my time as a director

Buses began to run, and various private cars began to appear on the road.

Lujiazui, the central business district of Shanghai, naturally attracted countless people and vehicles to gather here.

But the Oriental Pearl TV Tower located in Lujiazui is a different scene.

Overgrown with weeds, waist-high weeds can be seen everywhere, as if surrounding the TV tower.

The ground is also full of dead leaves. Some of the street trees on the roadside have withered or even collapsed, while others are so lush that they grow as high as several floors.

It seems that this is not a modern international metropolis, but a dilapidated small town.

However, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower standing in the center, the landmark building of the Magic City, is enough to prove that this is still in the Magic City.

There are also prop cars wrapped in blue screens, various equipment, and two or three hundred crew members busy everywhere, which also shows that a certain movie is being filmed here.

Starting at one o'clock in the morning, it took three hours and 300 people to set up the scene.

Li Qian is leading the crew to make final preparations.

"Where does the sun rise from?"

Holding the drawing board in his hand, Li Qian turned to ask the people around him.

"East," Wen Muye raised his head and replied.

"...which direction is east."

Zhang Zhonghua pointed in front of Li Qian, "It's right in front of you."

"Let's simulate the sunset light first. This can't be done by color alone."

Throwing the drawing board to Wen Muye, Li Qian came to the lighting master.

The old god was drinking tea on a chair, and the head of the lighting team, who pointed to his staff from time to time, saw Li Qian coming, and quickly put the teacup into the hand of the apprentice next to him, and stood up immediately.

"Director Li."

"Old King, how are your preparations going?"

"It's ready and ready to shoot anytime."

Li Qian glanced at him and nodded, "Let's simulate the sunset first, the sunset light around five o'clock in the afternoon."

This scene in the movie takes place in the evening, before the sun goes down. If it’s summer, it’s almost five o’clock, because you have to get back to the base before the sun goes down, or the zombies will come out.

As for why it's not noon, the hero will feel a sense of urgency in the evening. Zombies are afraid of the sun, but they don't need to be afraid at noon. In the evening, if the weather changes, it might get dark sometime, and they will be more nervous.

But there is no way to shoot at five in the afternoon. If you shoot in a studio, it will take a lot of post-production time.

Li Qian still wants to be able to release it in the Lunar New Year file, so he will shoot everything that can be real, saving time in later stages.

Outdoors, the morning sun looks like the setting sun. The technical difficulty is still too great, and it is definitely not enough to rely on color correction and post-production.

"Alright Director Li."

In response, Lao Wang, the leader of the lighting team, led his men to debug it himself.

Seeing more than a dozen people in the lighting team busy at work, Li Qian turned his head and asked Xiang Wenmuye, "How much do you know about lighting and the characteristics of sunset light?"

Wen Muye thought for a while and replied, "I have shot some MVs and commercials, and the pictures taken under the sunset are really beautiful, but the requirements in the MV are not high, and I haven't studied this aspect too much."

"We still need to know more or less about all aspects, not to mention knowing how to do it, but at least knowing how to do it. What do you think, Lao Zhang?" Li Qian asked Zhang Zhonghua again.

The lighting team is the department under the photographer. As the director of photography, Zhang Zhonghua has already considered all aspects.

"Use a green color filter to make up the temperature difference, and then add a half CTO orange color gel to make up the temperature difference of the light bulb, and the flash will produce a highlight on the person..."

"Almost, let's see how they adjust."

Close-ups and close-ups are still easy to do, but panoramas are a problem, although the sunrise and sunset look similar.

The lighting team has been busy for a while, and the sun has begun to rise.

Measure the light first, and after the light measurement, start to try it again, just in time for Liu Ye to try the play.

Looking at the effect in the camera, Li Qian shook his head, and put the walkie-talkie near his mouth, "Add a full CTO orange gel, and the sun at dawn is too low, so adjust the angle."

"The contrast is weak, which is fine, but the overall brightness is too high."

"The edge of the shadow should not be too blurry, but it can be adjusted in post-production, almost."

As Li Qian made corrections over and over again, half an hour passed, and the sunlight also went from dawn to early morning, and there would not be much change in a period of time.

The rising sun looks similar to the setting sun, but it is still clearer and brighter, and has a great contrast with the surrounding scenery, while the setting sun looks a little dizzy and gorgeous, and it is more integrated with the surrounding scenery. The sky is orange-yellow and orange-yellow.

Of course, for the shot of the sky, just find a place to shoot in the evening, there is no way to do this.

The morning sun is red with a little white light, and the range of warm colors is relatively small, while the setting sun is the opposite, often covering half of the sky with warm colors.

The clouds are also very different. No matter how the post-production is done, the sky in the early morning will look like the evening. Let alone whether it is good or not, it is obviously not as easy as taking a shot of the sky in the afternoon.

"Okay, that's it, let's get started."

After giving an order, Li Qian sat back in front of the monitor.

The head of the lighting team, Pharaoh Wang, also heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not scolded.

If you get scolded before the filming starts, you won't lose your life.

But there is no way to continue sitting leisurely on a chair drinking tea, directing his subordinates to work, even though Li Qian is only a few years older than his son, he doesn't care about his age when he scolds.

After a busy morning, the crew has officially entered the state.

And watching the old fritters of the crew suddenly become serious and hardworking, Wen Muye couldn't help admiring Li Qian.

At such a young age, the crew, who are in their teens and 20s, are convinced and obedient, not just relying on a blockbuster movie, but being able to speak clearly about all aspects of business is the key.

It seems that in addition to the director's major, you still have to learn other aspects of knowledge when you have time, don't make movies by yourself and be underestimated by others.

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The light meter was also measured, and the focal length was also measured. Liu Ye also prepared for more than three hours and tried to move, and the lens was also simple, so he started shooting directly.

"Scene five, one shot at a time!"

"start!"

Wen Muye yelled loudly into the loudspeaker. Although it was the first time he was doing an executive job, when he was the assistant director of the Perfect World crew, he looked at Xu Zheng holding the loudspeaker, and he had imagined this scene countless times. up.