In the movie, Colin and his party packed their luggage excitedly.
They can't wait to prepare for this rare tour.
Little by little, I watched the lead singer Colin grow from a lonely and silly big man to become better and better, and also watched the audience who had already poured a certain amount of emotion into them involuntarily from the creation and development of this sand sculpture band, at this time, He couldn't help but slightly raised his lips and looked at the screen with a smile.
Soon, the band entered a busy state of tour.
On the first day of the show, Sammy used about ten long takes to document their lives.
During these ten minutes, he dazzled and played with the photographer to the end.
Aim at the lead singer Colin, take his daily life as the main line, there is no cut in the middle, and the camera is not switched at all, all in one go!
The first two minutes:
In the narrow corridor leading to the stage, the four of Hello walked forward together.
The lead singer Colin walked at the forefront, excitedly facing the camera, as if interacting with the audience in the movie theater: "You know what? I've been longing for this all my life, standing on the stage!"
Then, he looked at the teammates around him and shouted energetically: "Brothers, we will shock the audience tonight, won't we?"
Guitarist Jon smiled confidently, raised his hand and struck him.
The drummer smiled and said nothing; the bassist whistled from the side: "Shock the audience!"
The camera pans immediately, towards the stage.
About three minutes is the performance: a lively and noisy audience, huge volume, intense music, and the four members are drenched in sweat as the four members perform hard on the stage.
Then there is one minute:
The camera followed the four figures and slowly moved down from the stage.
They were covered in sweat, their hair was wet, and their faces were exhausted.
The staff next to him hurriedly stretched out his hand and handed Colin an oxygen mask, allowing him to inhale oxygen.
The camera pans again.
Two minutes for the after-show party, champagne, beer, vodka, strippers…
The four members of the Hello band are like bumpkins entering the city, looking stupidly at this never-before-seen, colorful world.
In the shaky footage, the audience can clearly see that they are surrounded by a group of people at a loss, but due to entertainment and communication problems, they are not so reluctantly forced to blend in, and are persuaded by the people around them to drink heavily , sing in a mess when you're drunk!
At the last minute, the camera chases Colin's back.
He staggered all the way back to the hotel room and fell into the bed, tired and sleepy, lying down completely.
last minute:
Early the next morning, Colin was woken by a huge knock on the door.
He was sitting on the bed in a daze, holding the quilt with a splitting headache, especially painful.
The staff outside the door continued to knock on the door.
At the same time, he also shouted: "Come out for rehearsal! Familiar with the stage, it's time to rehearse! Get up, get up!"
The music sounded again, and the utterly mourning singing sounded.
- Do your best, lose yourself, and live on a meager salary.
The camera suddenly began to rotate rapidly.
The feeling of dizziness in circles seems to be the world that is spinning after Colin's lack of sleep and drunkenness.
However, this effort did not pay off.
Normally, the main purpose of participating in the tour is to expand the influence and fame of the band.
But at the same time, the band is more or less able to earn a little performance fee.
But what I didn't expect was that after a year of hard work for the Hello band, instead of making money, they lost money.
They got into an argument with the organizers of the tour.
- Cost of performance? What is the cost of the show? Why should I pay you for the show? We agree to your participation in the tour, which is to promote for you. We haven't asked you to help with the promotion expenses!
"Hey, where is the scene that we made up later?"
When seeing this paragraph, Mickey couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Sammy, who was sitting next to him, nodded.
Then, he leaned over and bit his ear in a low voice: "Little Kerry doesn't like me making some plots too straightforward."
Mickey didn't understand, but silently sighed again: "Humans are too complicated."
But he still didn't want Sammy to find out his ignorance. On the surface, he still pretended to know everything, looked at the screen with a solemn expression, and used the old method of trying everything, that is, 'If you don't know what to say, praise it. He's always right', and said sincerely, "Not everyone is as honest as you are."
Satisfied again, Sammy introduces the underage Fire Dragon as a lifelong confidant.
In the film, the quarrel between the band and the tour planners continues.
-what? What's up with these bills? Why do we have to pay for the hotel and meals
-You guys are not famous, you can only pay for the tour at your own expense, of course, we will not reimburse you.
- But, you invited us here!
—Yes, but we didn’t say room and board included? Wait, don't go, don't go, you still have bills, come and settle them. On XX, XX, the lead singer Colin drank a glass of milk in the background, a dollar, the guitarist Jon and the bassist Kahn took two bottles of beer, XX dollars, the drummer Gaelin ate a piece of pizza...
this moment…
Everyone in Hello listened to each other's bills, dumbfounded.
The lead singer Colin even couldn't help but muttered to himself: "Aren't you fucking kidding me?"
Obviously not.
Because, even more exaggerated,...
