"Attention of all units!"

"One mirror, once!"

"start!"

With Zhuke's order, the entire "Explosive Drummer" crew members immediately started to move.

Lighting, photography, etc. were aimed at the actors on the stage as soon as possible.

At night, in a dim music practice room, future Academy Award winner Damien Chazerre plays Andrew Neman, the first-year-old male lead in the play, who is only 19 years old.

At this moment, Andrew practiced the jazz drum set alone.

Born in a single-parent family, he aims to become a top jazz drummer with the goal of legendary musician Charlie Parker.

Bang bang bang ~

The sound of drums being beaten is endless.

At this moment, in the school’s regular band, Fletcher, who was known as the “devil mentor”, suddenly came in.

Seeing this, Andrew couldn't help but stop.

"What's your name?" asked the bald Fletcher in a plain tone.

"Andrew, Andrew Neiman!"

Bald Fletcher continued to ask, "What grade?"

“Freshman.”

Bald Fletcher: "Do you know who I am?"

"I know, sir!"

Bald Fletcher asked, "So, do you know I'm looking for a musician?"

"Yes, sir."

How can I not know about the bald Fletcher, known as the devil's mentor, Andrew, who is determined to pursue his musical dream?

Undoubtedly, Andrew really wanted to join Fletcher's band.

"So, how do you stop?" Fletcher said lightly.

Andrew understood and immediately picked up the drumsticks and beat the drum music he was best at again - "whiplash".

In fact, the name of the movie "Breaking Drummer" is actually the biggest easter egg in the whole movie.

"The Breaking Drummer" is called "whiplash" in English, and whiplash     meaning "whiplash" means "whip rope; the top of the whip; whiplash". In the film, the song that the protagonist Andrew constantly practices is also "whiplash".

"Fortunately, I have watched this movie more than once in my previous life. Even now, I still clearly remember a lot of drum beats. In addition to the help of the legendary character Bob Dylan, I finally restored the whiplash. No, it's even better." Zucker said in his heart as he looked at the performance on the stage.

In the original time and space, the drum music of "whiplash" was created by director...well, it was created by Damien Chazerre, who now plays the leading male lead.

Damien Chazere, a future academic master who graduates from Harvard University, is not a futile reputation.

Bang~bang~bang!

The music of drums kept resounding in my ears.

Zucker watched their performance attentively.

"Have I asked you to continue playing (drums)?" Fletcher said.

"Sorry, I thought you were saying why I didn't fight?" Andrew was a little nervous.

"What do you mean when you sit there like a monkey? Show me your basic skills." Fletcher's poisonous tongue attribute triggered, and he also took off his jacket coat.

Hearing this, Andrew could not sit still, and he was a little excited at the moment.

“Double Rock.”

"Double, what I want is double, double up!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up~ Hurry up..."

Andrew was like a puppet, completely following the instructions of the devil's mentor Fletcher, and was beating the drums with high fighting spirit.

But!

After a drum set, Andrew looked up and saw... Fletcher is no longer in the music practice room!

He left!

Suddenly, Andrew was very discouraged.

He was very, eager to join the Fletcher band!

Dong~~~~

At this moment, the door of the music practice room was pushed open again and Fletcher came in again. At this moment, Andrew's heart rekindled hope.

"Oh, I forgot to get my coat."

Fletcher suddenly disappeared, leaving the male protagonist Andrew to complain here.

"Click..."

Zhuke shouted to stop.

"Simmons, you are indeed an old actor. Not only do you get into the role in seconds, you have a very good grasp of rhythm and facial expressions." Zhuke praised.

Upon hearing this, Simmons smiled and said, "Thanks to Mr. Wald for his praise. Although I have never played any important roles in my acting career, I have participated in the shooting of more than 50 movies. Well, I admit that they are almost all supporting roles with limited lines."

Simmons cherished this performance opportunity very much.

In the movie "Spider-Man", Simmons played the boss of the newspaper where Spider-Man Peter Parker is located. Although there are still not many shots, he made this role one of the highlights.

Look, in the future "Spider-Man" series, he won the role of newspaper owner.

"Damion, your performance is completely ineffective. The male protagonist Andrew will show nervousness when facing the devil mentor Fletcher, but what about you? You are really nervous! And it's really nervous outside the character." Zucker criticized.

"Mr. Wald, I'm sorry, I'll be OK!" Damien promised loudly.

He did not make excuses because this was his first time in a movie, but accepted it very calmly.

Zhuke nodded secretly: "It is not unreasonable that he can become the Academy Award winner for Best Director in the future."

The first audition failed!

There is nothing, how many shots can be seen in one shot? Most of the good Hollywood movies are made of failed auditions.

Of course, even if this performance is successful, Zucker will shoot a few more.

Haven’t you seen the great director James Cameron, in order to strive for excellence, as long as it is a scene, no matter how good or bad the result is, at least 5 shots will be shot.

In his words: "If you don't force them, they won't know the energy contained in them!"

Zhu Ke deeply agrees.

......

The shooting continues.

Andrew got his wish, and he finally joined Fletcher's orchestra.

But on the first day, Andrew deeply felt the strictness of the Devil Mentor. No, it should be strict!

All rhythms and pitch must be correct. No matter how rapid the rhythm is, Fletcher can hear a very small difference. Any mistake will be kicked out of the band.

Even if Fletcher's demands reached a rigorous level, Andrew tried hard to practice trying to get the recognition of his mentor.

"Charlie Parker was forced out by his teacher at that time with a cymbal on his head," Fletcher said.

Soon, Andrew felt the "care" from his mentor Fletcher.

"Shit!"

"I've told you the story of Charlie Parker, how did he become the legendary musician Charlie Parker? Joe Jones smashed a cymbal in his head!"

“Like this!!!”

Boom~~~~

Because of a bad beat, Fletcher threw the chair at Andrew and beat the beat with his face.

The expression is extremely fierce!

The male protagonist Andrew was shocked!

Unwillingly, Andrew returned home and practiced until he bleeded, and couldn't pick up the drumsticks.

"Extreme and paranoia are commonalities among many artists."

Andrew's extreme and paranoia also gave him opportunities. In the assessment performance, he was ordered to replace the core drummer who had to read the music score to play.

Because of this opportunity, Andrew passed the assessment and took over the position of core drummer.

.........

One night, Andrew met Fletcher at a bar.

Fletcher said a sentence that woke Andrew up: "There are no more two words in English, which are more harmful than the two words "good".

Only extreme and paranoia can reach the peak!

.........

15 days passed in a blink of an eye.

The movie "Breaking Drummer" has completed all the shooting stages.

Compared with the original time and space, director Damien Chazerre's 19-day shooting cycle is several days shorter. It's not that Zucker is awesome than him, but because Zucker's crew is much better than Damien's turf team.

After all, Zucker is the boss of Wald Films. Who doesn’t revolve around Zucker?
Chapter completed!