Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 325

The crew opened the door of the studio, and Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Wen Muye and the others walked in.

In the huge studio with a full [-] square meters, looking around, it is completely empty, as if you are in a football field made of half a metal material.

In front of the right wall of the empty studio, there is an excavator-style boom machine, several sets of steel wire wiring pulleys, section-by-section ground slide rails, slide rail cars, and various glass, Props such as portraits and decorative lamps are lined up against the wall.

In addition to the video camera and video camera, the basic shooting equipment is provided by the studio, and the props are naturally prepared and ordered by Wen Muye in advance.

In the middle of the studio, there were a dozen temporarily hired crew members. The prop teacher, Mr. Yang, held the shot script and scene composition blueprints. Under his instructions, some crew members saluted on the ground, and some set up the scene on ladders. Some were busy getting props, and some were shouting the list of props.

According to visual inspection, one and a half rooms have been built, and there is no roof according to the practice of setting up scenes in studios.

If there is a roof, the boom camera cannot capture panoramic images.

"Is this the scene where Chu Xuan and I are in the spaceship?"

A group of people walked side by side, Concubine Liu Yi said enthusiastically.

"That's right." Wen Muye said: "According to the composition described in the script, there are a total of eight scenes to be set up. Senior sister, you and senior brother's filming scenes are all in these eight indoor scenes."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei recalled the script, and nodded as Wen Muye said.

Approaching the center of the studio and getting closer to the scene, Concubine Liu Yi looked at the ground, including the lower part of the two room scenes that had been set up, there were eight frames drawn with thick black strokes.

Recalling Wen Muye's words, Concubine Liu Yi understood that these eight frames are the size and location of the eight scenes.

There are also some areas inside the frame that seem to be aisles, and there are also some signs that she can't understand. It's a bit complicated, but one thing surprised her slightly.

"Are these eight scenes linked together?" she said.

She suddenly discovered that if the scene was built according to the frame on the ground, then the eight scenes would be blended together.

In other words, it is as if there are only eight rooms with different layouts and different settings in a villa.

"Naturally, unfold part of the three-dimensional spaceship pattern in the form of a flat structure, or make a real spaceship?" Wen Muye said.

"The directions of front, back, left, right, and southeast, north, and west described in literary scripts are to explain the actors. When setting up scenes, they often don't follow the direction to set up the scene. It is enough to cut the scene directly from one scene to another. As for this scene in that It doesn't matter which direction the scenery is in, south, east, north or west." Liu Yi said.

Concubine Liu Yi nodded, full of interest, and said, "So, when Chu Xuan and I are filming and changing scenes, just go from this room to another room?"

"Yes." Wen Muye nodded.

Concubine Liu Yi turned her head to look at Chu Xuan, and said prettyly: "It's so interesting, I've never filmed a scene like this before, it feels so relaxing, this is not called transition at all, just walk a few steps."

She pointed at the scene again, and said: "And the whole movie is concentrated in this one scene, just like when we were talking about it before, our idea really came true, it feels amazing."

Chu Xuan took Liu Yifei's hand and said, "With the development of special effects movies, the future movie shooting mode will be like this. The final picture presented to the audience is very shocking. In fact, the real shooting only needs such a small scene."

"President Chu is right." Wang Bowen raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Whether it's Star Wars or Blade Runner, the special effects look like they're bursting, but they were actually shot in a small studio. It's CG, but their technology is really brilliant, and they have achieved the effect of being fake, and the audience can't notice it."

Listening to what Chu Xuan and Wang Bowen said, Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help recalling some special effects scenes she had seen in the past and substituting them in. The cosmic starry sky, the vast army, and the sky full of ice and snow, the core scene is a mediocre scene in reality. Odd studio.

Thinking about it this way, she couldn't help feeling: this is art, and this is also technology, turning decay into magic.

Therefore, she became more and more interested in special effects movies.

"Mr. Chu, Producer Liu, Happy New Year." Teacher Yang, the head of the props team, wore a cowboy hat on his head and a short black goatee on his chin. He looked like an artist.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Yang." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted each other back. Mr. Yang is an old acquaintance in the prop group of "Tianlong", "Sculpture of God" and "Zhu Xian", and has met each other many times.

