The Best Director

How important is editing to a film? Before there was any editing, "the movie is a kind of slice of life. "Factory Gate" filmed the scene of factory employees entering the gate, and "Train Arrival" filmed a train entering the station. They were fixed shots from beginning to end. As far as the story is concerned. (Read the novel) After the initial curiosity, this kind of "little trick" will be rated as dull and boring. Who will go to see how the gardener plays with the water pipe in "Watering the Gardener"? It is better to go directly to Watering your own garden.

Then came The Great Train Robbery, the first real film, and it was

Composed of 14 different shots, the collision between shots creates a complete movie content. Without any language, people can understand that this is the story of a group of robbers who robbed a train and were finally chased and shot by the police.

There are stories and plots, and the audience is interested, and Xin Jingqing is willing to pay to watch the movie. With the rapid development of film, there are more and more ways to shoot shots, and more and more montage techniques. In the final analysis, cut recommendation is so important, it makes the movie take off and makes the movie alive.

A Hollywood blockbuster almost takes more than 200 hours of film, and "High School Musical" takes nearly 20 hours of film. Although it is the same story, it can be edited into two completely different versions. If the 20 hours of film is replaced by the number of frames, the film is 24 frames per second, then the basic unit will be "million", and it is these more than one million small, grid sorting, collision, and combination that constitute the whole movie.

And one more grid, or one less grid, is a world of difference. With those few extra frames and those few seconds, the movie is likely to appear cumbersome and dragging; without those few frames, the movie will become disorganized again, and the characters in the screen may even appear to "drift". What the editor has to do is to arrange these small grids, neither more nor less, not only pay attention to seamless editing, but also conform to the rhythm of the film, and express the story and emotion of the film in the best way.

During the shooting stage of a film, the director and the photographer are husband and wife; when it comes to the editing stage, the director and the editor are husband and wife. Whether their "marriage" is happy or not directly determines whether the movie is good or bad. Aspects such as aesthetics must be "called", otherwise it is likely to end in divorce. The reason for divorce is domestic violence.

"Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino said: "I'm shooting my first film.

When I was working on a movie, I only knew one thing, and that was that I needed a female editor. Female editors know how to take better care of the film, take care of me. They are not so competitive, they will not try their best to defeat me, they will give me care and help me finish the film.” The teacher who taught Wang Yang’s editing class deeply agrees, and Wang Yang also thinks it makes sense , female editors should be more patient, and for "High School Musical", women should also be better at grasping the sunshine of youth than men with rough lines.

After a week of non-stop interviews,

Wang Yang finally found a suitable candidate, Margaret Goodspeed, a middle-aged Caucasian woman in her forties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, she has experience in editing many films, including " "Four Rooms" has a very good temper. During the interview, she also knew exactly what "High School Musical" needs, brisk, youthful, sunny, and actively pursue what she wants to do.

In the editing room at this time, Margaret looked at the screen of the computer dedicated to editing. A psychological shot of Troy Burton was playing on the screen. Knock it out. Wang Yang next to him hurriedly shouted: ",,,! Margaret, these pictures cannot be cut out, I need them!" "You need them everywhere." Margaret smiled slightly, looked at Wang Yang and said : "Our initial cut version is 200 minutes, and what we have to do now is to cut it to less than 100 minutes." She explained: "Boy, I know how you feel. Directors are always greedy. They wouldn't want to cut a frame if they could. But why would a director need an editor?

Because some scenes need to be deleted, but the director can’t do it, so we will do it.” After that, she clicked into the editing software and removed those scenes.

Wang Yang sighed helplessly, grabbed his hair, and said softly: "Okay." But soon, he widened his eyes and shouted: "No, no, this set of shots must not be deleted!

If you cut it like this again, there will be nothing left. Seeing that Margaret insisted on cutting it, he said heartbrokenly, "You can't do this... Please, oh my god... it's over!" After being silent for a while, he suddenly said again: "Margaret, go back to the part just now, I thought about it, it can't be cut like that." "Editing is such a process. The director and the editor are constantly "bargaining", trying various lens combinations, arranging frames of frames, deleting and putting them back, and then deleting them again. Therefore, editing is much more cumbersome and boring than filming. Especially for directors, they often suffer from mental torture. Watching the satisfactory material that was finally filmed on the set is cut away like garbage. The mood is naturally not good.

On the set, the director is the biggest; but in the editing room, the editor is in charge of the main voice.

Even great directors like James Spielberg will not be dictatorial in the editing room. As Margaret said, the director needs the help of others in the selection of shots.

At the same time, the film's publicity work is also going on. Two days ago, the official website of "High School Musical" released the release date and plan, and the list of 500 schools in the first week of the screening was also announced. The attendance rate of these schools' cinemas Very high, which is naturally good for the box office. However, students from some schools that were not listed here were quite angry and protested on the official website, even saying that "High School Musical" was discriminatory.

However, Wang Yang and the company had already made preparations and announced an event "Show Yourself" facing campuses across the United States. This event will start in March and end on April 20. As long as you upload the video of yourself dancing and singing to the official website of the event, you can participate in the event. In the end, the top ten will be voted out, and they will get rich prizes, and they can also go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "High School Musical" for free; As long as you participate in the event, you have the opportunity to become one of the 100 lucky ones. There are no prizes, but you can also come to Los Angeles for free, participate in the premiere, a day trip to Hollywood, and a free return ticket.

This activity is estimated to cost about 2 million, and the total promotional budget of the film has also risen to 7 million. But the 2 million is absolutely worth it. Firstly, this activity can appease the anger of the students; secondly, it will allow more students and more schools to participate. In conjunction with the release of "High School Musical and Music", it will set off a round of singing and dancing craze. This is the most important.

