The completion of the filming of the movie does not mean that everything is all right for Lin Zhimo, in fact, strictly speaking, the real production of a movie has just begun.

"Hmm...... Is this how much our movie costs? Lin Zhimo sat in the office and looked at the large stack of documents in his hand and asked.

"Yes, it includes everything from the preliminary preparation to the actors' salaries, the rental of the shooting venue, the wages of the workers, etc., but the editing and publicity expenses have not been counted after that, but I have also written a rough budget." Huo Xiwen is as meticulous as a subordinate who reports to his superiors.

Lin Zhimo glanced at Huo Xiwen and said with a smile: "Sister Wen, relax, you made me nervous like this." ”

Huo Xiwen gave him a blank look: "As long as you promise not to use your hands and feet, I will listen to you." ”

Lin Zhimo's face turned red when he heard this, and he touched his nose in embarrassment.

After returning to Yanjing yesterday, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, because Lin Zhimo still had some documents to sign, so he didn't care that the company was closed, so he returned to the company with Huo Xiwen. As now, Huo Xiwen also gave Lin Zhimo a detailed introduction to the things that needed to be dealt with, but in the process of filming, Lin Zhimo, who had not touched a woman for nearly half a month, slowly began to get fussy while listening to Huo Xiwen's introduction, so in the end, the two played a gut battle in the office.

However, Lin Zhimo was thick-skinned after all, and soon forgot about the embarrassment, and said with a grin: "Sister Wen, I only show that you are charming, you should be happy." ”

Huo Xiwen was naturally happy in his heart, but how could he admit it. So he ignored Lin Zhimo's cunning and said directly: "The promotion of our movie can also start now, what are you going to do?" ”

Lin Zhimo was also serious when he heard Huo Xiwen's question, and he muttered: "What does the planning department mean? ”

"The meaning of the planning department is still the same, print publicity, media promotion and the like, let's do it step by step." Huo Xiwen was a little dissatisfied with this, but she didn't have any particularly good ideas in her heart.

Lin Zhimo knows that a good movie not only has to keep up with the quality of the film itself, but also cannot lag behind in publicity. In the United States, the promotion cost of a Hollywood movie is usually more than half of the production cost. It will even be comparable to the cost of film production. Even more, it can be seen that the importance of publicity.

However, it is different from the United States in China, the box office income of a film abroad only accounts for about 30% of the total revenue of the film, and the greater income is still in the film adaptation. Game adaptation. DVD revenue. Other aspects such as copyright income of peripheral products. But these will not work in China, because the copyright awareness in China, especially in the mainland, is too weak, so the standard of whether a film can succeed depends largely on the box office and foreign distribution income.

It is for these reasons that it is also possible. The promotion of domestic films is still at a relatively low-level propaganda means, after all, if the cost is too great, the cost will not be recovered. Still, in this age of eyeball economy, propaganda is still essential.

Lin Zhimo naturally understands this very well, but how can it be so simple to think of a method that wants a low cost and good publicity effect, and he has no bottom in his heart at the moment, so he has to say: "Wait and see, if it doesn't work, just follow the step-by-step process, I'll edit the movie first." ”

After a pause, Lin Zhimo asked, "Sister Wen, how is Teacher Zhai Ruzhai doing?" ”

Huo Xiwen nodded and smiled: "I have already contacted it, Sister Zhai said that you can go over at any time." ”

Lin Zhimo stood up and said, "Okay, it's better to hit the day than to hit the day, I'll go over today." ”

"I'll be with you." Huo Xiwen said.

Zhai Ru is the film editor that Lin Zhimo intends to invite.

The quality of editing has a crucial impact on a movie, every excellent movie is absolutely not bad for its editing, an excellent editor can help you edit a messy style of film with a clear rhythm, it can be said that in the process of post-production film, the editor is a profession with more authority than the director.

Although Zhai Ru is a woman, she is a leading editing master in China, and the movie "Sunny Day" and Zhang Yimou's "One Can't Be Missing" and "My Father and Mother" are all famous films edited by her.

Lin Zhimo was able to invite her to help in person, which also dragged Zhang Yimou's face, otherwise Lin Zhimo might not be able to see the other party.

"Hello Mr. Zhai, I want to ask you for help this time." Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen came to each other's homes with some fruits to visit each other in person.

Zhai Ru was still very surprised that Lin Zhimo came to her home in person, although the directors she worked with were all top directors in China, but Lin Zhimo, a big star, actually visited her in person, which made her happy.

