Chapter 37: Interstellar
On April 26th, in a five-star hotel in Beijing, the launch conference of "Interstellar" was underway...
With the introduction of the host, Chen Yongren took the main actors to the stage and sat down.
On the stage, Chen Yongren first made a speech and introduced some information about the movie "Interstellar".
"First of all, welcome all media friends, come to participate in the launch conference of "Interstellar", this film has been preparing for filming since last year, which can be described as twists and turns. ”
"This movie is a science fiction movie, and science fiction, as the name suggests, is the fantasy of science, that is, the fiction of possible events based on limited scientific assumptions without conflicting with the maximum amount of knowable information of mankind. From the original form of novels, science fiction has slowly evolved into many fields such as poetry, movies, TV series, and comics, and has developed into a culture, and science fiction movies are an important branch of it. ”
"The movie 'Interstellar' is set before the end of the world. It is mainly about a series of stories triggered by scientists who have discovered a wormhole near Saturn in the solar system under the threat of human beings being unable to survive, through which they can break the limitations of human capabilities and go to more distant outer space to find opportunities to continue the hope of life...... In this movie, I will show you the end of my imagination..."
After a long speech, Chen Yongren finally finished speaking, and the next thing was the turn of the actors to introduce themselves.
"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Daoming, and I play the heroine's father in this movie..."Chen Daoming said with a smile.
"Hello everyone, I'm Gao Yuanyuan, and I play Uncle Ming's daughter in the movie..."Chen Yongren finally decided that Gao Yuanyuan would play the heroine, and the fat water would not flow to outsiders, as for Chen Daoming, although he had never cooperated, he had been friends for a long time, and after reading the script, Chen Daoming called back directly and said that he took the role.
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After the actors introduced themselves one by one and briefly introduced their respective roles, the next step was the question session from reporters.
After listening to it for a while, these reporters still feel a little confused, what kind of ghost are wormholes, the end times, and the five-dimensional space? For reporters who have not been exposed to these, they still can't figure out what kind of story this is a movie.
However, this did not prevent everyone from being interested in this movie and asking questions.
"Hello Mr. Chen Daoming, this is your first cooperation with director Chen Yongren, how do you feel about this cooperation?
Chen Daoming replied with a smile: "Although this is the first cooperation with Director Chen, I hate to see each other late, he is a very good director, and I believe that our cooperation will be very pleasant." As for this movie, the story is very touching, the plot is great, I want to know more about it and see you in the cinema when the time comes!"
Then the reporter asked questions about the actors, and the press conference finally lasted more than two hours before it ended, followed by a luncheon, Chen Yongren showed up and left the venue early after a while.
The film will be filmed on location in Canada and Iceland, so after luncheon, the cast went back to pack their things and head to the airport for their departure to Iceland.
The next day, Chen Yongren and the cast arrived in a small town in the south of Iceland, which was the location of the crew.
After this jet lag, on the morning of April 28th, head to the glacier with a local guide.
"Wow, it's so spectacular, the scenery here is so beautiful!" After approaching the glacier, Gao Yuanyuan, who was in the car, couldn't help but exclaim after seeing it through the window.
"It's quite spectacular, and the power of nature is so great that it's daunting," Chen Yongren replied.
The other actors in the car also saw the glacier for the first time, and they all exclaimed like Gao Yuanyuan.
The closer they got to the glacier, the more excited they became, and finally arrived at the world's third largest glacier, with a height of 1,500 meters!
After getting off the bus, everyone was shocked to look at this towering glacier!
"There are volcanoes everywhere under this glacier," Mr. Chen said.
Gao Yuanyuan was shocked: "No wonder I don't feel very cold, Uncle Ming really knows a lot." ”
"I've done some homework before, but it's mainly due to the influence of the Atlantic Current, and it's a famous summer resort in Iceland," Chen replied.
Chen Yongren ignored their small talk, but called the production director over and told him to ask someone to move all the equipment out of the car, debug it, and get ready for filming.
Subsequently, all departments of the crew began to prepare, and the actors also put on makeup.
Chen Yongren came to a super huge spaceship that had just been assembled for filming and looked at it. Although Chen Yongren had taken the time to come here to confirm the location before, he had already seen the scenery here, but now that he watched it again, he was still amazed!
Nature's magic is truly beyond people's imagination, and there are still many miracles on this planet that have not yet been discovered!
Subsequently, I asked the photographer again to understand the situation of the photographic equipment, the cameras used for this shooting were all rented from Hollywood, and the domestic film industry was still a little behind Hollywood, and Chen Yongren had no choice but to catch up slowly.
This movie is an IMAX film film, and several top-of-the-line cameras represent the limits of the current film industry, representing the limits of art, and it can be said that the extreme resolution of up to 18k is shot. Chen Yongren couldn't help but sigh, fortunately, although the domestic film industry is backward, the film projection equipment is not lagging behind at all, otherwise there would be no place to show it.
Half an hour later, everything was ready, Chen Yongren sat back in his chair, looked around with a loudspeaker and shouted: "The first scene of "Interstellar" will be filmed today, everyone cheers up and has a good start!"
"All the actors are in place!"
"Seventy-second, first shot, 321 starts!"
