The bleak autumn wind blew the bald trees, blew countless yellow leaves and fell into the dust, blowing the world full of gloom.

Bedroom 303 was not affected by half of the minutes, and it was still as hot as midsummer. Xu Wangqiu, Zeng Lianping, and Liu Lin gathered around the table to discuss the scenes, camera positions, and camera movements of "The Rape"; Gu Changwei didn't say much, just listened quietly, trying to draw the results of everyone's discussion

Everyone was discussing enthusiastically, and Zhang Huijun, the head of class 78 of the photography department, knocked on the door and shouted at Xu Wangqiu: "Wangqiu, Ke Lao asked you to go to the office." Xu Wangqiu asked, "What is Ke Lao looking for me?" Zhang Huijun said: "I don't know, he just asked you to go." Xu Wangqiu could only put down the work in his hand and go to the office.

Walking into the office, Xu Wangqiu found that Zhang Ke's face was long, as if someone who ate at his house did not give food stamps. Xu Wangqiu was a little drumming in his heart, thinking that I had been busy with the script recently, and I didn't cause trouble, so he asked cautiously: "Old Ke, what's wrong?" Which little bastard made your old man unhappy, I'll beat him up and make you angry?"

Zhang Ke picked up the teacup, blew the foam on the surface, took a sip, and said slowly: "Don't be poor with me, aren't you a few people who can cause trouble the most in our class? The school was going to make a TV short, and the task was given to our department. I feel that you are the right person to intend to give you this task. It's up to you to gather the crew, do you have any opinions?"

Nortel is very poor, and students simply don't have the opportunity to practice. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to wait until seniors to have joint assignments, and if the task fell on the heads of other students. But for Xu Wangqiu, it is a chicken rib, he is now planning his own movie, let him make a TV short, and he really lacks motivation.

However, Xu Wangqiu still plans to take on this task, not planning to shoot a TV short, but planning to let Zeng Lianping of "Hoe Rape" practice with a TV camera to prepare for the filming of "Hoe Rape".

In this era, film film is very precious, especially imported film can be saved, and the film consumption ratio of film studios is basically controlled at 1 to 3, which means that an average shot can only be NG twice. "Hoe Rape" has a lot of sports shots, as well as handheld photography, which is undoubtedly a huge test for photographers. Zeng Lianping has no experience in handheld photography and must take time to let him practice, while the video camera uses a videotape, which can be shot repeatedly, which is the best tool for Zeng Lianping to practice his hands.

Xu Wangqiu would definitely not tell Zhang Ke his true thoughts, and said with a smile: "Thank you Ke Lao, I won't let you down!"

After taking over the task of shooting a TV clip from Zhang Ke, Xu Wangqiu handed over the camera to Zeng Lianping and asked him to practice. Of course, it's not enough to let Zeng Lianping practice Steadicam. There are a lot of moving shots in "The Rape", and Xu Wangqiu requires these shots to be stable and contrast with the handheld camera part, which necessitates the use of Steadicam.

In the 50s and 60s, with the development of the New Wave movement, photographers began to carry their cameras to the streets to shoot films, and many historical documentary films were made. However, the pictures shot by these movies are relatively shaky, which poses a certain obstacle to watching the movie. In the early '70s, a commercial director and producer named Garrett Brown set out to design a highly portable device that would separate the camera from the cameraman, while also improving the camera's balance to reduce vibration and shaking. In 1973, Brown achieved this with the invention of a very simple but revolutionary machine: Steadicam.

Stallone's "Rocky" was the first feature film to use Steadicam, and the shot of Stallone running up the library steps in "Rocky" has become a classic in film history. Steadicam's invention not only simplified shooting, but also created a new visual experience. Directors such as Kubrick and Scorsese saw new possibilities in the language of cinema and began to use Steadicam in their own films.

Now Steadicam is still a novelty in the United States, not to mention that there is no such thing in China, and I have not even heard of it. This is difficult for Xu Wangqiu, when he was studying at Nortel, he needed Steadicam for homework, and Steadicam cost thousands of yuan for one Steadicam, so he made Steadicam himself. Handmade Steadicam is definitely not as good as professional Steadicam, but Handmade Steadicam only needs a few dozen dollars to do well, which can save a lot of money.

Xu Wangqiu's craftsmanship is not very good, the handmade Steadicam is relatively rough, the stability is not too good, and the picture will still shake slightly. This time he didn't plan to do it himself, after all, this time he was making a real movie. He knew that Yuan Weihong of the Fine Arts Department was a Chinese film equipment company, the same company that later developed China's giant screen. It is better to let professionals do professional work, and it is better to let Yuan Weihong help do it.

Xu Wangqiu came to Yuan Weihong's bedroom, exchanged a few words with him, and then got to the point.

After listening to Xu Wangqiu's introduction to the situation, Yuan Weihong couldn't wait to let Xu Wangqiu take out the design drawings.

