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Chapter 798 "Operation Red Sea" Editing

Tang An had no time to pay attention to the end of a not-so-humorous Spring Festival file, and devoted himself to the editing of "Operation Red Sea" from the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Every movie, photography, lighting, color tone, etc. have a tone, and different methods can determine what a movie looks like.

The same is true for editing. Different movies have different editing styles. You must first determine the style, determine the style of the entire movie,

"OPERATION RED SEA" didn't have much to think about. Starting from confirming the partial authenticity of the movie, it could only be a sharp editing style.

It is often used in many action movies, such as Michael Bay's early action movies, such as the "Bourne Shadow" series.

"OPERATION RED SEA" needs to express the reality of war with fast and various camera switching, and create a suitable sense of tension.

Coupled with vocals, music, advancement of the storyline, restraint of the characters' emotions, etc., this brings a sense of oppression, giving the audience an immersive feeling and a stronger sense of substitution.

Fast camera switching, panorama, close-up, No.1 angle of view, subjective angle of view, overhead shooting, follow-up shooting, upward shooting, and wide-angle lens.

Anyway, on the basis of not making the audience dizzy and not recognizing the actors, try to cut as fast as possible.

After all, the two-hour set is still in 3D. Some viewers are not used to it, and their eyes will feel uncomfortable.

After all, movies are for audiences to watch, and the audience's viewing experience must be considered.

There was a crime movie "Irreversible" starring Monica Bellucci, the heroine of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" more than ten years ago, without any consideration for the audience's feelings.

Almost every scene in this film is shot to the end, without splitting the shot. Between scenes, the camera rotates to make transitions, and the camera keeps shaking, making people dizzy and depressed.

After all, the first shot is awesome, but the director is just showing off his skills, and to put it bluntly, he is pretending.

Even the name of the title producer and the names of the actors are all reversed, and most of the shots are rotating.

This is patronizing pretending, without considering the feelings of ordinary audiences at all.

"OPERATION RED SEA" is a [-]% commercial film, so it is natural to consider it for the audience.

The war scenes are too real, too bloody, and the camera editing is sharp, so it will inevitably be a little uncomfortable.

In addition to putting pressure on the audience, it is also necessary to decompress the audience. There will be multiple lines such as street fighting, sniper battles, and tank chases at the same time. After the description of one line is enough, quickly cut to another line. It will make the audience feel abrupt, but it will loosen the strings of the highly concentrated nerves and play a certain buffering role.

Another example is the scene where Xu Hong, Shitou, and Tong Li are surrounded by the earth building, which is not to say that it is not tragic.

Xu Hong's left arm was blown off, Tong Li's spirit was about to collapse, and then Shi Shi's throat was pierced. At this time, the strong emotion had reached its peak, and the bloody scene made the audience feel very depressed. It is Jiaolong Brigade.

This requires interspersed cutting together, without giving the audience too much time to think and react.

In the later stage of the soundtrack, the sound of music and guns should also gradually weaken, and the vocals should be strengthened to slow down a little.

In the end, Tong Li's heart-wrenching cry was able to vent all her emotions, and at the same time gave the audience a good decompression and a complete emotional release.

These are very critical, otherwise, if it is not handled properly, the audience will accumulate too many negative emotions and be too depressed, which may even lead to a cut in the box office.

Feng Xiaogang's two films of the same type, "Tangshan Earthquake" and "[-]", have such a big gap in box office because the audience's feelings after watching these two films are completely different.

Although the previous one was a disaster film, "Tangshan Earthquake" has a stronger heart-warming shock, and you will be moved after watching it.

However, "[-]" exposed the scars, and there was no happy ending, and my heart was even more depressed, and I was moved to a P.

The core of commercial tragedy is moving. No matter how miserable the life of the protagonist of the film is, the most important thing is to move the audience.

If you want the box office, you have to rely on the needs of the audience, so some directors who have proven themselves at the box office start to talk about reason and humanity, because they are no longer audience-centered.

Naturally, he was also taught to be a man by the audience.

Although Tang An didn't need to prove himself at the box office anymore, he was still young and didn't have so many reasons and life insights to talk about.

It's not that I graduated from a film academy, didn't learn those artistic things, and didn't need the approval of the "mainstream film circle".

The group has nothing important to do. They will naturally go public with the listing of several subsidiaries, and they have nothing to care about in terms of investment and film and television production.

Tang An stayed in the editing room after the new year, editing his own movie himself.

Every movie is like a director's child, but any director with some editing skills will edit it himself, and if it doesn't work, he will also participate and give opinions at all times.

After staying in the editing room for 20 days, Tang An stopped his work and went to attend the [-]th Directors Guild Awards Ceremony.

Named as a vice president in the association, if you have time, take a day to support it.

That is to go out for a walk, relax, and have a soy sauce by the way.

To be honest, it was Tang An's turn to be the chairman of the final judging committee. Feng Xiaogang, who is also the vice chairman, was the chairman once last year.

However, Tang An didn't have the time to spare. It's fine to be the chairman of the final jury, just be a final judge and cast two votes.

When I came to the venue, it was not too lively. After all, it was not as popular as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, and it was even less popular than the College Student Film Festival.

There were quite a few industry insiders at the scene. After all, it was the Directors Association Award, and the nominations were selected by more than 300 directors from the Association. There were quite a few directors present.

Several big directors came, and the actors naturally also came.

Zhang Hongsen, director of the Film Bureau, represented Optoelectronics, and Kang Pei, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, and Fan Luyuan also came.

"Sen Bureau."

Tang An walked over to say hello to Zhang Hongsen, and then greeted the others.

"Director Kang, Director Wang, Director Fan...you busy people are here too."

"Hehe." Wang Zhongjun smiled, "How can we be as busy as Director Tang? Such a freshman company has to make movies."

Yu Dong asked, "How is Tang Dong's "Operation Red Sea" doing? The summer vacation is coming soon."

"It's okay. There's still half a month to finish the editing. The soundtrack, dubbing, and special effects can also be completed on time. There must be no problem with the summer file." Tang An laughed.

Zhang Hongsen said, "Send a copy over for review as soon as you finish. We all want to see what your military movie looks like."

"Of course, you must check with the leader as soon as possible."

Military movies are still fighting abroad, and there are too many places that need to be reviewed, so they must be submitted for review early to prevent problems in various aspects.

While chatting casually, Fan Luyuan mentioned the Spring Festival stalls that just passed.

"This year's Spring Festival file is a bit deserted. Only "Omen Wind and Cloud" broke one billion. Even "Wolf Totem" invested by Tang Dong seems to have stopped at the threshold of [-] million."

Tang An wasn't too surprised that someone mentioned this movie. The movie you wanted to sell ended up being a big hit at the box office, and it was inevitable that some people would laugh at it.

It would be better if it was someone else. After all, no matter who is wrong, it is not surprising.

But over the years, Tang An has never missed a movie he was watching.

This time, the film that was going to be sold was a big hit. It was the first time it had happened, and it was also a good opportunity that outsiders could not find for several years.

Sure enough, as soon as Fan Luyuan finished speaking, Kang Pei spoke immediately.

"Hehe, in fact, Director Tang didn't expect this movie to sell such a high box office. Thinking about the 800 million US dollars investment share in Tang Director's hands, he wanted to sell it to me for 600 million.

Kang Pei looked like I had seen through everything, and then smiled, "But I thought that Director Tang should not suffer, so I didn't agree. Now the movie is really a big hit."

(End of this chapter)