The first shot is a long shot, Chen Daoming and Wang Zhiwen are wearing spacesuits, walking on the glacier, and the camera is slowly zooming in from a high altitude in the distance.
"Go, next shot!"
Chen Daoming and Wang Zhiwen chatted while walking.
"I'm very honored to be a part of this great project, but once the camp is built, it's time for me to call it a day and go home after confirming that the ship is okay. ”
Wang Zhiwen replied as he walked: "I know the concern you have for your family, this is a deep-rooted human feeling, and no one can avoid it. ”
Chen Daoming continued: "Don't underestimate this kind of feeling, the power of this kind of feeling is infinite!"
"Click!" Chen Yongren shouted to stop, and then continued to shoot the second scene.
The two jumped down the valley using the air pressure device on their arms.
"Do you know why we don't send robots to explore? Robots are no match for people, they don't have the fear of death. Wang Zhiwen's role said that he had been sleeping on this planet for countless years, and finally waited for his companion, and he had not spoken for a long time, and he had become a chatter.
"The human instinct for survival allows us to work miracles when we are on the verge of death. Wang Zhiwen stopped Chen Daoming and continued: "Let's just talk about you, as a father, extend the desire for survival to the child. ”
"Do you know what the final picture is when you see it at the moment of death? It is the face of a child, the face of a loved one, and people will subconsciously struggle to survive at the moment of death, which cannot be put down. ”
"Okay!" shouted Chen Yongren.
are all actor-level actors, with good acting skills, and one pass is a basic operation.
Wang Zhiwen also has a deep understanding of this role, and this role is not a simple coward. In order to save mankind, he was the most outstanding one among the hot-blooded men, and he went to this unknown space alone with his enthusiasm and death.
But after so many years, he couldn't face the torment of loneliness, especially the lonely waiting for death, so he lied, and then fell into a deep sleep, hoping that he would be able to go back one day.
So what he said just now is more like what he said to himself, and when he woke up, he said that plan A immigration would not work, and only plan B could be implemented, which was an explanation that the old professor had deceived everyone.
There are different understandings about this character, there are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people, and the movie also gives the audience enough room for imagination...
The filming went very well, and after a week on this side of the glacier, it was moved to another location on the glacier.
More than three weeks have passed in the blink of an eye, and the filming of the scene here in Iceland has almost finished.
On May 13th, after the last scene was filmed at half past ten in the morning, Chen Yongren took a loudspeaker and shouted to everyone: "The filming mission in Iceland has all ended, everyone pack up your things, go back to the station to rest, and we will go home tomorrow morning!"
Countless people breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it, unconsciously going abroad for so long, staying in an unfamiliar environment for more than half a month, and no longer had the same mentality as the first day of travel.
After cleaning up, everyone returned to the station, and after a brief meal at noon, they went back to their rooms to sleep and rest.
In the evening, Chen Yongren held a dinner party in a hotel here to treat the crew, and after eating, they all went to the hot springs.
There are a lot of hot springs in Iceland, so everyone goes to the hot springs in groups.
And Chen Yongren took Gao Yuanyuan to the hot spring alone. Soak in the hot springs, and the whole person will be more energetic.
On May 14, after flying back to China, they rested for two days and flew to Canada.
After coming to Canada, after taking a short break, I started filming intensely again.
Today's filming is the scene when the actor leaves, as well as some interior scenes and a football scene.
"The crew is in place!
"Game 30, 3, 2, 1, start!"
Chen Daoming walked out of the house with two bags, did not stop, did not look back, and stuffed the bags into the car.
The son who had been bowing his head raised his head to look at Chen Daoming, and after Chen Daoming put his things away, he turned around and gave him a man's hug.
"Xiao Gao, help me watch our home. ”
"Hmm," the son played by Jing Boran responded.
Then Chen Daoming reluctantly rubbed Jing Boran's head, and then resolutely turned around and got into the car.
"Dad, can I drive this car in the future?" Jing Boran asked very calmly, without the sadness of parting, as a mature boy, his father did not make a big noise when he wanted to travel far away, but pretended to be nothing.
In the whole film, he loves his father no less than his sister, because his father's sentence 'help me watch our home' keeps him here from beginning to end, no matter what happens, even if the end of the world comes, he never leaves.
"This car will be yours in the future, and I'll let them drive it back. Chen Daoming said with a smile, and then said to his father, "Dad, help me take care of them", and then drove away.
Although the father-son relationship is a weakened line in the whole movie, every scene and every line is the son's deepest love for his father, and Jing Boran has never left the cornfield in his life also confirms that if his father tells him to die, he will go without hesitation, this problem.
The scenes on the Canadian side lasted until June 16.
Then he returned to China to continue filming, and the next scenes were all scenes indoors and in the spaceship cabin, day by day, one actor after another was completed, and the last scene was a scene in a cylindrical space station.
This space station is a microcosm of the earliest pre-human settlement program, and on June 30, "Interstellar" completed all the filming tasks and officially completed.
The next step is to enter post-production, and the film has a special effects production staff of up to 500 people, half of whom are hired from Hollywood, just to produce the most realistic and shocking special effects.
After the film was transferred to post-production, Chen Yongren did not sit idle, but returned to the company, preparing to hold a high-level meeting of the company to listen to the report and arrange the next work......