Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 340 Unlucky Shot
Under the watchful eyes of the teachers sitting in front of the monitor, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi continued to shoot under the condition of keeping one.

And from the second time, Concubine Liu Yi also learned from the experience that Chu Xuan told her. When Chu Xuan put his hands on her shoulders, her shoulders were slightly pushed back, and she expressed that with this subconscious movement. More intense coldness.

This detailed movement was captured by the camera, and the teachers also appreciated it.

"This detail is in place." Chen Kaige praised.

Xu Shi saw that the senior sister had improved again, so Wen Muye continued to implement the "keep one" strategy and took three consecutive shots.

However, every time Chu Xuan was dragged upside down by Wia and hit the ground, perhaps because he was exhausted and his condition had slipped, the teachers noticed it.

Tang Jili said: "There is no need to take another shot, just choose the second shot."

All the teachers nodded, approving Tang Jili's decision.

Fumino picked up the walkie-talkie.

Chen Kaige said, "Let Xiaoxuan and Qianqian stay where they are."

Wen Muye paused, nodded and said, "Crack! It's over! Brother and sister, stay where you are."

Chen Kaige got up with the script, which was obviously going to be on-site guidance, so everyone in the director's team got up and followed.

On the set, Concubine Liu Yi was about to walk in the direction where Chu Xuan fell, but she had no choice but to backtrack after hearing Wen Muye's order to stay where she was.

Concubine Liu Yi looked at Chu Xuan on the air cushion, and Chu Xuan made an "OK" gesture to her, indicating that she was fine, and Concubine Liu Yi slowly relaxed.

Chen Kaige took the lead, and a group of teachers came over.

"Get the script for the two of them." Chen Kaige said.

Kong Sheng handed the script to Concubine Liu Yi, while Li Xue went to Chu Xuan's place and handed him the script.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei read the script handed over and knew that Chen Kaige was going to tell a play, so they listened carefully.

"After Liu Qian kicked Chu Feng away, Chu Feng collided with the sofa, and the sofa fell backwards under the force. At the same time, the sundries beside it were pushed, and a coffee table moved, causing the door that was just covered by the coffee table to be exposed. Small cut."

Hearing Chen Kaige's words, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded.

Seeing the reaction from the two, Chen Kaige walked towards Concubine Liu Yi, and said, "In the last scene, you were still reacting to your awakened fighting skills. With your hesitation, in the next scene, you have to take a look at Chu Xuan being killed. The direction in which you kicked away, to express your hesitation and a little surprise, to have a continuation of emotions, can you understand?"

"Understood." Concubine Liu Yi nodded while thinking.

"Then, out of your peripheral vision." Chen Kaige said something to Concubine Liu Yi, then tilted his head and stretched out his finger to point to the door on the ground: "I found something wrong on the ground."

Chen Kaige turned to Concubine Liu Yi: "So you have to give another look to let the audience find out what you found is wrong."

Concubine Liu Yi lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while, then raised her eyebrows to look at Chen Kaige, and said, "I'll take a look at Chu Xuan's direction first, then my eyes will immediately move to the right, and then I will tilt my head slightly to express what I found, is that okay?"

"The comprehension ability is good, that's all." Chen Kaige said gently, praising him.

Concubine Liu Yi pursed her lips and raised an eyebrow at Chu Xuan.

Sitting on the air cushion, Chu Xuan gave Concubine Liu Yi a thumbs up when he saw how happy Concubine Liu Yi was praised by Chen Kaige.

Chen Kaige said to Wen Muye and the others: "These two eyes of Sissi need two lenses. One lens is located behind Sissy, following Sissy's gaze to capture the position of Chu Xuan, expressing hesitation; the other lens is located in front of Sissy, giving The frontal close-up captures Sissy's eye movements, and clearly tells the audience that Sissy seems to have discovered something, so that the audience's attention will be drawn from the last scene, and the audience's curiosity will be aroused."

