Chapter 62: Hidden Worries

Sun Baigan has been an editor for more than ten years, and he has forgotten the number of films he has edited, but this situation is rare today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info watched for nearly ten minutes and found no footage that needed to be cut. In other words, there is not a single superfluous shot in these more than ten minutes of footage.

"It's a coincidence." Sun Bai said in his heart. Even the most famous director will have extra shots when editing, how can this Gu Wenwu shoot so concisely at such a young age.

Continue to watch, sure enough, in the next shots, repetitive, redundant, and even ineffective shots appeared, although the number was very small, but they appeared, which proved that Gu Wenwu was not so terrible that he didn't need to cut a knife.

How did he do it? Sun Bai was puzzled, but he wouldn't ask Gu Wenwu, if he asked this kind of question, Gu Wenwu would definitely think that he was looking down on him. Originally, because of Gu Wenwu's age, Sun Bai still had a contempt for Gu Wenwu, but now he has completely put it away. This Gu Wenwu is not simple.

No matter how Sun Bai wanted to break his head, he couldn't guess that Gu Wenwu could shoot so efficiently because he had the original movie as a reference. At the same time, because of the reference of the original version, Gu Wenwu knows better how to edit it to achieve better results.

"Mr. Sun, I want an unexpected effect here."

"I want to have a reversal of the effect here, so that it can enhance the sense of comedy."

"Here I want to cut it into a parallel montage."

Sun Bai listened to Gu Wenwu's editing intentions while cutting. Gu Wenwu's editing ideas are very clear, he knows where to cut and what kind of effect he needs to cut. Sun Bai even felt that he was not needed for this editing work at all, and he could find anyone who could edit videos. He is now a complete executor.

Well, this makes Sun Bai, who has always been a little conceited, a little unhappy, but the editor's job is like this, and he can't say anything.

Even if there is a reference to the original, it will take time to edit the work where it should be. Therefore, Gu Wenwu didn't think that he could ascend to the sky in one step, work when he should work, and rest when he should rest.

Originally, the dispute that Sun Bai expected did not appear, and the two cooperated with Harmony for a few days to get a rough cut version of "The Hangover". But this is only the first step, and there are still dubbing, subtitles and other work waiting for Gu Wenwu to deal with, in short, he is busy during this time.

Just when Gu Wenwu was busy with the post-production of "The Hangover", another big event happened in the entertainment industry. Directed by Chen Kaige, joined by many superstars, and the masterpiece "Wuji" with an investment of 300 million summer yuan has been set and will be released soon.

As early as before the college student movie in July, "Wu Ji" had been completed, and after three or four months of post-production, was it finally about to be released.

For a movie like "The Hangover" that does not require special effects, three or four months of post-production time is enough, but for a masterpiece like "Wuji", which has a large scene and high special effects, the post-production has not taken half a year, which can't help but make Gu Wenwu doubt the quality of this "Wuji".

You must know that on Earth, the post-production time of "Boundless" took nearly a year, but here it has become less than half a year. There may be differences between the two worlds, but they are not so bad.

Gu Wenwu's question was answered by Wang Shicong.

When Wang Shicong learned that Gu Wenwu would still have questions about this issue, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Gu Wenwu, Gu Wenwu, you said that you are usually so smart, why are you confused at this time." ”

"What do you mean?" Gu Wenwu said incomprehensibly.

"Obviously, Chen Kaige was forced to be anxious." Wang Shicong said.

"I'm in a hurry, why am I in a hurry, who can force him with such a status?" Gu Wenwu still didn't understand.

"Because the end of the year is the election of the honorary directors of the Star Review Club, when the new council is elected, the Star Review Club will inevitably usher in a new power reshuffle, Zhang Yimou is in the limelight because of "Hero", and he is very hopeful to become the new chairman, do you think Chen Kaige is not in a hurry?" Wang Shicong said.

"The election of honorary directors is held every four years, which means that if Chen Kaige misses this opportunity, he will have to wait for another four years, no wonder." Gu Wenwu said suddenly.

"That's right, in addition to Zhang Yimou, the directors of Xiangjiang and Baodao are also eyeing each other, especially the Li case of Baodao, who has made such a big name in the United States, but this time he went back to Daxia to prepare a new film, for what, not for the position of this director, and there are even rumors that Wu Yusheng of Xiangjiang is also going back to Xia to develop, I don't know if it's true, you say that in this case, it's strange that Chen Kaige is not in a hurry." Wang Shicong said.

"Wait, it's November 3rd, and the release time of "Wu Ji" is November 20, with our post-production speed, I'm afraid we can complete all the post-production work before December, plus the time for review, blockbusters like "Wu Ji" will generally extend the screening time, which means that our film may have to collide with "Wu Ji". Wang Shicong suddenly thought of such a question.

"When was The Hangover originally scheduled to be released?" Gu Wenwu asked.

"Originally, it was released two weeks before Christmas, that is, on December 11th, but if it is still at this time, it will definitely hit "Wuji", this time "Wuji" has been on for 21 days, that is, three weeks, and I am afraid that three weeks will not reduce the popularity of "Wuji". Wang Shicong said worriedly.

Wang Shicong's worries are not unreasonable. Although the film "Wuji" has a poor reputation, it has surpassed "Hero" at the box office on the earth, creating a new high at the domestic box office. What's more, these are two different worlds, not to mention whether the "Wuji" in this world will still be polarized at the box office, the name of Chen Kaige alone can erase the gap in the past three weeks.

"So what should I do, do I have to change the schedule?" Gu Wenwu said.

"In this case, let's speed up and try to make the film as soon as possible, and then I will gather the company's directors to organize a screening, and after watching the movie, I will decide on the schedule of the film." Wang Shicong thought for a while and decided to postpone the scheduled schedule for a while. After all, I don't know what the movie will look like.

"Okay, then I'll try to speed it up." Gu Wenwu nodded and said.

Although Gu Wenwu has confidence in "The Hangover", he thinks that he is facing "Wuji", a film that can complete "The Hangover" in terms of investment, cast and audience expectations, and he said in his heart that it is not false.

Some people may say that "Wu Ji" is just a bad movie, what are you afraid of? But before the movie is released, who will know that this is a bad movie, and when the audience chooses a movie, what they are watching is not to see which familiar star is in the movie and which director directs it. So if "The Hangover" and "Wuji" are released at the same time, there will be only one result, that is, they will be crushed into slag.

Fortunately, there is now a three-week buffer time, so Gu Wenwu is just a little worried, not to the point of being afraid. What he has to do now is to finish the post-production of "The Hangover" as soon as possible, and then think about the next steps.