I just want to copy books quietly

"Okay," Du Caige said calmly, "I'll take a closer look later."

"Please give me some pointers."

Chapter 160 Du Yuqi: I am a Fearless Warrior on the Secret Front

Du Yuqi widened her eyes, looked at her brother, and then at Liu Zifei: "Brother, do you also know how to make movies? Why does this beautiful sister want your advice?"

Before Du Caige could speak, Liu Zifei laughed and said, "That's right, your brother is a hidden master. He actually has a lot of directing skills."

Du Yuqi blinked her big eyes, and Du Caige rubbed her little head: "I like making movies very much, but I'm just a beginner."

"But Sister Liu said that you are very good!"

"That's someone flattering me." Du Caige didn't want to talk about this topic.

After all, for relatives, it may be a very sudden thing for them to suddenly be able to make movies.

Fortunately, Du Yuqi didn't become suspicious, and she probably felt that Liu Zifei was just saying a few words of favor and nothing more to cheer her up.

Du Caige quickly changed the subject and asked Du Yuqi about her life at school, her recent grades, whether she had friends, whether she had any grudges with others, and so on.

After eating and going downstairs, Du Caige said, "I'll take you back to the hotel."

Du Yuqi pouted unhappily, but did not protest, but quickly put on a smiling expression.

Liu Zifei smiled softly, and subconsciously glanced at Du Yuqi: "Okay."

At the dinner table just now, after several hidden confrontations, she finally realized that this ridiculously beautiful sister-in-law seemed to repel her.

But she really wanted to spend more time with Du Caige and talk a little more.

After getting in the car, Liu Zifei said, "Why don't you go to my hotel room and have a look at those materials together."

Before Du Caige could answer, Du Yuqi had already said in an exaggerated tone: "Have you guys progressed to the point where you can go to a hotel?"

Du Caige tapped her on the head, and said apologetically to Liu Zifei: "She was imprisoned in school for several months, and now she is suddenly free. It is inevitable that she is a little too excited, so ignore her."

Du Yuqi rubbed his head and complained: "Brother, can you stop hitting me on the head? It's a bit too much."

He asked again: "Sister Liu, why did you go to the hotel, can't you go to your house?"

Liu Zifei's smile was stiff.

How clever Du Yuqi was, she immediately understood that staying in a hotel and not going home belonged to Sister Liu's sorrow.

She just wanted to disturb Liu Zifei's date with her brother, and she didn't want to really stab someone else.

So I immediately changed the subject: "How long do you guys have to watch the material? I'm so boring by myself."

Du Caige thought for a while: "You can do your homework next to you."

"Are you really my brother? I always feel that I was adopted." The invincible, lively and lovely girl Du Yuqi immediately turned into a gloomy and resentful beautiful girl, looking at her brother with dangerous eyes.

"Do you think there is too little homework? Do you think my brother doesn't care enough? Then I will pass by the bookstore and buy you more exercise books." Du Caige's answer was concise and powerful.

"Hmph!" The girl sitting in the co-pilot seat turned her head and looked out the window angrily.

The corner of Liu Zifei's mouth couldn't help but twitch a nice curve.

She wanted a brother very much since she was a child.

Later, when she was a little older, she knew that it was impossible to have a brother, so she turned to ask her parents to give her another brother.

My sister is determined not to do it.

The younger sister will compete with her for favor, beautiful clothes, and sweet cakes.

But my brother is fine.

If the younger brother is beautiful, she can take him to show off in front of other children; she can let the younger brother play a role when playing house and drinking; when the younger brother grows up and develops muscles, she can also protect her .

It's a pity that her parents are very busy at work, and her grandparents and grandparents also have their own difficulties. She was worried that no one would take care of her second child, so she never had a second child.

Liu Zifei waited desperately for a younger brother, and later even thought that if there is no younger brother, it would be nice to have a younger sister.

But her parents just didn't give birth.

Hey.

Growing up as an only child, Liu Zifei always envied those girls who had brothers and sisters.

When he arrived at the hotel room, Du Yuqi angrily carried his schoolbag to the side, took out his homework and slapped it heavily on the small round table.

Liu Zifei smiled and said, "Are you really going to do your homework? Your brother is teasing you. Come and watch with us, and see what your brother and I took together."

The three heads gathered together, looking at the screen on the laptop.

Section after section of material, a considerable part of which is repeated, but with slight differences in angles, lighting, or actors' performances.

Du Yuqi watched it with relish at first, but after a while she covered her mouth and yawned.

Half an hour later, without Du Caige opening her mouth, she ran to the small round table to do her homework.

But Du Caige and Liu Zifei watched intently.

After all, they are professionals. Looking at these seemingly boring materials, they have already conceived in their minds how to make good use of them, and use them to show a complete story through cutting, piecing together, and using them in different orders.

Liu Zifei turned her head to look at her sister-in-law, and said in a low voice, "I have editing software in my laptop, you can start rough editing right now."

Du Caige didn't speak, he focused on the screen, but nodded slightly.

After watching all the two hours of footage shot by Liu Zifei, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening.

Because during the period, he still slowed down and stopped the frame, and watched several shots repeatedly, which took a lot of time.

Liu Zifei didn't feel bored at all.

Half of her mind was on Du Caige.

Although she pretended to be looking at the screen, she was actually looking at Du Caige's profile from the corner of her gaze.

Perhaps, compared to those young fresh meats who are popular nowadays, Du Caige's skin is worse, his hairstyle is not so good-looking, and his gray hair has no luster. The overall feeling is not so refined, and he does not have that youthful and energetic look. Feel.

