Chapter 52: Show yourself

How important is editing for movies? Before there was no editing, "the movie is a kind of life clip," The Factory Gate "filmed the scene of the factory employees entering the gate, and" Train Arrives "filmed a train entering the station. There are fixed shots from beginning to end. What story. (After reading the novel) After the initial curiosity, this "trick" was rated as dull and boring. Who would see how the gardener played the water pipe in "Watering the Gardener"? It is better to go directly Watering your own garden.
Then, "The Train Robbery" appeared, the first real movie, it totally
Composed of 14 different shots, the collision between the shots and the shots builds a complete movie content. People don't need any language to understand. This is the story of a group of robbers who robbed a train and were finally shot and shot by police.
There are stories and plots before the audience becomes interested, and Jing Jingqing is willing to pay for the movie. With the rapid development of movies, there are more and more ways of shooting lenses, and more and more montages. In the final analysis, the recommendation is so important, it makes the movie take off and makes the movie alive.
A Hollywood blockbuster film almost costs more than 200 hours of film, and "High School Musical" costs nearly 20 hours of film. Although it is the same story, it can be edited into two completely different versions. If the 20-hour film is replaced with frames, the film will be 24 frames per second, then the basic unit will be "million", which is the more than one million small, grid sorting, collision, combination, constitute The whole movie.
And one more grid, or one less grid, is a world apart. With those few frames and a few seconds, the movie will likely appear to be awkwardly dragged; without those few frames, the movie will become disorganized, and the characters in the picture will even appear to "float". What editors need to do is to arrange these small grids, no more or less, not only to be seamlessly edited, but also to meet the rhythm of the film, and express the story and emotion of the movie in the best way.
At the filming stage, the director and the photographer are husband and wife: When they come to the editing stage, the director and the editor are husband and wife. Whether their "marriage" is happy directly determines whether the movie is a good movie or a bad movie. All aspects of aesthetics, etc. must be "called" or it is likely to end in divorce, the cause of divorce is domestic violence.
Quentin Tarantino, director of Pulp Fiction, said: "I'm shooting my first film
When I was in the movie, I only knew one thing, that is, I needed a female editor. The female editor knows how to take better care of the film and take care of me. Their vigor is not so strong, they will not try their best to defeat me, they will give me care and help me complete the movie. "The teacher who teaches Wang Yang ’s editing class takes it for granted. Under the same vein, Wang Yang also feels very reasonable. Female editors should be more patient, and for "High School Musical", women's grasp of youth sunshine should be better than thick-line men.
After a week of non-stop interviews, Wang Yang finally found a suitable candidate, Margaret Goodspeed, a middle-aged white woman in her forties, wearing a black frame glasses, she had The editing experience of many movies, including "Four Rooms", has a good temper. During the interview, she is also very clear about what is needed for "High School Musical", brisk, youthful, and sunny, and actively pursues what she wants to do. thing.
In the editing room at this time, Margaret looked at the screen of the special computer for editing. A psychological shot of Troy-Burton was playing on the screen. She controlled the mouse in her hand, and she wanted to take a few of the shots Get rid of it. The next Wang Yang hurriedly shouted: ",, Margaret, these pictures can not be cut, I need them!" "You need everything." Margaret smiled slightly and looked at Wang Yangdao : "Our first cut version has 200 minutes, and what we have to do now is to cut it to less than 100 minutes." She explained unequivocally: "Bo, I know your mood, the director is always greedy, if If they can, they do n’t want to delete a grid. But why do directors need editors?
Because some of the shots need to be deleted, but the director ca n’t stop, then let ’s
let ’s go
, she went to the editing software a little and removed those few pictures.
Wang Yang sighed helplessly, grabbed his hair, and said softly: "Okay" but soon, he screamed again, "No, no, this set of shots must not be deleted!"
If you cut it like this, nothing will happen. "Seeing Margaret insisting on cutting alone, he said sadly:" You can't do this ... please, oh my ... it's done! "After being silent for a while, he suddenly said again:" Margaret, go back to the previous paragraph, I thought about it, I can't cut it like that. "Editing is such a process. The director and the editor kept" bargaining ", trying various combinations of lenses, arranging the frames one by one, deleting them before putting them back, and then deleting them again. Therefore, editing is much more cumbersome and uninteresting than shooting. Especially for directors, they are often tortured by spirits. When they look at the satisfactory material that was taken on the set, they are cut like garbage. Naturally uncomfortable.
On the set, the director is the biggest; but in the editing room, the editor holds the main voice.
Even major directors like James Spielberg will not engage in dictatorship in the editing room. As Margaret said, the director needs help from others in terms of lens selection.
At the same time, the film's publicity work is also under way. The first two days, the "High School Musical" official website released the release date and plan, and the first week of the screening of the list of 500 schools was also announced. The school movie attendance rate of these schools Very high, which is very beneficial to the box office. However, some of the students who are not in this school are quite angry, and they have protested on the official website, even saying that "High School Musical" is discriminating.
However, Wang Yang and the company have already made preparations and announced an event "Show Yourself" facing the American campus that will begin in March and end on April 20. Just upload the video of yourself dancing and singing to the official website of the event, you can participate in the event, and finally vote to select the top ten, they will get rich prizes, and they can also go to Los Angeles for the premiere of "High School Musical" for free; in addition As long as you participate in the event, you have the opportunity to become one of the 100 lucky people, there is no prize, but you can also come to Los Angeles for free, participate in the premiere, a day trip to Hollywood, and free return air tickets.
