Vatnajökull glacier near the town of Hepburn in southeastern Iceland is the second largest glacier in the world, and yesterday Tang An and the cast arrived in the town of Hepburn, which is also home to the crew.

After jet lag, I went to the glacier early this morning under the guidance of a local guide.

"Wow, that's spectacular, how can there be such a place on earth!"

As soon as he approached the glacier, Yang Mi couldn't help but exclaim when he looked out the window, his face full of excitement.

"What's all the fuss about, you can go to Antarctica another day. Tang An, who was looking down at the storyboard script, replied angrily.

"But you can't see this kind of scenery in China, it's much more beautiful than those glaciers in China. ”

Yang Mi was unimpressed, and the closer she got to the glacier, the more excited she became, until the car drove up the world's third-largest glacier at 1,500 meters.

"It's really a glacier, most of the many glaciers in China are snow-capped mountains, and none of them are like this. ”

Yang Mi got out of the car and took two steps, stomped his feet and jumped twice.

"It's true, I've been to the big glacier at the mouth of Tanggula Mountain, it's a big snow-capped mountain, and there really isn't such a thick layer of ice, and it is said that this glacier is full of volcanoes. Liu Ye answered.

Yang Mi said suddenly, "No wonder I don't feel cold at all." ”

"Volcanoes are one of the reasons, mainly due to the influence of the warm Atlantic Current, which flows from the south, and the cold zone to the north of Iceland, where there is no grass to grow, only moss. Liu Ye explained.

"Brother Ye, how do you know?"

"I checked this glacier before I came, and it's a famous summer resort in Iceland......"

Tang An ignored the small talk of a few of them, and reached out to summon Zhao Lei, the director of production.

"Lao Zhao, take someone to move all the equipment down, debug it first, and get ready. ”

"Okay, Director Tang. ”

Zhao Lei tightened his neck and nodded.

Yang Mi looked at Lao Zhao and shrank his head, and teased, "Director Zhao, you are so afraid of the cold, I feel that this glacier is not too cold, and it is not as cold as the winter in our capital." ”

Zhao Lei sighed, "Hey, aren't you old, you can't compare with Miss Yang, you young people......"

As he spoke, Zhao Lei reacted and hurriedly said, "That's why I have to exercise hard, I have been swimming in Yuyuantan since last winter, and many young people are not as fast as me." ”

"Why, I've got to keep an eye on them, these lads are lazy when no one is watching. ”

After speaking, he pulled his scarf and shouted at the field staff who were carrying the equipment.

He glanced down and took a deep breath, but luckily, he could still see his feet.

I'm only in my forties, and I'm in the prime of life.

......

All parts of the crew are preparing for the first scene that is about to start filming, tents have been set up on the spot, and the actors have gone in to make up and prepare.

Tang An came to the side of the huge spaceship that had been assembled, although it was a little different from the original, but it was full of high-tech and metallic texture, which was definitely something far ahead of this era.

Of course, it is fake, and it is necessary to shoot with a crane and a wire rope.

After looking around, even if Tang An had come here to confirm the location two months ago, now that he saw it again, he was still amazed.

Nature's wonders are so great that I don't know how many splendid and magnificent places on earth have not yet been discovered.

But now is not the time to sigh, and I can't copy a poem on the spot.

came to the photographers Zhang Li and Zhou Jixun, who were fiddling with the new guys with a few photographers.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhou, are you familiar with the new machine?"

"Director Tang, it's just a little heavier, it's all cameras, and it's not a problem to get started for more than a month. Zhang Li smiled.

ZHOU JIXUN SIGHED, "I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT MOVIES WITH 70MM FILM, THIS IS THE REAL ART, AND I AM SATISFIED TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT SUCH A ONCE IN MY LIFE." ”

Zhang Li also said, "It's the first time Director Tang has filmed it in decades, and there was a chance for a 15-minute documentary by the Geological Bureau before, but unfortunately it still didn't have my share." ”

Isn't it, an IMAX film movie, the only one in the country?

