My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 23 Movie Editing, Third Creation

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After the movie was finished, Wu Xiaozu didn't have time to think about the trivial things about men and women.The most important thing before him is undoubtedly the printing, copying and post-production of the film.

The filming stage of the film is only the preliminary completion of the film creation.

In the later stage, editing, dubbing, editing, and color grading are required frame by frame, and then slowly take shape.

A mature film, the shooting work is only the first half of the whole film process.It is only a part of the industrial process.

The editing work is to reorder and select the director's shooting footage, and refine the creation for sublimation. Therefore, the editing work is a very important link in the entire film creation.It is no exaggeration to call it the third creation of the film.It is on the same level as script and filming.

A mediocre film, edited by a superb editor, can turn out to be ups and downs and fascinating.Conversely, a good movie can be ruined by a bad editor.

The Golden Bear Award-winning film "Fireworks by Day".Diao Yinan's video aesthetic style is bluish cold, slow and dull.But the audience didn't buy it.

According to the suspenseful and tense storyline, Yang Hongyu controls the rhythm very well, making this literary and artistic film well recognized by the market and management.

Dylan, a famous Hollywood editor, said that the editor is the rhythm of the movie, and the editing determines what kind of feeling the movie brings to the audience.

Of course, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.It is impossible to sublimate "I Know a Woman's Heart" to "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman".

There are many excellent editors in Xiangjiang, and the famous four famous editors in Xiangjiang began to emerge at this time.

The Mak editing team led by Mai Zishan, the gold-medal editor Zhang Yaozong, as well as Jiang Quande, Zhou Guozhong, Chen Xunqi and others were all well-known editors on Hong Kong Island at this time.

In particular, Zhang Yaozong and Mai Zishan should be the most familiar strangers to Hong Kong film audiences.Many classic movies are from their hands.

Of course, the one who is in the limelight is Mr. Xu's good friend in life, the versatile Hu Dawei.

"The True Color of Heroes", which just set a Hong Kong Island box office record, came out of his scissors.It can be said that the success of "The True Color of Heroes" is inseparable from the credit of Hu Dawei.

Wu Yusen is good at using slow motion to render his violent aesthetics in straight-line tiling narratives.In the plot of Brother Xiao Ma going to Fenglin Pavilion Restaurant to take revenge, the Hokkien song "Don't Lose Your Mind" is playing in his ears, and a lot of slow motion is used in the picture to interpret the tone of the film.

When the audience is watching this section, they will feel the epic sense of ritual coming to their faces.Majestic, the characters and their emotions are rendered to the extreme, which immediately resonated with the audience.

In terms of editing, editors and their meticulous adjustments are required for each shot. Hu Dawei edited the first and repeated cuts of this section and edited more than a dozen versions, and finally presented this classic lens language.

It's a pity that Wu Xiaozu couldn't afford these gold medals.He could only pull Qiu Litao and Liu Weiqi, the three of them, to carry out the later work.

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In the editing studio, there was chaos, and the three big men were together, in unison.

"It should be cut here!" Qiu Litao held the scissors very simply.

"Choose! This long shot was so laborious, you tell me to cut it now?"

Liu Weiqiang puffed up his signature cheeks and said, "Do you know what a long shot is? This shot is full of sense, and it can well pave the way for the hero's psychological activities. Of course, it can't be cut!"

"Falling down the street, putting such a long shot here is simply lengthy, and it will affect the film festival. Do you really think that you are shooting "Apocalypse Now"? Brother, we are shooting a thriller. Naturally, we have to take care of the rhythm and atmosphere of the film! Gotta cut-"

Qiu Litao annoyed Liu Weiqiang, the big-cheeked gang, "It's screeching, there's no man at all."

"Chang Mao Qiu, eat shit!" Liu Weiqiang took off his glasses and rushed towards Qiu Litao, who had his back turned to him, "I will make you shit and pee today!"

Ping Pong Pong.

Wu Xiaozu was wearing a headset, sitting in front of the editing station, debugging the soundtrack, behind him a big cheek gang, a long-haired man with a bruised nose and a bruised face beat each other.

Wu Xiaozu did not understand the arrangement and soundtrack.However, Qiu Litao understands.From the look of his long hair, you can tell that he was born in a band.

