Chapter 15: Inside the Movie
After dinner, it was very late, there was nothing to do at the company, and the brother and sister went straight back to school.
On Monday, classes are still held as usual.
At noon, Zhuo Qinglian called Zhou Yi and asked him to come to the company's headquarters in the afternoon to participate in the company's internal film viewing meeting. It turned out that Director Zhao and the others had already completed the re-editing and fine editing in the morning, and they had almost made a final version, and they were going to screen it internally in the afternoon to try the effect.
Zhou Yi, as the boss, naturally wants to attend the film viewing meeting in person, and it is impossible not to go.
Senior executives from all departments of the company will participate, and only when they know the quality of the film can they carry out specific work.
The quality of the film is the foundation of a qiē work. Without this foundation, no matter how much you work, it is useless.
And composer Su Jian also has to participate in the afternoon internal viewing to prepare for the background soundtrack.
Getting this somewhat unexpected good news, Zhou Yi was obviously overjoyed.
Originally, according to Director Zhao's prediction, it would take at least a week to cut out the sample film.
Unexpectedly, the film editing was completed ahead of schedule, and the progress was actually two days ahead of schedule.
That's certainly a good thing.
The work progress is ahead of schedule, which can buy more time for follow-up work and strive for favorable conditions for submitting for review and seizing the schedule.
I guess that's what Director Zhao thinks.
And their work is really superb.
Zhou Yi also told his sister about this and asked her if she would go to see it. However, Tang Yan wants to stay in school to study, so she won't watch it, after all, it's just a sample film, and there must be no special effects and soundtracks, and the effect won't be very good, so it's better to wait and watch the released version of the film then.
Zhou Yi didn't force it, and asked his sister to help him ask for leave, and he went to the company headquarters by himself.
Now it is common for him to ask for leave, and the teachers are aware of the situation and will not stop him.
Students are going to start a business now, what can you do? Can you stop people from making money?
This kind of super honor student is not something that the teacher can restrict, and the teachers are very reasonable and not embarrassed. I even want to watch Zhou Yi's movie!
It's also a good thing that the school has a big star! There are never too many alumni like this!
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Yi came to the 20th floor of the company's headquarters Octavia Building on time, and the company's senior executives basically arrived.
Director Zhao and Director Rong are also there.
What is being discussed? Very lively.
It can be seen that Director Zhao is very happy, it seems that the effect of the film must be good, otherwise he would not be so excited.
Seeing Zhou Yi, everyone greeted each other. We are very familiar with each other, so you are welcome.
Director Rong also introduced an elder to Zhou Yi, who was about the same age as Director Rong, who was the composer Su Jian.
People are elders, and Zhou Yi naturally greeted him very politely.
Su Jian probably got the news from Director Rong a long time ago, and he was not surprised by Zhou Yi's age, and he was also polite.
Others are old and sophisticated, so they naturally know how to speak.
At this time, Zhuo Qinglian was also at the scene, talking to his colleagues.
Zhou Yi noticed that Zhuo Qinglian was also accompanied by a girl wearing a standard professional secretary suit. Presumably her secretary. Zhou Yi was speechless, his boss has not yet been equipped with a secretary, and Zhuo Qinglian, who is an assistant, actually has a secretary? Where did you get it from?
What a waste of money! Women just love face!
But Zhuo Qinglian obviously doesn't think so, in her opinion, isn't it enough for Zhou Yi to have her? What more secretary do you need?
Didn't she do all the work of the secretary?
What do you do with a secretary! Don't even think about the second half of the sentence, cut it carefully!
Fortunately, Zhou Yi didn't know Sister Zhuo's thoughts, otherwise she would have nightmares.
At present, the company's senior management gathered at the headquarters, and Zhou Yi talked and laughed with everyone, but he didn't ask about the film.
After all, you can see it right away. What else to ask?
After a while, everyone who should have arrived arrived, and everyone went to the small screening room of the company's headquarters to watch the film.
These hardware facilities are very complete.
The executives of the company all gathered.
