My Hollywood System

Chapter 173:

Chapter 173:

Working with newbies was constantly exhausting for directors, even if they were talented. In Will’s case, he had to experience this quite a lot. In [Sherlock Holmes], Robert had a lot of experience working in movies but never in a significant role.

And in [Liberty city], Leo was trained and mentored by Robert, and his talent was immense. Both the cases weren’t similar to [Friends].

It was because most actors had never worked on the set before, and they were feeling quite nervous with the entire live audience thing in their minds.

Will had to pay special attention in some scenes to calm their nerves. And then, with time, the actors improved quite a lot.

After a few days, the crew got used to it and tried to do every scene as smoothly as possible. At first, they had this issue of not knowing the personality of the role they’re playing, but later on, the character became a part of them. Will felt it through their dialogues and acting, and the main reason was how adaptive they were as actors.

The next scene was Ross’s and Monica’s parents being introduced to the show for the first time. The scene was hilarious, considering how perfect they expect Monica to be.

“So, the character’s personality was explained before, but I’ll go again. Judy Geller is someone who affects Monica a lot. She can be taken as someone who is cheerfully critical of Monica. From Monica’s body parts to everything, if she sees something lacking, she’d make fun of it,” Will explained.

The actors that Will had finalized for Judy and Jack Geller were two actors who both were experienced in acting in TV shows. Marina Walt, who acts as Judy Geller, was funny even if met in person, and Frank James, who was chosen to be Jack Geller, looked to be in his 40s and had a similar personality as Jack. They were A-list actors.

They both had reputations for being funny and making the jobs of directors easy in the field they acted in, which was TV shows – sitcoms.

“Okay, are we ready?” Will asked.

Everyone, including Monica, Ross, Judy and Jack, said yes to Will. He walked back to get his seat in the chair labelled as ‘Director’ right in front of the screen and got ready to start the scene.

“Quiet on the set, please,” Will commanded while everyone, including the people present as a live audience, went into pin-drop silence.

After three-four commands, he finally gave it in to start the scene.

“Action!”

“Oh, Martha Ludwin’s daughter is gonna call you,” Judy said and tasted a snack. “Mmm! What’s that curry taste like?” She asked.

“Curry,” Monica said dead serious, but everyone laughed.

“Mmmm!”

“I- I think they’re great! I, I really do,” Ross said in support of his sister. Ross bent down to taste what his sister made.

“Do you remember the Ludwigs? The big one had a thing for you, didn’t she?” Jack, seated with a leg on top of the other, asked Ross. Ross stood up with a low grunt, and his mom answered for him.

“They all had a thing for him,” Jude chirped in.

The camera caught how smug Jude looked, and then the camera focused on Ross, who sat beside his father on the couch.

“Aw, Mom..” Ross said, chewing what he was eating before.

“Camera 02, Monica,” The cinematographer said while the camera focused on Monica.

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‘The Legends’ was a top music band that created music and theme songs for many famous shows. Will thought of hiring them to create the [Friends] theme song. It was an entire piece of art that can make all the fans of [friends] hum along or sing along. Therefore, he wanted to do it right, so Will took matters into his hand and tried to compose it.

He had to go through a lot while talking with the band and studio and adjusting every instrument now and then. Even though a slight string was played differently, Will demanded to change it.

Will, Oliver, the music producer; Liam, who sang and Joseph, the editor, sat in front of the final product they made.

“Let’s go,” Joseph said, and music started tuning in.

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

Your job’s a joke, you’re broke

Your love life’s DOA

It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear

When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month

Or even your year, but

I’ll be there for you

(When the rain starts to pour)

I’ll be there for you

(Like I’ve been there before)

I’ll be there for you

(Cause you’re there for me too)

Will paused the song right there.

“Can we reduce the volume of the lines ‘When the rain starts to pour’? I mentioned before, too, that I want them to add up to the main voice in the background. Also, can we make it four claps at the start instead of five?”

“Oh yes, sir, sorry, my bad. I remember you emphasizing the claps; I will edit it,” Joseph said and started doing things on his computer.

In the original theme song, the claps were iconic. The four claps took a considerable turn which wasn’t entirely intentional while the music engineer was trying to compose it. It was just the producers trying to put the finishing touches on the song, and near the start of the song, according to their first plan, it was supposed to be a drum fill. That was a super short drum solo that fills in a gap between musical phrases.

But since they couldn’t find the drum fill that had been recorded, the recording engineer came up with the idea to do the hand claps.

Since Will was a fan of [Friends], he couldn’t let the mistake of five claps happen at the start.

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