Chapter 231 Gravity Is Finished, Museum Wonder

Chapter 231 "Gravity" is finished and "Night at the Museum" is released!

End of December.

On a lake beach at the foot of a mountain somewhere in the Sichuan Basin, more than a hundred crew members were busy preparing for filming.

Gong Li, wearing a gray tight T-shirt and black boxer shorts, was doing warm-up exercises by the lake.

After a while, she will go into the water to film a scene of swimming from the water to the shore.

The previous underwater scenes of the return capsule landing on Earth and opening the return capsule and diving into the water were all filmed in a water tank specially used by the space agency to simulate the weightless environment of space for astronauts.

In the entire "Gravity", only the last scene that was actually shot was left.

It is also the most important scene in the whole film.

Gong Li walks from the water to the shore, which not only expresses the evolutionary history of living things, but also alludes to the process of human beings entering space by crawling first and then standing.

It can be said that the last shot of "Gravity" is the most essential shot of the entire film and is also full of film philosophy.

The entire movie "Gravity" renders the silent and dark space.

The earth is just a grain of sand in the universe, and the humans living on the earth are not even considered gravel under the deep and dark behemoth of the universe.

This movie emphasizes one thing at all times, and that is the helplessness and insignificance of human beings when facing space and the universe.

The earth is the home that truly protects mankind.

The heroine went through many difficulties and dangers and returned to the embrace of Mother Earth from space. She once again recreated the evolutionary history of creatures from the water to the shore, which makes people recall the beginning of life.

When looking up to the sky and exploring the universe, human beings must not forget the earth beneath their feet that has nurtured their own civilization.

"Gravity" tells a single event while hiding broad human propositions and exploring the meaning of life.

It was precisely with such high intentions that "Gravity" won the Oscar for Best Director.

This is a commercial science fiction movie, a subject that is most disliked by the Oscars!

After taking some empty shots that will be combined later, Wu Yuan waved his hand: "Sister Li, are you ready?"

"We'll start shooting when we're ready!"

Gong Li didn't answer, he just made an OK gesture with his back to Wu Yuan, then jumped into the water and started swimming happily.

Gong Li's swimming level is very high, but Wu Yuan still prepared several lifeguards on standby at the lake in advance.

Seeing her swimming to the scheduled shooting location and doing a backstroke facing the sky, Wu Yuan waved the crane arm to focus in her direction.

At the moment when there are no professional, movie-level aerial photography drones, if you want to take this kind of overhead shot, you can use a crane if the range is small, but if the scene is large, you have to use a manned helicopter directly.

When filming "Rush Hour 3" in Hollywood, Wu Yuan dispatched a manned helicopter for aerial photography.

"Every unit prepares!"

"Three, two, one!"

"start!"

The rocker arm, which was almost touching the water surface, was precisely aimed at Gong Li.

In the picture, Gong Li, who was lying on his back, took a few breaths, turned around and swam hard towards the shore.

One time, another time, another time, she panted violently, and gradually worked hard to get closer to the beach on the shore.

"Uh-huh." The astronauts who have just returned to the earth from space will not be able to adapt to the gravity for a while, and their whole bodies will become weak and unable to stand up.

Even when she reached the shore, she could only rely on her elbows to hold on to the soft beach and move forward to the shore.

Finally, moving to the junction of the water surface and the tidal flat, Gong Li lost his strength and completely crawled on the wet soil.

There was a smile on her face as if she had survived the disaster, and her hand that fell on the soil grabbed a handful of moist soil with all her strength. Her face seemed to be crying, smiling, and rejoicing at the same time.

Wu Yuan, who was behind the monitor, tightened his grip on the walkie-talkie and praised it in a low voice.

Gong Li is indeed Gong Li, and his acting skills are truly impeccable.

No actress in the domestic entertainment industry can perform her role as well as she does.

In the monitor, Gong Li's performance continued.

She sincerely kissed the muddy red earth and whispered thank you.

This thank you is a thank you to Mother Earth.

It's a long shot, a long shot that needs to be shot over and over again.

While Gong Li comforted himself, "It's okay" and "It's okay," he trembled and stood up from the beach with difficulty.

She was like a baby that had just learned to walk, toddling, swaying step by step towards the distance.

The scene freezes on Gong Li's back.

"Okay, perfect!"

"Sister Li did a great job!"

Wu Yuan picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted with excitement: "I announce that the actual filming of "Gravity" has now been completed!"

The crew burst into cheers.

Gong Li, who was walking tremblingly just now, was immediately resurrected with full health. He quickly walked to Wu Yuan's side in three steps and two steps at a time, "Director Wu, it's finally finished."

"This movie was really difficult to shoot. It was the most difficult movie I have ever made in my life, even harder than "Red Sorghum"!"