They even charge for the toilet and even a blank piece of paper to write a playlist.
Such a group of people are staring at them to ask for the account.
The four members of the Hello band are pitifully like weak girls being bullied by bullies.
The audience was also a little indignant for a while.
They couldn't help but whispered from below: "Why is this! They don't give money after the performance?" "Have those touring bands really been treated like this? Are these things real?" "Why does this happen? "
On the screen, the lead singer Colin took out his pocket, which was empty and had a hole in it; the guitarist Jon threw his wallet out without taking any immediate losses, but when he opened it, there was only ten dollars in it; the bassist Kahn flipped through it. After rummaging through his luggage, he found nothing; drummer Guerin clutched his drumstick and said nothing.
In the end, these poor and useless fools were thrown on the road because they had no money to pay the bills.
The four people, carrying heavy luggage and tattered and worthless second-hand musical instruments, struggled on two legs in the scorching sun.
But because it is still far away from the nearest city, if you walk, you might have to walk for more than two days and two nights.
So, in order to take a ride, the group of funny people started a permutation activity on the road.
The lead singer and the guitarist stood on the side of the road together to stop the car; the bassist stopped the car alone; the drummer and the bassist stopped the car together; the guitarist and the bassist stopped the car together... The cars on the road whizzed past one by one, and there was no No intention to stop, just leave them with a look of dust.
They were tired, hungry, and exposed to the sun.
This scene is really funny and sad.
Therefore, the audience in the theater laughed at first.
After the laugh, they began to sigh again.
The band's bad luck didn't stop there.
In the second year after the tour, they finally got a chance to release a record, and the record sold really well!
However, the music industry is simply not as glamorous as outsiders see it.
In the past, 99% of the bands worked for nothing, the money was taken away by the company forever, and even the world-famous Beatles could not own the copyright of their own music.
so…
—Mr. XX, you should pay me $200,000 for our last record. When will I get the money
— No, no.
The conversation is over.
This is a common occurrence when bands face record companies.
A lot of bands don't get the money they deserve.
And what's interesting is that they often don't deal with it.
Because the company's financial staff will record all the money that should be paid to them in the account book, clearly and clearly, and the number is accurate to two decimal places, which is not a lot. Moreover, they will smile and say from time to time: "Congratulations, you have made a lot of money this month, and the number has increased!"
- The numbers have grown again!
Yes, all they see are numbers.
Of course, everyone in the band is not a fool, and no one can accept a life without pay for a long time.
But record companies also have a set of very skilled countermeasures.
In that regard, they don't treat well-known band members too badly either.
Because once the contract is signed, they will give all the members of the band basic living expenses, buy cigarettes, buy alcohol, and even pimp for them, coaxing and holding them every day, treating them like gods.
During this period, the well-known band members would give whatever they asked for.
So, whenever something is missing, just make a phone call: "Hey, I'm XX from XX band, I want a XX license car to play with, can you get me one?"
No more than one night at the latest!
The next day, the band members will definitely find the car they want on their doorstep.
Home delivery with complete documents.
Nothing could be more intimate.
But the problem is...
Want cash? no way! Never have a door!
However, they will not speak so directly, but will find various reasons to perfunctory.
The sales statistics of what albums have not been released yet, and the bills will not be settled until the end of the year; what companies have capital turnover, and there is no way to withdraw cash in large quantities; what in order to avoid paying too much tax at one time...
In a word: what do you want, I will buy it for you first, and the money must be saved in the account.
A lot of musicians who don't have a lot of shrewdness will be confused by this kind of operation, and they will be confused by the splendor of the surface.
They will think: "This is also very good. If you want anything, someone will send it to you as soon as you open your mouth. There is absolutely no need to buy it yourself, which saves a lot of trouble."
So the record company quietly swallowed their money.
Once the band starts to go downhill and is not as famous as it used to be, it becomes difficult to get what you want.
"Hey, I'm XX from XX band, I want a XX brand car to play with, can you get me one?"
"Not now, in a few days, in a few days."
Then, after a few days, it turned into a few months, half a year...
At this time, bands often come to their senses and realize that 'money is still the most useful in their own hands'.
So, they re-find the company and want to settle their previous earnings.
But it was too late.
The financial department will still smile and take out the account books and a bunch of statements, and carefully calculate the income and expenses for them, and the accounts are still clear and clear.
Just count to the end...
Everyone in the band will be stunned to find that not only has the company not owed them money for so many years, but in turn, they may still owe the company a lot of money!
At this time, the company often expresses magnanimously: For the sake of working together in the past, the money owed will not be investigated!
The band members all fell into an odd silence...
Where is the money spent
For the vast majority of musicians who are not good at economics, this will evolve into a major worldwide problem.