The rest of the crew also looked at it one after another. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, a pair of big stars, are well-known in the circle, but few people have seen it in private, so they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"When will it be built?" Chu Xuan walked into the scene to have a look.

"The scenes are all concentrated in one place, and manual setting is not labor-intensive, and there are no special props, at most half a month." Wen Muye replied.

"How long will the shooting be? Have you estimated it?" Chu Xuan asked again.

"The shooting time of the whole script is about 28 minutes. After removing the CG scenes, there are a total of 4 minutes. The main shooting time is 24 minutes, with an average of 1 shots per minute, and a total of 15 shots." Wen Muye said.

"1 shots per minute, cut every 15 seconds, is much stricter than TV dramas." Concubine Liu Yi muttered.

The rhythm of TV dramas is basically relatively slow, and sometimes it takes only ten seconds to cut a scene, giving the audience a feeling of straightforward and eloquent narration, and the audience looks comfortable.

This is based on the fact that TV dramas are series and needs to be foreshadowed, and it is also based on the fact that TV is a small screen.

On a small screen, the viewer will be dazzled if the scene is switched continuously.

Movies are big screens. If the camera stays on one screen for a long time on such a large screen, even if the characters are moving, the whole will be presented in the audience's retina, and the screen will still feel semi-static, losing the Dynamic.

Therefore, the frequency of film switching is much higher than that of TV series. One is to enhance the rhythm of the film, and the other is to make the presentation of the film more vivid.

Especially for some action movies and special effects blockbusters, fast and stable switching shots will make the audience feel more exciting.

If the camera is fixed on a fighting scene for a long time, even if the actors fight fiercely, the audience will doze off.

And because movies need to switch shots quickly, every time a shot is cut, the actors need to show different acting skills than the previous shot, that is, they must be ready to change their state through subtle expressions at any time.

Let the audience feel the progressive emotions presented under the cut shots, and let the audience get a certain resonance feeling of more nervous, more exciting, or more sad and indignant.

This is why movies require actors to have stronger acting skills.

As far as the micro-movie "Hope" is concerned, every 4 seconds, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have to show different acting skills.

Of course, the camera is not aimed at the person, except for the case where it is only aimed at the scene.

"The scene is concentrated in one place, all indoors, no need to worry about the weather requirements, as long as the lighting is on, as long as the acting skills of the senior brothers and sisters are online, thirty shots a day is not a problem, and the filming can be completed in ten days and a half months." Wen Muye Said.

"I think it's a little bit suspenseful. It's not that I don't say good things during the Chinese New Year, but in the face of science fiction that has never been filmed, even if we have prepared in advance, I think there will be problems during the shooting process. Can the effects described in the script be acceptable? I think it takes time to figure it out." Liu Yi said.

Hearing this, Wen Muye also nodded at Chu Xuan. The estimate is so, but no one can predict what will happen during the filming process. Facing the sci-fi movies that have not yet appeared in China, no one has much experience. And sure that it will be completed according to plan.

"Brother Liu is telling the truth, among them, how to light up to create a sci-fi feel is a knowledge that we need to discuss together." He said.

"Let's watch after the scene is set up." Chu Xuan said, and Concubine Liu Yi also nodded.

They don't feel anything because of Liu Yi's words, and they really need to explore in the face of unknown things.

If sci-fi is so good, there is no need for them to use a micro-movie to try to hit the domestic sci-fi market.

This micro film is not only their graduation work, but also a test product.

And what exactly is Huaguo's science fiction?Special effects?Special camera tricks?Different from foreign picture rendering modes?Or is it different from the way foreign stories are told?Or do you have lighting art effects that are different from foreign countries and that make Chinese people feel comfortable?Or is it different from the way foreign actors show their acting skills?

All of this needs to be explored and tested, and then the results will be obtained slowly.

Here, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi are already mentally prepared for possible failures and variables during the filming process.