First of all, I would like to formally welcome the composer Mr. Su Jian.
Mr. Su also smiled and greeted everyone.
Then the internal viewing will officially begin.
The prepared staff began to show the freshly baked clips.
Zhou Yi, Director Zhao and others all sat in the front row and watched very seriously.
Director Rong sat next to Su Jian. Convenient for discussing soundtrack issues.
The company's music editors naturally accompany them throughout the process, and they also have to make a list of music.
Director Zhao previously introduced that this version is a semi-finished product with no special effects, no soundtrack, no color grading, and no post-synthesis, so you can only make do with it and see the effect first. Everyone knew this, but they were still interested.
The film doesn't have an intro and goes straight to the point.
After all, the new factory logo has not yet been made!
This is the raw footage for the movie clip. For the convenience of work and to avoid leakage, there is also a timecode and watermark on it, but it does not affect the viewing.
Zhou Yi doesn't have to care about the soundtrack, a professional is in charge, he just needs to carefully appreciate the effect of the film.
The beginning is his role, and Zhou Yi is very happy.
Although he hasn't added special effects or color grading yet, he still feels that the picture is really much more exquisite than the old works in his previous life.
Today's technology is far ahead of the old days.
Zhou Yi looked at his performance on the big screen, and he had a lot of feelings in his heart.
Others don't have these feelings, after all, there is no comparison, and they don't know that this is a remake.
As the film was gradually screened, Zhou Yi really felt that the quality of this version was much stronger than in his previous life. Some of the changes he made to the film, as well as the crew's collective deliberations, did make a significant difference.
The actors' performances are also wonderful enough.
However, Gao Song and Zheng Zilong did not come to attend the viewing party, after all, they were not needed, and there was nothing for them. This is a matter for the company's top management, and the status of the actor is not up to that kind of Cheng dù. Of course, if it is a first-line star, or even an emperor superstar, or an actor or actress, there are some old-timers in the industry and the like, so naturally say something else.
But the company doesn't have that kind of actor at the moment. Except for Zhou Yi, the actor and boss, no other actors came to attend the viewing party.
Of course, the follow-up recording, they will definitely come.
Time has passed imperceptibly, and the film has come to an end.
The final fight scene was really exciting.
Not to mention Zhou Yi's iconic and difficult movements, they are indeed very eye-catching.
Just saying that the gut battle between Zhou Yi and Gao Song in the end against Wu Yuanshen was exciting and exciting, extremely bloody and violent.
First of all, Wu Yuan Shenyin made a series of moves, and used the scorpion tail to pierce the heart foot and the scorpion tail dart to continuously hit the two brothers.
But the senior brother gritted his teeth. It survived and did not completely lose its combat effectiveness.
Immediately afterwards, the brothers had a good idea and changed their way of fighting. With tacit understanding, Wu Yuanshen was continuously suppressed with combination movements, and the coordination of various actions was extremely exciting, which was simply exquisite. Often, Wu Yuanshen just wanted to use a murderous move to severely injure one person, and the other person could immediately fill in and block him. Timely rescue.
Wu Yuanshen is a lethal move, and Zhou Yi and Gao Song are a combination of skills to defeat the enemy and help each other.
Zhou Yijian saw some shadows of the final battle of the Indonesian action movie "Raid" in his previous life from this action scene, all of which were two against one, and the combination cooperated against strong enemies, and finally defeated the strong with the weak. It's just that the action design of the martial arts version seems to be more exciting.
And the fight scenes are more tough, some of the actions are more difficult, and the fight design is more classic!
This can almost be used as a textbook for action movies, and it is definitely a very typical decisive show.
Even if the special effects haven't been added yet. The tightrope traces of some shots are still there, but the wonderful Cheng dù of the fight scene can be fully displayed.
After watching the final final fight, Zhou Yi knew that the box office of this film would definitely not be bad.
The design of this explosive fight scene alone is worth the ticket price, how can the audience not buy it?
