Hearing the news that Gong Li was appointed as the chairman of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival, Fang Yan was shocked at first, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, realizing that this was good news.

The three major European film festivals are judged in the same way as most film festivals, with an organizing committee selecting directors, actors, screenwriters, etc. who have performed well in the film industry to form a jury.

The number of judges is generally less than ten people, and due to the short duration of the film festival and the large number of films, the jury has always been relatively hard.

The jury has a personal style that often affects the attribution of the current film awards. It is precisely for this reason that the three major European film festivals have set the second prize for the best film, that is, the Grand Jury Award, to ensure fairness as much as possible.

Moreover, because the festival awards are limited and there are many films shortlisted for the competition unit, it is rare to award more than one award to the same film in order to ensure fairness.

For example, the only Palme d'Or for Chinese films, "Farewell My Concubine" was awarded to it because the jury awarded it the best picture, so Zhang Guorong lost the actor.

As a famous Chinese actress, Gong Li has an unprecedented great achievement, she is the only actress in the world who starred in a movie and won the highest awards at the three major European film festivals.

In 1988, he won the Golden Bear Award for "Red Sorghum", in 1992 for the Golden Lion Award for "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", and in 1993 for the Palme d'Or for "Farewell My Concubine". No matter how much you find a reason, you can't deny Gong Li's status as the first actress in Chinese.

Gong Li served as the chairman of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival, which is a happy news for every Chinese filmmaker.

Especially filmmakers who plan to win awards next year, they are probably looking at next year's Berlin Film Festival, and want to try it out with their identity advantages.

"Han Dong, I understand what you mean." Fang Yan said with gusting hands: ""Ke Ke Xili" is scheduled to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, I will prepare well."

"Don't be too happy too soon, I have some not-so-good news here."

Han Sanping lit a cigarette and said with a playful expression: "If nothing else, Zhang Yi's latest film "My Father and Mother" will also participate in next year's Berlin Film Festival."

Hearing this news, Fang Yan's heart sank, and he felt the pressure double.

The name of the person, the bark of the tree. Zhang Yi, the famous director of the first director in China, can be described as thunderous, and every director's junior will have respect.

Moreover, the reason why Gong Li can become the first actress in Chinese is due to Zhang Yimou.

"Red Sorghum", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Ju Dou", "Alive", ......

Gong Li and Zhang Yi, thinking that they were a pair of golden partners back then, and they worked together for more than eight years, which was the pinnacle of Zhang Yi's life, and it was also the most dazzling time in Gong Li's life.

Regarding the love and hatred between Gong Li and Zhang Yi, most Chinese people know that even if the two break up, there is still a lot of affection.

Seeing Fang Yan's silent appearance, Han Sanping smiled and spit out a smoke ring.

"Xiao Fang, you shouldn't be cowardly, right?"

"You're laughing, I'm not scared!"

Fang Yan quickly adjusted his mentality, and said in a relaxed tone: "Whether the movie can win awards or not, everything still has to be based on strength, what is yours is yours, and no one can snatch it away."

"Besides, there are so many awards, no matter how good Director Zhang is, he can't win them all alone."

"That's right, as a director, you should have confidence in your own films!"

Han Sanping put out the cigarette in the ashtray and said with a smile: "This is indeed a good opportunity, but you don't have too much psychological burden, as long as you can be nominated for an award, it is already amazing."

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After discussing the competition, Fang Yan devoted himself to the post-editing, getting up early every day and working late to make the movie perfect.

"Stop...... This shot is a bit redundant, so cut it out. ”

"Interspersed here is an empty shot of a vast blue sky, to highlight the tragic atmosphere."

"It feels a little wrong, so I'll go back and see again."

In the editing room of Emperor Studio, Fang Yan and the two editors sat together, staring intently at the screen.

Editing a movie is a big project, and it's no easier than the early filming process.

From the beginning to the end, a film goes through 4 editing processes, which are rough cut, first cut, fine cut, and final cut.

The first is rough editing, which involves putting all the scenes together in order and checking the continuity of the film, an important editing process that allows for revisions, experimentation, or experimentation with new ideas.

Next is the first cut, the clips and lens groups have been basically determined, and the film has begun to take shape.

The purpose of the fine cut is to strengthen and consolidate the rhythm and structure determined by the initial cut, and this stage is no longer about the whole film, but on the small details of the editing.

At the final cut, the sequence of shots for the film has been determined, and the sound engineer and composer work together to create and add sound effects and music to the final cut, and then the subtitler adds subtitles to the film.

In fact, in the earliest days, there was no profession of editor, and the editing of movies was handled by the director alone.

However, the director is in charge of editing, which has both advantages and disadvantages. The good thing is that the director is the creative core of the film, he understands the theme and content of the whole film, and can better express it.

The bad side is that the director is easily affected by his own emotions, and every shot is like his own child, and he is reluctant to cut this one or that one when editing, which is prone to the problem of film procrastination.

The director knows the script and the characters in the story very well, but because he knows too much, he will ignore the details in the editing.

For example, in a suspense movie, who is the murderer and who is the good guy, the director knows very well in his heart, and he switches back and forth freely in the editing, but the audience does not know, if the logical order of the editing is not sorted out, it is easy for the audience to not understand.

The role of the editor is to stand in the perspective of the spectator, and take the audience's viewing experience as the main thing to edit the movie.

With the continuous development of films, commercial films are basically handled by editors, and only a small number of literary films can not care about the box office, and the editing is handed over to the director to play to his heart's content.

The content of "Ke Ke Xili" is not complicated, and after more than half a month of post-editing, the final film was finally completed.

It is also gratifying that Fang Yan is about to usher in his "second" millennium.