Entertaining Children

After the filming part wraps up, the rest of the short is post-production. As his own test work, in post-production, Xiao Yao didn't intend to pretend to others, but prepared to cover all the post-production work by himself.

In terms of editing, because it is directly shot with a digital camera, the trouble of conversion is also saved. All the materials can be directly imported into the computer and edited with special editing software. Xiao Yao has learned from the director of the MV before, and he has also tried his hand at shooting the MV himself. Both the software operation and the editing techniques are already familiar.

As for the soundtrack, Xiao Yao, who is a music creator himself, did it all by himself. Xiao Yao's mind doesn't just remember the songs from his previous life, he also remembers a lot of pure music works and famous film and television soundtracks. I have learned music for so many years, in order to be able to reproduce any piece of music that is impressive in my mind in my previous life at any time. This short film originally had the original version of the previous life. Xiao Yao can restore all the original soundtrack after careful recollection, and install it directly. In addition to using the original version of the original soundtrack including the cello at the beginning and the end to set off the atmosphere, Xiao Yao also made some replacements according to his own ideas for the background music made by the main character borrowing the music of the protagonist playing the piano in the middle. Especially the part where the dancers dance in the middle, because Cheng Xi's dance moves are completely different from those in the original version of the previous life, Xiao Yao still specially composed a piece of piano music to match her dance moves.

In terms of dubbing, in addition to the protagonist played by Xiao Yao, only Lin Shaohua played the piano shop owner, Cheng Xi played the dancer, and the old lady in the final murder room had dialogues in the entire short film. The shooting scenes of these three people were all indoors, and the effect of the live radio was good, so there was no need to find them to dub. The only scene where the on-site sound effect is not good is the section on the road, but only the protagonist speaks in that scene, and the narration of the entire short film is expressed by the protagonist’s voice, so the only one who needs to re-record the dubbing is Xiao remote yourself.

The short film is a story in a modern city, so the picture does not need any special effects. The only two places related to special effects are the dancer's feet played by Cheng Xi and the corpse played by Xiao Chengru, both of which belong to the scope of makeup special effects, which have been done during the shooting, and there is no work on special effects in post-production. of.

After such a comprehensive consideration, Xiao Yao feels that the post-production can be done by himself, so he no longer pretends to others. Making a movie is a very expensive thing. Even if it is a short film, even if there is no payment for the actors' remuneration, the sum of other aspects of capital investment is quite a lot. This short film has no commercial prospects, and naturally there are no investors. All expenses are paid by Xiao Yao himself. The early shooting expenses have already dealt a big blow to Xiao Yao's account, and the post-production expenses can naturally be saved a little. . Anyway, the short film cannot be released, and he is not in a hurry to publish it on the website. He has plenty of time for him to grind it out by himself.

The whole summer vacation lasts for two months. Besides participating in TV programs and making short films, Xiao Yao has another very important plan, which is to go to the United States to meet Sun Tingting during the vacation. It has been nearly five months since Sun Tingting went to the United States in March, and the two of them haven't seen each other for almost half a year. Although they often communicate through means such as online video and telephone text messages,

But after all, it is different from standing together face to face or walking hand in hand. There is no summer vacation at Chambers Conservatory of Music, and Sun Tingting has no vacation to come back. Of course, only Xiao Yaofei, who is on vacation, passed by.

A few days after the shooting of the short film ended and the post-production had not yet been completed, Xiao Yao went to book a plane ticket to New York, USA.

Xiao Yao was only ten years old when he went to New York for the first time. When his parents were worried, they bought him a first-class ticket on a non-stop flight from Yanjing to New York. Now that so many years have passed, Xiao Yao has taken international flights to go abroad quite a few times, which can be regarded as a wealth of experience. Naturally, there is no need for direct flights, and he must take first-class cabin. Therefore, when booking tickets, Xiao Yao, who had recently spent a lot of money on short films, also booked a cheaper ticket. This so-called cheaper ticket is not only for economy class, but also needs to make a transit in London.

