Wang Jie counts the past movies, and the control of details and rhythm in this "Brave Island" is the least changed compared with the original version.

In Wang Jie's view, Michael Bay's best work in the original time and space is "Brave Death Island", there is no one!

The reason why I say this is because the movies directed by Michael Bay after this are not as good as the others, and even "Transformers", which brought him back to the first-line director, is not as good as this movie in terms of plot and rhythm.

Much of this has to do with the fact that he no longer works with Jerry Bruckheimer, and Don Simpson's death is also one of the reasons. It can be said that "Death Island" will be so wonderful, even after a few years, it will still be a good work, and it has nothing to do with Bruckheimer and Simpson as producers at the same time, Simpson can accurately grasp what kind of scene and what kind of storyline Americans want to see, so from the 80s to the present, most of the movies he has made are very popular, if it weren't for the sudden death of a drug overdose, maybe he could have made a better movie with Michael Bay.

In this time and space, these two talents were poached by Wang Jie more than ten years in advance to its Fox Studios, and the sequel to "Die Hard" that Cheng Long is working on is produced by Bruckheimer and Simpson at the same time.

In mid-November, "Brave Death Island" was officially completed, and the film also entered the post-production and pre-publicity stage.

"Mike, the opening scene is all about high-speed slow motion. ”

Standing in the editing room of ILM, Wang Jie carefully stared at the picture on the monitor, "Fade in between the seventh and eighth shots, and insert the twenty-third explosion shot......"

After Mike Dawson commanded the two assistants to finish editing, Wang Jie looked at it with his hands on his chest for a while, and then said: "The wide-angle lens with sunset on the 45th is placed in front of the 23rd lens, yes, that's the effect!"

has cooperated with "Life and Death" before, and there is a lot of tacit understanding between editor Mike Dawson and Wang Jie, and he is also very convinced of Wang Jie's editing method.

The slow motion highlights the majesty of General Hammer and the solemnity of the theme of the film, and this scene is in the cemetery, General Hammer is ready to seek justice from the government for the old ministry that has been forgotten by the government and carry out military advice, when he comes to the cemetery to say goodbye to his late wife, he happens to see the funeral of the soldiers, but the deceased can enjoy the treatment of the national flag, through the slow motion of the pouring rain, it sets off the incomparable anger in General Hammer's heart.

"Next......" he heard Wang Jie's voice again, "Mike, the short shots are all cut quickly, and all the action shots must be limited to three seconds." ”

"Brave Island of Death" took less than ten days to complete the first cut. However, the total length of the sample film is more than four and a half hours, and without the longer and more complicated and detailed editing and production, it will not achieve the effect Wang Jie wants.

In the end, Wang Jie tried to control it to about 110 minutes, especially Zeng Jiang's scenes, unlike the original version in order to take care of Sean Connery, which had to retain some pictures that showed elegant demeanor, this Mason is more imposing, not the kind of traditional gentleman agent who makes people look fake.

There are also some side plots, Wang Jie also tries to simplify them, this is a movie with action and thrilling as the selling point, as long as the most basic plot logic is maintained.

In commercial films, a lot of logic is ignored for various reasons, not bugs, such as the relationship between Mason and his daughter in "Brave Island", Wang Jie can start another two-hour movie to describe this emotional relationship and psychological changes, but in this film, shots that are not related to the theme must be able to be saved, in order to highlight the theme, as long as the basic logic can be smoothly connected.

This is also one of the biggest conflicts between commercial films and professional film critics, who always think that commercial films deliberately ignore the plot of the film for the sake of those explosions and fights, and the director must omit the slow-paced details in order to take care of the audience's feelings and commercial achievements, and provide the maximum enjoyment to the people who pay for it in a limited time.

As for whether commercial films will lose money and investors will not go bankrupt if they become the ideal situation of film critics, those vampires who hold high the banner of art but lie on their stomachs in this industry will never consider it.

If there are relevant online ratings now, Wang Jie believes that after the release of "Brave Death Island", the Rotten Tomatoes index will exceed 60% at most, and he is confident that the popcorn index representing the audience will reach more than 80%.

Professional rating or something, Wang Jie really doesn't care, film critics do have the right to speak professionally, but the movies he makes are not for awards, film critics score or something, just take a look.

Just like when "Ghost Love" was released, Roger Albert gave the film ten points like a head cramp, Wang Jie did not have any sense of joy, and the average score of the film's professional media was only a little more than seven points, and he would not feel depressed, which could not compare to the interest and benefits that the film could bring him.

And at most, in another ten years, the right to speak in film criticism will not be in the hands of film critics, think about the last few years, there are not a few top film critics in North America who were forcibly terminated by the media they worked for.

Besides, since the "Star Wars" set off a lot of criticism, the impact of film critics on the box office of the film has plummeted, and now it is relatively weak, the original time and space "The Shawshank Redemption" was almost praised to the sky by them, plus the second release with endless sympathy after the Oscars, the total box office and attendance still hit the ground in the street, and it took more than ten years for the production company and the distribution company to recover the cost. And what about the director of the film, Frank Darabont? Such a well-known film has not brought much improvement to his situation, and he is still only a second-tier or even third-tier director, not to mention ordinary audiences, even in the Hollywood industry, how many people remember his name?

This is Hollywood, professional reputation cannot be completely ignored, but commercial results are more important!

Who would dare to say that directors like Frank Darabont, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, who were nominated for an Oscar for Best Director or even an award for their first directorial debut, have a better place in Hollywood than Michael Bay, who was never nominated?

In this era, movies have become commodities, which is a fact that no one can deny, before making a film, we must first find out the positioning of the film and target potential consumer groups.

Post-production is a process that requires more patience than shooting, the fine editing of "Brave Death Island" can only be described as turtle speed, in addition to editing, there are some special effects shots that need to be composited, the Pentagon provided the crew with the F-18 Hornet's take-off and formation flight pictures, Wang Jie not only had to choose the right shots from them, but also edited and synthesized the fighter formations into the scenery of Alcatraz Island and Golden Gate Bridge.

Of course, what consumes Wang Jie's energy the most is those action shots.

"Every fifteen minutes, I want an action scene. ”

Sitting at the rest table, Wang Jie explained to Mike Dawson several key points of editing action shots, "All action scenes must show a grand pattern, but they can't get out of control, use short shots and high-speed slow motion to offset the procrastination that may be brought about by a long time, and the role of female characters can be saved, and the tone of the whole film is tense and masculine." ”

"There's a problem, William. ”

Wu Baige, who was sitting opposite, said: "I just watched the video data of the F-18 provided by the Pentagon, which is the plane of the Air Force Blue Angel, not the Marine Corps. ”

"It's okay, it's just a minor issue. Wang Jie nodded approvingly, "Although the operation has always been led by the Marine Corps, the film will not explain which side of the final bombing will be dispatched, and the air force can also launch air strikes." ”

The promotion of films in this era mostly relies on traditional media, Wang Jie doesn't know much about this, and he rarely mixes it into the publicity, all of which are for professionals to make plans for implementation, maybe in the Internet era, he can do a little more in this regard.

"This time, I have a request!" Wang Jie said to Fox's publicity team, "Super Bowl halftime commercial! Send the film's short 30-second trailer into the Super Bowl halftime." ”