Chapter Seventy-Nine: Upgrades

After the filming is completed, the rest of the short film is post-production. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info As his own test work, in post-production, Xiao Yao did not plan to fake others, but prepared to cover all the post-production work by himself.

In terms of editing, because it is shot directly with a digital video camera, it also saves the trouble of conversion, and all the materials are directly imported into the computer and edited with special editing software. Xiao Yao has learned from the director of the MV before, and he has also tried to shoot the MV himself, and he is already familiar with both software operation and editing techniques.

In terms of soundtrack, Xiao Yao, who is a music creator himself, did it himself. Xiao Yao not only remembers the songs of his previous life, but also remembers a lot of pure music works and famous film and television soundtracks. I have been studying music for so many years, that is, in order to be able to reproduce any piece of music that I have an impression in my mind at any time in my previous life. This short film originally had the original version of the previous life, and Xiao Yao recalled it carefully, and he was able to restore all the original soundtracks and install them directly. In addition to the soundtrack containing the cello that sets off the atmosphere at the beginning and end of the original version, the background music made by the protagonist in the middle section borrowed from the music of the protagonist playing the piano, Xiao Yao also made some substitutions according to his own ideas. Especially in the middle part where the dancers dance, because Cheng Xi's dance movements are completely different from the original version in her previous life, Xiao Yao still specially matched her dance movements with another piano music.

In terms of dubbing, in addition to the protagonist played by Xiao Yao, only the piano shop owner played by Lin Shaohua, the dancer played by Cheng Xi and the old woman in the final murder room have dialogues in the whole short film. The shooting scenes of these three people are all indoors, and the live sound is good, so there is no need to find them to dub again. The only scene where the live sound is not very good is the section on the road, but in that scene, only the protagonist speaks, and the narration of the entire short film is the protagonist's voice, so only Xiao Yao himself needs to re-record the dubbing.

The short film is a story in a modern city, so the picture does not need any special effects. The only two places related to special effects are Cheng Xi's foot as a dancer and Xiao Chengru's corpse, which both belong to the scope of makeup special effects, which have been done during filming, and there is no special effects work in the later stage.

After considering it in this way, Xiao Yao felt that the post-production could be done by himself, and he would no longer pretend to others. Making a movie is a very money-burning thing, even if it is a short film, even if there is no expenditure on the actor's salary, the capital investment in other aspects adds up to a lot. This short film has no commercial prospects, and naturally there are no investors, all the expenses are paid by Xiao Yao himself, and the shooting costs in the early stage have hit Xiao Yao's account a lot, and the cost of post-production can naturally save a little bit. Anyway, the short film can't be released, and he is not in a hurry to publish it on the website, and there is time for him to grind it slowly by himself.

There are two months in the whole summer vacation, in addition to participating in TV shows and making short films, Xiao Yao also has a very important plan, that is, to take advantage of the holiday to go to the United States to meet Sun Tingting. It has been nearly five months since Sun Tingting went to the United States in March, and the two of them have not seen each other for nearly half a year. Although they are often contacted through online video and phone calls, text messages, etc., it is still different from standing together face-to-face and walking hand in hand. Chambers Conservatory of Music does not have a summer vacation, Sun Tingting did not come back from the holiday, of course, only Xiao Yao, who was on vacation, flew over.

A few days after the filming of the short film ended, and the post-production was not completed, Xiao Yao went to book a plane ticket to New York, USA.

Xiao Yao was only ten years old when he first went to New York, and his parents bought him a first-class ticket for a direct flight from Yanjing to New York. Now that so many years have passed, Xiao Yao has taken a lot of international flights abroad, and he can be regarded as experienced, so naturally he doesn't have to be a direct flight, he has to take first class. Therefore, when booking tickets, Xiao Yao, who has recently spent a lot of money for making short films, also booked a cheaper ticket. This so-called cheaper ticket is not only for economy class, but also for a connecting flight in London.

