Chapter 25 Film Editing, Three Creations
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The movie is finished, and Wu Xiaozu doesn't have time to think about the of men and women. The most important thing in front of him is undoubtedly the printing, copying and post-production of the film.
The filming stage of the film is only the preliminary completion of the film's creation.
In the later stage, it also needs to be edited, dubbed, retouched, and color graded frame by frame, and then slowly take shape.
A full-fledged film, the shooting work is only the first half of the whole film process. It's just a part of the industrial process.
Editing is to reorder and select the director's shooting materials, and refine the creation for sublimation, so editing is a very important part of the entire film creation. It is not an exaggeration to call it the third creation of the film. It is on the same level as scripts and filming.
A decent film, edited by a skilled editor, can become full of ups and downs and fascinating. Conversely, a good movie can be ruined by a bad editor.
Golden Bear Award-winning film "Fireworks in the Day". Diao Yinan's aesthetic style is blue, cold, slow, and dull. But the audience didn't buy it.
Gold medal editor Yang Hongyu has a good rhythm control according to the suspenseful and tense storyline, which makes this literary and artistic stuffy film well recognized by the market and investors.
Dylan, a famous Hollywood editor, said that the editor is the rhythmic device of the movie, and the editing determines what kind of feeling the movie brings to the audience.
Of course, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. It is impossible to sublimate "I Know a Woman's Heart" into "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman".
There are many excellent editors in Xiangjiang, and the four famous editors of Xiangjiang who are famous in later generations began to emerge at this time.
The Mak editing team led by Mak Zishan, the gold medal editor Zhang Yaozong, as well as Jiang Quande, Zhou Guozhong, Chen Xunqi and others are all well-known editors on Hong Kong Island at this time.
Especially Zhang Yaozong and Mai Zishan should be regarded as the most familiar strangers to Hong Kong film audiences. Many classic movies are made by the two of them.
Of course, the limelight is also Xu Laowei's good friend in life, the versatile Hu Dawei.
"The True Color of Heroes", which has just set a box office record on Hong Kong Island, came from his scissors. It can be said that the success of "The True Color of Heroes" is inseparable from Hu Dawei's contributions.
Wu Yusen is adept at using slow motion in straight line tiling narratives to render his violent aesthetics. The plot of Brother Xiao Ma going to Fenglin Pavilion Restaurant to take revenge, the Hokkien song "Avoid Losing Your Ambition" rings in her ears, and a lot of slow motion is used in the picture to interpret the tone of the film.
When the audience watches this paragraph, they will feel a sense of epic ritual in their faces. is magnificent, rendering the characters and their feelings to the extreme, which immediately resonates with the audience.
In terms of editing, the editor needs to adjust each shot in detail, and Hu Dawei edited more than a dozen versions of this section of the initial cut and re-cut, and finally presented this classic lens language.
It's a pity that Wu Xiaozu can't afford these gold medals. He could only pull Qiu Litao and Liu Weiqi to carry out the post-work.
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In the editing studio, there was chaos, and three big men were together, complicating.
"It should be cut out here!" Qiu Litao held the scissors very simply.
"Pick! This long shot is so laborious when shooting, and now you tell me that you want to cut it?"
Liu Weiqiang puffed out his signature cheeks and didn't let a minute, "Do you know what a long shot is? This shot is full of sense, and it can well pave the psychological activities of the actor, of course it can't be cut!"
"Hit the street, such a long shot is placed here, it's not long at all, and it will affect the film festival, are you really shooting "Apocalypse Now"? Big brother, we are shooting a thriller. Naturally, you have to take care of the rhythm and atmosphere of the movie!
Qiu Litao annoyed Liu Weiqiang's big cheeks, "It's crooked, it's not a man." ”
"Long-haired Qiu, eat!" Liu Weiqiang took off his glasses and pounced towards Qiu Litao, who had his back to him, "I must have asked you to pee on today!"
Ping Pong.
Wu Xiaozu wore a headset, sat in front of the editing table, adjusted the soundtrack, and behind him was a big cheek gang, a long-haired man with a blue nose and swollen face.
Arrangement and soundtrack, Wu Xiaozu does not understand. But, Qiu Litao understands. Looking at his long hairstyle, you know that he was born in a band.
