Since Duane's distribution plan was adopted, the publicity plan was changed accordingly, pooling the funds and concentrating on the cities where these theaters were located when the specific theaters came out: advertising billboards at bus stops, posters on the floors, advertisements for subway stations...... That's the limit of what can be done with two million publicity funds. DreamWorks wanted to promote it on the TV station, but unfortunately the sky-high advertising cost of the TV station was not something they could afford with their mere 2 million publicity funds.

Fortunately, once Duane's distribution plan is followed, the scheduled theaters will be concentrated in first-tier cities and slightly larger second-tier cities, and the number of places that need to be advertised will be much reduced, which also makes the two million funds more effective and effective.

After the publicity plan was formulated, everything was ready, and all that was left was the east wind - waiting for Duane to do a good job in the later stage and submit it for review.

As a result, Duane also got caught up in the intense post-production process.

"No, no, I need this picture, you can't cut it out. ”

Duane looked at the computer monitor screen and shook his head repeatedly.

It's a rented cutting room – DreamWorks has limited funds and hasn't yet set up its own post-production center.

Sitting next to Duane is Kong Jinglei, a female editor from Nortel and the editor of "Pretty Woman". Thinking of this person's background, Du An's head hurts a little: finding a qualified assistant director is from Nortel, and finding an editor is also from Nortel, so it is not difficult to see how strong the power of the Nortel Department of Chinese opera is in the entertainment industry, but he has also violated the authority of these two universities before.

Fortunately, economic and social interests are important, and the influence of Chinese opera Nortel is great, but after all, it cannot be like the ancient Shaolin Wudang.

Thank you for this almighty economy and society.

As for the assistant director Ning Hao, Du Hao asked him to be an assistant director just because he wanted an executive director, and Du An didn't plan to give him the right to speak in the tone of the film, so Ning Hao's work was over when the scene was finished.

In the face of Du An's words, Kong Jinglei didn't turn her head, but said: "It must be cut here, it's too procrastinating." The woman who has edited many literary films, including "Platform", has a calm tone.

Duane's face was full of pain, and deep down he wanted to kick the woman away.

After a movie is filmed, the effective material time is often dozens or even hundreds of times that of the final film, and most of the pictures in these effective materials are liked and thought good by the director, so they will be kept. And in front of these directors, the editors ruthlessly deleted these things they liked one by one, dismissing them as burdensome, and I believe that every director feels uncomfortable in the face of this scene.

But Duane did not speak out again.

It's no longer time for him to make "Saw".

At that time, when cutting the movie, he could brutally say to the editor, "I am the director, I have the final say", but the facts let him know that he was wrong - looking back at the finished film of "Saw", from Duane's current point of view, it can be said that there are many loopholes, especially the rhythm is not very good, it is slightly dull, and many unnecessary scenes can be deleted completely. Of course, there was the responsibility of the little editor who was not famous at the time, but his responsibility was even greater.

It's like a saying: I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain.

As the director who shot these scenes, he was so subjective that he needed an editor to help him make a rational analysis.

So he didn't speak again this time, just continued to watch quietly.

Seeing that Kong Jinglei moved a few more shots out, he finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "You must not cut it here!"

Kong Jinglei had no choice but to patiently explain to the director: "These pictures are too naïve, too childish, which does not match the style of the whole film, and also damages Qi Wei's mature temperament." If you cut it off, not mentioning this stubble, it can make Qi Wei's state of mind to a higher level and more charming. ”

The scenes she was going to cut out were Qi Wei dressed up like a noble lady after a shopping spree, and kicked her out of the store before going to mock the clerks.

Du An's head shook his head, and his tone was very resolute: "This scene is very important, it echoes the previous scene, and it did not damage Qi Wei's image." You are a woman, and you may not understand sometimes that what attracts a woman to a man is not how smart and beautiful she is, but how cute she is. Women are beautiful because they are cute, not cute because they are beautiful. ”

"Maybe this scene looks childish to a highly educated and mature woman like you, but that's exactly what I want Qi Wei - she's not a perfect woman, she's just a woman who doesn't have a higher education and doesn't know what generosity is, and under her perfection, there are such flaws and shortcomings, which can make her more charming and accessible. After all, for someone who is too perfect, we tend to feel unreal, and this scene makes her more real and cute, so you can't cut it. ”

Kong Jinglei continued to argue with Du An, but Du An's attitude this time was very resolute, no matter what she said, she couldn't cut it, and debated from the overall temperament of the film, character building, and even the audience's education process. In the end, Kong Jinglei was exhausted, so she had to follow Du An's opinion.

The editing work is slowly passed in this process of bargaining.

When the editing was finally completed, and the final cut of the two-hour long version with end credits was released, Duane said goodbye to Kong Jinglei, and then welcomed his new partner, the soundtrack artist Kun. The workplace has also been transferred to a top-notch soundtrack studio rented out in Nanyang City: four high-end computers, two 88-key midi keyboards, guitars, pianos, violins, bass, and drum kits...... Corresponding to this, of course, is also a lot of rental costs.

The soundtrack is very important for a movie, a good soundtrack can set off the mood of the movie, enhance the appeal of the movie, show the character of the character, and make the whole movie icing on the cake, or even bring the dead back to life. The soundtrack is so important, Duane is naturally willing to spend money, so he didn't blink an eye when he rented this expensive studio.

The soundtrack musician with the nickname Ah Kun has a lot of education, and he has taken turns to play the University of Electric Science and Technology, Alto, and Chuanyin, and has a solid foundation, but he lacks practical experience, and has only scored two TV series so far - Du An also specially checked it, and those two TV series have not even been broadcast on any TV station!

But it doesn't matter, Duane just took a fancy to him at the beginning.

"I want some upbeat music, the uplifting kind, but not too exciting, a little upbeat, and at the same time lighthearted, uh, isn't that a bit of a contradiction?"

Duane pointed to the clip being played, and then smiled embarrassedly, "I don't know much about music, but you should be able to understand what I mean, right?"

Kun was a young man in his twenties, older than Duane, and with a beard, he looked older. Hearing Duane's request, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and smiled, and said: "I can understand what you mean, country rock should be able to meet your requirements, but I don't have a clue now, it's better to watch this movie first, and I can probably have some ideas." ”

So the two of them watched the version without a soundtrack until they finished reading it, and Ah Kun closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then he stood up and walked to the back, picked up a guitar and tuned the tone, and then played it a few times, and then played it a few times, intermittently. After a while, Duane grew a little impatient, and he finally played a coherent piece of music.

"It's a bit of a feeling. ”

Duane listened silently and then gave his opinion.

Kun re-recorded the sound, went to the drum kit and recorded a short segment, and then the electronic keyboard...... He recorded the sounds one by one, then expertly matched the tracks with software and finally released them.

The music that Kun improvised was not long, and it looked like it was less than ten seconds, but Duan's eyes lit up immediately after listening to it.

"That's how it feels!"

……

Time passes slowly in this long post-production process.