Chapter 5 Studying the Matter of Li Qian
"Attention everyone, unrelated personnel exit!"
With this shout, the engineers and photographers took one last glance at the arranged camera, and after making sure that there was no problem, they hurriedly left the shooting site, while Guo Ziming seized the last second and explained to He Yingyu: "Remember, how handsome and how to come! Also, be careful not to get hurt!"
After saying that, he also hurried away.
Standing in the middle of a green screen, facing a long line of cameras that looked like it would make people's scalps tingle, He Yingyu took a deep breath.
After more than ten days of filming, the crew of "The Matrix" quickly completed the run-in of the entire crew, and even the actors began to enter the state one after another, so the filming began to speed up across the board - this is the advantage that all of them are their own people from top to bottom, and everyone has worked together for many years and has cooperated on many films.
And today, the scene that the crew is going to shoot is an extremely important scene.
This scene will take place at the very beginning of the movie.
Trinity is in contact with the ship when the signal is detected, and the room is broken down by a group of police officers, and she is pointed at several guns.
Then, she showed her top-notch skills, from this wonderful indoor fight, to the subsequent wonderful and urgent escape, and then to her escape with the help of a phone booth, which is the beginning of the whole "The Matrix", this scene, not only potentially explains the setting of a lot of stories, but also belongs to the kind of big hook that reveals the wonderful characteristics of the movie at the beginning!
In short, I will give you this paragraph at the beginning, after watching this paragraph, the audience will not be able to run, as long as you think it is good-looking, as long as you think it is cool, as long as you are curious about what will happen next, then for the next two hours, you must honestly sit in front of the screen and listen to me tell the story!
For He Yingyu, the process of finding the state in the past ten days, whether it was her or Zhou Baoshan, was mainly based on partial dramas, martial arts dramas, green screens, and some fragmentary shots, until today, their feelings are getting better and better, and Li Qian decided to start filming this major scene.
At this moment, around He Yingyu's front half a circle, there are as many as seven or eight cameras, each of which is connected to a computer not far away with a cable, in the future, the special effects department of Minghu Culture will add the background of the room according to these shooting materials, and at the same time through the interception of the footage captured by different cameras, to produce a special effect picture that Li Qian called "bullet time".
What bullet time is like, at the moment she has no idea.
It's been a few years since I made films, and they are all big movies and big directors, so I can still overcome the mental abnormality of so many camera alignments, and the fact that the overhead, feet, and walls are all green screens is not too much of a problem, after all, it is said that many films in Hollywood are shot like this, and I have tried several times in the previous few days.
However, the combination of the two made He Yingyu a little inexplicably nervous.
Although she knows that as long as Li Qian makes a move, it will definitely bring a big production that you can't expect, including when she saw the whole picture of the script before, she also felt that this sci-fi brain hole was simply too interesting, but again, it was just a normal movie for her before.
It's just that the director is Li Qian, so she can be sure that this movie will be a success!
But now, in the face of this battle, she suddenly felt that it seemed that she was walking into something and what she was going to create - this was just a pure feeling, in fact, she didn't know what kind of picture Li Qian wanted to shoot when such a big battle was posed.
"Ready!"
Sun Yuting shouted with a megaphone and raised her arm.
The board over there is ready to fall.
Li Qian didn't look here, nor did he sit on his exclusive director's chair as usual, at this time, he was leaning over to look at the computer over there, and on the computer monitor screen, under the operation of professionals, at this moment pulled out the images of eight cameras at the same time.
In the middle of the image, He Yingyu is surrounded by a patch of green.
Suddenly, Li Qian said, "Wait." ”
He stared at the screen for another three seconds, then suddenly got up and walked over to He Yingyu.
Assistant director Sun Yuting, director of photography Fu Xuelong, martial arts instructor Guo Ziming, and even Zhou Baoshan and others all looked at Li Qian at this time, followed his footsteps, and came to He Yingyu.
He Yingyu looked at Li Qian.
Li Qian also looked at her and said, "What are you nervous about?"
