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After Xie Lansheng nodded, Xin Ye agreed to copy the samples.Xinye's English is better than Chinese, and there will be no obstacles in communication.

Then, Nathan rough cut the samples according to Xie Lansheng's edited version, and sent the last computer material to Lansheng. Xie Lansheng completed the operation in the "computer room" in Beijing, and then sent it back to ABCLAB's headquarters in Sydney.Although Nortel offers computer classes, it only teaches them to type. Xie Lansheng is actually very unfamiliar with operating computers. He only thinks that the "drawing" tool is very interesting to play with.In the beginning, Xie Lansheng would not have been able to cut it if it hadn't been for Xinye to teach him.Of course, thanks to the new Windows95.Materials are not stored in floppy disks, but in other formats, called flash memory cards, which have a large capacity.

Last year, the American company Sprint opened two 64K "roads" in China. China also has the Internet and web pages. Xie Lansheng also plans to go to Zhongguancun to learn after filming "Consummation".There is a billboard of "Yinghaiwei" in Zhongguancun, which reads "How far are Chinese people from the information highway - 1500 meters to the north". Xie Lansheng was still ready to move.

It took Nathan two weeks to finish the rough cutting and put it on the machine for Xin Ye.

As a result, looking at it this way, the problem is big!

Some pictures are obviously wrong!

At this time, the computer screen was very small, and the picture had to be cut into four grids, and the equipment in China's "computer room" was even more backward, the screen was even smaller, and the resolution was even worse, and people's faces could not be seen. Clearly, Xie Lansheng didn't realize it either.As a result, after being projected on the big screen, Xinye found that some images had the wrong focus, some images had the wrong focus, and some images... But Xie Lansheng was unaware of all these when editing.Because it has been banned by the government, Xie Lansheng can't go to Beijing Film Studio to wait for the samples. For the past four years, Nathan has been guarding him from the other side of the sea.This time, because he was able to see the scans, Xie Lansheng was very sure that there would be no problems.

"Director Xie," Xin Ye said on the phone, "the third shot of the 30th scene, the sixth shot of the 3th scene, the focus is wrong, the first shot of the 60th scene, and the first shot of the 6th scene, the focus is wrong It's gone." Xinye had listened to Xie Lansheng's dispatch at the scene.He always followed Xie Lansheng and knew what to expect.

"...Ah???" Xie Lansheng said, "Impossible?!"

"Really," Xin Ye said, "The core member Qi Yong hired was born and raised in Los Angeles. I can feel that he can't stand the winter temperature in Beijing. The few scenes that went wrong were all filmed outdoors, with shaking hands. Right, or stiff."

"I see……"

Xin Ye continued to add: "Nathan didn't expect it when he edited, he thought it should be like this, and followed your edited version to cut the dailies in a daze."

Xie Lan let out a long breath: "Xin Ye, it's fortunate that you went to see it."

Xinye laughed lowly: "It should."

"Then these few mirrors, can the other ones be used? Did you take the right shot?"

"I've seen it," Xin Ye said, "The third shot of the 30th scene, the sixth shot of the 3th scene, the ones in the front are correct, and the one behind is also correct, only the one chosen is wrong, and the first shot in the 60th scene is correct." Shot, the first shot of the 6th game... Both of them are one pass."

"I remembered." Xie Lansheng said, "In the third shot of the 30th scene, and in the sixth shot of the 3th scene, Qi Yong said that the focus was out of focus. The problem is, I chose the front one, and I feel more emotional. Well, it’s good to use these two mirrors for later shots.” If it wasn’t for the computer, there might not be such a problem. He almost closed his eyes Stared blind.

"The difference is very little." Xinye said, "However, it can be seen on the big screen that the edges of the face are a bit blurred."

