Chapter 221: Novel Shooting Method, Selection From "Those Years"

Chapter 221 Novel shooting method, casting for "Those Years"

["Gravity" was suspended on the first day of shooting, the first domestic science fiction blockbuster is in a difficult situation! ]

[Dead in the womb? The shooting was suspended on the first line of shooting. Wu Yuan may encounter the biggest setback in his life? ]

[The difficult road of domestic science fiction blockbusters is difficult for Hollywood directors to grasp! ]

The fact that "Gravity" was suspended on the first day of shooting could not be kept secret at all. There were so many reporters at the Huairou Film and Television Base that day. Although the opening ceremony was over, they were still squatting and waiting for the end of the work to find an opportunity to interview.

Unexpectedly, the interview was not waited for, but a big melon was waited for.

"Gravity" was launched for only half a day, and the crew stopped working.

The reason for the suspension is unknown. According to the official statement of the crew, it was a technical adjustment, but various speculations immediately became rampant.

Some speculated that the scenery did not meet the standards, some speculated that the special effects had an accident, and some speculated that the actors and directors were not in harmony and turned their backs on the first day of shooting.

Anyway, the news of the suspension of production on the first day of the start-up has once again cast a shadow on this domestic science fiction film, which has already been questioned.

There are many people who laugh at it on the Internet.

Although Wu Yuan is now the pride of Chinese directors and a big director in Hollywood, he is also the object of attention and criticism of public intellectuals in this era of rampant public intellectuals.

When Wu Yuan made movies in Hollywood, public intellectuals on the Internet praised him for his vision, knowing that Hollywood is the temple of the global film industry, knowing that mainland films are hopeless, and going to Hollywood to develop.

And when he returned to China to make movies, it was considered decadent, unpromising, and shameful in the eyes of these public intellectuals.

In the mouths of public intellectuals these days, the air in North America is sweet, and if you can make it in North America, don't come back.

In their eyes, Wu Yuan, who has made achievements in North America and wants to return to China to promote mainland films, is sick!

Why make domestic science fiction movies?

Don't you know that science fiction movies can only be made in global beacons like Hollywood?

When they heard that Gravity was stopped on the first day of shooting, the public intellectuals on the Internet immediately went wild and commented on the film on their blogs.

The meaning behind their words was that it was not too late for Wu Yuan to turn back from his wrong path. He should stop messing around with this impossible domestic science fiction film and return to Hollywood as soon as possible. Hollywood is the palace!

Returning to Hollywood as soon as possible to cooperate with outstanding American actors and the Big Six is ​​the right way!

Wu Yuan ignored all the pessimistic and sarcastic opinions on the Internet.

If he paid any attention to these brainless public intellectuals, it would be a cheap act.

He only cared about one thing now, how to solve the current problems of the crew.

He was still too young. He really had no experience in making science fiction films in his two lifetimes. Making science fiction films in China really faced too many unexpected difficulties.

With the props team, photography team and set team of the crew, Wu Yuan held meetings for several days in a row and even made many overseas calls to learn from some of the top cameramen in Hollywood.

Wu Yuan even shamelessly called Spielberg to ask if he had any suitable suggestions.

With the joint efforts of all parties, a way was indeed pointed out to Wu Yuan.

Within half a month, Wu Yuan and the props team came up with a plan: the LED light box plan.

This plan requires the construction of a container covered with LEDs.

Simply put, it is to make a six-meter square light box, display the virtual scene inside it, illuminate the face of the actor in it, and match the actor's subjective perspective.

Inside the LED light box, the CG environment spans the entire wall and ceiling, simulating the reflected light of the earth and the reflected light of the scene to illuminate the actors, and provide visual references for the actors, making them feel like they are floating in space.

This unique solution can directly use the virtual environment light to be used for synthesis to illuminate the actor's face.

In other words, when the actors are in the light box, the LED screens on all four sides will display the scene and light of the space, so that the light hitting their faces can be consistent with the appearance in the movie script, which will be easier to do post-production.

It can also help the two actors get into the play, making them feel more or less immersive.

This is much easier than acting in front of four green screens.

