Within two days of being tired of Qi Ran, the freshman reporting work of HKUST began immediately.

Compared with Qi Ran, who is extremely busy, Han Li's work is much easier. He has two main tasks, the first is to be responsible for the reception and guidance of new students majoring in digital art this year. And the second is the duty of the reception station for freshmen sent by their art college.

However, there are basically about one or two hundred people in each class of the art academy, so the task is not heavy, but very easy.

So much so that most of Han Li's time in the freshman reception center is either to take pictures of those interesting or beautiful freshman faces with a camera, or to open the laptop, read the news, and swipe Weibo.

Of course, this is not to say that Han Li is idle and has nothing to do. On the contrary, he has his own things to do, on the one hand, which is to write books.

Another thing is to organize the videos, data and photos taken from his previous trip to the plateau, and then edit and synthesize them.

This time, Han Li wanted to tell the itinerary of their trip to the plateau in the form of a documentary.

Although it can't really be made into a documentary with several episodes, it relies on cameras, other people's mobile phones, and video data on drones. To refine it, it's still very easy to cut a seventy or eighty minute film.

Through collection and sorting, Han Li has sorted out a total of nearly 40 G of video and photo materials. The total number of videos from drones, cameras, and other people's phones adds up to four to five hundred minutes.

And the first thing Han Li has to do is to read the films, and read them all. See what these films are all about, and then make notes.

To be honest, if these films are really played normally, it may take more than ten days to work. But in this case, it will definitely be time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Therefore, Han Li adopts a fast-forward method. For example, a video is an empty mirror, or an aerial landscape shot.

All he has to do is fast-forward to watch this video, and then mark the location, content, time, and characteristics of this video.

However, not all video footage can be fast-forwarded, especially those that involve people shooting footage. For example, everyone is talking or what is the activity, or there is the scene of the rescue operation between San'er and Xiaohong and others at the end.

He has to be meticulous and not miss any details, which can't be fast-forwarded.

After reading all these videos and photo materials, I have a preliminary understanding. Next, Han Li needs to compile an outline of the film and a general story summary for these video contents.

Whether it's a feature film or a documentary, they all have an outline and a script. It's just that there is a difference between this outline and the outline, and between the script and the script.

The outline and script of a feature film are told around the whole story, so the whole story must come first, and the film comes later, that is to say, it is a film that is interpreted or fictionalized according to the story.

As for documentaries, there are few things that are set in advance, basically after these materials are filmed, and then according to these materials, the outline structure of the entire documentary and the story summary are compiled.

After the outline and script of the film are designed, what Han Li has to do is to roughly cut these films according to the outline and script.

That is to say, discard those unwanted, or unsatisfactory, unnecessary video materials and clips, and keep the clips and videos that you think are similar.

For example, after rough cutting, the four or five hundred minutes of material like him can probably be retained, and it is only two or three hundred minutes, which is basically half deleted.

The next is the second cut, which is the same as the first cut, the second cut is to further refine the two or three hundred minutes of material from the first cut to retain the essence. After the entire second cut, the film can be shortened to more than 100 minutes.

At this time, it is necessary to carry out three reductions, which is also the most painful process in the entire editing process.

Because generally at this stage, what is retained is definitely the essence of these video materials. So you will fall into this reluctant, that you don't want to cut.

And in the post-editing production of some films, it is often the time when the director and editor are at their most tense. Sometimes the director worked hard to shoot the footage for half a month, and the editor came to say something that was not suitable, and then cut it out with a click.

A well-educated director will stand up and scold his mother directly, while a director with a hot temperament will directly fight with the editor.

Wait until the quarrel is almost over, or say that both sides are hurt, and then the producer comes out to be a peacemaker.

So the two sides gradually compromised, you let a little, he let a little, and a film is basically so finalized.

Of course, it is not excluded that some directors have big fists and some editors have big tempers, so this is another matter.

Generally, after three cuts, the overall style and structure of the film are basically finalized. But that doesn't mean it's done, it just means it's about to be done. Then it continues to refine and trim until the film meets the requirements of the editor or director.

Why do some people say that film is a regrettable art, and this is reflected here. You can't tell the audience what you think and what you shoot, so you'll inevitably regret it.

Under normal circumstances, after the third cut, whether it is a movie or TV series, you can start color grading, or special effects and post-production.

In order to maintain its authenticity, documentaries do not need special effects and post-production. But you can also make appropriate color grading to make the tone of the whole film more uniform and comfortable.

After the feature film is edited, the next step is the soundtrack and post-production. Of course, some documentaries also have dubbing, which is what we call narration, to tell what the film is trying to say.

As far as the film cut out by Han Li is concerned, he doesn't want to use dubbed narration. If you want to explain, you can directly display the text in the film to explain it.

As for the soundtrack, this one is indispensable. Especially good music, it can render the atmosphere of the things that the film wants to express, so that you can touch your heart more and empathize with it when you watch it.

Because this film is about to be released, all the soundtracks of the entire film are made by Han Li asked the company to come forward and invite professionals to do it. Some of these dubbed songs have also purchased corresponding licenses.

So when this film is released, there will be no disputes.

As for the post-production mentioned above, it does not count the post-production of the whole film. Rather, it is to package the content of the film that has been done, that is, the production of the opening and ending parts.

Don't look at these things as if they don't seem important, but in fact, they are very particular about making them.

For example, try to be as exciting as possible at the beginning and soothing at the end. In order to be able to let people watch the content in the end credits, some producers have taken great pains and thought of a lot of ways.

There are filming highlights at the end of the film, the most representative of which is Uncle Long's movie, and there are basically shooting highlights at the end.

Also, there will be some special funny clips of the characters at the end, or good songs.

And one of the main methods, or everyone's favorite way, is to add easter eggs at the end of the film, so that everyone can have the patience to read the subtitles and not get bored.