This event is estimated to cost about 2 million, and the total budget for the film's publicity has also risen to 7 million. But the absolute value of the two million dollars spent, this activity can calm the anger of the students. Second, it will allow more students and more schools to participate. In conjunction with the release of "High School Musical", it will set off a wave of singing and dancing. This is the most important.
How can students get interested in participating in activities? The prize is only the second, the focus of the promotion is the slogan of the event: "Show yourself, show your beautiful side of youth! But if you want to win the award, you must practice singing and dancing from now on: there are also selections At that time, remember to vote for the students.
Wang Yang is very confident in this umbrella campaign because of the success of "Smart and Ghost Record".
The "Who was the most terrified?" Event made him realize that everyone is really eager to "show" and eager to share their wonderful with everyone.
The release date of "High School Musical" was announced, and the media remained unresponsive to this. Only some online media reported it. If it was not Wang Yang's popularity, I'm afraid it wouldn't even be there.
His popularity also attracted some covetment, and the "Hands of Leisure" was staring at them. They seemed to want to create some topics. Producer Andrew Richard said in an interview with the media: "I have not changed From her point of view, the girl will regret it, oh well, do n’t ask me this again. In short, I guarantee that "Hands of Leisure" will be an excellent film, and its story is so interesting. "Director Rod Man-Fride said: "The same schedule? I do n’t worry about this. Although our movies are all about teenagers, I do n’t mean to fight. Wang Yang is a young man with a lot of ideas. I wish him success this time. . "One sings black face and one sings red face.
Neither Wang Yang nor the company responded. This kind of topic is not a good opportunity for publicity. "High School Musical" needs a healthy and up-to-date topic, not a dispute. Of course, if "Star Wars: The Phantom Crisis" jumps out and says "let's do it", then it's another matter.
However, the most important thing is to do your own publicity work, such as "show yourself" garden change activities, such as the small program that teaches people to dance.
"Jiang, no TV station is willing to cooperate with us unless we pay a certain amount of advertising costs. Max Langte's tone is calm, a pair of" This is all what I expected, he said: "It takes at least five thousand a month "Ten thousand" fifty million? Wang Yang rolled his eyes. He stood up with his mobile phone and walked to the balcony of the apartment. He said to the mobile phone: "Since it is so expensive, we will upload it to the official website according to plan b, and broadcast it on the campus TV stations. "This small program can not only create idols, but also promote the" show yourself "activity. Mark Srant knew this and replied: "Ok, then it's time to prepare for the production." Ending the call, looking into the night sky, Wang Yang dialed a number again and chatted with a smile: " Hi Jessica. You and Rachel and Zachary have another new job, yes, the show I told you before. He leaned on the railing and continued to talk: "Oh, I ’m not the director , Such a show does not need a director? I do n’t know, I ’m still busy editing.
Today, I almost got into a fight with Margaret, ha, just kidding ... "After a long chat, Wang Yang put his mobile phone, went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator, and wanted to get some soda food to watch an nfl ball game, due to labor disputes His favorite nba is still closed, and he does n’t know when he can reopen the season. But the refrigerator is empty, and there is no inventory. Wang Yang scratched his head and prepared to go to the nearby supermarket to scan some goods and come back.
Michael Pete moved out a long time ago, and he shared a small public den with George-Harry. He is now looking for a part-time job. If he has the opportunity to audition, he will go to participate and work hard towards his next role.
When he came to the street below the apartment, Wang Yang walked a short distance, and he felt that someone was following him. He glanced back cautiously, only to see a blond middle-aged white man following him, and that paparazzi! Wang Yang shouted helplessly to the paparazzi: "Brother, you have followed me for some time." There are many paparazzi who have followed him, but only once or twice, and this guy is almost following every day.
Seeing that he was exposed, the white-bearded white man simply walked up, picked up the camera on his neck and faced Wang Yang. He snapped a picture and smiled, "This is my job."
My name is Cole. "" Worked hard. "Wang Yang said something, and walked a while. Looking at Cole who was always closely following him, Wang Yang was a little bored and asked:" Why do you have to follow me all the time, I am not a big star . "Because of the paparazzi, he and Jessica did not dare to date recently, he rolled his eyes and said:" You should follow Tom Willing. Cole replied while following in his footsteps: "Yang, your recent popularity is high, you are a star, and everyone is watching you." "He spread his hand and said:" Old, almost old: multi-millionaire, no girlfriend? " Who believes? Wang Yang laughed: "So you want to take a picture of me and my girlfriend ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Cole shrugged:" Actually, a boyfriend is fine. "
"Of course, it would be better if you could shoot more explosive ones." Cole added. Wang Yang said with interest: "For example?" Cole smiled: "For example, holding two hot girls home, sucking numb, peeing everywhere, or beating people on the street, these are all good. Wang Yang haha ​​said, "Then you must miss me." Cole nodded. "Yes, I do think so." "Don't say that kind of photo, do you know if it's worth taking a photo of you and your girlfriend intimacy?" Cole pointed the camera lens at Wang Yang again and took a picture. Wang Yang said a little curiously: "How much?" Cole said with a smile: "I don't know, man, this is the first one, it is definitely worth a lot of money! Maybe I can rely on it and replace a good car" "Then you come on." Speed ​​up underfoot. Cole, who was behind, said: "I think it will be taken soon. It is your birthday in a few days, isn't it ?, Wang Yang glanced back at him and said angrily," Please, you can't let Am I having a good birthday? Cole immediately photographed his impatient expression and smiled with satisfaction: "Finally, it's a little rewarding, this one should be worth 300-500 US dollars." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, and gave thumbs up to Cole. It's really "show yourself" now, forced. But I'm afraid Cole is going to be disappointed, because he doesn't plan to engage in his old birthday party, when the good friends simply meet together.
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