I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

Some of these students are already well-known directors, and some stayed in school to teach and become professors. They are all successful people.

In addition to the classic barbecue party, they get together to watch movies. After all, they are all practitioners. There are many things to talk about watching movies, so they spend a relaxed and happy night.

"It might be better to let them taste it together."

Lake thought that his own opinion might be biased, but the combined opinions of so many classmates were enough to produce a comprehensive evaluation.

After all, according to Thomas Lee, this is an epic blockbuster.

When Lake heard this sentence, he almost wanted to ask his Chinese subordinate to translate what an "epic blockbuster" is.

As we all know, this kind of high-cost movies have disappeared in recent years. Even Hollywood, the world's strongest film industry, has not rashly tried this kind of high-cost production. The big superhero movie, that kind of classic epic blockbuster, no one has made it.

Lake does not think that other countries can make epic blockbusters. Firstly, their industrial equipment cannot do it; secondly, the level of actors; lastly, scripts, directors and other factors, and another point is capital investment.

At the beginning of the century, there were some epic fantasy movies. At that time, the computer special effects technology was not mature, so many of them were shot in real scenes, such as finding hundreds of riders to charge on horseback, or making fake props instead of special effects.

This is also done to save costs, which sounds weird, but at some point, making special effects is really expensive.

Today, what Hollywood is proud of is still a mature film industry system, and various superhero films are the embodiment of developed industrial special effects.

In Hollywood, these special effects can be completed at a relatively low price, but in foreign countries, either spend a lot of money to find Hollywood OEMs, or find out by yourself.

For example, if a flame burns, foreign teams may have to study the particle presentation for several months, but here in Hollywood, there are hundreds of special effects of the same flame that can be selected at will. This is all accumulation and reserve, and it is not so easy to overtake in a corner.

There are even many special effects that can only be completed by specific studios, and most of these studios are concentrated here. Some people say that Hollywood has a monopoly on special effects movies, and this is not wrong at all.

And if you want to shoot a movie with big scenes and many special effects, you will almost certainly find a special effects team from Hollywood.

Ke Leike hadn't heard of any studios in Hollywood undertaking related special effects production business.

In other words, there is a high probability that the special effects of this "Magic Tide" were made by studios elsewhere, or by themselves.

That special effect of fifty cents is not worth looking forward to at all.

Lake also glanced at the catalog of the director's previous works. They were all horror films and thrillers. This kind of low-cost movies that would be classified as B-level movies here made Lake feel that the so-called "epic" Blockbuster" might just be a joke.

And the reason why those movies can have such a high box office, Lake thinks, this is probably because of the backward aesthetics.

There have also been blockbuster films co-produced by the two countries in the past, in which famous foreign movie stars were invited, but the quality of the film can only be said to be mediocre, and the level of special effects is not enough, which greatly disappointed the audience.

Therefore, with the mentality of watching jokes and complaining about bad movies, Lake picked up the CD of "Magic Tide" and drove home.

In the evening, after enjoying a perfect barbecue, Lake and his friends came to the screening room of his house, where a part of the garage was converted, with perfect audio-visual effects, it can be called Lake's happy house.

"What did you say you brought?"

One of Lake's friends, Justin, asked, he is now a well-known director, he has made two good films, and he is considered a leader in the industry.

"A film, ready to be released at Christmas, is brought in from overseas."

Rick took out the disc.

""Magic Tide", listening to the name reminds me of the game I played when I was a child."

Another friend, Professor Armitage, joked that he is a professor at the School of Communication at Miskatok University.

"It is said that this is an epic blockbuster, huh."

Lake put the CD into the player.

"Epic blockbuster? I haven't heard of any director who wants to make such a big-budget movie recently."

The last friend, Rice, is a producer of a film company. He didn't quite understand what Lake meant, so he asked.

"Anyway, just watch it. I have prepared beer. We can watch it while chatting."

