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How important is the post-production of a movie?It can almost be said to be equivalent to secondary creation.

Frame by frame editing, scoring, retouching, and color correction can then slowly make a complete work.

This also means that it will be a very patient job. After all, more than 1,200 minutes of material must be selected, assembled, and then compiled into a nearly 90-minute movie with a smooth plot. not easy.

Different lens collocations, time lengths, etc., produce completely different movie effects.

A well-deserved movie, with superb editing, may become ups and downs and fascinating. On the contrary, a good movie may be ruined by a bad editing.

For example, a later movie "The Watcher", in the hands of Director Zha and Warner, is basically two stories.

I don't know which editor said such a sentence: Editing is the rhythm instrument of a movie, and it determines what kind of viewing experience this movie will bring to the audience.

Therefore, the general post-production work is very cumbersome. The more beautiful the results come out, the more time, energy and thoughts are required.

Small-cost one-man films like Buried Alive are not as complicated as blockbuster films, but they are never easy.

It is a headache just to choose good materials and combine them into a movie.

In order not to suffer the pain alone, Lehman also brought Ryan and Thomas to work together.

After they dealt with the problem of shooting equipment, they went around and settled the lease of the post-production studio.

Just in the original studio invested by Huyou, the three of Lehman personally went to see it. The equipment inside was all available, which fully met the editing needs of the film. So after repeated discussions with the person in charge, the price was 20,000 yuan per month. The price in euros, rented for a month.

This kind of price is not cheap, of course it is not expensive, it is so-so, after all, the three of them have no acquaintances here, and they can't help much.

After the two parties signed the formal lease contract the next day, Lehman, Ryan, and Thomas, who were willing to act as assistants, took a large amount of film material and moved directly into the editing studio. Anyway, the right to use them for the next month In his hands, the space inside is enough for three big men to sleep in.

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There was chaos in the editing room. Three people sat around the editor, expressing their opinions.

"It should be cut here!" Thomas has been talking more and more since joining this small group.

"Fuck! I think this long shot is great. I took it several times that day. Now you say you want to cut it out, no, stay." Ryan has also been a film professional and has his own. After speaking, he looked at Lehman again, "You said, should you stay?"

"This long shot here is simply slowing down the rhythm of the movie. Are we making a horror movie? Naturally, we have to take care of the whole movie atmosphere! It must be cut." Thomas said plausibly, "Lyman, I said Right?"

"Thomas is reasonable. This clip is not suitable. I cut it." Both of them stared at Lyman, but he still followed the film's best editing style and chose Thomas.

Friends belong to friends, and movies belong to movies. These are two different things.

Does any story have a main line? The film "Buried Alive" is simple and straightforward. It is cut around the change of the protagonist Paul’s psychological journey. The long shot was very cool and torturous, but it was really not a good one. The choice is a bit incompatible with the overall film rhythm.

After all, Lehman manipulated the editor to cut this long shot.

Thomas sees his ideas being followed by Lehman, and he is even more proud.

Ryan next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and an evil tiger hurried down the mountain, hugged Thomas, and while embracing vigorously, he thought to himself: Let you hide!

Ping pong.

Lyman sat on the seat calmly, staring at the shooting material, adjusting the most reasonable combination, and didn't even look at the two live treasures.

These days, the two are noisy, he is used to it.

The progress of the editing work is much slower than that of shooting, even if it is only the first round of rough cuts, Lehman seems very serious.

After repeated comparisons and groupings, a few minutes of footage can not be determined in a day.

He is very cautious in this respect, and more attentive than when shooting. The closer he gets to the film, the more careful he is.

As the editing went through the boring early stage, Lehman also adapted to this rhythm, and the match of the three also entered a good state.

They can always find the most suitable editing point in a mess of shots, and turn the shot material into the picture in their mind.

In order to be able to complete it as soon as possible, the three of them simply ate and lived in the studio. Whenever they arrived, they asked Thomas or Ryan to buy some food and just settle their physical needs.

In addition to dealing with the material every day, it is dealing with the camera, and all amateur activities are rejected. Even Ryan, a person who pays attention to appearance, has dark circles under his eyes. Not to mention Thomas and Lehman, they are also devastated. Look like.