For example, if the scene is about the explosion of the space telescope caused by the satellite debris, the CG picture of this scene can be played directly on the LED screen inside the light box.

In this way, when the protagonist is in it, the explosion fireworks projected by the LED screen will be reflected on his face, which is very effective!

However, to achieve this, the special effects department must first make this part of the CG special effects picture, fully render it, and then put it on the LED screen, and the actors can shoot it.

Generally speaking, any special effects movie is shot with a green screen first, and then the special effects are synthesized in the later stage. There has never been a special effects picture first, and then the real shot.

But when it comes to "Gravity", this first time will be created.

This is definitely a new thing for the Chinese film industry.

Hollywood special effects technology has always led the world trend, and directors from other countries around the world have learned how Hollywood uses computer special effects.

Now, Chinese films have actually created a new way of filming!

In Wu Yuan's conception, the crew first has to make some CG special effects shots, and then let the actors be in the synthetic virtual environment before shooting the main film!

Inadvertently, he actually touched upon the shooting technique that combines virtual and reality, which is too advanced.

Just want to try this novel shooting method, you need to wait.

Making such a six-meter-long and wide LED light box is not only expensive, but also time-consuming.

The props team needs at least one and a half months to make this thing.

Wu Yuan also had to temporarily change the shooting plan, and all the scenes of the space exterior scenes were arranged to be shot later, and the scenes of the interior scenes of the space station were mainly shot in the early stage.

In this way, all the actors except Gong Li did not have to start work for the time being, and Wu Yuan had to revise the contract with them.

After all, the shooting schedule in the contract signed by Wang Xueqi was from October to November, and now it may be changed to December to January, all of which need to be coordinated.

Fortunately, Wang Xueqi has a good schedule this year and is easy to talk to.

After revising the actors' filming schedule, the crew of "Gravity", which had been suspended for half a month, restarted filming.

However, this time the restart did not receive much attention.

Wu Yuan did not care about these things. In the two studios of Huairou Film and Television Base, Gong Li's solo play was filmed.

As the first actress in China and the first actress in literary drama, it was definitely a very easy thing to work with Gong Li.

He did not need to explain the play, Gong Li already had a deep understanding of the script.

The story of "Gravity" is very profound and has some philosophical significance.

For the heroine, her journey to the outer space is also a journey of spiritual redemption.

Fear is vividly reflected in this space movie, and this fear is more derived from the loneliness caused by the vastness of space.

The satellite debris that may come at any time is an unpredictable danger, the space station that suddenly caught fire, the spacecraft without power, the spacecraft hung by the parachute, the heat of passing through the atmosphere.

The film creates a threatening obstacle almost every two minutes, and behind each obstacle is the fear that threatens life.

And Gong Li played this mentality of facing fear just right, not inferior to the original heroine Sandra Bullock.

Your Gong Huang is infinitely rampant!

In the case of real gravity, she played an astronaut in a weightless space station, facing various crises, still tirelessly insisting on life and the ardent pursuit of living.

Even though he knew that all this was fake and was filming, Wu Yuan was still infected by Gong Li's performance.

A good actor is so contagious that people can be moved and involved in her perfect performance even if they know it is acting, and their hearts rise and fall with her emotions!

"Sister Li, you acted really well!" After another perfect shot, Wu Yuan gave a thumbs up and couldn't help but praise.

Gong Li, wearing a tights and tight pants, which outlined her beautiful figure, smiled generously and accepted Wu Yuan's praise.

Of course, she knew that she acted well. She was a professional actor and was trained by Zhang Yimou in several dramas. How could she be bad?

At the same time, just when the filming of "Gravity" started smoothly, Zhang Guorong also left the set of "Gravity" and went back to shoot his new film.

He didn't have time to wait for the LED light box to be ready in the crew of "Gravity".

With this time, "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" could have been shot for one-third.

The preparations for this movie have basically been completed. Because no special effects are needed, the main preparations for this movie are to select a few suitable filming locations and then make a steam train prop.

The schedules of the three leading actors have been adjusted almost, and they will join the crew in early October.

Just after Gravity was restarted, The Good, the Bad, the Weird also officially started filming in Gansu.

