The rough cut of "The Two of Us" is two hours long. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Movies that are shown in cinemas are generally 90 minutes long, and the crew shoots much more material than that, and each shot needs to be shot several times, depending on the allowable consumption ratio at the time of shooting.

At present, in the domestic film and television industry, the film consumption ratio of movies is about 1 to 5.

In the eighties, when the supply of film was tight, the rules were even stricter, reaching one to three, that is, a shot had to be shot up to three times, otherwise it would be a waste of national resources.

Everyone knows that if a movie wants to be refined, it needs to be shot several times and choose the best shots from them.

However, not everyone can be so extravagant, it has a lot to do with the investment in the film, like the kind of big production made by Zhang Yimou, he is not afraid of waste, and the film consumption ratio is no problem to reach 1:10.

Jiang Wen filmed "Sunny Days", and the film consumption ratio was as high as 1:15, setting a record for the domestic director's film consumption ratio.

This is one of the reasons why their films are of high quality.

Of course, it does not mean that the higher the film consumption ratio, the more money is wasted, the better the film must be made, so there will be no room for small-budget films, and small-cost films often save money by strictly controlling the film consumption ratio.

The investment in "The Two of Us" is only 300,000 yuan, and there is no opportunity to waste, so we can only control the consumption ratio within one to three.

In the process of filming, the actors will rehearse several times first, and then officially shoot, and strive to pass it once.

Lin Xiaoling shot a total of about 320 minutes of footage, from which she had to cut out 90 minutes of footage, and the current rough cut version is already a complete story, which does not affect the viewing effect of the students.

Lin Xiaoling and the classmates in charge of editing have been busy for half a month, and they have long lost their freshness to the film.

She doesn't focus on the film, she focuses on the students' reactions.

A film is 90 minutes, and the first 30 minutes are the key, which is related to people's patience, unless it is the kind of urgency that can't even wait for ten minutes, the average person's patience for a film is between 20 and 30 minutes.

If there is no attractive plot during this time, it is boring and boring, and the audience is extremely likely to leave the show early.

Therefore, it is very important for a director to arouse the audience's interest in the first 30 minutes of the film.

So, how do you engage your audience?

Either create a suspenseful atmosphere, or throw out all kinds of jokes, or show the contradictions and conflicts of the characters, etc.

"The Two of Us" focuses on the various contradictions between the old lady and the girl at the beginning, from the rent of renting a house to the problems in life, the two quarrel back and forth, and they feel that they are justified.

It's an appealing opening.

However, some people think it's all trivial, too boring, and boring, so they quit, but most people stayed, looking forward to the plot below.

The film is extremely symmetrical.

In the rough cut version, the plot of each season is arranged in about 30 minutes, with a total of two hours.

After the foreshadowing of the first thirty minutes of the scene in winter, when the audience is tired of the characters arguing in the play, spring is coming, and the relationship between the old lady and the girl has made new progress.

They no longer quarreled, but eased the conflict and tried to understand each other.

A good essay pays attention to the beginning and the end, that is, an event must have a beginning, a passage, a turn and an end.

Movies are storytelling, and writing articles is the same thing, in "The Two of Us", winter, spring, summer and autumn correspond to the beginning and end, which is an unconventional article.

As long as the director can master this narrative technique, the film will not be too bad.

"The Two of Us" is not the kind of film that seeks innovation and breakthroughs, it is very regular in form, like a student writing an essay, one by one, in accordance with the requirements of the textbook.

It is this kind of rule that makes the audience very comfortable to watch, and there are no sudden surprises, so naturally narrated.

This is not the case for film school students, who study film and often look down on previous films, always feeling that they are geniuses who will bring change to the empty and boring film industry.

Young and frivolous, everyone has had it.

Halfway through the screening, some students got impatient, thinking that this was just a mediocre drama, with nothing new to say, and that it was no different from those films in society.

An hour is also a node, and patience is about to run out for ordinary people.

It makes sense for a movie to be set at ninety minutes, and after an hour of foreshadowing, the last thirty minutes are often a big climax when the audience is about to fall asleep.

If a movie is longer than two hours, the audience will find it long and boring.

This refers to films in general, not thrilling Hollywood blockbusters.

"The Two of Us" is a low-budget literary film, there is no breakthrough in form, it is more moving with emotion, interweaving love and scenery, it is impossible for everyone to like it.

Some people find it touching, some people find it boring, which is normal for niche literary films.

Watching a group of students leave the screening room, Lin Xiaoling was even more worried, she was considered to have gone through the storm and could not be said to be a rookie director, but after all, this was her first feature film, and she still hoped to be recognized.

Xu Jinglei held Lin Xiaoling's hand, and she was also nervous, but she was an actress and could control her emotions well.

In the acting class, the teacher said that don't think that you can become famous in one fell swoop, and you can be recognized for playing a role, that's unrealistic.

There are actors like that, but there are very few of them.

Many actors have to go through a few years or more than ten years of training before they can meet their own roles and gain fame and fortune, and more actors have never encountered such an opportunity in their lives, so they are unknown.

Thinking of this, Xu Jinglei slowly relaxed.

She watched the film "The Two of Us", and she could see the shortcomings of her performance, some places were too blunt and unnatural, especially compared with the old actor Jin Yaqin, it was easy to see the gap.

Xu Jinglei remembered the script that Lin Zixuan gave her.

She knows that the most brilliant role in the script of "Spring in a Small Town" is Zhou Yuwen, but the role that Lin Zixuan gave her is Dai Xiu, which is a supporting role that has not played much.

Of course, Xu Jinglei wants to play Zhou Yuwen, but she knows that she can't play Zhou Yuwen well.

For an actor, when you meet the right role at the right time, you become famous.

If you let the twenty-year-old Ge You play Fugui in "Alive", he will definitely be smashed, only the thirty-five-year-old Ge You is just right to play, this is an opportunity, which can be met but not sought.

Xu Jinglei is waiting for her opportunity, and she can feel Lin Zixuan's attention to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Maybe a few years later, the role of Jade Jiaolong will be her opportunity. (To be continued.) )