American fame and fortune

After officially signing the contract with the crew, Martin didn't care about anything else, and immediately devoted himself to the preparatory work.

Benjamin Button's styling has been far more troublesome than any of his previous roles.

Industrial Light \u0026 Magic has stationed a special effects team consisting of dozens of people in Paramount Studios.

Martin's work in the first half month of joining the team was all about modeling with the special effects team.

Mainly use his face.

In the special effects room, Eric, the project director of Industrial Light and Magic, led Martin to sit down in front of an instrument, and said to the operator: "The preparations have begun."

The face-shaped platform automatically turned around and stopped in front of Martin.

Eric confessed: "Martin, you move forward, your chin is on the bracket, your eyes are looking directly into the camera, we need to model the smile of old age."

Martin nodded: "No problem."

This is different from a live performance. It is also the first time for Martin to experience it. He was not used to it at first, and the effect of the motion capture lens was not very good.

He has a strong self-regulation ability, and said decisively: "I will adjust for a few minutes."

Eric led the team to do special effects capture modeling for many movies. It is normal for actors who are used to traditional performances to have difficulty adapting to special effects capture performances for a while.

The modeling work is very delicate and cannot be rushed.

Not everyone is as talented as Andy Serkis.

Martin stood up, walked back and forth a few times, and asked Eric again: "When shooting, can a lot of makeup be omitted?"

"It can save more than half of the time. You don't have to stick silicone that is not very breathable every day, and you don't need to wear a headgear on your head." Eric suddenly brought a hat over: "When you wear this, hair and other effects, we will Generated through post-production special effects."

Martin saw the color of the hat, and his face was as green as the hat. He asked, "I remember it's okay to use a blue screen?"

Eric said: "If the protagonist's eyes are blue..."

"I'm not blue." Martin pointed to his pupils: "I'm dark brown."

Eric didn't care about such trivial matters with celebrities. After a closer look, he found that Martin's eyes were indeed dark brown, and said, "There is no difference between green and blue."

Martin said, "Blue."

Eric nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone prepare and wear a blue hat when shooting."

Martin gave him a thumbs up: "Smart decision."

Although Eric couldn't figure it out, he felt Martin's kindness and immediately smiled back.

Martin relaxed, and sat back in front of the capture camera. This time he quickly found the state, and under Eric's reminder, he made various expressions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy.

The expressions captured by the lens are automatically generated by the professional software of Industrial Light and Magic to generate corresponding models.

When it comes time to actually shoot, just put Martin's face on the special effects model.

Compared with real shooting that takes three or four hours a day to put on makeup and has various restrictions, digital technology saves time and effort for the crew and actors.

There will only be fewer and fewer directors who insist on real shooting like Nolan.

In the afternoon, Martin put on the blue hat prepared by the crew and tried the shooting effect.

At the end of the day's work, Eric accompanied Martin out of the special effects room, and said as he walked: "This week, the main thing is to sample and model your expressions, and the focus of next week is on words and deeds."

Martin replied: "No problem, I have made a lot of preparations during this time."

Eric accompanied him out of the studio: "We had plenty of time to finish before shooting started."

Martin said: "It's the first time I've really come into contact with special effects shooting. If you don't do well enough, please correct me in time."

Eric replied with a smile: "You adjusted quickly today, just keep in good condition in the afternoon."

The two left Benjamin's studio, Martin met Bruce, and after a short wait, Thomas came out with Coca-Cola and Brioni's representatives in Los Angeles.

Several people went to a nearby coffee shop and chatted briefly for a while.

Coca-Cola will still sponsor the big-investment movie starring the leader of the Coca-Cola cult.

Brioni will sponsor the costumes of several of the main male characters.

These cost savings for the crew and the commercial income they bring can add up to millions of dollars.

When David Fincher chose Martin, acting skills and auditions were only the basis, and the commercial considerations behind it were the key.

Except for a very small number of fools, which director doesn't want his movies to sell for a good price.

After sending the two business representatives away, Martin and Thomas boarded the Escalade driven by Bruce.

Thomas answered the phone, hung up and said to Martin: "Elizabeth Olsen's agent, who also belongs to WMA, she called and asked me to do a favor. Elizabeth Olsen is going to audition for the Benjamin crew. A character, Caroline, daughter of the heroine Daisy, Caroline in her teenage years."

Martin remembered this role, and it didn't have many scenes, so it was slightly better than the extras. It was estimated that there were not 20 lines in total.

He thought for a while, and said, "If it's not too troublesome, please help me."

Thomas nodded: "I see."

There was no need for Martin to speak about such a trivial matter. As his agent said, it was a breeze to bring in a few actors who played small roles into the group.