It is only used by government units that sometimes make a documentary of ten or twenty or thirty minutes, or it is a science and education film.

Tang An gently stroked the only four MSM 980 cameras in the world, this is art, the art that represents the limit of the film industry, those bullshit movies are simply insulting the word art.

Theoretically, it can shoot the ultimate resolution of 18K, and the master tape can reach 8K after production, even after copying, it still has a resolution of 6K.

If 70mm film were to be converted into digital IAMX, it would be 5K at most.

Even if there is an 8K camera in the future, it will be 4K when it is projected.

Tang An sighed, "There is no place to screen the film, there are 5 commercial IMAX in China now, plus the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum generally does not need to do commercial screening, that is, 6 screens can achieve perfect projection effect, and it is said that 4 of them plan to replace IMAX digital projection equipment, it is estimated that in a few years, the domestic IMAX film hall will be gone." ”

"MAYBE AT THAT TIME, A DIGITAL CAMERA COULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE EFFECT OF 70MM FILM. ”

"It's difficult, even if the digital IMAX is filmed now, the digital particles still have to be manually added to imitate the film grains in the later stage. ”

Originally, when I talked about work, I became emotional, and Tang An also stopped the topic.

The trend of the times cannot be changed, unless the cost of IMAX film projection equipment is 10 times lower, the cinema will give up digital IMAX and Chinese giant screen and replace it with film IMAX.

Otherwise, if there is no screening room, it will be in vain.

The cost of a Chinese giant screen hall is only two or three million, and there is no need to pay more than 400,000 yuan in copyright fees every year, while the cost of digital IMAX is seven or eight million, and the cost of film IMAX hall is nearly 15 million.

15 million for a hall, more than 400,000 royalties per year, as well as a large number of maintenance fees and operating costs, only earned back in the Year of the Monkey.

......

An hour later, the actor came out after putting on makeup and wearing a spacesuit, and Tang An filmed the rivalry between Liu Ye and Fu Dalong first, and the rest waited for them to be ready to shoot in the afternoon.

Brought a group of people to the filming location, and the assistant director took two actors to try out the play and position.

After 30 minutes, the cameraman, lighting, and stunt crew were all ready.

Tang An sat back in his chair, looked around with a loudspeaker and shouted, "Today is the first scene of "Interstellar", everyone cheer up and have a good start!"

"All departments ready!"

"The actors are in place!"

"Scene 72, one shot, one shot!"

"Let's go!"

The first shot is a long shot, Liu Ye and Fu Dalong are only walking on the glacier, and the camera slowly zooms in from a high altitude in the distance, which is basically no problem.

The first shot was shot on 70mm film, and then in the second close-up, the close-up of the two was changed to 35mm film.

"Okay!

"Let's go!"

Electric fans were blowing in front of them, and snowflakes were constantly drifting in.

Liu Ye walked behind Fu Dalong, chatting with him.

"I'm honored to be a part of this great project, but once the camp is built and the ship is safe, it's time for me to call it a day and go home. ”

Fu Dalong walked in front and said, "I know that you have concerns in your heart, even if you don't have a family, your thoughts about other people are also very strong, this is a deep-rooted human feeling, and no one can avoid it. ”

Liu Ye answered, "Don't underestimate this feeling. ”

"Click!"

At the end of one article, Tang An shouted to stop and instructed the props team, "Turn off the electric fan a little smaller, and the snowflakes don't need to be too big." ”

Then he looked at the two actors in spacesuits and helmets, and advised, "When you speak, use the usual speed of speech, don't deliberately increase your voice, your breathing rate is a little faster, and your pace is a little slower." ”

After five minutes of preparation, start again.

The second shot was successfully completed.

And then the second scene.

The two jumped down the valley using the air pressure device on their arms.

"Do you know why we didn't send robots to explore, robots can't compare to people, they don't have the fear of death. ”

The character played by Fu Dalong has been sleeping on this planet for many years, and finally came to his companion, and suddenly he talked more.

"The human instinct for survival allows us to work miracles when we are on the verge of death. ”

He stopped Liu Ye and continued, "Let's just say that you, as a father, extend your desire for survival to your children. Do you know what is the last image a person sees at the moment of death?"