Lake brought a few bottles of beer, pressed the play button again, turned off the lights, and sat down on the soft sofa.

The whole room dimmed, and before the crafting list appeared, a dark forest first appeared.

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===309. Translate for me===

This forest looks ordinary, but the deep feeling makes Lake unable to move his eyes for a moment.

He was surprised to find one thing, he couldn't tell whether it was a special effect or a real shot.

If this is a real shot, then the shape of these trees growing is too strange. The cost of making such realistic props is not low, and it is such a large forest.

If this is a special effect, it is even more impossible, because in Lake's knowledge, no special effects studio can undertake such a large amount of special effects production, and it may not be able to achieve the immediate effect.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of bagpipes, the camera moved in the forest and stopped on a few patrolling people. They wore leather armor mixed with cloaks, and held crossbows, spears, short swords, etc., and walked in a hurry.

"The props and costumes are of a high standard."

Director Justin commented.

Whether a film is good or not can be seen in the way of persuasion.

Watching those dramas in which the laces are wrongly tied in ancient costumes and the shoes are still wearing sneakers, even the best scripts are embarrassing to watch.

But now the clothes, makeup, and weapons of these people are like soldiers who have just come down from the battlefield.

What's more important is the eyes of those soldiers.

That kind of fatigue and vigilance coexist, with numbness and indifference in the eyes at the same time, which cannot be performed without more than ten years of acting experience.

And these actors are not the oriental actors he is familiar with, they look like extras.

Is the current dragon suit so high-level?

Or did the director directly find veterans who have actually experienced wars and ask them to play these secondary roles?

Justin knew that in the past, some directors liked to find people with relevant experience to act in order to pursue a sense of reality, such as finding people who were pregnant to play pregnant women, and finding people with disabilities to play disabled people.

It can be said that, in Justin's opinion, the first few scenes alone made him feel that this movie is not ordinary.

On the screen, the group of people continued to walk forward. Suddenly, a monster's roar came from a distance, and the soldiers visibly vigilantly raised their hand crossbows in the direction of the sound.

The silent and tense atmosphere was pushed to the peak with the sudden stop of the music. Justin felt as if he was in that deep and dark forest, becoming one of those soldiers, facing unknown monsters, tremblingly holding a crossbow aim.

He couldn't help but grab the armrest of the sofa.

The camera peeks into the depths of the forest from the first perspective, with the slight ups and downs of breathing, which is full of reality.

The picture of the forest is very dim, but every detail of the picture can be seen clearly.

In the industry, many special effects shots are taken at night, such as monsters fighting and destroying the city, robots flying around in the sky, most of them are at night.

This is mainly because the special effects at night are easy to do. Everyone can’t see things clearly at night. The special effects don’t need to be done in detail, and no one pauses in the movie theater after a while, which can effectively reduce costs.

The special effects in broad daylight are troublesome, especially when it involves the combination of real scenes, which is much more troublesome than pure green screen.

This has led to the fact that the special effects shots of many movies are very dark. In the movie theater, the strong light and the surrounding darkness are barely enough. At home, it looks completely dark, and no one can see clearly.

But in the current picture, although the surroundings are very dim, every plant and tree in the forest is clear. In Justin's words, it's like observing with the naked eye.

This results in the ultimate sense of immersion.

Just when Justin was trying to find the source of the sound from the forest, the soldier standing at the front suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned sideways to turn the direction of the crossbow arrow.

As soon as the camera turned, he saw a silver-gray giant wolf with six legs and four eyes rushing towards him.

Whoosh whoosh—

The crossbow arrows of the others shot out immediately and shot into the body of the wolf, but it bit the unlucky soldier as if it couldn't feel the pain, only seeing blood and flesh flying, and half of the soldier's body was thrown away directly. The rest of the upper body was still in the giant wolf's mouth, trying to struggle.

