Chapter 212 go!
"no, no, no! Margaret, I need them! I said I need them! Without them, nothing feels...no!"
In the dim editing room, the same sound will be heard every time the two of them work together. Although this is the fourth time they have collaborated, the bargaining between the director and the editor will never stop. Margaret, wearing black-framed glasses, looked at the computer screen intently, controlling the mouse with one hand and pressing the keyboard with the other, completely ignoring Wang Yang who was shouting next to him.
Hearing a sigh beside him, Margaret shrugged and said, "Yang, although you just won the Oscar, I don't eat that set." Both of them immediately smiled, and she continued to smile, "I've cut a movie for you for a few years. I fully understand what you want. This is the best effect." Wang Yang frowned and shook his head, saying, "No, it's not this time, I need to be more delicate."
The movie "mit-21-team" is scheduled to be about 120 minutes long, which is suitable for the whole story. This gambling film that even speaks lines quickly cannot be delayed, allowing the audience to maintain high interest from beginning to end, and has the feeling of "single-excited jumping" is Wang Yang's goal pursuit. This is not a special effects blockbuster, so these excitement is not given to the audience visually, but psychologically subtle.
It is crucial to not let your mind feel tired and restless. The story of the movie does not focus much on the side plots in the original work, and family and classmates have almost no scenes. It only portrays the loyal friendship of the mit team and the influence of Jeff Horse in emotionally. This is not the focus. The focus is on the main story learning card counting, sweeping Las Vegas, etc., as well as the cat and mouse game of everyone and detectives.
The structure of the movie is a two-line style. One is to move forward in a straight line with the perspective of Jeff Horse and mit team; the other is the female detective's inverted description, etc., and the time of the two lines slowly and nervously gather together.
For example, the female detective who was cut now appeared in the story timeline, this should have happened when Jeff Ma had perfectly integrated into the mit team, which made the team have changed qualitatively, and won a lot of money from the casinos, so the casino hired Bevli to investigate. But in the movie, after this episode, Jeff Ma and others set off from Boston, flew to Las Vegas, and started the first battle of the new team.
"I'll cut this part!" Wang Yang pulled a chair over and sat down. Margaret was helpless. Wang Yang controlled the mouse and looked at the screen and said seriously: "Maggie, let's see the effect of my cutting first!" He had long discovered that in creating an atmosphere, his Chinese identity and love for Eastern culture have given him more feelings about the use of camera scenes.
Even if Margaret was a woman, he felt that she seemed too straightforward and lacked a little... the silence that was carefully experiencing was better than sound.
The mouse was clicked to make a "ding" sound, and the keyboard also made a "da" sound. The sequence of the cameras on the computer screen was rearranged. After a while, the play was pressed to play. Amid the sound of footsteps mixed with low and crispness, the camera faced the few people walking in the corridor. Only in the picture could see below their chests and abdomen, a woman wearing a beige detective-style jacket with hands in her pockets, and two security guards in black suits.
The camera quickly swept the faces of the two security guards and switched to the panoramic view behind them. The woman's light brown curly hair shook while walking. The camera switched to the door handle, and the security guard opened the office door. The burly bald security supervisor sat at the desk. He looked at the door and immediately looked happy and stood up to greet him: "Ms. Kyle, I'm glad to see you! With your help, it would be much easier for us to catch those thieves..."
The scene switched behind him again, and the curly-haired woman walked into the room. The next shot was aimed at the hands of the two of them, and then slowly rose. The woman's face was revealed, which was Rachel with a faint smile on her face. The security supervisor looked relieved that she was very headache but the problem could be solved immediately, and praised: "Miss Kyle, I have heard of your name for a long time..."
"Are what I want ready?" Bevli Kyle interrupted him without any interest in his praise. The security supervisor smiled without any mind and said, "Everything is ready, just put it there." He turned to the desk, pointed to a large stack of documents on it, and said, "The capital loss of all blackjack tables in the casino in the past six months has been in it."
Bevli Kyle sat down at the chair by the table, looked at the stack of documents expressionlessly. The camera scanned a few close-ups of the security supervisor's face, the pendulum clock on the wall of the room, and the slight sound of paper pages turning.
