hollywood draw

After mid-November, "X-Men" ended all the filming work. The entire crew returned to Los Angeles under the leadership of Kevin Feige, and then immediately started the post-production work of the movie at the urging of Twentieth Century Fox.

At the same time, Wayne went to lead some members of the crew of "The Flash" and took a chartered flight to Canada. The main shots were about to be finished. The crew had to carry out field scene work according to the pre-explored plan before the filming work was over.

"The news just came that the crew of "Charlie's Angels" has been disbanded on the spot at the airport."

In the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, Nina glanced at the scene that had just ended and came to Wayne to report in a low voice: "John Gray asked for instructions, director Joseph McKinty Nicht wants to join the post-production work."

"Let him join, but only the editing advice!"

When Wayne heard the news, he thought for a moment and said, "I inform John that the editorial opinions should be mainly based on him as the producer, but if Joseph also joins in, he can consider his opinions appropriately."

"OK."

Nina nodded, took out her mobile phone, covered her microphone and walked to the side.

Wayne is a director, but it is because he is a director that he understands the post-production work of the film better, especially the film editing work, which cannot be handed over to the film director and hosted. This is also a common practice in Hollywood. Novice directors and even some famous directors also do not have the right to decide on editing.

It is understandable that when standing in different positions, the direction of things will change. The reason why Hollywood lets producers host post-production work is because producers will edit videos from the perspective of investors and focus on the market.

For directors, they definitely hope to edit the things they shot by themselves, but decades of experience in the circle are showing that often, the director's editing and films will appear in the market.

For example, the length of the movie, each director will of course try to retain the material he shoots. But from the perspective of the market, commercial films must be compressed, the shorter the better. Only in this way can the movies be screened in a single day after entering the theater.

It's very simple. A two and a half hour movie can be played two or three more games in a day than a one hundred minutes movie. Compared with the two, the box office gap is very large under the same quality of the film.

Yes, many Hollywood film companies have been frequently exposed to failures caused by the filming of the film, kicking the director out of the project. Some big directors with considerable status in the circle will inevitably have such experiences. Ridley Scott must have the most say in this regard.

But relatively speaking, if such things are put into the entire Hollywood, the proportion will become very small, so small that it is negligible. More often, it will be much more reliable to host the editing work by producers who know the market better.

"Mr. Greenberg, you're sure, uh..."

While Robert and others were cleaning up the camera equipment, the male protagonist James Franco came over and asked hesitantly: "Are you sure I just have to pose with an expressionless face? Don't you need other performances? I know this scene..."

"Enough."

Waves, Wayne interrupted the other party with a smile. "You have to know, James, all the shots we shot will be edited afterwards."

Although James Franco was puzzled by the numerous performances under the green screen and the actions during the filming, he still chose to shut up.

"Julia."

Wayne's smile remained unabated. Seeing the depression on his male protagonist's face, he turned his head and shouted to the senior sister not far away. "Dear senior sister, please tell us Mr. Franco what is the Curryshoff effect."

Julia, an editor who looks like a black aunt, usually shows herself as an onlooker in the crew, but she has never missed the filming process, because only in this way can she better understand the director's intentions in subsequent post-recording.

"Ok, no problem."

After hearing Wayne's teasing order, she smiled and cracked her mouth, revealing her white teeth and looking at James Franco.

"As early as 1918, the film industry in the world was in its infancy, and all techniques were still developing..."

Her slow remarks not only attracted the attention of James Franco, but also attracted the interest of many staff members in the crew. A group of people surrounded Julia, busying the work at hand while listening to her telling the so-called "Curysov effect".

"It's the disintegrated polar bear country. A film director named Curryshoff did a very interesting experiment. He first took a close-up of a male actor's facial expression without expression, and then put this shot together with three unrelated shots. Then he showed it to three different groups of people and asked to record the viewer's feelings."

Looking around, Julia spread her hands to Wayne with a crowd of curious babies. This is actually just a must-have for editors, but these actors and staff responsible for the pre-shooting may not have heard of them.

