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Chapter 325 Producer Liu is amazing

The crew opened the door of the studio, and Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Wen Muye and the others walked in.

Looking at the huge studio of 3,000 square meters, it is completely empty, as if you are in a small football field made of half a metal material.

In front of the right wall of the empty studio, there is an excavator-type crane machine, several sets of steel wire pulleys, railway-style ground slides, slide cars and various types of glass.

Portraits, decorative lights and other props are lined up against the wall.

In addition to the video camera and video camera, the basic shooting equipment comes with the studio, and the props and other items were naturally prepared and ordered by Fumino in advance.

In the center of the studio, there were about a dozen temporarily hired crew members. The props teacher, Mr. Yang, held the split-shot script and scene composition drawings. Under his instructions, some of the crew members saluted on the ground, and some built ladders to set up scenes.

Some were busy getting props, while others were shouting and talking about the prop list.

From visual inspection, one and a half rooms have been built, and according to the convention of setting up studios, there is no roof.

If there is a roof, the crane camera cannot capture a panoramic picture.

"Is this the scene where Chu Xuan and I are in the spaceship?"

As the group walked side by side, Liu Yifei said enthusiastically.

"Yes." Wen Muye said: "According to the composition described in the script, a total of eight scenes need to be built. Senior sister, you and senior brother's shooting scenes are all in these eight indoor scenes."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei recalled the script and nodded as Wen Muye said.

Approaching the center of the studio and getting closer to the scene, Liu Yifei looked at the ground, including the two rooms that had been set up, and there were eight frames drawn with a thick black pen.

Recalling Wen Muye's words, Liu Yifei understood that these eight frames are the sizes and locations of the eight scenes.

There were some areas inside the frame that looked like aisles, and there were some signs that she couldn't understand. It was a bit complicated, but there was one thing that surprised her slightly.

"Are these eight scenes connected?" she said.

She suddenly discovered that if the scenes were set up according to the frames on the ground, these eight scenes would be blended together.

In other words, it is as if there are only eight rooms in a villa with different layouts and views.

"Naturally, if you expand part of the three-dimensional spaceship layout into a planar structure, how about actually building a spaceship?" Fumino said.

"The front, back, left, right, southeast, northwest directions described in literary scripts are used to explain the actors. When setting up scenes, the scenes are often not set up according to the directions. It is enough to cut the camera directly from one scene to another. As for this scene, where is it?

It doesn’t matter which direction the scenery is from southeast to northwest." Liu Yidao.

Liu Yifei nodded and said with interest: "So, when Chu Xuan and I are filming, we can just go from this room to another room?"

"Yes." Wen Muye nodded.

Liu Yifei turned her head to look at Chu Xuan and said prettyly: "It's so interesting. I've never filmed like this before. It feels so relaxed. It's not called a transition at all. It's just a few steps away."

She pointed towards the scene again and said: "And the entire movie is concentrated in this one scene. Just like when we talked about it before, our idea has really come true. It feels so magical."

Chu Xuan took Liu Yifei's hand and said: "With the development of special effects movies, the future movie shooting model will be like this. The final picture presented to the audience is very shocking. In fact, real shooting only requires such a small scene."

"Mr. Chu is right." Wang Bowen raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Whether it's Star Wars or Blade Runner, the special effects look explosive, but they were actually shot in a small studio. The surrounding environment is completely

It's CG, but their technology is really superb, achieving the effect of being fake and real, and the audience can't notice it."

Listening to Chu Xuan and Wang Bowen's words, Liu Yifei couldn't help but recall some of the special effects scenes she had seen in the past and put them into them, such as the starry sky, the vast army, and the sky full of ice and snow. The core scene was an ordinary scene in reality.

Strange photo studio.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh: This is art, this is also technology, turning decay into magic.

As a result, she became more and more interested in special effects movies.

"Mr. Chu, Producer Liu, happy New Year." Mr. Yang, the leader of the props team, wore a cowboy hat on his head and a short black goatee on his chin, looking like an artist.

"Happy New Year, Teacher Yang." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted back. Teacher Yang is an old acquaintance of the props team of "Tianlong", "The Condor" and "Zhu Xian", and they have met each other many times.

