Chapter 230: Busy Editing Work

After getting Tang Raid's parents, and successfully making Tang Raid's parents agree to the matter of himself and Tang Raid, Luo Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and in the next period of time, he could be busy with the editing work in the ninth district with peace of mind, Fang Lin also knew that Tang Raid's parents had agreed to Tang Raid and Luo Yang's affairs, in addition to envy, he was also a little worried, Luo Yang understood what Fang Lin was worried about, that is, how to say it on his parents' side, Luo Yang was also a little helpless about this, this is the disadvantage of having two girlfriends, the opinions of both parents can give you a headache, However, Fang Lin was also very considerate of Luo Yang, knowing that Luo Yang was busy with work during this time, so he asked Luo Yang to pass this time and talk about it after the matter was dealt with.

Fang Lin's empathy also moved Luo Yang very much, and it also allowed Luo Yang to devote all his energy to the editing of "District 9" in the future, after all, Luo Yang was a little embarrassed after such a long delay during this time.

In the film editing room, Chen Yimou, Luo Yang, and the hired special effects editing room are busy working, especially Chen Yimou, there are already bloodshot eyes in his eyes, this period of time, the editing work of "District Nine" has consumed a lot of Chen Yimou's energy, after all, Chen Yimou has high expectations for "District Nine", and he does not allow a little mistake in the editing work, and even sleeps at night thinking about how to make the movie more shocking.

There is a huge flat LCD screen hanging on the wall, I saw that the special effects editor was busy adding various special effects, and finally the complete picture began to form, a beetle-style, strange-shaped mecha was running on the muddy ground on the screen, surrounded by dilapidated tin houses, the mecha slammed into the soldiers holding machine guns in front of them and began to strafe, in a short scream, the soldiers were all beaten into a pool of flesh and blood.

Looking at the special effects of this scene, Luo Yang still felt a little uncomfortable even though he had watched it once, and endured the discomfort and said to Chen Yimou: "Teacher Chen, this is shocking enough."

After listening to Luo Yang's words, Chen Yimou held his chin, looked intently at the image on the screen and asked Luo Yang, "Do you feel that something is missing?"

Luo Yang was stunned for a moment and said, "What's missing?" It's already violent."

Chen Yimou listened to Luo Yang's words, lowered his head and thought for a while, then flipped through the scene notebook and the list of sub-shots, and then said to the special effects editor: "Please call out the seventh set of shots, it is a close-up of the facial expressions of those soldiers", the special effects editor picked out the close-up pictures one by one according to Chen Yimou's description, and then waited for Chen Yimou's command, Chen Yimou nodded and continued: "Well, make a close-up of the rotation of the mecha machine gun, and then the next shot focuses on the facial expressions of the scene of the soldier's encounter" 。

According to Chen Yimou's request, the special effects editor quickly operated the editing software, and soon a new image began to appear, playing on the screen: the mecha machine gun rotated wildly and shot countless fires, and the facial expressions of all the soldiers suddenly changed, fear, despair, and filled it, and one of the most burly soldiers blurted out a curse: CNM and then all the bullets hit.

With a bang, in the next second, the soldiers in the picture had disappeared, leaving only countless flesh and blood underground, and mecha stained with flesh and blood, the tin house and the ground, the scene looked hideous and terrifying.

"Perfect", Chen Yimou clapped his hands and said to the editing special effects artist: "Very good, that's it, take this paragraph just now as one of the priority choices", the special effects editor nodded, and quickly marked the serial number of the image just now, and after the content, archived it for use.

After all this, Chen Yimou turned his head to Luo Yang and said, "Which one do you think is better than the one just now and the beginning?"

Luo Yang's face was a little blushing, and he began to see that scene, Luo Yang already felt good, and he didn't expect it to be more perfect, but Chen Yimou was keenly aware of it, and asked for revision, sure enough, the modified clip was more perfect, the previous scene only expressed shock and blood, and the latter scene fully showed the despair and fear and disbelief of those soldiers before they died, these expressions made the whole clip fuller, which everyone can see.

