Duane sat in his chair, staring at the screen silently, stunned.

A voice came from the side, "Have you sorted out your thoughts?"

Following the prestige, you can see that this is a woman dressed in green. The woman's face is fresh and beautiful, but she is old, and the years have left subtle marks on her face, showing that she is no longer in her prime, but her figure is still very good, which shows that she must be a charming woman when she is young.

Duane slowly turned his head, glanced at her, and said, "Almost." Then he turned his gaze back and stared at the screen again.

This is DreamWorks' editing room - with the rapid growth of funds, Shu Yu, who is already very ambitious, has basically made everything he can do, and the recording studio, soundtrack room, editing room, etc., which are needed for post-production, are all available in DreamWorks, and all the follow-up production work can be completed without leaving home.

At the same time, with the scale of the exhibition, it is naturally impossible for DreamWorks to rely only on Du An, a director like in the previous period of tight funds - at this stage, in addition to Du An's project, DreamWorks has three projects under construction at the same time, which are the projects of three young directors who graduated from Chinese opera Nortel last year. It's just that now their works are either still filming, or they have already finished making them, and they are scheduled to be released, but no one has come to grab this editing room with him, and they can cut it slowly.

As for the woman next to Duane, her name is Zhou Ying, who is an editor.

This editor has rich experience in the industry, has cooperated with many well-known directors such as Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, served as the editor of many well-known films such as "Party A and Party B", "With You", and also won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Editing, which is well-known in the industry. Duane approached her to be the editor for his film, partly because of her reassuring experience, but also because he needed a female editor.

When he was doing the post-production of "Saw Horror", he partnered with a male editor, who was not famous but very big, and looked like Lao Tzu was the best in the world all day long. Book C doesn't give him a chance to wave it at all, and "Saw doesn't know what to cut it to" yet—and of course, some of the editor's words turn out to be audible. But that experience was really unpleasant.

Later, when he was doing post-production for "Pretty Woman", Du An's partner was Kong Jinglei, a female editor. Although Duane is still stubborn in some places this time, he still listens to Kong Jinglei's opinions a lot, which is very different from being completely obstinate in "Chainsaw". The reason for this is, on the one hand, because Duane realized that he really needed to listen to some editors after making "Saw", and the other reason is that female editors are gentler and easier to communicate with than male editors.

Meticulous women seem to be more suitable for this job than men, and at the same time, the wise saying that men and women are not tired of working together probably also played a role, Duane has begun to rely on female editors, so he found a female editor to do the editing of "One Flew Over the Asylum" this time.

After pondering for a while, he spoke, slowly, "In general. The focus of this film should be on Wang Ming's struggle and victory, just like the model of those so-called commercial films......"

How to edit is a big problem - the same movie, because of the difference in the core theme and emphasis, and thus the difference in the editing, after the final cut, can even become two completely different movies, the power of editing can be seen.

And just now, Duane was thinking about what kind of "One Flew Over the Asylum" he wanted.

The scenes he had dreamed about in "One Flew Over the Asylum" in his dreams. He still remembered it vividly and engraved it in his heart, but he felt that it was not the "One Flew Over the Asylum" he wanted—the images he saw in his dreams were too slow in the early stages. Just like in "Saw Horror", the pace in some places is so slow that he wants to sleep. ・?h??

If "One Flew Over the Asylum" wants to meet his expectations at the box office, it has to speed up the pace, move, and cut the excess as much as it can.

After listening to his request, Zhou Ying looked at him. "Are you sure you want to cut it like this?" she gave her opinion: "I think it's better to follow the characters and show as many characters as possible." ”

After taking over this job, Zhou Ying has done related work, and she has also roughly gone through the materials, and knows what kind of film this is - in her opinion, this film is going to the Huabiao Awards, and there is no need to think about other awards and the market at all. In this case, then we should work on the depth of the film, instead of making it a commercial type of thing and aggravating a lot of meaningless things, which will only weaken the depth of the film and waste these good materials.

"No, no, no,"

Duane shook his head repeatedly, "You just do as I say." ”

Zhou Ying still stubbornly disagreed, "From the perspective of my personal technical level, in a responsible attitude, I think it's better to follow the characters, you can not accept it, but I still have to say." If you cut it like that, it's very problematic to win the prize. ”

Duane was helpless.

He also kind of understands why this woman can have such achievements today, technology is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is probably because of her serious and persistent attitude towards art.

With this attitude of doing things seriously, what kind of work can you not do well?

In the end, he had no choice but to say: "Then have you ever thought about cutting it in your way, how many people will be willing to buy tickets to go to the cinema to watch this movie? ”

Zhou Ying disagreed: "Some people like to feel the baptism of thought after watching the film, some people like the sensory enjoyment in the process of watching the movie, everyone's pursuit is different, and even the same person's pursuit is different in different periods, no one can make everyone like a movie." If you have to do this, it's just that the four are not like it, it is better to concentrate on doing one thing well and do it to the extreme. ”

"I understand,"

Duane nodded, agreeing with her opinion, and said, "But have you ever thought about why you have to be the best, why the four are not good?"

Zhou Ying was stunned.

The word "four dislikes" has always been derogatory, and she really hasn't seen anyone want to show in the direction of the four dislikes.

Duane continued: "For example, Movie A has five points for depth and five points for entertainment, and Film B has eight points for depth and two points for entertainment. Because of the entertainment, the number of viewers is also different, you can't deny that, right?" Du An said, looking at Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying nodded and admitted his assumption.

"So let's assume that film A has five million die-hard fans and film B has two million, which is also consistent with the actual situation, right?"

Zhou Ying nodded again.

"Then the question arises, how should we characterize which of these two movies is better?"

Du An's question was raised, and without waiting for Zhou Ying to return, he continued, "According to the current mainstream aesthetic standards, it must be film B, and film B will even win some messy awards and honors such as the Golden Rooster Award, the Hundred Flowers Award, and the Huabiao Award." ”

Hearing Du An's attribution of the three awards to "messy awards", Zhou Ying chuckled unconsciously.

"But film A doesn't get anything, he only has a larger audience, but that's what I want. ”

When Du An said this, he paused, raised his eyes, and looked at Zhou Ying, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Ying faintly understood, but she didn't seem to understand too much, and looked at Du An with complicated eyes.

This young director does not seem to know just some business routines and a hot mind as the outside world rumores, he seems to have his own clear artistic pursuit, and his mind is clearer than most of the directors she has come into contact with.

With such a person, it is no wonder that he can set a new record of two billion box office in the world at such a young age.

Duane threw out his own concept -- or tricks -- "How many years has the nine-year compulsory education been popularized? Our Chinese textbooks from childhood to adulthood are full of all kinds of truths, from Confucius to Mencius, from Lao Tzu to Han Feizi, and after listening to the truths for more than ten years, isn't it enough? But our literary films are still doing this kind of annoying thing, working against the audience, who is not low at the box office?"

"Reasoning is also divided into ways, and here, I agree with the Confucian idea of moderation. ”

"I don't care about a story that is not so professional, but there are only two people willing to listen to it, and I don't care about awards. ”

Zhou Ying felt that the young director in front of her, at this moment, there was a vague sense of loneliness that some ancient sages sighed at the ignorance of the world and vowed to generalize the world, which made her awe-inspired.

Du An talked for a long time, and saw that Zhou Ying's expression seemed to be in the play, so he hurriedly asked, "Then can you start cutting now?"

After seeing Zhou Ying nodding, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: Don't look at yourself as a little bored usually, he still doesn't drop the chain at critical moments, and he flickers one after another.

Thanks to the university teachers. (To be continued.) )

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