The filming of the film has ended and is now in post-processing.

On the editing side, Lee Smith, the editor of "Truman's World", has been invited.

A native of Sydney, Australia, he is a versatile man. At first, it was a dry sound editing, but later it switched to film editing and became more and more mixed. "Robocop 2" and "Air Crash Dream" are all from him.

The reason why Chen Tiandu found him is because he may help Christopher Nolan cut five films in a row in the future, and the editing style is very unique, with personal charm, which is also very in line with Chen Tiandu's perception.

Although he has confidence in Lee Smith, Chen Tiandu still accompanies him throughout the editing process. If he cuts more or less shots while editing, it may make his new film a little less effective.

Fortunately, although it was the first time for the two to cooperate, some ideas coincided, and the cooperation was very pleasant.

Chen Tiandu doesn't have many films, and his films don't need much editing action. The two discussed the rhythm of the film, and both agreed with the clever transition of the fast pace, which is the main basis of editing - style. Since the most important matters were agreed, the rest of the plot editing work was very smooth, and the editing was only completed in a week.

With the editing done, the film is a big step closer to being truly complete.

Because the special effects work of "The Matrix" is not done after filming, many things are done at any time while following the crew.

There are a total of 523 special effects shots in the whole film, which is 111 more than the original work. Due to the large number of special effects shots in "The Matrix" and the huge amount of work brought by revolutionary innovative special effects, in addition to his own special effects company Manix, special effects director Michael Shinki has united five major special effects companies around the world.

The Matrix is responsible for the "Bullet Time" effect shots themselves.

The most impressive aspect of the "Bullet Time" effect "The Matrix" is the scene of "Frozen Time": the heroine Trinity jumps up and kicks the police in the hotel, the savior Neo dodges the bullets of the police on the roof of the building, and Neo and the detective fly up in the subway to confront each other with two guns (freezing Wu Yusen's signature move in mid-air).

These sets of shots all magnify the action time of a moment in front of the audience, and then drive the audience to appreciate this moment from all angles, expressing an unrealistic view of time, which can be more integrated into the story background of the film, and at the same time has a very unique visual impact, which has an extremely unforgettable impression on the audience.

Visually speaking, "bullet time" is a kind of slow motion in disguise, which shows high-speed actions such as bullet flight and fighting at normal camera speed, so it looks like these actions are slowing down, but the audience not only does not feel procrastinated, but the pleasure of speed is infinitely expanded.

In "The Matrix", Neo slowly leans over to dodge the bullet in the rotating camera movement, people can see the bullet for the first time, see the panoramic scene of the 360-degree rotation of the bullet when it freezes, and be amazed by the impact of the effect of using "slow" to reflect "fast".

Wu Yusen was the most enthusiastic practitioner of this method of using "slow" to reflect fast, and his slow-motion shooting scenes had a profound impact on those who came after him, which is the so-called aesthetics of violence.

In The Matrix, this method is used to the extreme range of solidifying the velocity of the bullet.

Chen Tiandu knows that in the future time and space, after the release of "The Matrix", the "bullet time" special effect has become a signboard of it, saying that "The Matrix" must mention "bullet time".

This special effect was later one of the most imitated screen stunts, and many films, television, and commercials imitated it, among the more famous ones are "Thunderbolt", "Shrek", "Horror Movie", etc., and the "bullet time" special effect was later carried forward in "Operation Swordfish" (2001), and its opening explosion scene is simply cool.

The remaining French company BUFF is mainly responsible for the green drop effect of the matrix and other vertical landing effects; Tippett Studio, which is responsible for the production of complex mechanical objects such as electronic squid, in a fully digital environment; The SONY-Picture studio is mainly responsible for creating the tunnels leading from the surface to the center of the earth in the film, as well as designing some large scenes in the tunnels, such as the scene where the huge electronic squid gathers.

Giant-Killer-Robots, a studio dedicated to recreating the underground environment; Animal-Logic Studio, responsible for the design of highway car chase scenes, and the creation of some "supernormal" characters, such as "Superman Flying".

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"Christmas, where do you want to travel? How about Japan, where the hot spring culture is widespread, this season is the best time to soak in hot springs. Kate was holding a travel magazine and chatting with Chen Tiandu, who was busy drawing something.

"Japanese hot springs?" Chen Tiandu didn't reply, "Isn't it too hot, it's going to be summer soon, are you sure you want to take a hot bath?" ”

Kate was stunned, "Okay, what about Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Christ statue, I want to go there to see ......" Before she finished speaking, Chen Tiandu's mobile phone rang, and he made a silent gesture to Kate, "Michael...... Right now? Okay, I'll be right there. ”

Hung up the phone and looked at Kate apologetically, "I'm sorry, Kate, I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany you on a trip." You know, the post-production of the film can't do without me. If you don't go alone, you'll be more familiar with it next time. ”

Kate: "......"

The effectiveness of the special effects department is related to the success or failure of the whole film, and in order to avoid the trouble caused by the dispersion of the work to coordinate and integrate the work, Chen Tiandu almost lived with Michael Cinki, which made Kate complain, and finally went on a trip alone.

The Hollywood paparazzi happened to catch a photo of her on vacation alone, and rumors of Chen Tiandu and Kate breaking up appeared in the gossip newspapers.

Chen Tiandu didn't know anything about this, and he consulted closely with Michael to integrate the entire process from pre-production to post-production of special effects. Not only for this movie, but also for the special effects in the sequel movie have been completely finalized.

For example, the scene of Zion, the huge scale of the torrent of more than 25,000 mechanical squid, and the more powerful aerial battle. He also designed the "Zion-Man" (Zion Console), the most powerful and complete special effects management information system in the history of world cinema. Of course, it has to be sci-fi and futuristic, and the operating system is always developed on a virtual screen (similar to the operating system of "Iron Man").

Of course, all of this will need to be seen in a future sequel, and it is estimated that this is the first time in the history of Hollywood that such a large computer information management system has been used in film shooting.

Through the "Digital Diary" and "Shooting Process" systems, the entire film crew engaged in digital processing, concept design, story blueprint depiction, computer-aided design, and 3D model design can get the desired scene design, high-resolution model, and all the lens data in each shooting process, which greatly improves work efficiency.

After working day and day, the entire post-production process was finally officially completed in late May.

On this day, in a small theater in Los Angeles, there were only a few people seated. The ticket clerk was informed that the screening room was chartered today, but then one audience after another walked in at the door, which was almost shocking.

Warner's director of production and distribution, Spielberg and Katzenberg of DreamWorks appeared together. There are also big names in 25 mainstream theaters in North America, even if they are not big bosses, they will send ticket department managers or deputy staff to the scene. Chen Tiandu, Kong Yiji, and Peck waited there early.

"Oh my God, what are they doing in there, why do they make an appointment to talk about business in the cinema? Also buying popcorn, is it really watching a movie? ”

This conductor is a bit of a miracle, he often pays attention to the big bosses of the theater line, and he happens to know several. I couldn't help but be stunned to see so many big names entering a screening room. Swallowing, he quietly pulled out his phone, "Hey, is it the Los Angeles Times, I have big news...... That's right, it's big news, and the heads of all the major theater chains in the United States, Warner, DreamWorks executives, and Christmas-Chan are also present, and it's definitely big news...... How much can you give? ”