The time was approaching mid-August, and the three of them finally finished editing.

"Buried alive" went through the first cut, the second cut, the fine cut and the final round of comprehensive cut. After four processes, the movie's duration was strictly controlled to 90 minutes, and the plot was smooth, the rhythm was clear, and the atmosphere was appropriate.

The dubbing work does not need to ask Heath Ledger to re-dubbing specifically because of the better sound reception. Therefore, after this, the post-production work of this film has also reached the end, leaving only the final soundtrack work. not complete.

Nowadays, basically every movie needs background music to set off the atmosphere of the plot and create the feeling that the movie needs, and "Buried Alive" is no exception.Lehman had no money and no way to find someone to make an original soundtrack, so he had to choose a few more suitable songs, and after paying a certain amount of copyright fees, he successfully obtained the right to use it.

These soundtracks are all based on the horror genre, which will promote the atmosphere when Paul panicks to hit the top with his head, calls people everywhere for help, and finally accepts reality and is extremely desperate.

At this point, 450,000 euros are basically used up, and about 10,000 are left.Lehman also didn't have the money to hire a professional sound editor, and the three of the gang figured out a solution, and it took another 4 days to solve it.

"Lyman, isn't the transition of the soundtrack here a bit abrupt?" Ryan frowned suspiciously.

"The voice gradually becomes better from small." Thomas also said.

"It's a three-second prelude, and the soundtrack will be expanded later." Lehman groaned, "Try this first."

He put on a headset and slowly reduced the intro of the inserted soundtrack, and then gradually expanded after three seconds.

Since the three of them are even better in terms of sound effects, they are often prone to errors.

However, this movie did not use sound effects frequently, and it was barely completed after rounds of changes.

After nearly a month of busy schedule, the film "Buried Alive" was finally completed.It's slow, but it's worth it.

When Lyman, Ryan, and Thomas walked out of the editing room, they were exhausted, their faces were still greasy, and they were uncomfortable.But my heart was extremely excited.

This is their first completed work, and after watching the entire film style, there is an extraordinary sense of accomplishment lingering in my heart.

When the three of them first saw it into a film, they were excited because the film was beyond their expectations.

There is a sense of record-breaking and hot world.Then, winning the Oscar, punching Cannes, kicking Venice, international awards all over the world gave way to "Buried Alive".

However, as soon as they were out of the nest, they were exposed to the sun, which awakened their dreams.

"Hey, I'm going back first. We'll be gathering in a few days. I am like this. I won't come back for three or five days after mediation." The first person who spoke was Ryan, and indeed, he was better than Lehman and Thomas. The two rough men cherished their faces even more.

"I want to go back too. I don't have much money. Go back and find my dad to get some more." Thomas stood in the editing room and said his difficulties.

After two months of running around and hard work, I have not yet received a penny of salary, and sometimes I have to help paste money in.

Just like when he brought back meals on weekdays, Lehman gave me the money that was not enough to eat a good meal, so he posted the money himself to make the food richer so that everyone would have more appetite and work more motivated.

When he said this, Lehman was immediately embarrassed. He originally said that if he did a good job, he would be paid a corresponding salary, but after so many days, the budget was really tight, and he wanted to give more money to Greece. The starring S-Ledger didn't even mention it.

But who is Lehmann, he immediately responded: "If the movie makes money, the safekeeping will give you a benefit. Follow me, I will definitely not let you suffer."

If there is no prospect, just open your mouth.

"Well, I will go back this time. It will take about three or four days. When that time comes, I will be here." Thomas looked at Lehman seriously and said, "I want to continue following you, okay?"

"No problem, I'll be waiting for you here. When the time comes, let's go to the distribution company to release our movie together." Lehman promised, clapping his chest.

In this way, under a big sun, the three completed the agreement.

Afterwards, Ryan went back to his home, Thomas went north to Paris, and Lyman also went back to his den for a good rest.

Working closely for a month makes people’s heads bigger. The sense of urgency under pressure makes it a luxury to sleep well.

Now that the post work of "Buried alive" is all done, it makes people feel relaxed.

Lying on a comfortable bed, after a while, he fell asleep and went to play chess with an unknown god.