It is the face of a child, and people will completely subconsciously struggle to survive at the moment of death, and they can't let go. ”

"Okay!"

are all actor-level actors, and their acting skills are absolutely excellent.

Fu Dalong's understanding of the character is also deep enough, this character is not just a simple coward, he was the most outstanding one among their group of people at the beginning, and he also had a lot of blood, in order to save mankind, risked death, and went to the reckless space alone with the spirit of dedication.

But in the face of death, especially waiting for death, he couldn't face it calmly, so he lied.

The words he said along the way were more like comforting himself.

There is also the remark that has just woken up, about the explanation that Plan A immigration will not work at all, and that Plan B can only be implemented, and the old professor has lied to everyone.

It is much harder for humans to join forces and sacrifice themselves to save their race than it is to save themselves.

Humanity is not yet able to transcend this barrier and sacrifice everything for others.

He didn't do it himself.

But the other astronauts did.

There are different understandings of this character, some believe that he wants to kill the male protagonist because the male protagonist will return to Earth after learning that the planet is uninhabitable, so he will take some supplies and fuel with him, while he will continue to carry out Plan B to find another habitable planet.

Both understandings are fine, everyone has their own opinions, and the movie also gives the audience plenty of room for imagination.

......

The first day of filming went well, and the two of them spent half a day playing against each other, and aerial photography was also used.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the spacecraft had already been prepared, and the take-off and landing scenes were filmed with the help of a large crane, which was a bit troublesome, and it was not a waste of too much time at a time.

Filming at the glacier lasted six days and included a blasting scene.

Then the crew moved on to the glacial Bruner Sendo Lagoon, which is wide and boundless, but not deep.

Of course, the thousands of meters of huge waves cannot be real, with this depth of water, it is impossible on the earth no matter what, no matter what props are used.

Otherwise, Newton's coffin board would not be able to hold down, and he would not be able to hold down a big stone.

The high tide of the earth is caused by the tidal force of the sun and the moon on the earth's oceans, and because the moon is close to the earth, although the mass of the sun is much greater than that of the moon, the tidal force of the moon is still greater.

The planet in the movie is near the black hole, and the tidal force generated is far greater than that on Earth, I don't know how many times, so the water less than one meter deep can cause huge waves thousands of meters high.

The scene of the big wave has been completed in the early stage, through the visual difference and the miniature model, and then with the shooting to get the final clip.

The scale of the giant wave and the spacecraft is reduced, and countless simulations produce detailed data.

Waves, curls at the top of waves, bubbles, waves, etc., are precisely calculated and then modified on the computer.

The escape from the planet was filmed in a studio, where a huge water tank poured into the spaceship.

Even so, the filming of the scene was not easy, everyone was soaked in the water, and the robot.

When the robot is filmed, the actor is operated with a joystick behind him, and he also has to read lines and talk to other actors, without waiting for post-recording.

There was no way to shoot the scene when the wheels were changed, so I used a combination of real shooting and CG to get a water bicycle to shoot the splash in motion.

In addition, the robot's hand was also made to hold Yang Mi running, and the other parts were to be made with CG, using a combination of digital and physical effects to make it more realistic.

After all, machines are dead things, and people are the most difficult to control.

The biggest difficulty in filming in this lake is Yang Mi's performance, a scene was filmed for several days.

The other scenes have been filmed, and she is missing.

soaked in the water for another morning, but the shooting was still almost meaningless, Tang An could only let everyone eat first.

"Let's all go ashore, hurry up and change your clothes, don't catch a cold, and rest after eating." ”

If you soak in water for a few days in a row, you are even prone to hypothermia.

Others said that Yang Mi had been immersed in water for the longest time, and the lowest temperature in the depths was almost close to the critical point of 35 degrees.

Tang An finished eating and entered the tent, Yang Mi had already finished taking a hot bath, wrapped in a thick coat and just started eating.

touched Yang Mi's forehead and asked with concern, "How is it, are you better?"

