"Director Chen, are you ready?"

"OK, let's start!" Chen Hao took a deep breath and nodded.

Today, to shoot a panoramic view of the entire "Ninth District", you need an overhead shot, so Chen Hao has to board a helicopter to follow the shooting.

In fact, Chen Hao found that he had a slight fear of heights, which he found when he went to the playground with Da Meitang, but for the sake of movie shooting, he could only harden it.

The "Ninth Zone" is actually filmed in one of the slums of Johannesburg, South Africa is the only developed country in Africa, but such slums can be found in every city in the country.

The slums here are the same as those around the world, where poverty, backwardness, and dirtiness are obvious, and gangs and crime naturally breed with them.

The slum chosen by "District 9" is a relatively safe one in Johannesburg, but just in case, Chen Hao has 10 security guards in addition to himself.

The crew also brought security teams from the United States, and the crew also "hired" local security organizations to ensure the safety of the entire crew.

Even so, everyone in the crew was told to "stay in the hotel if it's okay", "don't go out alone", "it's best to stay only in the crew and the hotel before leaving"!

Everyone listened to these warnings, after all, personal safety is a matter of personal safety, and no one dares to take risks easily.

"Let's take off!"

With an order, the helicopter began to climb slowly, Chen Hao felt a little relieved when he touched the seat belt, and then took a deep breath and looked under the helicopter.

The entire slum is in full view, all of which are simple tin houses, lined up one after another, surrounded by barbed wire, which is clearly isolated.

"Lower the height a little bit. Chen Hao shouted after looking at the viewfinder.

After the driver made an OK gesture, he began to slowly lower the altitude.

"That's it!" Chen Hao shouted, "Fly around this area." ”

Chen Hao is going to shoot around the slum to facilitate his post-editing.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Hao felt that the material was enough, and he was ready to start the official shooting.

Chen Hao shouted through the intercom, "I'm going to shoot the scene where MNU enters the ninth district right away, are you ready?"

"It's ready to go!" replied assistant director Chris.

Hearing this, Chen Hao shouted to the driver, "Fly to the top of the vehicle and prepare for the official shooting!"

Soon, the helicopter flew over the more than twenty rented armed cars, Chen Hao looked at the viewfinder and shouted, "Fly a little more to the right." ”

After Chen Hao felt that the angle was up to the requirement, he shouted, "Okay!"

Below the helicopter was an entrance to the slums, and the ground was still a dirt road and it was bumpy, while a long line of more than two dozen armed vehicles stood by.

The shots that are about to be taken are mainly some cohesive images, that is, the armored convoy entering the ninth district, the air force passing through the sky, and so on.

In order to shoot these shots well, and to shoot them quickly and time-saving and labor-saving, the crew had already prepared well and practiced moving during rehearsals.

There were also four cameras shooting in all directions, both in the air and on the ground.

In front of the convoy, behind the convoy, in the front of the convoy, and in the high-altitude close-up, we strive to capture rich materials from different angles.

"Okay, are you all ready?" asked Chen Hao.

"That's it!"

“OK！”

"No problem!"

After making sure that all departments were ready, Chen Hao shouted, "Let's start!"

Immediately, more than 20 armed vehicles on the ground moved towards the ninth district, and Chen Hao's helicopter was also slowly following up the scene.

One by one, armed vehicles drove into the walled slums, and five other helicopters flew in their intended orbits.

When the convoy slowly stopped, each white armored vehicle immediately jumped out of the MNU agents and the Sector 9 administrators, and walked towards the tattered tin huts around them.

There are no close-up performances of the actors here, they are all long shots, and everyone is moving forward according to the established route, so the actors are not a big problem, the key is whether the four photographers are in place.

"How's it going?" Chen Hao shouted.

"No problem"*3

After receiving an affirmative answer, Chen Hao nodded with a smile, and then began to shoot the footage of the helicopter flying high in the air.

Three of the six helicopters were rented for filming and the remaining three were used as gunships for various aerial performances.

After the aerial operation was over, Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and after returning to the ground, Chen Hao had a down-to-earth feeling, and finally didn't have to float in the sky!

"Rest for 20 minutes, and then continue shooting!" Chen Hao said.

Hearing this, everyone relaxed.

Chen Hao looked at the picture he had just shot again to ensure that it was enough for his post-editing.

After reading it, to make sure that it was correct, Chen Hao went to the special effects team again.

Next, the crew will shoot a set of explosion shots, and there will be mushroom clouds, of course, these are post-special effects, so he has to explain to the special effects team that he wants the effect.

The special effects team and the blasting team then work together, but these need to be prepared and arranged in advance, and they have to be experimented many times until they are sure that the effect is achieved and it is safe.

When the special effects team went to the preliminary preparations, Chen Hao could shoot other shots first.

""District 9" 221st Scene 1st Shot 1st Time, Smack!"

This time it was shot in the scene of the battle between the MNU army and the transformed Downey.

In the footage, in the open space in front of the tin house group, 18 actors playing MNU soldiers are lying or standing, and there are hidden behind the surrounding garbage heaps.

After hearing the "pop", they immediately pretended to aim and began to frantically pull the trigger of the gun in their hands.

And the muzzles of these soldiers also began to spark, making a rapid "da-da-da" gunshot, and bullet casings were thrown everywhere, and it seemed that the exchange of fire was very fierce.

These scenes are no different from real battles, but in fact, the guns in the hands of the actors are all prop guns, and the shots are naturally empty bullets, with sparks, but they do not have any lethality.

Although they are all prop guns, they do have the sound and light effects of real bullets, which is the credit of the prop team.

Soon, some of the soldiers suddenly stopped, some rolled around and let out screams of extreme pain, and some straightened up, and then fell straight down.

And after the special effects production in the later stage, these soldiers were either directly beaten into a pool of flesh by the mecha, or only half of their bodies remained.

These are naturally very bloody and violent scenes in the film, but on the shooting scene, they are very funny.

However, everyone is very professional, and no one laughs!

"Okay, it's over!"