raknovel Chapter 27 was completed later.
Chapter 27 was completed later.
This is about the soundtrack.
Voice acting is a more professional skill, and it's not something Wang Xiaohao can get involved in!
Dubbing is not just about providing lines for actors.
The most important thing is the ambient sound.
If you go and watch some old movies now, even classic ones, you'll often feel something's off, as if they're missing something compared to modern movies.
The answer is most likely ambient sound.
Modern movies may feature dozens or even hundreds of ambient sounds, such as the wind blowing, insects chirping, clothes rubbing, pedestrians passing by, car engines, and so on.
These ambient sounds create a rich auditory experience, giving people a realistic feeling.
In older movies, there were relatively few ambient sounds, often only a dozen or so.
While ordinary people may not have the professional knowledge to discover these things, their subconscious mind can discern that something is amiss, that it's fake.
The richer the ambient sound, the more realistic the film feels.
Therefore, voice acting is not as simple as ordinary people imagine.
This is actually related to whether popular music is good or bad!
Wang Xiaohao just said that writing pop music is very simple.
So why do some pop songs feel sophisticated while others feel tacky? For example, songs like "Farewell Blossoms" and "Drop Tower."
The difference lies in just two points, one of which is rhythm! Or what we call cadence.
The author just mentioned that Zhou Wang Tao Lin introduced rhythm into pop songs, which many people disagree with. Does that mean that pop songs didn't have rhythm before them?
Of course there are, but they are rigid and fixed rhythms, like "boom-boom-boom" or "4/4 time".
Zhou Wang Tao Lin introduced the rhythms and cadences of Western pop music into Chinese music, instantly bringing the rhythms to life and making them more fragmented and flexible.
The song sounds so natural, as if it has come alive.
Then, even more important is the arrangement!
The quality of a song depends not so much on the composition, but on the arrangement.
Writing pop music is really not difficult; you can learn it in as little as three days or as long as ten days or half a month.
The real technical challenge lies in the arrangement.
Many people remember that some viral internet songs, when sung by professional singers, sound completely different! How did they become so sophisticated?
This is not just a matter of the professional singer's singing skills, but even more so a matter of professional arrangement.
Professional singers often rearrange these viral internet songs before performing them.
The most typical characteristic of viral internet songs is their monotonous instrumentation. They simply use random electronic sound effects to create a very simple and uninspired sound.
Some viral internet songs, if they have a very catchy chord pattern, can sound quite nice at first listen.
However, it's not very listenable because its arrangement is too simple and lacks depth and variation.
Well-produced pop songs often feature exceptionally rich arrangements, employing a wide variety of instrumentation for a foundational effect.
Ordinary people don't notice these things when listening to music, but they can subconsciously distinguish them. They can tell the shallowness of viral internet songs; after listening to them a few times, they start to get bored!
For example, when did Jay Chou's songs start to decline in popularity?
Actually, it's in the album "I'm Very Busy".
Why?
Because he founded JVR Music himself.
Many people may have noticed, or they may not have. Starting with this album, his style changed drastically.
From the cool, dark style of her previous albums, she suddenly became pink.
It turns out that there's a little princess living inside Lao Zhou's heart.
His original cool style was just a persona created for him by his former company.
After starting his own company, his true colors were revealed!
However, its music production quality actually began to decline significantly.
Although his former company gave him a commercial makeover, they also brought in a large number of industry elites, including Chung Hsing-liang, to arrange his songs.
Therefore, his success is definitely not just due to his own talent, but also to the combined efforts of the team.
After he let loose and lacked the support of many top industry talents, the quality of his albums declined with each release.
It's like a good student who used to be forced by their parents to study hard.
Now that his parents aren't involved, he's letting himself go. Thanks to his talent, his grades are still quite good.
But actually, it has been on a downward trend all along!
The quality of the arrangement determines the upper limit of a song.
This is actually similar to the dubbing in movies; it's determined by the richness of the content.
Most arrangements and instrumentations in popular songs are so subtle that the average listener can't really make sense of them.
However, rich arrangement and instrumentation can enrich the details of a song, allowing the brain to subconsciously discern them and making people subconsciously feel that it is sophisticated.
The same principle applies to movie dubbing; a rich variety of ambient sounds can make a movie more realistic.
In addition, appropriate dubbing and suitable background music can enhance the film.
Unfortunately, the production budget for "My Sassy Girl" was limited.
The money for filming has all been spent.
Huang Anzhong gritted his teeth and spent another million to do post-production.
Given the limited capabilities of the Cangnan Film Studio, one shouldn't expect the post-production quality of this film to be particularly high.
It's good enough if it's passable!
No matter how skilled Wang Xiaohao is, even if he's made of iron, how many nails can he hammer?
No matter how skilled he is, he can't possibly handle all the post-production work.
So even though much of the later production was rather mediocre, Wang Xiaohao had no choice but to accept it.
There's a saying that goes something like this: film is an art of imperfection!
Although Wang Xiaohao wanted to strive for perfection, he had no choice but to accept the current state of affairs given the limited resources available.
Fortunately, the subsequent color grading and other tasks were much simpler.
Of course, in the era of film, color grading was still a very difficult task.
However, color grading in the digital age is not that complicated!
After more than three months of work that nearly exhausted him, Wang Xiaohao finally finished the post-production of the film.
He returned to the hotel and slept soundly for three days and three nights.
Then it's time to watch movies.
Huang Anzhong, Wang Xiaoshuang, Qu Qiuju, Zhang Ling.
Of course, Wang Xiaohao also brought in Ding Binbai, Wang Le'an, Zhao Liang, and other key members of the production team.
Wang Xiaohao didn't even let go of the employees in the Cangnan factory who were willing to watch the excitement; he invited them all in.
The reason Wang Xiaohao deliberately brought so many people is that he understands a principle very well: watching a movie requires a large group.
Even with television, watching TV alone is never as exciting as watching it with a group of people.
The atmosphere of watching a movie in a theater is only possible when there are many people!
Often, a film that's rated 5 or 6 out of 10 can become 7 or 8 out of 10 by having more people around and creating a better atmosphere.
However, a movie that scores seven or eight points can easily become a four or five point when watched by one person.
Therefore, even though Huang Anzhong, the big spender, came to watch the film this time, Wang Xiaohao tried his best to bring as many people as possible!