Millennium director

"Director Wu is so awesome."

In Hall 1 of the Beijing Cinema of the Light and Shadow Era, Yu Yi, Yuan Hong, Zhu Yawen, Jin Sha, Tang Yan, Yang Mi and other contracted artists of the Light and Shadow Era sat together while watching "Interstellar" being shown on the big screen. ", I couldn't help but exclaimed with emotion.

The experience of IMAX 3D movies is truly extraordinary.

Even if everyone is an industry insider and went to the cinema to experience this novel movie when "Avatar" was popular, when they see "Interstellar" again, they will still be shocked by this novel movie-watching experience.

The touching story, the sci-fi future world, the beautiful Anne Hathaway and Liu Yifei, every part of it can trigger a lot of discussion among them.

Of course, no matter how these topics unfold, they will always end up getting involved in the next two movies the company will make.

"Hey, will "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" and "The Legend of Shushan Xiaxia" be shot in IMAX 3D?"

"I don't know, the company hasn't released any news about this."

"It would be great if it were shot in IMAX 3D. The audience would definitely be willing to go to the cinema to watch it!"

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin were chatting in whispers.

After "Avatar" set off a 3D wave, 3D movies and IMAX movies have quickly appeared in China. The former is like "The Monkey King" and the latter is like "Tangshan Earthquake"

But IMAX 3D movies have not yet appeared.

The one that is currently making the most noise is Xu's 3D blockbuster "New Dragon Gate Inn".

As Bona Pictures' annual masterpiece, "Dragon Inn" has been receiving great attention from the industry and the media since its preparation.

Mr. Xu is very courageous and likes to try new things. He can be said to be the James Cameron of the Chinese film industry.

Back then, when the domestic film special effects technology was still very immature, he boldly tried the film special effects that were already mature in Hollywood and made the movie "The Legend of Shushan".

Before "The Legend of Shushan" was completed, Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer" claimed to have used more than 400 stunt shots, making it the most in Hong Kong films.

Compared with "The Legend of Shushan", "Shaolin Football" is obviously nothing compared to "The Legend of Shushan". Xu Laoguai's "The Legend of Shushan" used a total of more than 1,600 special effects shots, which can definitely be called "the best" among Hong Kong films. Unprecedented”.

Last year, Mr. Xu made another more mature special effects blockbuster, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven," which had its world premiere in Venice on September 5, and was scheduled for September 29 in the Mainland, barely cooperating with "Interstellar." 》The schedule was delayed by half a month.

There was no way, "Bongtian Empire" was scheduled to be released before "Interstellar". After "Interstellar" was released, Huayi once considered changing the schedule, but because "Interstellar" was released too late, The schedule was hastily set only half a month before its release. At this time, the withdrawal of "The Empire of Heaven" was a bit too hasty.

Sometimes, a movie is released to gain momentum. Once the momentum is exhausted, it may not be able to pick up the momentum in the future. Therefore, Huayi can only bite the bullet and not withdraw the film, and bet on "Interstellar" for two weeks. It can take off even when it’s released!

But Old Monster Xu didn't worry about this, he was already focusing on his new movie.

On July 7th, news came out that the 2010 version of the 3D martial arts blockbuster "New Dragon Gate Inn" he directed was officially named "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", and the original planned start date of June was changed to October.

As soon as this news came out, it caused quite an uproar.

Faced with various speculations, Bona Pictures President Yu Dong had to stand up and said that the postponement was mainly for 3D.

This time, "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" produced by Mr. Xu will not only be made into a 3D movie, but it will also be shot with an IMAX stereo camera and made into IMAX 3D!

In order to establish a mature domestic 3D team and base, Mr. Xu has spent two years learning from overseas teams, challenging the major intractable problems of 3D technology, and finding scientific and reasonable solutions.

Therefore, the test time for 3D shooting was extended from the original one month to three months. In addition, a month was reserved for Mr. Xu to promote "Bongtian Empire", so the production was postponed to October.

As soon as this news came out, it caused a stir on the mainland Internet.

It took three months to test the 3D shooting effect with real swords and guns. This was the first of its kind in China.

Even when Wu Yuan was filming "Interstellar", he didn't do this. He only did test shooting for three to five days and then started shooting directly.

Of course, this is also because Wu Yuan has made many 3D movies in his dream and has accumulated experience.

Although it is called a "test shooting", the workload and the manpower and material resources invested in the test shooting are almost the same as shooting a real 3D movie. He was reluctant to spend 3 months on the test shooting. Compared to many It costs twice as much to shoot.

That is to say, Mr. Xu really has no experience in shooting 3D movies, so he can only exchange money for experience, burn money to run the 3D team, and spend real money and time to master and skillfully use the IMAX stereo camera.

However, Mr. Xu was afraid that he would screw up because of his lack of experience. Even though "Empire of Heaven" and "Interstellar" were considered as half competitors at the same time, he also came to the premiere today and asked Cheng Long to match up with Chen Kun. , come to ask Wu Yuan for advice on how to shoot IMAX 3D movies.

Of course Wu Yuan recognized the fact that a great director like Xu Laoguai was so brave to try and eat crabs, and he had no intention of hiding it. He sat with him and watched the premiere. The scenes in the movie were discussed with Mr. Xu.

How to use the IMAX stereo camera to maximize its advantages, some differences in the shooting techniques of 3D movies and 2D movies, and how the actors stand when walking in the scene can better show the 3D stereoscopic effect...

"Director Wu, there are so many directors from across the Taiwan Strait and three places, but you are the only one who has experience in shooting IMAX 3D movies."

After listening to Wu Yuan’s unreserved tips and details on shooting 3D movies, Mr. Xu said with enthusiasm: "If you have time, you can come to the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" to visit the crew, and I will give you some pointers on the spot. alright."

"Well, there's no point in giving advice." Wu Yuan waved his hand and said humbly: "I just made one film, learn from each other, learn from each other."

"You mainland directors are so humble." Mr. Xu said nonchalantly: "Being behind means falling behind. In terms of 3D movie shooting, you are the top director in Hollywood."

"Except for Cameron, your "Interstellar" is an IMAX 3D movie right now. It's not wrong to say that you are the second person in this field."

"I definitely want to learn from you humbly."

Old Monster Xu was very upright and generous. He said whatever he wanted and gained Wu Yuan's favor again.

This is much more pleasant than chatting with those hypocritical directors who pretend to be sophisticated.

Wu Yuan also said without hesitation: "I will definitely visit the class if I have the opportunity."

"Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are both good friends that I have known since I was not a director. If I have time, I will definitely visit your class."

"Then I'll just sit back and wait for you, Director Wu, to come to my door." Upon hearing this, Old Monster Xu burst out laughing.