I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 217 [With or without sound effects]

As the crew of Mei Civet Cat gradually expanded, the location of the editing room was no longer that small shop on the street.

Before the crew left for Japan, they had already rented a floor in a commercial building near Guangying as a new office location.

Now that a few months have passed, the decoration of this floor has been completed and it is still breathable.

Among them, in an editing room with a specially designed soundproof layer, beside a long table with several monitors, Lu Zhengyi was looking at some of the materials they were processing and suggested:
"If you adjust the color tone, it doesn't have to be so gray."

"Although dark tones will add texture to the picture and make it easier for the plot to focus on the characters, this is not a universal formula. It is already a dark movie. If it is darker, coupled with the theater environment, the audience will Nothing can be seen."

"The color of this film should be a little yellowish, so as not to affect the color of the shot itself, but don't make the sun too bright..."

Xu Feng, the leader of the post-production team, is Lu Zhengyi’s childhood friend and someone who has been with him since he started making movies.

Very knowledgeable about his shooting habits.

But that was a domestic movie, and Lu Zhengyi’s movie this time mainly targeted foreign countries.

The focus is on peace.

Since from the beginning, in order to seize the market of the Republic of China, we also looked at the Southern Dynasties, Xiang Kingdom... these Eastern Zhou regions, countries with better development of the entertainment industry, adapted to the shooting techniques of the horror films of the Republic of China, then in terms of later style, Lu Zhengyi didn’t want to pull him apart.

Japanese movies, or movies and TV shows directly.

They rarely use extremely vivid tones, as if saturated tones never appeared in Japan.

They often use dim and cold colors to give the movie a sense of déjà vu at sunset.

But this may also be related to their humanistic society. As a developed country, China's social environment has always been extremely depressed after the bubble economy.

Various social problems have never been solved, and the suicide rate is increasing day by day.

In this case, many films use a very depressing and tragic melody to explain the story.

As for horror movies, it is natural to deepen the details in this aspect.

For example, the camera shows a clear sky, but in post-production, the sky should be made less blue.

Although the sun hangs high in the sky, it is not dazzling and cannot leave the audience with warm and energetic thoughts. Instead, it makes the audience feel depressed because of this 'cold' and 'dark' sun.

"But I've been having a problem."

Listening to Lu Zhengyi's explanation of He Guo's film style and suggestions for dealing with grudges, Xu Feng couldn't help but ask, "Why doesn't He Guo make some positive films? Instead, he still maintains his reputation when the suicide rate is so high." Patheticism?”

"Wouldn't this make the situation more serious? There are even some suicide shrines."

"I have learned about it before, and I feel that whether they are literature or movies, the works that are generally called 'masterpieces' are very pessimistic. There are very few true, good and beautiful works that can be recognized by the public. Only animation In the field, occasionally there can be some more passionate content."

Logically speaking, shouldn't this phenomenon be prevented?

How do you feel that they still enjoy this situation?
Next to them, Li Feng and Yang Jianwei also turned their chairs and looked at Lu Zhengyi with questioning eyes.

It seems that when they processed these shooting materials alone, they also gained a certain degree of understanding of the culture of Japan.

"you ask me?"

But Lu Zhengyi's expression became strange, "How do I know this? I'm from the Tang Dynasty."

Xu Feng was stunned for a moment, "...didn't you say that if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger?"

"correct."

Lu Zhengyi stood aside and looked at them with his arms folded, "I understand their market and what movies their people like. That's enough."

"Their people like tragedy, cool colors, and the twilight style, so we filmed The Grudge. I think the plot of The Grudge is tragic enough. Is it miserable for those who were killed inexplicably? Miserable. The heroine What? Even though it’s bad after death, it’s pretty miserable when you’re alive.”

"Then the plot meets the requirements. We will handle the colors and editing techniques in the later stage according to the style they want. Then we will pass five levels, kill six generals, and quickly leave our name in the Korean horror film market. This No, that’s fine.”

At this point, he paused, "As for what, suicide rate, pathos, what does this have to do with us."

"This Heguo is not from our crew, so we don't have to worry about them. Besides... we made this horror movie to scare people, not to save them."

Xu Feng and others paused for a moment, as if this was also the case.