He Yingyu sighed.
is probably due to the problem during the filming of "My Sassy Girlfriend", or it is already a little psychological, and she usually gets along well, He Yingyu doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with her, but when Li Qian is on the set, she is indeed more nervous than usual, or more nervous than in the crew of other directors, and even she doesn't know why.
In addition, this battle is a bit special now, so she is indeed a little nervous.
Li Qian suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed her hands, clenched them, and said, "Relax! Relax! The more nervous you are, the easier it is to get hurt, remember?" He clenched tighter, "So, the action is actually very simple, don't be frightened by these cameras, how to perform, how to perform! Again, relax!"
He Yingyu clasped Li Qian's hand with her backhand, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and after three seconds, she opened her eyes, exhaled a breath, nodded slowly, and said, "I'm fine!"
Li Qian nodded and let go of her hand.
Then he turned and walked back, "Attention departments, start now!"
Then, he went straight back to his director's chair and sat down.
Unlike when filming "Once Upon a Time", Li Qian asked Guo Ziming to design the kind of free and chic fights as much as possible, in order to show the beauty of Chinese martial arts through a very exaggerated and unreal angle, in "The Matrix", he needs a style that looks at short and fast fights.
Such a fighting style is destined to be completed only by post-editing, and when filming, in fact, the actors can make various poses and actions according to the dismantling actions designed by the martial arts instructor.
Therefore, the paragraph that He Yingyu is about to shoot is actually quite simple.
All the backgrounds will be added through computer special effects in the later stage, walls, tables and chairs, computers, etc., there are no now, not even supporting roles, there is a green screen everywhere around her, He Yingyu only needs to complete actions such as jumping up, kicking, etc. - before, she had received up to three months of training, and this action is definitely not a problem at all.
Of course, the fight scenes in the original "The Matrix", although some special production concepts such as bullet time, are of great interest to fans all over the world.
But when it comes to fist and foot battles, perhaps for Western audiences, many of the action designs stolen from Hong Kong films back then are still quite cool and handsome, but in the eyes of Li Qian, a person who is used to watching various kung fu movies and martial arts films in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, it still seems that there are still many deficiencies.
For example, many times you can obviously feel that the actor's kick is powerless and soft, so no matter how well the special effects are done, you may not have paid attention to it when you watched the movie, but when you look at it afterwards, you will feel a little fake - neither very chic and elegant, nor does it feel like a fist!
And now, Li Qian is not using the soft Keanu Reeves, he is using Zhou Baoshan, who has real kung fu on his body, so he can definitely do better in this regard.
Even actors such as He Yingyu who have no kung fu have received professional training for a period of time, and strive to show the audience during filming and after production, which is a feeling of "strength".
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"Ready, The Matrix Scene 3, Act 27, begin!"
With a sound of "pop!", the field board fell, and the field notes quickly dodged away.
He Yingyu's face was expressionless, her eyes jumped up on the spot coldly, and she kicked a fierce kick - no matter how strong it was, at least it looked a little fierce.
That's enough.
"Click!"
Li Qian got up and walked over, came to the computer, looked at the computer screen, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, next!"
Everything doesn't have to change, just in place, He Yingyu stood firm, and as soon as the board of the field notes over there fell, she jumped on the spot and came with a roundhouse kick that looked more handsome and fierce.
"Click!"
"Do it all over again!"
"Xiaoyu, pay attention, when you kick to the middle, the strength is not enough, your feet are sagging, so when you do it in the later stage, it is impossible to kick the actor's head!"
"Okay! I'll do it again!"
"Prepare ......"
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Truth be told, a lot of times, making a movie is a really interesting thing, whether it's as an actor or as a director, you can feel like you're creating something.
Before you did this, there was no such thing in the world — no story, no character, no performance, no film.
Because of you, there is all the wonderful.
But there are also times when making a movie, really, can feel like a particularly boring thing.
For example, like now, the so-called performances, which will be presented to the audience in the future, are now broken down into one extremely fragmented action after another.
Dry, tedious, simple repetition.
