In the computer room of the studio, Li Qian saw the edited film of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" here.
Everything else is done, except for the last step of color adjustment, and the special effects are already done, it’s simple after all.
"The structure is loose, the emotional scenes are not convincing, the purpose of the two people after time travel is only clear, and the character logic and motivations are unreasonable."
Li Qian opened his mouth and mentioned a lot of shortcomings, which shocked Su Lun and looked at him in confusion.
"Boss..."
Not only Su Lun, but also Guo Fan and Qi Yukun, who participated in the entire editing process, were also a little confused.
"No, I think these aspects are handled well."
Although Fumakuno did not participate in this film, after watching the edited film, I felt that it was well shot, full of creativity, and the story was very touching.
Moreover, this parallel montage is ten times more powerful than the one he used in his student homework.
Li Qian shook his head and commented one by one.
"The first half is supported by the laughter caused by the time-travel gimmick, and the second half is supported by sensationalism. The structure is very mediocre."
"Gu Xiaojiao is willing to marry any stranger in order to get back the house she lived in when she was a child. The emotional scene between her and Lu Ming lacks enough convincing, lacks a convincing enough plot, or through quick flashbacks,
Use every detail of the intensive interaction to convince the audience.”
"After time travel, Gu Xiaojiao should have had a strong desire to save his father, but because he couldn't make a phone call, there was nothing to follow. Lu Ming just searched his name online and gave up after finding nothing.
, nor do they care about the changes in the real estate market in the past ten years or so, and the characters’ motivations are unreasonable.”
As Li Qian pointed out the shortcomings of the movie, they thought about the plot and realized that they could not refute it at all.
The three of them were inevitably a little discouraged. The film they were so proud of was full of flaws as Li Qian said.
As a movie heroine, Tong Liya whispered, "I think it's pretty good."
"but."
Seeing that they were a little shocked, Li Qian stopped joking and said with a smile, "I'm very satisfied with the finished film. Su Lun, you did a great job."
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Su Lun and the others had question marks on their faces. Is this comfort?
Li Qian continued, "In fact, it's not that big of a problem. Striving for perfection and authenticity in fake movies is inherently unrealistic. Just like the problem of character motivation after traveling through time and space, if Lu Ming focuses on his career, then
Should this line be extended all the way down?
This is a science fiction romance film, and other side details are not important. It is not a family film like "Frequency of Life and Death".
In terms of structure, this is also good. If it's too complicated, you won't be able to figure it out. Don't try things that you can't control. In the end, it will be a mess and nothing."
For this movie, Li Qian did not interfere too much. He only made some comments on the script and storyboards instead of directly turning it into his own ideas. Even if there were some flaws, he did not emphasize them.
Director is a very egoistic profession. He controls others to make movies. Even if it is better, it becomes his own movie.
Li Qian's purpose is not to make more money, but to allow them to get enough exercise and improve.
This made Su Lun completely confused. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
"For a debut novel, this is almost perfect."
Finally, Li Qian's conclusion made Su Lun relieved, and the smile and confidence reappeared on his face.
After reacting, Tong Liya lightly hammered Li Qian's arm and said angrily, "Can you talk properly, go around and around."
As her first starring movie, Tong Liya was very concerned about it. She was very nervous when she heard Li Qian say something bad just now.
"Don't be so nervous. The filming is already very good. If it were to cover everything, the effect would not necessarily be better. The editing is also good, the parallel montage is used just right, and the lives of the male and female protagonists are handled in a split-screen way, which is also good.
It has the function of juxtaposing time and space to maximize the amount of information received by the audience.”
Li Qian began to comment on some places that were handled very well.
Su Lun quickly said, "This is my inspiration from the split-screen dialogue between the father and son in "Frequency of Life and Death"."
There is nothing wrong with the film. With this quality + novel subject matter + Li Qian helping to promote it and using the title of producer, it is bound to be a big seller.
Besides, color grading is also one of the most core factors of a movie.
"The overall tone is still the warm tones of 1989 and the cold tones of 2009. However, the relationship between men and women is indeed less convincing. You can try to express the inner feelings between two people through the changes in tones when they get along.
Change occurs.”
Li Qian gave a suggestion and then asked, "By the way, do you know how to use a color mixing table?"
"I'm not very familiar with it. I've only done some simple color grading using computers." Su Lun was a little embarrassed. Not everyone is proficient in all businesses. Directors who are proficient in writing, directing, and editing are already very powerful.
"Computer efficiency is too slow, and the color grading of this film is also very important. Let's find a company to do it."