"Hmm. As for the first shot of the 45th scene, Qi Yong may not have noticed..." Xie Lansheng flipped through the shot book, pondering for a while, "Which scene is wrong?" Generally speaking, every time a film is shot, the director has to look at the samples , to decide whether to make a reshoot, but Xie Lansheng wanted to send the film to Sydney for post-production, and at the same time he didn’t have a passport, so he couldn’t go abroad and stared at it, so he could only rely on Nathan and the others. Yes, apart from "Rooting", Xie Lansheng can only bear it.But this time he wanted to win the prize, and he didn't want to settle for the flaws, so he sent Xin Ye over. Facts have proved that he is too good.If Xinye didn't go there, he would have to make do with it. Hey, he thought he had a computer and could control everything by himself, but who knows that there will still be "fish that slip through the net" because the screen is too small.

Xinye answered the question, Xie Lansheng poked on the storyboard with his pencil, got an idea, and said, "Let's change the narrative method. Just remove this scene, and then..."

Xin Ye remembered it and said, "Okay."

"Well, there is Lang Ying in the 45th shot, so I can only make up for it in this way. It's not a big problem. As for the 90th shot... I want to make up for it. Both Yu Qianzi and Liu Yao are here, and Qi Yong and the others haven't left yet. Quickly take a picture and send it over.”

Xin Ye counted the time and nodded: "Okay, as soon as possible."

"Well, we'll shoot tomorrow."

"In addition," Xinye said again, "it was also because of the screen problem that some frames were selected wrongly. We shot several versions of many shots in "Consummation". You made the selection with the computer, but after zooming in, some parts There are some changes, such as expressions, I'm not sure, just listen to it."

"……you say."

"Okay." Xinye said one by one.

"I see." Xie Lansheng took the notebook and directed Xin Ye to make a new choice.Xie Lansheng and you trust the other party's judgment on whether it will work or not. He always feels that since Xinye can fully understand the role of Lang Ying, it means that Xinye understands "Consummation" and Xinye understands himself.

Putting down the phone, Xie Lansheng hurriedly pulled someone back to the set to make up the 90th scene. Qi Yong listened to the noise and said, "I'm with Shanghai now! What are you doing? Another meal after filming "Consummation"?!"

"Just one shot." Xie Lansheng coaxed, "There's no way to go to the studio to see the sample film that was developed, and it's impossible to go back to school to borrow a projector every now and then, so I can only... just make do with it. This time it's because Xinye is there. Out of the redemption space."

Qi courageously concluded: "It's quite reasonable..."

Xie Lansheng pinched the phone: "Qi She, come on."

Qi Yong: "..."

That's it, the next day, after finishing the reshoots in a hurry, Xie Lansheng sent the film, and wrote on the box, "There is film inside, you can't see light, you can't pass X-rays."

Nathan also received it on time, changed everything that needed to be changed, and engraved the English subtitles during this week.Now, ABCLAB uses laser firing instead of "slides".English is of course translated by Xin Ye, which is Xin Ye's first language.

Xie Lansheng was a little lucky again, he learned a profound lesson.

Thanks to his listening to Nathan, another sample was developed.In this way, although it cost a lot more, including developing the first sample, printing, positive film development, and the second sample, it cost an additional 20 yuan, and the savings were only 30 yuan, but the lesson was worth it .

Otherwise, if you cut directly from the negatives, you really don’t know what to do—where can I pick up the old materials on the discarded film?Are they all reshots?That's disgusting.

From the conversation with Xin Ye, Xie Lansheng also knew that generally speaking, there would be no problem with the director cutting according to the time code, but the computer technology is still too new. Nathan has encountered people who needed a lot of reshoots in the past. One was found to have a wrong mouth shape after zooming in, and the synchronized sound could not be done, and another was found to have out-of-sync sound and picture after the screening, and it was all over.

Really, thank you for trusting Nathan.

At this point the rough cut is officially finished. A certain director known by ABCLAB had said that he would also participate in the exhibition, so Lan Sheng asked the director to bring "Consummation" to the film as well.

