17 Chapter 17 Post-production (seeking recommended collection) (1/2)

How important is the post-production of a movie?It can almost be said to be equivalent to secondary creation.

Frame by frame editing, scoring, retouching, and color correction can then slowly make a complete work.

This also means that it will be a very patient job. After all, more than 1,200 minutes of material must be selected, assembled, and then compiled into a nearly 90-minute movie with a smooth plot. not easy.

Different lens collocations, time lengths, etc., produce completely different movie effects.

A well-deserved movie, with superb editing, may become ups and downs and fascinating. On the contrary, a good movie may be ruined by a bad editing.

For example, a later movie ”The Watcher”, in the hands of Director Zha and Warner, is basically two stories.

I don't know which editor said such a sentence: Editing is the rhythm instrument of a movie, and it determines what kind of viewing experience this movie will bring to the audience.

Therefore, the general post-production work is very cumbersome. The more beautiful the results come out, the more time, energy and thoughts are required.

Small-cost one-man films like Buried Alive are not as complicated as blockbuster films, but they are never easy.

It is a headache just to choose good materials and combine them into a movie.

In order not to suffer the pain alone, Lehman also brought Ryan and Thomas to work together.

After they dealt with the problem of shooting equipment, they went around and settled the lease of the post-production studio.

Just in the original studio invested by Huyou, the three of Lehman personally went to see it. The equipment inside was all available, which fully met the editing needs of the film. So after repeated discussions with the person in charge, the price was 20,000 yuan per month. The price in euros, rented for a month.

This kind of price is not cheap, of course it is not expensive, it is so-so, after all, the three of them have no acquaintances here, and they can't help much.

After the two parties signed the formal lease contract the next day, Lehman, Ryan, and Thomas, who were willing to act as assistants, took a large amount of film material and moved directly into the editing studio. Anyway, the right to use them for the next month In his hands, the space inside is enough for three big men to sleep in.

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There was chaos in the editing room. Three people sat around the editor, expressing their opinions.

”It should be cut here!” Thomas has been talking more and more since joining this small group.

”Fuck! I think this long shot is great. I took it several times that day. Now you say you want to cut it out, no, stay.” Ryan has also been a film professional and has his own. After speaking, he looked at Lehman again, ”You said, should you stay?”

”This long shot here is simply slowing down the rhythm of the movie. Are we making a horror movie? Naturally, we have to take care of the whole movie atmosphere! It must be cut.” Thomas said plausibly, ”Lyman, I said Right?”

”Thomas is reasonable. This clip is not suitable. I cut it.” Both of them stared at Lyman, but he still followed the film's best editing style and chose Thomas.

Friends belong to friends, and movies belong to movies. These are two different things.

Does any story have a main line? The film ”Buried Alive” is simple and straightforward. It is cut around the change of the protagonist Paul’s psychological journey. The long shot was very cool and torturous, but it was really not a good one. The choice is a bit incompatible with the overall film rhythm.

After all, Lehman manipulated the editor to cut this long shot.

Thomas sees his ideas being followed by Lehman, and he is even more proud.

Ryan next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and an evil tiger hurried down the mountain, hugged Thomas, and while embracing vigorously, he thought to himself: Let you hide!

Ping pong.

Lyman sat on the seat calmly, staring at the shooting material, adjusting the most reasonable combination, and didn't even look at the two live treasures.

These days, the two are noisy, he is used to it.

The progress of the editing work is much slower than that of shooting, even if it is only the first round of rough cuts, Lehman seems very serious.

After repeated comparisons and groupings, a few minutes of footage can not be determined in a day.

He is very cautious in this respect, and more attentive than when shooting. The closer he gets to the film, the more careful he is.

As the editing went through the boring early stage, Lehman also adapted to this rhythm, and the match of the three also entered a good state.

They can always find the most suitable editing point in a mess of shots, and turn the shot material into the picture in their mind.