"It's fine, it feels much better. Yang Mi smiled a little reluctantly, obviously lacking in spirit.

"Did you take the temperature?"

"Just measured, 35.7 degrees. ”

"Wait until you're done eating, measure it again, you just finished taking a bath, you can't be sloppy. ”

"It's okay, Brother An, just take a hot bath. ”

Tang An sat down beside her, "It's okay, if it is below 35 degrees, it will be life-threatening, let you measure you in an accurate way." ”

"Ahem..."

As soon as Tang An finished speaking, Yang Mi almost squirted out the rice in his mouth.

"What's wrong?"

Tang An hurriedly patted her back and handed the hot water to his mouth.

Yang Mi recovered after a while, and complained, "It's okay not to say such disgusting things when eating." ”

"Okay, good, don't say it, don't say it. Tang An hurriedly said.

The doctors of the crew have to measure Yang Mi's body temperature several times a day, and the original way to measure the deep temperature is to measure the monthly working temperature, but Yang Mi is dead or alive, and can only measure the armpit temperature.

Once it almost reached 35.1 degrees, Tang An persuaded her once for the sake of safety, but she still didn't do it, and there was no way to rest for an afternoon for safety.

"I can't eat it!"

After gasping for breath, Yang Mi no longer had the appetite to move the chopsticks, so he pushed it aside angrily.

"Okay, don't eat it, I'll have someone make a delicious one later." ”

"Hmph, no appetite!" Yang Mi glanced over.

"Okay, is it that serious, hurry up and shoot this shot, and you can leave this place. ”

Tang An took her over and leaned on his arms and told her a play.

"Although your character is an astronaut, in the era of the earth, there are no real astronauts, you have never been to the sky, at most you have trained in the simulation cabin.

So you are not mature, ignorant, and fearless, and at the same time you are responsible for the future of the entire earth, and your father's lifelong expectations allow you to risk your own life......"

Although the whole film does not spend too much space to show various emotions, the emotions between the protagonist and the children, the heroine and the father, the hero and the heroine, and even the heroine and the astronaut who did not appear play a very important role.

In response to what Fu Dalong's character said, most humans can't do everything for the sake of the race.

The heroine is so desperate and not afraid of death, not only for the future of earthlings, but also for the hope of her father's life.

This is also why his father told the truth to Fu Dalong's character, but did not tell her.

is afraid that she will not be able to give up her family affection, and she will not be able to give up "small love" for "big love".

In the past few days, Tang An has told Yang Mi many times, but there was a problem when it came to filming.

"Brother An, I understand what you say, but the expression you make is always a little worse. Yang Mi said distressedly.

"Wait another day and a half, if you really can't cancel these two close-ups. ”

Tang An couldn't help it, he shot as he originally did, there was no facial expression, more through his body and voice.

Tang An added two more close-ups of nearly a second, less than a second is enough, and if the close-ups of that situation are long, it is easy to disrupt the atmosphere and rhythm of the whole crisis.

Like those garbage TV dramas, there is a close-up of the face for a few seconds at every turn, the male protagonist comes for three seconds, the female protagonist comes for three seconds, and then changes the expression for a few seconds, and looks at each other for a few seconds. Mood changes...... This one shot can be more than 10 seconds longer.

A shot is more than 10 seconds longer, an episode can be two or three minutes longer, and then use a little slow motion, repeated flashbacks, and pause with some music, and an episode can have five or six minutes more.

40 episodes of TV, one episode is more than five minutes, that is 200 minutes, and you can make up six or seven episodes.

Tang An thought about it and asked people to call Liu Ye in.

"Liu Ye, you come and talk to Mi Mi about this scene. ”

Liu Ye took the script and looked at it, "Okay, Director Tang." ”

"Mi Mi, pay attention to your emotions and mobilize your emotions, and your facial expressions will naturally change. ”

This is a scene where the hero and heroine clash and question each other after temporarily escaping.

"I said leave me alone!"

"I also said it, let you come back quickly!"

"Why don't you listen!"

