Volume 1: Monsters Rise!Chapter 158: She from an Alien Planet

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(PS: I'm sorry, there are a lot of things today, and the second one is a little late.) ）

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There is a saying that the more successful the person, the more opportunities there are.

Ye Qing is like this, and so is Xu Ning Palace.

Just finished filming the [Escape Room] variety show in Zhongyun City yesterday, and she has to attend the opening ceremony of the new movie this morning.

The director of the new film is Ding Yin, a famous director in China, a young man in his fifties who has always been known for his boldness.

He was the first director to introduce Hollywood special effects to China and successfully shot the first fantasy blockbuster.

He is also the first director in China to use CG technology to shoot the theme of gods and ghosts.

At the same time, he is also a famous husband and wife, from the first step of film shooting to the present, his wife has been following the crew and playing the role of film screenwriter.

To be honest, if you change it, even if you change a more famous director in China, and come to Xu Ninggong to shoot the current movie, Xu Ninggong will not hesitate to refuse.

Because this brand new movie is called "She from Aliens"!

Just rushing to the name can scare away a lot of people.

The content of the movie is even more bizarre, telling the story of an alien cutie, after the death of his grandfather, when he went to handle the inheritance, he accidentally discovered that there was still the inheritance of a green planet in the inheritance.

After inquiring, she learned that this green planet was the result of her grandfather's military exploits, but because he couldn't afford an interstellar spaceship with a warp engine, her grandfather had never been to this planet in his life.

Coincidentally, this alien cutie was born with an adventurous heart, and now there is a planet waiting for her to inherit.

Born with a love of adventure, she immediately sold all her possessions and properties, bought a spaceship with a warp engine from the second-hand market, and then purchased a lot of stuff to pilot the starship without a license to the green planet.

The Green Planet means Matter Habitation, and there is no doubt that this planet is the Earth.

This kind of theme, there is really only one person in China who dares to shoot Ding Yin, and only he can shoot it with a little confidence, because he is the director who is the best at computer special effects in China.

Xu Ninggong took over the role of the heroine Chenxi in it.

And in the case of insufficient investment in this film, he invested 80 million out of his own pocket for the shooting plan. On the one hand, she believes in Ding Yin's level, and on the other hand, she likes this script and the characters in it very much.

Ding Yin studied in Europe and the United States in his early years, and mixed in Hollywood. Influenced by that side, his opening ceremony never cut the pig's head to burn incense, but red satin unveiled the camera and smashed champagne.

After the start-up ceremony was held one morning, the entire film crew marched from the Sheraton Hotel to Sicheng County, a subordinate of Zhongyun City.

There is a round Chengzi Lake in Sicheng County, of course, the lake has long since dried up, and now farmers have planted green sweet potatoes.

The whole piece of unripe sweet potatoes there was bought by director Ding Yin as early as a month ago. and spent nearly 10 million to arrange the props of the entire scene.

This is what will be an important filming base for the entire film, as well as the location of the alien cutie Dawn, the landing of the spaceship, and the location of the scene for a third of the film.

I have to say that Ding Yin is very good at playing to his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, he knows that the level of domestic special effects is very poor, and he will definitely not be able to create the realism of the heroine's alien hometown, so at the beginning of the whole movie, it is the scene of a thrilling spaceship crash-landing here from outside the atmosphere.

The heroine Dawn piloted without a license, coupled with the combination of second-hand starships, the warp engine of the spaceship was completely reimbursed after natural landing, and Dawn could not return to her hometown.

In the afternoon, the crew entered the venue and began to prepare for the first shot.

There will be a lot of shots around the starship throughout the film, and although the spaceship does not exist, the camera must be set up at high altitude and flexibly change angles to capture that vast visual sense.

For this reason, director Ding Yin deliberately asked the most professional camera rocker manufacturers in China to order two 80-meter electric camera rocker arms a month in advance.

The largest camera jib available on the market is 20 meters long. The hand rocker arm commonly used by the general wedding company is only a few meters long.

The crew customized this one, although the size is huge, but the manufacturer thinks that it is not too difficult to technicalize, and it will be processed within 20 days after receiving the money.

After the reports of the various departments are prepared, the first shot will start shooting, which is about to begin.

This is the opening scene of the film, where the camera looks down like a bird from a high altitude around the post-landing spacecraft. This kind of scene that requires a large number of special effects must be shot as soon as possible in order to be sent to the special effects company to add special effects as soon as possible.

The various departments were ready, but the camera crew was slow to answer.

The cameraman's somewhat nervous look immediately attracted the attention of director Ding Yin, and after finding that the other party obviously showed signs of weakness, he walked over with a gloomy face.

Bad temper has always been synonymous with the director, and if any joint of the entire crew is not in place, the filming progress will be delayed.

The camera is responsible for the custom-built camera boom that is up to 80 meters long and fully electrically operated, with a front end that can be rotated at will.

The crane has a camera hanging at the front of the boom, the arm is pulled by six steel cables, and the base needs to be piled to the ground, but at this time, the camera is reluctant to connect the picture to the director's monitor.

"Why don't you take the picture?" said Ding Yin.

The "director......" camera was a little anxious and explained: "The camera is shaking badly, I ...... I didn't dare take it. ”

"Shaking badly?" Ding Yin's face darkened, they were filming an urban science fiction movie with a huge investment, and they were going for the Golden Rooster Award.

is not filming a live broadcast of betta, and the slightest tremor in the picture has to be pushed down and restarted.

"Yes, this electric camera rocker arm was fine when it was tested by the manufacturer before, who knows why it will shake so much after moving here?"

"I guess it's too windy, but the weather forecast shouldn't be so windy today. ”

Although the camera crane arm is customized by the camera department, the experienced Ding Yin still understands why the camera shakes at once.

Stabilization is an old problem in the world of photography and videography, but with the advancement of technology, cameras with stabilization function and self-stabilizing gimbal with 3-axis drive have been introduced, and the problem of photographic shake has almost been overcome.

However, this stabilization is limited by amplitude, and it is estimated that the 80-meter-long camera crane arm has exceeded the movement limit of the stabilization function at today's wind speeds.

There is no way to do this, even if you shoot with a fire cloud truck, it will be affected by the wind speed, and the longer the volume, the greater the impact.

Moreover, whether it is a fire cloud truck or a cloud car with a member platform, there is an obvious sense of mechanical jamming when moving, and it is impossible to shoot a satisfactory picture of Ding Yin.

The more demanding the industry, the stricter the distinction of special equipment.

If you want to shoot a perfect bird's-eye view, you have to use a camera crane arm that moves very smoothly, and with other equipment, it is as ridiculous as putting sugar in mapo tofu.

The 80-meter-long camera rocker arm is the first time they have used it, and the manufacturer is also the first time to do it.

Even if the wind speed is taken into account, it is simply not possible to solve this problem in a short time, so you can only wait for the wind speed to come down.

Ding Yintie ordered with a blushing face: "Change, let's shoot the scene when Dawn escapes from the spaceship to the outside." ”

This scene is easy to shoot, at the exit of the spacecraft where there is no zài, set up a pure green exit, and use the orbital camera to shoot the exterior directly.

Xu Ninggong finished putting on makeup, put on a sci-fi spacesuit like a fashion model, and filmed this scene in only an hour.

Ding Yin also asked the crew to tie two silk scarves on the two large camera rocker arms, and then a large group of people waited for the wind speed to become smaller.

After waiting left and right for two hours, the other shots were taken twice, and the wind speed remained the same.

"Director, I looked at the weather forecast, and the wind speed is okay today. Could it have something to do with the terrain here?" said the cameraman boldly. (To be continued.) )