Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 4 Post-production Editing

"Phew~"

Chen An breathed a sigh of relief.

After yesterday's failed shoot, we started shooting again early this morning.

Looking at Wang Jianguo's haggard face and bloodshot eyes, Chen An guessed that he hadn't slept well last night.

However, Chen An felt good about this; in the footage, he was holding a baby and seemed at a loss.

Looking lost and haggard, the camera flashes and the wife collapses on the ground.

The hint of pain in his expression made Chen An inwardly exclaim, "Could he be a genius?!"

Chen An estimated that if things continued like this, filming would be completed in another two or three days, after which the film could be taken to the school for post-production.

"Click! Pass!"

This scene has been filmed. Chen An finished filming, had the makeup artist touch up his makeup, and prepared to go to the next filming location.

The male protagonist found some meat on the road and prepared it, while Chen An spent money to buy some scraps to replace it.

The filming then moved on to the interaction between the male lead and the child. Since Chen An didn't have such a high-end balloon blowing machine, he switched to blowing it with his mouth.

The filming of this scene didn't go smoothly at first, but the child was surprisingly well-behaved and didn't cry or fuss.

He would occasionally look at others and smile foolishly, which worried Chen An greatly.

Wang Jianguo is someone you can talk to, but Chen An really can't handle this kind of kid.

However, in the end, it was the stage manager who stepped in and fixed the problem, and Chen An gave her an extra 50 yuan.

Wang Jianguo seemed to genuinely treat the baby as his own child, and he behaved quite well.

Her concern for the child was tinged with weariness, yet her resolve remained unwavering.

"Makeup artist, you'll have to go up and perform later. You'll be the woman who picks up the child at the end."

"Stagehand, take this gun model and crouch down at a distance, assuming an aiming posture."

Before we knew it, we had reached the final scene of filming.

Chen An found the filming process much easier.

However, Chen An wanted Lin's two security guards to play the last two men.

His robust physique looks very imposing, befitting the appearance of a security guard.

"Brother Zhao, Boss Lin will be here later. I was wondering if it would be alright if you and another brother could act together?"

"Me? No problem, if the boss says it's okay, then it's okay."

Zhao Xiong, who had been sitting quietly in the theater, nodded in response.

"Okay, no problem. I'll discuss it with Boss Lin later."

Today is the last day of filming, and Chen An has also called Boss Lin over.

Finally, the makeup artist held the child and looked into the distance.

Her hair fluttered in the wind, against the backdrop of the sunset, not far away.

The scene depicts two bodyguards, playing the role of guards, burying this great father with shovels.

Filming is finished!

Filming has wrapped!

After filming the last scene, Chen An put the camera away and shouted!

Although Boss Lin was also present, after four days of filming, everyone cheered.

Chen An walked up to Boss Lin and said, "Boss Lin, the filming of the short film is over."

"I want to take it back to school for post-production, what do you think?"

"School?"

"That's right, you know I'm a student at the Beijing Film Academy. Now that filming is finished, I can't run away. If there's anything, you can come to the school to find me."

After thinking for a moment, Boss Lin nodded and replied, "Okay, show me when you've finished cutting it."

"No problem, leave your phone number so I can contact you."

Chen An nodded in reply.

Then I wrote down Mr. Lin's phone number.

Everyone else was quite happy; the work was done, and what was originally a month's work was completed in just four days.

Although there was no wrap-up bonus, I'm quite satisfied.

"Director, thank you so much. This is my first time playing a lead role, and I appreciate your hard work in teaching me.

Wang Jianguo immediately came up to express his gratitude.

His face, which was yellowed and stained with blood, was full of smiles.

"After all, it's a video I'm filming, so there's nothing to thank me for. You can go back and spend time with your kids now, haha."

Chen An waved his hand.

After filming wrapped, he didn't care about anything else. Chen An took the film reels and lighting technician Cao Kang back to school.

I have to say, this thing is quite heavy.

They carefully stored it in a box and brought it back together.

"Brother Cao, could you keep an eye on things for me for a bit? I'm going inside to find the teacher."