But his eyes are deep and full of caring, as if he can fully understand and empathize with others; his demeanor is calm, even quiet, he is not in a hurry to express opinions, and most of the time he would rather remain silent.

Liu Zifei felt that such a him was too attractive to her.

Perhaps the first thing I admired him was because of his good looks.

Until now, Liu Zifei also feels that she is a face control.

She still can't accept ugly people.

However, if Du Caige gets fat, or gets into a car accident, which ruins her looks, she doesn't think it matters.

Liu Zifei imagined a scene where Du Caige was so fat and swollen that his eyes were almost squeezed out, and nodded vigorously.

Well, it really doesn't matter if it's him.

Du Caige looked at the time, then turned to look at his sister: "Are you sleepy?"

Du Yuqi pointed at her nose unhappily: "Are you talking to me?"

"kindness."

"not sleepy."

"Then you can do your homework again, and I will discuss editing with Xiao Liu."

"Hmph," the tsundere girl lowered her head and pouted, "It's up to you, anyway, you don't care about me at all."

No matter how dull Du Caige was, he also found that his sister was a bit of a showman today.

But he didn't think about it deeply, he just felt that his younger sister's arrogance had happened again.

Now his mind is full of editing, how can he have time to think about his sister's thoughts?

Of course, even if he was given time to ponder, it would be impossible to figure it out.

He turned a deaf ear, opened the editing software, and started working.

Liu Zifei asked curiously, "Should I put the first paragraph?"

"of course."

"I thought you were going to make it more dramatic at the beginning, or set up some suspense. I think the previous paragraph is quite suitable for the beginning. After all, it is a short film. Don't you think you should consider making the beginning more impactful?"

Du Caige explained while operating: "No, think about it, what is the overall tone of this short film."

Liu Zifei tilted her head and thought for a while, then said in an uncertain tone: "Seeing the irreversible gradual disappearance of traditionalism, is it a little sad?"

Du Caige actually felt that the use of "light sadness" was inappropriate, but he did not refute her, but said: "Almost. In short, this short film is not about strangeness and danger, but about the orthodox school of martial arts. One style is dignified and upright, and it must be compelling."

"It's like being the number one master in the world, competing with others in martial arts."

"It can be light, it can be light, don't write too hard, don't ink too much, just stop when you click."

"If you want to defeat the superior and defeat the strong with the weak, you must use unique tactics."

"But you are the best master in the world, you have to be magnanimous, you have to overwhelm others with power, and your gestures seem ordinary, and they are the simplest moves. It seems that even an eight-year-old child can easily learn them. But in fact, your moves But it’s back to basics, winning lightly, and then giving people room for aftertaste.”

Liu Zifei kept nodding her head to show that she was educated.

Editing a movie is like doing a jigsaw puzzle.

However, there is no single correct answer to this puzzle.

It is also like giving you a lot of ingredients and seasonings of various colors for you to cook.

Different chefs will definitely make different dishes with different flavors.

This is where editing is fun.

The famous Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott Blade Runner, Sombra Falls, Foot Fighter, Thelma & Louise, American Gangster, Prometheus, directed by The Martian, starring Elf Prince Orlando Bloom, and also There are Eva Green's dream of Paris, 007 vs. Casino Royale, Miss Pee's Fantasy Castle, Pulp Talk and Edward Norton's X-Files, Hulk, Oscar winner Liam Neeson Schindler's List, Star Wars prequels, Gangs of New York , Hurricane Taken and other powerful actors to join.

This lineup can be called luxurious.A great director who won a Lifetime Achievement Award, two Oscar winners, and a European actress.

The investment is also huge, 1.3 million US dollars.

Everyone had great expectations for this movie, but after it was released, it was considered a standard bad movie.

I feel that the story is monotonous, the characters lack three-dimensional sense, and the narrative is vague.

In the end, the global box office only got 5000 million U.S. dollars, and nothing was lost.

Chapter 161 Feelings: Lost and Melancholy

But later, Ridley Scott re-edited the original 2-hour version and made a director's cut version that lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes.

This version immediately caught the eye and was regarded as a masterpiece by fans.

The original score of 5.6 soared to 8.1.

That's the beauty of editing.

In the past Hong Kong films, in order to save budget and make money quickly, a crew edited a film after filming; then pieced together the rest of the material, and edited a different film for release.

Pay the cost of one movie, get two movies, double the box office, double the happiness.

As for those illogical and incomprehensible places, if they are said to be nonsensical, or interpreted as post-modern expressions, someone will always pay.

As for art, aesthetics, etc.

Oh, who is going to think so much, don't you want to just eat?

Give bosses two options.

Invest in a lousy, popcorn movie that will make money, but will be scolded badly.

Or invest in a classic art film that can leave a name in film history, but the box office is so poor that it cannot cover the cost.

Excuse me, which one do you vote for, boss?

As long as there is no hole in the head, they will choose the former.

Du Yanqi pricked up his ears and listened to them for a while, and found that they were indeed just discussing movie editing, without any other topics, so he let go of his mind.

While the two were not paying attention, she secretly put her hand under the table and sent a text message: Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on them for you and never let my brother have a chance to cheat!

Phew, she patted her chest, feeling so exciting, as if she had transformed into a soldier on the secret front, sending information to comrades under the nose of the enemy.

After a while, a reply came: ok, I love you so much. After the concert on the 2nd, I will sneak out of the hotel and come to you with beer and fried chicken.

Du Yuqi couldn't help laughing, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he typed quickly: Are you sure?Beer fried chicken is easy to gain weight.