Chapter 476: The First Cut that Makes People Doubt Life

"The first cut of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is out, come and take a look!"

Lin Fan was taken aback when he received a call from Liang Wen: "So fast?!"

It takes a lot of time for a movie to be prepared for the project, to the official shooting, and to the final post-production. Especially for movies with high requirements for special effects, it may only take two or three months to shoot, but the post-production The special effects took years of work!

"A Chinese Ghost Story" doesn't have many special effects, so Lin Fan feels that the entire post-production will not take more than three months. This speed is really fast, any faster would be a bit shoddy.

And because it is currently in the editing stage, it is not yet time to do special effects, but editing also takes a lot of time. According to Lin Fan and Liang Wen's estimates, it will take about a month to finish editing the film.

But how long has it been since the first cut came out?

This is "A Chinese Ghost Story"! Old Liang, don't cut corners for me!

Lin Fan couldn't sit still anymore, and went straight to the editing room to meet Liang Wen.

As soon as the door of the editing room was pushed open, there was a strong smell of second-hand smoke, which made Lin Fan cough several times before he got used to it, "Old Liang, you guys are cultivating immortals here, the smoke is so lingering that you can see clearly A computer screen?"

Liang Wen knew that Lin Fan didn't smoke, so he extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette in his hand: "If you don't pay attention, how can you get the first cut out so quickly?"

Lin Fan walked in and took a look. Liang Wen and the editor had four huge dark circles under their eyes, looking at him listlessly. If Liang Wen could not talk to him logically, Lin Fan would feel that what he saw It's two living corpses!

"How long has it been since you two have slept? You are not afraid of sudden death!"

Liang Wen waved his hand indifferently: "I don't remember, come and see the first cut."

The first cut is the process of turning a movie from one piece of footage into a logical finished film. After the director shoots all the materials, the editor will follow the director’s guiding spirit and follow the shot script to make the character’s Actions, dialogues, scenes of mutual communication and other scenes are connected together.

After the initial cutting, there are several steps such as multiple cutting, fine cutting and even comprehensive cutting, which are not accomplished overnight.

Now what Liang Wen asked Lin Fan to watch was the first-cut film.

Lin Fan pulled an office chair over,

Sitting next to the editor with Liang Wen on one left and one on the right, I began to appreciate a film that only had initial logic and didn't even have a soundtrack.

It was the first time for Lin Fan to watch this kind of film. While watching it, he compared it with the film in his memory. After the comparison, the cold sweat on his forehead never stopped.

"WTH?"

"I acted this? Is my acting so eye-catching?"

"Can't the old opera bones be saved? What the hell is this crying ghost?"

"It's over, why is it completely different from what I imagined?"

"Is this the fucking classic movie in my memory? It can't be said to be exactly the same, it can only be said to be unrelated!"

"It's ruined, it's all ruined. I don't know if the money I invested can get back a dime or two. After this kind of movie is released, I will be sprayed to death by netizens!"

...

In short, it is hard to say.

Lin Fan didn't know how he survived a 100-minute first-cut film. After watching it, he fell into a deep shadow. There seemed to be countless villains complaining about himself in his mind: Just relying on memories to copy a classic movie, isn't it a bit too beautiful?

Lin Fan reflected deeply, and then realized, huh?

It seems that it is not as beautiful as I thought.

Although this first-cut film looks hard to describe, Lin Fan added the soundtrack and special effects in his mind, removed some redundant shots, and slightly adjusted some parts, as if, It seems that it should be okay?

A lot of ideas have flashed through Lin Fan's mind, how to deal with the details in detail, adjust the logic and continue editing. After watching the film, these ideas naturally emerged from the depths of his mind. Didn't notice anything wrong.

Seeing Lin Fan's expression change, Liang Wen showed a smile, and said to the editor: "I won, and you will pay for this month's cigarettes!"

The editor was helpless: "Oh, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't bet with Director Liang. It's really a big loss!"

A question mark appeared on Lin Fan's forehead: "What's going on?"

Liang Wen won the bet, and he was in a very good mood: "We made a bet, betting how long it will take you, a new director who is watching first-cut films for the first time, to accept the reality. I bet you will recover in ten minutes Well, he bet you an hour, and obviously, I won."

The editor was also very curious: "Director Lin, how did you manage to recover from the shock of the first cut so quickly?"

The first-cut film has no soundtrack, no rendering, and even no color correction. It just simply logically arranges the lens, and the effect is probably not as good as taking a random photo with a mobile phone.

To be honest, watching it for the first time will indeed make people doubt life, and even have a feeling that they are not worthy of making movies. A novice director like Lin Fan can get over this kind of blow so quickly. After adjusting, this mentality is really good.

Lin Fan was expressionless: "The chicken legs in your lunch boxes are gone!"

The editor wailed for a while: "No, director! Director Liang forced me, I don't want to bet with him, he insisted on pulling me to bet!"

Liang Wen hehe: "This cigarette has smoked too much and I want to change the flavor."

The editor closed his mouth aggrieved: I can't afford to mess with you two!

Liang Wen took the opportunity to teach Lin Fan a lesson: "Looking at the first-cut film, you just need to pay attention to a few elements. The first is to see if the overall logic conforms to the lens design when you shoot, and the second is to see if the story is The expression is complete, as long as there are no major problems with these two points, other things can be made up through secondary editing and post-production.”

And Liang Wen actually discovered that Lin Fan had a clear understanding of this movie in his heart, what shots were used where, what materials could be discarded, the overall logic, and what the whole story should look like were all important. very clear.

It's as if there is such a movie in my mind.

This is also the reason why the editor can make the first cut so quickly: the director's creative intention is clear, there is nothing to tangle and hesitate, the editor only needs to combine the shots according to the director's intention, saving a lot of trouble.

Lin Fan was taught: "In other words, our first cut is actually pretty good?"

Lin Fan saw that the logic of the whole movie was online, as long as he adjusted the details, it would not be much different from the movie in his memory, and the effect should be good.

Liang Wen showed a big smile, and put his palm heavily on Lin Fan's shoulder: "Be more confident, Director Lin, it's not only good, it's really good!"

The good ones don't look like a first cut!

The editor also flattered: "I feel like I can start preparing for the celebration banquet!"

With the approval of the two professionals, Lin Fan was naturally also very happy: "The celebration banquet is a must, and then let Sister Xia organize it properly!"