Crazy, 500 yuan also dare to make a science fiction blockbuster

On his surface, there are some small scratches, but it seems that the age of those scratches has been very long.

Chapter 399 Antiques

"I have it on loan from the Berlin Museum."

Frank said with a helpless smile on his face.

Ye Heng stepped forward and carefully observed the camera, which was probably older than his grandfather.

"Is this machine still available?"

Frank nodded, "Theoretically, there is no problem, but if we want to play the movies made by him, we may have to go to the museum again."

Hearing this, Ye Heng could only smile helplessly.

"That's right, in this day and age, who still uses film to play movies."

After finishing speaking, Ye Heng sighed. In this way, it is unlikely that this machine will be used.

After all, in this era, I am afraid that there are no such equipment in movie theaters.

"Is this the closest camera to us for shooting black and white movies?" Ye Heng asked.

Frank nodded, "The one closest to us, but it's almost 80 years old."

At this time, Ye Heng's mind was in a mess. The afterglow of the black and white era has now fallen into Ye Heng's hands.

Should Schindler's List be shot in color?Although it is not impossible, but the color will make him lose a lot of things.

Heaviness, seriousness, authenticity, texture... these things can only be brought by black and white.

“Has no one done a black and white video camera since then? Or, something like color conversion, converting a video from color to black and white.”

Ye Heng asked, still unwilling to compromise, trying to find the last glimmer of hope.

But Frank still shook his head helplessly.

"I'm sorry Director Ye Heng, but since the advent of color movies, the whole world has given up the monotonous combination of black and white."

"Even if some countries are not as developed as the beautiful countries and Europe, and change a bit slowly, 10 to 20 years later than us, the shooting equipment they have used in these years is still the same batch in front of you."

"As for converting a color video into a black and white movie, do you think someone would trade a watermelon for a sesame seed?"

"For this kind of technology that is destined to have no market, it is impossible for anyone to develop it. Of course, we can invest in research and development now, but how long will it take from the beginning of research and development to maturity?"

Hearing this, Ye Heng fell into silence.

And when both of them were silent, Frank seemed to think of something.

"Well, Director Ye Heng, can you add a small black transparent card in front of the modern camera, like a filter or something."

Ye Heng froze for a moment, but quickly shook his head with a helpless smile on his face.

"It is true that some black-and-white images can be shot, but the black-and-white images are very rough, and it can't be considered rough. It should be said that many scenes cannot be shot."

"There is no way to adjust various things, the picture will be very... chaotic, yes, chaotic."

After speaking, Ye Heng sat on the chair with a helpless smile on his face.

After that, there was another long silence, helpless, tired, and irritable. In short, at that moment, I just felt that everything was over.

"Can you help me keep an eye out and see if anyone else is using this black and white technology or technology related to black and white movies in the market."

Frank nodded, "I'll keep an eye on it for you."

"If it really doesn't work by then, I'm afraid we can only use these old guys to make movies."

As he spoke, he looked at the camera from 80 years ago.

Although it may be troublesome and tiring to shoot like this, Ye Heng still doesn't want him to lose his original color.

"Although these things can be used, the things they shoot will be blurry."

"After all, it was the era of film, and you know it well."

Ye Heng nodded, with a trace of helplessness in his eyes.

After chatting for a few minutes, Ye Heng returned to his residence.

As soon as he sat down, he immediately called Luo Qiao.

As soon as the other party picked up the phone, before he even had time to say a word, Ye Heng's voice rang.

"Luo Qiao, starting from scratch, how long will it take to make a software that can convert color movies into black and white movies?"

Hearing this, the opposite party was stunned for a while, and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Hey, are you still there?"

"Here, wait for me to think about it."

Then a few more seconds passed.

"You mean, you want a software that converts color movies to black and white?"

"Ah."

"You got kicked in the head by a donkey!"

"what?"

"Why do you convert color movies to black and white movies? There's nothing to do when you're full, right?"

"Don't talk about this, just say whether it can be done, and if it is done, how long will it take?"

Hearing Ye Heng's words, he seemed a little anxious, Luo Qiao didn't ask any more questions, and after thinking for a while, he spoke.

"It depends on how detailed you are. If you don't care about the film being blurry, I can make it for you in two or three days. But if it is similar to the film shown on the big screen, it may take some time."

"about how long?"

"It could be months, it could be years."

"Ah? No specific time?"

"Brother, no one has done your technology before. The complete accumulation of technology is completely blank. It must take a lot of time to make it."