The deadline for registration is November 11, and the deadline for film submission is December 12, which is after the Christmas holiday in Germany. Xie Lansheng's "Consummation" can be said to catch up, and Nathan even made it on December 12. He also worked overtime at ABCLAB, for which Xie Lansheng was very grateful.

…………

ABCLAB sent away the rough cut version, and then started the fine cut and lighting.

These are all Xinye staring at.Xie Lansheng listened to Xin Ye's questions and answered them on time every day.

Still because of budgetary issues, "Consummation" can only be lighted twice, but HunterHunt has been Lan Sheng's light colorist and partner for the past four years, and has a good control over the effect.

Then came the mix.

This time Lan Sheng was in a good mood.

For editing and light distribution, he can't see and can't do anything about it, but for the "mixing" step, he can listen to it on the phone!Although there were some changes in the voice, Xie Lansheng could imagine it.

Lan Sheng insisted on listening the whole time, the sound mixer of ABCLAB was almost collapsed by Xie Lansheng, and felt that there was no such thing.

The sound effect of "Consummation" is relatively complicated, and there are many things with Chinese characteristics in it, such as the rustling sound of ginkgo, the car bell of "28 cars", the sound of an iron basin falling to the ground, the sound of an enamel tank falling on a table... …The sound mixer has never heard these sounds for 20 years and has no experience. Xie Lansheng is picky and must do the best in every detail of the sound, otherwise he will have to rework and redo, such as the ratio of various sounds , such as their fade-in and fade-out, should be exactly as expected.At the same time, the production time for "Consummation" was very tight in order to go to the film festival, and the ABCLAB sound mixer was miserable and under a lot of pressure.

He kept saying, "Director Xie, you are too difficult! You are too difficult!!!"

Xie Lansheng could only apologize, and then continued to find fault.Xinye also finally understood the evaluation given to him by the Film Bureau: Accept everything with an open mind and never change it.

Xie Lansheng is also very clear that he is a "difficult" person, and anyone who has worked with him will give him this evaluation.

Before, he always asked the photographer to increase the aperture of 1/16 and take another shot, or reduce the aperture of 1/16 to take another shot, but in fact, everyone knows, and he himself knows that ordinary humans cannot see 1/16. There is no difference between the /[-] aperture, but Xie Lansheng insisted on shooting, even the cameraman and the actors tossed and suffered together.

On the day when the sound mixing was finally completed, the sound mixing engineer said happily to Xie Lansheng in a tone of dry wood and spring: "Master Xie, it's finally finished!!!"

"Well," Xie Lansheng said, "thank you."

The sound mixer commented again: "Director Xie, you are the most difficult director I have ever seen."

Xie Lansheng: "..."

In fact, sometimes Lan Sheng can't stand himself. That night, in order to confirm whether he was really so unbearable, Xie Lansheng suddenly asked Xin Ye: "Xin Ye, am I very difficult?"

"...Huh?" Xinye was obviously taken aback, "What's so difficult?"

Xie Lansheng explained: "The sound mixer said I was difficult to deal with."

"No." Xinye smiled lowly, "Director Xie, you deserve the best."

Xie Lansheng: "..."

"Director Xie, you are the best director yourself, and you also deserve the best companions and their best works."

"...Ah." Xie Lansheng once again felt that Xinye could always calm his restless heart, as if he had magical powers.

Over there, through the phone line, Xin Ye's magnetic voice rang again, he said: "Director Xie, you like this... I like it very much, I have always liked it."

The author has something to say: Xie Lansheng: "Xin Ye, am I very difficult to deal with?"

Xinye: "...what kind of thing?"

Xie Lansheng: "It's that kind of thing."

Xinye: "I don't know. I'll try it out."

This paragraph refers to what Ang Lee said when he first started using the computer.Li An said that he zoomed in and found that all the selections were wrong...he had to re-select.About the same time of year.