Chapter 18： Rachel, bye! (1/2)
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On the second day after finishing all the filming work of the movie, Wang Yang returned all the rented furniture and appliances in order to get 3,000 pieces of gold. To this end, he called Joshua to help, this kid is screaming again, but still not lazy.
After returning the furniture, the next day Wang Yang received a call from the owner of the ”Left Beautiful” camera equipment store, Vanke-Sbo. Fanke said that the broken DV machine was repaired, but it was not sent back to the original factory. The DV machine It was repaired when it was delivered to Sony's repair station in Los Angeles, so it was a few days faster than expected. The reason for DV damage is that the small circuit board connected to the battery has broken, so the battery is not in good contact, and the DV machine cannot be turned on.
The repair cost cost US $ 50, and Wang Yang was relieved. He could afford the cost.
In Vanke-Spear, he got back 950 gold, plus 3000 on the furniture, Wang Yang used the money to pay the remaining half of the 4,000 pieces of remuneration for Zachary and Rachel, and completely removed the debt. Salary crisis.
But in this way, Wang Yang's pocket is less than five hundred dollars, which is not enough to maintain one month's living expenses. He needs money, because the distribution of the film has a long way to go, not a day or two. He has to go to major film distribution companies, sell himself, and try his luck until a company appreciates his film and gives him a chance.
It takes time, maybe a month, maybe two months, maybe he runs for the first time to a Hollywood film company, and the company made a decision saying ”we want this movie”; or he might have been to Hollywood Companies, those companies say ”no”.
And during this time, no matter how frugal and frugal, if there is no money to enter his account one after another, five hundred dollars will always be spent one day.
But Wang Yang didn't look for a job for the time being, because he had to do the post-editing of the movie first, which is what he has been doing in these days.
How important is the post-editing work of a movie? It can almost be said to be equivalent to shooting work. Editing is not simpler and easier than shooting, which is another job that requires patience. The film material from the shooting is selected, assembled, and then compiled into a smooth movie. The editing can be said to be the second creation of the entire work. Different lens combinations, time length, etc., the film effect is completely different.
If it's a big movie, you also need to consider a lot of things such as dubbing, soundtrack, color and so on. Therefore, the general post-work is very cumbersome. The more beautiful the results, the more time it takes to process.
However, ”Smart-Ghost Shadow Recording” is a DV movie, and it is a pseudo documentary, so there is no soundtrack and no need to pay attention to the color of the picture. Wang Yang only needs to make a film by choosing good materials. The technical requirements are basically zero. He just needs to use Sony's own DV editing software. In Joshua's words, it is the five-year-old little Mary of his neighbor.
Wang Yang filmed nearly 300 minutes of satisfactory material, which included a lot of shots that were temporarily added, and most of them were temporarily added; most of them were shots with different performance effects, such as Rachel ’s smile when performing a certain content, He smiled nervously, he was satisfied, and he smiled with dementia. The editing work now requires him to make a choice, which can only be cut into a standard film length of about 90 minutes.
Of course, he also needs to add some black screens with only explanatory text between some scenes and time transitions of the movie in order to watch the movie.
In these few days, Jessica visited once, quietly watching Wang Yang's editing movie, stayed for a while, and left without wanting to disturb him. Zachary reluctantly returned to his previous life track, worked part-time in the supermarket, and tried his luck when he had the opportunity to audition; Rachel did not return to Toronto, she said that she had to wait for Wang Yang to cut the movie, first Time to read the finished product before leaving Los Angeles.
”Hey, it's seven o'clock?” Wang Yang, sitting in front of the computer, worked all day and accidentally looked at the time in the lower right corner of the screen, only to find out that it was more than 7 o'clock in the evening. He put down the mouse, stood up, stretched his waist, and punched a few punches. Then he suddenly felt hungry and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
The new large freezer has been returned, and the kitchen is now back to its former state of collapse. He opened the wooden cabinet and took out a cup of instant noodles, tore out the hot water from the thermos. After a while, he held The flushed instant noodles came to sit in front of the broken sofa in the hall and ate hungrily.
At this time, the phone rang. Wang Yang thought it was Jessica's, but he took out his phone and saw that the caller ID was Rachel. Rachel? She has no habit of calling at this time. Wang Yang swallowed the noodles in his mouth, connected suspiciously, and said with a smile: ”Hello, is this Rachel?”
”Hi, Yang, yes, it's me.” It was Rachel's voice. She said hello and asked, ”How is the movie cut?”
While chewing noodles, Wang Yang said, ”It's okay, this job is a process of non-stop combination, just like you go to a clothing store to buy clothes, try this one, try that one, and then buy yourself satisfaction ”He smiled, said with excitement:” Hey, I have cut most of it, and I expect you will see the final movie in two days. ”
”Wow, is that right?” Rachel did not say ”I am looking forward” next, but sighed slightly, ”However, it will take a while for me to see it.”
Wang Yangwen frowned, what happened to Rachel? He put the instant noodle cup down and asked with concern: ”Are you going to leave Los Angeles? What happened?”
Rachel hummed, her tone was low, very worried and said: ”My mother has acute appendicitis, so I'm going back to Toronto, tonight's plane.” Wang Yang couldn't help but exclaim: ”Oh, my God! Okay? Are you okay? ”Rachel smiled softly, letting him reassure:” No problem, thank you for your concern. She is very good, she was also very energetic on the phone just now, that is, her abdomen is a little pain. The doctor said her appendix No perforation, no purulence, just simple appendicitis. It's okay, just a small operation. ”
Wang Yang nodded and comforted her: ”Well, don't worry too much, you know, the doctor must leave behind for him to talk. Now they say that the aunt is fine, then it must be fine.” Qiu thanked: ”Yang, I know, I'm fine.” Wang Yang laughed: ”OK, I will send it to you as soon as the movie is cut. By the way, what time do you take tonight flight?”
”Boarding starts at ten o'clock.” Rachel replied. Wang Yang looked at the time, and it was only 7:30, so he asked, ”Is it a flight at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport)?” After receiving a positive response from Rachel, Wang Yang stood up and smiled: ”It's too late , I'll give you the machine. ”Rachel gently” wow ”and smiled” Thank you, Yang. But no, it's so late. ”
Although Rachel said no, Wang Yang had made up his mind. During this period, Rachel helped him a lot, and he has been very grateful. Now that her mother is in trouble, she will rush back to Canada. As her friend, he cannot let Rachel leave alone. Wang Yang walked to the computer and turned it off and smiled, ”Please, you said it was late, I have already set off.”
”Oh!” Rachel smiled and heard that he was determined to come to the airport, and he felt warm in his heart. He nodded and said, ”Then I am waiting for you in the waiting room, the second waiting room.”
Turned off the computer, and Wang Yang hurriedly put on his trench coat, wearing sneakers, and asked, ”Did you tell Zakari and Jessica that they? They don't know if they have time to come with me to give you.”
”I have told them, you are the last person I notified.” Rachel haha, and then said seriously: ”Yang, just come, I don't want to disturb others.”
”OK!” Wang Yang hung up the phone, took the wallet key and walked out quickly.