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Lance watched every move of the actors, but he didn't express his opinion. It is one thing to know the situation in Los Angeles, but it is another thing to feel the scene in Namibia. Even if he is mentally prepared, he still feels the impact now, let alone other people? I believe that as the filming progresses, everyone will change.

Looking out through the window of the tent, the sandstorm seems to have stopped, the sand floating in the sky seems to disappear in a blink of an eye, and the sunlight refracted on the long red sand is becoming more and more intense, and the body can even feel it clearly The temperature is rising slowly, and it will probably be even hotter by noon.

Lance took off his leather jacket. It was originally a jacket to prevent sunburn, but now it was like a plastic wrap, covering his sweat inside. It seems that the temperature difference between morning and evening is a problem, and the scorching sun is also a problem. Lance quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down all these questions.

In a blink of an eye, the tent was full. More than 30 people gathered together. The bustling place was very lively, but they were crowded together, and it was extremely difficult to move. Not only that, there were three floors outside the tent. Surrounded by three layers, it looks like a beehive - just as all the worker bees have returned after collecting honey.

Everyone was chirping and discussing, obviously not everyone had the opportunity to go to the desert to shoot a movie on-site, the novelty of this experience kept everyone in a state of excitement, but at the same time a little restless, strange unknown and potential The danger of danger clearly permeated the air. So, everyone is talking, trying to share their inner emotions with their companions.

Lance raised his right hand high and tried to speak twice, but failed. He turned his head and looked at the other people standing outside the tent. No one knows when the next wind will blow, so Lance took a deep breath, his dantian sank, and he could only scream, Shut up! The tent fell silent in an instant, and everyone looked at Lance in panic and astonishment.

Everyone shut up! This is not a pajama party for junior high school girls. If you have any questions, you can wait until you go back to the dormitory at night. Shut up now! Lance's words were not polite, and the last bit of restlessness in the tent calmed down. After landing, it became completely silent, and even the trivial sound of sand hitting the outside of the tent could be clearly heard.

We will start rehearsing later, and we will shoot the first scene this afternoon... Lance said the first sentence, Hayden Hunt interrupted, But... But everyone is very concerned about the situation in the desert. I'm still not familiar with it, so I went straight to the shooting in the afternoon, which was really too embarrassing. However, Hayden didn't have a chance to finish his sentence. Lance turned his head and gave Hayden a vicious look. Hayden usually likes to argue with Lance and express his opinions, but he always knows clearly when he can Open your mouth and when you should shut up. For example, now, Hayden tightly closed his mouth.

Next, I will explain to you in detail how to shoot this work. Regarding shooting technical issues, you are welcome to interrupt me to express opinions at any time, but other than that, talk less and listen more. After the crew starts shooting, I will I don’t want to see people who are still confused and don’t understand what we are doing.” Although Lance didn’t say “otherwise”, the simple sentence still made the staff present shudder—even under the high temperature of the desert .

Without Hayden's reminder, Lance also clearly knows how difficult it is to shoot. But what they need now is not questioning or worrying, but to turn all the pressure into motivation, really put into work, and try to overcome the difficulties brought by nature with the spirit of facing difficulties. Therefore, Lance needs everyone to be confident, not full of doubts before shooting.

Lance turned his head and looked at the whiteboard behind him, on which eight storyboards had already been placed, The entire movie will be shot in the chronological order of the story development, to ensure that our entire crew can keep the state on the story line, don't Mistake. The first scene is Max's entrance, we'll shoot a chase scene of less than fifteen seconds, and then Max gets hunted by the scavengers. Over.

After finishing the introduction with a simple sentence, Lance pointed to the first storyboard, We will use one wave to complete the shooting of the whole scene, except for a small number of close-up shots and special shots that will be re-shot afterwards, all The picture will be shot in one go. There was a gasp from inside and outside the tent, even people like Adriana who had no filming experience knew how difficult it was, even those who knew Lance The core members of Suan still couldn't help their heartbeat at this time, especially after visiting the desert scene in person, this tension became more obvious, First, here will set up a lens to capture Max's back, push it from the middle ground to the close-up, and then Pull back to the medium shot, wait for Max to drive away, gradually rise up, turn into a panoramic view, condescendingly capture the whole picture of the entire chase.

