China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 303 Mars Landform

A woman with white eyes, unclear pupils, and some ulcers on her cheeks stood in the middle of the audition room, surrounded by a group of people and even at the door, watching with interest.

"It seems pretty good to me."

"Is your skin too pale?"

"Is it too much to have the flesh on the cheeks turned out? I personally can accept it, but will the audience think it is too heavy-handed?"

Chen Jingxing frowned as he listened to other people's comments and said: "Open your mouth, open it as wide as possible... make a ferocious expression... um... repeat the action, walk forward from behind, right..."

"No, it's better to be worse, then switch to Plan 4!"

Chen Jingxing spoke helplessly to the special effects makeup artist who looked even more helpless on the side. What he didn't expect was that "The Walking Dead" would encounter problems in the first step of progress.

Domestic computer special effects have made rapid progress in recent years. Thanks to the rapid development of the game and film and television industries, there are more and more talents in this field.

However, the progress of special effects makeup and film and television props is far slower than that of computer special effects. The main reason is that domestic film and television production does not pay enough attention to this area, and a complete film industry has not yet been established to a high level in this area.

Talent is quite scarce.

Mo himself also has special effects makeup artists, but none of them, including other domestic special effects makeup artists hired, can meet Chen Jingxing's requirements. There is a serious shortage of special effects makeup artists who can take on the special effects makeup work for this project.

"You have to get a number from me? Am I a prophet?" Chen Jingxing pondered for a moment and then said: "Well, let me predict that after "The Martian" is released, you will become the first president in China.

How are you satisfied with an actor who has made over 10 billion at the box office?"

Otherwise, it will be like the zombie-themed movies in Hollywood and become a heavy-hit niche film.

In addition to the domestic box office result of 1.074 billion, the global box office of "Signal: Mirage" has exceeded 220 million US dollars, ranking tenth in the global box office rankings in the first half of this year! It is worth noting that there are three domestic films in the top ten, respectively.

They are "Operation Mekong", "Mermaid" and "The Signal: Mirage", two of which were produced or co-produced by DreamWorks..."

"Well, according to the current movie market, this first place may not be close to the box office record. It is just a false name and has no meaning."

After about a week or so, the zombie image was finally finalized. The "Walking Dead" aspect can finally come to an end. After all, the producers and directors of this show have already decided on the vacant roles, including the male lead.

The candidate has already been decided, so even if he is the producer and producer, he can just let it go.

""Mekong" must be directed by Guo? This comparison is about directors. If it counts as a producer, who can compare with Director Qin of National Film Group?" Lei Jiayin said reluctantly.

The car parked on the side of the road, surrounded by strange-shaped mounds. The side walls of the mounds stood steeply, and there was dry and cracked loess underfoot. There was no grass growing on the loess, and there was deathly silence all around. Under the sunlight in the evening, it showed an orange or even red color.

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However, Zombie, an image that originated from voodoo, has become a common type of plasma movie in today's Hollywood. The development trend is becoming more and more heavy-tongued, more bloody, and more and more disgusting.

The zombies in "The Walking Dead" themselves originate from Hollywood's Zombie living dead, so it is naturally more appropriate to hire a Hollywood makeup artist.

Originally, Chen Jingxing's plan was to find a desert abroad, but unexpectedly, the space agency's expert consultant strongly suggested that Chen Jingxing choose a domestic scenery for photography.

Chen Jingxing is also a bully, so how could he be fooled: "Why should I be so nervous? What kind of storms and waves have I never seen before? This is already my fifth movie, so I'm used to it."

Lei Jiayin has only three movies that have been released so far, "The Golden Heist", "The Signal" and "Xiu Chun Knife II", with a total domestic box office of more than 1.6 billion, ranking among the top among domestic actors.

In addition, he has also filmed a crime suspense film after "Gravity", which has not yet been released.

Ten billion? Lei Jiayin's eyes lit up. If his current total box office includes overseas markets, it would be 2 billion yuan, which is still 8 billion yuan short...

Except for the scenes involving space, "The Martian" was all shot in real life. Even the male protagonist's life on Mars was shot in real life, including exterior scenes. Of course, the filmed material must be post-processed with computer special effects.

Made and processed.

Chen Jingxing interrupted Lei Jiayin's reverie: "Okay, we're here, it will be your home in the next few months, hurry up and take a look."

Lei Jiayin looked disdainful of these fake brothers, but Chen Jingxing's mention of "Gravity" really caught his heart. After all, he is also the leading actor, and he is still very concerned about this movie, but he still wants to tell a story.

He tried to calm down and teased Chen Jingxing: "Director, are you nervous?"