Chen An handed Cao Kang a cigarette and told him to wait a moment.

"No problem, I'll wait for you here." He took the cigarette without any politeness and lit it.

Chen An went into the building to find his photography professor.

"Knock knock~"

Chen An, who was standing at the door, knocked on the office door first.

Then I went inside.

I saw the teacher chatting with someone sitting next to me.

He was an elderly man with some gray hair.

Chen An's pupils contracted. This was a big shot—Gan Quan, the head of the photography department!

Zhang Yimou, a remarkable figure with countless students and a wide network of influence, was taught by this man!

"Xiao Chen? Didn't you take leave to go to the film set? Why are you back?"

Upon seeing Chen An knock on the door and enter, Teacher Mu Deyuan asked.

"Ahem~ Hello Director Gan, I still need to explain this matter to you."

Chen An acted like a subordinate, and said shyly.

"Oh, tell me what happened? Xiao Chen, you were only a freshman in college, right? You went out to film already? I'd like to hear about it."

Sitting to the side, Gan Quan asked with a smile.

Chen An then began to explain, starting with his senior classmate Liu, who had already graduated.

Then, after the short film was finished shooting, he casually mentioned that his school had done the post-production work.

Gan Quan didn't say anything after hearing Chen An's explanation, but shook his head with a smile.

Mu Deyuan, looking speechless, rubbed his forehead and said irritably:

"I'll talk to the directing department about this. You just seem to run into all sorts of things."

I don't know whether to say you're unlucky or lucky.

Chen An said helplessly, "Well, there was nothing I could do. It was already like that, so I could only take a gamble."

"Okay, ask your teacher Mu for help later. I'll talk to the school about this. I'll be going now."

After listening, Gan Quan stood up, patted Chen An on the shoulder, and said, "Hey, right, when the finished film comes out, call me over to watch it together. I want to see what kind of film you, a freshman, can make."

Then he left the office.

After the director left, Teacher Mu also spoke up, "Okay, I'll ask the school to find a few students to help you with the post-production."

"We'll take it out and look at it when it's done. If it's good, the school can find someone to help you submit it for overseas registration."

Chen An immediately nodded happily: "Okay, no problem, I'll wait for your notification."

After saying that, he turned around and left the office in a hurry.

Teacher Mu felt it was a difficult situation and pressed his temples, realizing he needed to find someone to help Chen An with the post-production work.

I didn't think I could make any good films, after all, I'm just a freshman, what kind of films can I make?

When the final cut is released, we'll definitely have to invite a lot of people to watch it together, but let's just treat it as an experiment; it's good enough that we can even make it.

Chen An was lucky.

After coming out, Chen An called Cao Kang to take the film roll back to the dormitory together.

The next day, I received a summons from Teacher Mu, who found several senior students to come and help with the post-production work.

Chen An took the film reel and script with him.

The script isn't long, so you can finish reading it quickly, which will also make editing easier later.

The Beijing Film Academy has a strong faculty, so post-production editing is almost effortless, and the equipment is complete.

Moreover, the students there have all watched a huge number of films and have some exposure to zombie or undead themes.

I also have some understanding of the five laws of zombies, so editing is easy for me, and Chen An is helping me out.

"Junior, you're really lucky. You managed to run into something like this, and the script is pretty good too."

"That's right. Although he has no lines and appears to be a living dead, the whole story is about fatherly love."

"It's really good. There's no dialogue at all, just like fatherly love is all about silent care. Damn, I'm so fucking jealous!"

After editing for a while, Chen An gave each of the senior students who came out to rest a pack of cigarettes, and they all started smoking.

He said this to Chen An while smoking.

"No, but I was really lucky to have this opportunity to meet you."

"That's true, it's unbelievable that you could witness something like this, hahaha."

The group couldn't help but burst into laughter again when they recalled the story Chen An had told them.

After finishing their cigarettes, the group went back into the editing room and got busy again.

A few days later, the finished film, complete with background music, was shown to everyone!

I don't know if it will pass the review and be signed after it's full of words.

(End of this chapter)