Entertaining Children

  Chapter 406 Upgrade

  After the shooting part is finished, the rest of the short film is post-production. As a test piece of his own, in post-production, Xiao Yao didn't intend to fake other people, but prepared to take care of all post-production work by himself.

  In editing, since it is directly shot with a digital video camera, it also saves the trouble of conversion. You can directly import all the materials into the computer and use special editing software to edit. Xiao Yao has learned from the director of the MV before, and he has also tried his hand in shooting the MV. He is already familiar with both the software operation and the editing techniques.

On the    soundtrack, Xiao Yao, who is a music creator, did it all by himself. Not only did Xiao Yao remember songs from his previous life, he also remembered a lot of pure music works and famous film and television soundtracks. I have been studying music for so many years, in order to be able to reproduce any piece of memorable music in my previous life at any time. This short film originally had the original version of the previous life, Xiao Yao recalled carefully, he could restore all the original soundtrack and install it directly. In addition to the cello-containing soundtrack used in the beginning and the end of the atmosphere, the original version of the previous life is used, and the background music of the protagonist in the middle sections borrowed the sound of the protagonist playing the piano. Xiao Yao also made some substitutions according to his own ideas. Especially in the section where the dancer dances 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 matched her dance moves with another piano piece.

  In the dubbing, in addition to the protagonist played by Xiao Yao, the entire short film only has dialogues between the boss of the piano shop played by Lin Shaohua, the dancer played by Cheng Xi and the old woman in the final murder room. The shooting scenes of these three people are all indoors, and the live radio is very good, so there is no need to find them to dub. The only scene where the live radio is not very good is the section on the road, but in that scene only the protagonist speaks, and the narration of the entire short film is the protagonist’s voice, so it is only Xiao who needs to re-record the dubbing. Haruka yourself.

  The short film is a story in a modern city, so the screen doesn’t need any special effects. The only two places related to special effects are the feet of Cheng Xi as a dancer and the corpse played by Xiao Chengru. These are both in the scope of makeup special effects, which are already done at the time of shooting, and there is no special effects work in the later stage. of.

  After considering this comprehensively, Xiao Yao feels that post-production can be done by himself, and he will no longer use other people. Making a movie is a very money-consuming thing. Even if it is a short film, even if there is no actor's salary, the capital investment in other aspects will add up to a lot. This short film has no commercial prospects, and naturally there are no investors. All expenses and expenses are paid by Xiao Yao himself. The early filming costs have not been a small blow to Xiao Yao’s account, and the post-production expenses can naturally be saved. . Anyway, the short film could not be released, and he was not in a hurry to publish it on the website. Some time was left for him to spend time by himself.

  The entire summer vacation has two months. In addition to participating in TV shows and making short films, Xiao Yao also has a 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 have not seen each other for almost half a year. Although we often use online video and phone messages to communicate with each other, it is still different from standing together face to face and walking hand in hand. Chambers Conservatory of Music does not have a summer vacation. Sun Tingting does not have a vacation to come back. Of course, only Xiao Yaofei who is on vacation has passed by.

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

  Xiao Yao was only ten years old when he first went to New York. When his parents were worried, he bought him a first-class ticket on a direct 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, and he can be regarded as rich in experience. Naturally, he does not have to be a direct flight, he has to take first class. Therefore, when booking tickets, Xiao Yao, who recently had a large expenditure for making short films, also booked a cheaper ticket. This so-called cheaper ticket is not only to take economy class, but also to transfer in London halfway.

   Xiao Yao flying to the United States to meet his girlfriend naturally does not require someone to accompany him, but it is also impossible to leave in a sneaky way. Apart from his parents, the agent and assistant Fang still has to notify him.

   When receiving the call from Xiao Yao, Fang still happened to be with Pei Minyi, a new makeup artist and assistant in Xiao Yao’s private team, and introduced her to some of the work responsibilities and precautions of being Xiao Yao’s assistant. After hanging up Xiao Yao's phone, Fang still said to Pei Minyi: "Xiao Yao called just now. He went to the United States alone. It is estimated that it will take a week or so to come back."

   "Huh?" Pei Minyi said in surprise, "He went to the United States alone? Why are you... why don't we go with him? Aren't we his assistant, agent and makeup artist?"

"He went to the U.S. to meet his girlfriend, and he didn't go to work. Why should we go with him?" Fang still said, "Unless he needs help, he won't let his assistant follow him when he is doing his own private affairs. When he went to do the show, he gave me the responsibility of booking the air tickets, but this time, he even booked the air tickets for his trip to the United States. Obviously, we don’t need to follow."

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

"What are you doing?" Fang still smiled, "Anyway, he will pay you a lot of money. He has gone to the United States, so he will definitely not look for you temporarily. It doesn't matter if you pick up other jobs by yourself. Here you are. He works as an assistant. He doesn’t object to doing other jobs part-time when you’re fine, as long as you promise to show up when he needs it. It’s mid-August now, and when he comes back from the United States, it’s not much. He will start school for a long time. Military training is required in the first month of school. Shenxi’s military training is directly transferred to the army. He certainly has nothing to do with work, so I guess you have to spend at least a month free. Time. I told you that being his assistant is actually very leisurely."