How can we make students interested in participating in the activities? The prizes are only second, and the focus of the publicity lies in the slogan of the event: "Show yourself, show your youthful side! But if you want to win the prize, you must practice singing and dancing from now on: there are also selections. Remember to solicit votes from your classmates.

Wang Yang is very confident about this umbrella promotion because of the success of "Ling Dong - Ghost Story".

The "Who is the most scared?" activity made him realize that everyone is actually eager to "show" and share their excitement with everyone.

The release date of "High School Musical" was announced, but the media's reaction to it was still lukewarm. Only some online media reported on it. If it wasn't for Wang Yang's popularity, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be these things.

His popularity has also aroused some covetousness, and "Idle Hands" has been eyeing it. They seem to want to create some topics. Producer Andrew Richard said in an interview with the media: "I have not changed. My point of view, that girl is going to regret it, oh well, don't ask me that again. All in all, I promise Idle Hands will be a good movie, and the story is so interesting." Director Rhodes Mann Fried said: "Same schedule? I don't worry about it. Although our films are all aimed at teenagers, I don't mean to fight. Wang Yang is a very thoughtful young man. I wish him success this time. .” One sang black face, the other sang red face.

Neither Wang Yang nor the company responded. This kind of topic is not a good opportunity for publicity. What "High School Musical" needs is a healthy and uplifting topic, not a dispute. Of course, if it's "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" jumping out and saying "Let's do it", that's another matter.

However, the most important thing is to do a good job in your own publicity work, such as the "show yourself" garden-changing activities, such as the little show that teaches people to dance.

"Yang, no TV station is willing to cooperate with us unless we pay a certain amount of advertising costs." Max Langt's tone was calm, a tone of "this is what I expected, and he said: "At least five thousand a month Ten thousand" fifty million? Wang Yang rolled his eyes, stood up with his mobile phone, walked to the balcony of the apartment, and said to the mobile phone: "Since it's so expensive, it's fine, according to plan b, we will upload it to the official website and broadcast it on the campus TV stations." "This small program can not only shape idols, but also play a role in promoting the "Show Yourself" campaign. Mark Slanter knew this, and replied: "Okay, then we have to prepare for the production." After finishing the call, looking at the sky entering the night, Wang Yang dialed another number and chatted with a smile: " Hey Jessica. You and Rachel and Zachary and they have a new job, yes, the show I told you about earlier. He leaned on the railing and continued chatting: "Oh, it's not me directing , This kind of show doesn't need a director, right? I don't know, I'm still busy with editing.

I almost got into a fight with Margaret today, ha, just kidding..." After chatting for a long time, Wang Yang put away his phone, went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, wanting to get some soft drinks and food to watch an NFL game, due to labor disputes , his favorite NBA is still on hiatus, and he doesn't know when the season will resume. But the refrigerator is empty, there is nothing in stock, Wang Yang scratched his head, and prepared to go to a nearby supermarket to pick up some goods and come back.

Michael Pitt moved out a long time ago, and shared a small apartment with George Harry. Now he has found a part-time job, and he will participate in auditions when he has an opportunity, and he is working hard towards his next role.

When he came to the street below the apartment, Wang Yang walked for a short distance and felt someone following him. He looked back vigilantly, only to see a middle-aged blond white man following behind, and that paparazzi again! Wang Yang helplessly shouted to the paparazzi: "Man, you have been following me for a while." Many paparazzi followed him, but only once or twice, and this guy followed him almost every day.

Seeing that he was exposed, the white bearded man simply walked up, picked up the camera on his neck, took a picture of Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "This is my job.

My name is Cole. ""Thanks for your hard work. "Wang Yang said something, and walked for a while, looking at Cole who was always closely following him, Wang Yang felt a little bored, so he asked: "Why do you follow me all the time, I'm not a big star . "Because of the paparazzi, he and Jessica haven't dared to date recently. He rolled his eyes and said, "You should follow Tom Welling." Cole replied while following his footsteps: "Yan, your popularity is very high recently, you are a star, and everyone is paying attention to you." He spread his hands and said: "Old year, almost old age: multi-millionaire, no girlfriend?" Who believes it? Wang Yang laughed and said, "So you want to take pictures of me and my girlfriend together?" , Cole shrugged and said, "Actually, a boyfriend is also fine.

"Of course, it would be even better if we could shoot more explosive ones." Cole added. Wang Yang said with interest: "For example? Cole smiled and said: "For example, hugging two hot girls home, smoking marijuana, peeing everywhere, or beating people in the street, these are all good. Wang Yang laughed and said, "Then you must want me to beat you." Cole nodded and said, "Yes, I really think so." ""Don't talk about that kind of photo, do you know how much it is worth if you can take a photo of you and your girlfriend making out? Cole pointed the camera lens at Wang Yang again and took a picture. Wang Yang was a little curious: "How much?" Cole laughed and said, "I don't know, buddy, this is the first one, it's definitely worth a thousand dollars! Maybe I can rely on it and replace it with a nice car." "Then go ahead." Wang Yang said, The foot speeded up. Cole, who was left behind, said: "I think it will be taken soon. It will be your birthday in a few days, isn't it?" Wang Yang looked back at him and said angrily: "Please, you can't let Am I having a good birthday? Cole immediately took a picture of his impatient expression, and said with a satisfied smile: "Finally, I have gained something, this one should be worth 300-500 dollars." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, and gave Cole a thumbs up. Now it's really "showing yourself", forced. But I'm afraid Cole will be disappointed, because he doesn't plan to do much with his old birthday party, and it will be a simple gathering of good friends.

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