Martin is Thomas' biggest hole card and reliance.

Thomas immediately made a call, and by the time he got off the car in Century City, the matter was basically settled.

Martin shook his head secretly, as if he hadn't seen Elizabeth Olsen for a while.

Thinking of this, Nicholson and Leonardo couldn't help but get a toothache from anger.

At that time, I kicked the ass of these two bastards lightly. They should put a large kicker behind each of them!

Martin wondered how he could get them on a dirt plane.

Bruce said suddenly, "Are we going from West Hollywood?"

"Yes." Martin agreed first, and then asked, "Detour? Old Bu, what do you want to do?"

Bruce turned around and said simply: "Jin's video DVD was launched yesterday. There is a Sacred Valley store in West Hollywood that specializes in selling such films. Let's go over and take a look."

Martin became interested: "Go, you must go!" He yelled: "Old Bu, do you want me to communicate with Jenna and ask her to apply for an AVN Best Newcomer Award for you next year?"

Bruce didn't take it seriously: "I didn't even show my face."

"It doesn't matter if you show your face or not." Martin laughed: "It's fine to show your face as a bird!"

Bruce raised his middle finger to the bastard in the backseat.

Martin took his middle finger and gave him a reward: "Old Bu, don't you think about it. If you don't win an award, you are worthy of Hart and Ivan? Are you worthy of Sophia's careful teaching?"

Bruce still thought the first sentence was normal, but when the latter sentence came out, his nose was crooked, and he emphasized: "This has nothing to do with Sophia! It has nothing to do with it!"

Seeing his reply, Martin would not let it go easily: "There is no direct relationship, but there is an indirect relationship, right? Think about it..."

"Shut up!" Bruce threatened flatly, "If you keep talking, I'll drive into a light pole."

Martin was honest, and immediately shut his mouth tightly, but he was thinking in his heart that he must ask Jenna about AVN later.

The Escalade came to West Hollywood and stopped near the Spike Theater, where the AVN Awards were held, across from a cassette rental store.

At this moment, a large poster hangs above the store. On the poster, it says that the hacker video is officially on sale. The picture does not use any part of Kim Kardashian, but people can tell that it is Kim Kardashian just by looking at the phantom of the poster. Shan.

The DVDs and videos released by Jenna's company claimed to be from so-called hackers and had nothing to do with Kardashian.

There was a long queue at the entrance of the store, and there were hundreds of people waiting to enter the store to buy. Among them were some entertainment bloggers, in order to gain attention, wearing special T-shirts with words like "Jin I Love You" written on them.

These smart people have already learned the password and tricks of traffic from the Kardashian hackers.

Martin watched for a while, and as the off-duty time approached, people joined the queue one after another.

Queuing outside means that the number of customers in the store has reached its limit.

Bruce silently counted and said, "It seems to be selling well."

Martin said casually, "Jin is rich, don't you want a share from her?"

"Forget it." Bruce thought of using the most prominent part of Jin for several years, and he had a rare conscience: "Let's treat it as a breakup fee."

Martin sent a good person card to Lao Bu: "I didn't expect you to be such a good person."

Bruce's next sentence revealed the essence: "In any case, Jin is Kohler's biological sister, and we will see each other often in the future."

Martin nodded, and said seriously: "It turns out that I was wrong, Old Bu, you are the one who is scheming."

Bruce couldn't be bothered to talk to this rotten guy anymore, he started the car and drove onto the main road, leaving West Hollywood.

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Century City, WMA Headquarters.

Thomas got out of the elevator, and before he got to the office, he saw Elizabeth Olsen and her agent Martha coming to the door of the office.

Martha came over and said, "Thank you, my friend, you have helped us a lot. The crew of Benjamin just called to let Liz directly participate in the audition with makeup. As long as Liz's acting skills are not a problem, she is very likely to get this role."

She put one hand behind her and beckoned.

Elizabeth immediately stepped forward and said, "Mr. Lane, thank you."

"You're welcome, and you don't need to thank me." Thomas is a mature manager who understands where all this comes from, and said specifically: "Martin asked me to do these things."

Martha answered: "I will thank Martin personally."

Elizabeth looked surprised and whispered to herself: "It turns out that Martin has always remembered me."

She came back disappointed that night, thinking that Martin would take the initiative to ask her out again, just as he was as attentive as he often went to Louise's house, but Martin called her a few times, but he didn't ask her out to meet.

Unexpectedly, Martin has been secretly paying attention to her.

Martha vaguely heard something, but couldn't hear clearly, and asked, "Liz?"

Elizabeth smiled sweetly: "I have known Martin for many years, and Martin even saved me."