Although I don't understand, Wu Xiaozu can write... ahem, copy songs.

The two songs "Advanced Animals" and "Junkyard" were read perfectly.

"Advanced Animals" is okay. The whole song is extremely calm, cutting open the internal organs of human beings, showing everyone indifference and cruelty.

"Junkyard" is a group of mocking faces.The phrase "eat all conscience, pull all ideals" is full of hoarse anger and condemnation.

Back then, when I first listened to these two songs, Wu Xiaozu felt that he was listening to shit. When he was older, when he went back to listen to it, he felt that he was alive like shit.

This kind of slightly experimental song is too appetizing for Qiu Litao.It directly ignited the heart of Qiu Litao's rock and roll youth.

He took on the drums, strumming and other soundtrack work of the song, and specially recruited friends who used to play in the band to help make it.During the period, Wu Xiaozu asked Qiu Litao how much the price was, and was despised by this long hair.Then, rest assured.

In the previous life, Qiu Litao was the director when the three magic rock heroes held a concert in Hung Hom, Hong Kong Island.Together, they presented the greatest rock and roll festival in the history of the Chinese music scene.Mainland rock music also shocked Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Unlike Wu Xiaozu, a pseudo-rock youth, he is indeed a real rock youth!

When recording the song, Qiu Litao and Wu Xiaozu sang happily, but it was very painful to listen to the song, especially the recording engineer in the recording studio, who stared at the two with constipation, and regarded them as crazy. "Advanced Animals" is okay, it can only be said to be cold and weird, but "Junkyard" is not acceptable to everyone.

But no matter what, the soundtrack and music of "The Butcher in the Rainy Night" were successfully completed with the help of Qiu Litao and his friends.Finally, Wu Xiaozu breathed a sigh of relief.

On Hong Kong Island, there are very few professional soundtrack guidance, and many soundtracks produced by Hong Kong films are handed over to RB people to make.In today's Hong Kong Island, there are only a handful of truly professional and top-level film soundtrack masters.

The film all-rounder and the boss of Yongjia Film Company Chen Xunqi, the two brilliant musicians Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, the folk music score master Hu Weili, Lu Guanting, Tang Shuchen and his wife who are excellent in lyrics and music, music geek Teddy Luo Bin, plus Some of the music circles on Hong Kong Island.

Comparing the prices of the above soundtrack arrangements, Wu Xiaozu still thinks Qiu Litao and his friends are better.Simply better than Huang Zhan.

As the editing passed the boring early stage, Wu Xiaozu also adapted to this rhythm.The cooperation of the three is getting better.

After the initial cut, re-cut, and fine-cut, the film is basically formed, and only one final round of comprehensive editing is needed before a film can be officially made into a film.

"Brother Zu, isn't the transition here a bit abrupt?" Qiu Litao frowned suspiciously.

"Would it be better to add a close-up of the Bible?" Wu Xiaozu pondered.

"Fade in for 3 seconds." Liu Weiyi pushed the seat and slid to the side, "I'm going to pick up a shot to make up for it."

During the editing process, Qiu Litao and Liu Weiyi often quarreled.

Qiu Litao pays more attention to the contrast of the overall atmosphere of the film, while Liu Weiyi puts more emphasis on the sense of the film.It can also be seen that the two people have differences in the style of video.

After three or four days of intense work, the finished product was completed.The speed is staggering.

When Wu Xiaozu, Qiu Litao, and Liu Weiyi walked out of the editing room, their faces were greasy, their bodies were exhausted, and they were sweaty and sour.But he was very excited.Called Liang Gahui and Fei Cheng to watch "The Butcher in the Rainy Night" together in the humble viewing room next to the editing studio.Seeing everyone screaming in surprise, Wu Xiaozu smiled slightly.There is a strange sense of achievement.

After watching the movie, everyone was very excited, the movie was beyond their expectations!
There is a record-breaking, hot box office excitement.Then, punching Wu Yusen, kicking Hong Jinbao, knocking down all those with big noses, and killing them directly with a toothpick, aggressive.

However, as soon as he got out of the cave, Jiang Jiahua's pot of cold water quenched his high spirits and smugness.

　Thank you all for the rewards!Thanks also for everyone's support!Mengxin has received a lot of support from everyone!thanks--

　　
　
(End of this chapter)