It has been a while since the performance of Tongda lenses. Bevli, who has been silent, suddenly said: "This group of people always appear on weekends, which means they have a job or a habit; but in recent months, they suddenly appear a few days later, Monday, Tuesday... These months are summer vacation." She put down the documents in her hand and said: "This means they are very likely teachers or students."
The screen of the computer screen was frozen on the security supervisor's surprise and disbelief. Margaret put on black-framed glasses and said in contemplatively: "Yang, I think this is not concise enough." Wang Yang smiled in a daze and spread his hands, "Knock on the door directly, and then come in to shake hands. That's really simple, but there is no atmosphere." Margaret said his opinion: "Every place you pursue the atmosphere you talk about, isn't it like this? Don't forget that you said don't drag."
"No, why is this delaying! It's less than two minutes here." Wang Yang shook his head and looked at the screen and continued to click the mouse. Margaret frowned and said, "I'll talk about the overall style." Wang Yang turned to look at the serious middle-aged woman and said seriously: "Margaret, I know the overall, but believe me! Without these lens effects, Rachel wouldn't be cool at all. But she needs to be powerful, and then she said 'they are students' so that the mit team will look powerful."
"You know that the audience will also have the next plot. How did those people do it all? They will have enough expectations. Of course, they know that Jeff Ma must be very powerful. They knew before entering the cinema. What they need now is to stimulate their nerves! If these shots are taken away, I don't think it's effective." Wang Yang said, raising his eyebrows strangely and said, "Auntie Maggie, why don't you know that I love these techniques? I love the atmosphere to death!"
Mary Gort looked innocent and said, "I know! But this time... it's too fast, the lines are fast, the camera switches quickly, and it feels very oppressive, and the audience will be breathless." Wang Yang smiled and said, "It's a great honor to get the evaluation too fast, but I don't agree with everything. I think you have seen too little of the senses of young audiences. Now is an era where everything is fast."
"And we are not fast in all places, aren't there a lot of slow motion?" He typing the keyboard a few times, adjusting the frame rate of the next shot, and laughing: "If the fastest place is not faster, then when the slow motion is cool, the audience will feel much worse, because that happens to give them a chance to breathe, but cool. The fast in front is also delicate and professional, try it!"
"Ok." Mary Gert, who knew his temper, accepted it because he made sense, but the final effect was really good. She really needed to know the theater. She reminded: "Yang, this is a dangerous style!"
"Yes, I know, give it a try! They may breathe a sigh of relief after watching this movie, feel a little tired, and think a lot... But what we need to do is to keep them interested throughout the whole process and focus throughout the whole process. When the movie climaxes, they will feel very excited and feel a lot of excitement!" Wang Yang waved his fist. The ideal effect made him feel a little excited, and he smiled: "So you need to find the right points and arrange them appropriately, as if you are riding a roller coaster. You are very tired after playing, but it is very exciting when playing."
Marie Gert nodded silently. The previous cut "When Happiness Comes Knocks" and "Juno" are both warm and warm styles, with a very soothing rhythm, but this one is completely different. She smiled and said, "Maybe I'm old."
"No, you just didn't change your attitude, but I know you really understand what I want, let's do it well!" Wang Yang turned his head to look at her and said sincerely: "I don't want to see it as a soap commercial film with no characteristics and stability." Mary Gort held up his glasses, OK, do this dangerous style! She nodded seriously and said: "Okay!"
The plot editing of Jeff Ma's first entry into the casino was very critical. He joined the team, completed the study training, and passed the test. All the accumulated expectations in the previous period were for the moment of entering the casino for the first time.
With the experience of "The Hangover", Wang Yang knew very well how to show Las Vegas and its difference with Boston. At the beginning of photography, he planned a plan for light and color. Although Boston is a snowy winter, he can feel very warm. It is a very clean and clear place full of campus atmosphere, just like "Juno". The daytime scene in Las Vegas is particularly bright, and the colors at night are a bit blurry.
