America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 393 Good Man Old Bu
After officially signing the contract with the crew, Martin ignored everything else and immediately plunged into the preliminary preparations.

Benjamin Button's styling was much more difficult than any other role he had played before.

Industrial Light & Magic sent a special effects team of dozens of people to Paramount Studios.

During the first half month after Martin joined the crew, his work was all about cooperating with the special effects team on modeling.

Mainly using his face.

In the special effects room, Eric, the project manager of Industrial Light & Magic, led Martin to sit in front of an instrument and said to the operator, "Get ready."

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

Eric instructed, "Martin, move forward, put your chin on the rest, and look directly into the camera. We need to model your smile when you are old."

Martin nodded: "No problem."

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

He has a strong ability to adjust himself, and said decisively: "I'll adjust for a few minutes."

Eric and his team have done special effects capture modeling for many movies. It is normal for actors who are accustomed to traditional performances to find it difficult to adapt to special effects capture performances for a while.

Modeling is a very delicate job and you can't be impatient.

Not everyone is as talented as Andy Serkis.

Martin stood up, walked back and forth a few times, and asked Eric again: "Can you save a lot of makeup when shooting?"

"It can save you a lot of time. You don't have to stick on the non-breathable silicone every day, and you don't have to wear a headgear." Eric suddenly brought a hat over: "Wear this when the time comes. We will generate the hair and other effects through post-production special effects."

When Martin saw the color of the hat, his face was as green as the hat, and he asked, "I remember that we can use a blue screen?"

Eric said, "If the lead actor has blue eyes..."

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

Eric would not argue with a celebrity over such a small matter. He took a closer look and found that Martin's eyes were indeed dark brown. He said, "There is no difference between green and blue."

Martin said, "Blue."

Eric nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone prepare it. Wear a blue hat during the photo shoot."

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

Although Eric didn't understand, he felt the goodwill that Martin showed and 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 camera are automatically generated into corresponding models through Industrial Light & Magic's professional software.

When the actual shooting begins, Martin's face can be put into the special effects model.

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

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

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

At the end of the day, Eric walked Martin out of the special effects room and said, "This week, the main focus is on sampling and modeling your expressions, and next week the focus will be on your words and actions."

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

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

Martin said: "This is my first time to really get involved in special effects shooting. If there is anything I am not doing well, please point it out in time."

Eric smiled and replied, "You adjusted quickly today. Just keep up the good form you had this afternoon."

The two men left Benjamin's studio, and Martin joined Bruce. After waiting for a while, Thomas came out with the representatives of Coca-Cola and Briony in Los Angeles.

A few people went to a nearby cafe and had a brief chat.

Coca-Cola will still sponsor big-budget films starring the leader of the Coca-Cola Cult.

Brioni will sponsor the costumes of several major male characters.

The savings and commercial revenue for the crew can add up to millions of dollars.

David Fincher chose Martin. Acting skills and audition were just the basis; the commercial considerations behind it were the key.

Except for a very few with holes in their brains, which director doesn't want his or her movie to sell for a good price?

After seeing the two business representatives off, Martin and Thomas got into the Escalade driven by Bruce.

Thomas answered a call, and after hanging up, he said to Martin, "Elizabeth Olsen's agent, who is also from WMA, called and wanted me to do her a favor. Elizabeth Olsen is going to audition for a role in Benjamin's crew, Caroline, the daughter of the heroine Daisy, as a teenager."

Martin remembered this role. He didn't have many scenes, and was only slightly better than an extra. He probably had less than 20 lines in total. After post-production editing, he might just be a background board with a face.

He thought for a moment and said, "If it's not too much trouble, I'll help you."

Thomas nodded, "I understand."

Martin didn't need to ask for this little thing. As an agent, he could easily get a few actors with small roles into the group with just one word. Martin was Thomas' biggest trump card and reliance.

Thomas immediately started making a phone call, and by the time he got off the bus at Century City, he had basically settled the matter.

