Chapter 646: Joining Forces (Second Update)
Watching the movie take shape little by little in front of my eyes, the joy of this harvest is hard to describe in words. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Lin Han has preliminarily edited out "The Matrix", and at this time he commissioned the famous soundtrack master Zhao Jiping to create the movie, which cost a lot of budget, but it is also worth it!
A good soundtrack master will make a movie more exciting, and sound soundtracks are very important, and even the Oscars have special awards for them.
Film and television soundtracks can basically be regarded as the highest peak of musical art, and the author needs to integrate composition, arrangement, symphony, chorus, instrumental music, electronics, opera, imitation voice, plot interpretation and other abilities, and the threshold is extremely high, so film and television soundtracks want to have a very high reputation.
Among the music practitioners, the title of musician is not called casually, those who sing well can only be called singers, those who play the piano well can only be called performers, those who write popular songs well can only be called composers or musicians, and the masters of film and television soundtracks are indisputably called musicians!
Zhao Jiping is basically the top soundtrack master in China, this is still the character recommended by Zhang Yimou to Lin Han, who has given "Yellow Earth", "Red Sorghum", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Farewell My Concubine", "Water Margin", "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "Great Qin Empire", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other classic film and television works.
Now that Zhao Jiping's age has gone up, waiting for idle works can't enter his eyes, if it weren't for Zhang Yimou's recommendation of Lin Han's works, I'm afraid he wouldn't agree, after all, he is a person who cares for his old age!
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"Hello Mr. Zhao, I am Lin Han, the director of "The Matrix". ”
Lin Han's words have some respect in them, the person in front of him has made Chinese film and television soundtracks famous overseas, and many classic movie soundtracks were born in his hands, but I don't know if he can be qualified for the soundtracks of science fiction films.
Zhao Jiping deliberately flew from Xi'an to Yanjing, but he didn't expect that such a famous director would come to the airport to pick him up in person, and he was very comfortable with this attention.
Even though he is in his sixties, he has heard the students of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music and even his own grandson mention Lin Han's works, and knows that he has a very great influence among young people.
I thought that young people were very arrogant, but now they look polite and educated, and even their perception has become good.
"Xiaolin, I heard Yimou say that you are shooting a sci-fi blockbuster, and I have played many movies in my life, but I have a small regret. That's not a science fiction film, so you've fulfilled my wish!"
Zhao Jiping was gearing up like a young man and wanted to do a big job.
Lin Han replied while driving: "Then Mr. Zhao, you have read the original novel and some of my shooting materials, I don't know what you think of the soundtrack of the film?"
"Since it's a science fiction film, you can't use the old routines. So I decided to ditch the traditional soundtrack and feed the film a post-apocalyptic vibe with electronic instruments and pop music! I've made up some of them, so we can go to the post-production center and try them out right now. ”
Both of them are workaholics, so after coming out of the airport, they went straight to the editing room, they had contact before when the movie was filming, exchanging creative ideas, and Lin Han just confirmed it for the last time.
After all, Zhao Jiping has never given a soundtrack to a science fiction film before, this is the first time it is fresh, of course, you have to be cautious!
What was presented in front of Zhao Jiping was a rough cut version of the movie, many special effects shots were not integrated, and many actors' dubbing was not added, which was so rough that it was a little distressing.
As a master of film and television soundtracks, Zhao Jiping has always cooperated with big directors and is used to seeing a variety of shooting techniques and excellent works, but he looks at "The Matrix" with relish.
The whole film is completed in green and black tones from beginning to end, with a strong sense of the future. This tone is prompted at the beginning of the movie, the green numbers fall on the black background, green and black constitute the main colors of the computer world, and the whole movie seems to be carried out in a computer program, most of the shots are moving, and the few fixed shots are basically medium and long shots to show the overall action of the characters, emphasizing the sense of speed in motion!
Digital rain can also be regarded as the signature of "The Matrix", and the constantly changing digital rain looks high-end and unpredictable.
Here, Zhao Jiping was watching the rough cutout, and over there, Lin Han was wearing headphones and listening carefully to the audio file brought by Zhao Jiping, and then thinking about how to integrate them together.