The rest of the crew also looked over. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, a pair of big stars, were well-known in the industry, but few people had seen them in private, so they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"When will it be built?" Chu Xuan walked into the scene and took a look.

"The scenes are all concentrated in one place. It doesn't take much effort to set up the scenery manually. There are no special props. It can take up to half a month." Fumino replied.

"How long will the filming take? Do you have an estimate?" Chu Xuan asked again.

"The shooting time of the entire script is about 28 minutes. Excluding the four minutes of CG scenes before and after, the main shooting time is 24 minutes, with an average of 15 shots per minute, a total of 360 shots." Fumino said.

"15 shots per minute and a cut every 4 seconds are much more stringent than TV dramas." Liu Yifei muttered.

The rhythm of TV series is basically relatively slow, and sometimes the scene is cut only once every ten seconds, giving the audience a feeling of being told in a straightforward and eloquent manner, and the audience feels comfortable.

This is because TV dramas are serials and need to be foreshadowed, and also because TV sets are small screens.

On a small screen, if the camera is switched continuously, the audience will be dazzled.

Movies are a big screen. If the camera stays on one screen for a long time on such a large screen, even if the characters are moving, the overall presentation in the audience's retina will feel that the screen is still semi-static, which will cause a loss of

Dynamic.

Therefore, the frequency of camera switching in movies is much higher than that in TV series. One is to enhance the rhythm of the movie, and the other is to make the presentation of the movie more vivid.

Especially for some action movies and special effects blockbusters, fast and stable camera switching will make the audience feel more exciting.

If you let the camera freeze on a fighting scene for a long time, the audience will doze off even if the actors fight fiercely.

And because the movie needs to switch shots quickly, every time the shot is cut, the actors need to show different acting skills compared to the previous shot, which means they must be ready to change their state through subtle expressions at any time.

Let the audience feel the progressive emotions presented in the switching shots, allowing the audience to get a certain kind of resonance that is more nervous, exciting, sad or indignant.

This is why movies need actors with stronger acting skills.

As far as the short film "Hope" is concerned, every 4 seconds, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have to show different acting skills.

Of course, the camera does not focus on people, but only on the scene.

"The scenes are concentrated in one place. They are all indoors. There is no need to worry about the weather requirements. As long as the lighting is good and the acting skills of the seniors and seniors are on point, thirty shots a day are not a problem. The filming can be completed in ten and a half days." Wen Muye.

said.

"I think it's a bit suspenseful. It's not that I don't say good things during the Chinese New Year, but facing a science fiction film that has never been filmed before, even if we prepare in advance, I think there will be problems during the filming process. Can the effects described in the script be achieved?

I think it takes time to explore before shooting it," Liu Yi said.

Hearing this, Wen Muye also nodded to Chu Xuan. This is the estimate, but no one can predict what will happen during the filming process. Facing science fiction movies that have not yet appeared in China, no one has much experience.

If you say it with certainty, it will be completed as planned.

"Brother Liu is telling the truth. How to use lighting to create a sci-fi feel is a subject we need to discuss together," he said.

"Let's watch after the scene is set up." Chu Xuan said, and Liu Yifei nodded.

They didn't feel anything because of Liu Yi's words. They really needed to explore when facing unknown things.

If science fiction was so easy to make, there would be no need for them to use a micro-movie to try to crack the domestic science fiction market.

This short film is not only their graduation work, but also an experimental product.

And what exactly is Chinese science fiction? Special effects? Special camera techniques? Different rendering modes from foreign countries? Or different storytelling methods from foreign countries? Or does it have lighting that is comfortable for Chinese people and different from foreign countries?

Artistic effects? Or is it a different way of showing acting skills from foreign actors?

Everything needs to be explored and tested, and then the results will be obtained slowly.

Therefore, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were mentally prepared for possible failures and variables during the filming process.

"I feel like Teacher Wang should pay more attention." Chu Xuan looked at Wang Bowen and said, "Teacher Wang has participated in the group observation with Hollywood in the past. During the filming process in the future, Teacher Wang will give more suggestions and guidance.

