Full-time actor

Chapter 689 [115] You edit it yourself?!

"Chen Yu won his second Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor!"

"Hollywood action stars fought each other, defeating Cheng Long and Jet Li, Chen Yu won the Golden Rooster Award for the second time, but unfortunately he was unable to attend!"

"The Compromise of the Golden Rooster? Chen Yu wins the Golden Rooster Award for the second time!"

"The first actor in Chinese film history to win the Golden Rooster Best Actor Award twice!"

……

The next day, all the media, both online and offline, were filled with news and headlines about Chen Yu winning the Golden Rooster Award for the second time.

Of course Chen Yu had no time to watch these things. He was sweating profusely in the gym, preparing to have the same figure and physique as Bruce Lee within a month.

The face shape can be changed through makeup and shaping, but the body shape is really a hard requirement.

In this regard, autobiographical films actually place particularly high demands on actors.

Of course, if you perform well, the probability of winning an award is also high.

This is also why many American male stars like to act in autobiographical films, because they can really win awards.

As long as the character that the audience agrees with is performed, the movie will be considered a success.

Otherwise, it would be a disaster.

Therefore, the quality of an autobiographical film depends not only on the director and the script, but also on the performance of the actors.

At least, you have to act out the feeling of Bruce Lee.

As for Lee, Chen Yu has watched some of his personal images, not the movies he made, but some precious information provided to him by Shannon Lee, including Bruce Lee's auditions and life, in order to help Chen Yu better find the feeling of Bruce Lee.

When he truly reaches Bruce Lee's figure and physique, Chen Yu will go to watch his movies to better complement and enrich the role.

During this period, Chen Yu would of course often talk to Shannon Lee to get to know the truer side of Bruce Lee.

It is still a bit difficult for Chen Yu to complete all these in this month.

Besides, he actually had other things to do.

Edit!

"Better Days" has been completed, and what remains is post-production, which needs to be done by him as the director.

Other films and directors can find professional editors, but "Better Days" is different. It must be supervised by Chen Yu himself.

The haircuts made by others may be better than those in the previous life, or they may be shabby, so Chen Yu has to watch.

No, just say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will come.

Chen Yu picked up the phone breathlessly. The person who called him was Kaohsiung Jie, the director of the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama!
"Chen Yu, the editing room is now available. When will you come over?"

"Director Gao, I'll be there this afternoon!"

Editing rooms require reservations, especially since Chen Yu uses film for shooting, so there are even fewer professional editing rooms.

Of course there are digital cameras these days, but many of them are only used for blockbusters. Strictly speaking, "Better Days" is an art film, and Chen Yu needs the texture of film to reflect the tone of this movie.

Moreover, the camera shots also left a lot of language and narration, which were all taught to him by Diao Yinan.

Editor Diao Yinan will also be there in the afternoon.

"Okay, do you really not need a few professional editors?"

Kaohsiung Jie was asking, it was obvious that the Central Academy of Drama also had some great teachers in this area.

"No need, Director Gao, just assign me some quasi-graduates from the editing department!"

"Okay, don't come to me if you mess up your cut!"

"Okay, I definitely won't cause you any trouble, haha!"

The two of them hung up the phone with a smile. Chen Yu wiped his sweat and said to the fitness coach beside him: "Let's practice in the evening. I have something to do in the afternoon these few days!"

I train in the morning and evening, and the afternoon break is perfect for editing.

I have to say that Chen Yu’s time management ability is still a bit behind that of the future Luo Zhixiang.

……

In the afternoon, Chen Yu brought Diao Yinan and cartloads of film to the editing room of the Central Academy of Drama.

There were already a few student-like interns from the editing department of the Central Academy of Drama standing there waiting.

When they saw Chen Yu and Diao Yinan, the five people immediately shouted respectfully.

Chen Yu felt a little embarrassed when being called because the person was older than him.

When the Central Academy of Drama heard that Chen Yu was directing a movie, the school was very excited and promised to provide all the help except the film, and even help him find people for post-production editing and music composition.

This is probably the advantage of being a student at school.

Unlike graduate directors, Chen Yu is currently a first-year graduate student in the directing department. How can he be considered a big shot if he directs a movie?

It has always been competing with the Beijing Film Academy, and the first place in the Performance Department is now recognized by the industry and is beyond doubt. Even without Chen Yu, it is still the first.

But as for directing, it’s far from that.

Therefore, the Central Academy of Drama will certainly put all its efforts into the movie directed by Chen Yu.

After all, with his name, even if it is a super bad movie, the box office and fame are estimated to be good; if the reputation is better, it will definitely be the golden signboard of the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama. What's more, Diao Yinan, the big speaker, has already revealed to Kaohsiung Jie that Chen Yu intends to participate in next year's Venice Film Festival.

This makes the Central Academy of Drama pay more attention to it.

For those who participate in the three major film festivals, even if they are only shortlisted for one main competition unit, it is probably enough for the Central Academy of Drama to brag about for a while.

