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Chapter 27 Editing [1]

In the later stage of the film, it actually needs to go through many different stages of efforts to make it.

And these are divided into six stages in "Film Editing" [forgot that edition, self-examination with interest].

即：1、合板分场看素材2、素材装配(顺畅)3、粗剪4、剪辑第一稿5、精剪6、最终定稿

1. Look at the material in plywood
The editing assistant transcodes, plyes, and cuts the materials shot every day, and stores the cut-out materials in folders with different labels. Each piece of material contains additional annotation information from the director or photographer (such as ok, such as Guarantee, such as information such as the availability of the beginning part).Then, the editor began to carefully check the material. This was the first time he saw the material. Note that the material was not shot in the order of the narrative in a scene, nor in the order of the story of the script.A good editor looks at the footage and pays attention to the smooth movement of the camera and the nuances of each piece of footage in order to cut the best parts into the film.

2. Material assembly (smooth)
The editor carefully considers all the picture and sound material of a scene, and arranges these materials in the best narrative way.

There are a variety of shot combinations the editor can choose from for this simple sequence, each of which creates a different atmosphere and tells a different story.

If it is a blockbuster film, the editor usually starts to work synchronously when shooting.In the computer room near the shooting site, the editor arranges the material shot the day before so that the director and producer can watch it at any time.At this stage, the editor and director will jointly decide to shoot additional shots at some key moments of the plot to have more options in the editing stage.

3. Rough cutting

The rough cut will probably take about three months to complete.Every editor works in a different way. Some editors work alone and show the director and producer the finished cut on a daily or weekly basis, while others work with the director and discuss all the editing details.

During the rough cut stage, all scenes are cut in the order of the script, which allows for constant revisions and experimentation with new ideas and experiments.

4. Edit the first draft

The first draft is a rough cut that is generally acceptable to editors, directors, and producers.Many problems with scenes and paragraphs have basically been repaired by editing, but still need to continue to be revised.This version can vaguely see the prototype of the final feature film.The further refinement is to modify the proportion, structure, rhythm and emphasis of the first draft version on the basis of the first version.

5. Precision cutting

Fine editing no longer focuses on the whole movie, but on the details of each cutting point.Streamlining emphasizes and reinforces the rhythm and structure established in the first draft.

6. Finalize the draft

When the editor, director, and producer are all satisfied with the modified version, all cut points (pictures) will not be changed, and the final version of the film will be obtained. At this point, the film begins to enter the post-production stage.Sound design, composition and subtitling staff were all involved.

And Pei Yang, as the screenwriter and director of this film, plus the editor, has already been familiar with all the materials, and has a certain amount of draft in his heart, so that he can proceed to the third step of rough editing in only one and a half days.

But the difference between Pei Yang and traditional academic editors is that he is the director, and he is also in charge of editing himself. He can cut out the narrative sense he wants in one go, instead of multiple times in three months. Reworked and rebuilt many times.

Since the director-editor saves so much time and effort, why is there still a dual-core editing mode of the director-editor all over the world?
Think about it, editing is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming thing. You also need to be proficient in major editing software, and even be able to special effects modeling and art color, so gradually separated from the editor. Broaden the occupation, and even extend the occupation around.

However, the gap between the salary of editors and the input-output ratio of the work they do is extremely large. Most of them are literary youths who love film and television editing or want to imitate those directors such as Ang Lee, from editing to directing step by step. The ambitious generation [commentary].

As a result, the profession of an editor is extremely difficult, and all kinds of people emerge in an endless stream, with a lot of high-level people, and more fish in troubled waters.

Some can be edited at the film level and are very cheap, while others are only at the studio level but are very expensive.

But you have become a director, that is, you want to work less and earn more, which is inconsistent with the basic core of the editor's profession. This is the root cause of the director-editor dual-core editing model.

In Hollywood, where the film industry model is the most developed, every film production company has more or less several editors who are responsible for the docking of various tasks.

There are even directors who send the clips to the company after shooting the clips of the movie, and the rest of the editing is handled by the company's editors. It is even possible that the edited product is completely different from what was originally intended to be shot .

For example: "The Truman Show"

If the editor wants to play tricks, he can cut the story into a completely different version through various montages.

For example: Truman is the son of the king of Taoyuan Island in a country, but Truman was hurt by the tsunami when he was traveling around the world when he was a child, and lost the servant who took care of him since he was a child, so he became black and had to go through a series of his own His actions destroyed Taoyuan Island, but his personal strength was still too small. No matter how hard he tried, he could not destroy Taoyuan Island. He finally compromised and took the initiative to enter the zoo built by the king's father as a clown, and gave up being himself. His sister's wife married his brother, his father's younger brother, and his uncle's younger sister, who was also his aunt, and lived a false life of selling insurance ever since.

Does this story sound scary?
But this is completely feasible, and it doesn't even need all the original materials, it can be cut out only by the feature film of "The Truman Show".

And this is also the fundamental reason why the big editors at station B can cut cp by themselves, pull a man to match, and order mandarin ducks.

Therefore, in the future shooting tasks, Pei Yang must either train a queen editor who shares his heart, or do it himself. In this way, not only can he edit the version he really wants, but he also doesn’t have to be afraid of other companies poaching his edits. division.

And Pei Yang is now doing the second rough editing of his editing method, which is his own exclusive, because as a traveler, he has too many exclusive editing methods in his mind, and he Many different versions of the simulation will also be cut out for re-selection.

For example: Zack Snyder's version and Whedon's version of "Justice League" are simply two stories.

This is also the best way to ensure video quality.

But he hasn't cut out different versions yet, he just cut out the shots he wants.

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