If the above-mentioned bands are unlucky, but they still enjoy the good life of 'according to requests and stars holding the moon' when they are prosperous, then the Hello band belongs to a worse level-the money has been swindled, and they have not enjoyed it for a day .
These four people are too honest and too bullying!
Although they can dress strangely and have weird hairstyles, although they sing heavy and powerful heavy metal rock that is especially noisy and noisy, although they can make all kinds of exaggerated actions on the stage to please and even detonate the audience...
But in real life.
They were honest people who were even pointed at the nose by the neurotic old lady, pulled their long curly hair, and yelled at 'not serious people'.
Record companies dealt with them the same way they did with other musicians.
But because of the tour experience, they didn't dare to ask for anything. For two years, the four of them didn't ask for anything except for basic living expenses.
But it's no use.
Some things are not necessarily true, and a pile of evidence is presented. You did not do it, but you did it.
After one record, the band soon fell silent again.
Some lawyers wanted to help them file a lawsuit, but the four of them couldn't even pay the lawyer fees.
Moreover, they are the kind of people who are completely confused by a few words.
The record company ramblingly said 'this is what you drink, two years ago, you had a bottle of wine, it was expensive, the bill was right'.
Smart people often ignore the three-seven-two-one, and resolutely refuse to admit 'I haven't drunk it, you are talking nonsense, you are making up your mind'.
And honest people will foolishly think 'did we drink'? Then, try to find evidence that you didn't drink it two years ago.
That must be impossible to find.
After being said a few more words, they seem to vaguely think, 'Could it be that I really drank it'
The crux of the question is have they ever drank
The crux of the problem is clearly that the record company does not pay the copyright fee!
But these four honest fools just couldn't figure it out, and were completely misled.
In the next episode, they even repeatedly mentioned the bottle of Schrödinger's wine, and the mantra became: 'I really don't remember drinking that bottle. '
At lunch - I really don't remember drinking that bottle of wine, and if so, why on earth would I drink more expensive wine than a lunch
At work - I really don't remember drinking that bottle, and if so, why on earth would I drink more than my monthly salary
While singing - I really don't remember drinking that bottle of wine, and if I did, why on earth would I drink it... Forget it, I'll sing first.
When meeting the fans - I really don't remember drinking that bottle, but I decided to quit drinking.
Scenes of pictures flashed across the screen.
Whenever four people... probably the fifth or sixth time, absurdly and a little pitifully repeating the phrase 'I really don't remember drinking that bottle of wine', the audience below couldn't help laughing out loud. .
To make matters worse, the band began to fight infighting.
It's not just those bands that have become popular because of the uneven distribution of spoils, no, it's because of the unfair distribution of interests and conflicts.
Poor bands often have the troubles of poor bands.
They have had infighting, and the level of ping ping pong pong is no less than those of the popular bands.
During a rehearsal one day, guitarist Jon suddenly made a statement that seemed calm and sane.
He believes that everyone has done everything they can now, but they are still unsuccessful after so many years, and they are probably doomed to fail. So, why don't you use your good time and energy to do something else, why do you have to hang on the tree of a rock band and disband.
The lead singer Colin looked at him in disbelief, and impulsively went up and punched him!
But guitarist Jon was naturally unwilling to be beaten, and immediately fought back.
The two of them fought in the house, completely tearing their faces.
They blame each other.
Colin accuses 'Jon is selfish, he just wants to have a good life himself, but he wants to abandon everyone';
Jon was a little more ruthless, shouting 'who is to blame for this' in hatred, and he began to count the unfortunate experiences of the band with reason, accusing 'Colin as a leader, who is not qualified... those contracts, those who were cheated Experience after experience, choices that should not have been wrong, are decisions made by Colin'.
Colin was shocked to hear the accusations.
Then, he couldn't refute at all, and burst into tears: "But what can I do? I don't know anything! When you encounter something, how can you come and ask me what to do? Who am I to ask? A normal person too, man! I've done everything I can, but in the end... it's a nightmare! I just want to sing a good song, I'm just a normal person who can sing!"
All heroism comes to an end when you find yourself just a normal person...
On the stage, the singer who looks like a beautiful singer and the leader of the entire team is just an ordinary man who will cry after being accused by his brother of not going well for his career.
Jon was silent for a moment.
The bassist and drummer looked ahead in confusion.
The lights flickered on and off, and the lead singer could vaguely be heard muttering sadly: "I'm not a fucking star at all, I'm just a singer."
On the screen, guitarist Jon's eyes suddenly turned red.
He was half-kneeling on the ground, his head bowed.
The camera moved closer to him.
In a close-up, a tear slowly slipped down his cheek from the corner of his eye, and then he turned his head with tears in his eyes, as if he didn't want people to see his embarrassed appearance.
