The Best Entertainment Era

Passing through the three-piece arch and bypassing the Fairy Punk sculpture, Ronan came to the Film and Television Department of the University of Southern California Film School, entered a small office building, and soon arrived at the office of his former tutor.

He knocked on the door, and a familiar voice came from inside: Please come in.

Ronan pushed open the door and entered, seeing the old man in his sixties, and said, Good morning, Professor.

Oh, Ronan. Professor Johnson took off his reading glasses. Sit whatever you want.

Yesterday, Ronan called Professor Johnson, and he was welcome. He found a chair and sat down. He smiled and said, Professor, I'm here to trouble you again.

Professor Johnson turned to face this side: Don't say these polite words, you shouldn't have dropped out of school in the first place.

Ronan knew that this Professor Johnson used to value little Anderson, so he only came to USC a few times. At this time, he could only sigh and say: I was a little impulsive at the time, but Shahai Entertainment is a hard work of my father, and there is always someone. take over.

These words were so emotional, Professor Johnson could no longer entangle in this regard, and instead said: You are in a hurry.

Ronan nodded: After failing once, I realized that many things are completely different from thinking and doing.

Professor Johnson looked at Ronan, remembered these few meetings, and said, You are more mature and stable than before. He urged: Ronan, you must remember that movies can't be based on impulse.

I know. Luo Nan said following the professor's words: So, I came to the professor for help.

Professor Johnson asked directly: In terms of production?

Ronan replied: There is this aspect. I deeply feel that the ability is insufficient. The knowledge learned in school is far from enough to deal with the current job.

I have been out of the front line for almost ten years, and I was not very successful before. Professor Johnson is older, and he is less concerned about success and failure: For those projects I am a co-producer, 80% They all ended in failure at the box office, and I can't help you too much with the experience of success.

He opened a filing cabinet, took out a few black notebooks that were obviously old, and said, These are some work notes and personal experiences I made back then, which contain the reasons for my analysis of the failure of the project. Also, these are some students who entered the After Hollywood, some of the film projects I've documented in my conversations with them have had more failures and fewer successes.

Ronan picked it up quickly, these are valuable experiences, and they are what he lacks the most at present.

Actually, I've been watching you all these times. Professor Johnson said slowly, If you're still like when you just dropped out, I can't help you.

Ronan understood the meaning of this. When little Anderson dropped out of school, he was arrogant and did many stupid things that young people were impulsive about.

I lost my head at that time. Ronan smiled embarrassedly: Fortunately, a professor reminded me that I didn't get lost.

Everyone is willing to listen to good words, and Professor Johnson said one more sentence: Some of these records I have taken out to do lesson plans, failure is actually a gain, you can draw some lessons from failed cases to avoid Step into it again. By the way, take it out and make a copy, and return the original.

Ronan can guess that he is not the first person to receive these. After all, Professor Johnson is famous for his enthusiasm and often helps students, but this is very rare for him, and he quickly said, Thank you, Professor, for reminding me. He He added: There is one more thing, I would like to ask the professor for help.

Go ahead. Professor Johnson has never been stingy with his students.

Ronan stopped going around in circles and said, The film I invested in, The Human Removal Project, lacks an editor who is good at editing horror thrillers. Can the professor help me recommend a personal choice?

Anyone who knows a little about the USC Film Academy knows that this academy has never taught just theory. Some teachers in the academy are even practitioners in Hollywood-related industries. Many graduate students have become the backbone of Hollywood behind-the-scenes technical jobs.

If you only teach theory, your eyes will be smeared when you go out of school, and your head will be smashed with blood, especially in an industry such as movies that requires great hands-on ability.

Professor Johnson asked directly: You need an editor?

Yeah. Ronan looked sad: I found a few, but none of them are suitable.

Professor Johnson said directly: Let me introduce you to one, a graduate of the film and television department three years earlier than you, who is also my student.

Ronan scratched his head and seemed embarrassed: Is the fee high? He smiled slightly embarrassedly: My crew budget is very low.

Professor Johnson asked: Isn't there an open budget of $11 million?

Ronan was not afraid of being asked, and said directly: This is all for publicity needs.

This kind of thing is very common in the circle, and Professor Johnson doesn't care, saying: Her name is Jessica Felton, she is a genius in editing, she worked as an assistant editor in the eighth part of Friday the 13th, The gory horror films 'Let's Go,' 'Age of Guns and Blood' and 'Wild West' were lead editors... oh, all three were direct-to-release tapes.

Female? Ronan was a little surprised.

Professor Johnson found a phone book and pointed a phone number to Ronan: You go to see the three finished films first, and contact her if it is appropriate.

Female editors are rare in Hollywood, but Ronan Jr. has Anderson's memory of Professor Johnson, a very reliable person who immediately took down Jessica Felton's phone call.

He also chatted with Professor Johnson about the Human Clearance Project, and specifically asked about a few difficult problems in preparation. Ronan left the USC Film School and deliberately found a Blockbuster rental store to lease the three films. Check out the videotape.

Entering the store, Ronan reported the titles of the three films and said to the clerk, I want to rent these three films, where can I get them?

The clerk pointed to the right with a big hand: There is a category of horror and thrillers, go find it yourself.

Ronan felt dizzy when he saw several rows of video tape shelves and densely packed video tapes placed against the wall: Which shelf and which floor?

Who can remember that kind of small film? The clerk shook his head: Go look for it.

Ronan had no choice but to come to the horror and thriller section. There were several large shelves, and there were thousands of videotapes. Except for the popular movies, if you wanted to watch the lesser ones, you really had to look carefully.

It took him more than 20 minutes to find two of the three films, and he couldn't find it at all.

No way, Ronan had to go through the rental procedures for the two films. Due to the large number of customers, there was another ten-minute queue.

After exiting this Blockbuster store, sitting in the car and looking at the huge Blockbuster sign, Luo Nan had a personal experience this time. Compared with online shopping or online rental in his previous life, this traditional videotape rental model is really out of date. .

Retrieval is not cheap, it is quite troublesome to find non-popular videos, the waiting time is too long, and the procedures are cumbersome, which is easily annoying.

These points alone are quite fatal.

The future is an era of faster and faster pace, and the patience of the general public is getting worse and worse.

Think about Netflix's model, which can be searched freely. After registering as a member, there are almost no procedures. The cost is calculated on a monthly basis, and there is no rental late fee.

It has to be said that Netflix is ​​the future when it comes to movie rentals.

Fortunately, he has already set his sights on Netflix, and the well-paid survey company sends out a report on time every week.

Ronan went directly back to the company, just happened to be George and Robert, two experienced guys, called them in, briefly said, and began to watch the video together and study the editing of the film.

The two videotapes were watched several times, and they even ordered takeout for lunch, until they were about to get off work, and the three turned off the TV and VCR.

Ronan was basically satisfied, but worried that his lack of experience would lead to a wrong judgment, and asked, How do you feel about the editing?

Robert was the first to say: This sub-shot was shot very mediocrely, so I won't say anything about the image quality, but the editing is very skillful. He looked down at the notebook: The ninth minute, the seventeenth minute, the twenty-third minute. Minutes, fifty-fifth minutes, and the finale, the director's shot has obvious problems, and the editing not only corrects the director's low-level mistakes, but also creates a particularly strong blood-horror atmosphere.

George's face was wrinkled, and his words were few, but neat: This editor has the ability and has not yet been discovered.

This is very common. There are quite a few capable people in Hollywood, but only a small number of them really make it.

Ronan nodded: I'll visit tomorrow.