Xiao Yao flew to the United States to meet his girlfriend, of course, without company, but it was impossible to sneak away. Besides his parents, his manager and assistant Fang still had to inform him.

When receiving the call from Xiao Yao, Fang still happened to be with Pei Minyi, a new make-up artist and assistant in Xiao Yao's private team, and introduced to her some job responsibilities and precautions of being Xiao Yao's assistant. After hanging up Xiao Yao's phone, Fang still spread his hands to Pei Minyi and said, "Xiao Yao called just now. He went to the United States alone, and he will probably stay for about a week before coming back."

"Ah?" Pei Minyi said in surprise, "He went to America alone? Why didn't you...why didn't we go with him? Aren't we his assistant, manager and makeup artist?"

"He went to the United States to meet his girlfriend, not to work, so why should we go with him?" Fang Yiran said, "Unless he needs help, he won't let his assistant follow him when he is doing his own private affairs. When he was doing the show, he was in charge of booking the air ticket to me, but this time, he even booked the air ticket when he went to the United States, so obviously we don’t need to accompany him.”

"Then he's gone, what are we doing this week?" Pei Minyi asked.

"Do what you like." Fang still smiled, "Anyway, he will not pay you less. He has gone to the United States, and he will definitely not come to you temporarily. It doesn't matter if you pick up other jobs yourself. Here He works as an assistant. He has no objection to you working part-time to do other jobs when you are free, as long as you are guaranteed to show up when he needs it. It is already mid-August, and it won’t be long until he comes back from the United States. He will start school after a long time. Military training is required for the first month of school, and Shen Xi's military training is directly pulled into the army. He must not have much work to do, so I guess you will have to be free for at least a month time. I told you, being his assistant is actually very leisurely."

"Then you still find an assistant for him?" Pei Minyi asked puzzled.

"The key is that this guy is very idle when he is idle, and he is useless when he is busy." Fang still said helplessly, "He came back from the United States as an exchange student in June last year, and it has been more than a year now. You count him How many things have he done? And this year is still his third year of high school. He will start college soon, and his studies and time are much easier than his senior year. Who knows what he will do in acting. He is looking for a good person to prepare for him."

Fang still said that unless Xiao Yao needed help, he would not seek an assistant for personal matters. This is reflected in the fact that although Xiao Yao didn't intend to let Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi go to the United States with him, he still asked Fang Yiran to drive him off to the airport. Xiao Yao, who has already obtained his driver's license, has not bought a car yet. The company's car distribution company is still driving. There are only two cars in the family, one for each parent, and there are no extra cars at home, so Xiao Yao doesn't want to trouble his parents. In the case of seeing him off, only Fang Yiran, the assistant, had to make a trip.

After waving goodbye to Fang Yiran in the airport parking lot, Xiao Yao, carrying a big guitar bag and a simple backpack, and pulling a not-so-big suitcase, walked into the airport lobby by himself to go through various check-in procedures. machine procedures.

Xiao Yao has rich experience in travel, and he went through various procedures very quickly. He was lucky not to encounter unpacking inspections when he passed the customs and security checks. In addition, he himself arrived at the airport relatively early, so when the flight notification started After boarding the plane, Xiao Yao boarded the plane very early, put away his carry-on luggage, and sat in his seat.

Although the economy class is not as good as the business class and first class, international flights are all large passenger planes after all. Even the economy class is not as tight and uncomfortable as the economy class of domestic flights. For Xiao Yao now, although it is very A few hours of flying time is indeed a little hard, but not unbearable.

Since the first time he went to New York to participate in the Eva show, most of the reasons why Xiao Yao went abroad were to take pictures with Chen Xuan. Xiao Yao would always find a bunch of various background materials of the shooting project for himself to read on the plane. This time It’s rare to fly to the United States purely to find a girlfriend, and Xiao Yao doesn’t need to read any more information, so after settling himself, Xiao Yao closed his eyes in his seat and put on headphones to fall asleep.

