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The last fighting scene of "The Mummy" can be described as extremely exciting and thrilling, but turning it into a stage play made Zhang Dongcheng very troubled.

The reason is very simple. What can be solved by computer special effects in movies can not be solved in stage plays. Everything depends on makeup and all the strengths that can be used.

Those mummies are easier to deal with. Zhang Dongcheng and his newly recruited makeup artist Richard Taylor are racking their brains on how to restore the scene in the movie on the spot.

Speaking of special effects makeup artist Richard, this is a well-known figure. He is a New Zealander. In the time and space he came to, he won the Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects Award for "The Lord of the Rings" in 2001, and the Best Visual Effects Award for "The Lord of the Rings" in 2003. Makeup, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects for King Kong in 2005.

Even, in the super blockbuster "Avatar" that overthrew the world's No. 1 box office "Titanic" in the future, all the special effects makeup in it were also made by Richard.

It can be seen that the skill of this make-up master, the skill of winning five Oscar statuettes, and the names of "Lord of the Rings", "King Kong" and "Avatar" are enough to prove Zhang Dongcheng's dedication It's all worth it.

"Richard, this time we are inviting students from the Los Angeles Academy of Dance. These children are only fifteen or sixteen years old. You can't make them young and cute. What I need is a mummy that has slept for thousands of years from the ground, dry and Scary mummy." Zhang Dongcheng jokingly said to Richard, who was busy all the time.

The reason why only fifteen or sixteen-year-old children are used is that they all fit the mummy's appearance and are thin.

It's not easy to find grown, skinny men in the US. This is a full-body fitness country. Men pride themselves on their muscular bodies. Fat and muscular men are everywhere. It's hard to find actors who don't fit in other than drug addicts to the end of their lives.

And the little actors are much better, at least in terms of visual effects, they can barely reflect the original appearance of the mummy, instead of appearing super mummies with big arms and round waists that make people laugh and cry, and are extremely well developed.

"No problem, Director Smith, look at these bandages, I've aged them, they look like they've been buried in dirt and sand for three thousand years! Combine that with special effects makeup, and I'll give you a bunch of absolute Not to mention cute, but scary mummies!" When it comes to work, Li Jiede is very dedicated and serious, he ignored Zhang Dongcheng's jokes, but said very seriously.

"Uh, okay." Seeing that his joke was ignored by the serious Richard, Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help but adjust his black-rimmed glasses in embarrassment, and could only stand up with his hands spread out.

The young actors were not very old, and they specially selected extremely thin little girls and boys, all of whom were like skinny bean sprouts. Under Richard's miraculous makeup skills, they soon disappeared from the United States. Instead of looking like a little girl, she turned into a scary and frightening mummy in the movie.

A few old bandages with wind and sand hung down from his head and body, and fell to the ground strangely. Looking at the young actor, Zhang Dongcheng felt the chill from three thousand years ago. He clapped his hands vigorously to express his Very satisfied with Richard's makeup skills.

This appearance is exactly the same as the screaming, twitching, and howling mummy slowly coming in the movie, and it is impossible to distinguish it at a rough look.

"This kind of makeup is very difficult to put on. Not only does it last for a long time, but it only lasts for one day. You have to do it all over the next day." Richard looked at his work and touched the young actor's face with satisfaction , in order to maintain that wet and sticky effect, he also thought of many ways.

"This shows that our progress must be fast!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded in agreement, and then shouted to Adaman on the other side: "How is it? How is your side?"

Adaman is now in charge of the layout of the venue, such as the scene of the mummy coming out of the wall. He has to ask the set designers to pile up a brick wall, and then leave a space in the wall for the actors to stand in, and then in the The outside is sealed with a brick wall made of foam.

Running out of the ground is similar to this method. First dig a hole, then let the actors jump in, then seal it with plastic bags, and then let the actors break out of the ground.

The effect is definitely not as good as the visual effects of the film, but there is no way around it, and Mr. Carl is the owner of the film company, so he would naturally think that such a scene could be better in the film.

"I have no problem here!" Adaman shouted, the busy and serious work of the set designers gave him confidence.

"Okay, let's try it. Sophia, go inside the wall, and then scream and push the wall and rush out, um, scream at the loudest." Zhang Dongcheng touched the head of the little mummy actor , beckoning her to go in.

"Hurry up for a while, I hate the dark, don't let me stay too long." Because her face was also covered with bandages, the little actor Sophia looked very uncomfortable, she kept rubbing her face with her hands , and then some complained.

"Okay, I will let you out soon." Zhang Dongcheng smiled, and lovingly scratched the nose of the little mummy. Although these little guys are young, they are very obedient.

Sophia stood in the piled walls, and the set designers quickly put foam bricks on it, leaving only a gap for Sophia to breathe, and then daubed the foam walls to make it look like a real place. 3,000-year-old walls.

Soon, the wall was finished. Zhang Dongcheng stepped forward and looked at the details carefully. Even if he walked around, he didn't see any problems with the wall. The walls of the tombs of the Chinese and Pharaohs are very close.

"OK, come out!" Zhang Dongcheng stepped back a few steps, and then said to Sophia inside the wall.

"Ah!!!" Sophia screamed piercingly, then pushed away the wall in front of her, and broke through the wall with teeth and claws!

The foam bricks were effortlessly pushed away, stirring up the specially arranged dust. The scene was extremely shocking, as if a real mummy squeezed out of the dust of history and howled towards the world.

"Oh! This scene is not bad. This should make the audience in the cinema applaud excitedly!" Patricia stood aside and watched in surprise. The scene in front of her was really exciting for her.

"That's right. Thinking about fighting against such an opponent, it really makes people excited. I think the audience will shout cool, this actor is really cool!" Brandon on the side held an ancient Egyptian The long sword in the style was swung wildly, and then screamed with extreme excitement.

"Wait a minute, Sophia, I think you rushed out of the wall too fast, it doesn't feel like a stiff mummy. Let's change the way this place, you push the wall away, and then squeeze out with great effort, to have that It feels like the joints are stiff, um, like a mummy who has just been resurrected and its body is difficult to control!" Zhang Dongcheng frowned slightly, and quickly found a place that made him feel a little inappropriate, and then proposed to change his opinion.

"OK, I'll try again." Sophia readily agreed.

All the young actors are people who have aspirations for the future. Although this is not a formal filming, it is still a very rare experience. Therefore, the young actors work very hard, and they are not at all squeamish like little girls and boys.

Sophia stood inside the wall again, and the set designers hurried forward to build a wall again.

"Okay, come out, Sophia." Seeing that everything was OK, Zhang Dongcheng gave the order.

Howling sharply, Sofia pushed away the wall of her upper body, desperately waving her stiff and rigid arms in the blast of dust, her lower two legs squeezed out of the wall with great effort, and then took a small step In small steps, he frantically walked towards Zhang Dongcheng.

"OK! Very good! Sophia, you did a good job!" Zhang Dongcheng laughed loudly, touched the terrifying bandaged face of Sophia who walked in front of him, stretched out his hand and screamed, and looked at the others. The crew said: "This feeling is very good, and I will execute it like this in the future."

"Okay, Director Smith." The crew nodded one after another, and this small difficulty was over.