At 9 a.m. on March 2, 2011, the sky of Yanjing was studded with a rising sun.

The warm sunlight is pouring down.

The spring breeze carries the scent of earth, flying wantonly over the city.

At the headquarters of Fenghua Film Company in Liangmahe Building, Li Shengyao and the three editors, as well as Dapeng and Bi Gan, came to the editing room, and he then began to instruct the three editors to work.

As for Dapeng and Bi Gan, they sat in the corner and quietly watched how Director Li edited.

I have long heard that Director Li is editing very fast, and both of them are very curious.

"1937" is known as a one-shot film, but at least before Lee Shengyao crossed over, no one could make a 110-minute long-form film with one shot to the end.

Lee Shengyao is also impossible to do, "1937" is just a pseudo-shot to the end.

The meaning of this "pseudo" one-shot is to use some magical editing methods to make the movie look like there are no editing points, and the average layman can't see the flaws, and he thinks that he has directly made a 110-minute movie.

And now Lee Shengyao is going to teach these three editors to hide those editing points.

Ten days later, Li Shengyao and his team completed the editing work.

Director Li was in high spirits, and the three editors were relieved, but Dapeng and Bi Gan were at a loss, they didn't react at all, and they didn't understand how this so-called "one shot in the end" was formed.

They watched the whole editing process, but they couldn't understand the reasoning.

Bi Gan was straight, he took a deep breath, and then asked directly: "Director, how did you hide those editing points?"

Most of the films are long shots, ranging from three minutes to eight minutes, with a total of 22 editing points, which Lee completely hidden.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then looked over, "Don't you understand?" ”

"We ...... We didn't get it. ”

Dapeng lowered his head in shame, while Bi Gan was very frank.

When Director Li was instructing the editor, he didn't hide his editing method, if he was a talented person, he should be able to see it at a glance.

Now it seems that at least in terms of film editing, Dapeng and Bi Gan are averagely talented.

Dapeng was silent for a moment and raised his head, "Director, can you explain it to us, we must study hard." ”

There was shame, expectation, and apprehension in Dapeng's eyes.

He really wants to improve.

Li Shengyao smiled when he heard this.

"1937" is a lesson for editors around the world.

It's not easy to hide the cut point, but it's not a secret, not to mention the editor, and the seasoned director can see where the cut point is.

There's nothing to hide from that.

"Okay, I'll talk to you well, let's go, go outside."

Dapeng and Bi Gan didn't expect Li Shengyao to be willing to teach them, they were very excited, and their voices changed tone, "Director, let's ...... We will try. ”

Soon after, the three of them came to Director Li's office, and Li Shengyao poured three cups of tea, and then said: "This movie is all long shots, in this case, compared with ordinary movies, "1937" has very few editing points, but there are still more than 20 places, and there are mainly four ways for me to hide the editing points."

Dapeng and Bi Gan immediately took out their notebooks, took out their pens, and waited for Director Li to teach.

"The first way to hide the splice point is the black field, and after a black space, you can cut it."

The black scene is easy to understand, that is, the picture enters a completely dark environment, and at this time the screen is dark, even if it is a cut shot, you can't see it.

Dapeng and Bi Gan nodded immediately, and then wrote down Li Shengyao's words.

"The second is the occlusion, the same as the black field, blocking the lens with one thing, in the eyes of the audience, the lens is blocked, and in fact, the lens editing is completed at this time."

Dapeng and Bi Gan followed to write down Li Shengyao's words.

This kind of theoretical knowledge is actually not difficult, the difficulty is to find the right splice point.

Li Shengyao continued: "The third type is the rapid blurry camera movement."

The reason for the quick blurry camera movement is simple.

The picture is relatively blurry, and the audience is not sure about it, so it is easier to fake at this time, and it is difficult to find the problem when the camera is switched, and the average audience watchs.

Dapeng and Bi Gan then wrote it down.

However, this trick requires the photographer to be very skillful, at least to be able to shake the mirror skillfully.

This is not simple, ninety percent of professional photographers will not, only some talented photographers can naturally and without traces of the mirror.

Li Shengyao continued: "The last point is the switching of still pictures."

The reason is actually the same as the rapid blurry camera movement, that is, the camera suddenly stops, and the still picture disguises the lens editing, so that the audience thinks the picture stops, but actually changes the lens.

Dapeng and Bi Gan wrote down the four main points that Li Shengyao said, and Li Shengyao then picked up the teacup.

Dapeng thought for a while and couldn't help asking: "Director, I followed you to watch the movie at the end, I feel that the quality of this movie is very good, it is different from the movies I watched before, I didn't think that this movie was a shot to the end, I didn't think of this gimmick, I just think it's good-looking, it's different from ordinary movies, even if there is no soundtrack, it's good-looking, is it because of the long shot?"

The first cut of "1937" was completed, and Li Shengyao took Dapeng and Bi Gan to watch a movie without a soundtrack.

When Dapeng saw such a "simple" "1937", he thought it looked good.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Sort of, long shots have some advantages over short shots." ”

He didn't mind teaching Dapeng and Bi Gan some film knowledge, and he put down his teacup.

"Generally speaking, long shots are more commonly used in martial arts action scenes, as well as the inner twists of the characters, which are more realistic."

"In "1937", a large number of long shots not only increase the realism of the movie, but also create a sense of urgency, crisis, and mission."

After Li Shengyao and other Dapeng and Bi Gan wrote down his words, he continued: "The traditional narrative technique will have a lot of foreshadowing, ups and downs, tension and relaxation are constantly changing, and there is no sense of urgency to persevere."

"And "1937" is made with long shots, and the two important characters have a task to complete in one day, and the characters have to keep running, keep moving forward, and can't stop."

"Locking on the male number one and the male number two with a long shot can increase this sense of urgency, and the audience is not easily affected by the emotions of other characters."

Dapeng and Bi Gan nodded repeatedly.

Li Shengyao picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said: "The long shot of "1937" has a large number of tracking shots, a single perspective, shooting the male number one and the male number two from behind, and occasionally bringing some other environments."

"Give the audience more room for imagination, piecing together the surrounding scenes in their brains on their own, there is no God's perspective, there is no large wide-angle lens, and the audience does not know what is going on outside the two main characters, so there is a lot of sense of crisis, and it is easy to have a sense of crisis."

Dapeng and Bi Gan went on to record Li Shengyao's words, and the two of them looked at Li Dao as if a believer saw God.

"Another advantage is that the protagonist's mental change is more coherent, we don't have direct lines or voice-over to express the hero's mental change, but in the long shot, we use more body language to clarify the protagonist's inner transformation."

"In this way, more profound emotions can be projected onto the audience, and the audience can follow the plot and better understand the protagonist's sense of mission."

Dapeng and Bi Gan wrote down all of Li Shengyao's words.

Bi Gan had never been a sycophant before, and at this time he couldn't help but say: "Director, this movie is too powerful."

Dapeng followed and said, "Yes, I will definitely win the award."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Winning the award is not only based on strength, but also on luck, although I believe in the quality of "1937", but I am not sure. ”

The on-set shooting was a success, and the version after the first cut was good.

With the addition of the soundtrack, it should be even better.

But whether a movie can win an award or not must not only be good-looking, but also conform to the taste of the jury.

Lee was confident before filming started last year, but at this time post-production was underway, he was much more cautious.

He got up and sat down behind his desk, and then said, "You two think about it again, if there is anything that needs to be adjusted in the movie, and after our soundtrack, there will be a fine cut."

(End of chapter)