In fact, even if Jia Guoping doesn't leave, other teachers in the department may leave at any time, as long as there is an opportunity to go abroad for further study, basically no one is willing to give up.

Zhou Yan still has thoughts about staying in school to teach, but he is not worried that staying in school will affect his other work, so it is a big deal to make fewer movies in the future.

If he focuses on the soundtrack and makes the occasional film, he will definitely be able to juggle the work.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "If the school is willing to give me this opportunity, of course I am willing to stay in the school and contribute my insignificant strength." I came out of the central sound, so I naturally hope to be able to give back to the school. ”

Shi Wanchun didn't expect Zhou Yan to express his stance so quickly, but since Zhou Yan had already expressed his position, he said with a smile, "Don't worry, if you have the opportunity to study abroad in the future, the school will definitely let you go, and it will not set up any obstacles for you." ”

Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "I have no plans to study abroad for the time being." ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan had no plans to study abroad for the time being, Shi Wanchun had some complications in his heart.

Zhou Yan is a student he likes very much, and he actually hopes that Zhou Yan can get the opportunity to study abroad, follow the path of his senior brother Tan Dun, and China may be able to produce a composer who goes international.

But from the perspective of the college, Zhou Yan does not go abroad for further study and stays in the school to teach with peace of mind, which is indeed a good thing for their department.

After April of last semester, Li Bingyang was busy going abroad, and Zhou Yan gave Li Bingyang almost half of the class.

Shi Wanchun also learned from other places that those students in the 88 composition department still recognized Zhou Yan's teaching level very much, and Shi Wanchun was quite surprised at that time, because he didn't expect Zhou Yan to be able to teach before.

Zhou Yan was the kind of genius student before, and he didn't understand the learning difficulties of ordinary students at all, so it was naturally impossible to teach students well.

Therefore, when considering candidates to stay in the school before, the department first considered Jia Guoping, not Zhou Yan.

"This semester, you will normally take classes with the class of 88, and wait until the matter of early graduation is decided, and then go through the process of staying in school to teach."

Zhou Yan smiled, "Teacher, in fact, I came here today and wanted to ask you for a leave." ”

Shi Wanchun seemed to have expected it, he spat out his cigarette and said with a smile, "Is it for the sake of the movie?" ”

Zhou Yan hurriedly slapped his ass over, "If you don't say that you are my teacher, you are really clever!" ”

"When and how many days?" Shi Wanchun asked.

"Starting on the 5th and going until the 20th, a total of half a month."

Shi Wanchun nodded, "Okay, you first submit a leave slip to Jia Guoping and let him give it to me for approval." ”

For a general short vacation, Zhou Yan can directly ask Jia Guoping for approval, this kind of long vacation of more than a week must be signed by the head of the department, so Zhou Yan told Shi Wanchun about this matter.

After getting Shi Wanchun's approval, Zhou Yan said goodbye to Shi Wanchun with a smile, and then went to Jia Guoping to ask for a leave note.

……

The reason why Zhou Yan asked for leave was because he was going to Linzhou to shoot a scene related to paragliding.

The development of domestic paragliding has not been a few years, and there are relatively few professional paragliding bases, and Linzhou is one of the relatively large-scale ones.

Moreover, the Linzhou Paragliding Base learned that Zhou Yan was going to shoot there for them, and was also very supportive, quoting a very low price for their crew, and providing them with relevant guidance for free.

And the requirements of the base are also very simple, that is, I hope to add the name of the Linzhou paragliding base at the end of the film.

The reason why the Linzhou paragliding base is so generous is also because they are preparing to hold an international paragliding competition next year, and they especially hope that the movie can promote their base.

On the morning of the 5th, when the crew was about to leave, Zhou Yan's BP machine suddenly rang, and he took out the BP machine, only to see a line of words written on it: Lantern Silver Lion Award.

Although the information has been condensed, Zhou Yan immediately understood that it was "Hang the Red Lantern High" that won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival.

Zhou Yan immediately shared the good news with Zhao Fei next to him, "Lao Zhao, "The Red Lantern Hangs High" won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival. ”

"Really?" Zhao Fei slapped his thigh excitedly, "I just said how my eyelids jumped in the morning, it turned out to be good news!" ”

Zhou Yan pouted, Zhao Fei obviously had his right eyelid jumping, and he also said in the morning that his right eyelid was always jumping, and he always felt flustered, but now his tone has changed.

Senior Lu and Wang Xiaoshuai, who were in the same car, both cast envious eyes at them, who doesn't want to participate in the production of a Silver Lion Award film?

And they all know that Zhou Yan also played a role in this movie, and they are all very emotional, their director Zhou's starting point is not comparable to ordinary people, the first time he acted in a movie, this movie won the Silver Lion Award.

