At the end of October, Zhou Bai met Chen Xunqi and Lin An in the capital, these two are strictly counted as filmmakers of different eras, Chen Xunqi became famous earlier, became famous in the 80s, is a famous film director, producer, actor and action film actor, musician in Xiangjiang, if you say all-rounder, he can be called a representative of the Xiangjiang film circle.

Lin An became famous late, only temporarily emerged a few years ago, served as the editor of the movie "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" starring Li Lianjie in 93, won the Golden Horse Award for Best Editing, and is a very powerful editor, Zhou Bai will star in the movie "Hero" next year She served as the editor, and later Xingye's "Kung Fu" was also edited by her.

Lin An is handsome and has a gentle temperament, Chen Xunqi has a striking mustache, they are all staff from Xiangjiang, the editor Lin An was found by Zhou Bai himself, and Chen Xunqi was recommended by the director Chen Jiashang.

I have to say that because of the early commercialization of movies in Xiangjiang, many experienced workers in commercial films have been trained over the years, Zhou Bai originally wanted to find an editor in China, but he found that he fell into the embarrassing situation that the master couldn't be invited, and the general one couldn't watch it, and then the famous one hadn't grown up.

"Mr. Chen, Miss Lin, the next post-production work of the film will depend on you. Zhou Bai took the two of them to the studio of Beijing Film Studio and said.

"Don't worry, Zhou Sheng, we will work hard, film work is a tedious job, I hope we can cooperate happily in the future." Chen Xunqi said happily.

"Well, I hope we have a good time working together, both of us are well-known people in the film industry, and it is an honor for us to have you to help me. Zhou Bai said with a smile.

"Zhou Sheng has won the award, but you won the actor at a young age, and the future is limitless, I hope we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future, it should be me who relies on you. Lin An was not restrained, and said very happily.

"Director Chen, I brought the people, you don't seem to be in good spirits, did you sleep late yesterday?" Zhou Bai walked in with the two of them, and found Chen Jiashang rubbing his eyes there, looking sleepy-eyed.

"If you're here, then I'll be relieved, and I'll be waiting for you to see it. Chen Jiashang saw Chen Xunqi and Lin An, went over to shake hands with them and said.

"I was busy until two o'clock in the morning yesterday and didn't get enough sleep, and the post-production work of this movie was very tedious, which gave me a lot of headaches. Chen Jiashang said embarrassedly, which can be regarded as explaining Zhou Bai's question.

"Director Chen, have you tried to handle the camera yourself? You've been talking about it for so many days, and the arrival of these two should make you breathe a sigh of relief. Zhou Bai was also very embarrassed, he originally wanted to take these two over earlier, but he didn't expect that the work at hand had not been completely finished, so he waited for a few days.

"That's good, if I have to cut it, I'm afraid that I won't be able to give up those wonderful shots, and I will edit the film into a feature film of more than three hours, which is the result of work, and it is really difficult to cut these painstaking works. Chen Jiashang said that these movie materials add up to dozens of hours, all of which were filmed with hard work, and if he edited it himself, many shots would be reluctant to give up, and in the end, it would accumulate longer and longer, and the movie would collapse.

As a director, Chen Jiashang certainly wants to retain his hard work to the greatest extent, but the role of editors is that they will cut in with a calm perspective of a third party, stick to the core of the editing work, refine the theme of the film, discard the superfluous shots, and make the film concise, clean and compact.

So sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing for the director to take care of all the work, a good movie, because he is reluctant to take some shots, the result is more and more long, and the final structure is bloated, which greatly affects the audience's viewing effect, and the length of the film reaches several hours, which makes people drowsy.

If it is an art film, the harm of this approach may not be so obvious, after all, if the film is long enough, it can show the director's ideas and techniques well, and sometimes the feature film may make people feel that the director is very attentive, but it is very bad in commercial films, which will isolate the audience and not allow the audience to have a good viewing effect.

An excessively long narrative is very fatal in commercial films, the plot progresses slowly, the contradictions are laid out incorrectly, and the rhythm is too slow to make people feel irritable, and if it can't firmly attract the audience's mind, then it will definitely fail.

"Director Chen, don't worry, I've cut movies so many times, and I won't show mercy to our friends, I still hope you won't be angry when the time comes. Lin An said with a smile that editors often have conflicts with film directors, that is, in the eyes of editors, many of them are unnecessary waste shots, while in the eyes of the director, they are important shots that can reflect his creative ideas.

"I think we will quarrel at work in the future, I have quarreled with the editor before, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it's just that the positioning is different, but this time Zhou Sheng, he is the screenwriter plus actor and boss, and he has the final say. Chen Jiashang laughed.

"Hey, Director Chen, you misunderstood me, although I am an investor, a screenwriter or an actor, but I know my own strengths, and the editing part is better left to the editor, Miss Lin, this time the final length we set is 90 minutes to 100 minutes, and it will not work if it is longer, so you can cut it according to your ideas. Zhou Bai said with a smile that although he also wanted to participate in the editing, he knew that he was not as good as Lin An in terms of professionalism, so it was just right to hand it over to her.

Movies are jobs, let professional people do professional things, this is Zhou Bai's opinion, he, the producer, is only responsible for checking the quality of the film, just like the director he handed over to Chen Jiashang, the editing he handed over to Lin An, and the soundtrack to Chen Xunqi.

"I am relieved to have Zhou Sheng's words, it seems that Zhou Sheng's positioning of the movie is very clear, after so many years of work, you are the first one who makes me feel at ease and boldly cut. Lin An laughed, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he said that it was only verbal now, but his attitude was obvious.

"Zhou Sheng, what about my side, what style do you want for the soundtrack?" Chen Xunqi asked, he had gotten the script before, and he had also made different samples, and after handing it over to Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai was noncommittal, but kept it.

"That's right, our film is a romantic comedy, I hope the overall atmosphere of the soundtrack is brisk, warm, and filled with a sense of warmth, of course, it depends on Mr. Chen, you are a musician, and you are professional in this regard. Zhou Bai thought for a while and said.

The soundtrack is not easy to do, it is not possible to complete it with two songs, it must be close to the theme of the movie, and there are many pure music, sound effects and so on, which have high requirements.

There are more people who can write songs, but there are not many people who can do movie soundtracks, of course, Zhou Bai also has some later well-known songs in his mind, he has studied in Chinese opera for four years, he can write them, at least he can do the music notation, but it doesn't mean that he can finish the soundtrack work by himself.

"Okay, I'll try, I'll make some new samples, and you can see which one fits. Chen Xunqi said that it is not the first time he has done soundtrack work, and he has already come to these easily.