Wu Yuan looked at her sideways and said with a smile: "But it was very fun to shoot, wasn't it?"

"Gravity" was really a big challenge for Gong Li. The entire movie was almost entirely supported by her performance alone.

It can be said that all the burdens were on her shoulders. The quality of her performance directly determined the success or failure of the film.

Fortunately, she survived and handed in a paper that Wu Yuan was very satisfied with.

In terms of performance, Gong Li was not inferior to the original heroine!

Wu Yuan took the flowers from the stage manager and personally handed them to Gong Li, smiling and thanking: "Sister Li, thank you for being willing to star in this movie."

"There are so many actresses in China, and only you can be competent for this role."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"All the crew members will gather at a five-star hotel to have a big meal in the evening!"

He said the last sentence to all the crew members.

Perhaps thinking that this reward was not enough, Wu Yuan also added: "There is also a red envelope for the final shooting!"

Now, everyone's cheers became three points more sincere!

After the final shooting banquet, the crew disbanded in Sichuan.

Wu Yuan took the contracted staff of Light and Shadow Times back to Beijing.

These contracted crew members can rest for a few months, and then go to the United States with Wu Yuan when "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" starts shooting.

The first two "Pirates of the Caribbean" shoots have trained more than 30 professional Hollywood-level crew members for Wu Yuan. This time, Wu Yuan plans to bring 20 old employees and 10 newly recruited employees to the "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" crew for further training.

He himself plunged into the special effects company upstairs in the Light and Shadow Times.

The actual shooting of "Gravity" is over, but it is just the beginning for the production of this movie.

There are so many special effects shots needed for this movie that even if it is finished now, it is estimated that it will take a year to do it in the post-production. The company's special effects company will be busy making special effects for this movie throughout 2007.

Wu Yuan had discussed with them countless times during the preparation stage about how to do it.

It's just that Wu Yuan has to make a rough cut of the finished film first, and then the special effects department can specifically synthesize CG based on the finished film.

Fortunately, the preparation and filming of Gravity was much faster than expected.

Originally, Wu Yuan expected to finish filming before March next year, but unexpectedly, the preparation and filming went smoothly, and the film was completed before January.

Next, he had plenty of time to edit the film.

However, before he started editing the film, he received a call from a foreign country.

"Daniel! It's a hit! Night at the Museum is a hit!"

"The box office revenue in the first three days of the weekend was 26.58 million, topping the weekly box office!"

"Now Hollywood media say that this movie is the children's version of The Mummy, which is very suitable for the family to watch together on Christmas!"

"Damn it! Daniel, how did you know that this damn fairy tale adapted into a movie would be a big hit?"

"I take back what I said before, this movie is really great!"

"Hahaha, you may not know that your cameo as Qin Shi Huang in the movie has attracted a lot of attention in Hollywood. After watching the movie, many fans asked on the Internet who the handsome oriental man was."

"And Crystal, many fans also asked on the Internet who the beautiful oriental woman was."

"When they learned that you were the one playing Qin Shi Huang, they couldn't believe it."

"Your screen The first show was very good. Fox even jokingly sent an inquiry, asking if you are interested in being an actor and starring in their new film. "

Listening to John's chatter on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan interrupted him speechlessly: "John, I'm not interested in changing careers to be an actor. Let's talk about something serious."

"The opening box office of "Night at the Museum" is so good. Will Fox do its best to promote the overseas release of this movie?"

"Of course!" John said affirmatively: "Fox is already in talks. Including China, most countries in the world will introduce this movie."

"After all, this is a movie that combines comedy, fantasy, family and action. It is very family-friendly and any country will buy it!"

Hearing this, Wu Yuan's heart finally settled down. He was afraid that Fox would despise him for only accounting for half of the investment and not doing his best in the global distribution of "Night at the Museum".

Fortunately, Fox is obviously not such a short-sighted company.

"That's good. Please keep an eye on the box office for me. I have something else to do in China. I will go to the United States in March. Then we will discuss the company's next phase of plans in detail." Wu Yuan gave a final instruction and planned to end the call.

However, John on the other end of the phone obviously had something else to say. He hurriedly said, "Hey, Daniel, there is something else I need to tell you."

"I got the film and television adaptation rights of "World War Z."

"Leonardo and Brad Pitt are too difficult to deal with. They also want to get this novel very much."

"Without any choice, I had to raise the offer to 10 million US dollars, a figure that Leonardo and Brad Pitt would not dare to pay, and only then did I get this novel."

"How about it, when do we start this project?"

"Don't worry." Wu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said in a relaxed tone: "John, go buy the film adaptation rights of another novel."

"What? Which novel?"

"The Dark Fields, a novel published in 2001."

I really can’t finish writing before 12 o’clock, and I have to post another chapter before 2 o’clock.