She continued to tell the story without stopping her mouth. "The first group of viewers first saw a close-up of the man's face with expressionless expressions, and then saw a bowl of soup. After watching it, the audience praised the man's acting skills together, saying that his eyes were full of hunger for food.

The second group of viewers also first saw a close-up of the man's face with expressionless expressions, and then saw a woman lying on the coffin. After watching it, the audience still praised the man's acting skills, saying that his eyes were full of sympathy and compassion.

The third group of viewers first saw a close-up of the man's face without expression, and then saw a little girl holding a teddy bear. This time the audience praised the man's acting skills and said that his eyes were full of fatherly love that was visible to the naked eye!"

Speaking of this, there was a very obvious embarrassment on James Franco's face. From these words, it is highly likely that the reason why he felt good during the filming was that he was often proud of being called out by the director after performing once or twice.

"Do you still want to continue talking?" Julia keenly saw the male protagonist's embarrassment and asked with a smile.

"It's okay." James Franco found that all the smiles on the faces of the staff around him were all kind-hearted, so he spread his hands and nodded. "I mean of course."

"So, Curryshoff discovered that a shot, editing with another completely irrelevant shot, would produce a third meaning. Later, this universal psychological effect was called (Curryshoff effect)."

Almost everyone had a sudden enlightenment. Wayne shook his head with a smile, lit the cigarette while protecting the fire with his hands, and laughed and took over the conversation. "You may be unfamiliar to this, but if you say it another way, you will definitely feel very familiar. With the development of the film industry, the editing technique called the Curryshoff effect is now called: Montage."

He held a cigarette in his mouth, reached out to pat James Franco's shoulder, and explained: "So, don't think that you are just making moves. The expressionless shots are useless. More images and effects are actually always in Julia and me. After these shots have been edited and processed on the big screen, they bring completely another meaning to the audience."

For James Franco, actors are still a process of realizing their ideals, so they still remain curious when facing some things they don’t understand during the shooting process. But as time goes by, most actors become stars, the industry is completely out of bounds with their ideals, and more of a job that makes a living or gains fame and fortune.

This is the difference. Those old guys won’t ask the director the meaning of his performance. What they care about is whether their shots will be retained more, the length of time they appear on the big screen, and how much money can they bring to themselves after the job is over, and how famous it is.

This is also why Wayne is willing to explain it to him. In fact, most actors generally do not have access to post-production work. After the crew films, they will pursue their next job and perform in other crews according to the director's requirements.

Throughout mid-to-late November, some members of the crew of "The Flash" stayed in Canada and continued to perform filming. Most of the things they are shooting now will be combined with the previous shots in post-editing and synthesis.

"I am very grateful to God for giving me the honor of being part of the Flash crew."

Seeing that December is coming, the crew quickly ended their work in Canada. After returning to Los Angeles, James Franko, the main character of the crew, said in an interview with reporters at the airport:

"I learned so much from Mr. Greenberg. Whenever I have some doubts about filmmaking, he will patiently explain to me. Why use mobile photography in different scenes, why use a static camera in shooting, why do you need to perform large elevation specific follow-ups, etc.

He is like a knowledgeable film teacher. Every time I discuss with him, I can understand the difficulties and difficulties of director work more. But, you know, this is the joy of being able to work with a great director. I built a very interesting role in his ideas, which was like a dream journey."

Seeing that the filming of "The Flash" is coming to an end, Warner Bros. inevitably began to carry out preliminary publicity, and James Franco was only one of the arrangements for the interview.

Since returning to Los Angeles, the crew will release a movie poster or related information on the Internet, which has gradually emerged on the media under Warner Bros., to make "The Flash" frequently appear in the lives of ordinary people.

By mid-December, although the filming of "The Flash" was about to end and Wayne was too busy to care about any other issues, he still had to temporarily put down his work, put on a formal dress, and attend a movie premiere, because the ship finally arrived.