"

Wang Bowen put his briefcase under his arm and said: "Foreign things are different from domestic things. If we shoot them exactly as they are abroad, we will lose our own essence, including the special effects. In foreign disaster films, once a disaster occurs, citizens will burn it.

Killing and looting does not reflect any warmth at all. I think our things can be integrated into this, embodying both ferocity and kindness."

Liu Yi clapped his hands and said: "What Mr. Wang said is very much what I want. We can't film it according to foreign films. Otherwise, it will be treated as a Chinese science fiction film with a layer of foreign science fiction, which will lose the core we need."

Wen Muye and Liu Yifei nodded in approval.

"Teacher Wang has unique insights, so we must listen to your guidance during the filming process." Chu Xuan glanced at Wang Bowen.

"I try my best to use my artistic thinking." Wang Bowen said modestly.

A group of people had a great time chatting with each other, and they were very passionate about science fiction that had not appeared in China.

However, Liu Yifei's surprise interrupted their communication.

"Hey! Isn't this scene wrong?"

Everyone followed the sound and looked over, looking at the scene.

Teacher Yang also stopped directing and looked at Liu Yifei together with the crew who were setting up the scene.

Since Liu Yifei became a producer with Chu Xuan in August last year, she has often faced situations where teachers would look at her with questioning eyes after she raised questions. She was used to this, and she transformed into the producer who was the head of the crew and walked to the scene.

central.

Liu Yifei gestured, glanced around the crew, then looked at Chu Xuan and the others and said: "In the literary script, the spaceship is a fallen alien planet with its head down and its tail up, right?"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yi thought for a while and nodded. The description in the script is indeed true.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei pointed at the wall and the ground, and said: "Then why is the ground still the ground and the wall still the wall? Since the spacecraft fell upside down, it shouldn't be the original ground that is now the wall. The original wall is the ground."

, the original ceiling was the wall, and the original other wall was the ceiling?”

Everyone was gradually surprised, and if they thought about it, they suddenly became enlightened.

Liu Yifei pointed to the door again and said: "The door shouldn't be on the wall, it should be on the ground."

Liu Yi stroked his palm heavily, gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up and said: "Qianxi, your spatial ability is great! I didn't even expect this!"

Liu Yi was very excited and said to Wen Mino and Chu Xuan: "Change the script! The whole house should be upside down! The door of the space capsule is on the ground! The male and female protagonists also walk on the ground! So we can use the illusion of space.

Use the mirror to create a 3D feeling!"

Wang Bowen laughed. He had been doing special effects all year round and quickly understood what Liu Yi meant.

"The wall is not a wall, and the ground is not the ground, but the wall is a wall, and the ground is the ground." He said.

"Although it's a convoluted word, that's what it means." Liu Yi nodded.

"It can be shot with a 360-degree rotating pan, holy shit! This shot combined with the plot is absolutely explosive!" Fumino said excitedly.

Chu Xuan understood, waved to Teacher Yang and said, "Teacher Yang, do you understand? Set up the scene again!"

"No, no, no." Wen Muye waved his hand and said, "Hang all the props on the current wall on the ground, hang the painting on the ground, and put a door on the ground and secure it."

"Yes, yes, just move the props!" Liu Yi continued to be excited.

"Understood." Teacher Yang smiled and nodded.

Chu Xuan looked at Liu Yifei walking over, gave a thumbs up and said: "Awesome!"

"Senior sister, you are really awesome!" Wen Muye said in admiration.

"Qian Qian can do it. Her observation skills are perfect. I never thought of this when I designed the plot." Liu Yi shook his head and did not hide his admiration for Liu Yifei.

"This space is transformed, and when the answer is revealed, I think the audience will be shocked. There is currently no such shot at home and abroad!" Wang Bowen said, and also gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up.

Facing the admiration of everyone, Liu Yifei came to Chu Xuan and raised her eyebrows at him: "Is that okay?"

Chu Xuan held her shoulder, half-hugged her in his arms and said, "Producer Liu is amazing."

(End of chapter)