Lance pointed to the first storyboard and began to explain. In the picture is a small hill, below is the endless red desert, a rusty retro car is parked on the hill, and a stalwart man stands next to him; then he points to the second storyboard , the picture changes to the side, the car is at the far end, the man is at the near end, the hills are on the left, and the desert is on the right.

Secondly, a shot will be set here, all in close-up, aiming at the position of the tires. Lance pointed to the side view of the hills and the seam line at the edge of the sky. Let's capture the shot of Max driving down the mountain first, and so on. When the scavengers show up, they fly by, there are cars, there are motorcycles, I need stuntmen to fly the cars, this shot will capture the sky between the tires and the ground, and the curve of the mountains...

This is the beauty of storyboards. On the third sketch, the upper part is a huge tire, and in the middle is a washed blue sky. Under the blue sky, rolling hills are outlined. The impact of Youyuan is placed on the screen with a strong posture, and people can clearly feel the sense of oppression through the paper. No need to imagine, you know that the effect created on the big screen will be even more shocking.

After driving down, this lens will also capture the whole picture of the chase from this angle. Lance quickly explained, and then came to the fourth and fifth storyboards, These two positions use panoramic views. , but the difference is that this panorama is frontal, and mainly captures the magnificence of the rolling sand and dust. I need the camera position to be higher, so that the car looks smaller and the hills and mountains behind it are more majestic; while this panorama is From the side, aim at the hugeness and vastness of the chasing convoy, seven cars, four motorcycles, wait for them to approach, and then turn into a close shot...

Lance quickly pointed to the sixth storyboard, The chase will end here. Lance pointed to a point on the storyboard, The chasing car knocked Max's car over, and it would be better if the car could be in the air Flip, but this is not a mandatory requirement, it mainly depends on the performance of the stunt personnel. The most important thing is that all teams must lock the tires and raise the sand and dust as much as possible. Don’t worry that the sand and dust will block the vision of the camera. The dust is all kicked up.

Then go back to the fifth storyboard, Here, the shot will become a close-up shot, which is related to... The seventh storyboard, Here, the shot is mainly in the middle shot, and it records in detail the continuous rolling of the car. Then the whole car is buried in the sand, the camera starts to move forward, from the medium shot to the close shot, Max will crawl out of the sand, at this time the camera will follow Max’s movements and stay in the close shot position, Scavengers swarmed from all directions and quickly subdued Max. The scene is over!

As soon as the voice fell, someone raised his hand. Lance saw that it was Hayden. Lance nodded his chin, and Hayden immediately said, Two questions, where does the chase end and how to control it? After all It’s a car, who knows how they will roll over? The cameraman is standing in this position. What should we do if the calculation is wrong and they are rolled over? Also, the camera is here to capture the medium and close-up shots, and Max has to directly Climbing out of the scene of a car accident, the problem is, this scene has to be filmed by stuntmen, how do you crawl out? There is no room for end cuts.

First, this is the main content of the morning rehearsal, the stuntman will do the drill, and then give us a safe range, the cameraman will go to work; second, after the car drives down the hill, I will do a shot cut, the stuntman and I The driver switch can be completed at the bottom of the hill, I sit in the passenger seat, and after the car overturns, I climb out directly from the passenger seat. Lance's explanation was very fast, and the astonished expressions of everyone inside and outside the tent became more and more Big and barely concealable.

Lance said it so lightly, but everyone knew the danger. Not only did Lance have to experience the crash in the passenger seat—the car would roll through the air—but he also had to control the fall so perfectly that the passenger seat would be facing the side of the camera lens. This is a severe challenge for everyone, everyone, especially Lance, who is the leading actor, he needs to experience a car accident and also needs to be put into acting. This is simply... an impossible task. But Lance was so calm.

Lance didn't make any further comments, as if he just said something that couldn't be simpler, Is there anything else?

As soon as the words were finished, all the arms inside and outside the tent were raised in unison. Lance let out a deep breath in his heart. On the surface, he called his name calmly, Newton!

Newton-Siegel said directly, How to deal with lighting? In the desert, lighting is too difficult because the position of the sun is constantly changing...

Natural light. Lance interrupted Newton's words, The lighting team started metering after the meeting. Our shooting needs to be completed within 15 minutes. Please tell me what time of day the lighting is most suitable. We will start filming when. The amount of information is really a bit large, and Newton was also dumbfounded, but Lance continued to turn his head, Who else?