The temperament of the scene is absolutely opposite. There are sexy and hot girls, luxurious suites and expensive cars, crazy gamblers with red eyes, etc. Here... Jeff Ma just stepped into the Caesars Palace Hotel and casino, in addition to seeing his accomplices, there are also crazy gamblers and loudly cursing. The purpose of these shots is to highlight their strength and the difference between them and gamblers. Of course, they also play gamblers.
This time, there was no direct dialogue line throughout the test, but it had gestures and code words, and the operating mode of the entire card counting team. If you want the audience to see clearly and feel cool and handsome, you must naturally cut it very cleverly.
"If you want to win money, it is very important to find a suitable gambling table!" When Jeff Ma stepped into the casino and looked around, he flashed back to Amanda's missionary standing in front of the blackboard in the classroom. She wrote quickly in chalk, and said quickly: "One, find a table with fewer people, the fewer people, the more you play in a box, and the actual income will approach expectations; Second, find a dealer with fewer cards, and they have no rigid regulations! Different dealers are different!"
The jingle of the slot machine pulled the footage back to the casino. Jeff Ma walked around and looked around. He saw that Amanda and others had already sat down...
"Mary Gutt! We have to work perfectly on the slow and fast cameras on the betting table! This part is very critical! We get it done!"
"I know, Young, you don't need to yell at me, I know."
Time passed day by day, and the Iraq War also made new progress. After the Allies increased their troops and divided their troops, they relied on their comprehensive advantages such as air supremacy, and successively captured important cities and strategic locations such as Basra and completed the encirclement of Baghdad. The war suddenly became one-sided. On April 8, the US military could not wait for their allies to push Baghdad directly from the north and south directions. The bombing cut off the power, water and communications of the capital. The US military successfully seized the Rashid military airport in southeastern Baghdad.
On April 9, the US tanks drove towards Baghdad. The fierce street fighting did not happen. The US military occupied Saddam City. It was a very rare leisure bar. The three of them sat around the round table and laughed and drank beer.
Since he tried acupuncture, Ray Wonal's headache has become less and less severe, and the nerves in that area have become quiet. Now he can sleep peacefully without taking medicine. But this painful experience made him unforgettable after graduation, and his fear of death also made him cherish his life very much. When talking about this war, he was naturally very excited. Australia also sent troops to participate in the joint military operation.
"All the war suddenly happened, how many people died!" Ray Warner held the wine glass and smashed the table hard, his face flushed with excitement. Wen Ziren beside him hummed in a humble voice: "I should have caught George Bush and play the chainsaw game."
"The key is that the situation after the war cannot be cured..." Wang Yang took a sip of beer. The recent success of the war has caused some netizens to mock him on his blog. He shrugged: "No matter what, it's good to end! Turning on TV every day is war, drinking and chatting is war! It's time to end."
Not long after, the US military captured Tikrit. The Allied forces officially announced on April 15: "The main military operations of the Iraq War have ended, and the coalition forces have controlled the entire Iraq." The main war lasted for 27 days, 128 people died, the war consumed about 20 billion US dollars, and the public's emotions slowly returned to the laughter and joy of the past.
However, not many people criticized Shen Qiyang because he did not say that he would lose the war, but said that he would fight for a month. So... the movie fans and fans chose not to be happy. His analysis and prediction during the war were very accurate, but he should be too pessimistic after the war. Iraqi people were celebrating Saddam's fall.
For Wang Yang, the end of the military operation of the Iraq War was a dark cloud that finally disappeared, and the impact of life and work was gradually decreasing. Time passed day by day, and he spent almost every day in the editing room, sometimes following up on some production work such as "Prison Break", and the final preparations for "The Demon Wearing Prada". Jessica also devoted herself to work during this period, studying script roles, and cooperating with the preparations of the crew's styling, costume design and other departments.
When the time came on the 28th, although the calendar said Monday, Wang Yang and Jessica gave themselves a holiday because it was her 22nd birthday. The two did not have a birthday party, and there was no party that only invited friends like last year. The war had just ended and it was not suitable to have a big party; and they wanted to enjoy the sweet world of two people on this special day.