"At this time, we should be thinking about the characters, do you understand!"

"But all you can think about is going home, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do!"

"That's what you think you should do!"

...

"This is the element of life, how long will it take?"

"Decades. ”

......

Throughout noon, a scene lasted for two hours, and "decades" was said countless times, and the stubbornness on Yang Mi's face finally got a little look.

"Okay, drink more hot water, and start shooting in half an hour. ”

Tang An breathed a sigh of relief, and after telling Wan, he went out.

The afternoon shoot didn't go very well, and it was close to five o'clock that the two close-ups were completed.

Tang An shouted at everyone with a loudspeaker, "The filming in Iceland is over, everyone pack up all your things, go back to the station to rest for the night, and we will go home tomorrow!"

Everyone in the crew also breathed a sigh of relief, going abroad for such a small half a month, still in such an environment, has long lost the mentality of traveling.

"Hannes, we're leaving tomorrow and hopefully you'll be a great director, but I still think you should put all your experience into football and I'm sure there's a chance to see you at the World Cup in the future. Tang An said goodbye to a white man next to him and shook hands.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, I have learned a lot by your side in the past few days. The white man said sincerely.

Hannes Thor Halldosson, an amateur director and part-time footballer.

At this time, his main business is still directing, but he is a halfway monk, and he will not put his main business on football players until next year.

He was going to shoot a promotional video for Icelandair, and he heard that there was a film crew here, so he came to learn.

Tang An sighed, Iceland is such a small country, can enter the World Cup, and also drew with Spain in the Euro 15 Championship, eliminated England in the quarterfinals, and finally reached the quarterfinals.

The 2018 World Cup became the least populous country ever to participate in the World Cup, with a population of only 340,000.

How many people are there in Huaguo?

At least 1.3 billion!

The World Cup may be in a lifetime, unless you meet a systematic protagonist.

Shaking his head, not thinking about this sad question, he cleaned up and went down the hill to return to the town's station.

On the last night, Tang An made a ton of meals to reward the crew, and went to the hot springs for dinner.

Iceland is full of hot springs, and there are plenty of them in small towns.

More than a dozen other people soaked together, and Tang An occupied one alone, and took Yang Mi with him to enjoy it.

Take a soak, a few days of hard work have passed, and the whole person is more energetic.

Yang Mi, who was leaning on her arms, didn't speak, and sighed from time to time, which made Tang An baffled.

He hugged her tightly to his side and asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Yang Mi shook her head, "No." ”

"What's going on?"

"Hey, the box office of "Little Times" has exceeded 500 million, I knew that I would be next!" Yang Mi said with some pity.

That's the thing, "Little Times" was released in China for a month, and the total box office reached 510 million in a burst of scolding

Tang An persuaded, "500 million is 500 million, what's the big deal, isn't "Detective Chinatown" breaking one billion, you still have a "Stolen Five Years" in November, and the box office of "Breakup Master" with Deng Chao next year will not be lower than "Little Times", and the box office of those big flowers is not as good as you." ”

""Detective Chinatown" is a film by Deng Chao and Liu Haoran, and "Breakup Master" is definitely not as brilliant as Deng Chao. Yang Mi's interest was a little low.

"Then "Little Times" is still Guo Jinming's film, and don't look at the box office so high, with the current reputation, the next two are estimated to be no higher than this, and there will be no high box office to suppress the scolding, coupled with three years of accumulation, it will ruin Guo Jinming's directorial career, and the girl you pushed out will definitely be scolded miserably. ”

When Yang Mi heard this, she thought about it and said, "Then I have to take advantage of the past two years to give her some TV series and advertising endorsements, and now her salary is inflated." ”

Tang An looked at her with a shrewd look and was a little funny, she was sullen just now, but now her face changed in a blink of an eye.

"It's been less than two years, and you've become a black-hearted capitalist, are you so oppressive of artists?"

"What's this, it's too late for her to be happy with the resources of her artists, if I want to protect her from letting her take over the show, maybe I'll hate me. Yang Mi pursed her lips.

"You've seen it pretty thoroughly. ”