And Luo Yang also understood what Chen Yimou meant by asking himself, so he said embarrassedly: "Teacher Chen, the second act is perfect, I'm too anxious, I will definitely think about it in the future."

Chen Yimou nodded and said: "It's good that you can understand this, remember the movie, sometimes it's not enough to only pay attention to violent and shocking pictures, the main body of the movie is people, and it will be even better if you can show this through people, sometimes be careful, be patient, and the movie can be more perfect, which is why I asked you this question, I hope you can understand what I mean, make your own movies in the future, don't worry, and patiently do a good job in every clip, so as to make a movie with a soul."

Luo Yang nodded and said, "Teacher Chen, I understand, but I want to ask, can such a violent and bloody scene pass the review?"

Chen Yimou rubbed his temples and thought for a while: "I can pass the review, but it is estimated that the rating will be classified as R." (ps: Here is a reference to the American movie rating, I'm too lazy to make one, and you can't remember it, it's better to use the American rating, if you don't understand, just Baidu)

Luo Yang also had a little headache and said: "If it is divided into R level, it is estimated that there will be a lot less audience, first of all, minors will definitely not be allowed to watch, in this case, their parents will definitely not come to watch this movie, in this case", Luo Yang did not finish speaking, but Luo Yang believes that Chen Yimou understands what he means, this shijie's movie also has an accurate division system, stipulating what movies are suitable for that age group, such as "District 9", a violent and bloody movie, with a lot of foul language, Minors are forbidden to watch, and minors can't watch it, the child's parents naturally have to accompany their children to watch movies, and they can't watch "District Nine", if they can't watch "District 9", there will be a large part of the audience, and if the audience is less, the box office will naturally be less, in this way, Luo Yang and the media bet, if they lose, they will run naked, and then the media will not care if the movie is a good movie or not, they will seize the box office to hype, which makes Luo Yang a headache.

Chen Yimou also knew what Luo Yang meant, understood Luo Yang's worries, patted Luo Yang on the shoulder and said: "There should be only one thing in the heart of the filmmaker, that is, keep improving, and should not modify the movie in his mind because of external factors, if this movie is not bloody and violent, the script will lose its biggest core, and it will only become a bad movie, and also, you have to have confidence in this movie, even if the rating is unfavorable, I think the box office of one billion is absolutely fine, don't forget our goal, this movie is used to impact the Academy Awards" !

Luo Yang had no choice but to nod and suppress his worries in his heart, Chen Yimou continued: "But the rough cut is about to be completed, and the publicity work is about to begin, and then we will hurry up to make a promotional trailer, there is a saying that the fragrance of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, even if the movie is good, the publicity is not in place, it is useless, this point is still very important, we must pay attention to it, and we are about to enter the fine editing, and the dubbing work must be carried out quickly, Luo Yang, you write these down", Chen Yimou said to himself while thinking.

Luo Yang nodded, and put what Chen Yimou said on his notebook a few times, he was busy with work, and Chen Yimou had more things to consider, so Luo Yang was also responsible for noting down Chen Yimou's next work arrangements, so as to remind Chen Yimou: "Teacher Chen, how should the promotional film be made", Luo Yang was still a little curious and asked Chen Yimou.

Chen Yimou smiled and said: "Luo Yang, the promotional film, you just remember a few points, short, shocking, suspense, because it is a promotional film, so it can't be too long, otherwise too much content will be exposed, I don't need to say more about the shock, it's the wonderful clip of the film, the suspense is the most important, let everyone always remember what happened below after watching it, I can't wait to know, with these points, a haode promotional film is considered a success."

Luo Yang knew that Chen Yimou was pointing at himself, nodded to show that he understood, Chen Yimou smiled and said: "No matter how much you say, it's better to operate it yourself, although I already have a general idea in my heart, but I still give you a task, you make a promotional video for me to see, see how much you understand these requirements."

"Haode, Teacher Chen", Luo Yang also said happily when he heard that he let himself do it himself.