Xiao Yao's flight to the United States to see his girlfriend naturally does not need to be accompanied, but it is impossible to go secretly, in addition to his parents, the agent and assistant still have to be notified.

When he received the call from Xiao Yao, Fang still happened to be with Pei Minyi, a new makeup artist and assistant in Xiao Yao's private team, and introduced to her some job responsibilities and precautions as Xiao Yao's assistant. After hanging up Xiao Yao's phone, Fang still stretched his hands to Pei Minyi and said, "Xiao Yao called just now, he went to the United States alone, and it is estimated that he will stay for about a week before he comes back." ”

"Huh?" Pei Minyi said with some surprise, "He went to the United States alone? Why don't we go with him? Aren't we his assistants, his agents, and his makeup artists?"

"He went to the United States to see his girlfriend, not to work, so what are we going to do?" Fang still said, "Unless he needs help, he won't let his assistant follow him when he does his own personal affairs." When I was going to do the show, he was in charge of booking air tickets, but this time, he even booked the air tickets to the United States, so obviously he didn't need us to follow. ”

"Then he's gone, what are we doing this week?" asked Pei Minyi.

"What do you like. Fang still smiled, "Anyway, the salary he gives you won't be less." When he goes to the United States, he will definitely not look for you temporarily, and it doesn't matter if you take on any other work by yourself. To be an assistant to him, he has no objection to doing other jobs part-time when you are fine, as long as you guarantee to be there when he needs it. It's mid-August, and when he comes back from the United States, it won't be long before he starts school. There is military training in the first month of school, and Shen Xi's military training is directly pulled into the army, and he definitely doesn't have anything to do in terms of work, so I estimate that you will have to be idle for at least more than a month. I told you, being his assistant is actually very leisurely. ”

"Then you still find an assistant for him?" Pei Minyi said puzzled.

"The point is that this guy is quite idle when he's idle, and he can't score when he's busy. Fang still said helplessly, "He came back from the United States as an exchange student in June last year, and now it has been more than a year, how many things do you calculate how much he has done? And this year is still his third year of high school." He's going to college soon, and it's much easier in terms of academics and time than in the third year of high school, who knows what he'll do in acting, so I can't find him a good person in advance and help him prepare. ”

Fang still said that Xiao Yao would not find an assistant for private matters unless he needed help. It is reflected in the fact that although Xiao Yao did not plan to let Fang still and Pei Minyi go to the United States with him, he still let Fang still drive to the airport. Xiao Yao, who has already obtained a driver's license, has not bought a car for the time being, the company's car allocation is still driving by the rationing party, and there are only two cars in the family that are one for each parent, and there are no extra cars at home, so Xiao Yao does not want to trouble his parents to see him off, so only the troublesome party is still the assistant to run.

After waving goodbye to Fang in the airport parking lot, Xiao Yao carried a big guitar bag and a simple backpack, pulled a not too large suitcase, and walked into the airport hall alone to go through various check-in procedures.

Xiao Yao has rich experience in traveling, all the procedures are done quickly, and he is lucky not to encounter the unpacking inspection when he passes through the customs and security check, and he himself arrives at the airport relatively early, so when the flight notice starts to board, Xiao Yao also boarded the plane very early, put away the luggage, and sat in his seat.

Although the economy class is not as good as the business class and the first class, but after all, the international flights are large passenger planes, even if they are economy class, they are not as tight and uncomfortable as the economy class of domestic flights.

Since the first time he went to New York to participate in the Eva show, most of Xiao Yao's trips abroad are due to follow Chen Xuan to take pictures, Xiao Yao will always find himself a bunch of various background information of the shooting project to see on the plane, this rare flight to the United States is purely to find a girlfriend to play, Xiao Yao doesn't need to see any more information, so after settling himself, Xiao Yao closed his eyes in the seat and put on headphones to pretend to sleep.

However, for Xiao Yao, who was seated next to the aisle, this was actually not a very good choice, because soon a passenger with a seat in Xiao Yao boarded, nudged Xiao Yao, asked him to get up and give way, and let himself in.