The studio does have a color mixing table. Although this thing is very expensive, Li Qian is not short of the money.
By opening the color palette with both hands left and right, you can adjust the shadows, midtones, and highlights at the same time, and a really good master can even achieve blind adjustment, which is far behind using a mouse.
It's October 2nd now, and the movie will be released on Thursday, November 11th. If it's a week early, it's too late. If it's a week late, it'll be half a month between "A Perfect World" and you're beating yourself up.
40 days is enough time. The editing, soundtrack, and dubbing are all completed, and it can be submitted for review without color grading.
More than 20 days of color grading, more than 10 days are enough to release copies.
Coming out of the computer room, Li Qian asked Qi Yukun and Guo Fan about their plans.
"Lao Qi, Lao Guo, do you have any ideas?"
Qi Yukun said, "I plan to settle down. In the past year, I have completed all the four-year courses for a directing student. I haven't digested it yet. While I am recharging, I will try to write a script by myself."
Li Qian nodded, "That's right. It's true that all that knowledge has been put into your head. It's hard to absorb it completely so quickly."
Although students in the directing department of this film school use the same teaching materials and the same teachers as the students in the serious directing department, the study is more tiring and hard.
If you think about it, you will know that if you study something for four years in one year, you will be exhausted if you really study it.
If a one-year training course can achieve the same gains as directing students in four years, then the threshold for this training class will be leveled.
However, Guo Fan is different, "I also feel that I have learned a lot of things, but it's like memorizing things by rote and I can't put them into use. So I want to make a movie, absorb what I have learned while making a movie, and make a movie."
Science fiction films, accumulating experience.”
Guo Fan is still dreaming of making a science fiction blockbuster. Even though he keeps talking about wanting to make a science fiction blockbuster, which is very out of tune, he still has great perseverance to persist in doing something he wants to do for more than ten years.
"Science fiction movie? Have you got an idea?" Li Qian became interested.
"not yet..."
Guo Fan said with some embarrassment, "I originally planned to look for a suitable adaptation in the science fiction world. In the past few months, I dug out the old magazines and read them all, but there were too few suitable adaptations."
As the most popular science fiction magazine in China, there are indeed many good ideas and ideas in the science fiction world.
But words are words after all, and you can imagine whatever you want. As long as Chinese characters can describe it, you can describe it.
But after all, movies are made up of scenes, and many wonderful places written in words cannot be shown through the lens.
For example, how do you capture the aura of a king and his arrogance?
It is too difficult for an actor to express that kind of momentum on his own, and can only be expressed through the exaggeration of the plot atmosphere and the support of supporting characters.
But it didn’t matter that he couldn’t find a suitable adaptation, Guo Fan directly transformed into the Hand-in-Hand Party.
"Boss, you have a lot of ideas, why don't you give me some ideas?"
"You're so rude, you really thought a good idea was Dabaicha."
Li Qian shook his head. He was so busy right now that he had no time to do this.
"Let's wait until the movie is released. Time is tight and I don't have time to do anything else."
...
It will be released in early December, with less than 70 days left, so the time is quite tight.
But fortunately, when the samples are developed every day, the editor is doing rough cuts on the samples, picking them up while filming, and the rough cuts and re-cuts have been completed.
Moreover, the editing is not very difficult. There are only two lines: escape and pursuit. The overall story is still very simple.
A typical two-line narrative, according to the theory of eight combined sections, is a large alternating narrative combined section of escape and pursuit, and also contains many linear combination sections and episodic combination sections.
But there are many transitions and scenes, and the narrative is not straightforward and not that convenient.
But overall it’s easier to edit, because after all, Li Qian is standing on the shoulders of giants.
In mid-October, after half a month, two-thirds of the final cut of "A Perfect World" was cut.
On the 17th, Li Qian stopped what he was doing and flew to his hometown. This year's Golden Rooster Awards will be held in Hongzhou.
Although the Golden Rooster Awards at my doorstep is extremely busy, I still have to take half a day to go there.
As one of the most important film festivals in the Mainland, the scale of the Golden Rooster Awards is much greater than that of the College Student Film Festival. Whether it is the number of crews, the number of reporters, or the size of the fans, it is definitely better than the College Student Film Festival.
When we arrived at the entrance to the red carpet, there were already many crews waiting.
Ma Xiaogang, who announced earlier that he would never participate in the Golden Rooster Awards, also attended the event in costume, bringing with him the cast of "Assembly".
A group of grown men, all wearing black suits, looking like a macho gang.
It's true that he speaks out about his integrity. He says he won't be judged, but he runs faster than anyone else and looks quite happy.