mousepad-d2 Chapter 125 The plane crashed into the skyscraper
Chapter 125 The plane crashed into the skyscraper
Since his rebirth, Jed no longer believed in the myth that the hero in the novel could write a script within a month, make a movie within half a year, and become a producer within a year.You must know that Jed was born in a serious class before he was reborn. He graduated from the Directing Department of the USC School of Film Arts, but he directed a film for the first time after working as an assistant under a master like Spielberg for a long time.Some people say that being a director is very easy, just stand behind the camera and shout a few words, but Jed can only sneer a few times.
Not to mention that directors must have their own style and sense of scene, a single shot script can kill a lot of fresh graduates from the directing department.There are two types of movie scripts, one is text scripts, which are for actors to read; the other is shot scripts, which are for directors, photography and lighting.The text script of a scene may only have a few pages, but the shot script is a thick stack.Because the director has to tell the photography and lighting very clearly, what kind of lighting I want to use here, what kind of lens I want to use, how to push and pull the camera... Even Hollywood directors made split shots for better expression. The script also needs to draw the story cards by itself.What are story cards?It means that the director tells the crew members in the form of drawing what kind of things I want to shoot.
This is just the basic skills of a director. To become a real director, you must be able to design your own scenes; and to become a master director, your scenes must have your own style, and every shot has its connotation... …You know, one of the required courses for Jed to study at USC is to watch classic masterpieces in film history frame by frame, figure out the changes in lighting and lens, figure out the rhythm of editing and the frequency of scene changes.
And Jed is not only the director of a movie, he is also the producer of all Galaxy movies, so he must figure out the cost of each movie.In the United States, your cost budget statement must be very detailed, and you even have to know the cost of a few lunch boxes... Otherwise, the accounting firm that the film company cooperates with will not be able to pass the budget statement.It took Spielberg a lot of time to develop Jed's ability to calculate the budget. Of course, Jed didn't have to do it himself, after all, he also has a financial department.But Jed must at least be able to understand this budget statement, otherwise it would be a very cheating thing if he really lost money.That's why Jed didn't know why American films are so prosperous until he participated in the Hollywood production process. Every aspect of Gein's entire film industry is extremely professional.
At this time, Jed was sitting in his director's chair, with the monitor next to him.The reason why the director's work is so easy for outsiders is that the director team has prepared all the preparations before shooting.You know, from the moment the crew enters the studio, the salary of the actors and the salary of the crew begin to be calculated.If you don't make preparations in advance, and imitate Sunglasses King while filming and unconstrained style, ten MGMs in Hollywood will have to die.
The lighting engineer has adjusted the lighting according to the director's requirements. At this time, the lighting assistants are testing the lighting effects on the actors' faces. If it is not good, they need to fine-tune or ask the makeup artist to touch up the makeup.The photographers began to take their positions on their respective camera positions, and the camera assistants helped the photographers push the camera or remove obstacles in front of the camera.
With the development of the film industry and the emergence of rockers and rail cars, photographers are not as professional as before.You must know that the photographers in the past all carried the camera on their own to shoot, and the picture would shake if they didn't pay attention.Now with the help of tripods and rail cars, the work of photographers is much easier.Before Jed announced the start of filming, the assistant director was giving his last speech.
After seeing the assistant director signal that everything was ready, Jed picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Everyone is in your place! Action!"
Shooting began as the camera assistant snapped the scene plates.
This scene is the scene of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones fighting the cockroaches in the Expo Park. Although some necessary facilities have been built, they are actually shot in front of the green screen.Since Industrial Light and Magic and Pioneer Film Technology Laboratories have developed green screen technology to such a realistic level, Galaxy movies have rarely been on location.
Because going out on location will not only consume a lot of cost, but also cause problems in the shooting progress due to too many uncontrollable factors.The most important thing is that to close a street or a park at every turn, the cost of public relations needs to be used is too high, and it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among ordinary people.After all, you don't want to be suddenly blocked to make a movie on your way home, do you?Americans have a high awareness of rights protection, and the crew often come back with troubles because of this.So Jed simply relied on green screens and set-ups in the studio to shoot, and the so-called cockroach man was motion-captured by a person wearing a green tights and putting a motion-capture ball on it.Originally, Jed still planned to use the old method, that is, artificially create a cockroach man to shoot.But the Pioneer Film Technology Lab just told him that the motion capture technology was perfect, so he agreed to try it in the film.