"I feel that Mr. Wang needs to worry a lot." Chu Xuan looked at Wang Bowen and said, "Mr. Wang has participated in the group observation with Hollywood in the past, and during the filming process after a while, Mr. Wang needs to give more advice and guidance. "

Wang Bowen tucked his briefcase under his arm, and said: "Foreign things are different from domestic things. If we shoot them completely according to foreign countries, we will lose our own essence, including special effects. In foreign disaster films, citizens will burn them every time a disaster occurs." Killing and looting does not reflect any warmth, I think our things can be integrated into this, reflecting both fierceness and kindness."

Liu Yi clapped his hands, and said: "Teacher Wang's words are very suitable for me. We can't shoot according to foreign films, or we will use a layer of foreign science fiction as a Huaguo science fiction film, which will lose the core we need."

Wen Muye and Concubine Liu Yi nodded in agreement.

"Teacher Wang has unique insights, so we must listen to your guidance during the filming process." Chu Xuan glanced at Wang Bowen.

"I try my best to develop my artistic thinking." Wang Bowen said modestly.

A group of people chatted very happily, and they all showed great enthusiasm in the face of science fiction that did not appear in China.

However, Concubine Liu Yi's surprise interrupted their communication.

"Hey! This scene is wrong!"

Everyone followed the voice and looked over, looking at the scene.

Teacher Yang also stopped the commanding voice, and looked at Concubine Liu Yi together with the crew who were setting the scene.

Since Concubine Liu Yi became a producer with Chu Xuan in August last year, she often faced situations where the teachers responded with questioning looks after she raised questions. central.

Concubine Liu Yi gestured, glanced around the crew, then looked at Chu Xuan and the others and said, "In the literary script, the spaceship is a fallen alien planet with its head down and its tail up, right?"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yi thought for a while, then nodded, the script described it as it was.

Seeing this, Concubine Liu Yi pointed at the wall and the ground, and said, "Then why is the ground still the ground, and the wall still the wall? Since the spaceship fell upside down, it shouldn't be the original ground, but now it is the wall, and the original wall is the ground." , the original ceiling is the wall, and the original other wall is the ceiling?"

Everyone was gradually amazed, and they suddenly realized something if they thought about it.

Concubine Liu Yi pointed to the door again, and said, "The door shouldn't be on the wall, it should be on the ground."

Liu Yi stroked his palm heavily, gave Concubine Liu Yi a thumbs up and said, "Qiqian, your spatial ability is good! I didn't expect this!"

Liu Yi was very excited, and said to Wen Muye and Chu Xuan: "Change the script! The whole house should be in an upside-down layout! The door of the space capsule is on the ground! The hero and heroine also walk on the ground! So we can use the illusion of space." Mirror way to shoot a 3D feeling!"

Wang Bowen laughed. He who has been doing special effects all the year round quickly understood what Liu Yi meant.

"A wall is not a wall, and the ground is not the ground, but the wall is the wall, and the ground is the ground," he said.

"Although it's a mouthful, that's what it means." Liu Yi nodded.

"It can be shot with a 360-degree rotation and panning method, damn it! This shot combined with the plot is absolutely explosive!" Wen Muye said excitedly.

Chu Xuan understood, waved to Teacher Yang and said, "Do you understand, Teacher Yang? Rebuild the scene!"

"No, no, no." Wen Muye waved his hand and said, "Hang all the props on that wall on the ground, hang that painting on the ground, and put a door on the ground to fix it."

"That's right, that's all it takes to transfer the props!" Liu Yi remained excited.

"Understood." Teacher Yang nodded with a smile.

Chu Xuan looked at Concubine Liu Yi who was walking over, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Amazing!"

"Senior Sister, you are really awesome!" Wen Muye admired.

"Cissy can do it. This observation ability is perfect. I didn't think of this at all when I designed the plot." Liu Yi shook his head, his admiration for Concubine Liu Yi was undisguised.

"This space is changing, and when the answer is revealed, I think the audience will be shocked. There is no such shot at home and abroad!" Wang Bowen said, and Liu Yifei also gave a thumbs up.

Facing everyone's admiration, Concubine Liu Yi came to Chu Xuan and raised her eyebrows at him: "Is it okay?"

Chu Xuan grabbed her shoulders, put her half in his arms and said, "Producer Liu is dead."

(End of this chapter)