Once both were familiar with each other's ideas, they sat down together and analyzed the silent version of the film (with only dialogue), and then discussed where the music was needed, what kind of music was needed, where to put the music that had already been made, and what should be replaced if the music was not suitable in the place, and a dense list of music was the result of their work.
Every recording is a piece of music that records the beginning and technical practice required, calculates the duration, and adds notes explaining what kind of music is needed here.
The music file brought by Zhao Jiping before can be called a test audio track, which is a conceptual idea for director Lin Han, if it is suitable, it will be adopted!
Zhao Jiping has been preparing for a long time, he is inspired by the novels of The Matrix, and now after seeing the half-finished movie, he knows Lin Han's specific requirements.
In the past, it was all macro creation, arranging music according to my own understanding of a certain plot, and now it is appropriately modified according to Lin Han's requirements.
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A week later, the orchestra recorded Zhao Jiping's songs, then mixed them with various metronome tracks, and finally handed them over to Lin Han to seamlessly integrate the music with the picture.
This is not the end, this is just a rough cut version of the soundtrack, and after Lin Han adds the special effects, he will have to make a careful modification and finally present it in front of the audience!
A two-hour movie that contains the efforts of many behind-the-scenes staff is no joke.
The audience thinks that it won't take long for a movie to be filmed and released, but it is actually a layman watching the excitement, and only after picking up the DV to shoot a video can you know how difficult it is!
In the not-so-spacious editing room, Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan leaned together, and next to them were Xu Jiayan, Miao Hong and Zhao Jiping, who looked intently at the picture made by Lin Han.
Except for Lin Han, none of them had seen the half-finished product of "The Matrix", so they all stared at the fifty-inch big screen!
The rhythmic sound complements the action scenes in the film, and the characters' movements seem to change rhythmically with the music.
In the section where Neo and Trinity rushed into the building to confront the guards, the sound composition was particularly classic, the picture had reached its peak, and with the cooperation of sound effects, such a simple viewing was enough to make Miao Hong and others couldn't help but grow their mouths in surprise!
The repeated loop of music is the in-picture marketing when the characters move around and shoot, and when Neo turns over and jumps 360 degrees, it is swiped with a "swish", with the black trench coat that is unfolded, giving people an indescribable sense of exuberance.
The sound of the machine gun and the crisp sound of the shell hitting the ground after ejection, as well as the sound of marble fragments tumbling and falling, as the sound effect of the narrative space, shows a strong sense of persecution and a sense of dynamics!
The whole sound is carried out in a flow, which gives people a full sense of oppression.
When Neo jumps up and kicks down the last guard, the background sound stops abruptly, and several dynamic sounds are matched with the action points in the picture, all in one go, clean!
Miao Hong couldn't help but applaud, "Boss, you and Teacher Zhao can be said to be a strong combination, no wonder Old Man Zheng has so much confidence, we can completely point to the championship!"
"It's a wonderful movie, although I didn't understand the novel, but the movie did, a sci-fi action blockbuster, I really hope that the missing special effects shots will be added quickly. Chen Jiaxuan praised and said, "The soundtrack and sound effects are very good, if it is shown in a movie theater, it will be absolutely shocking, it is a double enjoyment of sight and hearing!"
After all, the editing room has limited conditions, and it is impossible to simulate the feeling of a movie theater, Lin Han is very satisfied with their reaction, and Zhao Jiping's soundtrack can be called the icing on the cake.
"Lao Miao, I think I can put the establishment of my own company's editing studio on the agenda, it's really inconvenient to be on someone else's side now, and I'm worried about things leaking all day long. ”
"Of course, but now that you've edited it to the fullest, how about you just wait for the next movie to be used?
Lin Han shrugged his shoulders, he had no opinion for the time being, now that the post-production of the movie has been completed for nearly half, he is waiting for the special effects company to hand over all the special effects shots.
But this is not in a hurry, you get what you pay for, it is certainly good to use enough time to slowly craft the special effects, and now Lin Han is not too anxious.
After all, it's only early September, and the progress of the work is far beyond his own thoughts, and he originally thought that it would not be until October to put these soundtracks together!
This year's Spring Festival is on February 16th, which means that there are still 4 full months to go, so you don't have to worry about the progress at all, what you have to consider now is the promotion of the movie, which is what Miao Hong is best at.
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