"Can you please stop looking so weird, as if you are looking at a monster? I have finished cutting it in front of you in the past four days."
After the editing of the film was finished, Li Qian looked at the shocked expressions on Qi Yukun and Guo Fan's faces and said with a smile.
"Four days, it only took four days to edit. Normally, an ordinary movie would take at least a month to edit," Guo Fan sighed.
Li Qian shook his head, "A 90-minute theatrical movie usually takes a month to be cut. Our film is only 60 minutes, one-third less than the length, and it mainly consists of two scenes. The plot and timeline are simple, and it uses long shots.
For the Lord, four days is not too outrageous.”
No matter what Qi Yukun and Guo Fan thought, Li Qian would continue working after a break, and then he would start mixing colors.
There is definitely no color mixing table studio, and I don’t have much money now. A basic set of Black Apple costs 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and a professional color mixing table can easily cost more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
It also costs money to find a professional company to do it, so you can only do it yourself with a mouse.
Although there is a huge difference between using a mouse and using a color palette, the color quality of "Sniper Phone Booth" is not very high, and it is not on the big screen, so just use the mouse.
For a movie, color grading is as important as editing. They are both the most critical links in the post-production period. Both are enough to determine the success or failure of a movie.
There are tens of millions of color combinations. When colors are mixed together, it is not only the form seen by the eyes, but also the atmosphere of the movie and the inner world of the characters can be presented through these color combinations.
However, with the development of movies now, countless film practitioners have summarized five basic color matching modes, which are suitable for most movies.
Colorist is a highly professional profession, and Li Qian is just a novice, but he has reference points in his mind, so he can learn from them.
So, a day and a half later, when Li Qian finished color grading, the same scene appeared again.
Qi Yukun and Guo Fan looked at each other, still shocked in each other's eyes.
In the film and television related industries, colorists are definitely one of the most difficult professions. First-class colorists are rarer than first-class photographers and first-class artists.
Just watching Li Qian spend a day and a half successfully completing the color grading of a 60-minute online movie, I was even more surprised than the four days of editing.
Is it true that geniuses are so awesome?
Li Qian couldn't care less about them and put copies of the finished film and several trailers, as well as the finished posters, copies of studio business licenses, film copyright certificates, copies of ID cards and other related documents into his briefcase.
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Next, it’s time to go to the Galaxy Video headquarters in Beijing. Now more and more online websites are online every month. The three major video websites have decided to use online application, review, and express delivery contracts starting next month. They will not accept them.
Door-to-door delivery.
In that case, the convenience is much more convenient, but the contract level is difficult to negotiate. Basically, the film producer fills in an expected level, A sign, B sign, or C sign. If the website accepts it, it will be sent directly to the contract for signing, and then it will be sent back.
It's hard to bargain for the price.
The new regulations have not been implemented yet, so you still have to bring materials and films to your door.
Without any further delay, Li Qian left the studio and went directly to the train station to take the high-speed train to the capital.
Also traveling with him was Guo Fan, who was going to Huayang Brothers to hand in his last draft, while Qi Yukun had to stay in Donghua and work at the Hengdian Film and Television Base.
He didn't go to college, and he didn't have a serious job. He didn't save much money as a program planner at a local TV station in Chang'an. He followed Li Qian all day long and didn't have anything to eat.
Li Qian wanted to keep Qi Yukun as his assistant for a long time, but he didn't have much money at the moment, so he could only wait until the movie accounts were settled.
Guo Fan is much better. After all, he has a good drawing skills. Just doing some private work is enough to support himself. Otherwise, Huayang Media would not ask him to draw the comics of "The Prequel of the Kung Fu King".
There is no high-speed rail service from Donghua to Beijing yet. You have to take the train to Lin'an first, and then transfer to the high-speed rail from Lin'an to Beijing.
It's a bit slow, but it's better than taking more than 20 small trains from Donghua to the capital.
After changing trains, waiting for the train, and running around for 13 hours, the two of them appeared at the Capital Railway Station in the early morning of the next day, dusty and dusty.
"Lao Guo, how do you arrange it? Should we split up?"
"I made an appointment in the afternoon to accompany you to Galaxy Video first."
Guo Fan participated in the preparation, shooting and post-production of "Sniper Phone Booth" throughout the whole process. Now there is only the last step before it is released. He still wants to go and see it together. He also wants to see what evaluation Galaxy Video can give the film in the end.
Can I get the A lottery with the highest score?
Li Qian nodded, "Okay, let's go have breakfast first and take a rest."
After breakfast and a short rest, Li Qian rushed to the Galaxy Video headquarters at 9:30.
I had made an appointment to watch the movie in advance, and after explaining my intention to the front desk, I was taken to a small conference room.
Li Qian took out all the documents and placed them neatly on the table, waiting for the arrival of the people from Galaxy Video's film purchasing department.
Guo Fan was even more nervous than Li Qian, "Director Li, do you think we can get the A visa?"
Li Qian shook his head, "It's hard to say, after all, none of the three major video websites specialize in suspense dramas."
There are three levels of exclusive cooperation: A, B, and C. The producer of A sign gets 50%, that is, a valid click can get 2 yuan and 5 yuan, B sign can get 2 yuan and 5 yuan, and C sign can get 1 yuan and 5 yuan.
In addition, there are non-exclusive ones, that is, all three video websites can be launched, but the payment cycle is different from that of exclusive ones, the price is also low, and the promotion intensity of the website will be lower than that of exclusive contracts.
Li Qian has inquired about it, and found out that in the past month, almost all of the A-signed films were zombie films, and a very large number were horror films with exotic animals and side-story films. There were no other exceptions, and most of them even got B-signed films.
You can’t get it in Chengdu.
The market is like this. "The Taoist Master Descends from the Mountain" took in 8 million at the box office, and zombie movies became popular all of a sudden.
It seems like we have returned to Hong Kong in the last century. After Uncle Jiu's "Mr. Zombie" became a hit, it attracted countless people to follow suit and finally killed this genre.
For films of the same quality, zombie films can often get a higher share.
Li Qian's goal is at least Lot B. Whether he can get the highest score depends on the other party's vision and courage.
After all, between him and the platform, the platform has an absolute advantage, unless it has already achieved certain results.
But if there is already a popular Internet giant, then there is no need to negotiate.
It is said that before the filming of the second part of "The Master Goes Down the Mountain" started, Galaxy Video took the initiative to sign a contract with the producer. This is the treatment of successful people, and it is like this in every industry.