I guess they want to hang the banner at the gate of Beijing Film Academy.

Therefore, in the later stage of "Better Days", the green light was given almost all the way. Even if it was reviewed, there would probably be school leaders to help him negotiate.

This is the advantage of being a student in this college, because it brings so many benefits to the school.

Student internship projects, school achievement records, professional research... these are all achievements that are worth writing about.

“Where’s the editor?”

Looking at a few confused students, Diao Yinan asked with some confusion.

Of course he could see that except for him and Chen Yu, the rest of the people present were here for internship.

"me!"

Chen Yu smiled, and Diao Yinan's eyes widened: "You? Have you studied editing?"

“No, they have learned it!”

Chen Yu pointed at a few interns from the editing department, and they were obviously also scared to death.

Shit, we are here for an internship!

Diao Yinan: “…”

"let's start!"

"I'll tell you the sequence, and you guys will help me find the film and then post it!"

Chen Yu spoke to the five interns, and of course they could only nod. Diao Yinan stood there with his arms folded, looking a little depressed.

He wanted to see how Chen Yu, who had never learned editing, edited film.
He just didn't believe it. Could it be that this guy had a lot of ideas in his brain?
Otherwise, how can someone who has never learned editing possibly edit a movie completely?
Moreover, editing a movie is not that easy. You have to compare one film after another to finally confirm a 1-2 minute plot. This also involves swapping, front and back, and making choices. It is very complicated.

Even though he has seen editing, learned it and tried it, he dare not say that he can edit; Chen Yu, who is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, will not know how he will die when the time comes.

Don't let the few scenes that you worked so hard to finish shoot be cut out.

By then you won’t even have anywhere to cry.

But Chen Yu is an actor, the heroine is his girlfriend, and the supporting roles are his classmates, so it can be remade...

Moreover, the editing of the entire film may take as fast as one month, or as slow as it can take.

Special film editing is time-consuming, laborious and strains the eyes, so it is even slower in terms of time.

Diao Yinan actually wanted to remind Chen Yu, but seeing how confident he was, he thought it would be better to let him suffer a loss, so that he wouldn't be so arrogant in the future and think that he could do any job well just because he could act.

He helped the director, how could he edit the film without an editor?!

Countless thoughts flashed through Diao Yinan's mind, but Chen Yu was of course unaware of them and had already said, "Help me find the first scene of the 43rd day!"

Wow!
The five interns were already searching quickly, and soon the film of this scene was placed in front of Chen Yu.

A machine can display the video captured by the tape.

This is of course the scene at the beginning of "Better Days".

According to his memory of the beginning of the movie, Chen Yu watched it seriously.

“Can you cut film?”

Chen Yu suddenly spoke to the five interns behind him. The interns looked at each other, not daring to answer. "Just cut it, just cut wherever I tell you to!"

"can you?"

This is a required course in the editing department, and the five people in front of me obviously know how to do it.

Finally, a tall man raised his hand: "I...I can!"

"Okay, then you stand next to me and I'll tell you where to start. You hear me?"

"Okay, Brother Yu!"

The tall guy was very obedient, but Diao Yinan had a headache. He hurried to Chen Yu's side and said, "Brother Yu, you... don't cut it randomly. If you cut it wrong, you have to reshoot it!"

This is already very tactful, after all, considering that Chen Yu is such a big shot and he is his future investor.

"It's okay, if the cut is messed up, just reshoot it!"

This is exactly what Diao Yinan was waiting for.

Pretty!

This is what you said. Anyway, you two are the leading actors, and your main character is rich and willful.

Diao Yinan is convinced by this point. If the editing is not good, it can be re-shot. This gives Chen Yu the confidence to say this; many movies have no money to re-shoot if the editing is not good, and in the end some scenes can only be discarded.

It's really sad.

The director and editor both felt bad.

One feels sorry for the plot, the other is that the cut was too fast.

In the end there will be a quarrel anyway.

In fact, there is more to Chen Yu that impresses Diao Yinan than just this. The damage rate of this guy's film when shooting movies will probably be well-known in the industry in a few years.

20-1!

What does that mean?

That is the film loss ratio. Only 20 out of 1 rolls can be used in the end. Especially for Liu Yifei's scenes, he shot and reshot them, which wasted a lot.

Chen Yu was not satisfied with many shots that Diao Yinan felt were good, and asked Liu Yifei to do them again.

Of course, regarding the professionalism of the performance, Diao Yinan felt that there was nothing wrong with Chen Yu's behavior. Facts had proved that the film that Liu Yifei had saved did indeed capture the best scenes.

When it comes to training actors, Diao Yinan believes that he is no match for Chen Yu.

In the play he directed for Liu Yifei, her performance was totally different from usual, and it was one of her best performances.

Even so, Chen Yu was still not satisfied. He had to pick out the best of the best before he was satisfied.

