Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 49 Everyone has their own little thoughts

The wrap-up banquet was much larger than the previous gathering, and there was an endless stream of people toasting Cao Yang.

Normally, it wouldn't be like this where almost everyone comes to toast.

In China's drinking culture, not just anyone can toast.

For example, the crew members who lead various "teachers", such as photographers, lighting technicians, stylists, artists, etc., will definitely come over to have a drink with the director at the wrap party.

But for the various assistants and other low-level staff in the crew, except those who are valued by the director, it would be a bit abrupt for you to come over to toast them, and it might only make you look bad.

Cao Yang's crew is different from traditional crews. Almost all the assistants are students from Beijing Film Academy, most of them are in their third and fourth years of college. It doesn't seem out of place for them to come over for a drink.

In addition, they can come to the crew for internship. Cao Yang not only controls their internship evaluation, but also a very important point: who doesn’t want to become a member of a famous director’s team and take a shortcut?

Not to mention actors, since they are in this line of work, who doesn't want to be famous? How many of them are truly noble?

Even though Cao Yang only took a symbolic sip each time, he still drank a lot.

This can't go on any longer. Cao Yang feels that next time he holds a wrap-up party, he must set a rule. After everyone finishes drinking together, they should find a reason to make it clear that no one will drink.

Seeing that there were still many people eager to try, Cao Yang quickly ran away to urinate.

Seeing Cao Yang go out, Che Xiao, who was not far away, had his eyes flashed. He calmly drank a sip of tea, mainly to rinse his mouth, wiped his mouth with a tissue, chewed a piece of gum, and then stood up.

"Xiao Xiao, where are you going?"

Dong Xuan next to him asked.

Che whispered, "I'm going to the bathroom."

After that, he walked out.

Wen Zhengrong paused as she secretly took the chewing gum, looked up, and couldn't help but greet him politely in her heart.

Little bitch!
"Xiaoxiao, wait for me, let's go together."

Wen Zhengrong also stood up, smiling, and took Che Xiao's arm, refusing to let go. Humph, who doesn't know your little tricks? You're just thinking about good things at such a young age.

Che Xiao's smile froze for a moment, and he was almost dragged to the bathroom by Wen Zhengrong.

When she ran into Cao Yang coming out of the bathroom, Wen Zhengrong greeted him warmly, "What a coincidence, junior brother. Are you okay?"

Che Xiao's carefully prepared plan was disrupted. His mind was still a little confused, and he said stiffly: "What a coincidence, junior... no, senior, senior came to the toilet in person?"

Cao Yang smiled and nodded, "I'm fine, you are girls, don't drink too much, be careful."

Watching Cao Yang walking away, Che Xiao was so angry that he was about to shake off Wen Zhengrong's arm, but he didn't expect Wen Zhengrong to let go first and walked towards the bathroom without looking back.

Che stomped his feet in annoyance, gritted his teeth for a while, and then left in a huff without even going to the bathroom.

Cao Yang decided to cut the Gordian knot. After returning, he picked up the cup and waited until most people looked over before saying, "Everyone, I am very happy that you are all here today, especially Teacher Wu and Teacher Liao, who came all the way from Hong Kong. Thank you, and thank you again for your joint efforts these days.

I will be doing post-production tomorrow, so I will leave today. Eat and drink well. If anyone wants to go to karaoke later, let Teacher Cheng pay for it together."

Not long after Cao Yang left, Yu Feihong also withdrew with an excuse.

After walking on the street for a while, Cao Yang found a place to sit down, took out his mobile phone, stared at the number "1206" in the text message for a while, and finally sighed.

Teacher Situ, I really didn't mean to disobey you, it's mainly...

After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of a reasonable excuse, so he just muttered, "It's mainly because I'm young. It's normal for young people to be a little impulsive. Which young person can withstand such temptation? Teacher Situ can understand, right?" At this moment, Cao Yang felt that he understood Lao Tian, ​​the national teacher and Brother Kai a little bit. If it were someone like Brother Kai's sister-in-law Hong, if it were him...

Bah, I am a gentleman, I can’t even think about sister-in-law or not, I can’t even think about it.

I drank too much, I drank too much. I will definitely quit drinking next time.

In room 1206, Yu Feihong transformed into a female knight, looking heroic. She looked down at Cao Yang, raised her chin, and said anxiously, "Quick, tell me how good my acting is."

Nima!

Everyone has some little quirks, right?

"Very good, very good, with Li Xiaoran..."

The female knight let out a cry, trembled for a long time, and then fell off her horse.

The next day, Cao Yang came to Qingying Studio and started post-production.

There weren’t as many long shots this time, and the shots were much more trivial than last time, so editing was relatively time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The school assigned three senior students majoring in editing to serve as assistants, and Qingying Studio also sent an editor.

The editor’s surname is Yang, his name is Yang Qian, and he is in his forties.

"Teacher Yang, thank you for coming to help. I already have a rough idea of ​​the film in my mind. You can give me any suggestions during the work, and I will adopt them.

Maybe you don’t know me very well. I can be quite stubborn sometimes, so if my suggestion is not accepted, don’t take it personally.”

Let me give you a heads up first. Since you have hired an editor, his job is to "glue" the different shots together to form a coherent narrative.

When editing, most editors hate it when the director is talking nonsense beside them, clapping their hands and saying that this is wrong or that lacks power.

What does an editor want?
The director spoke openly about his ideas, what theme the film should express, and what kind of narrative structure the film should have. He couldn't just say that this part is not powerful enough, or that part lacks the desired feeling.

No one is the worm in anyone else's stomach, so who knows what your strength and feeling mean? Be more specific.

For example, cut out 6 frames here and transfer them to the scene and shot.

Only in this way can we communicate effectively, avoid quarrels due to differences, and improve work efficiency.

What Cao Yang meant here was to tell the editor, I know how to edit, but because the workload is heavy, you are here to help, so you just need to edit it according to my ideas, so as to avoid disagreements and quarrels.

Yang Qian nodded. Hou Keming had already told him that he should follow Cao Yang's opinion and just play a supporting role.

Now that we have said it all, let’s get started.

Yang Qian finally realized the difference in Cao Yang. He seemed to have a lot of movies in his mind, many of which looked good. If it were Yang Qian, he would definitely hesitate and try many times.

But Cao Yang is not like that. He just compares the shots before and after and knows what to choose without hesitation. He will abandon what should be abandoned without hesitation.

If other directors encountered this situation, Yang Qian would dare to bet his apprentices' happiness for the rest of their lives. Their first thought would definitely be to want it all, not to give up any of it, and not to lose any of it.

After a big argument with the editor, you might even say, "Let's just cut two and keep them as backup. When the time comes, we'll see which one is better and choose it later."

As a result, you may not use either of them, which is a waste of time.

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