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Murphy shot a full 1,000 minutes of material. Although the filming followed the sequence of story development, editing these into a 90-minute movie still requires a huge amount of work.

The entire post-editing work was mainly done by Murphy and editor Griffith, and the intern Paul Wilson and Griffith's two assistants acted as assistants.

The specific editing is handled by Griffith, and Murphy is mainly responsible for reviewing and explaining the requirements for the film.

Any editing will have a main line, Murphy's main line is very simple, Hailey finds Jeff's crime hidden in the room, and then gives the corresponding punishment, and then finds and then punishes, until the final castration and hanging.

In fact, the reason for this is very simple. After Murphy’s modified movie, the heroine Hailey is more savage. This is also to increase the attractiveness of the large-scale picture, but there are also problems in this way, and the viewer is likely to be The heroine is disgusted, which is not what he wants to see as a director.

Disgusted with the protagonist, is the film still attractive?

Therefore, Murphy increased the guilt of the actor Jeff. When Hailey was tortured, he could always find new sins, which made people hate him more deeply, so that Hailey’s behavior became a matter of course. .

But this method can't be used too much. Murphy prepared three main stages, one binding and spraying pepper water, one castration, and one hanging.

Of course, the corresponding linguistic and psychological devastation are also indispensable.

Post-production is more than editing. Murphy did the work in this area first. He and Griffith repeatedly watched the black and white opening footage shot from all angles, and finally decided to use the No. 7 lens shot diagonally as the whole film. Opening scene.

The effect of this shot is quite brutal, and the different performances of the victim played by Emily and the assailant, Jeff, are fully displayed.

The opening scene is only a few minutes, and it is a complete long shot. After Murphy and Griffith negotiated, they don't plan to edit again for the time being, and use it directly.

The progress of the editing work is not fast, even if it is just a rough cut, Murphy has just confirmed a shot in the morning.

He is very cautious and more attentive than when shooting. Editing can directly determine the success or failure of a film.

Nowadays, montage is a completely cinematic term. In fact, montage is to link different shots and different scenes through picture editing and picture synthesis to create a unique movie time and space to guide the emotions and psychology of the audience.

The most typical role of montage is to speed up the rhythm of the film. This is also the biggest application in a film with a simple narrative like "Fruit Candies".

Later, Griffith edited Hayley and Jeff’s first meeting, which was to use montage to speed up the rhythm. The meeting of two strangers will inevitably be long-winded. The length of the film determines that this must be concise and clear. Through editing, the picture must be concise. Constantly changing between Hayley and Jeff, these scenes can be completed in just a few minutes.

Griffith stood in front of the workbench and worked attentively. In front of him was an old-fashioned screen with a piece of chalk in front of the screen. This is the usual way of some editing veterans. They would find something to be proportional to the screen-such as Put a cigarette or chalk in front of the screen-through the reference of things, to judge how you feel when you are on the big screen, this is the process of rough cutting.

However, Griffith will use the big screen to actually take a look at each clip.

After finishing this part of the rough cut, Griffith handed it to his assistant and played the edited clip on the 27-inch screen.

In the picture on the screen, only Hailey and Jeff, the camera always rotates around them.

"Jody!" Murphy walked to Griffith, pointed at the two people on the screen, and said, "Can we add some separate shots of the two people so that the screen is frequently between the gray and red that they represent. Conversion?"

Griffith immediately understood Murphy's meaning and patted his palm lightly, "Good idea."

He greeted his assistant to pause the playback and prepare to edit again.

On the other side, Paul Wilson has been paying attention to this side. He is from a class but lacks experience. He can't figure out what Murphy and Griffith mean, so he can't help but walk behind Murphy lightly.

Paul Wilson is willing to be an unpaid intern for learning, and he will naturally ask when he does not understand.

"Director," he asked softly, "I..."

Murphy turned to look at him, Paul Wilson touched his head in embarrassment, but did not say the second half.

"What Jody and I mean is to try to compare and contrast between Hailey and Jeff the montage switch between images." Murphy liked this diligent and free labor, and said in a low voice, "Imagine the picture. Constantly switching between Jeff’s gray and Hailey’s red, these two completely different colors, by editing them, you can not only introduce the meanings they may represent, but also compare the two and establish possible conflicts."

Paul Wilson immediately thought of the thread hidden in the film-Little Red Riding Hood's anti-killing of the Big Bad Wolf, and suddenly realized it.

When he saw the re-edited picture on the screen, he couldn't help nodding his head and admiringly said, "Director, your idea is really amazing."

Murphy just smiled.

He could think of many things, but in practice, it was far worse than a veteran like Jody Griffith.

Jody Griffith still seemed dissatisfied and continued to improve the clip. Murphy called Paul Wilson to his workbench and asked him to help him edit another clip.

Compared with the previous ones, this clip is much simpler. Murphy has carefully considered the final effect that needs to be presented when shooting.

This is a clip of Hailey’s online chat with Jeff.

When Murphy was shooting, there was no actors appearing in the shots. Naturally, there were only computer screens when editing. The edited shots were all close-ups at first, and then edited from top to bottom according to the chat content, so that the chat content was presented on the screen.

"Moving the camera from top to bottom can also force people to browse the content quickly, giving people a sense of tension from the beginning, and at the same time determining the tense and fast-paced tone of the film."

While finishing the work at hand, Murphy also gave some explanations to Paul Wilson, who was curious to ask questions, but in the subsequent editing, he no longer used close-up shots and replaced them with panning shots. The depth of field gradually narrows, from the first few sentences to one sentence and then to one or two words, giving the film a sense of oppression and curiosity, and people can't wait to know what will happen afterwards."

Although his level is not high, Paul Wilson, a rookie, still nods convincingly.

Murphy added, "Here we still need dubbing to achieve the best results."