply not there and Jesse Eisenberg also voiced the protagonist Blue in "Rio de Janeiro"; the tough guy Bruce Willis is a veteran dubbing, and his last work was "Beyond the Hedge Wall" with Avril Lavigne. for the voice of a raccoon.

Seeing that Lin Zhigao couldn't get into the mood several times in a row, the director simply recorded for Brad Pitt and Lady Gaga first, and let Lin Zhigao ponder over the script by himself. After all, time is precious, and it is impossible for these big-name superstars to accompany Lin Zhigao. waste time.

Lin Zhigao stared at the script in frustration, his head was in a mess, and when he heard the voices of Brad Pitt and Lady Gaga that were seamlessly combined with the characters, his head lowered unconfidently.

"Hey, old man, don't be so grumpy. I have some good news for you, would you like to hear it?"

A cunning voice suddenly appeared next to Lin Zhigao's ear, the tone rose slightly, and it was actually three-point seductive.

Lin Zhigao immediately recognized that this was the line of his old friend Mr. Hans the Siamese cat after Mike appeared on the stage.He raised his head in surprise, and saw Jesse Eisenberg talking to himself while holding the earphones, and the expression on his face was actually three points of cunning and three points of city government.

Perhaps it was Lin Zhigao's expression that made Jesse Eisenberg satisfied. He joined Lin Zhigao, lowered his voice and said secretly: "Dubbing is actually very simple. If you really can't figure out the character's heart, just think about you." Do you have people with similar personalities around you? Just put yourself into their speaking habits and imitate them. If you think the atmosphere is not enough, you can also add some movements, no matter how exaggerated, as long as you can match the voice."

"...If the action is too exaggerated, what if you are laughed at?"

"Our job is to bring the animated characters to life. When the time comes, the audience who buys tickets to the cinema will not know what you are doing in the recording studio. As for other people? Everyone has some little habits when dubbing. Yes, as long as you can finish the work as soon as possible, you will be admired. But if you only drag everyone down, even if you sit in front of the microphone like a saint every day, you should disappoint the director, and he will still be disappointed."

As he said that, Jesse Eisenberg raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, opened his arms to face Lin Zhigao, raised his head slightly, and looked yearning: "Captain Mike, do you want to go back to the battlefield?" This is Siam When Hans the Cat started to seduce Mike, he said the first line. In the cartoon, Hans circled around Mike with an expression of welcoming guests, exaggerating his movements like dancing a ballet.

Substitute yourself into the habits of people with the same personality around you?This is a good idea.

So, who's more like Mike...a grumpy, proud, occasionally cranky pit bull...

"Lin, have you finished reading the script?" The director asked Lin Zhigao again after recording a scene between Brad Pitt and Lady Gaga.

"I think I can try." Lin Zhigao nodded, with a more confident expression than his original self.

The director pushed a few buttons and gestured "OK" to Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao closed his eyes, imagining the scene when Ronaldo lost his temper in his mind, and when the sound effect in the earphones came to mind, he immediately frowned and grinned, and said angrily: "Get out of my house, you **** s cat!"

"GOOD!" The director cheered: "That's how it feels! We can continue."

The author has something to say: Bob, the protagonist of The Incredibles.Cowboy Woody, the protagonist of "Toy Story".John McClane, the protagonist of the "Die Hard" series.