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

"The key point is that this guy is quite idle when he is busy, and he is unreasonable when he is busy." Fang still said helplessly, "He returned from an exchange student in the United States in June last year. It has been more than a year now. You count him. How much did he do? And this year is still his third year of high school. He is going to college immediately, and his studies and time are much easier than that of high school. Who knows what he will do in acting, I can’t give it in advance. Does he find a good person to help him prepare."

  Fang still said that Xiao Yao would not ask for an assistant unless he needed help. This is reflected in the fact that although Xiao Yao did not intend to let Fang and Pei Minyi follow to the United States, he still let Fang drive to the airport. Xiao Yao, who has obtained his driver’s license, has not bought a car yet. The company’s car is still being driven by the rationing party. There are only two cars in the house for each of his parents. There is no extra car at home, so Xiao Yao doesn’t want to trouble his parents. In the case of seeing off, only the troublesome party still made a trip with the assistant.

After waving goodbye to Fang in the airport parking lot, Xiao Yao carried a large guitar bag and a simple backpack, and pulled a not too big suitcase, and walked into the airport hall alone to go through various check-in procedures. Machine procedures.

Xiao Yao has a wealth of travel experience and is very quick to go through various procedures. He was fortunate not to encounter the unpacking inspection when he went through customs and security checks. In addition, he himself arrived at the airport earlier, so when the flight he was taking was notified, After boarding the plane, Xiao Yao also boarded the plane very early, put his luggage, and took his seat.

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

From the first time he went to New York to participate in the Eva Show, most of Xiao Yao went abroad because he followed Chen Xuan to take pictures. Xiao Yao always found himself a bunch of background information about shooting projects and watched it on the plane. It's rare to fly to the United States purely to find a girlfriend, and Xiao Yao didn't need to look at any information. So after he settled down, Xiao Yao closed his eyes and put on headphones on his seat to fall asleep.

But for Xiao Yao who is seated next to the aisle, this is actually not a very good choice, because soon there will be passengers who are seated in Xiao Yao boarding, and he nudges Xiao Yao and asks him to get up and make way. Let yourself in.

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

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

  This is an international flight. Those who take this flight either go to London or New York. It is estimated that most of the people on the flight are foreigners, so Xiao Yao is not surprised to see these two foreigners.

   "Oh, good." Xiao Yao promised in English, took the earphones from his ears and hung them around his neck, stood up and let them into the aisle. Seeing the young woman let the little girl in the seat, and enough to open the upper luggage compartment to put the luggage, Xiao Yao quickly took over the seemingly heavy bag in the woman's hand, "Let me help you." ."

   "Thank you!" The young woman smiled and nodded in thanks, gave the bag in her hand to Xiao Yao, went in and sat down with her daughter.

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

   "Sister Xi?" Xiao Yao looked back and found that there was a tall woman standing in front of him. Even though the other party was wearing sunglasses, Xiao Yao still recognized Yin Xi.

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

   "I'm going to New York and transiting in London." Xiao Yao replied, taking off the sunglasses from his face, "How about you?"

"I'm going to London, there is a business event where I endorse the brand." Yin Xi replied, and then asked curiously, "Aren't you going to school soon? What are you going to do in New York? Are there any photography projects? "

   "No, school is still early, I went to see my girlfriend. She is studying at the Chambers Conservatory of Music in New York," Xiao Yao laughed, "They have no summer vacation and can't come back. Of course I flew over.

  "I know, it’s called Sun Tingting, isn’t it? Read Chambers so good," Yin Xi smiled and exclaimed, "Sure enough, your enchanted girlfriend is not an ordinary person."

  "As far as she is concerned, she is better than me." Xiao Yao said, "I mean the musical instrument. She specializes in the violin, unlike me who learns all instruments."

"By the way, why are you sitting here?" Yin Xi said strangely, "The position in front of this flight shouldn't be tight. Even if you can't buy first class, you can at least buy business class. How do you take economy class? Don’t ask the flight attendant to see if it’s possible to upgrade?"

   "No need." Xiao Yao scratched his head embarrassedly, "Recently, the expenses are relatively high, so I have to save a little bit."

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

"Don't," Xiao Yao hurriedly grabbed Yin Xi, "I'm indeed a bit tight on hand, but I don't even have the money to upgrade. In fact, I just took the opportunity to experience the feeling of being in economy class. I grew up like this. This is the first time to sit."

   "But how uncomfortable it is to sit." Yin Xi still frowned and looked at Xiao Yao.

"It's okay," Xiao Yao said, "I'm not the kind of spoiled golden lady. When I used to take landscape photos with Chen Xuan, I tried all the meals and sleepers. Children like this can sit. Why can't I sit? Right now 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 2A position of the first-class cabin. It’s not long since takeoff, and the position next to it is still empty."

  (End of this chapter)