But at the same time, they are also very happy that "Hang the Red Lantern" can win the Silver Lion, which is a good thing for the film they are making now, because the teams of the two films overlap a lot.

At this time, they were also looking forward to the scene of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" winning the award.

The short film version has been cut almost completely, just a few paragliding shots.

This time, when they went to Linzhou, they would first shoot the shots needed in the short film, and then quickly send it to Yanjing Studio for editing, and strive to cut out all the short films before September 20, and then send them to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival to participate in the exhibition.

……

The filming in Linzhou went very smoothly, and it only took them five days to finish filming all the scenes with paragliding.

After returning to Yanjing, Zhou Yan did not go back to school as soon as possible, but went directly to the editing room of Yanjing Studio, and he was anxious to see the short films cut out in the factory.

The main thing is to watch the footage related to paragliding, because he has already seen the other parts when they were cut before.

Director Shi of the editing workshop told Zhou Yan that many of the films sent over before were unusable, but fortunately, the films they sent were enough, and the editors picked a better one and cut them in.

This is also in Zhou Yan's expectation, this is not good in the film era, many times you can only rely on the feeling of the photographer, especially when shooting this kind of flying scene, the target moves in the long shot, which is very difficult to grasp.

In order to shoot this scene well, Zhou Yan didn't care about the cost at all, filming over and over again, looking for positions and angles over and over again.

The scene that consumed the most film before should have been the one in the concert hall, but compared with the scene of Flying, it was a big deal.

In order to complete the footage of a few minutes, Zhou Yan shot at least three or four hours of footage.

This scene directly raised the consumption ratio of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" to a higher level, and all the films that Zhou Yan saved in other scenes were used in these few minutes of plays.

Fortunately, all this is worth it, Director Shi said that although there are a lot of waste films, the effect of cutting out is still very good.

Director Shi is a veteran of editing, so he naturally knows that this kind of heavenly drama is very difficult to film, and if you want to shoot well, you must spend money.

Take another project in their factory, "Heaven's Reply", for example, the shooting effect of the kite flying lens in it is not very good, and it is already a troublesome thing for the camera to find the kite in the air, let alone let the kite stay in the right position in the lens.

And the budget of the crew of "Heaven's Reply" is limited, and it is impossible for Wang Junzheng to shoot it over and over again, basically as long as the kite can be determined to enter the picture when the close-up is completed, as for considering whether it is on the golden line and what the layout of the picture is, it is all a luxury.

After making sure that the effect of the short film was fine, Zhou Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, and they could slowly cut the remaining feature films.

When he came out of the editing building, Zhou Yan went to Chen Kaige's office again, and he wanted to ask Chen Kaige how the preparations for "Farewell My Concubine" were recently, and whether the start-up time could be set.

However, Chen Kaige was not in the office, and Wang Jun was there, so he chatted with Wang Junzheng for a few words.

Wang Junzheng hadn't seen Zhou Yan for a few days, looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "It's been a lot darker this time." ”

During this time, more than one person said that Zhou Yan was black, and he was used to it, "The black spots are good, the black spots are healthy, Sister Wang, what's the recent situation in "Heaven's Reply"?" Will it be released this year? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Junzheng had a smile in his eyes and seemed to be in a good mood, "The day before yesterday was just decided, and the movie will be officially released on February 1 next year on the solar calendar." ”

"February 1st, the time of the New Year, right?"

Wang Junzheng nodded, "Well, it's exactly the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, no wonder Wang Jun is so happy, although there is no such thing as a Chinese New Year file at this time, but there are relatively many people who watch movies during the Chinese New Year, and it is good news that the movie can be arranged to be released during this time.

On the other hand, "The Red Lantern Hangs High" was filmed last year, and now it has won an award in Venice, but the time for its release in China has not yet been decided, and I don't know if it can be released this year.

It still has something to do with the subject matter, the theme of "Heaven's Reply" is family affection, and the review is of course faster than movies like "Hang the Red Lantern High" that criticizes the old feudal society.

After chatting with Wang Junzheng for a while, Zhou Yan went to the next office, and he didn't forget the movie "Strange Faces Have Sweet Dangers" that Xia Gang told him before.

"Zhou Yan, you're here."

Xia Gang was originally reading the information, but when he saw Zhou Yan gone, he hurriedly got up, greeted Zhou Yan very warmly, and was busy making tea for him.

Seeing Xia Gang so enthusiastic, Zhou Yan was a little puzzled.

Although he and Xia Gang are not particularly familiar with each other, they usually meet a lot, and the relationship between the two is also a normal friend mode, and I have never seen Xia Gang so enthusiastic.