This is Zhou Yi's conclusion based on the box office situation of some action movies in the past life and the situation of some films in the present life.
The fighting scenes in this film are definitely distinctive and very novel.
To be distinctive, to be difficult. To be skillful, to cooperate, to be beautiful, what else do you want? I couldn't ask for more. Don't say it's a low-cost piece. is more than enough to make blockbuster plays.
Coupled with the dark cult style of the film, it is suspenseful and thriller step by step, not to mention how big the box office is, at least it can be accepted by the mass market.
The last bit of worry in Zhou Yi's heart was completely put down.
And he does have a slightly more role in the film than in the old films of his previous life.
When Director Zhao edits, he naturally gives priority to the boss. There have been such plans for a long time. Who doesn't understand such a sophisticated human relationship?
Zhou Yi was naturally more satisfied.
Two hours passed imperceptibly.
Everyone was fascinated and engaged, as if they didn't feel the passage of time at all.
When the film was over, applause rang out enthusiastically.
The company's senior executives expressed their admiration and appreciation for the work of the crew.
Although everyone is mentally prepared, this low-budget film can be made like this, which still impresses everyone, and even surprises everyone.
Especially the last fight scene, it was so exciting to shoot it, and it was extremely cool.
Everyone thinks this way, and it really pays off.
Manager Zheng and the directors of various departments congratulated Director Zhao and wished the film a success. Apparently this is a very successful low-budget cult action (fierce) movie, and it's just too fierce to be good.
Zhou Yi was naturally very happy, and was very happy to celebrate with everyone, and took the opportunity to hug Sister Zhuo warmly.
Zhuo Qinglian couldn't help laughing: The little guy is very good at secretly taking advantage of his sister!
But of course she wouldn't mind, and teased the dishonest little brother.
Zhou Yi smiled, but he wouldn't be embarrassed.
In addition, watching the movie just now, Zhou Yi also paid special attention to the timecode.
The film in this life is about 112 minutes long, which is about the same as Zhou Yi's estimate in advance, about 11 minutes longer than the 101-minute length of the old film in the previous life, which is normal, after all, the film has been deleted and changed a lot.
Counting the post-production composite end credits, the length of the film can still be controlled within two hours, which is enough.
After all, this is a small-budget film, there are not so many sponsors, sponsoring brands and various acknowledgments, and there are not many cast and crew, so naturally there are not such long subtitles. But now the subtitles haven't been finished yet, so naturally they haven't been matched yet.
Next, the directors of various departments of the company discussed for a while, determined some matters, and went to do their own things, which seemed more confident.
Director Zhao and Director Rong have to discuss the soundtrack with composer Su Jian, and they can't leave for the time being.
It is estimated that they will have to rewatch the film several times in the afternoon for specific analysis.
These professional things do not need to be personally participated in by Zhou Yi.
Today he has nothing to do.
But starting tomorrow Tuesday, he's going to the company's studio to record.
Director Zhao specially explained to Zhou Yi.
Now the person in charge of the mixing has got the edited version of the film, started to produce the sound effects, and will start dubbing the actors tomorrow.
The relevant actors are responsible for notifying, and they also have to go to the studio to record.
These things can't be delayed, and this time Zhou Yi can't skip class without asking for leave.
If the recording cannot be completed on time, it will affect the final packaging of the film, delay the technical review, and then affect the work of the film submission and distribution, and finally affect the schedule of the film's release.
In this kind of thing, Zhou Yi naturally can't go on any business trip, and he will definitely come to record on time tomorrow.
In order to ensure the quality of the film, he certainly couldn't make up for the dialogue he had recorded during the previous shoot.
When he watched the film samples before, he noticed that the live recordings did have a lot of noise, and the results were not good.
It is normal to re-record in the studio in the later stage, so the effect is better.
And so the matter was settled. (To be continued.) )
PS: Good kung fu is useless, feelings are such a thing, no matter how good kung fu is, it can't be stopped. When you encounter this thing, the man will die, otherwise how can you make the hero sad and the beauty pass!