star king gene

The completion of filming does not mean that everything is fine for Lin Zhimo. In fact, strictly speaking, the real production of a film has just begun.

"Hmm... is this the cost of our movie?" Lin Zhimo asked while sitting in the office looking at a large stack of documents in his hand.

"Yes, it includes everything from preliminary preparations to actors' remuneration, rental of filming venues, workers' wages, etc., but the cost of editing and publicity has not been included, but I also wrote a Approximate budget." Huo Xiwen was as meticulous as a subordinate reporting to a superior.

Lin Zhimo glanced at Huo Xiwen and said with a smile: "Sister Wen, relax, you're making me nervous too."

Huo Xiwen gave him a blank look: "As long as you promise not to move, I will listen to you."

Lin Zhimo blushed and touched his nose in embarrassment when he heard this.

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon after returning to Yanjing yesterday, because Lin Zhimo still had some documents to sign, so he went back to the company with Huo Xiwen regardless that the company was closed.Same as now, Huo Xiwen also gave Lin Zhimo a detailed introduction to the things that need to be dealt with, but Lin Zhimo, who hadn't touched a woman for nearly half a month during the filming process, slowly listened to Huo Xiwen's introduction. It started to get fussy, so the two ended up playing a game of intestines in the office.

However, Lin Zhimo had a thick skin after all, and quickly forgot about the embarrassment, and said with a grin: "Sister Wen, I can tell you your charm is only because of your hands and feet. You should be happy."

Huo Xiwen was naturally happy in his heart, but how could he admit it with his mouth.So he ignored Lin Zhimo's cunning and said directly: "The promotion of our movie can also start now, what are you going to do?"

Lin Zhimo became serious when he heard Huo Xiwen's question, he pondered: "What does the planning department mean?"

"The meaning of the planning department is still the same, print publicity, media promotion and so on, step by step." Huo Xiwen was a little dissatisfied with this, but she didn't have any particularly good ideas in her heart.

Lin Zhimo knows that a good movie not only needs to keep up with the quality of the movie itself, but also must not lag behind in publicity.In the United States, the promotional cost of a Hollywood movie is usually more than half of the production cost.It may even be comparable to the cost of film production.Even surpassed, it can be seen the importance of publicity.

However, it is different in China from the United States. In foreign countries, the box office revenue of a film only accounts for about 30.00% of the total revenue of the film, and the greater income is still in film adaptations.Game adaptation. dvd revenue.Peripheral product copyright income and other aspects.But these are not feasible in China, because the copyright awareness in China, especially in mainland China, is too weak, so the success of a movie depends largely on the box office and foreign distribution revenue.

It is also for these reasons.The promotion of domestic movies is still at a relatively low-level publicity method. After all, if the cost is too large, the cost will not be recovered.Still, publicity is essential in this age of the eyeball economy.

Lin Zhimo naturally understands this very well, but how can it be so simple to think of a method with low cost and good publicity effect? ​​He has no idea at the moment, so he can only say: "Wait and see, it's really not possible Just step by step, I will edit the movie first."

After a pause, Lin Zhimo asked, "Sister Wen, how is Teacher Zhai Rudi doing?"

Huo Xiwen nodded and smiled, "I've already contacted you. Sister Zhai said you can go there anytime."

Lin Zhimo stood up and said, "Okay, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a day. I'll go there today."

"I'll accompany you." Huo Xiwen said.

Zhai Ru is the film editor Lin Zhimo intends to invite.

The quality of editing has a crucial impact on a movie. The editing of every excellent movie is absolutely the same. An excellent editor can help you edit a messy movie with a clear rhythm , it can be said that in the post-film production process, an editor is a more authoritative profession than a director.

Although Zhai Ru is a woman, she is the leading editing master in China. The movie "Sunny Day" and Zhang Yimou's "One Can't Be Less" and "My Father and Mother" are all well-known films edited by her. .

Lin Zhimo's ability to invite her to help in person also dragged Zhang Yimou's face, otherwise Lin Zhimo might not be able to see him.

"Mr. Zhai, hello, I need to ask for your help this time." Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen came to visit each other's home with some fruits.

Zhai Ru was still very surprised that Lin Zhimo came to her home in person. Although the directors she had worked with were all top domestic directors, she was still happy that Lin Zhimo, a big star, came to visit in person.