Wen Muye, Kong Sheng and others nodded, and Liu Yi adjusted the camera angle in the script with a pen.

"At the same time." Chen Kaige continued: "The close-up shots of Sissi's frontal face follow the direction of Sissy's eyes and start panning. The panning process must be slow, giving the audience a psychological expectation that the answer will be revealed slowly. feel."

Liu Yi wrote quickly with a pen, adding panning camera movements to the script.

"Shake the mirror to a certain angle, and cut the mirror immediately!" Chen Kaige said, walking towards the door on the ground.

He pointed to the door on the ground, then pointed to the sky, and said: "Cut to the third shot, which is the boom shot. The boom shot should shoot the door vertically. Remember, it must be vertical. "

The eyes of Wen Muye, Kong Sheng, Li Xue and the others brightened, and they realized something.

Wen Muye was a little excited, and said: "The close-up shot is on the senior sister, and the camera pans following the senior sister's perspective, then the audience will be substituted into the senior sister's perspective."

"A cutting lens is a boom lens that shoots the door on the ground vertically."

"For us it's a vertical shot, but for the camera it's a frontal shot."

"From the perspective of the front camera, the door on the ground will eventually show a picture of a door on a wall in the eyes of the audience."

"That is to say, from the close-up panning to the vertical camera of the crane arm, the final effect is: the audience thinks that the senior sister saw a door on the wall!"

"But in fact the door is on the ground." Chen Kaige smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and nodded casually: "We used a mirror movement method with different perspectives in the same space, creating the illusion of a three-dimensional space split."

"This shot is good!" Liu Yi praised, lowered his head and continued to modify the script.

All the teachers nodded appreciatively. This transformation of the lens turned the flat space into a three-dimensional space. They also admired Chen Kaige's spatial mirroring ability and spatial imagination.

Concubine Liu Yi hurriedly beckoned to Liu Xiaoli. Liu Xiaoli understood in seconds, and with a slight smile, she took out a notebook and pen from her bag and handed them to her daughter.

Concubine Liu Yi recalled Chen Kaige's words while taking quick notes, which were full of knowledge points.

Seeing Concubine Liu Yi taking notes seriously, Chu Xuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Chen Kaige continued: "Because we all have psychological hints, the audience will think that the door is on the wall when they see this scene."

The crowd nodded.

At this time, Chen Kaige turned to Wang Bowen and said, "Mr. Wang, use laser light here."

Everyone looked down, Chen Kaige's toes were stepping on the top center of the prop door.

Wang Bowen didn't know what it meant, but he did as before, stretched out the laser instrument, and then shot a red laser vertically at the position of Chen Kaige's shoe tip from top to bottom.

Seeing this, Chen Kaige said: "Give a close-up of the door for a few seconds to saturate the audience's psychological cues. At this moment, the boom lens began to adjust the angle, slowly adjusting from a vertical 90 degrees to a 45-degree angle facing forward. And focus on the location of the laser."

"At the same time, Sissy started to walk and needed footsteps."

"Hearing the sound of footsteps, the boom lens adjusts the focal length to expand the picture to form a small wide-angle lens. Then, as the picture expands, Cici's shoes and lower body slowly appear in the picture."

"The camera continued to adjust the focus, and Chu Xuan stood up from the ground. There was anger on Chu Xuan's face who was kicked away, until Chu Xuan came to Qianqian and found the door. The anger on Chu Xuan's face was surprised When replaced, the lens stops adjusting focus."

"At this time, in the mid-air overhead shot with the same focus and the same lens angle, the panorama of the two people is captured at the same time, and it presents a scene of looking down at the door."

Following Chen Kaige's words, everyone imagined that it was indeed the case.

Chen Kaige also said to everyone: "At this time, even if Chu Xuan and Qianqian are standing at the top corner of the door, because of psychological hints, the audience will definitely not react immediately, and even think that Chu Xuan and Qianqian are standing on the wall. not on the ground."

