The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 392 Isn't This Mess?
June 2007, 6, at the Disney Pictures Editing Building in Los Angeles.

Li Shengyao led a group of subordinates and brought the "The Hangover" filming film here.

Warren Egger, in a suit and leather shoes, brought his secretary to greet Li Shengyao in person.

"Li, I will arrange the best editor for you, and you will be satisfied."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Thank you very much."

Warren then led Li Shengyao into it, and he said as he walked: "We Disney has the largest editing studio in Hollywood and the best editor in Hollywood. What I have arranged for you this time is the best editor on the planet. .”

After a while, they came to the reception room, and a middle-aged man in his thirties with a dull appearance appeared in front of Li Shengyao.

This man's facial features look a bit like Al Pacino's, but unfortunately he is bald. If he had hair, he should be very handsome.

"Li, this is Albert. He is one of our best editors. We have arranged four editors for you. He is the group leader of the four. You can tell him anything you have."

Albert is a very deliberate and characteristic name.

Li Shengyao nodded, but didn't say much.

Warren thought that Lee Sheng Yew was going to have a private chat with Albert, so he left with a smile on his secretary.

After Lee Shing Yew Warren's footsteps faded away, he asked, "Are the rest of your team there?"

"Here I am."

"Okay, let's get started now."

"Now?"

Albert looked at Li Shengyao in surprise, and said in puzzlement, "We don't know the style of the movie, the plot, and your request. We need at least five or six days to sort out these things."

"No, I'll go to the editing room, you just follow my arrangement."

When Albert heard this, his face became much gloomy.

Many great directors will instruct the editor how to edit, just like Ridley Scott is a typical example, his film editor completely listens to him, he will stare at the whole process, no need for the editor to think about rhythm, content, or Plot framework.

But such a big director is not popular among Hollywood editors.

Because of their existence, the editor has become a marionette, a tool man.

Albert realized that Li Shengyao is such a strong director, and he was naturally unhappy.

He had heard of "The Hangover", and the reputation of this movie is not very good. Many people said that this Chinese director can't make beautiful Chinese comedies.

When Warren asked him to help Lee Sung Yew edit "The Hangover."

He feels that this is a very challenging job. If he does it well and raises a film that was originally rated at [-] to [-], it will not only improve the technology, but also increase the popularity.

But now Li Shengyao's operation makes him useless.

"Lee, editing and directing are completely different jobs, you should trust us."

Li Shengyao smiled, "It's not that I don't believe you, but I've been a director for almost seven years. Every year I have works, and I edit them myself. It's not that I think editors are bad, but because I know better what I want. What effect."

Albert curled his lips and asked doubtfully, "Do you remember so many pictures?"

Editing is to extract and stitch together many shots.

"I can remember."

Albert was speechless, not sure what else he could say.

"I... I want to talk to Mr. Warren."

"Whatever, but this is my movie, and even if Warren comes, I will arrange it that way."

Albert then went out, and soon after, Warren arrived, his face full of surprise and confusion.

"Li, editing is a very labor-intensive task. Are you sure you want to guide the whole process?"

"Yes, I always have."

Warren nodded with a wry smile, "Okay, then I will listen to you."

Li Shengyao turned to Albert and said, "If you think that I will delay your performance, you can ask someone else to replace you."

He went on to say to Warren: "As I said, just give me a good editor."

Albert thought for a while, intending to see if Li Shengyao had real skills, "I can stay, maybe I can learn from you."

Li Shengyao didn't bother to care whether Albert would really want to study, he clapped his hands, "In that case, let's start working now."

……

There is no difference between Disney's editing room and domestic editing room. At most, some buttons are standard in English, while in China they are Chinese characters.

For Lee Shing Yew, it has no effect.

In the same way, as long as the editor is obedient, whether he is a Chinese or a beautiful Chinese, it still has no effect on him.

In this way, Director Li led people to work in Disney's editing room.

"The Hangover" is a comedy movie. Comedy movies have higher requirements for rhythm. Whether it is the rhythm of the story or the rhythm of the performance of the actors, it needs to be just right so that there will be no embarrassment.

Compared with Lee Sung Yew's previous films, he thought more and considered more.

But even so, it was still much faster than Albert's previous editing.

They edit by themselves, which is really slow. They discuss while working, and often read the script and the director's requirements for a shot.

And they used to help great directors edit, such as Spielberg, although they are also puppets.

However, Spielberg often pauses, wants to think, and asks some of their ideas, and even brings the screenwriter and assistant director over to discuss with several people.

And Li Shengyao just pulled a chair over, holding a notebook in his hand, and then instructed Albert and the others to edit according to the key points recorded in the notebook.

Li Shengyao thought for a few minutes at most, never discussed with them, never said anything more, they were not marionettes in front of Li Shengyao, but robots.

Moreover, Li Shengyao's editing was very fast, and Albert and the others often didn't understand what the plot scene meant, so Li Shengyao asked them to continue editing.

Under such circumstances, even though "The Hangover" was edited quickly, the editors of Albert were not happy at all.

They did not find their own value from it.

Finally, ten days later, the editing of "The Hangover" was completed. Li Shengyao then took the first-cut film to dub, and the four editors of Albert sat in the editor stupidly.

They feel as if they've finished a movie, but they don't feel like they've done anything.

……

"Albert, how is it? How did Li edit it so quickly?"

Warren found Albert and asked directly as soon as they met.

He was really in a hurry, now the whole Hollywood knew that he was going to release "The Hangover", not only in the beautiful country, but also in Europe and South America.

The box office of "The Hangover" is good, so he naturally has no problems and will be praised.

If "The Hangover" does not do well at the box office, he will be ridiculed and become the laughing stock of Hollywood.

Albert rolled his eyes when he heard this, "Warren, that guy is simply a lunatic. If I didn't know that he directed "Taken", I would definitely think he is an outsider. He is simply messing around."

Warren's eyes widened. "Is that true?"

"Of course, you've seen that Hollywood movie that was edited in ten days, and we didn't read the script at all, and we didn't know what style he wanted."

Albert sneered: "As editors, a few of us don't even know what this movie is about."

"This this……"

Seeing Warren's surprised, speechless, bitter expression.

Albert was in a slightly better mood, and he continued: "This is a very messy and inexplicable movie. The four of us agree that this is a terrible movie."

"is it?"

"Of course, there are tigers in the movie, there are casinos, there are Mexican gangs, there are men without clothes, a church, and two weddings. It's really messy. I agree with some of the media's comments. .”

Hearing this, Warren Iger nodded in disappointment. He was not in the mood to discuss this matter any more, so he turned around and walked out.

Albert was in a better mood. After thinking about it, he took out his phone and sent a message to a friend in the "Los Angeles Times"—"The Hangover" is the worst farce in history.

The friend quickly replied with a message, "Details."

"It was edited in ten days, which is absolutely rocket speed, and Lee was such a tyrant in the editing room that he never asked other people's opinions."

Albert did not talk about the plot and images of "The Hangover", but only talked about the characteristics of Director Li in the editing room.

Just these things already made his friends exclaim in surprise.

(End of this chapter)