"Hello Director Ang Lee!"

Ding Cheng looked at the kind old man in front of him, and finally met the first director of the Chinese language, the record holder who won the Oscar twice.

"I hope you can help me this time!" Li An took out the script, handed it over with both hands, and said: "The team of more than 500 people has polished the technology for two years, and success or failure is here!"

Ding Cheng took over the heavy script with both hands, the old man in front of him was a little tired, and the global box office loss of the last work instantly made this director who had become a god questioned.

After reading the script carefully, Ding Cheng sighed secretly, I have to say that Ang Lee is indeed old!

If Li Mubai in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a review of his middle-agedness, this time he may face a hesitation in front of an older state.

After the color ring, more and more people labeled him as technology control, and he did go further and further on the road of technology exploration. For example, "Life of Pi" made a tiger that is difficult to distinguish between real and fake, and shot the sea in a pool to shoot a new height of 3D water play.

From the previous part, I tried to create 120 frames, so that the cruelty of the battlefield and the glitz of the show were presented on the big screen in an extremely realistic state.

This time, the design is actually in the creation of digital simulation characters and 3D + 4K + 120 frames at the same time to continue to explore?

"No way, it's my way of fighting aging. Li An saw Ding Cheng's thoughts and said frankly: "When I was young, I thought that I didn't have much experience and made many mistakes, but when I got old, I became more and more able to control, which is not the case at all." ”

"Now that I know more about the moves, I feel that it is getting harder and harder to make movies, unlike when I was younger, I actually did everything right. ”

Ding Cheng didn't speak, the name of the script is "Gemini Killer", which tells the story of a middle-aged and elderly person looking back at the growth of a young man, although the setting of clones makes the film more sci-fi, but it has never escaped Ang Lee's consistent theme:

The confusion and exploration of the individual and the world is like the continuation of the theme of the intergenerational relationship between the father and the child.

To put it bluntly, it's old-fashioned!

"Actually, this idea is not mine, it has been going around in the industry for more than 20 years. ”

Ang Lee looked at the young man in front of him, although it was the first time he met and chatted, he had seen a lot of works, and he was an absolute powerhouse who could control no matter what the subject matter.

The reason why we met was not only an invitation to a new work, but also an invitation to listen to each other's opinions, after all, this young man has never acted in a bad movie since his debut, and has never made investors lose a penny, which is simply a miracle!

"The story itself didn't catch my attention, but if the strange feeling of a person facing himself was presented through visual effects, it was very appealing to me. ”

Ding Cheng listened attentively and could feel the other party's lack of confidence, which is an incredible state for a top director, you must know that the director is the king on the set.

It can be seen how much pressure Ang Lee has this time!

"What high frame rate 3D, digital creation, digital aesthetics ......" Speaking of this, Ang Lee suddenly showed a smile that seemed to be smiling, and said a little mockingly: "It seems that these new film technologies that ordinary audiences don't understand are now 67-year-old labels?"

"Countless people say that Ang Lee, who can tell stories and is full of philosophical thoughts, why did he become a complete technical controller?"

"I'm not interested in technology at all!"

“Zero！”

"Zero interest!"

The old man gestured to Ding Cheng with a little excitement and tried to explain: "I just want to see that thing and experience that thing." For that, many people who are engaged in technology follow me to endure hardships and stand hard work, hoping to develop it. ”

"It was a truly beautiful world, and for me, that illusory world was real. When I saw that, I was in a mess. It's attracting us, but many people don't think about it yet, and are still learning about film......"

Ding Cheng took a deep breath and looked at the excited old man, feeling a little crazy?

Of course, he also understands what the so-called new world in his mouth is, 4D...... 120 fps ultra-clear image quality...... Even digital-analogue panorama technology......

For the sake of these things, he actually gave up the storytelling advantage of being a god, and desperately devoted himself to the field of commercial films that he was not good at, and did this almost in a ruin under the pressure of public opinion, box office, and funds from the film industry.

What exactly is the picture?

Calming down, the old man was more tired, but as if he had experienced venting, the atmosphere was a little more relaxed.

"I said three years ago that what I was most afraid of was that the next 120-frame movie in this world would be my movie. ”

"It feels like a lot of people are going to come into this whole new world like me, but it doesn't seem like that. ”

"As long as there are people who are willing to invest and there are opportunities, I will continue to try. If not, I can't do anything about it, after all, it requires a lot of money. ”

"Fortunately, there are many people who think this thing is interesting, for example, the boss of Sky Dance wants to ask me to make this movie, and he also thinks that technology is fast enough to make it ......"

When these words came out, it was not so much a chat, but rather an air of Ang Lee cheering himself up.

"In the past, there have been some movies that have tried to create people digitally, but the plot of live-action reproduction or resurrection is not long in the movie, such as "Terminator 5", "Captain America 3" ......"

Ding Cheng asked seriously: "This time, you are going to realize the digitization of the whole film of the star clone version, try to pursue the highest degree of restoration, and it is completely created by digital technology, including the skeleton skin, so detailed that every hair has to be made, and which cell the emotion wants to affect has to spend effort to study, which workload is ......."

"That's why I call him the most expensive actor in Hollywood!" Speaking of specific details, Ang Lee seemed to regain his confidence and said: "It's two or three times more expensive than the salary of the most expensive superstar now." ”

"All the cameras and racks had to be rebuilt, and every place had to be measured when shooting the young actors, dozens of machines, and a lot of ......"

"When filming, the actor and I had to rely on imagination, when the two male protagonists appeared in the same picture, they needed to play the middle-aged self first, let the stand-in help him move the metering, and then use motion capture technology to ......"

"Then accurately play the young self according to the position of the stand-in just now, and at the same time use special effects to make the whole body dynamics, and restore all the details 100......"

After saying it in one breath, Ang Lee took a sip of coffee and said: "Actually, I have tried twice in the past, the first time was to shoot "Hulk", and maybe even the first person to do this, that is, to try to create people digitally. ”

Later, the tiger in "Life of Pi" also did it according to this principle. The big guy is more successful, and it's a living thing, not a huge thing without physical principles. ”

"I learned a lot from the tiger, such as how to imitate living things to bring it to life. Whether it's a parody or it's a lot of experience in the performance......"

Listening to Ang Lee's talk, Ding Cheng was a little helpless, this old man gave him the impression that he was a gentle scholar at the beginning.

Only to find out that in fact, the heart is restless, and to put it in layman's terms, it is sullen!

Always looking inward and deep into the self is his stuffiness,

Constantly exploring the boundaries of new technologies is new!