Chapter 290 of the text Ning Hao and the heartbreaker

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After more than four months of hard shooting, **, and various twists and turns, now that the movie is finally finished, there must be a big celebration, and there must be a finale banquet.

The crew has millions of dollars in reserves, and they are absolutely wealthy, so the finale banquet is naturally relatively arrogant, and they chose the best hotel in the magic capital.

During the banquet, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and ate happily.

A lot of people came over with a wine glass to toast Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran did not refuse, fulfilled his promise, and really got drunk. By the time the finale was over, he was carried to the hotel by Neil.

Zhang Jingchu was very distressed when she saw Zhang Ran lying unconscious on the bed, and while preparing sobering medicine for him, she complained: "Obviously, the amount of alcohol is not very good, but I have to be arrogant, drink so much, such a big person, I don't know how to feel sorry for myself!"

At this moment, Zhang Ran's right hand was raised and pinched Zhang Jingchu's chest. Zhang Jingchu slapped his hand and said, "All of them are so dishonest when they are drunk, they are just a big pervert!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words fell, Zhang Ran opened his mouth and said: "Wangzi little steamed buns!"

Zhang Jingchu was ashamed and angry, and directly punched Zhang Ran: "I'll kill you!"

"Time and Space Warrior" is a hot spot of recent domestic media attention, and the news of the completion can not be concealed from the eyes and ears of the media, and the headlines of the entertainment editions of the major domestic media are almost all the news of the completion of "Time and Space Warrior", and everyone has reported on "Time and Space Warrior" in all aspects with the investment of "Time and Space Warrior" as the focus, or the global simultaneous release as the focus, or the Hollywood superstar and Oscar actor as the focus, and the "Time Soldier" has been reported in all aspects.

"Zhang Ran's "Time and Space Warrior" is finished, and the film will enter the post-production stage!"

"Zhang Ran's movie "Time and Space Warrior" is finished, and Keanu Reeves says goodbye to the crew!"

"The movie "Time and Space Warrior" is finished, and it will be released worldwide next summer!"

"Zhang Ran's new film is officially completed, and it has been put into post-production!" Yangcheng Evening News.

Domestic movie fans, especially sci-fi fans, are very excited. Everyone is looking forward to this movie. When I heard that the movie might die, everyone sweated for Zhang Ran, and now it's finally finished. Many people have watched Zhang Ran's "Time Prisoner" and "Bursting Drummer", and they all have considerable trust in his ability. There is a lot of anticipation for this movie.

"It's been more than four months of shooting, and now it's finally finished! ”

"When will it be released? Can I see it during the Spring Festival this year?"

"How is that possible? This is a blockbuster, and the special effects have to be done for half a year!

When I first saw "Six Beings" on "Science Fiction World", I thought that this story is so suitable for filmmaking. I'm really looking forward to him giving us such a visual feast, and I'll watch the movie at least five times when it's released!"

"China's sci-fi blockbuster, I've been waiting for so many years, and it's finally here! I really can't wait to see it right away! It's a pity that there are too few directors like Zhang Ran in China, otherwise we sci-fi fans will be blessed!"

Just when netizens were hotly discussed, Zhang Ran began the editing of the movie.

The reason why the post-editing of the film is time-consuming and laborious is that the editor spends too much energy between the selection and combination of shots, and a group of shots often has to be deleted many times and the order is repeatedly adjusted to achieve satisfactory results. However, "Time Warrior" uses DIT technology, when the movie is finished. A rough cut version of the movie came out, saving a lot of time.

Now what Zhang Ran has to do is to fine-cut the movie, which can save one frame is one frame. It sounds simple, but it took Zhang Ran a week to cut out the second version of the clip, which was 150 minutes long, and then Zhang Ran adjusted it again, until September 15, when he finally cut out the final version, which was 140 minutes long.

After the film is edited, it is sent to various departments to start different work soundtracks, visual effects, and so on. This will be a very lengthy process, taking roughly half a year to complete. Cinematic special effects production is a lengthy process, especially when rendering is time-consuming. "The Lord of the Rings 2" The Lord of the Rings 2 Tree Man Action, if the rendering of a frame is done with a computer. It takes more than twenty hours. Therefore, the post-production rendering of the movie is done with a render farm, and thousands of computers do it together. The movie is 24 frames per second, and 1440 frames per minute, even if there is a render farm, it will not be able to do well in a few months.

When Zhang Ran came to Tiangong Chongcai, Ning Hao was discussing the issue of special effects with photography, art and special effects personnel.

Before that, Zhang Ran and Ning Hao talked on the phone. Knowing that the final version of "Heartbreaker" has been cut out, which is 100 minutes long, the production of special effects has now begun.

When Ning Hao and several others saw Zhang Ran coming, they all quickly stood up and said hello.

After some pleasantries, Zhang Ran and Ning Hao came to the screening room and began to play the final version of "The Sadder". Since watching the movie, Zhang Ran has not said a word, and his eyes have been on the movie screen.

After the 100-minute movie, the lights in the editing room turned on, and several people looked at Zhang Ran.

