Post Production Details
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Arthur glances up from his computer.
TV SCREEN
Shannon, brittle for her age, speaks into a mike. Beside her sits Tommy Stone.
SHANNON
(on TV)
...Due to the overwhelming demand, additional shows are being added whenever and wherever possible.
TRACK IN to Arthur who is stuck, watching.
TV NEWS
(off-screen)
According to a spokesman for the tour, six additional Anaheim shows sold out in a record fifteen minutes.
Suddenly he races back to his computer.
On computer screen, CLOSE UP across Slade’s birth-name:
THOMAS BRIAN PATRICK STONINGHAM SLADE.
TRACK INTO the names ‘THOMAS ... STONINGHAM’
Arthur stares at the screen.
He looks back at the TV set. FAST PAN/ZOOM INTO TV screen.
SHANNON
(on TV)
Regrettably, Mr Stone only has time for a few brief questions this morning as he is scheduled to catch a plane to Zurich –
REPORTERS
(on TV)
Tommy! Tommy! Tommy!
TRACK INTO screen, as music flares. Tommy Stone bears a marked resemblance to Brian Slade.
Arthur has a revelation when he sees Shannon speak at the press conference while doing research on Brian Slade's name change. He recognizes her, as any true Brian Slade fan would, as Brian's assistant, but audiences apparently were not able to see that. Christine Vachon explains why that post-orgy shot of Shannon crying was inserted here after test audiences reacted to the film, It's a shock seeing your movie with people who haven't seen it before. ... Things you think are totally obvious turn out to be incomprehensible. ... In Velvet Goldmine, the audience had no idea who Shannon, Brian's increasingly formidable assistant, was – her style changed so radically from scene to scene that they didn't recognize her. We had to hold on her longer in certain shots, and to reshoot some footage to emphasize her more. Many fans have debated why Arthur would flashback to her at the orgy since that could not logically be his memory, but since this was a plot problem discovered in post production it might have been the most expedient way to solve it. If he could have foreseen the problem, the meticulous Mr. Haynes would have probably made a wonderful NME mockup of Brian and his assistant to have laying about the Creatures flat.
Esoterica- The mention of Tommy having to catch a plane to Zurich is a nod to Bowie taking up residence in Switzerland for tax purposes.
Arthur glances up from his computer.
Shannon, brittle for her age, speaks into a mike. Beside her sits Tommy Stone.
...Due to the overwhelming demand, additional shows are being added whenever and wherever possible.
TRACK IN to Arthur who is stuck, watching.
According to a spokesman for the tour, six additional Anaheim shows sold out in a record fifteen minutes.
Suddenly he races back to his computer.
On computer screen, CLOSE UP across Slade’s birth-name:
THOMAS BRIAN PATRICK STONINGHAM SLADE.
TRACK INTO the names ‘THOMAS ... STONINGHAM’
Arthur stares at the screen.
He looks back at the TV set. FAST PAN/ZOOM INTO TV screen.
Regrettably, Mr Stone only has time for a few brief questions this morning as he is scheduled to catch a plane to Zurich –
Tommy! Tommy! Tommy!
TRACK INTO screen, as music flares. Tommy Stone bears a marked resemblance to Brian Slade.
Arthur has a revelation when he sees Shannon speak at the press conference while doing research on Brian Slade's name change. He recognizes her, as any true Brian Slade fan would, as Brian's assistant, but audiences apparently were not able to see that. Christine Vachon explains why that post-orgy shot of Shannon crying was inserted here after test audiences reacted to the film, It's a shock seeing your movie with people who haven't seen it before. ... Things you think are totally obvious turn out to be incomprehensible. ... In Velvet Goldmine, the audience had no idea who Shannon, Brian's increasingly formidable assistant, was – her style changed so radically from scene to scene that they didn't recognize her. We had to hold on her longer in certain shots, and to reshoot some footage to emphasize her more. Many fans have debated why Arthur would flashback to her at the orgy since that could not logically be his memory, but since this was a plot problem discovered in post production it might have been the most expedient way to solve it. If he could have foreseen the problem, the meticulous Mr. Haynes would have probably made a wonderful NME mockup of Brian and his assistant to have laying about the Creatures flat.
Esoterica- The mention of Tommy having to catch a plane to Zurich is a nod to Bowie taking up residence in Switzerland for tax purposes.
