Chapter 87: Editing [Death Note]
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Zack's newly put forth editing room was dimly lit - with the triple monitors set up across the desk.
One of them displayed a paused frame of the [Death Note] - a wide shot of Light standing under a flickering street lamp, rain trickling down around him.
The rest of the screen was a patchwork of timelines, color correction layers, and sound design cues.
It was late into the night.
Regal sat adjacent to the main editor chair occupied by Zack - while fully focused.
Still, it is apparent that they both looked tired, while surrounded by empty pizza boxes and coke cans.
Zack, being in charge, glided his hand across the control board, pausing, scrubbing, trimming. He asked, adjusting the audio gain. "We are opening with the dad's voice?"
"Right." Regal responded.
Their discussion of the topic is regarding the beginning of the trailer they are editing.
The shoots of the trailer were mostly decided as Regal prefers to sit down and write the script of the trailer too - like a story about what to reveal and conceal - with only the goal to create curiosity to watch the film.
He did the same with [Following].