After hearing these words, Ye Heng fell into silence.

Originally, I thought that if I could make it in a short time, I would shoot in color and convert it to black and white later.

But now it seems that he is thinking too much.

"Then what you just said, the one that can be made in two or three days, the movie is blurry, to what extent is it blurry?"

Luo Qiao thought for a while, "Probably, from 4K to 480P."

Hearing this Hu Yeheng was speechless. With such a blurred level, he might as well use these old antiques from 80 years ago to shoot.

"Then do you still want to make this software?" Luo Qiao asked again.

"Do it!" Ye Heng didn't hesitate at all.

Black and white movies, he didn't just shoot this one, this thing must be done.

Wait until later, now it is ready, and it can be used directly after shooting.

"Okay, then I'll help you find someone."

With that said, he hung up the phone.

In the next few days, Ye Heng began to study the old antique from the 50s and [-]s while watching the actor's audition.

For Ye Heng, who is used to making movies with modern equipment, using this antique from the 50s and [-]s is simply tormenting him.

He can even guess now that when he was making a movie, he wasted the film because he was not satisfied with certain scenes and yelled "cut".

"I don't know if there are enough machines in the museum. Otherwise, I can only find someone to make them."

Ye Heng sighed helplessly. A camera is definitely not enough. I just hope that it will not be damaged when shooting. After all, these are antiques.

Chapter 400 Gift

After the audition on the last day, Ye Hengzheng planned to leave and go back quickly so that he could continue to learn the operating principle of that damn film camera.

But before he had time to leave the room, a phone rang suddenly.

He took it out and saw that it was Frank calling.

As soon as he picked up the phone, Frank's excited voice rang on the other end of the phone.

"Ye Heng! Ye Heng! I found it! I found it!!"

Ye Heng froze for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Frank was talking about.

"What did you find?"

"A brand new! Black and white movie camera that has never been seen before! And the kind that doesn't use film!"

Frank said all the words in a row without even taking a breath.

When the voice fell, he felt that he was about to suffocate, but he was still so happy.

After Ye Heng heard this, he was also stunned.

But he didn't have time to think about it, "Where you are, I'll come right over."

"No, I've already brought the machine over!"

"Have you come here yet! Okay! Then I'll wait for you here!"

After speaking, Ye Heng hung up the phone, unable to hide the excited smile on his face.

He didn't expect to be found by them. He thought that in such an era where color is more important than black and white, people no longer care about these things.

But if you think about it carefully, on a planet with a population of 70 billion, there are always people who are different, and there are always people who like things that are outdated in the eyes of others, which is normal.

Not long after, Frank walked in with a few brand new black machines, followed by several people holding the same machines.

"Ye Heng! Look at this! Look at this!"

As Frank said, he placed a machine in front of Ye Heng.

Ye Heng trotted over quickly, but this machine was obviously different from everything Ye Heng had used before, and he didn't see clearly for a while.

"Here are the instructions."

Frank said, and handed the title of a book to Ye Heng.

But the moment he saw the instruction manual, Ye Heng was stunned.

It was a handwritten instruction manual, but the text on it was not in Chinese or English, and obviously not in German.

"Let me take a look." Qian Jun walked over, took the explanation in Ye Heng's hand and said with a smile on his face, "It's in French."

"This is a switch, this is a regulator, this is..."

Qian Jun translated for Ye Heng one by one, and after a few minutes, he fully introduced the functions of the machine to Ye Heng.

And Ye Heng also relied on his years of figuring out the camera, and he quickly became proficient in playing it.

"Where did you get this thing!" Ye Heng looked at the machine in front of him, really surprised.

Although it is black and white, the pictures taken by this camera are not blurred at all, and the resolution is at least around 2K.

"A gift from a rich man in the White Flag country."

"The rich man of the White Flag Country." Ye Heng was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered the French manual just now.

"Yes, I asked my friends in the circle to see if I could find someone with relevant knowledge."

"Then I found a black-and-white camera maker and wanted to drag him to help. Then the rich man knew about us through this person, so he asked him to send some machines over."

"By the way, with these machines, there is also a letter."

"A letter?" Ye Heng was taken aback for a moment.

"Yes, the person who delivered the item said it was for you."

With that said, Frank took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Ye Heng.

Ye Heng took the envelope, looked at the postmark on it, thought for a while, and opened the letter.

It was a letter written in French, and Ye Heng handed it to Qian Jun.