"Come here, why don't you bring any gifts!" Zhai Ru said angrily.

"After all, it's my first visit here, so I can't come empty-handed. I heard that Sister Zhai likes fruits, so I bought some from below." Huo Xiwen said with a smile.

"Come on, sit down." Zhai Ru called Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen to sit down before saying, "Zhimo, it doesn't matter if I call you that?"

"It's okay, it's okay, then I'll call you Sister Zhai." Lin Zhimo was naturally happy to get closer to Zhai Ru.

"Zhimo, we don't need to be polite anymore. I want to hear your requirements for the style of this film. Do you want it to be lighter, more restrained, or more aggressive?" Zhai Ru looked serious.

"Well, if possible, I hope that the early stage of this film should be a little darker. After all, it is to show the harm of domestic violence to women. In the latter part, it should be warmer." Lin Zhimo thought for a while and replied.

Zhai Ru nodded, and then discussed the specific issues with Lin Zhimo again.No wonder Zhai Ru is so cautious. The director and cameraman are partners during filming, and the director and editor are partners during post-production. Any conflict between these two partners will do great harm to the film, so Everything must be explained in advance.

After entering the editing room, the conversation between Lin Zhimo and Zhai Ru was not as harmonious as it was in the reception room just now, only Lin Zhimo kept yelling, and Zhai Ru was the old god controlling the mouse with a knife Edited the video with one knife.

"Sister Di, there is no need to cut it here... Oh, really, this must not be cut, otherwise it will not be coherent, oh..." Lin Zhimo felt nervous every time Zhai Ru edited. , in his eyes every shot is perfect.

"In every director's heart, an editor is like a mixture of a devil and an angel. He makes you hate it, but you can't get away from him."

When he was learning editing with Zhang Yimou, Lin Zhimo didn't pay much attention to what Zhang Yimou said. He thought that the editor was serving the director after all, how terrible could it be?

But thinking about it now, this sentence is so true, every director really loves and hates the editor.I hate that they ruthlessly cut those very good shots, but I love that they will make your film more refined and perfect.

Every Hollywood blockbuster has several hours of length before editing, but almost 90.00% of the content has to be cut, and the rest is the final product, regardless of whether these shots are good or bad, each one is the director Carefully filmed, for each of them, the director treats them like their own children.Now watching the editor cut those scenes without any distress, the director is like watching a plastic surgeon doing plastic surgery on his own child. Although the operation is to make the child look better, distress is absolutely inevitable.

Lin Zhimo's reaction of scratching her ears and cheeks was completely expected by Zhai Ru, so her expression remained unchanged, and she just cut off the parts she thought were inappropriate, and then explained a little bit.This situation is true of every director, whether it is Zhang Yimou or Jiang Wen, and she has long been used to their yelling.

In fact, sometimes Zhai Ru thought maliciously that if he recorded the pained expressions of these directors during editing and sold them to reporters, he would definitely sell them for a high price.

Editing is definitely not an easy job, and Lin Zhimo came to the home of the film's soundtrack teacher Sanbao while editing the film.

Because the film was entirely funded by himself, Lin Zhimo planned to keep improving and invited San Bao, a well-known soundtrack teacher in the industry, to help him score.

Lin Zhimo and Sanbao are quite familiar with each other. They had contact with each other when making the promotional film for the Olympic bid, and they also left a good impression on each other. Because they are both music producers, Lin Zhimo and each other They left each other's phone numbers, and they had already made an appointment at the beginning of the filming of the movie "Don't Talk to Strangers".

Film editing and film soundtrack are actually complementary to each other, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.Sometimes the director thinks that certain movie scenes have a sense of music, so he will first ask the soundtrack teacher to make music, but sometimes he feels that a certain scene has a sense of image, so he will edit it first.

"Brother Sanbao, I'll leave the soundtrack to you this time." Lin Zhimo came to Sanbao's house with two bottles of Moutai.

For Sanbao, who was born in the Mongolian prairie, it was a special pleasure for him to visit with two bottles of wine, and Lin Zhimo was naturally not stingy when he asked for help.

The post-production of the film is a long process. When Lin Zhimo was making the film, he received another invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, and this time the director of the Spring Festival Gala directly stipulated the content of Lin Zhimo's singing, that is, the song that was designated as "Beyond Dreams" from the Olympic bid song. (to be continued..)