Xiao Yao didn't actually fall asleep, he just closed his eyes and was thinking about the post-production of the short film in his head, so as soon as someone touched him, Xiao Yao immediately opened his eyes.

"Sorry, we're inside the seats, please let us in. Standing in front of Xiao Yao was a young woman who looked to be in her thirties, carrying a medium-sized travel bag in one hand and a cute little girl of seven or eight years old in the other. Both men had white faces with brown hair and blue eyes, and the woman spoke English.

This is an international flight, and the people who take this flight are either going to London or New York, and it is estimated that most of the people on the plane are foreigners, so it is not surprising that Xiao Yao saw these two foreigners.

"Oh, good. Xiao Yao agreed in English, took off the earphones from his ears and hung them around his neck, stood up and let him go into the aisle. Seeing that the young woman let the little girl into the seat, and opened the luggage compartment above to put the luggage, Xiao Yao hurriedly took the bag in the woman's hand that seemed to be not light, "Let me help you." ”

"Thank you!" the young woman smiled and nodded in thanks, handed the bag in her hand to Xiao Yao, and went in to sit down with her daughter.

"Xiao Yao?" Just as Xiao Yao put the young woman's bag and closed the luggage compartment to sit down, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and this time, it was Chinese that came into Xiao Yao's ears.

"Sister Xi?" Xiao Yao looked back and found that there was a tall woman standing in front of him, and although the other party was wearing sunglasses on his face, Xiao Yao still recognized it as Yin Xi.

"It's really you," Yin Xi took off the sunglasses on his face, looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Where are you going?"

"I went to New York and had a connecting flight in London. Xiao Yao replied, and also took off the sunglasses on his face, "What about you?"

"I'm going to London, and there's a business event where I need to be present. Yin Xi replied, and then asked curiously, "Aren't you about to start school? What are you doing in New York? Do you have any photography projects?"

"No, it's still early to start school, I'm here to see my girlfriend. She studied at the Chambers Institute of Music in New York," Xiao Yao laughed, "They didn't have a summer vacation and couldn't come back, of course I flew over." ”

"I know, it's called Sun Tingting, right? Reading Chambers is so good," Yin Xi praised with a smile, "Sure enough, your demonic girlfriend is not an ordinary person." ”

"When it comes to single-mindedness, she's better than me. Xiao Yao said, "I mean in terms of musical instruments, she specializes in violin, unlike me who learns all musical instruments." ”

"By the way, why are you sitting here?" Yin Xi said strangely, "The position in front of this flight shouldn't be nervous, even if you can't buy first class, at least you can buy business class, how do you take economy class? Do you want to ask the purser if you can upgrade?"

"No need. Xiao Yao scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "The expenses have been relatively large recently, so you have to save a little." ”

"Are you still short of money?" Yin Xi glared, then waved his hand and said, "I'll help you upgrade." With that, Yin Xi turned around and was about to go to the purser who was standing in front of the plane to greet the passengers on board.

"Don't," Xiao Yao hurriedly grabbed Yin Xi and said, "I'm really a little tight on hand, but it's not that I don't even have the money to upgrade to a cabin, in fact, I just took the opportunity to experience the feeling of taking economy class, it's the first time I've grown so big." ”

"But how uncomfortable it is to sit here. Yin Xi still frowned and looked at Xiao Yaodao.

"It's okay," Xiao Yao said, "I'm not the kind of pampered daughter, when I used to go to take landscape photos with Chen Xuan, I tried to sleep in the open, and people can sit with such a small child, why can't I sit? Xiao Yao pointed to the little girl sitting inside.

"Okay, then I don't care about you, let you experience life. Yin Xi, who knew Xiao Yao's temperament, finally nodded and said, "But if you feel uncomfortable, come to the front, and I'll help you upgrade." I was in the first class 2A position, not long before takeoff, and the next seat is still empty. ”