The emotion of the lead singer Colin on the side is completely extroverted.
He was lying on the wall, pounding the wall with his fists, crying unabashedly, like a child with grievances, crying so desperately and painfully, the enthusiasm and happiness that he once had seemed to be drained and evaporated from his body. , completely disappeared.
The drummer and bass player stood bewildered.
The camera moved unnoticed, recorded such a scene silently, and displayed it on the big screen.
This is the most difficult scene in the entire film.
Mick's acting skills are high, but when he shoots, his skills are too obvious, and he will lose his sincerity.
But fortunately, he is an actor who has been famous for many years. He has his own set of ways to regulate his emotions. As long as Sammy mentions a little bit and directly expresses the effect he wants, he can go back and think about it and study it, and he can basically complete the seven or seven Eighty-eight, very worry-free;
Mickey never got into the show, especially the crying scene.
It's not that he doesn't want to cry. Dragon doesn't have as many complicated thoughts as humans. It's kind of masculine to cry. He's never heard of it at all. He simply can't cry.
It was not until Sammy helped him to brew his feelings, thought about sad things together for a long time, and occasionally mentioned the sentence 'I heard that your father robbed all your property', that Xiao Huolong was completely sad and heartbroken, Can't persuade.
This is what is now on the screen.
Two people stand and sit one by one, different postures, the same sadness.
Throughout the film, there are countless bad things that the four of Hello have encountered along the way.
But in Sammy's filming, there was magically no sadness at all, because the four were always positive, as if nothing could ever bring down their dreams as long as they had dreams.
If you don't have money to play music, you can work first to make money. Even if you move bricks on the construction site, you can immediately use it to play music if you earn enough money;
If you don’t have time or energy, then you don’t do anything other than music. Twenty-four hours a day, you don’t even have a girlfriend. When you are in your thirties, you are still four bachelors;
Get scammed, get angry.
But the focus of attention is 'Did we drink that bottle of wine?'.
Be cheated of the copyright of the song, angry!
But as long as there are still fans singing their songs, the brothers feel that their work is not in vain, happy!
But now, all the beautiful falsehoods have been shattered!
It turns out that they are not the indestructible body of King Kong...
How many people can still be obsessed when they are down and out
How many people can still stick to their original aspirations when they are repeatedly attacked
How many people are going to smash into the wall and smash their heads with this fake dream
There was silence in the cinema.
Everyone looked at this scene on the screen with a heavy heart.
"Alas, alas!"
Even the audience sighed uncomfortably, but didn't know what to say.
Finally got to the last step...
The band disbanded.
The four fools who have been chasing music all their lives go back to their respective homes, those who should go to the construction site to move bricks, those who should go to the kitchen to cook, those who drive rentals continue to drive, and those who work in the slaughterhouse also sharpen their knives all day long. The rooster who barked but couldn't lay eggs rushed over.
The world returns to its original state.
Ordinary people are returning, forgetting the dazzling brilliance on the stage, forgetting the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, and forgetting the moment when the music starts, the whole person is as refreshing and excited as drinking cold beer on a hot summer day!
but!
how is this possible!
After seeing the sea, who can still look at Xiaohegou;
Climbing a high mountain, naturally, you look down on the small dirt slope at the door.
Everyone in the Hello band went around in a daze and spent half a year in confusion.
In the end, they still can't give up music.
This series of plots is also moving forward rapidly.
But there is only one small detail that Sammy insisted on staying, and personally liked it very much.
Lead singer Collins was saddened.
In the end, he still ran to tell his elderly mother in pain: "Mom, I still want to sing."
Colin's mother looked at her only son, and after thinking about it, she calmly accepted the fact: "I see."
As a result, the faint flame that had been extinguished in Colin's eyes ignited again.
This is a rare situation in reality.
But it really happened, and it was said casually by Colin in reality.
Sammy liked it so much, he shot it.
Or rather, he admired Colin's mother's attitude, which was nice.
I don't know since when, pursuing what I like has become a non-mainstream phenomenon.
Conversely, those who are pragmatic, self-possessed, and responsible seem to get more praise and praise from people.
Of course, pragmatism, self-discipline, and sense of responsibility are all good qualities.
But sometimes, there is no need to let everyone live the same way.
For Sammy, life doesn't have to be so harsh.
Isn't the progress of social civilization reflected in more and more tolerance
What encouragement and support can be given without being excited;
But there is no need to shout and disapprove.
Just…
Just accept it calmly.
Good results, bad results.
Naturally, it will be borne by those who want to pursue their dreams.
Some attachments seem silly and silly.
only…
The world is so big.
Why can't there be room for a few idiots chasing dreams
Life is so long.
Don't even have time to sing a few songs together