Therefore, the style of the zombie image, especially the zombie makeup style, needs to be finalized very carefully, which is why so many employees of the company came to watch the zombie special actors.

"Don't you want to take back the box office championship in film history?"

In Chen Jingxing's plan, the zombies that appear in the first season of "The Walking Dead" are basically the first stage, with white eyes, pale skin, festering bodies, and relatively slow movements. The appearance should be close to that of normal people, and at the same time, the appearance of bloody flesh should be minimized.

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The news broadcast from the car radio made Lei Jiayin, who was sitting next to Chen Jingxing, speechless.

Although "The Martian" and "Gravity" are both space science fiction movies, their production methods are quite different.

Zombie makeup is very slow to paint. On average, each ordinary zombie makeup takes 40 minutes to an hour. If it is more complicated, it will take even longer. When it comes to shooting, the special effects makeup of ten people can be done.

It may take more than half a day, so it is necessary to prepare a special effects makeup team with a high enough level and proficiency and at least ten people.

"The current champion is "Mekong", which is also a movie produced by me? What does it mean to take it back?"

The zombie makeup that these special effects makeup artists hired from Hollywood initially painted was called a blood skeleton, with extremely heavy mouth and blurred flesh and blood.

But one principle is to try to emphasize the deformity and horror of its shape, to show higher strength, speed and health bar, but to exaggerate the blood as little as possible, let alone make most viewers feel disgusted. How to ensure that the tone is heavy, but also

It cannot be reduced to a heavy topic that can only be accepted by a small audience. Grasping this degree is the key to truly determining whether "The Walking Dead" will be popular.

If it can realize the expected commercial value, this drama can even set an example for many viewers who are exposed to the zombie theme for the first time.

"..."Signal: Mirage" has been released in 42 overseas countries and regions as of June 25, with a total box office of 321 million yuan, and won the weekly box office championship in Singapore, Siam, and South Vietnam. In South Korea, it also achieved the highest weekly box office runner-up result...

Chen Jingxing smiled and said: "Don't be so embarrassed, isn't "Gravity" going to be released soon? When the time comes, I will fight for you to be number one. Chinese actors will be number one in the domestic box office."

"When I met Xiao Zhao on the show last year, she was envious of my box office and said that her movie resources were average, but this movie caught up immediately..."

Chen Jingxing couldn't be arbitrary, he could only rely on the images in the successful works that were really widely popular in his past life memories and work with the special effects makeup artist to modify them bit by bit.

The needs of Chen Jingxing's improved zombie are quite different from the zombie makeup these special effects makeup artists are familiar with, so it took a long time to adjust and trial and error.

If any concept wants to gain more audiences and become a more popular label, it is very important to stay away from heavy words, strong stimulation, and blood plasma as much as possible.

Except for the actors themselves, almost everything in "Gravity" is CG. It is technically true to say that this is an animated feature film.

And the scenery photographed here is indeed not the scenery on earth.

"Hey, it doesn't seem like it's your home."

Even though the domestic box office has continued to expand in recent years, this number is almost astronomical.

He even mobilized everyone in the company to express their opinions on Dianping. "The Walking Dead" is destined to have a completely different style from previous Hollywood zombie movies. Among these differences, in addition to the world view and science fiction setting, the most important thing is the image of the zombies.

Chen Jingxing is still confident in his grasp of the script and world view, but the perception of the audience when the zombies actually appear on the screen needs to be carefully considered.

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The special effects makeup of zombies is actually a very important part of this project.

Chen Jingxing's preparations for the filming of his own movie are not yet complete.

Of course, as the plot develops, higher-level zombies will appear, with faster speed, stronger power and more violent varieties.

People can't help but want to pinch their own faces with their hands, otherwise they won't be able to believe that everything they see is real, and it doesn't feel like a scene that can appear on earth.

From the extremely fast and ferocious zombies similar to the previous "World War Z" to the gradually dehumanized high-level monsters such as crawlers, drippers, delirium, and sea crawlers, as well as birds and dogs Zombies evolved from animals.

The original movie was set in a desert in the Middle East, which had a very alien-planet feel to it and was quite similar to the real Martian landscape. After post-production, it completely became the Martian landscape.

It's right next to the Devil's City in Xijiang.

The domestic Mars exploration plan has been launched, and the Mars rover to be launched in the future needs to undergo adaptive training. This place is a favorite test site of several experts from the space agency because the landform is similar to Mars.

After sending people to conduct on-site inspections and taking a large number of videos and photos, Chen Jingxing and the space agency consultants agreed that it was indeed very suitable.

After obtaining the consent of the local government, DreamWorks and China Film Group sent people here to set up studios, accommodation and other facilities.

(End of chapter)