As soon as the voice fell and the sense of the picture came up, everyone seemed to be in a daze and excited as if they were impacted by the picture.

"Why did you feel this way?" Chen Kaige asked.

"When people's eyes are focused and the focus remains unchanged, they will have a deep and firm first impression of the imaging of the space picture. If they think that the door is on the wall, they will always think that the door is on the wall. And subconsciously believe that Chu Xuan and Qianqian are standing on the wall." He asked and answered himself.

Everyone understood Chen Kaige's words and continued to listen.

"However, as long as the camera moves, people's eyes will follow the movement of the camera. When observing the nearby scenes, the audience will see through this illusion." Chen Kaige said.

Everyone nodded slightly.

"But we can't let the audience see through the illusion so quickly, otherwise this scene that may become a classic will not have enough impact on the audience." Chen Kaige said again.

Wen Muye and Kong Sheng nodded. This picture should reflect a sense of 3D, and after the previous discussion, it also wanted to shock the audience.

As Chen Kaige said, if the audience is allowed to quickly see through this illusion, then the shock will not be enough.

"Then, moving the camera will allow the audience to see through the illusion, but we have to move the camera, what should we do?" Chen Kaige spread his hands and laughed.

Wen Muye subconsciously tapped the script in his left hand with his right backhand, looked at Chen Kaige after thinking for a while, and said: "Same focal point, same object distance, same focal length as human eye, less elements, the imaging effect of the lens in motion can be maximized." It is possible to preserve the first sense of imaging in the retina of the human eye."

The teachers nodded slowly when they heard this.

"Not bad." Chen Kaige praised Wen Muye.

"Where's the focus?" he asked.

"Laser spot." Fumino pointed to the infrared laser on the top of the door.

"Object distance?" Chen Kaige asked again.

"When shooting later, the distance between the mirror surface and the focal point of the last overhead shot will be maintained at the same distance in the subsequent mirror movement." Wen Muye said.

"Focal length?" Chen Kaige seemed to be testing Wen Muye.

"The imaging distance from the surface of the human eye to the retina is 43 mm, so the focal length of the camera should also be 43 mm for the final positioning." Wen Muye answered fluently.

"Less elements?" Chen Kaige asked.

"When shooting later, except for senior brother and senior sister, this door and the coffee table, all other props will be removed from the scene in the shot, so as not to distract the audience." Wen Muye replied again.

"How to use the mirror in the future?" Chen Kaige asked again.

"The boom lens uses the laser point as the focus, and pans the mirror to draw a circle." Wen Muye replied.

With a gentle smile on his face, Chen Kaige nodded at Wen Muye: "Yes."

Wen Muye pursed his lips modestly.

"But the lens thinking is not divergent enough." Chen Kaige said again.

Wen Muye was startled, and looked at Chen Kaige, as if humbly asking for advice.

Concubine Liu Yi was still taking notes, and Chu Xuan was still listening carefully.

Under the focus of the teachers, Chen Kaige gestured and said: "There is no need to pan the mirror to draw a circle, only half a circle is enough."

"In the post-production of this picture, add effects such as distortion, edge chromatic aberration, and increase motion frames, and the picture will follow the lens to expand and distort the micro-effect of time and space, achieving a pseudo 3D effect combined with the lens, which is what you need. Effect."

"Then, the boom camera passed over Chu Xuan and Qianqian, and went to that corner."

Chen Kaige reached out and pointed to the southwest corner of the scene, and everyone followed his finger to look.

Chen Kaige pointed to the two props somewhere on the ground: "Put the portrait prop and clock prop on the ground in front of the corner, and finally the boom lens rotates in the corner, push the mirror from top to bottom, and adjust the camera angle 45 degrees upward at the same time. Make the camera close to the ground and form a 180-degree horizontal shooting angle with the ground, and point the camera at the backs of Chu Xuan and Sissy."