The battle was extremely brutal. Justin could clearly see the intestines and viscera flowing out of the body bitten off by the giant wolf. Warm blood spilled on the ground full of rotten leaves, red and black, life and death , Civilization and barbarism constitute a tragic yet beautiful picture.

There is no trace of editing in this series of shots. It is an amazing long shot. The soldiers' fighting and cooperation, and the ferocity and ferocity of the giant wolf become more and more intense against the background of this long, breathless long shot. Tighter, more realistic.

Just when this group of people finally dealt with the giant wolf, and everyone was covered in bruises and exhausted, more howls suddenly sounded from all directions.

The camera showed a close-up of the face of a surviving soldier. He looked at his companion with blood on his face, and his eyes were full of despair.

As the camera zooms out, overlooking the soldiers who hurriedly stood up to organize resistance, and the giant wolves gradually approaching, the whole picture of this forest appears in the picture. It is an extremely vast forest with no end in sight, dark The trees were towering, covering the ground, and with a gust of wind, the canopy surged like a tide, and sometimes the shouts of soldiers and the roars of giant wolves could be heard.

In the end, as everything came to an abrupt end, the title of "Magic Tide" appeared on the screen, which meant that the introduction just now ended and the movie officially began.

After watching this episode, everyone present forgot that they still had beer in their hands.

"That was a special effect, right?"

asked Professor Armitage uncertainly.

The battle scenes are extremely bloody, and the scenes of flying stumps are extremely real, giving people a great shock. Some directors are very good at showing the aesthetics of violence, and like to place violent scenes on the audience's faces, using The ultimate battle makes the audience feel hearty, and some directors are good at using realistic wounds to stimulate the audience's inner instinctive fear, and using fist-to-flesh impacts to make the audience immersive.

The battle scenes in "Magic Tide" are very brutal, but they also contain a certain sense of tragedy and mission, just like the scenes of human beings fighting with those beasts in ancient times, it is thrilling and makes people hold their breath.

Reike let go of the hand he had been holding tightly before, and he found that his palm was full of sweat.

His initial vision for "Magic Tide" was completely broken in the few minutes before the title of the film appeared.

Such movies, such pictures and scenes, really did not come from Hollywood, but were achieved by other countries with their own strength?

Whether it's special effects, props, costumes, or performances, they have all reached the top level of Hollywood. What he doesn't even want to admit in his heart is that this may have surpassed their cognition.

How on earth is this made?

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===310. Community of Destiny===

After the title is over, there is a foreshadowing and background description. Through the relationship between the young soldier Birmingham and his family and companions, it is pointed out that the world will often be attacked by demon tides, and the main line of the movie is obviously to resist the demon tide. .

Seeing this, as a professor, Armitage's biggest feeling is that the performances of the characters here are really good.

He teaches at the Academy of Film and Television and has been to many studios. He knows that the most troublesome thing during filming is not the performance of the stars and protagonists, but the lighting arrangement and tricks.

Natural light shooting is true, but in fact, due to problems such as angle and light intensity, the pictures taken by natural light are either dark or too bright, especially indoors, and it is impossible to watch without supplemental light, just like ordinary people sitting in the room and using their mobile phones Just like taking a selfie, you can only kneel under the camera to be real.

After the lighting is arranged, the actor's face sometimes becomes a thing with a limited angle. Only at this angle can it look good, and other angles are not suitable. Therefore, sometimes when shooting indoor shots, the lighting It takes time to move around.

But in this movie, Armitage can't feel the unnatural feeling of artificial light at all. It seems that it is all shot with natural light, but the brightness is just right. When it should be dark, it is dark, and when it should be bright, it is bright. , as if they had been stationed for several days to present this scene, and only captured this group of shots at the most correct time.

As for the tricksters, Armitage was even more shocked.

Normal extras, let’s not talk about looks, most of the acting skills are very good, and the attitude is not serious enough, like in some movies, there are almost no extras who have to fall down and struggle with how to talk to the director about the scene of.