Huayu: Starting with Hijacking from "The Story of a Noble Family"

Movies primarily use synchronous sound, but it still needs to be extracted separately, processed, and then added back in.

If there are unclear lines, the actors may need to record additional lines themselves.

Nowadays, whether in China or abroad, movies shown in theaters generally do not have subtitles.

Adding subtitles to film is very expensive and troublesome.

Subtitles need to be printed directly onto the film, and every copy needs to be printed, so subtitles are usually only added when the disc is released.

Adding subtitles to movies shot with digital cameras doesn't require such high costs or much trouble.

However, audiences today are used to watching movies without subtitles, and adding subtitles would make the movie seem "lower-class" because only TV series have subtitles.

Most viewers won't watch this movie because of the subtitles; they'll watch it more because of the stars, especially the big stars, so there's no need to add anything unnecessary.

"Xu Heng!"

Liu Yifei was clearly very happy to see Xu Heng when she returned to school.

She had been worried that she might not see Xu Heng for a long time.

When I said goodbye to Xu Heng, I didn't know when the school would be reopened.

As a result, she met Xu Heng again in less than a month!

The only thing that made her a little unhappy was that while the lockdown was being lifted, the school also announced that classes would resume normally in mid-to-late July and August, because the missed classes would need to be made up...

"Effie!"

Xu Heng was also in a good mood upon seeing Liu Yifei.

In terms of looks and appearance, Liu Yifei is absolutely flawless, especially considering she is about to turn 16.

In her previous life, she was about six months away from filming "Chinese Paladin". Many people considered this period to be the peak of her beauty, and Ling'er was the white moonlight in the hearts of countless people.

Of course, the "Fairy Sister" in her previous life was also very beautiful, and she had a different kind of beauty in each stage!

Liu Yifei gave him a somewhat displeased look.

Given her current relationship with Xu Heng, Xu Heng could absolutely call her by her nickname "XiXi".

But Xu Heng kept calling her by her stage name, so she couldn't say it directly.

However, this is not a very important matter.

"Has the movie been edited yet?"

Liu Yifei asked again.

During this period, she and Xu Heng often contacted each other privately. After all, this was her first movie, and it was normal for her to be concerned about the progress of the film.

"It's all edited, but there's no voiceover yet. Do you want to watch it now?"

Xu Heng nodded.

During this period, he and Liu Yifei had been in contact more privately than before, and both of them took the initiative.

"Let's wait until everything is finished!"

Liu Yifei shook her head, and then entered the school's editing building with Xu Heng.

The editing building at Beijing Film Academy has three workshops: cinematography, editing, and sound recording. Today, she came to re-record some lines and the theme song "A Little Happiness" for the movie.

She has completely learned the song during this time and even found a professional teacher to teach her how to sing it, but she is still a little worried about her singing skills...

Soon after, recording began, starting with "A Little Happiness".

Liu Yifei stood in the music studio of the recording workshop, put on her headphones, and began to sing.

After one take, the recording instructor that Xu Heng had specially invited was clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

In her opinion, Liu Yifei had absolutely no singing skills; at most, her voice was decent.

Xu Heng thought it was pretty good; he hadn't expected Liu Yifei to reach the level of the original anyway.

Moreover, it can be recorded in segments, even line by line, and then the audio can be edited afterwards.

This is also the mainstream method for singers to record songs nowadays; other singers do it this way, including big-name and top singers.

So Xu Heng, through the glass, smiled and gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up, and Liu Yifei, who couldn't hear the sounds outside, smiled back.

Although she knew very well that Xu Heng was just encouraging and comforting her.

Then, under the guidance of the recording department teachers, Liu Yifei began recording line by line. It took her more than two hours to finally record "A Little Happiness".

As for audio editing, current technology can perform major repairs, but the mainstream approach is to only fix minor flaws, which will look more natural.

If we were to completely overhaul and repair it like we did in the future, we would definitely be ridiculed and despised!

After recording the song, it was almost noon. Xu Heng treated the recording professor to lunch, and Liu Yifei naturally joined in.

During the meal, the recording professor also praised Xu Heng highly, because Xu Heng had previously consulted her on singing issues.

Yesterday, another song sung by Hsu Heng himself was also recorded with her help, and the remuneration was very generous.

The key point is that yesterday's song and today's "A Little Happiness" were both written by Xu Heng himself. So much so that if she didn't know that she couldn't be a singer and how precious songs of this quality are, she would have asked Xu Heng to write one for her, even if she had to pay for it!

Liu Yifei was also very curious about another song written by Xu Heng, but unfortunately, Xu Heng wouldn't tell her what it was, let alone sing it for her...

After lunch, Xu Heng and Liu Yifei went for a walk on the school playground and chatted along the way.

They kept in touch frequently during this period, but it was impossible for them to contact each other every day, let alone talk about everything.

"By the way, Xu Heng, a director from Taiwan contacted me, wanting me to direct a movie. Apparently, it's a co-production between mainland China and Taiwan, to be filmed and released in both regions. Director Tian Zhuangzhuang recommended me to that director. What do you think, should I take the role?"

After some casual conversation, Liu Yifei suddenly asked a question.

A director from Taiwan wanted to cast her in a movie, and it's said that they had been searching for a suitable female lead for a long time without success. So, the director asked Tian Zhuangzhuang, a famous director from mainland China, to help him find a suitable actress at the Beijing Film Academy.

Because the female lead was required to be 15 to 16 years old, have a certain level of fame, and know Peking Opera, Tian Zhuangzhuang recommended her to the director.

She doesn't know Peking Opera, but her dance skills are quite good.

The director even said he would come to Beijing in a couple of days to meet her in person.

"A director from Taiwan? Which director?"

Xu Heng pretended to be stunned for a moment, but he knew in his heart that if nothing unexpected happened, this movie should be "May Love", which was also the first movie Liu Yifei starred in in her previous life.

Director Xu Xiaoming, though described as a director from Taiwan, is actually a director from Hong Kong. He directed TV series such as "The Legend of Huo Yuanjia" and "Chen Zhen" in his early career, and is considered a relatively well-known director, albeit a TV series director.

He later made a few low-budget films, but they were only so-so.

However, even with this, it's not impossible to accept the role in "May Love," as there aren't many intimate scenes in the film.

The problem is that co-productions require that at least one-third of the main actors be from mainland China, which is why the female lead was chosen from mainland actors. Liu Yifei is actually a US citizen!