"okay."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand, "Let's look at the special effects. This special effect..."

As he spoke, he laughed, but before he could say anything more, a knock on the door interrupted his words.

Suddenly, Lu Zhengyi became quiet.

"Director Lu, the afternoon tea you ordered has arrived."

Immediately afterwards, a female voice sounded from outside the house, it was Yu Wenxiu's agent.

"It's troublesome."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and nodded, and went over to get the afternoon tea he ordered.

In this summer, if you can have air conditioning and cold drinks while working, your work efficiency will be higher.

The agent nodded in return and closed the door again.

Xu Feng and others did not speak, as they were not very familiar with this person.

"But is it really good to let them work here?"

While holding the fruit tea handed over by Lu Zhengyi, Xu Feng whispered, "It's the same thing for us to be here. When we go to filming, we won't be here for several months. What if someone enters a place they shouldn't? ?”

Since Guangying arranged assistants and agents for the actors who signed contracts with Mei Li Mao, Lu Zhengyi suggested that these operations staff should work here.

If they all go out to film, there can be some people here, so that when guests come, they can't find a place to contact them.

"Is there any place that shouldn't be entered?" Lu Zhengyi took a big sip of orange juice, "When we catch up with filming, we must have taken everything with us, including stone statues and Nuo noodles. We will definitely use them to turn on the camera and shoot. superior."

"As for these videos, I will only keep the processed videos here."

"I keep those originals in the storage room at home."

In this way, even if they are no longer here.

People in the company walk around and only see a few visible things.

However, Lu Zhengyi's attention did not stay much on the people outside. That was Zhang Xueming's responsibility.

"Do you think there is anything that needs to be dealt with?"

He turned to look at the special effects in the film.

"I feel like I don't have to deal with it anymore."

Xu Feng shook his head, "Xiaoxu's level of illusion construction is much better than in the first commandment."

"When we finished filming The First Commandment, we had to work hard on camera transitions and sound effects in the later stage to make the overall horror atmosphere of the film better,"

"But this time there is no need. It is probably because we have Teacher Li and Ning Ning as references. He is very good at portraying him."

As he spoke, he clicked on a scene where Kayako appeared, "Like this scene, when Teacher Chen Junsheng brought Kanda Kyoko into the house, the subject of this fixed shot is the two of them entering the house, but what about the upper right corner of the screen? , Kayako slowly walked out of the balcony from the second floor."

"When I was responsible for handling this section, I was honestly shocked."

"Before, you said that Japanese horror films cannot rely on sound effects. I thought it was inappropriate for us to use the original sound to create a silent viewing atmosphere. But now, I think this is feasible."

With the dim yellow tone that had just been adjusted, Chen Junsheng and Kanda Kyoko entered the room chatting and laughing. Because of the blind spot in their field of vision, they suddenly didn't know Kayako was walking slowly out of the second floor.

And this Gaoyao looks like, with white clothes and black hair, and his face can't be seen clearly.Just looking at it, Lu Zhengyi didn't feel anything to be afraid of.

Mainly, if Kayako really comes, he won't be afraid standing in front of him.

Simply, Lu Zhengyi asked them to turn off the screen temporarily, and then he projected this footage on the curtain next to him.

"Everyone, do any of you usually feel brave and like to watch horror movies?"

Lu Zhengyi opened the door of the editing room and asked the people in the office area outside, "That's it. We have just edited a short section to make the film, but the authorities are obsessed with it. We the filming people think it is good, but it is not enough." .”

“So now, we plan to watch from the sidelines and let everyone help take a look and see how the quality is.”

“If there is anything bad, we can brainstorm and make corrections in time.”

A group of people who were still hesitant to listen to his inquiry heard what he said later, and many people raised their hands.

"Me, me, Director Lu, I'm brave."

"I dare to enter the haunted house alone!"

"I've watched all of your movies!"

They raised their hands and said, this is a good opportunity to watch the movie in advance.

Who wouldn’t want to get paid to watch movies while working?

"If you want to give me some advice, just come into the room." Lu Zhengyi waved to them, "Although the shot is not long, it only lasts a few minutes, but we have agreed first and have read the content. Before it is released, can you It cannot be leaked out."