Chen Kaige gestured with his hand, and said, "From the corner of the wall to the focal point of the character's feet, this is a medium-length shot."

"In this medium-length shot, the paintings with hooks on the ground, the clocks with hooks, the backs of Chu Xuan and Sissy, and the hatch in front of them form a straight line, and all of them are captured in the shot."

"At this time, the audience will suddenly find out through the portraits and clocks that this is a wall, otherwise who would hang paintings and clocks on the ground?"

"In the process of the audience's reaction, whether it's the perspective effect, or the subversive effect brought about by the previous plots that made them believe it was true at that moment, the shock will be maximized."

"This is my understanding of the next scene, based on my personal opinion."

humble opinion? ...Wen Muye shook his head, took a slow breath, bent slightly towards Chen Kaige, and said, "Teacher Kaige, please be taught."

too strong.

The ability to move the mirror in this space, the angle of the mirror, the effect achieved, etc., are extremely professional and full of imagination.

Because of the appearance of "The Promise", Chen Kaige was criticized by the audience for not being able to tell stories.

But no matter what, he thinks Chen Kaige is a master in terms of shooting skills and artistic light and shadow attainments.

Zhang Jizhong and Tang Jili also agreed.

In Zhang Jizhong's mind, Chen Kaige has a weakness, that is, post-editing, he always likes to arrange story fragments in random order to reflect literature and art, which makes the audience unable to understand.

In Tang Ji's heart, Chen Kaige also has a weakness, that is, the incompatibility between the action scenes and the characters, which will cause the screen to be beautiful, but it cannot make the audience focus on the actors and reflect the strengths of the actors.

But no matter what, they admit that Chen Kaige is indeed ahead of them in terms of the space art lens just mentioned.

Teachers such as Kong Sheng and Li Xue also benefited a lot, and they looked at Chen Kaige with a little respect.

With Wen Muye's wave, everyone took their positions, and began to adjust the machine, adjust the lighting, or modify the script's sub-shots.

"The last boom shot is a shot to the end, let me do it." Tang Jili said with a smile, "Director Chen's shot concept made me feel challenged."

Chen Kaige smiled back: "Director Tang has itchy hands and wants to play."

"Director Tang, I'll help you follow Jiao." Zhang Jizhong grinned and said, "Since you're here, you have to do something, otherwise you'll really be a tourist."

All the teachers left.

Crews adjust props and machines on set.

Concubine Liu Yi finished taking notes, raised her head and stretched out her hands to stroke her hair, and said to Chu Xuan in a charming voice: "Mr. Kai Ge is amazing, the imagery of this shot is very impactful."

Chu Xuan looked at her across the air, and said, "Have you written it down?"

Concubine Liu Yi nodded again and again, shook the notebook, and said playfully: "I wrote it all down, and I succeeded in stealing the teacher!"

Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing, and said: "I think we can learn to hold the camera next time when we make a film."

Concubine Liu Yi happily "hmm" twice, then handed the notebook and pen to her mother.

Liu Xiaoli stepped forward to take it, and put the pen and paper into her bag. The people watching the filming scene couldn't figure it out for a while, so she gave her daughter a folding chair to sit down and rest.

Concubine Liu Yi sat down on her favorite chair, which was a red chair. When filming "Dragon", her mother took the train to Shenghai to buy it. It has always been her treasure.

"Chu Xuan, do you want a chair?" Liu Xiaoli asked Chu Xuan.

"No, this air cushion is very comfortable to sit on." Chu Xuan waved his hand and declined.

"It's useless, even sitting is tiring." Liu Xiaoli said again.

Chu Xuan leaned back and lay on the air cushion, "I can lie down."

Liu Xiaoli and Concubine Liu Yi were delighted. Seeing that Chu Xuan didn't want a chair, Liu Xiaoli knew that Chu Xuan didn't want to trouble her. Chu Xuan's understanding made her show off her face slightly, then shook her head, and returned to the monitor.

