hollywood melon man

Chapter 290 Editing Work
The famous Captain Jack Sparrow can be regarded as one of the movies that inspired little Gilbert to this subject in his previous life.

It is also this series of movies that allowed Johnny Depp to maintain his status as a Hollywood front-line and establish a unique personality and style.

Of course, this story has no original work, it is purely a story derived from the pirate ship.

The original purpose was actually to promote Disneyland, but what Disney didn't expect was that the movie was a huge hit at the box office, which is why there were so many movies later.

When Robert Iger mentioned Corsair, the movie series instantly popped into Little Gilbert's mind.

But little Gilbert didn't tell Robert Egger, he just had a plan in mind. His current work focus is still on "The Lord of the Rings" and he has no time to make other movies.

Although, Gilbert Jr. could have given this project to others, just like "Fast and Furious" and the Wizard.

However, little Gilbert has not tried much in this type of movie, and he wants to direct one himself to see the effect.

If he is determined to direct it himself, the schedule may not be until 2002 before little Gilbert has time to make the film. If nothing goes wrong, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" will be released by then.

During the discussion with Robert Iger, Iger also mentioned that Michael Eisner wanted the film to be a thrilling action movie.

However, Gilbert Jr. said that this film will be a big surprise for Michael Eisner.

It is true that for the completion of a film, post-production is very important, and editing is an even more important part.

In addition to leading the crew for filming, little Gilbert also went into the editing room in Beijing to complete the editing work with Mehdi.

Little Gilbert shot quite a lot of material. Even if there were films from his previous life as background, the negatives of the first film still amounted to one million feet.

With so many negatives, not only little Gilbert and Mehdi, but also a team of more than 20 editing assistants helped the two complete the editing work.

For the Chinese staff, they think they already have a good understanding of the Hollywood filming and production process, including early preparations and mid-term shooting.

On the contrary, few Chinese staff paid much attention to the post-production process.

When they think about it, there are so many materials that have been shot for the movie, and everyone knows how to edit.

But in fact, if the post-production process of a movie is not done well, it will be disastrous for the film, which is why little Gilbert attaches so much importance to post-production work.

However, the Chinese staff admired little Gilbert's energy and were busy filming the two subsequent parts while busy in post-production.

It seems that if you want to become a major Hollywood director, you not only need to control all film shooting processes and techniques, and have a thorough understanding of every aspect, but you also need to have a strong body and abundant energy.

Although Chinese staff basically did not participate in the post-production of the film, there were still one or two odd jobs who indirectly observed the post-production process of Hollywood movies.

In order to cope with the editing work, the editors prepared Avid storage hard drives with a total of 150 MB of storage space. There are also six Avid editing machines, because the trilogy is an unprecedented large-scale production.

The scale of the editing work was so huge that editor Mehdi couldn't help but be stunned, saying that he had never seen so many negatives in the editing room.

Usually the ratio of film cut and used is 12 or 15:1. Although there is the original work as a reference, the ratio of the first film this time is still :, and the number of films shot is quite amazing.

In the same scene, sometimes there will be a large number of clips shot by seven or eight camera crews.

With so many camera crews, the workload of director of photography John Schwarzman has greatly increased. He himself can't tell how many camera crews there are.

The high-intensity work made John Schwarzman's increasingly fat body slim down a little, which can be regarded as weight loss.

Such a large photography team also kept the editors busy because there was too much film material.

Moreover, the editing work is not only done indoors. Sometimes the editor has to carry a machine and follow little Gilbert around China.

The footage was developed and edited on the same day.

After some scenes were completed, they returned to the capital and continued working, waiting for little Gilbert to return.

For an ordinary movie, the preliminary edited version is very long. Sitting down and watching porn, sometimes it's great, sometimes it's painful.

But the director has to watch pornographic movies. He needs to know what he is shooting, or make sure the lens is not out of focus.

Similarly, the director also needs to observe the performance of the actors and feel the rhythm of the entire movie. These are important information that the director must know during production.

However, for the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies, it is quite difficult to do this because there are too many film crews shooting at the same time.

There was so much material, but little Gilbert had to see what they were shooting.

The editing team watches pornographic films for about three and a half to four hours every day. After filming every day, little Gilbert has to sit down and watch so much material.

So much so that he didn't have time to talk to Anne Hathaway because he was too busy with work.