"If nothing else, my information channels are very well-informed."

"As long as it leaks out, I can find out where it came from and how it leaked."

Although they are given the opportunity to watch the movie, what needs to be said must be said clearly first.

"I understand, Director Lu."

Yu Wenxiu’s manager is older and is considered a leader among these operations staff. “We have worked at Guangying for several years before. Although we are not in the current position, as a media company in the entertainment industry , some basic confidentiality matters are still very clear."

"Row."

Lu Zhengyi watched them all find chairs and sit down in the editing room, then closed the door with a smile and turned off the lights.

"It really feels like watching a movie in a cinema."

In the darkness, someone spoke.

Indeed, Lu Zhengyi is not stingy with the money. The equipment in this editing room was purchased as in a professional shed.

The projection equipment is also similar to the configuration of a theater.

It's just that the screen is a little smaller.

In addition, their audio equipment may be better than that in the theater.

This is done for no other reason than that after the film is cut, they can watch the content immediately with an atmosphere similar to that of theater audiences.

"Is this the house the crew arranged for me?"

Soon, the editing room fell silent.

There is no dragon mark, and there is no beginning. Because it only uses processed shooting materials, there is no foreshadowing in the plot, and Chen Junsheng appears on the screen.

However, after his appearance, Lu Zhengyi could clearly feel that the breathing rhythm of many people in the editing room had changed.

It seems that, unexpectedly, he actually showed them the clips shot by Chen Junsheng.

If this section were to leak out, it would definitely not be suppressed, and it would basically be cut out of the finished film.

But before they could come out of their doubts, everyone's breathing suddenly stopped.

Meanwhile, the clip ends here.

The lights turned on again, and Lu Zhengyi could clearly see the expressions on each of their faces.

"How about it?"

He asked with a smile.

Next to them, Xu Feng and others were also smiling.

"...It's just this short section, it's hard to say."

It took a while before someone among the moviegoers replied, "But when the female ghost came out, she really scared me. It was a bit sudden."

"Wait a minute, she's a female ghost, right?"

But soon, someone asked again, "Although she gave me the impression that she was a ghost as soon as she came out, we don't know the plot of this episode. Maybe she is a person."

"How can it be a human being? He looks like a ghost."

Someone else retorted.

"Ghostly?"

The person who spoke at the beginning scratched his head, "Now that I think about it carefully, the female ghost seems to be dressed quite normally, with white clothes and black hair. She doesn't look scary. But as soon as I walked out of that scene, I When I look at it casually, my whole body feels chilly."

"What ghost?"

However, there are still people who simply didn’t notice the ghost in the upper right corner of the screen. “Isn’t this part about Teacher Chen Junsheng entering the room?”

Looking at their reactions, Lu Zhengyi was very satisfied overall.

Okay, okay, if this short paragraph can scare people, then it will definitely become a film.

Wang Xiaoxu's illusion ability has indeed improved a lot, but the bigger reason should be that there is a template for him to use as a reference.

He only needs to add some of his own understanding of horror and horror to the images of Li Zhenxi and Liu Baoning.

'In this case, there is no need to add sound effects to this section, I can still stick to the style I originally set. '

Lu Zhengyi thought in his heart.

This was the main reason why he called people in.

When it comes to sound effects, he is actually a little hesitant.

Most of the Japanese horror films tend to enter horror from daily life, and in the process they are quiet and peaceful.

Rather than adding additional sound effects, they seemed to think that the actors' screams were more appropriate as the background.

However, according to the general specifications of horror films, sound effects, plot, makeup...all aspects are indispensable, especially the appropriate sound effects in the appropriate places, which can deepen the audience's perception. There are also a few horror films in China that have this sound effects.

So Lu Zhengyi previously planned that if this style of interspersing ghost shots from daily life could not arouse their fear, then he would try adding some sound effects, but now he does not use it.

"Speaking of which, isn't that boy Wang Xiaoxu also part of our later team?"

After sending the others out of the editing room, Xu Feng suddenly realized a question, "He should have returned to China now, right? What is he doing?"

"he?"

Lu Zhengyi closed the door, "He seems to be busy playing games."

At the long table, Xu Feng and others all turned around, "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)