my time as a director

I haven't had any stable jobs, and I occasionally take part-time jobs in art.

For the dream of being a director, he wasted three or four years, but that doesn't mean he doesn't desire success.

At the age of 27, it is the time to be full of energy and start a career.

It's just that the experience of these three or four years has made him more cautious.

Guo Fan's eyes were full of enthusiasm, "Yes, Director Li, you don't have to worry about paying the money, I have no worries!"

Li Qian said with a smile, "That's right, don't be like an old man, just goofing around, if you fail, it's a big deal to try again."

"Besides, the 127-hour movie does not require much cost, and the difficulty of shooting is also low. It is certainly not a problem to recover the cost."

Guo Fan said, "Then I'll start writing the script and storyboarding after the Jaws is cut, and then Director Li will help me take a look."

"No problem, I have nothing else to do when the great white shark is online, so I have to rest for a few days and relax."

Li Qian nodded, looked at Qi Yukun again, and said with a smile, "By the way, Lao Qi, are you interested in making a sequel to Jaws next year?"

Qi Yukun was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. Just now he was envious of Guo Fan finally having the opportunity to direct alone, but he didn't expect it to be his turn so soon.

Seeing that Li Qian didn't look like he was joking, Qi Yukun nodded quickly, "Yes, of course there is. It's absolutely fine to hand over the sequel to me."

Although I don't know how to make the sequel, but if I can be a director, I don't care about him so much, I promise to talk about it first.

Guo Fan asked curiously, "Jaws is going to make a sequel? Will it be a series?"

"Let's shoot the second part first."

Li Qian shook his head, "The same routine has been filmed too many times, and the audience won't buy it. It's not a last resort. There is no need to make several sequels to collect money."

Any series of films will inevitably get worse and worse, and it's not that he is unable to make other films. Li Qian has no need to rely on this series to make money.

Qi Yukun was filming the second part of Jaws, and Li Qian was not worried. Originally, he participated in the whole process of this movie, and he was also the leader of the crew on the set.

Most of the time Li Qian sat behind the monitor, and sometimes he didn't manage the shooting scene for a whole day, and sat in front of the monitor for a whole day. It was Qi Yukun who actually directed the crew and actors.

A qualified executive director is actually only a little less creative than a director.

The routine of the great white shark is like that, nothing new, Qi Yukun should be fine, besides, Li Qian left a suspense at the end of the film, just in time for the sequel.

"Then our sequel will also be released in theaters?" Qi Yukun asked with some expectation.

"Of course it will go to theaters."

Li Qian said with a smile, "We will have three theater movies next year, and we should have a place in the Huaguo movie market next year!"

"Brother Cheng Kai is dying, he just cares about himself, Zhang Yimou is busy with the Olympics."

"Wu Yusen, who came back from Hollywood, had to rely on Zhang Jinzhan to make the blockbuster Chibi well."

"Ma Xiaogang is unwilling to only shoot comedies, he keeps trying new themes to prove himself, sooner or later he will fail."

"The directors in Hong Kong are mostly not acclimatized, and Hong Kong films have gradually declined."

"The Chinese film industry in the future will still be dominated by our mainland filmmakers, including us."

"Domestic films have not been commercialized for a few years, and the history of Huaguo's films in the future depends on us!"

Li Qian suddenly started talking at length, leaving Qi Yukun and Guo Fan confused.

"Director Li?"

Li Qian smiled, "Why, do you think I'm bragging?"

The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, get ready to work."

Li Qian shook his head, although the movie in his mind was not known who made it, but there are not many good-quality Hong Kong movies, and the decline of Hong Kong movies seems inevitable.

There is a private order, but Li Qian can tell at a glance that it is Ma Xiaogang's film.

The starring role of Ge You is still a bit like Party A and Party B of his back then. Basically, it can be confirmed that this is a film that Ma Xiaogang will make in the future.

To let Ma Xiaogang, who stopped making comedies, stir up his cold rice, must have experienced a huge loss, and he is probably about to hit the street.

Brother Chen Kai is dying, Ma Xiaogang is also on the street, Zhang Yimou doesn't know, two of the three major directors are on the street, it is estimated that a group of young directors are about to take over.

Li Qian is confident that there must be a place for him among them.

......

After chatting, I started editing.

The first pass of rough cut has been completed, and the second pass is re-cut.

Compound cutting is to make corrections on the basis of rough cutting, and it is not a cumbersome thing.

The combination of shots should be coherent and smooth, and in addition to ensuring the continuity of the shots, the boundaries of paragraphs must be clearly demarcated, so that the audience will not mistake the content at different times and places for the same scene.

As for how to cut different shots, there are jump cuts, split cuts, cross cuts, and jump cuts. The scenes are different and the things that need to be expressed are different, so I choose it myself.

The main thing is the third pass of fine editing, and the fourth pass of comprehensive editing is to adjust the whole.

The double cutting took a day and a half, and the fine cutting started the next afternoon.

At the beginning, it is the perspective of the great white shark on the bottom of the sea.

It's very dark here, I can't see where it is, and then there is a horizontal shot of a group of people camping together.

Then the camera cuts to a boy and stops, a medium shot, he is watching something in front of him.

Cut in the past, a girl is smiling at him, then cut back, the boy is also smiling, the opportunity has come.

The girl glanced around, and used the girl's subjective perspective to give a relationship shot, explaining that the group of people were camping by the sea in the evening.

The boy walked over to tease the girl, it doesn't matter what he said.

This composition is very serene and warm, with sea breeze, bonfire, wine, affection and love, everyone is in happiness.

Everything looked beautiful, and it also formed a strong contrast with the murder of the girl immediately after.

......

It took Li Qian four hours in the studio to complete the fine cut of the great white shark, plus the previous two days, it was six days.

In the final comprehensive editing, I watched the film several times to see what needs to be adjusted as a whole, and it took another day and a half to complete the final editing process.