"Aaron, I need this scene to be a little faster, the camera to be a little more broken, to express the sense of turmoil of the camera shaking, as if the occurrence of a qiē is imminent, there is no breathing space at all, let alone room to think, so that the audience can only passively follow the story and passively receive information."

"And what about the space to think?"

"I don't want them to have room to think, when all the information accumulates and reaches a critical point, quantitative change will naturally lead to qualitative change, and the thoughts and awakenings in their minds will be born naturally. It's like being afraid, fearful, and withdrawn, and subconsciously emerges. When the movie is over, there is a lot of room for them to think. ”

"Jesus Christ! You're a madman! People are worried that I cut out their footage, all the hard work has been wasted, I want to stay now, and you still ask me to cut it, are you sure your brain is not broken? ”

"Less, what do you think?"

"If it's as you say, almost speeding up the pace and shortening the thinking space, I don't think I need to cut the shots, but I can cut them up, and I noticed that Hayden has a couple of shots that are shot in a documentary way, shaking and turbulent long shots, and I can use them."

"Very well, so what are you waiting for?"

Aaron-Menk looked up, looked at Lance with a rightful face, and rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Hey man, you look like an ugly capitalist exploiting working people's hard-earned money right now." ”

Lance had a calm face, not even a little fluctuation, just looked at Aaron quietly, and seemed to admit these "accusations" directly, which made Aaron touch his nose depressedly and muttered, "If it weren't for the fact that you are so handsome, I would definitely give you a punch now." ”

Lance once again ignored Aaron's complaints, "There's not much left until Sundance, and the editing schedule has to keep up!" Although the first cut of "City of God" was approved by Robert and successfully shortlisted for the competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, Lance was still not satisfied, and recently he and Aaron stayed in the little dark room, busy day and night.

Aaron glared back at Lance, and was about to say something, but Lance stopped him directly, "You don't want to smash your own sign, do you?" With a single sentence, Aaron was silenced, and when he turned around and was ready to get busy, Lance continued, "Although you don't have a sign to speak of right now. ”

Aaron, "......"

Lance and Aaron were not friends before, and they could even be said to be enemies.

When Diorama Pictures produced "Love is a Son of a", the funds were very limited, and a suitable editor could not be found, and finally fell in love with Aaron, who had just come out of the school, and the two sides had their first cooperation, but in the process of cooperation, Aaron had a fierce difference of opinion with Alejandro-Gonzalez-Inarritu, the director of "Love is a Son of a Dog", and even almost had a big fight at one point.

Although Lance also has a lot of dissatisfaction with Alessandro - the director is Mexican, the division of film in mainland South America is still unclear, many movies are edited by the director himself, "Love is a bitch" is only Alejandro's debut, he also insisted on editing it himself, and there were many conflicts with Aaron; But considering the overall situation, in the end, Lance still chose to support the director and directly fired Aaron. Later, Lance hired two other apprentices from editors who had not yet been trained to assist Alessandro in editing the film.

Aaron studied under the famous editor Richard-Francis-Bruce (Richard-Francis-Bruce), "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Into the Island of Death" and so on are all works of which Richard served as an editor. Therefore, although Aaron is a fledgling, his strength is still quite optimistic.

Later, Lance and Aaron dealt with each other a few times, and the two almost didn't like each other, and each time they broke up, and then under Richard's matchmaking, Lance and Aaron collaborated on "Dance of Death Rowrows", which was also the first time Aaron worked independently as an editor after he came out, and this cooperation was still stumbling, but it unexpectedly made a friendship.

Objectively speaking, Aaron's level is indeed outstanding, not only because of his master's excellence, but also because he has a natural sensitivity to the camera and emotional touch, and can always capture the parts that the director ignores, adding a lot to the tension of the story and the actors' performances. In addition, in the past two years, Aaron has also worked as an editor for a number of documentaries and has accumulated a lot of experience, which coincides with the requirements of the "City of God", so Lance found Aaron as soon as possible and promoted this cooperation.

The facts also proved that Lance's idea was correct, Aaron's understanding of the "City of God" had a unique style, and in the process of work, he had many quarrels with Lance, but there were also countless sparks, and the first cut version moved Robert and others. However, both Lance and Aaron knew that time was too tight before, so some parts of the editing were too rough and still needed to be reworked, which was the consensus of the two people.