However, for Xiao Yao, who was seated next to the aisle, this was actually not a good choice, because soon a passenger seated inside Xiao Yao boarded the plane, pushed Xiao Yao slightly, and asked him to get up and make way. Let yourself in.

In fact, Xiao Yao didn't fall asleep, but just closed his eyes and thought about the post-production of the short film in his mind, so when someone touched him, Xiao Yao immediately opened his eyes.

"Excuse me, we are the seats inside, please let us in." Standing in front of Xiao Yao was a young woman in her thirties, holding a medium-sized travel bag in one hand and a seven-year-old in the other. Adorable little girl of eight years old. Both are Caucasian with brown hair and blue eyes, and the woman also speaks English.

This is an international flight, and people who take this flight are either going to London or New York. It is estimated that more than half of the people on the plane are foreigners, so it is not surprising that Xiao Yao saw these two foreigners.

"Oh, good." Xiao Yao agreed in English, took off the earphones from his ears and hung them around his neck, stood up and stepped into the aisle. Seeing the young woman let the little girl into the seat, and opening the upper luggage compartment to put her luggage, Xiao Yao quickly took the heavy bag from the woman's hand and said, "Let me help you .”

"Thank you!" The young woman nodded and thanked with a smile, handed the bag in her hand to Xiao Yao, went in and sat down with her daughter.

"Xiao Yao?" Just as Xiao Yao put away the young woman's bag, closed the luggage compartment and was about to sit down, someone suddenly patted her shoulder. This time, what Xiao Yao heard was Chinese.

"Sister Xi?" Xiao Yao turned his head and found a tall woman standing in front of him. Even though the other person was wearing sunglasses, Xiao Yao still recognized Yin Xi.

"It's really you," Yin Xi took off the sunglasses on his face, looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to New York and changing planes in London." Xiao Yao replied, taking off the sunglasses on his face, "What about you?"

"I'm going to London, and there's a commercial event for my endorsement brand that needs to be attended." Yin Xi replied, and then asked curiously, "Aren't you starting school soon? What are you going to do in New York? Is there any photography project? "

"No, it's still early for school, I'm here to see my girlfriend. She's studying at Chambers Conservatory of Music in New York," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "They don't have summer vacation, so they can't come back. Of course I flew over."

"I know, Sun Tingting, right? You are so good at reading Chambers," Yin Xi smiled and boasted, "Sure enough, your enchanting girlfriend is not an ordinary person."

"In terms of specialization, she is better than me." Xiao Yao said, "I mean musical instruments. She specializes in violin, unlike me who can learn all musical instruments."

"By the way, why are you sitting here?" Yin Xi asked strangely, "The seat in front of this flight shouldn't be too tight. Even if you can't get first class, at least you can get business class. Why do you fly economy class? Don't ask the purser if you can get an upgrade?"

"No need." Xiao Yao scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Recently, the expenses are relatively high, so we need to save a little."

"Are you still short of money?" Yin Xi stared, then waved his hand and said, "I'll help you upgrade." After saying that, Yin Xi turned around and went to stand in front of the plane to welcome passengers to board the plane flight attendant.

"No," Xiao Yao quickly grabbed Yin Xi and said, "I'm really tight on money, but it's not like I don't even have money for an upgrade. In fact, I just took the opportunity to experience the feeling of flying economy class. It's the first time sitting."

"But it's so uncomfortable to sit on." Yin Xi still frowned at Xiao Yao and said.

"It doesn't matter," Xiao Yao said, "I'm not the kind of spoiled young lady. When I went to take landscape photos with Chen Xuan before, I tried eating and sleeping in the open air. Children as young as her can sit, why can't I sit?" It's time to experience life." Xiao Yao pointed to the little girl seated inside.

"Well, then I don't care about you, let you experience life." Yin Xi, who knew Xiao Yao's temperament, finally nodded and said, "But if you feel uncomfortable, come to the front, and I will help you upgrade. I'm in the first-class seat 2A, and it's not long before takeoff, and the next seat is still empty."