After the affairs in Los Angeles were dealt with, John was ready to leave to gather with the crew, there were many filming locations for "Forrest Gump", but John's first shot was the part where Forrest Gump returned to the United States from Vietnam and gave a speech on the National Mall in the United States, so he first went to HSD District of Columbia.

As the capital of the United States of America, HSD is undoubtedly the political center of the country, but its economic strength is far less than that of New York in the east and Los Angeles in the west, which also makes some people wonder why the United States does not set the capital in New York or Los Angeles, but has to re-plan a politically oriented city as the capital.

In fact, the former capital of the United States was Philadelphia, which was a large city second only to New York at that time, after the victory of the Revolutionary War, the founding fathers felt that politics and economy should be separated, otherwise it would bring a great load to the city, so everyone felt that the capital should be moved, and at that time the South and the North demanded that the capital be moved to their own territory, and later, for the sake of fairness, the founding fathers unanimously decided to move the capital to a small city between the south and the north, which is now the HSD District of Columbia.

Los Angeles is not very far from HSD, a few hours of flight, John came to HSD, got off the plane and walked out of the airport, saw Sophia who came to pick him up, the two greeted each other and boarded the car together.

"How's the preparation?" asked John, rubbing his temples as he sat in the passenger seat, looking at Sophia as she drove the car.

Sophia heard John's words and looked intently ahead of her. "It's all ready, Zach is already positioning 200 extras today, and tomorrow you will be able to turn on the film normally. ”

"Good. John nodded.

He is very satisfied with the work of the crew members, even if he is not in everyone still doing his own thing, maybe this is the difference between the successful and the ordinary people! Ordinary people need to be supervised and urged by others, while the successful people do not need it, because they know what they need and how to get it.

The next day, "Forrest Gump" officially started, and John and the crew came to the National Mall early to prepare for the work before the start of filming.

"How's the camera ready?" asked John as he looked at Emmanuel Lubezki, who was busy on stage, holding a megaphone.

The footage to be shot today is very simple, a single camera can do it, so Emmanuel Lubezki's workload is not very large.

"It's going to be a boss right away. Emmanuel Lubezki gestured to John with an OK gesture.

John nodded, then walked over to Zack Schneider and asked. "Are the extras communicating well?"

"Don't worry, boss, I've already led them through yesterday, and it's absolutely fine. Zack Schneider turned to look at John and replied.

John nodded in satisfaction, then walked over to Barry Wilkinson, the prop master, and asked. "Barry, are the props ready? Don't make a mistake, I don't want anything in the camera that doesn't fit the age, not even a piece of paper. ”

Prop master Barry Wilkinson has the largest workload of all the people on the set, and Forrest Gump involves a lot of props, and they are all items from previous eras, and it takes a lot of patience and meticulous work to get it right.

"Don't worry, boss! I've checked the props to make sure nothing goes wrong. Barry Wilkinson patted his chest.

"That's good. John patted Barry Wilkinson on the shoulder in satisfaction.

It didn't take long for everything to be ready, and John walked behind the camera and took the walkie-talkie to tell Zack Schneider in the distance to get ready to shoot.

Zack Schneider stood in front of the 200 extras with a megaphone and gave one final admonition. "Stand in your place, remember to cheer when you see me raise your hand, and shake the banner in your hand at the same time, understand?"

"Got it!"

After the extras understood, Zack Schneider picked up the walkie-talkie and replied to Far John. "Boss! We're ready to boot up. ”

"Okay, okay. John heard Zack Schneider get ready and shouted into the walkie-talkie. “Action!”

Emmanuel Lubezki then operated the camera to capture Zack Schneider's side in a long shot, and ten seconds later Zack Schneider raised his hand, and the extras cheered according to the agreed code, while constantly shaking the banner in their hands.

“cut”

After five seconds of cheering from the extras, John took the walkie-talkie and shouted to stop. This is how the first shot of "Forrest Gump" ends.

John's early filming will be based on some simple shots, although the crew is a royal staff, but they have also collaborated on a movie with each other, and everyone has not worked together for nearly a year, so he must use some simple shooting to run in the crew, after all, he can't use national treasure actors to help him run in! That's usually something that rookies do.

But fortunately, there are many simple shots in "Forrest Gump", which are enough for John to run in with the crew, such as the background scene shot today is one of the simplest shots.

This kind of filming does not require the participation of the main actors, and is generally based on shooting group performances or certain scenes and objects, so as to achieve the effect of enriching the plot.

And the background that John is going to shoot today is the scene of tens of thousands of people gathered around the pool when Forrest Gump stood on the stage to give a speech in the movie.

In the movie, it looks like there are tens of thousands of people, but in fact, there are not so many extras in real shooting, at most a few hundred.

And how do hundreds of extras achieve a scene where tens of thousands of people gather?

In fact, it is very simple, first find hundreds of extras to perform on each side of the pool, and then use the camera to shoot them in turn, and finally hand these shots to Industrial Light and Magic, and they will dock these scattered shots, so that you can get a panoramic picture of tens of thousands of people gathering.

This is a working mode with a digital camera taking panoramic photos, but the difference is that when a digital camera takes a panoramic photo, its program will automatically connect and fill in the photos you take. The current level of science and technology has not yet reached that level, so the captured footage must be manually processed to achieve that effect.

But in fact, this is also a helpless thing, as the youngest art in the eight major art fields, the development of film needs to be promoted by science and technology, and the current level of science and technology can only reach this step. But with the continuous advancement of science and technology, the field of film will also continue to develop, and a large number of special effects shots will become easier and simpler.

However, many people have also gone astray, thinking that special effects are king, and as long as the special effects are done well, the audience will buy it, thus ignoring the story and theme of the movie itself, and becoming a simple show-off.