Martin shook his head secretly, it seemed like he hadn't seen Elizabeth Olsen for a while.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel so angry about Nicholson and Leonardo.

When I kicked these two bastards' butts, I didn't kick them lightly. I should have stuffed a big firecracker behind each of them!

Martin wondered how he could get them to take a ride on a homemade plane.

Bruce suddenly said, "We go from West Hollywood?"

"Okay." Martin agreed first, then asked, "Take a detour? Old Bull, what do you want to do?"

Bruce turned the direction and said simply, "Kim's video DVD came out yesterday. There's a Sacred Valley store in West Hollywood that specializes in selling this type of film. Let's stop by and take a look."

Martin became interested: "Go, you must go!" He shouted: "Old Bull, do you want me to talk to Jenna and ask her to nominate you for the AVN Best Newcomer Award next year?"

Bruce disagreed: "I didn't even show my face."

"It doesn't matter whether you show your face or not." Martin laughed: "Just show your dick!"

Bruce raised his hand and gave the bastard in the back seat the middle finger.

Martin accepted the middle finger and gave him his reward: "Old Bull, don't you think about it, if you don't take an award, will you be worthy of Hart and Ivan? Will you be worthy of Sofia's careful teaching?"

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

Seeing that he had replied, Martin was not willing to let it go easily: "There is no direct relationship, but there must be an indirect relationship, right? Think about it..."

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

Martin became obedient and immediately shut his mouth, but he was planning in his mind that he must ask Jenna about AVN later.

The Escalade arrived in West Hollywood and parked near the Spike Theater where the AVN Awards were held, across from a tape rental and sales store.

At this moment, a large poster was hung above the store, with the words "the hacker video is officially on sale" written on the poster. The picture did not use any part of Kim Kardashian, but one could tell it was Kim Kardashian as soon as one looked at the shadow on the poster.

The DVDs and videotapes released by Jenner's company were claimed to have come from so-called hackers and had nothing to do with Kardashian.

A long queue formed in front of the store, with hundreds of people waiting to enter the store to buy. Among them were some entertainment bloggers who, in order to attract attention, wore specially made T-shirts with words like "Jin I Love You" written on them.

These smart people have already figured out the passwords and tricks of traffic from the Kardashian hacker incident.

Martin watched for a while. As the time to get off work approached, more and more people joined the queue.

The fact that there is a queue outside means that the store has reached its capacity to accommodate as many customers as possible.

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

Martin said casually: "Golden became rich, don't you want a share from her?"

"Just split it." Bruce thought about how he had used the most outstanding part of Kim for several years, and he had a little conscience: "Just consider it a breakup fee."

Martin gave Old Bull a nice guy card: "I didn't expect you to be such a nice guy."

Bruce's next words exposed the essence of the matter: "No matter what, Kim is Khloe'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 Bull, you are the shrewd one."

Bruce was too lazy to deal with this scumbag, so he started the car, drove onto the main road, and left West Hollywood.

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Century City, WMA headquarters.

Thomas got out of the elevator and before he reached 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've helped us a lot. Benjamin's crew just called and asked Liz to go directly to the makeup audition. As long as Liz's acting skills are not a problem, she will most likely get the role."

She dropped one hand behind her and waved.

Elizabeth immediately took a few steps forward and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ryan."

"You're welcome, and you don't need to thank me." Thomas is a mature agent who knows where all this comes from. He specifically said, "Martin asked me to do this."

Martha replied, "I will thank Martin in person."

Elizabeth was surprised and whispered to herself, "So Martin has always remembered me."

She returned home disappointed that night, hoping that Martin would take the initiative to ask her out again, just as he often went to Louise's house. Martin did call her several times, but did not ask her out.

Unexpectedly, Martin had been secretly watching over her.

Martha vaguely heard something but didn't hear it clearly, so she asked, "Liz?"

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

(End of this chapter)