The shots of the next scene were arranged by Chen Kaige, and he also patiently helped direct the adjustment of the machine and the adjustment of the lighting.

Half an hour later, everything was ready, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi took their positions, and soon the filming started again.

However, Chen Kaige's requirements were too high, and this shot was also very difficult to schedule, and the shooting process was very unsmooth.

"Stop! There is a problem with the focal length! Director Tang, the final positioning is the 43 focal length of the human eye. We need to start with 0.5x imaging, which is 86 focal length."

"clear."

In front of the monitor, Chen Kaige temporarily acted as executive director.

Wen Muye and others watched from the side, listening to the great director Chen Kaige directing the great director Tang Jili, it was rare for everyone to see such a scene, and they were secretly happy.

"Stop! Chu Xuan, your position should be closer to Qian Qian's, with the laser as the center, your positions must be symmetrical, so that the picture can show a symmetrical beauty."

Wen Muye and Li Xue looked at each other, a sense of novelty flashed in their eyes, Director Chen probably had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and his rigor was outrageous.

"Stop! Producer Zhang, is your focus on? It's shifting every second, what the hell?"

The people in the director's team lowered their heads and laughed, overjoyed.

In front of the boom machine, Zhang Jizhong held the small monitor with the boom lens, and said to Tang Ji, "Tianniang's Zhang Kaige definitely did it on purpose."

Tang Jili controlled the machine with both hands, and said, "There is indeed a problem with your focus, and the screen is shaking."

Zhang Jizhong looked down at the small monitor, and said, "How many years have I not touched this thing? When I touched this thing, Chen Kaige was still looking through the viewfinder as a telescope."

Tang Jili couldn't help laughing, and said: "Can you do it, can you change people."

Zhang Jizhong shook his head and said, "This shot is inherently difficult. How many long shots have you seen that can maintain a single focus? If this shot is replaced by another focuser, I think I will be scolded."

Tang Jili nodded, Zhang Jizhong said the truth, so he stopped talking.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi were completely reduced to tool people in this scene. Except that Chu Xuan had to show expressions that changed from mild anger to slight surprise, the two of them didn't need to express any emotions.

This scene needs to present an overall shocking effect through the use of mirrors to create a visual impact on the audience, so everything in the picture is a tool to match this picture effect.

However, after taking twenty or thirty times, this shot is still not shown.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi were also physically and mentally exhausted, suffering unspeakably.

"Crack! The focus is wrong!" Chen Kaige's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"What kind of unlucky scene! Fuck your mother!" Zhang Jizhong swears, throws the small monitor aside, and Tang Jili sits in front of the machine, holding his forehead and laughing non-stop.

The teachers in the director's group in front of the monitor tried their best to hold back their laughter. They understood, after all, the shots Chen Kaige described were really difficult, and the one shot lasted nearly 20 seconds to the end and required the same focus.

Consistent focus, simply put, means that no matter how long the lens moves, the center point of the lens must be in focus, that is, it must move around the focus point, and it will not be a millimeter away.

The role of the focus follower is to report the focus position or object distance and focal distance to the handheld at all times, and the camera operator of the handheld adjusts the lens angle according to the report of the focus follower to focus.

Therefore, each follower is the right-hand man of the respective cameraman.

Therefore, once Zhang Jizhong makes a mistake, or loses focus and fails to react, then Tang Ji will also make mistakes.

Being called to stop by Chen Kaige nearly [-] times in a row, everyone understood, but still found it funny. After all, the object of manipulating the machine is a big domestic director, such a scene is rare.

"Stop shooting!" Zhang Jizhong walked to the monitor and waved his hands.

"Can you do it?" Chen Kaige said with a smile.

"Come again tomorrow! It's done once!" Zhang Jizhong boasted.

(End of this chapter)