Aaron sat in front of the editing table and quickly started to get busy, while Lance sat next to him, silent, quietly watching Aaron work.

The fragmented sound of the "City of God" image could be heard in the editing room, and Aaron expertly moved forward, backward, and then stitched the shot together as if he were a brilliant painter. Lance was a little distracted, and his mind was thinking carefully about how the picture presented by this editing method was different from the previous way, but the vibration from the pocket of his pants interrupted Lance's thoughts.

Generally speaking, it is not allowed to bring any communication equipment in the editing room to avoid interfering with the editor's work. However, in recent times, in order to catch up with the Sundance Film Festival, Lance has been almost busy with his feet on the ground - the film score still has two parts to rewrite; Two editions of the propaganda poster have been made, but neither is satisfactory; The materials that Sundance needs to submit are not yet ready; Since the film is in Portuguese and has English subtitles, it is still in the school team...... So, out of necessity, Lance put his phone on his body.

Lance stood up and left the editing room before answering the phone, "Hello, this is Lancelot. ”

"Hey, man, how long have you been back in Los Angeles and you haven't even called me?" The voice on the other end of the phone was full of the charm of a mature man, with a chuckle between the words, and that familiarity and affection were revealed between the lines.

It's George Clooney.

Lance was indeed a little surprised, probably because he subconsciously no longer regarded George as a friend, so after returning to Los Angeles, Lance didn't think of contacting George at all. However, since George took the initiative to contact him, it means that he still continues to play the role of "best friend", and Lance will naturally not be exposed.

"So, this is coming out of the mouth of a man who has just come back from a romantic relationship with Catherine-Zeta-Jones?" Lance's teasing made George laugh out loud, and George and Catherine collaborated on the movie "True Love", which was only completed not long ago.

"At least I made the call first." George, however, was reluctant to admit defeat lightly, and said to Lance jokingly.

Lance chuckled, but the mockery in the smile was not visible on the other end of the phone, "That means you've lost." It's a simple sentence, but it's meaningful.

In the process of boyfriend and girlfriend relationships, people tend to say that the person who takes the initiative to call is passive because the person loves more deeply and he or she has already lost from the beginning. That's why Lance said so. But in fact, Lance's subtext is that the reason why George took the initiative to call is because George still wants something from Lance, and he is the one who keeps selling his friends for glory.

George naturally didn't miss the ambiguous/ambiguous deep meaning in Lance's words, and laughed hehe, "There is no way, in this relationship, I am always the weaker party." "He interpreted it according to the former meaning, and made a joke." How about coming out for lunch? ”

"Lunch?" Lance didn't have a watch, but he remembered that it was less than an hour before lunchtime, and he had planned to continue ordering takeout with Aaron.

"We haven't seen each other in almost half a year, or do you want dinner?" George remains proactive and enthusiastic.

Lance speculated whether George's true purpose was just to maintain friendship, whether it was because Ryan was acting again, or both. Originally, Lance was going to refuse, after all, he was busy now, and even the time to eat was extremely precious, but after thinking about it, Lance nodded and gave an affirmative answer, "Just lunch, I already have an appointment for dinner." ”

"I guessed it, you have to make a reservation for dinner a month in advance." George quipped, "So meet at Sunset Square?" ”

"No, I'm near Plaza Valencia now, go to the Olive Garden, do you know where it is?" Lance deliberately divulged his location and gave out the direction of the editing room. He believed that George would have come himself, even though it was a thirty-minute drive from the city center.

"Are you in Valencia Square? Wow! George sighed, it was north of Hollywood, already in the suburbs, but the thoughts in his mind were surging, and he had already switched thoughts several times in the blink of an eye, "Of course, I'll go over now, I know where the olive garden is, see you in thirty minutes." ”

After hanging up the phone, Lance stood there and thought about it, although he had been busy with the post-production of "City of God" lately and couldn't spare time at all, it didn't feel good that Ryan and George had been watching around, and he didn't mind taking the initiative and finding something for them to do.

It's not his style to be beaten passively all the time.