Xu Wangqiu unfolded the drawings and explained: "This thing is called Steadicam, also known as stabilizer, and it is a thing made by the Americans, mainly to reduce the shake of the camera. The principle of this thing is actually very simple, in fact, it is a shock absorbing device, mainly through the ...... inside"

After listening to Xu Wangqiu's explanation, Yuan Weihong looked at the drawings seriously, and muttered: "This thing is not particularly difficult to make. ”

Xu Wangqiu knows that this thing is not difficult to make, but it is not easy to do it well: "I can't do it well, and the stability of the work I make can't achieve the ideal effect when used to make movies, so I still need an expert like you to do it." ”

Yuan Weihong heard Xu Wangqiu say that he was an expert, he felt very comfortable, looked at Xu Wangqiu and said slowly: "I can definitely make this thing, but my skills are not very good, and you are used to make movies, I think it is better to be more exquisite." In this way, I'll go to my master to do it, my master is an eighth-level worker, and the things he makes will definitely be fine. ”

The eighth-level technician is the king of the technicians, and for any factory, the eighth-level technician is the treasure of the town, and it is the kind of existence that can point to the factory director's nose and scold, and the factory director can only accompany the non-existence. The Stanley made by this kind of god-level technician should not be worse than the Stanica produced by the machine.

Xu Wangqiu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Old Yuan, if we can really ask your master to help us make Steadicam, I will definitely invite you to dinner at that time, and invite you to Quanjude at that time!"

Hearing that Quanjude was gone, Yuan Weihong was like a wolf, his eyes flashed green, and he patted his chest: "Don't worry, I have a relationship with my master, and this is absolutely no problem." You wait, I'll give you something in a week!"

A week later, Yuan Weihong really took the finished Steadicam to Xu Wangqiu's bedroom, and Xu Wangqiu fulfilled his promise and invited Yuan Weihong to Quanjude for a meal. When he came out of Quanjude, Yuan Weihong put his arm around Xu Wangqiu's shoulders and said, "What do you want to do in the future, just come to find your buddy!"

After getting the handmade Steadicam, Xu Wangqiu took Zeng Lianping and them to the teaching building for a test shooting, wanting to see how the Steadicam made by the eighth-level technician was. He attached the Steadicam to the camera, gave it to Zeng Lianping, and told him how to use it.

Zeng Lianping has listened to Xu Wangqiu talk about Steadicam in recent days, and his ears are almost calloused, and he always thought that Steadicam was that kind of tall artifact, but he didn't expect it to be a hand-held handle, plus a vertical iron pipe, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed: "Wangqiu, this is what you said about Steadicam?"

Xu Wangqiu saw that Zeng Lianping's face was full of doubts, knowing that he was more skeptical about this, and he didn't explain much: "The important thing is not the appearance, but the effect." We'll shoot a piece right away, and I'm sure you'll love it when you see the result. ”

Zeng Lianping also wanted to see what the effect was, so he couldn't wait to say: "Then let's shoot it quickly." ”

Xu Wangqiu beckoned Liu Lin to him, pointed to the teaching building, and said, "Wait for you to run into the building, run up the corridor, and stop after running to the third floor." I'll say 'ready' and you'll get ready, I'll say 'start' and you'll run into the building, but don't run too fast so the camera won't catch up. Do you understand?"

Liu Lin patted his chest: "Don't worry, leave it to me." ”

Xu Wangqiu briefly told Zeng Lianping about the precautions for Steadicam shooting, especially the focus of the issue, and then asked Zeng Lianping and Liu Lin to prepare for shooting. After the two of them were ready, he took a light breath and shouted vigorously: "Ready!" Liu Lin and Zeng Lianping were engrossed and ready to shoot. Xu Wangqiu shouted: "Begin!"

After the password sounded, Liu Lin ran to the teaching building, while Zeng Lianping chased after the camera with a camera. Liu Lin ran up to the third floor with a dingdong bang, and Zeng Lianping also ran up to the third floor with a camera. When Liu Lin stopped, Zeng Lianping also turned off the camera.

When the two of them came down from upstairs, Xu Wangqiu took everyone to the school's video room to see the shooting effect.

After the video recorder was turned on, Liu Lin appeared in the frame. Because it was a follow-up shot, I couldn't see Liu Lin's face, only Liu Lin's back. When Xu Wangqiu shouted "start", Liu Lin ran to the teaching building. At the same time, the camera followed closely and followed Liu Lin towards the teaching building. Under normal circumstances, such a picture must be very shaky, shaking very much, but now an incredible scene has appeared, the picture is almost shaky, very stable.

Zeng Lianping believed that Steadicam could keep the picture stable, but he never dreamed that it would be so stable. The whole person bounced up directly from the stool like a spring, grabbed Xu Wangqiu's arm and shook it straight: "Wangqiu, this thing is amazing! I really didn't expect the picture to be so stable! It's really amazing!"

There is no such thing as an artifact in this era, otherwise Zeng Lianping would definitely exclaim, what the hell is this an artifact!

Liu Lin and the others all shouted and sighed: "The picture is really not shaking!", "Incredible, this Steadicam is amazing!", "This thing doesn't look good, I didn't expect it to be so powerful!" ......

Xu Wangqiu was also a little surprised, it was worthy of being a Steadicam made by an eighth-level technician, and it was really no worse than the Steadicam produced by the machine.

Zeng Lianping simply loved Steadicam and regarded it as a treasure. Every afternoon after school, Zeng Lianping could be seen running around the campus with a video camera equipped with Steadicam in his hand, shooting everywhere. Steadicam is able to keep the picture stable, but it also has weaknesses, such as the slow reaction when shooting fast moving shots, and you have to practice repeatedly to get a good picture when shooting.

"Hoe Rape" has not yet been written, but Zeng Lianping is already convinced that this will be an epoch-making movie. Because he knows through the camera, through the Steadicam lens, through the hand-held camera lens, what the effect of the film will be. Zeng Lianping made up his mind to practice his skills to the best before starting the film, so as not to live up to this movie.