Even if I haven't seen him for a few days, it's a little strange.

Taking the tea brought by Xia Gang, Zhou Yan asked, "Director Xia, do you have something to tell me?" ”

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, an embarrassed look appeared on Xia Gang's face, "Alas, I can't hide it from you, I really have something to tell you." ”

Looking at Xia Gang's performance, Zhou Yan knew that it was not a good thing, and the only connection between them was that movie.

"What's wrong with the movie?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Ugh." Xia Gang sighed again, "For the actors and other crew members, Director Zheng Xiaolong has different opinions, what they mean is that they hope to arrange some people to run for election and choose the best." ”

Zhou Yan understood and asked, "So, is it now for me to compete with others?" ”

"Yes." The apology on Xia Gang's face became even greater.

At that time, when he was looking for Zhou Yan, he patted his chest and guaranteed Zhou Yan, and the soundtrack guidance could be decided, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face when he turned around.

"What's the election law?" Zhou Yan asked.

"They hope that when the film is finished, the candidates will send their works to them for selection."

"Oh."

Zhou Yan nodded.

"Actually, I also told them that you participated in the soundtracks of "Heaven's Reply" and "The Red Lantern Hangs High", but it didn't have much effect."

"After all, it's their story, so it's understandable to be cautious."

Zhou Yan said that he could understand, but in fact, he didn't understand it at all, Zheng Xiaolong They are screenwriters, at most they can take care of the casting, and even other behind-the-scenes personnel have to interfere?

Zhou Yan will definitely not do this campaign, he has already made up his mind, he will not take this job.

The movie "Satan the Great" is not bad, but it is dispensable for him.

Let's not talk about whether it is competing with others, just waiting for the movie to be made before letting him intervene, he can't agree, and now if he takes over the soundtrack direction, he will definitely have to get involved from before the movie starts.

The sooner you enter, the better the soundtrack will be.

"Heaven's Reply" is a clear proof that it is precisely because Zhou Yan intervened in advance that Wang Jun deliberately followed the rhythm of the soundtrack when he was filming, so that the shot and the soundtrack fit more well.

However, taking care of Xia Gang's face, Zhou Yan did not refuse explicitly, but said with a smile, "Then let's wait until the movie is finished." ”

Xia Gang still kept apologizing, "I'm really sorry, Zhou Yan, I really blame me for this." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Hey, how can I blame you for this, the plan can't catch up with the changes, there is no way to cooperate this time, and it will not be without opportunities in the future." Next time we have a good opportunity, let's work together again. ”

Originally, Xia Gang still had some hope, but now when he heard Zhou Yan say this, he knew that Zhou Yan would not be able to participate in this election.

This is actually in Xia Gang's expectations, now it is different from the past, Zhou Yan has just made a feature film with an investment of more than one million now, it is the time to be in high spirits, how can he lower his body and run to do some kind of campaign.

In fact, if Xia Gang insisted, this matter would not be impossible, but he didn't want to stiffen the relationship with Zheng Xiaolong and them because of this matter, after all, the script had not been changed yet, and he also pointed to Zheng Xiaolong and Feng Xiaogang to get the script.

can't cooperate with Zhou Yan, it can only be said that it is a bit regrettable, but it does not affect the overall situation.

Of course, Zhou Yan also knew that Xia Gang didn't pay enough attention to the soundtrack, otherwise his attitude would definitely be much tougher.

This is not Xia Gang's problem alone, but the general situation in China, most producers still put the soundtrack work behind the director, screenwriter, photography, and editing, and the priority is relatively low.

Zhou Yan wants to make his own movie, and there is also a reason for this, because only when he shoots it himself can he give full play to the soundtrack and will not be hindered.

After a brief chat with Xia Gang, Zhou Yan took his leave without taking a few sips of a cup of tea.

He had a lot of experience along the way, and he needed to go back to rest and recuperate.

……

The next day, Zhou Yan went to Yanjing TV to find Sun Qin.

When Sun Qin saw Zhou Yan, the smile on his face exploded directly.

"Director Zhou, you're finally here."

During this time, Sun Qin was looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for Zhou Yan to come over.

The documentary "Forbidden City: Memory" has basically been filmed, and it is waiting for Zhou Yan's soundtrack.

Although it is still early from the time limit, except for the song "Memories of the Forbidden City", there is no other song at all, and he can't help but be in a hurry.

Seeing that Sun Qin was so anxious, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Aren't I here, and there is still a lot of time." ”

"There's still time, but I can't wait until the shit hits my asshole to know that I'm in a hurry, I'll take you to watch the film now."

……

The film is not long, a total of twenty-three minutes.

However, Zhou Yan paused while watching, occasionally falling back, and kept taking notes while watching.