The film sent to the editing room sometimes reaches up to 50,000 feet, which is equivalent to eight hours of raw film. Usually only little Gilbert and Mehdi are still conscious at the end. No one else could. Four hours later, little Gilbert could hear their snoring, which was very loud and hypnotic.

Because of this, the crew admired little Gilbert very much.

After the high-intensity shooting work, I can still handle so much post-production work, and it doesn’t look like I’m too tired.

At first, Charles Rowan dutifully followed little Gilbert to watch pornographic movies every day, but after a while, Charles Rowan said he couldn't stand it.

Because of the high-intensity work, Charles Rowan and Little Gilbert complained: "One day, I went completely crazy, I was watching the horseback chase scene where the Nazgul chase Arwen.

That scene actually only lasted a short time, maybe five or six minutes at most.

But when you watch the pornographic film, there are several shots of them riding horses in circles.

After watching the pornographic films, I asked how many negatives there were. I thought I had finished watching it, but it was not the case. There were eight more pornographic films at the end, some of which were even longer.

Eight pornographic films, all from that scene.

After reading it that day, I suddenly wanted to go home. I felt that I couldn’t do this job. I wanted to cry..."

What else could little Gilbert say, except to give Charles Rowan a big hug. Apart from him, the hardest working people on the crew were Kane and Charles, the two producers.

As long as the boss of each group does his or her job well, there won't be much of a problem.

But the two producers have a lot of work to do, including the operation of the crew, financial audits, preliminary preparations, shooting, post-production, communication with the local area, etc.

In order to create a good working environment for little Gilbert, the two producers wished they had eight livers.

With such a high intensity of work, it's okay for little Gilbert to be young, but the two producers are basically in their fifties, and it's impossible for them to be as energetic as before.

Fortunately, such days will not last long. In a few months, all the filming work of the crew will come to an end.

Charles Rowan’s suggestion of a Christmas break was a great one, and without that break as a buffer, I’m afraid everyone on the show would be exhausted.

Those who work with Little Gilbert are basically the top talents in the Hollywood industry.

But it was also the first time that they worked on such a large project with little Gilbert. Like little Gilbert, it was inevitable that there would be some oversights at the beginning.

However, as the work progresses and experience increases, the initial work omissions gradually decrease.

Little Gilbert joked that after they finish filming "The Lord of the Rings", they will even take everyone to the moon, because after completing this project, there is nothing they can't do.

In addition to these post-production editing work, the promotion and distribution of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has already begun.

Little Gilbert was absent from the summer season last year, but this year he is coming with a lot of momentum, which makes people smell a little unusual.

Since February, Victoria's Secret has held several catwalk shows, one of which is the Victoria's Secret Elf Show. These elf underwear are a focus of the cooperation between "Lord of the Rings" and Victoria's Secret, and are also a surrounding profit-making project.

One of the most expensive sets of Evening Star pajamas was given to Anne Hathaway. She took the time to return to North America to participate in this catwalk show, wearing Evening Star pajamas and stunning everyone.

Although Anne Hathaway is not a professional model, she has the height and figure of a model, and is also suitable for the selection of Victoria's Secret Angel.

When Anne Hathaway appeared in her evening star pajamas, all eyes were on her.

In the end, the Evening Star pajamas were bid by many wealthy people. New York real estate tycoon Donald got the pajamas for a sky-high price of three million US dollars.

In a subsequent interview, Donald said that he was a loyal fan of Little Gilbert, and that his Donald Building would display promotional banners for "The Lord of the Rings" for free.

For such a shrewd businessman, he would never make a loss-making business. He said it was free of charge, but in fact there were many hidden benefits.

First, Donald attracted attention.

During the talk show he hosted, he showed off his Evening Star pajamas and gave them to Britney Spears who was promoting the show on the spot.

Little Tiantian didn't expect that Donald would be so arrogant. She didn't react for a moment and accepted the pajamas in a daze.

Donald also plans to invite the "Lord of the Rings" crew to be guests on the show, especially little Gilbert, who must come.

This is the current hot code. Donald has been ahead of the game for many years, and little Gilbert is now one of the biggest traffic users in the United States.

In addition to the normal catwalks of the Victoria's Secret Elf, "The Lord of the Rings" also spent heavily on promoting the Super Bowl.

It has become a tradition for summer movies to debut at the Super Bowl every year.

(End of this chapter)