my time as a director

But the two of them have no objection. They came here to study. The first step in editing is to sort out the materials.

After drinking two sips of tea, Li Qian immediately led them to work.

There is only one computer in the studio, so let it be used by Guo Fan, and he will watch from the side and give guidance from time to time.

All the shooting materials were imported into the computer, including unqualified clips. The first step was to delete all unqualified shots.

When filming, Guo Fan, who also serves as the scene recorder, will record every shot and every shooting situation, and mark it according to the director's instructions.

Those that pass directly, those that are reserved, and those that can be passed are all marked, and it is clear at a glance when editing.

Of course, it was Li Qian himself who actually edited the film. Occasionally they would ask some questions, and Li Qian would explain them one by one.

"Before editing, you must first determine the style and theme of the film, and have a thorough and thorough understanding of the film. Different styles of film will have many different lens constructions, continuity, relevance, etc... ..."

"However, if you don't have professional knowledge, I still recommend that you read the book first, then watch the movie, and pull the film. Many classic clips in the history of film are worth learning."

Qi Yukun nodded, "Sometimes I am really impressed by a certain scene in a movie. I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey some time ago, and the cuts between dog bones and spaceships made me a little confused at the time."

Li Qian explained, "That was the last shot of the war, where an ape threw a bone upwards, and the next shot was a spaceship in space. The matching editing was very clever, and the contrast clearly expressed the director's What it means: A tool or a bone from the origins of humanity has been replaced by a spaceship, and this is probably the most famous cut in film history, and it’s still pretty darn good even now.”

Back to the movie, "In fact, the editing of the sniper phone booth is not difficult. After all, the plot is completely synchronized with the time, which is much more convenient. The main thing is to pay attention to the rhythm. Long-term close-ups are easy to make the audience feel tired. Create a sense of oppression for the audience, making it easier for the audience to become involved in the role."

"Then there is the sound effect, which is also very important for a suspense film."

Guo Fan said, "If a sound effect is added suddenly, will it cause incoherence in the plot? After all, the audience's attention is always on the protagonist from the beginning to the end. Would it be counterproductive to interrupt it suddenly?"

Li Qian shook his head, "So we need to add short shots with fast-paced music to avoid damage to the rhythm and atmosphere caused by too many long shots. Not only must we add, but we must also add more!"

"These inserted short shots can be the rings that were taken off and put aside, the sweat rolling on the forehead due to tension, the hands clenched into the microphone, and the instant shots of many high-rise buildings, which more intuitively present the low and narrow The oppression of the characters in the phone booth makes the image very tense and depressing."

......

In this way, Li Qian, Qi Yukun, and Guo Fan nestled in the studio and in the room, and spent four days cutting out the sniper phone booth into pieces.

With the memory of the original movie, Li Qian can refer to it in many places. If it weren't for the fact that he sometimes had to explain it to the two of them, the editing would probably be finished in three days.

However, finishing a movie in four days, even a 60-minute online movie, shocked Qi Yukun and Guo Fan from the bottom of their hearts.

This is much stronger than the shock when they saw the script and the storyboard script. After all, they watched how Li Qian cut the movie with their own eyes in the past four days, otherwise they really couldn't believe it.

When the last scene was cut, the three of them watched it twice from beginning to end to confirm the completion.

Qi Yukun and Guo Fan looked at each other.

Both sides saw the unthinkable in the other's tired eyes.

Is this genius?

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Chapter 17 Heading to the capital (recommendation tickets please!)

"Don't you have such strange expressions, can you? Make it look like you're looking at a monster. I cut it in front of you in the past four days."

After the film was cut, Li Qian looked at the stunned expressions of Qi Yukun and Guo Fan, and smiled.

"Four days, it only took four days to edit. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a month to edit an ordinary movie." Guo Fan sighed.

Li Qian shook his head, "A 90-minute theatrical movie is usually edited for a month. Our movie is only 60 minutes long, which is one-third less in length, and mainly consists of two scenes. The plot and timeline are simple, and the long-shot For the Lord, four days is not too outrageous."

Regardless of what Qi Yukun and Guo Fan thought, Li Qian would continue to work after a break, and then began to color.

There must be no color palette studio, and there is no money in hand now. A basic set of black apples costs 20 to [-] yuan, and a professional color palette can cost more than [-] to [-] yuan.

It costs money to find a professional company to do it, so I can only do it with a mouse.

Although there is a big difference between using a mouse and using a color palette, but the color requirements for sniping a phone booth are not high, and it is not on a big screen, so use a mouse if you use a mouse.

For a movie, color grading is no less important than editing. It is the most critical link in the later stage, and both are enough to determine the success or failure of a movie.

There are tens of millions of color combinations. When the colors are mixed together, not only the shape seen by the eyes, but also the atmosphere of the movie and the inner world of the characters can be presented through these color matching methods.

However, with the development of movies to the present, countless film practitioners have summed up five basic color matching modes, which are suitable for most movies.

Colorist is a highly professional industry, and Li Qian can be regarded as a beginner, but he has a reference in his mind, so he can learn from it.

So, a day and a half later, when Li Qian finished grading, the same scene appeared again.

Qi Yukun and Guo Fan looked at each other, and what they saw in each other's eyes was still shock.

In the film and television related industries, colorists can definitely be regarded as one of the most difficult professions. First-class colorists are rarer than first-class photographers and first-class artists.

Watching Li Qian spend a day and a half successfully completing a 60-minute grading of a [-]-minute online film, I was even more surprised than finishing the editing in four days.

Is it true that geniuses are so awesome?

......

Li Qian didn't care about the two of them anymore, he copied the finished film and a few trailers, as well as the completed posters, a copy of the studio's business license, a certificate of film copyright, a copy of his ID card and other related documents, and put them in his briefcase .

Next, it’s time to go to the Beijing Yinhe Video headquarters. Now more and more online universities are online every month. The three major video websites have decided to start next month. All of them will use online application, review, and courier contracts. They will not accept it. Submit at your door.

In that case, the convenience is much more convenient, but the signing level is not easy to talk about. Basically, the film party fills in an expected level, A, B or C, and the website accepts it and sends it directly to the contract. It's not easy to bargain.

Now the new regulations have not yet been implemented, and we still have to bring materials and films to the door.

Without much delay, Li Qian went directly to the train station after leaving the studio, and took the high-speed train to the capital.

Also accompanying him was Guo Fan, who was going to Huayang Brothers to hand in the last draft, while Qi Yukun had to stay in Donghua and work at the Hengdian Film and Television Base.

He didn't go to college, and he didn't have a serious job. He didn't save much money as a program planner in Chang'an local TV station. He ran around with Li Qian all day long and didn't have anything to eat.

Li Qian wanted to keep Qi Yukun as his assistant for a long time, but right now he didn't have much money, so he had to wait until the movie was settled.

Guo Fan is much better, at least he has the skill of drawing, and he can support himself just by doing private work, otherwise Huayang Media would not ask him to draw the prequel comics of the Kung Fu King.

The high-speed rail has not yet opened from Donghua to the capital, so you have to take the train to Lin'an first, and then transfer to the high-speed rail from Lin'an to the capital.

Slow is a bit slow, and it is better than taking more than 20 small fires from Donghua to the capital.

After changing trains and waiting for the train, they traveled for 13 hours. In the early morning of the next day, the two appeared at the Capital Railway Station in a hurry.

"Old Guo, how do you arrange it, or do you split up?"

"I have an appointment in the afternoon, let's go to Yinhe Video with you first."