Ning Hao had been secretly observing Zhang Ran's reaction during the process of watching the movie, he didn't see Zhang Ran's reaction, and he was a little apprehensive. At this moment, he is like a student waiting for the teacher to correct his homework: "Teacher Zhang, what do you think?"

The photography and art of "The Heartbreaker" are also waiting for Zhang Ran to express his opinion, Zhang Ran is not only the investor of this movie, but more importantly, everyone has seen his awesomeness and is particularly convinced of him.

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "I was quite worried when I heard that you finished filming all the scenes in more than two months, I am afraid that you will ignore the quality of the movie in order to catch up with the schedule of the Chinese New Year." Now it seems that my worries are superfluous, the movie is well done, the shooting is excellent, it did not disappoint me, this year's Chinese New Year file Xiaogang Cannon has an opponent!"

The stone in Ning Hao's heart fell to the ground, and he grinned: "In order to catch up with the schedule of the Chinese New Year, we are indeed working overtime to shoot, which is very hard. But you told me that the quality of the movie is king, and if the movie is sparsely made, I won't have the face to see you! Tell me what's wrong?"

Zhang Ran is most satisfied with Ning Hao, he has never been self-righteous, and he knows how to learn from others: "There is nothing wrong with shooting, you are from an art background." The photography, composition, and tone are all good. If I had to pick a little thorn, I felt that the pace was a bit rushed, and the whole clip was cutting the first frame, so I didn't think it was necessary. It's the emotion that comes first and foremost in the film clip. Emotion, story, rhythm, emotion comes first. The story comes second, and the rhythm comes last. Don't sacrifice emotion to take care of the story when editing, don't sacrifice the story to take care of the pacing! You have too many jump cuts, and I think it might be better to use zero-degree editing!"

Zero-degree editing, commonly known as the transparent technique, is mainly to constitute the coherence and unrevealing traces of the narrative, so that the audience can watch the movie in a psychological state without embankment, and the audience is more likely to accept the time and space state given by the film narrative and identify with the movement direction of the screen, which is the main storytelling technique of Hollywood films.

To put it simply, the whole lens language is taken in a logical order, shooting in the order of panorama, medium shot, close-up, and close-up. Or the other way around, so that the shot is smooth and the audience doesn't feel abrupt when watching it. If you give a panoramic shot, immediately follow a close-up, which is called a jump cut, and this combination of panoramic and close-up can bring a strong visual impact to the audience.

Zhang Ran's films are all edited at high speed, and the first frame is cut when editing. Ning Hao followed Zhang Ran to shoot two plays, and was a little influenced by Zhang Ran in terms of editing style, and he also adopted the same cutting method for this play.

Ning Hao didn't expect Zhang Ran to say this, and was a little surprised: "This story is relatively bland. The conflict isn't particularly strong, so I just wanted to tighten the rhythm a little bit, otherwise the audience might feel bored. ”

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "What is really moving about this movie is emotion, not visual experience. If the camera is too fancy and focuses too much on the visuals, it will make the audience ignore the inner emotional experience, which may be a bit more than worth the loss for this movie! Of course, this is just my personal opinion, not necessarily correct. You are a director, and you must have your own insistence. If you think you're right, do what you think!"

Ning Hao pondered for a while, then nodded slowly, "I understand!

Zhang Ran called up the picture of the movie, pointed to the monitor and said, "I think we can consider using parallel montage here." He Xi went crazy and set his book on fire in the room, and at the same time Jiang Xue and Lao Kang were very sweet together!

Parallel montage refers to two or more plot lines that are narrated in parallel and finally unified in a complete plot structure, or two or more events interspersed with each other to reveal a unified theme, or plot. For example, in the movie "The Godfather", when Creon was baptizing his children, he eliminated the five families at the same time, which is a very classic use of parallel montage.

Ning Hao scratched his head embarrassedly: "Actually, I also considered filming like this at the beginning, but Jiang Xue went to the United States in this scene." If the crew goes to the United States to shoot, the cost will increase a lot, so I cut it!"

Zhang Ran shook his head lightly and said: "This scene is very important, if you save it, the emotional impact on the audience will be weakened a lot, it's a pity, I think it's best to make up for it! Don't worry about the money, I'll give you another 1 million, if it's not enough, tell me again!"

Ning Hao stood up and held Zhang Ran's hand, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, I am simply lucky to meet you!"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "The key is that you shoot out the quality, if you don't shoot well, I will definitely not invest a penny more!"

Next, Zhang Ran and Ning Hao began to discuss various issues such as film editing and special effects. Everyone was very honest, what to say, threw out their own ideas, and hit a lot of sparks of inspiration.

Just when everyone was chatting enthusiastically, Zhang Ran's mobile phone suddenly rang, it was Neil's phone. He didn't know what Neil was calling him at this time, so he answered and asked, "Neil, what's the matter?"

Neil's voice was a little excited: "Robin, the topic of this year's city battle is out!"

Zhang Ran was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Announcing the title so early? Is it a short film, right?"

Neil laughed, "The request is to shoot unconventionally. Interested in participating?"

Zhang Ran laughed: "If it's more than lighting, composition, and scheduling, I'm really not interested, but I didn't expect it to be an unconventional shooting, which is a test for the director, it's a bit interesting, I'll participate!" (To be continued.) )