Early that morning, Wang Yang and Jessica came to Santa Monica, walked on the beach together for a while, then bought some food soda, drove their own medium-sized leisure yacht away from the dock, and drove towards the endless blue sea. There are more than 16 million large and small yachts in the United States, which is not a rare thing, and there is no difficulty in driving. There are a steering wheel and communication system, etc., and both of them can operate it.
Because the weather is good, their plan is to spend the whole day on the vast ocean, and then go back the next day after watching the sunrise at the sea.
The starry night sky is very quiet. The white yacht with lights is parked on the blue sea. After a day of fun and fun, after watching the sunset, Wang Yang and Jessica lie in the open air deck of the yacht, covering their bodies with a warm blanket. Under the breeze, the two of them spoke sweet love words and watched the dazzling starry sky above.
"That! I like that one, the one on the left is bright." Jessica leaned against his shoulder and raised her left hand and pointed. Wang Yang looked at the bright or dim star and smiled immediately: "There is a big one on the left! Are you talking about Big Dipper?" Jessica's smile showed a hint of doubt and asked, "Is that Big Dipper?" Wang Yang uh, he really didn't know which one she was referring to, and smiled: "Maybe, we will know when we go to the depart. Then which star do you say is aliens?"
"I don't know..." Jessica turned her head and looked around at the vast starry sky, and smiled again, "That's right! It seems that there is some blue light, so beautiful..." Wang Yang still didn't know which one she was referring to, and smiled, "It's not beautiful enough for you." Jessica smiled, "Really?" Wang Yang said, "Really." As the two said, they turned to kiss. They didn't know how long they had kissed today, but they still felt endless sweetness and fun.
After kissing for a while, the two of them separated with some breath. Wang Yang hugged her body tightly, looked at her affectionate eyes, and said warmly: "Happy birthday, Jessica! Make a wish!" Jessica's heart was filled with happiness, and nodded slightly and said: "Well! I want to make a wish!" She closed her two big eyes, closed her hands and prayed silently: "Lord! I am really, very, very happy, I hope the person I love will continue to be happy and healthy..."
Seeing her closing her eyes to make a wish, Wang Yang glanced at the quiet night sky. Seeing that her face was full of piety and had not yet made it, he suddenly had an idea and shouted urgently: "Oh my god, meteor! Don't open your eyes, make a wish quickly, this is a double insurance wish!" Seeing her beautiful eyebrows and eyelashes moving, he shouted seriously: "gogogo! It will definitely come true!"
"I want to get married!" Hearing another meteor passing by, Jessica was surprised and a little anxious. She quickly said in her heart that she wanted the most besides the conventional wish, which was also the wish she had made since last year: "I want to get married! I want to be Yang's wife!"
Seeing that she seemed to have finished making her wish, her eyelashes opened her eyes as soon as she moved. Wang Yang looked at the night sky above and said in surprise: "Wow—The meteor just now is so bright! I heard that the brighter it is, its power will be greater. Now your wish will be fulfilled!" Jessica did not doubt. Seeing the meteor on the sea was not surprising. She smiled happily and expectantly and murmured: "Oh God, that's good..."
"That's right." Wang Yang looked at her eyes that were as bright as stars, and felt something was wrong in his heart. If the wish she made was not fulfilled, wouldn't she be more disappointed? He asked with a smile: "What wish did you make just such a good opportunity?" Jessica raised her lips without answering, patted her chest, and said: "How can you say the wish?" Wang Yang leaned into her ear and pressed his voice and said: "Tell me! Just tell me quietly, it's okay, neither the Lord nor the Meteor will mind."
"No!" Jessica smiled and turned her head. This wish could not be said no matter what, but she believed that it would be realized. Even if there was no shooting star or a birthday wish, she could not say it! She felt her ear kissed, and then heard a ghostly voice: "Jesse, tell me-" She smiled unmovedly: "Yang, I won't say it! I'll wait for it to come true!"
"How is this happening? I will also tell you my birthday wish this year..."
Chapter completed!