Chapter 67: Quick Cut
Perhaps because he had drunk too much alcohol the night before, Jude woke up a little late the next day, and before he had time to eat breakfast, he got in the car and rushed to the airport to meet Ayman Ruhr.
"You just went back empty-handed? What about your luggage? ”
"Here!" Jude suddenly raised his hand and waved it in the direction behind Aimanruhr.
Aiman Ruhr turned his head in confusion and saw a girl in sunglasses in a white T-shirt, skinny jeans, and nude high heels walking briskly in this direction.
Obviously, Jude was greeting the other person with that sentence just now, not answering his own question.
Realizing this, Aiman Ruhr's mood instantly turned a little bad.
Jude didn't care about that, leaving Emmanruel behind, and running over to hug the girl in sunglasses.
Aiman Ruhr watched all this happen in amazement, and suddenly his mind couldn't turn around, but fortunately the two opposite sides didn't mean to test him, and after hugging, the girl took off her sunglasses, revealing a beautiful and familiar face.
"Kate, you actually sent Locke to the airport, I thought you would say goodbye directly in the apartment."
Aiman Ruhr walked up and looked at the two men in front of him who had just separated with some dissatisfaction.
Kate hugged Jude's arm and explained to Eman Ruhr with a smile, "I just went to check in my luggage, so I didn't come with Jude. ”
Ayman Ruhr was not surprised by the result, but was a little curious.
"So you're going to the United States too?"
"Didn't Jude tell you?" Kate turned her head and looked at her boyfriend in confusion.
Jude put his arm around Kate's shoulders and said to Ayman Ruhr, "Didn't you just ask where my luggage was?" That's my luggage! ”
The Mexican was so speechless by Jude's high-profile show off that he had to shrug his shoulders helplessly at Kate.
The airport didn't give the three of them much time to chat, and soon the radio began to notify the passengers of the flight to board the plane.
Jude still booked a first-class ticket this time, but only he and Kate's seats were next to each other, and Aiman Ruhr was arranged at the other end, next to a middle-aged woman in fur, who subconsciously frowned after seeing Aiman Ruhr sit down with a travel bag on his back.
Aiman Ruhr protested with his eyes to Jude, who was asking the flight attendant how long it would take for the plane to arrive in Los Angeles, and sat down and put on his headphones and listened to the music.
After Jude sat down and told Kate about what happened to Ayman Ruhr, Kate scolded him twice, saying that he shouldn't have arranged Aimanruhr's seat so far.
Jude took the headphones and helped Kate put them on, signaling that if she was bored, she could listen to music first, because the flight attendant had just told him that the plane would have to fly in the sky for at least twelve hours before it landed.
Jude didn't intend to waste this half day, he pulled the platform in front of his seat and began to organize his work log during the shoot.
Kate listened to the music for a while, saw that Jude was concentrating on his work, and raised her hand to call the flight attendant to ask for two cups of coffee.
"Are these numbers shot numbers?"
Kate approached Jude with two cups of coffee and placed one of them in Jude's hand.
"Thank you." Jude took a sip of his coffee, put it down, and pointed to the lines of numbers on the notebook and explained: "This movie has a total of 752 shots, except for the 11 that are wasted, they are used in other editing, and now I will arrange them first, and the workload can be reduced by more than half when editing later." ”
Kate was stunned by the number of shots, and couldn't help asking, "What can you remember about these shots?" ”
Jude smiled and shook his head, "Of course, it's impossible to remember everything, each shot number is marked with the content, I just need to remember which scenes I shoot every day, including which shots." ”
Kate held her coffee cup in both hands and looked at Jude with unblinking eyes.
"There are so many shots to deal with, so it must be time-consuming when editing, right?"
"It will take at least a month for someone else to cut it, and I can cut it in half by myself, which is of course the most conservative estimate."
Despite Jude's words, Kate was shocked by the sheer amount of work.
"You're going to cut it yourself?"
"The final editing right is what all Hollywood directors want to grasp, of course, independent films are generally done by the director himself, only commercial films will hire professional editors, and in some cases, the final editing right is in the hands of the production company, and the director is responsible for shooting, which sounds very easy, but there is no way to ensure that the film can still reflect the director's own ideas after it is cut."
Jude briefly introduces Kate to the editing rules of Hollywood movies, and Kate then asks if "Two Smoking Guns" will hire another editor.
"At first, the company did intend to do this, but I didn't agree."
Jude's tone seemed relaxed, which made Kate feel curious.
"The new line company has compromised like this?"
"Of course not, after the second Pooh Jones beating incident was exposed by the media, Shay personally called me to mention it, but I had already agreed on the ownership of the final editing rights in my contract with New Line, so as long as I didn't agree, they couldn't do anything." Jude took a sip of his coffee, "Besides, I'm afraid there is no second person who can cut this movie except me, and Shay White also knows this, so he didn't continue to insist on this issue." ”
Kate rested her head on Jude's shoulder, thought for a moment and said, "It's Christmas in half a month, can you finish all the work at hand before then?" ”
"Actually, I agreed with Shay-White that he would see the first cut after a week back in the U.S., so I might not be able to accompany you to get used to the environment in the next few days, but you can plan ahead where we're going to spend the Christmas holidays, and I'll definitely find time at that time." Jude explained apologetically.
"Then I'll have to think about it." Ketra grabbed Jude's hand and continued to lean on his shoulder, "By the way, Ritter called me yesterday, and he wanted to be my agent in the United States. ”
"The Rhett people are not bad, you can seriously consider it."
Jude knew that Kate was a very assertive girl, so he didn't say much.
The advantages of the two being under the same agent name are obvious, but the disadvantage is that Littlet now has limited resources in his hands, and it is difficult to help Kate get too good a role in a short period of time.
"Then I'll tell Ritter when I get back, and I agree." Kate's reply was somewhat unexpected.
Jude suddenly felt like he was lifting a stone to hit himself in the foot, so he had to remind with a wry smile: "Then you have to be prepared for a long time when you can't receive a new play." ”
"How so?" Kate raised her head, a sly smile flashed in her charming eyes, "Don't forget that you still owe me a heroine, you promised it yourself when you finished filming "This Man is from Earth" last time. ”