Over and over again.
The crew has Guo Ziming, the action director, and Li Qian is only responsible for making requirements, and requires him to reach a certain level, or a certain style, but he is not responsible for the specific action design and action splitting, and he is completely in charge- Like the scene filmed now, he is only responsible for controlling the general direction, such as whether the style meets the requirements, such as whether the strength is up to standard, etc., but in fact, for specific actions, he will not be particularly attentive, and will only ask the special effects department to make effects according to the action number and scene number in the future, and he will be responsible for editing in the end, combining these scattered actions into a stirring fight.
However, it is such a boring thing, which takes up a huge amount of space in the filming of the drama "The Matrix" - nearly half of the workload!
One morning, He Yingyu stood in front of the green screen, constantly making kicks, kicks, roundhouse kicks and other actions, and then, no matter how difficult the action, it is not suitable for her to perform by herself.
Well, by the time this section is finished, a morning has passed.
In fact, there are only about ten or twenty seconds of footage presented in the movie - this shooting speed is amazing enough, because Li Qian's goals and requirements are very accurate, I just want to do this, try other things, don't do it at all, give up completely!
Standing outside and watching for an hour or two, many actors who have no roles today are basically gone, but it is Zhou Baoshan, obviously there is no shot of him for a day today, but he is still standing on the periphery of the shooting, watching intently, and he feels very attentive.
It should be said that after the two "Huang Feihong" became popular, although he inevitably did have a little expansion, he still had his original intention, some cautious mentality in his bones, and his awe of Li Qian was also there from beginning to end - of course, more importantly, he was smart about being a man.
Therefore, since Li Qian informed him that "The Matrix" was his leading actor, he has invested in all kinds of selfless preparations, from several months before the movie starts, to now, from beginning to end, he has been even more dedicated and attentive than He Yingyu.
When the morning shooting was over, everyone walked out of the studio in twos and threes and went to the restaurant set up in the film and television city not far away to eat.
Li Qian had an excellent impression of him.
He Yingyu's tight-fitting black leather coat is displayed on the movie screen, which must be very handsome, cool, and sexy, but in the shooting, in such a hot weather, that feeling, who really wears it knows.
At the end of the shoot, the first thing she did was to go to her lounge to change out of the leather jacket, and then hand it over to her assistant, who was responsible for a simple wipe - mainly to wipe off her sweat, so as not to smell very flushed when she wore it in the afternoon.
When she walked out of the lounge, she saw at a glance that Li Qian was still waiting for her to eat with her at the door, so she was in a good mood, and the heat and exhaustion just now seemed to have dissipated a lot.
As she walked over, she smiled and asked, "How did I behave this morning?"
Li Qian smiled, he was familiar enough with her, so he didn't have to hide it, and said directly: "If you tell the truth, it's very bad!"
He Yingyu "cut" very disdainfully.
She herself debuted from Li Qian's "My Savage Girlfriend", and she has watched Li Qian's other two movies over and over again I don't know how many times, to put it mildly, she is absolutely attentive in studying Li Qian.
Therefore, she knows very well that Li Qian has never been the kind of literary and young director who insists on a single detail - especially for commercial films, Li Qian's requirements for performance have always been two or three percent above the qualified level, even if he is satisfied!
In fact, although there were stumbles in this morning's shooting, and the shots were trivial, and the shooting made people dizzy, but overall, the shooting went well.
Just look at Li Qian's mood.
There is only one last battery car left, and it is waiting for them. When they got into the car, the staff quickly drove to the on-site restaurant.
The two of them went in, each cooked their own meals, and then found a random place to sit down and eat.
Turning his head to catch a glimpse of Elizabeth pestering Sun Yuting again, asking Sun Yuting for advice in her extremely lame and mixed Chinese and English ways, He Yingyu couldn't help but smile, looked at Li Qian, and said, "That little girl is so beautiful, huh?"
Li Qian looked up at her, smiled and didn't speak, lowered his head and continued to eat.
He knew that He Yingyu and Elizabeth had suddenly become very close recently.
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