A Guide to Growth After Rebirth

Chapter 31 Editing
After the film was finished, the actors went their separate ways after having a meal. Those who went back to school went back to school, and those who reported to the new crew went to the new crew. Those who had nothing to do would look for opportunities.

Director Deng Wenfeng began to focus his work on post-production, and the most important post-production was editing.

Without excellent editing, no matter how exquisite the performance of the actors, no matter how gorgeous the costumes are, no matter how luxurious the soundtrack is, it is all empty talk.

This is Deng Wenfeng's first work, so he is naturally more careful. Ning Xuan and Liu Chuan, as investors and leading actors, took time to participate in the whole process, and actively communicated with the editor to avoid violating the creator's wishes due to the editor's improper operation. original intention.

The editor was introduced by an acquaintance. He is a professional editor in an old film studio. He has edited too many films. He is not very famous, but he is also a familiar hand. The efficiency of the unit is not good. Like many colleagues, he came out to do private work.

Several people had different opinions and argued with each other to persuade each other. After a few days of hard work, they finally spliced ​​and edited about two and a half hours of film footage.

This is just a preliminary arrangement of the shot, with a little cut. This is not the final cut, but a rough cut.

The next step is the real editing. There are fewer cuts from the film. It is impossible to reverse this process, so many directors choose to copy and backup. Of course, the price of this backup is not small, and Deng Wenfeng only copied one. backup.

"Let's start." Deng Wenfeng gritted his teeth and said.

"Don't worry, I've been in this industry for more than [-] years, and I know it well." The editor finally comforted the director.

Deng Wenfeng and Liu Chuan are pure newcomers. They are newcomers to movies for the first time. Ning Xuan also made movies in her previous life, but it is also the first time for editing. The three newcomers watched the editor's proficient cutting and cutting. During the period, they kept asking own opinions and requirements.

At the beginning, the cut was very rough, and then it was cut more and more finely. This process is like carving jade, delicate, serious, and precise. A slight mistake will ruin the work.

Ning Xuan looked at the hands of the editor without blinking her eyes, and her emotions changed with the editing. Sometimes she would be happy because a scene was edited well, and sometimes she would be annoyed because a scene was flawed. It's just that she didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of disturbing the editor's movements.

Of course, experienced editors will find ways to fix even if they make mistakes in their work. Sometimes the wrongly cut shots are more artistic.

After two weeks of editing, the film was finally cut. Looking at the finished product, several people were relieved.

"Master Wang, you are amazing!" Looking at the edited film, Ning Xuan was amazed.

"Master, your skill is really amazing. I want to take you as my teacher." Liu Chuan likes photography, and admires the art of editing. The ability is much worse.

The editor is also very proud. The few people in front of him are all newcomers, and they all have a good temper, which made him addicted to being a capable person and a master. The crew gave him a lot of money back then, "You kid think editing is so easy to learn. , look at you boy, the main business is still in acting, learning editing takes time, do you have it? And you kid, don’t you think that I have accepted you as an apprentice, and I will edit movies for you for free in the future? Bar?"

"How dare you, Uncle Wang, I really want to learn the craft." Liu Chuan repeatedly begged for mercy.

"Ha, I'm not kidding, if our movie sells well, we will definitely give Master Wang a big red envelope." Deng Wenfeng knew that there are specialties in the art industry, so selling a good one to these masters would definitely not go wrong.

"Haha, I wish your movie a big hit!"

(End of this chapter)