On the other hand, Li Yang, who had studied the script of Those Years in detail and thoroughly, also started auditioning actors for the film.

In terms of actor selection, except for Liu Yifei, Wu Yuan handed over the arrangement of other roles to Li Yang, but arranged a producer to supervise him at the same time.

What to supervise?

Of course, he supervised him not to abuse his power for personal gain, unfairly select suitable actors, but to arrange roles for private money.

Although Li Yang is unlikely to do such a thing, he must be on guard. When investing, you can't put all your bets on the word "trust". These two words are really not worth mentioning in the face of the temptation of money.

Under the close watch of the producer, he also auditioned calmly.

The news that Light and Shadow Times has a new movie to be filmed, and the script is provided by Wu Yuan, and it is a youth love movie that he is good at, quickly spread in the circle.

Let’s not talk about how jealous some directors in the industry are that Li Yang, this lucky guy, can get Wu Yuan’s favor and support, and can even get the script written by Wu Yuan.

Let’s talk about the actors in the industry, they are so excited.

Although Director Li Yang is unknown, the only information that can be found is that he is one of the six lucky ones in the first phase of the Light and Shadow Times Young Director Support Program.

But since he can be valued by Wu Yuan, he must have his own strengths.

Moreover, the script of this new movie was written by Wu Yuan, and this name alone is worth at least 20 million box office!

Although there are movies with box office revenue of over 100 million every year, there are only a few mainland actors who can really play in such movies.

Most mainland actors are still struggling in small and medium-cost movies. For them, movies produced by Light and Shadow Era are definitely the best cake.

Because Light and Shadow Era basically does not use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors!

Compared with other Hong Kong and Taiwan co-productions, the movies of Light and Shadow Era and Huayi are considered the best commercial movies in the mainland, and they are also the easiest movies for mainland actors to act in.

It’s a pity that Huayi now uses half of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and half of mainland stars, and most of the mainland stars used are still their own contracted artists.

The movies of Light and Shadow Era are different. They can all compete fairly for the actors of their own movies that they have not signed.

As soon as Li Yang released the audition news, Light and Shadow Era was crowded with mainland actors who came to audition, both men and women.

What made Li Yang a little regretful was that Hu Ge was unable to come to the audition, and he was still recuperating.

After Wu Yuan wanted to internally select Liu Yifei, Li Yang thought that it would be great if Hu Ge and Liu Yifei could be paired together three times.

The two had starred in "Your Name", which is also a youth campus love movie, and fans are looking forward to their reunion.

Until now, there has been a lot of calls for the sequel of "Your Name", and many netizens want to see the story of Luo Sanye and Lin Wenjie after they reunited.

Wu Yuan had no intention of filming a sequel, so Li Yang thought it would be good to bring the two together in "Those Years".

Moreover, Hu Ge's Li Xiaoyao in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1" is quite similar to the character setting of Ke Jingteng in "Those Years", naughty and childish.

It's a pity that he had a car accident and couldn't take on this movie.

Li Yang had to hold an open audition to see if there were other suitable candidates.

When he came to the era of light and shadow, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Yin Xiaotian, and Nie Yuan, the four young actors selected by the media, are all here.

Lu Yi, Ren Quan, Hu Bin and other four young actors of the older generation are also not absent.

Even better, Wang Baoqiang, Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen, Xie Miao and other actors whose images are not suitable for youth films at all also came.

Luo Jin and Zhu Yawen from the 2002 class who had worked with Wu Yuan in "Your Name" were also present. They have the experience of starring in "Your Name", the highest-grossing youth romance film in China, so they must come!

Looking at so many different male actors with "all-encompassing" looks in front of him, Li Yang's choice difficulty immediately occurred.

With so many actors, who should I choose?

I'm not making this up. This LED light box shooting method was first thought up and pioneered by the crew of "Gravity", and it really works very well. It is reflected in the movie. Under the full CG shooting in outer space, the facial capture of the actors is very real. When watching it, I didn't expect it was all CG.

And this technique could theoretically be done in 2007, because LED and CG special effects are not new things, but no one has ever tried to combine them together.