"Come on, come on, what kind of gifts to bring!" Zhai Ru said with some annoyance.

"After all, it's the first time I came to the door, so I can't come empty-handed, I heard that Sister Zhai likes fruits, so I bought some from below." Huo Xiwen said with a smile.

"Come, sit." Zhai Ru beckoned Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen to sit down before saying, "Zhimo, it's okay if I call you that, right?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, then I'll call you Sister Zhai." Lin Zhimo is naturally happy to be closer to Zhai Ru.

"Zhimo, we don't need to be polite, I want to hear what you want from the style of this film, do you want it to be lighter or more depressing, or sharper?" Zhai Ru's face was serious.

"Well, if I can, I hope this film is better darker in the early stage, after all, it is necessary to show the harm of domestic violence to women, and in the back, it is still warmer." Lin Zhimo thought for a moment and replied.

Zhai Ru nodded, and then discussed the specific issue with Lin Zhimo again. No wonder Zhai Ru is so cautious, the director and the cameraman are partners in the filming process, and the director and editor are partners in post-production, no matter which of these two partners has a contradiction, it is a huge harm to the film, so everything must be explained in advance.

After entering the editing room, the words between Lin Zhimo and Zhai Ru were not as harmonious as when they were in the reception room just now, only listening to Lin Zhimo's constant shouting, while Zhai Ru was the old god controlling the mouse and editing the film one by one.

"Sister Zhai, you don't have to cut it off here...... Oops, really, this must not be cut, otherwise it won't be coherent, oops......" Lin Zhimo's heart tightened when he watched Zhai Ru's every editing, and every shot was perfect in his eyes.

"In every director's mind, the editor is like a mixture of a devil and an angel, he makes you hate him but you can't live without him."

When he first followed Zhang Yimou to learn editing, Lin Zhimo didn't care much about what Zhang Yimou said, in his mind, the editor is for the director after all, how terrible can it be?

But now that I think about it, this sentence is so true, every director really loves and hates editors. I hate them to cut those very good shots mercilessly, and I love that they will make your film more exquisite and perfect.

Every Hollywood blockbuster has hours in length before it is edited, but these contents are almost 90 percent cut, and the rest is the final product, and no matter how good or bad these shots are, each one is carefully shot by the director, and for each of them the director is like his own child. Now watching the editor cut out those shots without feeling distressed, the director is like watching the plastic surgeon do plastic surgery for his child, although the surgery is to make the child look better, but distress is absolutely inevitable.

Lin Zhimo's reaction to scratching her ears and cheeks was completely unexpected by Zhai Ru, so her expression remained unchanged, and she kept cutting off what she thought was inappropriate so lightly, and then explained a sentence or two slightly. In this situation, whether it is Zhang Yimou or Jiang Wen, every director is like this, she has long been used to their shouting.

In fact, sometimes Zhai Ru maliciously thought that if he recorded the painful expressions of these directors during editing, and then sold them to reporters, he would definitely sell them for a big price.

The editing work is definitely not an easy job, and Lin Zhimo also came to the house of the film's soundtrack teacher Sanbao while editing the film.

Because this movie was completely funded and filmed by himself, Lin Zhimo planned to keep improving, and invited the industry's famous soundtrack teacher San Bao to help him score the music.

Lin Zhimo is more familiar with Sanbao, the two had contact with each other when making the Olympic bid promotional video, and they also left a good impression on each other, and because they are both music producers, Lin Zhimo and the other party left each other's phone numbers, and they had already made an appointment with each other at the beginning of the filming of the movie "Don't Talk to Strangers".

Film editing and film scoring are actually complementary to each other, and it is difficult to distinguish between the two. Sometimes the director feels that some movie scenes are very musical, so he will ask the soundtrack teacher to do the soundtrack first, but sometimes he will feel that a certain shot is very visual, so he will edit it first.

"Brother Sanbao, I'll leave the soundtrack brother to you this time." Lin Zhimo came to Sanbao's house with two bottles of Moutai.

For Sanbao, who was born in the Mongolian steppe, it was definitely a thing that made him particularly happy to visit with two bottles of wine, and Lin Zhimo was naturally not stingy when he asked someone to do things.

The post-production of the film is a long process, and when Lin Zhimo was making the movie, he received an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala again, and this time the director of the Spring Festival Gala directly stipulated the content of Lin Zhimo's singing, which was the song "Beyond the Dream" that was set as the Olympic bid song. (To be continued......)