Chapter 303: Give Chinese Movie Fans some Sci-Fi Shock

What are the differences between Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan, and Wang Jiawei?

This question really applies to Gong Li.

Gong Li is probably the only actress in mainland China who has worked with all three of these great directors.

"How do you feel?" Gong Li pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Director Zhang is quite serious on the set, and he is a little too serious. When his face is stiff, it looks scary. No one dares to look at him."

"Director Wang, his directing style is very special. He is a very imaginative person. Many times we have to guess his ideas. Filming his movies is like guessing a puzzle. When acting, we are very nervous."

"Director Wu is the easiest to get along with. Although he will get angry when the filming is not going well, he is very kind most of the time and the communication is very clear. He will always tell us what to shoot and how to shoot, and we have a clear idea when we shoot."

"The directing styles of the three directors are completely different. There is definitely no standard to say who is good and who is bad, but I do prefer to work with Director Wu and Director Zhang."

To be honest, any actor who has worked with Mo Jia Wang once can't stand the shooting techniques of Sunglasses Wang. He plays dumb on the set every day, and sometimes there is no script, and you are asked to act according to his watch. It is really tiring to shoot.

Gong Li was still afraid of working with the Sunglass King. After filming "2042", she never planned to film Sunglass King's movies again, and she spoke more directly.

Your Gong Huang is infinitely rampant.

I just don't like working with Sunglass King, what's wrong?

Zhao Zhiyang thought that he could hear a harmonious speech from Gong Li and praised the three directors' remarks, but he didn't expect Gong Li to answer so truthfully.

Her smile became brighter, "So that's the case. It sounds like the personal styles of the three directors are very obvious."

"Then Mr. Wang Xueqi, how do you feel about working with Director Wu for the first time?" She turned her attention to Wang Xueqi, who had been watching silently.

It was finally her turn.

Wang Xueqi, who ranked last in terms of fame and awards among the three, coughed lightly and straightened his back: "Of course I am very happy and honored."

"Director Wu is the pride of our Chinese directors, and Teacher Gong Li is also the international representative of our Chinese actors. It is the most honorable thing for me to work with these two excellent directors and actors since I started working."

"Don't look at my age, but I started working relatively late and have acted in relatively few film and television works. This time in "Gravity", I learned a lot."

"Especially the shooting method of this special effects blockbuster is a brand new experience for me. A large number of green screens and motion capture suits are the first time I have seen and used them."

"It really has increased my knowledge."

There are relatively few domestic movies that use a lot of special effects now.

Generally, even if there are movies made with special effects, they are all post-production special effects. You only need to pull a green screen as the background, and then cut out and synthesize them in the later stage.

For example, "Painted Skin", "The Promise" and earlier "Kung Fu" and "Shaolin Soccer" are all like this.

However, there are very few such movies, with an average of only one or two per year, at least Wang Xueqi has never acted in one.

Not to mention the motion capture suits and facial motion capture technology that the mainland film industry has never seen before.

This stuff has always been something that only Hollywood can get in touch with.

Needless to say, motion capture technology has been developed and matured in Hollywood in the 1990s, and a large number of science fiction and fantasy movies will use it.

In comparison, facial motion capture technology is more novel and advanced, and it is the latest technology that has only begun to mature after 2000.

For example, "The Lord of the Rings 1" in 2001 is an early movie that used facial capture technology on a large scale. The orcs and dwarfs in the movie were all made using facial motion capture technology combined with special effects.

The faces are all real actors' faces, but the bodies are all synthesized by special effects.

The later "The Matrix" series and the elves in "Harry Potter" also used more mature facial capture technology.

Of course, the real success of this technology is the "Avatar" next year, in which the Pandora aliens are filmed entirely with motion capture equipment and facial capture equipment.

Wu Yuan also came into contact with these two types of equipment during the filming of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

In the first film, the cursed Barbossa and his crew had to wear motion capture suits when they turned into undead creatures, which facilitated the synthesis of the skeleton body in the later stage.

In the second film, the captain of the Flying Dutchman, Davy Jones, and his crew were all half-human and half-sea creature monsters. Not only did they need to use motion capture equipment, but they also had to wear facial capture equipment to do various facial modeling and expression processing for them.

For example, Davy Jones's octopus face.

It was also because of the cooperation with "Pirates of the Caribbean" that Wu Yuan was able to come into contact with this kind of motion capture and facial capture team that works specifically for the film industry, and was able to invite them to help when filming "Gravity".

At present, there is no such high-tech team in the mainland film industry.

For Wang Xueqi, who has never worked in Hollywood and is not young, this technology that is not available in China is too new.

The filming of "Gravity" will be remembered by him for the rest of his life.

"It's really amazing." He was still praising and exclaiming: "Director Wu introduced the most cutting-edge film shooting technology in Hollywood to China. "Gravity" used a lot of the most advanced special effects technology in Hollywood."

"This is something that no other director in China can do."

"I believe that relying on these advanced shooting technologies in the movie alone, our movie will bring an unparalleled visual enjoyment to audiences around the world."

"In my heart, the movie "Gravity" is not just a movie, but also a landmark work that can lead the technological innovation of Chinese movies!"

"I am full of confidence in this."

Maybe as a supporting actor, it's a bit too much to say such a thing.

But looking at Wang Xueqi's expression, he is really excited and happy that China can have such an advanced science fiction blockbuster as "Gravity".

Wu Yuan also looked at him softly and nodded slightly to him, saying everything.

Comrade Wang Xueqi is a good comrade, and what he said is so pertinent.

Wu Yuan didn't make this movie "Gravity" for the purpose of making money.

Who would make a science fiction blockbuster if they want to make money? Isn't it good to make a comedy that can sell billions of box office with a few tens of millions of investment?

The reason why he insisted on making a science fiction blockbuster, in addition to wanting to use a blockbuster to snipe Wu Baige, is mainly to shock domestic audiences with some film technology.

Now Hollywood movies have developed to the point of rapidly entering the 3D era. Next year, "Avatar" will sweep the world and lead the world by an era.

But the film industry in the mainland is still at the level of the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.

Yes, it's not even the 1990s.

In the 1990s, they could make special effects blockbusters like "Star Wars" and "The Mummy", but China is far behind.

If we don't give domestic movie fans and industry practitioners a strong dose of medicine now, can we just watch "Red Cliff" being criticized, and everyone will fully transform to make small and medium-cost comedies, and completely abandon the blockbuster strategy from top to bottom?

It's not that comedy films are bad, but China has been dominated by comedy films for nearly ten years after Lost in Thailand. There is no other country like it in the world.

Which movie power relies on comedy films to maintain its reputation?

A single flower is not beautiful, but a hundred flowers blooming is spring!

Before the era of Chinese comedy films comes, we must first give fans some science fiction blockbusters to shock them, so that they know that China can also make super blockbusters that are both popular and well-received!

It's too late to start the first year of science fiction films in 2020.

Wu Yuan can't wait!

"Gravity is the first Chinese-language science fiction blockbuster, but I believe it will not be the last."

He looked at the camera firmly: "This movie is just the first step of my science fiction attempt. I will continue to make more science fiction movies in the future."

"If the engine is the flower of modern industry, then science fiction movies are the flowers of modern film art!"

"We Chinese should also make our own voices in the global science fiction film market!"

"Start with Gravity!" (End of this chapter)