Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 46 It seems you are thinking of Wu Chen
The wrap-up ceremony was simple, with each person receiving a bottle of mineral water, a banner reading "Good Luck in Wrap-up," and a few smiling faces taking photos.
The spring breeze blows across the villa courtyard, melting all the snow on the dead vines.

We have been together for more than two months, so how can we explain it clearly in just one wrap-up party?

At the dinner, everyone sat around a large round table, beer foam overflowed the rims of the cups, and laughter was loud.

Wu Chen picked up his glass, stood up and bowed slightly: "Thank you teachers, seniors, and sisters for your great assistance. This is my first time as a director, so please forgive me if I am not up to the task."

"Director Wu, you are being too modest."

Everyone stood up, and Hu Jing spoke first, gesturing with her index finger and thumb:

"To be honest, I was a little worried at first, but after filming started, all my worries disappeared. We are lucky to have a director like you."

"Sister Hu Jing is right. Director Wu has a bright future. To be honest, I took advantage of him."

"Come on, let's toast to Director Wu and wish him good luck in the post-production!"

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Everyone shouted, and Wu Chen drank it all in one gulp.

"We'll work together again if we have the chance!"

As the glasses flew by, Wu Chen toasted everyone and drank each glass. However, he only drank beer to keep it cool and refreshing. Unless he drank too much, he would not feel drunk.

"By the way, Senior Sister Zhou Yang, congratulations on your successful selection as an Olympic baby."

Zhou Yang chuckled, "Thank you, Director!" Then he lowered his voice and whispered, "Junior brother, did you say something to Xixi that you shouldn't have?"

"Ah? What did I say?" Wu Chen said this, but his mind flashed back to the conversation between the penguins after Liu Yifei visited the set a few days ago.

"Junior brother, you said Sister Hu Jing and Sister Dong Xuan are in their prime, but what about me? Do I count?"

"No, I'm too young."

"Okay, so the bud is finally about to bloom, right?"

This should have been an easy question, but he was just being mean and subconsciously typed a reply: "Senior sister, first of all, you have to be a flower."

"Ahhh"

Afterwards, the screen in Penguin was filled with “ah” characters, and then I ignored him for several days.

Zhou Yang was surprised to see that Wu Chen's expression was normal.

"That's strange. Xixi recently took a doll, put your name on it, and punched and kicked it every night."

Wu Chen was embarrassed. Could this girl have violent tendencies?

But with a hint of confusion, he asked tentatively, "Senior Sister, how did you know?"

Liu Yifei was still filming "Chinese Paladin" at that time and should not have returned to school.

"It's said on the penguin." Zhou Yang smiled.

Isn't this the message he wanted to convey through you? Wu Chen touched his forehead and broke out in a cold sweat.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed. It was late at night and the world was filled with starlight.

"Two senior sisters, let's leave and go to bed early." The four people in Wu Chen's dormitory waved to Zhou Yang and Dong Xuan. The girls' dormitory was just opposite.

"Junior brother." Dong Xuan suddenly called out.

"Hmm? Senior Sister, is there anything else?" Wu Chen turned around subconsciously and asked.

Dong Xuan hesitated for a moment, then finally smiled and said, "It's okay, everything will go smoothly later on."

Wu Chen nodded and left chatting and laughing with his roommate.

The next day, Wu Chen immersed himself in the later stage.

The post-production of a film mainly includes editing, special effects synthesis, audio production, visual packaging and technical processing.

Editing is a must-have skill for domestic directors in this era, and they usually edit their films themselves. Wu Chen is no exception.

An excellent editor needs to be well versed in the script and the director's intentions, but Wu Chen couldn't afford such an expert, so he simply did it himself.

“Spend your money wisely!”

Wu Chen directly spent the remaining budget on dubbing, music, color grading and subtitles.

I worked in the editing room, day and night, for more than a month.

It was past midnight, the dormitory lights went out, and Xiang Zhuo turned off his computer. He casually glanced at Wu Chen's seat, finding it empty. He said casually, "Damn, Brother Chen isn't back again? What time is it?"

Chu Tianshu was already lying on the bed, wrapped in the quilt and yawning: "Brother Chen has been like this recently, leaving early and returning late, and we only see him occasionally once a week, unless we go to the editing room to find him.

But it should be soon, let’s wait a little longer, I really want to see what Brother Chen’s finished film looks like.”

"Songri, have you seen it?" Xiang Zhuogang asked Park Songri, who was already snoring loudly. He couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Damn, you fall asleep so quickly!"

At this time, in the editing room of Beijing Film Academy, Wu Chen stared at the screen, his dark circles like ink, but his eyes were bright as torches.

A pile of film materials were scattered on the table, and the images of "The Dark Side" were jumping frame by frame on the screen.

The draft sent by the composer has been embedded, and the gloomy string music is interwoven with the images, making the suspenseful atmosphere more intense;

The color adjustment is almost complete, and the contrast between cold and warm colors is full of layers.

Now it all depends on his overall editing skills.

Montage is the most commonly used technique in suspense films and is also the core skill of film language. It creates narrative rhythm, emotional tension and sublimation of meaning through the combination of shots.

Parallelism, chiasm, contrast, metaphor, rhythm.
Wu Chen stared at the jumping images on the screen, his fingers flying on the editing table
Two movies have been a constant presence in the entertainment industry for over a month: Chen Kai's "The Promise" and Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers."

The former is on guard day and night, but it is difficult to guard against a thief in one's own home. A bunch of extras acted as paparazzi and took photos secretly, causing an uproar.

The latter's audiovisual copyright was sold for a staggering 2000 million yuan, and Zhang Weiping boasted to the media that he would have no trouble selling it, pointing to Cannes with his left hand and the Oscars with his right.
However, Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her natural performance in "Clean", and her performance dominated the headlines for several days.

In this way, time flew by and it was already mid-June.

Pu Songri and his friends knocked on the door with midnight snacks: "Brother Chen, have something to eat!"

Wu Chen opened the door, a tired smile on his face. However, behind Park Songri and the other two, there were three bright figures standing. Liu Yifei and Zhou Yang were familiar to Wu Chen.

A hint of strangeness flashed across the eyes of the other Wu Chen for a moment.

"Hehe, this is our class monitor, Wang Jia.

Today, Yangyang and Jiajia just came back from the Olympic rehearsal and were hungry, so we planned to go buy something to eat together. We ran into Songri and the others, so I'll bring you some food on the way."

Liu Yifei glanced towards the editing room with her bright eyes, full of curiosity.

"Hello, senior sister!" Wu Chen nodded and smiled. This person seemed to have acted with Liu Yifei in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and was Cheng Ying, the cousin from Lujiazhuang.

"Actually, we didn't bring it. Senior Sister Liu Yifei remembered to bring it. The three of us were hungry, so we planned to go out to eat something." Park Songri scratched his head and said honestly and sincerely.

"Damn, you guys didn't even think of me."

"You can't say that. I would definitely think of you after I'm full, but I wasn't full at that time." Xiang Zhuo defended himself.

Wu Chen was carrying a midnight snack and was busy complaining to his roommates. He didn't notice that Zhou Yang and Wang Jia looked at each other and looked at Liu Yifei with strange expressions.

The opposite meaning of Wu Chen's words is very obvious.

"Xixi, it seems you are thinking of Wu Chen." Zhou Yang whispered softly in Liu Yifei's ear.

Liu Yifei's ears turned red, her eyes flickered wildly, and she changed her words again and again, "Yangyang, don't talk nonsense."

Then she pulled Wang Jia coquettishly and said, "Squad leader, please don't worry about her."

(End of this chapter)