And the technology that is barely possible at the moment is high-speed photography. As the name suggests, it is to shoot a moving object at high speed and then slow it down while moving the camera to track the moving object in focus. High-speed photography also has a big drawback, it only uses ultra-slow motion images, and if you replace it with still images, the effect will be greatly reduced. The difficulty lies in the great skill and endless repetition of the shot until you get a satisfactory shot.

If the requirements were strict, this trick was also not applicable, because the equipment at the time did not support repeated shooting, and the film was too expensive and expensive. And it's a huge, very large workload.

Taking shooting bullet operation as an example, we can simply calculate the amount of film needed. Ordinary pistols fire bullets about 300-400 meters per second, that is, it takes more than 3000 seconds of a second for each decimeter of bullet travel, so at least more than 3000 high-speed cameras are enough to capture the bullet running picture. A frame is a picture, a conventional camera shoots 24 frames per second, and a 3000 frames high-speed camera consumes 125 times the amount of film that a regular camera. AT PRESENT, THE PRICE OF A STANDARD 35MM FILM 400-FOOT DISC IS ABOUT $120, WHICH CAN SHOOT NEARLY FOUR MINUTES OF FOOTAGE. If you change to a high-speed camera, the 400-foot film can only shoot for 2 seconds, and the $120 is gone. And that's not even counting the costs of printing.

In addition, the failure rate is extremely high, and the N-machine must not stop, as long as the shooting begins, the "whoosh" banknotes are first-class, which will definitely bring heart disease to the filmmakers who manage the accounts.

However, a single method will never achieve a super "bullet time" effect, but this is just a conventional method. In fact, to really achieve it, under the technical conditions at that time, there were still some local methods. As long as you can grasp the principle, there is definitely more than one plan to achieve the effect, and the premise is that a certain amount of equipment is required to cooperate. That's a good camera.

And the special effects of this film are even more powerful. There are Hollywood's special effects overlord Industrial Light & Magic, and Professor Sager from the Department of Photography of the ULCA Film School, which can be said to be a group of masters who stand at the forefront of cinematography technology at this time. Therefore, the more they discussed, the more enthusiastic it became, and the fire of research burned in the chests of this group of technical nerds, and the technical officer Fei Lan was even more excited and trembling. I can't wait to get started and experiment with the latest photography techniques.

Striking while the iron was hot, Jing Jian put forward the requirements for designing special effects. Also from The Matrix, in the fierce shootout, the muzzles of guns burst into flames and bullet casings jumped wildly, corresponding to the irregular rows of holes in the marble pillars and tiled walls, and the fragmented stone residue splattered in all directions......

For these, Industrial Light & Magic and the crew's prop masters are small cases, and they can solve the bullet speed, and such special effects are already drizzle.

……

The fat houses are all elated, anyway, they have new technology and new joy. But Shirley and producer Solana's faces became very ugly. Not to mention the big move to increase the shooting, how much budget does the film need to increase in order to achieve the new special effects required by Jing Jian?

No studio likes to increase their budget during filming anyway. is the miracle of "Titanic", because of the continuous increase in budget, even if it is a global hit later, the whole Hollywood has not dared to use Cameron as a director for many years.

Finally unable to help it, at Shirley's motion, Solana opened her mouth and asked, "Gentlemen, I have two questions: if you need to add these special effects, how long will it take, and how much budget will you need to increase?"

Regarding the film, Palyukin is more familiar. He calculated: "I estimate that we need to add seven or eight minutes of shooting, and if all the actors are in place, it will be a week's worth of filming." Is it a special effect......?"

Seeing that Palyugin asked himself with his eyes, Professor Sag replied: "The main thing is the filming process, which requires a lot of shooting. The post-production of special effects is not troublesome, and it can basically be completed simultaneously during shooting. ”

Seeing Industrial Light & Magic, Ferran also nodded, and those present knew that the first problem had been solved. Although the film is scheduled to be released in the summer, the publicity plan has already been in place, especially since "Infinity 1", and Hollywood has become a regular in Super Bowl commercials in early February. You have to get the main filming done before the Super Bowl, right?

The only problem is that the main actors need to shoot the footage. Not only is it a holiday now, they need to arrange a schedule, and they need to pay new remuneration for additional shots.

So Solana nodded: "I'll arrange the schedule and shoot as early as possible." However, the cost of the increase in remuneration could be between $1.5 million and $2 million. ”

"Let's do the math! Shirley on the side said. In fact, the financial control of this film is quite good, after the completion of filming, the total budget was saved by more than 1.4 million US dollars, and the product placement advertising revenue was as high as 2.55 million US dollars. And Solana should be indispensable.

So Shirley was quite hesitant at this time. On the one hand, I don't want to stiffen my relationship with Jing Jian, and on the other hand, I am worried about excessive overspending. At this time, she was thinking in her heart: "If you overspend by 2 or 3 million, then reluctantly agree!"

"800,000 for the venue and set should be enough. ”

"Three high-speed cameras should be rented. ”

"I don't think it's enough, at least 6 cameras can have the best effect. ”

"The key is the film, you do the math, how many reels should be ?......"

"I don't think you're right. The scrap rate should be much higher than the norm, at least ......"

“……”

After some debate, Solana finally came up with the figures: "It should be between $8 million and $12 million." ”

Shirley's eyelids jumped: "So much?" and then asked, "Why is there a difference of $4 million?"

Phelan first explained: "Shirley, after all, is a new technology, and the necessary margin must be considered. If you're lucky, you can save money. But we have to take into account the possible failure rate. ”

Professor Sag added: "$8 million is only a guarantee that is barely effective. Brambull was too demanding, and to achieve the perfect result, he had to invest the necessary money. ”

Although I knew that the budget margin was large, the overspending situation far exceeded Shirley's psychological expectations. She pondered for a while, and smiled at Jing Jian in embarrassment: "Bramble, do you really need such high requirements? Actually, I think that the completed shooting can be called first-class, and the big sales are completely expected, and there is no need to add any special effects at all." Even if you want to make a few small changes, so you don't have a lot of budget?"