August 3, 2010 was a very ordinary day.

On this day, Tom Hanks got into his vintage Cadillac early and was driven by the driver to the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

This time, he is not here to attend the Oscars, let alone attend the premiere of a certain movie, but to attend the launch of Peng Yichen's new film "Country Teacher".

To be honest, he didn't participate in such a small event many years ago.

Even if he participates in the movies himself, he usually only goes to the premiere and some of the necessary promotional activities after the movie is released.

He is an old-fashioned person who hopes to conquer the audience with the characters he performs and the film work itself, and not like a clown, standing in the spotlight and carrying out so-called propaganda.

This time, the reason why he was willing to participate in the boot conference.

In addition to the fact that he really likes the script of Peng Yichen's new film, what is more important is that this press conference made him feel the freshness that he had not seen for a long time.

Producer Blake informed him in advance that after the press conference, Hua Na would immediately arrange a convoy to transport the crew of the three film crews and dozens of actors directly to the airport.

There, two special planes jointly chartered by Hua Na and Chen Jing Film Company have been parked, and the people responsible for transporting the entire filming team have been parked and flew directly to Kyoto, China.

The whole process of the team flying to Huaxia to start shooting the movie.

There will be a set of reporters from Huaxia China Television and Xingqi CNN TV to follow up the whole process.

This is the first large-scale co-production of films between Huaxia and Xingqi country.

It is a very important cultural exchange and industrial exchange activity for the Chinese government and the government of the Star Flag Country.

Therefore, Times Hua Na and Chen Jing Film Company attach great importance to this start-up press conference and the long-distance flight activities after the press conference.

The two sides mobilized significant resources to ensure the smooth running of the event.

Tom Hanks has no experience of making films in China, let alone participating in this kind of experience of continuing large-scale film cooperation between national governments.

Therefore, he is very much looking forward to this trip to Chinese film shooting.

This is also the key reason why he is willing to participate in this press conference.

Blake is a good producer, but there's nothing new about the launch he organizes.

Tom Hanks was the most asked person at the conference.

But he only answered one or two questions, and then he began to fall asleep and stopped talking.

It wasn't until after the press conference that his assistant and bodyguards took their luggage and followed him to Hua Na's special plane.

He just began to have some interest and anticipation for this event.

After a 13-hour flight, Tom Hanks, who had slept on the plane, was completely unaffected by the jet lag and got off the plane in good spirits.

Unexpectedly, waiting at the exit of the airport, in addition to the people and media reporters of Chen Jing Film Company, there were countless Chinese fans.

The fans cheered his name with loud voices and enthusiastically sought his autograph, which made him feel like he was 5 years younger.

Tom Hanks sensed the tremendous vitality and potential of this old and young country.

He decided to visit the country more often in the future.

In addition to some officials from the Ministry of Culture of China, the main people who received them were the senior executives and staff of Chenjing Film Company.

What makes Tom Hanks strange is that among these people, there is no director Peng Yichen, only the general manager of Chen Jing Film Company, a Chinese named Sun Yizou.

Tom Hanks was surprised to find that he actually knew this Sun Yizou, and it was at a party where an actor's agent in Hollywood gathered.

That's Sun Yizou is still a small agent who has just entered the industry.

At that time, Hanks had not won two Oscars, and he was just a relatively successful second-tier Hollywood actor.

I didn't expect that after so many years, the identities of the two people have changed so dramatically, but they have met again strangely.

The excitement of seeing the 'old acquaintance' made Hanks forget the little dissatisfaction that Peng Yichen did not come to the airport to receive them.

He chatted with Sun Yizou all the way to the largest hotel in Kyoto.

This is a treatment only available to a few main actors.

The other staff and young actors rushed to the outskirts of Kyoto as soon as they got off the plane, and the newly built science fiction film and television base that had just started last year.

There's still a lot of work there that they need to take over right away.

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Early the next morning, the convoy of Chen Jing Film Company picked up several main actors such as Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and Christopher Waltz from the hotel, as well as their assistants and bodyguards, and drove all the way to the science fiction film and television base in the suburbs.

To Hanks' surprise, the scale of this so-called science fiction film and television base is far beyond his imagination.

It is estimated that the completed part of the construction alone is about 100 hectares.

The area that has been fenced off in the distance and is under construction is estimated to be more than 300 hectares.