A 23-minute documentary, it took Zhou Yan two and a half hours to finish watching.

After reading it, Zhou Yan put away the notebook and said to Sun Qin with a smile, "Okay, I'll finish the score first when I go back, and then I'll record it." ”

"How long?" Sun Qin asked.

Zhou Yan held up a finger.

"A month?" Sun Qin frowned, "It's a bit rushed, but it's okay." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "It's not a month, it's a week." ”

"So fast?" Sun Qin was surprised.

Although he didn't know much about composition, he knew the speed of the soundtrack of the musicians in the unit, this was not a song, and a week was too fast.

"Are you going to use other ready-made tunes?"

Careful composition, and sampling ready-made songs, the difficulty is completely different, and the speed is naturally different.

"If you don't sample, you write it yourself."

In fact, Zhou Yan is also sampling, but it is sampling from another time and space, of course, the speed is very fast, if he is not afraid of scaring Sun Qin, he works overtime, and he can finish a few songs in one day.

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Sun Qin nodded, "Then I'll wait for your song." ”

"Well, but after my tune is written, your finished film still needs to be revised, and the rhythm of some parts is not quite right."

Sun Qin smiled, "It doesn't matter, as long as you don't add additional materials, it's no problem to make some changes...... It shouldn't need to be too big, right? ”

"It's not big, just fine-tune it."

This kind of documentary does not have a storyline, so you only need to adjust the rhythm of the picture, and there is no difficulty.

In fact, after watching this documentary, Zhou Yan also has a new understanding of Sun Qin.

Documentaries don't seem to have any technical content, especially this kind of documentaries without characters, but it is precisely this kind of documentary that has high requirements for details.

Sun Qin has done a good job, and the details of the whole documentary are very well controlled, and it can be seen that he is very researched in this kind of feature film.

It's a pity that Zhou Yan was too busy some time ago, otherwise he would definitely find time to follow Sun Qin and learn from Sun Qin's experience.

After going back, Zhou Yan began to write music scores in front of his notes.

In fact, when watching the film, he had already given the tunes to use, where to use "Memories of the Forbidden City", where to use "King of the World", and where to use "The Tide of Time", he marked them.

These songs are all soundtracks in the "Forbidden City Trilogy", but compared with "Memories of the Forbidden City", the other tunes are less well-known.

With dry and dry, Zhou Yan only took three days to write the score.

But after waiting for another three days, Zhou Yan sent the song over.

Sun Qin looked at the five scores in his hand, and the whole person was stunned.

He circled around Zhou Yan, as if staring at an alien object.

"This genius's brain is really different from ordinary people like us."

"Why don't you listen to the tune first?"

Sun Qin doesn't know how to read music, and even if he reads music, it generally doesn't mean that he can know the good of the melody just by looking at the score, but he still has to play the music to hear the effect.

Besides, Zhou Yan's songs also use synthetic sounds, and Sun Qin may not even be able to imagine what some of the sounds in them are.

"It's okay, I'm at ease with you, since you wrote it out and gave it to me, it must be a masterpiece."

Although Sun Qin said so, he immediately pulled Zhou Yan to play the tune roughly.

After listening to the five tunes, Sun Qin couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "I'm completely convinced." ”

In fact, the songs written by Zhou Yan later are very similar to "Memories of the Forbidden City", which looks like a set of tunes, but there are some differences in emotional expression.

And this is exactly what Sun Qin wants, because what he needs is that the style of the soundtrack can be holistic and unified, after all, there is only one theme of their short film: the Forbidden City.

All the soundtracks are meant to serve the theme of "The Forbidden City", and Zhou Yan's set of songs does this perfectly, they are simply tailor-made for this film.

"Last time you said that there was something to be changed, it should refer to the fifth, eighth, and twelfth minutes, right?" Sun Qin asked again.

Zhou Yan was very surprised to hear Sun Qin report these few points in time, because he basically reported several places that needed to be modified.

What does this mean?

First, it shows that Sun Qin is already familiar with this film, and he remembers clearly what the picture was at any minute.

Second, Sun Qin's ability to appreciate music is very good, he knows where to put these tunes written by Zhou Yan, and what kind of rhythm is needed.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that Sun Qin was such a powerful person, but he had no impression, probably because Sun Qin had been in the TV station and had not produced film and television dramas.

With Sun Qin's ability, if he goes to make film and television dramas, he should also be famous.

Now that the tunes have been made, Sun Qin is also relaxed.

"Let's quickly record the song, and strive to cut out the finished film before October 1st, maybe we can advance the broadcast time to mid-October."

This film has been done for many months, and Sun Qin is also in a hurry, and he can't wait to let the film out.

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