Since everyone has been running in for a long time, the whole scene passed very quickly.Then everyone began to gather around the later stage, wanting to watch the new shock brought by the new technology for the first time.When Will and Tommy saw that the man in green who was playing against him in the scene turned into a realistic cockroach man through the magic of the computer engineer, both of them exclaimed.Of course they know the significance of this technique. From now on, there will only be monsters that the director can't think of, and there will be no monsters that the photographer can't shoot.Such a lifelike cockroach man appeared vividly on the monitor and immediately won everyone's applause.
Jed also smiled and said: "Everyone just take a look, don't tell it for now, it's our new secret! By the way, Tommy, we're going to shoot the scene where you are swallowed by the cockroach man tomorrow, don't you have any problems?" ?”
"I'd have forgotten it if you didn't tell me." Tommy Lee Jones smiled wryly, and everyone at the scene laughed again.
You must know that Tommy Lee Jones has been lobbying Jed to give up this plot, but Jed refused.So everyone waited to see the scene where Tommy was eaten by cockroaches. Tommy swore that he would not be able to eat for three days because of this.
Jed dismissed the crew with a smile, and then took the elevator to the Pioneer Film Technology Laboratory.This is the unit with the highest level of security in Yinhe Movies. It is located in the ground floor of No. 50 Studio. They have special security check passages to go to and from work.The reason why he chose to be underground was mainly to study computer stunts, and Jed invested in the development of a supercomputer.This supercomputer was named "Phoenix" by Jed, and it can enter the top [-] in the global supercomputer rankings. From this, we can know how much effort Jed has devoted to this laboratory.
And Jed also plans to expand the area of this laboratory to the bottom of Studio One, and then invest in a supercomputer.But this supercomputer named "Peony" is still a plan for the time being. Who made Jed run out of money?In fact, many people from Yinhe Film and Dongfeng TV Company have never seen the appearance of Pioneer Film Technology Laboratory, and only Jia Fei, Lan Xin and other high-level executives have seen it.
You must know that Jia Fei's first feeling when he came to this laboratory for the first time was whether he entered NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the second feeling was how much the company spent in this laboratory!Fortunately, although this laboratory serves computer special effects, it actually has many by-products, such as some professional video editing software.Fortunately, the video editing software and special effects software have been commercialized here, otherwise Jade would really not be able to afford this huge laboratory, and this laboratory actually undertakes the research and formulation of video playback standards and wireless standards.
The effect that Jed came to check today is the effect of a plane crashing into a skyscraper. Jed asked to use a broadcasting plane to crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.After research by physicists and model analysis, the laboratory finally completed this scene.Since "Face Changing" will launch two new versions of IMAX3D and ordinary 3D, this special effect will be the biggest selling point of the movie.
The director will shoot the moment when the plane hits the building from the perspective of the building employees and the perspective of the pilot, then it explodes, burns... and finally the building collapses.Rao Jed had watched the live broadcast of 911, but he and Wu Yusen were still shocked by the effect of the processing.
"God! Mr. Sherman, will such a thing happen?" Only then did Wu Yusen realize how shocking this scene was.Because in order to be more realistic, a pseudo-documentary was also used to shoot a picture of someone jumping from the World Trade Center in an attempt to survive. "I hope something like this never happens!"
"Unfortunately, according to our assessment agency's assessment of US airports and civil aviation control, such a hijacking of a flight is very likely. And if some extremists encounter some extremists, the possibility of them crashing the building is also very high." Jed said flatly.
In order to avoid being involved in the 911/[-] incident that may occur in the future, Jed first consulted a lawyer. They said that any American citizen has the right to express his views. If someone murders a third party because of this view, it is the cause of the accident. Secondly, if this picture shot by Jed is borrowed, the wrong party is the US government.Because Jade has no obligation to help the government improve the safety of civil aviation, on the contrary, the government should take precautions when there is such a possibility.That's why Jed had the courage to shoot these episodes, because he was not worried that the government would blame him for it.
"I hope that after the movie is released, they will start to fix these loopholes." Wu Yusen suddenly felt that this movie was a bit like "a warning to the world".
Jed naturally hopes so, no one wants to see events like 911/[-] happen.Maybe he used to be one of those cheering Chinese, but he won't now.Any violence against civilians should not be tolerated, no matter which country the civilian lives in.Because what he encounters is also what you may encounter.
"The rest of the post-production will be handled by you, and the laboratory will help you convert other versions." Jed left after speaking.
After he left the lab, he called John, "Do you think it's too cruel for me to finally let the plane hit the building?"
"If it can warn some people, it's worth it." John said lightly, "You've been in a bad mood recently."
"It's annoying." Jed laughed. "It's filming, going to court, and raising money to prepare for that action."
"I'll take you to a party tonight, maybe it will make it easier for you."