Chapter 858

Cao Baoping was counting on Song Zheng to give him ideas, he now felt like he was stunned, the whole story was in his head, and all the storylines were very clear, but when it came to editing, no matter what, there was no way to stitch those shots together as he envisioned.

"There are several more versions, but I'm not very satisfied with ~~~~~~~~!"

Song Zheng glanced at Cao Baoping and heard the implication, Cao Baoping was clearly saying that what he had just watched was already the best version he had edited.

In this regard, Song Zheng doesn't know what to say, how to edit, and he doesn't know where to start, although he will follow him to the editing room when his own works are in the post-production, but he only sorts out the best clips he thinks are the original version of the movie in his memory.

But if you want to talk about opinions, Song Zheng can provide some, after all, he has also watched this "Li Mi's Conjecture" many times in his previous life, and he still remembers the plot vividly.

Compared with the original, the version I just saw seems clueless, and the plot splicing is not very compact, giving people the feeling that it is a mess of words!

And some fragments, the beginning and end also give people a sense of trickery, which makes people still confused after watching it, saying that it is a metaphor, as if they can't think of what the metaphor is, saying that it is a buried clue, but it is too vague, in short, it is not smooth enough.

Song Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I think this should be the case in this place~~~~~~

As soon as the train of thought was opened, Song Zheng talked endlessly, Cao Baoping seemed a little anxious at first, but with Song Zheng's words, his attention was also attracted, and he argued with Song Zheng from time to time, but he was immediately persuaded by Song Zheng, and later, he simply took a notebook, like a student, and took notes seriously.

Even Zhou Xun, a bystander, went from being casual to gradually being attracted by Song Zheng's words, and occasionally said a couple of sentences according to his own understanding, but it often had the finishing touch.

"I said I didn't have an idea just now, but now I'm not talking about it!"

Cao Baoping also smiled, these days, he still felt relaxed for the first time, for the director, after a movie is finished, his most urgent thing is to hope that his work can meet the audience as soon as possible.

But since the completion of "Li Mi's Conjecture", he has not had a good day, and he has been competing with himself all day long, and after a long time, his originally clear thinking has become chaotic

In fact, in Song Zheng's view, Cao Baoping's current trouble is completely forced by himself, he wants to present this story in the best way, but he asks too much, but he blocks himself, and in the end, he can't even figure out his thoughts.

This story does seem to be a bit complicated, with a lot of threads buried from the beginning, and clues have been laid in the first few details of the final direction of many characters.

But if you sort out these clues, this story is still very easy to understand, and it is not really so brain-burning.

What Song Zheng is doing now is to help Cao Baoping sort out his original very clear thinking.

To understand this story, we must first highlight several key clue points, otherwise, when the movie is released, I am afraid that the audience will also be confused and do not know what to do.

In addition, in the original version, there is another seemingly inconspicuous, but actually crucial line, which has been treated too much in Cao Baoping's version, even to the extent of adding to it.

That is the plot setting of Qiu Shuitian and Xiaoxiang, as a narrative subline, Qiu Shuitian's love for Xiaoxiang is a kind of annotation of Li Mi's love, because Xiaoxiang, who should be the object of love, is always in a state of absence, like Fang Wen.

This girl, with an ethereal way of existence, has become the direct cause of Qiu Shuitian's desperate adventure and precipice.

Her "absent existence" is the real reason why Li Mi was able to escape, and it is precisely because Li Mi was deeply touched by her love like a self-mirrored image that Li Mi told a lie about "finding" in the later interrogation, which in turn prompted her own "finding".

In addition, Cao Baoping seems to want to highlight his profundity too much, making the context that should be clear become too complex and obscure.

Although this multi-threaded incoherent structure can make a film put on a sophisticated coat, burning the audience's brain and brushing itself into a frenzy, it is also dangerous.

The version that Song Zheng has just seen has obvious traces of carving in terms of stylistic transformation, and at the same time, to a certain extent, it has also undermined the director's efforts to take pictures of urban impressions and scan social reality.

The original intention of Cao Baoping's academic creation is to pursue the richness and profundity of the space of meaning, and it can be seen that he tries to set up their own prehistory and psychological actions for each character who appears, including class corruption, secular prejudice, marital crisis, official handling, etc., but many of them are obviously weakened in the editing.

Except for Li Mi, the characters and internal contradictions of the other characters have not been fully developed, and detailed hints such as air tickets, remittances, and postmarks have not been better explained due to the switching of paragraphs.

What Song Zheng has to do is to erase all this through the memory of the original.

"That's all I can say!"

In fact, Song Zheng has said a lot, he basically retold the original version of "Li Mi's Conjecture" from beginning to end according to his memory, of course, a lot of them are telling stories, and the words he just said can basically be used directly as a component script for shots.

Cao Baoping didn't speak, in his mind, he connected what Song Zheng said, and then connected it to the footage of the shooting, and suddenly found that everything was so clear, just like when he was preparing to shoot this film.

"Mr. Song! It's really ~~~~~~"

Song Zheng picked up his coat, waved his hand, and interrupted Cao Baoping's words: "Needless to say, thank you, if you really want to thank me, finish the post-production as soon as possible, this drama is scheduled for Christmas, don't make a mistake!"

Cao Baoping is now full of confidence and said: "Mr. Song, rest assured, there is no problem at all!"

Song Zheng smiled and nodded: "That's good, okay, I should go too!"

Song Zheng said that he was about to go out, but Zhou Xun chased after him: "I'll go with you!"

Song Zheng was stunned, didn't speak, waited for Zhou Xun to change his shoes, and the two went downstairs together.