This is why so much of Chen Yu's film was damaged.

For big names in the industry, the film loss ratio is generally 4-1. Although Zhang Yimou and others can train actors, they don't have the time and energy; while most directors are 6-1. Some of them need to rely on actors to sell box office, etc., so it will take some time.

The two most awesome directors in the industry are definitely Jiang Wen and Wang Jiawei, one is known as a film mixer, and the other is a bottomless pit of film.

You can tell what it means just by listening to the name.

One loss is 25-1, and the other... there is no upper limit. The film money alone can bankrupt the investors.

This is not an exaggeration at all. Wang Jiawei's films are generally invested in by his own company, and there is a huge risk in giving money to outsiders.

This guy never thought about film at all. He shot whatever he wanted and wherever he wanted. There were no notices or production coordination. Every day the actors were tortured to death by him.

Then when it comes to the final editing, we choose the most satisfactory parts to make a movie that looks very high-end, but in fact the fragments are very serious.

Chen Yu is only slightly better than these two guys, but his improvement is limited.

Of course, he wanted to win the award for Liu Yifei, which Diao Yinan could understand, but what he didn't understand were Jiang Wen and Wang Jiawei.

They are two people who don't treat investors as money.

"Here, see? Cut here!"

Chen Yu suddenly spoke to the tall editor next to him, and the editor didn't hesitate at all. He cut with one stroke and the editing was completed instantly.

Quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, the film was cut in half.

"..."

Diao Yinan couldn't bear to watch it. Although there was nothing wrong with the editing, the process was too fucking horrible.

One dares to speak, the other dares to cut, you two are really a perfect match.

The key point is that the other four interns were actually looking at the tall guy with envy, as if it was such an honor for him to help Chen Yu.

"Bring me the second act of 43 Days!"

Chen Yu finished editing the first minute and started editing the second minute.

The interns were busy again, mainly helping out and completing the teaching practice of the Central Academy of Drama, so they were very proactive in doing this.

Click!

In this way, four people were searching, one was talking, and one was editing. In a short while, Chen Yu had already edited the first 5 minutes.

But Diao Yinan obviously didn't know. He took the cut film and put it in the darkroom, looking at it with a sad face: "Brother Yu, this part was shot so well, why did you cut it out?"

"useless!"

Chen Yu said without turning his head.

"Why is it useless? Yifei acted so well?"

"I'm so long-winded..."

Even if Diao Yinan was told, he wouldn't understand. But he felt that Chen Yu was crazy. He was cutting randomly. No other editing method was done like that.

"Brother Yu, seriously, you... you should find an editor to help you!"

"You're cutting out a lot of good plots like this!"

Diao Yinan held the film and couldn't bear it anymore.

According to the normal editing process, many directors, especially big directors, like to cut a 4-5 hour rough film, and then start fine-tuning it again based on this 4-5 hour film.

At this time, it is not the director's turn to take action.

Instead, the director and screenwriter will tell the editor their ideas and what they want to express, and then the editor will start working on it.

This is the most normal process for editing a film.

Of course, there will be some fierce quarrels in the middle, there will definitely be.

The director and editor quarreled fiercely and even fought in the editing room. The reason was of course very simple: the editor was too rude.

Many directors don’t dare to continue editing the 5-hour version because they can’t bear to do it. After all, it’s the result of their hard work. But you, you just cut it all out.

He wants to keep this shot, and that shot has meaning and depth, but you, a dog editor, don't understand a thing.

Many directors treat every shot as their own child. They feel that every preserved film has a special visual art, and each one is good and they are reluctant to throw away.

This is actually what Diao Yinan is like now.

Therefore, when the director and the editor are in the same editing room, they are absolutely at odds with each other. The entire editing process is a process of quarreling and fighting.

Very painful.

Unless the director himself is the editor, it is really difficult to be an editor. Some directors are hard to offend and can only be scolded.

In the end, if you listened to him, you might end up making a bad film.

It's such a tragic feeling.

Fortunately, if a film is bad, it is the director's fault and the editor does not need to suffer the abuse from the audience.

They will feel much more comfortable thinking of this.

However, Chen Yu did not have so many worries. Although he did think that Liu Yifei's performance just now was very good, it was obviously redundant with the beginning of "Better Days" in his mind.

There's no need to hesitate at all, just cut it off.

This is Chen Yu’s advantage over other directors, and also why he doesn’t need an editor.

What if a senior person comes and doesn’t listen to him?
What he needs now is an obedient intern who can cut the film points according to what he says, and leave the rest to him.

Because in his mind there was a scene that Diao Yinan couldn’t even imagine...!
This is why he dared to cut it like this.

"Lao Diao, you're very sad, right?"

Chen Yu looked at Diao Yinan, who was heartbroken but didn't dare to scold him, and smiled and said, "Then let's take a look at the 5-minute opening that I just edited. How do you think?"

(End of this chapter)