Non-famous Actor

Hong Kong Island, Tseung Kwan O, TVB Television City

Chen Zhiyun gently pushed up his glasses. Even though the sun was so strong that he was sweating, he still stood in a suit at the gate of TV City.

Wang Mingquan, the eldest sister of TVB, came to record a variety show today, but when she was driving into Tseung Kwan O TV City, she suddenly saw Chen Zhiyun.

"Mr. Chen, why are you standing here to welcome me?"

Lowering the window, Wang Mingquan smiled.

We are very close friends. Even though Chen Zhiyun has been the general manager of TVB for many years, Wang Mingquan still talks casually with him.

"Not to welcome you.

It's to welcome Sun Hao! "

"Welcome to Sun Hao? Is it the mainland film director who made his brother Leslie Cheung win the Oscar winner?"

"It's him!"

"What is he here for?" Wang Mingquan was curious.

Sun Hao is making movies, we are shooting TV series, even if the TV series "Prison Break" he once produced had a very high ratings on TVB, but everyone's business is not close to each other, okay?

"Secret!"

"Well…"

"Sister Quan, I really didn't pretend to be mysterious. Sun Hao just said on the phone, Mr. Chen, I plan to borrow your studio to shoot something.

As for what to shoot?

Sun Hao replied me two words, keep it secret! "

puff…

Seeing Chen Zhiyun with a sad face, Wang Mingquan really wanted to laugh. Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment circle, it seems that there are not many people who dare to talk to Chen Zhiyun like this in the territory of Hong Kong Island.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingquan chuckled, stepped on the accelerator, and the Toyota Camry drove into the Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City.

But when the car stopped, Wang Mingquan thought about it carefully, and took out his mobile phone to send a group text message.

[Don't say I didn't take care of you guys!

I just heard the news that Sun Hao, the winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director nomination, is coming to our film and television city soon. 】

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Charmaine Sheh, Chen Hao, Yang Yi, Zheng Jiaying, Mi Xue, Hui Yinghong, Guan Juying... Well, the leaders are TVB's eldest sister Wang Mingquan and the general manager of this TV station Chen Zhiyun. Seeing this lineup, they led their own team to borrow a place Sun Hao, who was doing the experiment, immediately opened the door and got out of the car.

"Brother Zhiyun, hello!"

"Hello Miss Tsuen!"

"Hello everyone, idols!"

Sun Hao was very polite, he kept saying hello to everyone when he got off the car.

"Hi director!"

The greetings and replies received were very uniform, without names or surnames, and some only had two words [director].

And this is a kind of respectful title in the industry, which means, among so many directors, I only recognize you!

"Director, Studio No. 6 has been prepared for you. I don't know what else you need?" I don't know if it was because Leslie Cheung introduced him, but Chen Zhiyun, who met Sun Hao for the first time, was very polite.

"No need to prepare props?

We just want to use our own equipment and our own photography team to shoot a short film of about two or three minutes in your studio, mainly to test the shooting skills and the camera we just bought. "

While Sun Hao introduced, he followed Chen Zhiyun into the film and television city, and the TVB artists who were standing at the door just followed closely.

Studio No. 6 is behind the TVB Building, not far from the entrance of Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City, and it takes only 5 minutes to walk. Therefore, everyone arrived at the place quickly.

Xu Jinglei, Sun Hao's first assistant and executive assistant director of the film crew, looked at the lineup behind her and frowned.

"Director, how about we clear the scene?"

"No, it's good to show everyone how to shoot 3D movies."

"But some technologies will be leaked because of this?"

"What's the matter?

We are all Chinese, maybe it would be better to let it out, at least some people will help us promote the next movie "Avatar". "

He reached out and patted Xu Jinglei's shoulder, and Sun Hao signaled her to quickly enter the stage to set up, because MaggieQ was already standing in the empty studio and started to practice walking.

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During the pre-production phase of a film, cinematographers often test cameras, because each camera has a different sensor. They have different quality, different latitude, different color space, color depth, as well as the performance of overexposure and underexposure, the performance of pseudo moiré and so on.

As a good photographer, you must find out the advantages of the camera you use, and use your own methods to bring out these advantages, rather than relying on others to tell you the advantages of the machine. At the same time, the shortcomings of the camera must be avoided so that they cannot affect the picture of the movie.

Camera testing is often the work of the camera crew, and the director doesn't have to worry about it at all.

But this time is different. 3D shooting is also a new topic for Sun Hao, and the use of 3D shooting has restrictions on the audio-visual language of movies; A truly wonderful 3D movie comes out.

Although the 3D photography team was abducted by Sun Hao from James Cameron, the system everyone tested was not the 3D photography system developed by the truck driver, but independently developed by the engineers of Damai Technology and the Tiangong Yicai team. .

The camera uses two RED EPIC cameras, which are the latest products of RED. It is said that they can shoot 4K images, and they are light enough and very convenient to operate.

As for the 3D stand for the camera, the German P+S stand is used, which can quickly and accurately control the two cameras, which is very easy to use.

don burgess

The well-known Hollywood photographer, friend of truck driver James Cameron and general technical consultant of the 3D photography team, was the director of the 3D movie "Polar Express" released last year.

This time, Don Burgess came to Hong Kong Island. Of course, he will go to Island City in a few days. He will serve as the general consultant of the "Avatar" photography team until the filming of the film is over.

"director…"

"Um?"

"Whether the next test video is taken by me or by Zhao Lai."

Zhao is Sun Hao's current royal photographer, Zhao Xiaoding.

And Zhao Xiaoding, who is standing next to him at this moment, is eager to try. He is the first person to shoot 3D movies in China. I will never miss this learning opportunity.

Of course, it is best to let Lao Tzu take pictures, and this foreign devil will help guide.

As a partner for many years, Sun Hao can naturally understand the content in Zhao Xiaoding's eyes, so he smiled and said:

"Mr. Burgess, you have experience in shooting 3D movies, and Mr. Zhao Xiaoding is a complete rookie.

Therefore, I hope that this trial video will be shot by Zhao Lai, but before shooting, we still want to hear your suggestions. During the shooting process, what problems should we try our best to avoid? "

I don't know if James Cameron has specifically explained the reason, but Don Burgess, who came to Hong Kong Island, really didn't mean to cherish himself at all.

He brought Sun Hao and Zhao Xiaoding to the camera, and began to explain in detail:

"During the filming of "The Polar Express", we found that if the film was full of 3D everywhere, it would be difficult to produce a strong impact.

If you want to achieve the most ideal effect of 3D, the best way is to keep the flat effect for a period of time, wait until the moment of need comes, and then release it at once, so that the effect obtained is double.

Director, just imagine, the audience first sees a flat, shallow image, and then forgets about 3D for a while, and then suddenly, boom! When the 3D effect came out, it felt amazing..."