Chapter 170: Contrarian
"In this movie, Mojana's actor is still successful, and she has basically fulfilled my requirements for her, and my personal performance is also in good shape, so now I see that this is not up to standard or because of the editing problem. ”
"The movie itself is about romantic encounters, some shots have to be a little lingering, and some shots don't need it, which you should understand as an assistant director who has been with the group?"
"Let's re-cut it, control the details of the micro-details, and control the time to about 100 minutes, understand?"
The movie on the conference room screen has been frozen, and because it is an uncut version, there is no cast, no credit, only a shot of Morgana sitting on the train at the end.
Gan Jing watched the 120-minute movie with four people and paused to give advice, and he nagged for nearly four hours, and his throat hurt a little.
He took a sip of water, glanced back at Mo Jiana's beautiful face, turned off the playback expressionlessly, and finally looked at the assistant director Xia Yan, who had already cut and revised the work.
"Or am I going to cut it?" Xia Yan asked, and when he saw Gan Jing frowning, he immediately said, "Understood." ”
"Cheng, then let's do it today, and summarize my opinions to Mr. Chu. Gan Jing pays more attention to the title on formal occasions, Chu Hui was born in Baishi Film and Television as an assistant to himself, and he was suddenly promoted to pay attention to the details.
The two photographers got up first and said goodbye and left, they were poached to sign a long-term contract training, and this time they participated in the editing meeting to have some experience.
"Director Gan, do you have to cut so tightly in time? I think there are a few shots that can be enriched according to your ideas. Xia Yan took the notebook and asked.
"You have to learn to control your time. Let's put it this way, a picture that is covered with 100% elements is not necessarily better in terms of expression than a picture that is 90% covered. You have been studying abroad for so long, and it makes sense for Western art to talk about the concept of space and the focus of perspective, but the blank space in our Chinese paintings is also very tasteful. Gan Jing talked eloquently and pinched it with his hands, "You look at the respective extensions of the last shots in this movie, in fact, it is blank. In addition, the theater chain also likes 100-minute films, and more shows can be released every day. ”
Xia Yan nodded slowly and said, "I'll think about it again." ”
Gan Jing smiled, he likes students who love to think, Xia Yan's posture is very good, she wants to learn fishing, not to hand herself a fish step by step.
The curtains in the conference room were pulled back, and the lights were already on outside.
The scenery of the capital at night is very beautiful, even if the office area rented by Blu-ray Culture is not good, looking out from a high-rise perspective is also a rare artistic conception that makes people feel emotional.
The three of them watched a movie in the conference room for an afternoon, and they were all in a good mood at the moment.
"Director Gan, I was invited to see your movie two days ago. Xia Yan changed to a less frustrating topic.
"Let's go, talk as we go, go next door and finish dinner and go back. I have someone in my house with a child today. Gan Jing thought about it for a while and knew that she was talking about "Murder Hunting", "When I first screened, I read other people's evaluations, but I didn't expect you to watch it too." ”
"Recently, it seems that Kang Run is announcing the screening, so I went to take a look. Xia Yan smiled, "I didn't expect to see Director Gan's performance, and the final shot was quite shocking." ”
Xia Yan stopped suddenly, the last scene of "Hunting for the Murderer" ended directly with a black screen after the murderer committed suicide, isn't it just a blank space, well, it's okay to say that it is black......
"Director Gan, your last blank space is also very good, and the effect is really good. ”
Gan Jing looked at the assistant director's happy expression, which was a little funny, but he also understood that this returnee Xia Yan is not like she has learned everything and touched everything, and there is no restriction in her thinking, and the education she received in film is the Western one.
Some points of view are not obscure, and they are often easy to understand, but no one points them under the inherent trajectory.
"I haven't actually seen their release yet, so it seems that I'll have to contribute a few tickets when it comes out. Gan Jing laughed, "What do you think the box office can do?"
Xia Yan entered the elevator and pondered slightly: "I don't think it will be a loss." ”
Gan Jing was a little speechless: "The reputation is very good, will you lose money if you give one?"
"I heard that there is a production cost of 80 or 90 million, and the box office has to be close to 300 million to protect the capital. After Xia Yan came back, she had a study on the domestic market, and she said, "In the past five years, it's too early, there is no reference significance, do you guess how many police and bandit themes have passed 300 million, 200 million, and 100 million?"
Hey, that's a blind spot.
Gan Jing casually guessed: "Two, three, four." ”
"No, zero, zero, zero. Xia Yan snickered.
Gan Jing looked at her sideways, his expression was a little serious, this joke was not funny, he said slowly: "I am thinking about the next film to shoot a police and bandit theme." ”
Xia Yan's eyes widened a little, and he tentatively said, "Are you kidding?"
Gan Jing grinned: "Just kidding." ”
Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Hui, who had been silently beside her, sighed, she knew about her boss's new plan a few days ago, and some of the money may be about to arrive.
Xia Yan heard Chu Hui's sigh, and his expression gradually stiffened: "Do you shoot or not?"
The elevator door opened, and Gan Jing stepped out: "I don't look at the subject matter when I make movies, I only look good at the bad." ”
Xia Yan looked at Chu Hui.
Chu Hui nodded, and said helplessly: "The boss never wants to make movies normally, just toss." ”
Xia Yan: "...... It's a contrarian trend!"
The so-called, those who follow the trend escape, and those who go against the trend work.
Soon, this won the de facto proof.
If it weren't for the policy slogan, Kangrun Film and Television would not have chosen to shoot a police and bandit-themed movie, so after "Hunt for the Murderer" was publicized and word-of-mouth, producer Hu Zhuo was very hesitant when he received an investment invitation from Gan Jing.
This one hasn't been done yet, and there is another police and bandit theme?
Hu Zhuo was very hesitant, should he refuse immediately or refuse again after two days?
In the end, in order to avoid the strong self-esteem of an excellent actor and director who has just made achievements, Hu Zhuo said after a week that after the company's research, there is no plan to do similar themes for the time being.
Gan Jing felt a little nerve-wracking about this, he didn't think there was a problem with the one-week rejection time, big companies, it's normal to go through the process, the problem is that the few film and television companies he knows don't seem to have much will.
You must know that "Infernal Affairs" must need film and television resources if it wants to be filmed, which is not like "Love Before Dawn" two or three big cats and kittens are rectified.
What's worse, the budget investment is not smooth, the role screening is not smooth, and my current face is not big enough for big names to reduce salaries and adjust schedules to join the crew, so, how to do it?
If you want money, you don't have money, you want people, except for a handsome face, it's just a lot of things to do.