Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 93 If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes

On the tenth day, Cao Yang met Hou Keming in his office. Cao Yang also gave him some local specialties. He gave Cao Yang a box of black tea, saying it was the Tianzhihong of Keeming black tea, and said that the tea tasted very good, so he asked Cao Yang to try it.

After chatting for a while, we talked about work.

"How about letting Yang Qian help you this time?" Hou Keming asked Cao Yang for his opinion.

Cao Yang still remembers Yang Qian. It was he who came to help when he was editing "Empty Room" last time.

This is a person who has ideas, but can suppress his ideas and actively cooperate. He is a good candidate.

"No problem, Teacher Yang, as long as you are willing, I welcome it."

Hou Keming knew that this was settled.

As for whether Yang Qian would be willing, that's nonsense. Ever since "Empty Room" won the Golden Lion, Yang Qian, as one of the editors, has become very famous. He has taken on a lot of private jobs outside and is very popular.

As for taking private jobs, as long as it does not interfere with the work of Qingying Studio, Hou Keming will turn a blind eye. Qingying Studio only produces a few movies a year, and it is difficult to retain employees with just that little salary.

Nowadays, it is quite common for people working in state-owned enterprises to take private jobs outside.

"Well, I'll find a few junior and senior students to help you with the heavy work."

Nowadays, this miscellaneous job has become one of the more sought-after features of the Beijing Film Academy. For students who are about to graduate, having worked for a Golden Lion director is also a very important resume to share.

"can."

"Is there anything else the school needs to do?" Hou Keming asked.

"I need a symphony orchestra and choir to record a version of the Internationale as an interlude for the film."

Cao Yang originally planned to find a rock singer to record a version of the Internationale, selecting a passage from it: There has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods or emperors. To create human happiness, we must rely on ourselves...

Use this passage as a replacement for the hymn in church.

But think about it, if you want something shocking, a symphony orchestra combined with a choir singing will be truly shocking, and its expressiveness is much stronger than that of a rock singer.

Moreover, it only costs a few dollars to invite a domestic symphony orchestra and choir, which is probably cheaper than hiring a first-line rock singer to perform.

At that time, the principal of the National Symphony Orchestra earned 2700 yuan a month. This was later stated by the director of the Philharmonic Orchestra in an interview.

"No problem. The most famous symphony orchestras in China are the China Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, which was established in 00 on the basis of the China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. They all have choruses under their jurisdiction. Which one do you want to invite?"

Hou Keming didn't even hesitate. He named all national-level symphony orchestras as if he looked down on other ordinary symphony orchestras.

Isn’t this a bit of a waste of talent?
Cao Yang hesitated for only a moment, then said, "The school can decide. Record the 1939 version translated by Xiao San. I have only one request, that it be recorded before I finish editing."

"no problem."

Hou Keming nodded, looking very confident.

For these national symphony orchestras, the Internationale is definitely one of their usual practice repertoires. They may not even need to rehearse and can record it in an afternoon.

Hou Ke knew Cao Yang's habits clearly. He had notified Yang Qian and four students to help him before the New Year. He only needed to wait for Cao Yang to confirm so that he could get them there in time.

Therefore, Cao Yang always felt that cooperating with Hou Keming was a very comfortable thing. He did a very good job in logistics and saved Cao Yang a lot of trouble.

The next day, Yang Qian and four students reported in. Cao Yang did not immediately start the post-editing work. Instead, he had a meal with a few people first, gave each of them a red envelope for good luck, and then began to work.

Editing requires reading all the filmed materials over and over again, and then deleting and gluing them together. Although it was easy to edit with Cao Yang and he hardly had to make his own decisions, Yang Qian still read all the materials many times with a serious and responsible attitude.

Then, he discovered a problem - the heroine's reshoots had very few shots.

Moreover, because the heroine plays such a large role this time, this problem becomes even more prominent.

In fact, he also discovered this problem when he was editing "Empty Room" with Cao Yang last time.

It’s just that Yu Feihong was not the only one who performed well at that time. He also thought that Yu Feihong was led into the role by the good actors, which led to her good performance.

But this time it is obviously different. Looking at all the materials, if we didn’t know in advance who the heroine would be, just looking at the number of her shots, compared with the materials of other directors, I’m afraid even the supporting actress would have more shots than her.

Yang Qian has been working in the editing industry for many years. There is only one explanation for this phenomenon, that is, most of the actress's shots were done in one take! At most, one more take was saved.

It's really unbelievable.

If other directors did this, it can be basically determined that the director was just doing a perfunctory job, but this is a movie by the youngest big director in the country, how could he possibly destroy his own reputation?

What's more, through reading the camera, Yang Qian discovered that this actress's acting skills are definitely not worse than Li Xiaoran's, whether in her interpretation of the role or the restraint and outburst of emotions!

"Director Cao, who is this actress? I haven't heard of her before. Is she from the Central Academy of Drama?"

Yang Qian asked tentatively. He would rather believe that the Central Academy of Drama had produced a new great actress, but he didn't quite believe that this acting skill was trained.

If so, that would be amazing, even more amazing than Cao Yang winning the Golden Bear or Palme d'Or again.

Given the actress's acting skills, if she didn't win the Best Actress award, Yang Qian would dare to angrily criticize in front of the media that there must be some shady deal going on.

"Oh, her name is Gao Yuanyuan. She's not from a professional school. It seems she made her debut by shooting a commercial."

While busy with his work, Cao Yang casually said, "She dressed up maturely in the movie. You may not have noticed that she has a very popular commercial, that is the girl with the clean mouth."

"what?"

Yang Qian opened his mouth, not knowing how to express himself for a moment. He knew about "kissing" girls, but could she have the acting skills to do that?

I have to accept it!
Yang Qian couldn't help but sigh, no wonder it was said that the top three directors in China each had their own characteristics.

Zhang Yi's vision, Chen Kaige's humanity, and Cao Yang's actor, or Cao Yang's woman, but saying this is easy to cause ambiguity, so it becomes Cao Yang's actor.

Because looking at the two films that Cao Yang has already released, their main ideas are all from a female perspective, and they are all films about female themes.

He also helped Li Xiaoran and Yu Feihong win the three major Best Actress awards, so there is a saying that Cao Yang is good at photographing women, referred to as Cao Yang's women, which has become a major symbol of Cao Yang.

After the editing is completed, what remains is the synthesis of the soundtrack and the final mastering.

Hou Keming had completed the task assigned to him by Cao Yang before the editing was even half done.

The orchestra used is the China Philharmonic Orchestra and its choir.

Why use this?

It’s not that the China Philharmonic Orchestra is better than the other two, but mainly because the China Philharmonic Orchestra is directly under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

Well, it's a system, nothing wrong with it.

(End of this chapter)