Although I don't understand, Wu Xiaozu can write... Ahem, copy the song.
The two songs "Senior Animal" and "Junkyard" were perfectly flipped through.
"Advanced Animals" is okay, the whole song is extremely calm, dissecting the internal organs of human beings, showing everyone indifference and cruelty.
"Junkyard" has a group of ridicule faces. The sentence "What you eat is conscience, and what you pull is all ideals" is full of hoarse anger and condemnation.
Back then, when he first listened to these two songs, Wu Xiaozu felt like he was listening to, and when he got older, he went back to listen to them, and he felt like he was alive like.
This kind of song with a slightly experimental nature is too much for Qiu Litao's appetite. directly ignited Qiu Litao's heart as a rock youth.
I took on the soundtrack work such as drumming and strumming the songs, and specially asked friends who used to play in the band to help make it. During this period, Wu Xiaozu asked Qiu Litao how much the price was, and was despised by this long-haired man. Then, I was relieved.
In his previous life, the three heroes of Moyan held a concert in Hung Hom, Hong Kong Island, and Qiu Litao was the director. Together, they dedicated the greatest rock music festival in the history of the Chinese music scene. The rock music in the mainland also shocked Hong Kong and Taiwan.
is different from Wu Xiaozu, a pseudo-rock youth, he is indeed a real rock youth!
When recording the song, Qiu Litao and Wu Xiaozu sang happily, but the people who listened to the song were very painful, especially the recording engineer in the studio, who stared at the two people with a constipated face, and regarded them as madmen. "Advanced Animals" is okay, it can only be said that it is cold and weird, but "Junkyard" is not acceptable to everyone.
But no matter what, the soundtrack and soundtrack of "Butcher on a Rainy Night" were successfully completed with the help of Qiu Litao and his friends. finally made Wu Xiaozu breathe a sigh of relief.
On Hong Kong Island, there are very few professional soundtrack directors, and many soundtracks for big Hong Kong film productions are handed over to RB people to produce. On Hong Kong Island today, there are only a handful of truly professional and top-notch film scoring masters.
Chen Xunqi, the owner of the film all-rounder and Yongjia Film Company, the two brilliant double saints of music masters Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, the master of folk music score, Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen, who are both good at lyrics and songs, and the music geek Teddy Robin, plus several people in the Hong Kong Island music circle.
Compared with the prices of the above soundtrack arrangements, Wu Xiaozu still thinks that Qiu Litao and his friends are better. It's even better than Huang Zhan.
As the editing got through the boring in the early stage, Wu Xiaozu also adapted to this rhythm. The cooperation of the three is also getting better.
After the film has undergone initial cutting, re-cutting, and fine editing, it has basically taken shape, and it is just the last round of comprehensive editing that a film can be officially completed.
"Brother Zu, isn't the transition here a bit abrupt?" Qiu Litao frowned suspiciously.
"Wouldn't it be better to have a close-up of the Bible?" said Wu Xiaozu.
"Let's go 3 seconds. Liu Weiqiao pushed the seat and slid to the side, "I'll go grab a shot to make up for it." ”
During the editing process, Qiu Litao and Liu Weiqiao often had disputes.
Qiu Litao pays more attention to the overall atmosphere of the movie, on the contrary, Liu Weiqiao emphasizes the sense of the film lens. This can also be seen in the difference between the two people's image style.
After three or four days of intense busyness, the finished product was completed. The speed is staggering.
When Wu Xiaozu, Qiu Litao, and Liu Weiqiao walked out of the editing room, their faces were greasy, their bodies were tired, and their sweat was sour. But my heart was very excited. Summoned Liang Jiahui and Fei Cheng to watch "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" in the humble viewing room next to the editing studio. Seeing the appearance of everyone screaming again and again, Wu Xiaozu smiled slightly. There is a strange sense of accomplishment.
After watching the movie, everyone was very excited, the film was unexpectedly exciting!
There is a record-setting and hot box office stall. Then, punched Wu Yusen, kicked Hong Jinbao, knocked down all the big noses, and took the toothpick directly-connected-killed, and the momentum was violent.
However, as soon as he came out of the hole, he was doused by Jiang Jiahua with a basin of cold water, and the spirit and ambition that had just risen were extinguished.