Soon, the convoy was driven into a huge studio that had been built.

There are a few studios, and the comings and goings are crowded with the staff of Huaxia and Xingqi Country.

Everyone was busy preparing what they needed for the shoot.

This feeling of being on a big set, Hanks hasn't felt in years.

When he was young, he was at the end of the golden age of Hollywood studios.

At that time, the scene of more than a dozen film crews working on the same set was deeply engraved in his mind.

It's a pity that with the passage of time, those former glories are gone.

Unexpectedly, now I have seen such a scene in Huaxia again.

With emotion in his heart, Hanks slowly stepped out of the car.

Just across the street, a group of people surrounded a young man, asking all sorts of questions.

The temperament of that young man was different from that of the young man of the Star Flag Country that Hanks had seen.

Calm, capable, focused, decisive.

This is what he saw in the young man's speech and demeanor.

Without being introduced, he knew that it must be the legendary Chinese director - Peng Yichen.

In order not to disturb the work of the young director, Hanks pulled in Morgan Freeman and Christopher Waltz.

The three of them stood quietly to the side and observed the young director who was about to work together.

On the other hand, Peng Yichen really didn't see that the three Hollywood celebrities had arrived on the set.

Although in terms of special effects production, with the help of holographic projection equipment, Peng Yichen doesn't have to worry too much.

But film is a complex, comprehensive art.

When the filming of the film begins, the storyboards for each scene and shot must be fully prepared.

In this way, the set, props, lighting, and photography know how to arrange the scene and shoot the composition.

In addition to the first time, a large number of models, props, and costumes and shapes of characters are required for the filming of the movie.

Although with holographic projection technology, objects that are too large and scenes that are not in reality can be displayed with holographic projection.

However, many small items and small scenes cannot all be displayed with holographic projection equipment, which is too inefficient and too costly.

Therefore, these details must all be taken into account and prepared.

When a movie is presented in front of people, it is often a picture that has been basically completed.

Even if it is a bad movie, the special effects and the characters are very fake, but in the eyes of people, it must be a finished image.

Therefore, it is difficult for the audience to imagine how much effort and effort it takes to shoot a movie, especially a sci-fi blockbuster like "The Country Teacher", to be completed by the director and film crew.

In Hollywood, a special effects director is often set up in the crew to manage the production of special effects, the director of photography is responsible for the composition of the picture, lighting scenes, and the props director is responsible for the special effects model, prop production, and so on.

The director's job is to put all these departments together and complete the final shot.

But Peng Yichen knew that the three film crews sent by Hua Na might be able to do this, but the two film crews of Chen Jing Film Company could not do it.

Although the behind-the-scenes technical staff of Chen Jing Film Company are already the top in China.

But they still have a gap to catch up with Hollywood's top film talent.

Therefore, he had to keep an eye on the shooting scene every day, especially the villages where the two film crews in Huaxia were filming.

Then with the help of Blake, 5 film crews worked together.

It is possible to shoot up to 5 different shots at the same time.

In this way, we can achieve the goal of quickly filming and a big sci-fi production.

But this puts forward extremely strict requirements for the director's control and control ability.

Peng Yichen still has to play the leading role, and after the filming starts, he can't devote himself to the director's position, so he has to make all the preparations before the start of filming as much as possible.

Fortunately, with the assistance of holographic projection equipment, many shots are much easier to shoot.

Of course, Peng Yichen still insists on one thing in his heart, although the development of science and technology is conducive to the progress of film shooting. However, sometimes, it's better to be able to do without special effects.

After all, real real-life and physical shooting is the most textured and touching thing.

He definitely doesn't approve of films that use special effects to make even actors' hair and tattoos, a cup, or a fire.

Then treat special effects as a lazy and trouble-saving tool, waste a lot of special effects production resources, and make the level of the whole movie drop.

Under the guidance of this line of thinking, Peng Yichen finally arranged today's shooting plan.

When he raised his head, he found that not far away, there were three Star Flag Country actors standing there, looking at him with a smile on their faces.

Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Waltz.

These three powerful actors whose Hollywood acting skills are above the first-class are all looking at the young Chinese actors with great appreciation at this time.

For the first time in the film industry, such a deep and bizarre intertwining has occurred between the ancient China and the young Star Flag Country.

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