……

After continuous friction and running-in, the crew finally entered a smooth period.

The Wanping studio was once again separated from the interior, isolating several unrelated areas, making the most of every inch of space, and they sorted them according to the flow of the shooting plan, first creating a virtual city for the script in the story of the Shadow Maze in Area A.

Of course, no amount of studio can create a city that is exactly one-to-one.

But at least there are one-to-one subway cars, tracks, platforms, and even subway line signs......

Walking from Area A to Area B, it is like walking in a mini town, some of the buildings are built quite realistically, the windows of shopping malls, bus stops, billboards, but all the scenery they need to be very close to in the play, and even need to be touched, are all real, not sloppy sets made of plastic foam boards.

Cao Yifang had already been shocked when he first came.

It's good to burn money!

After a few days of adjustment, while waiting for the completion of the construction of the set team in Area A, Cao Yifang asked Hu Yuelong to give them a simple common sense training, mainly on how to cooperate with the filming of such a pure green screen scene.

After listening to a series of training tutorials, not to mention ten percent of new actors such as Shen Yu'an and Qiu Shanqi, even Cao Fang, an old fritter in the entertainment industry, listened to the buzzing brain.

Although everyone has learned the technical theory of non-physical performance, and Cao Yifang himself has participated in green screen shooting, but that is not the same thing.

Just kidding, is a studio of several dozen square meters the same thing as a studio of 10,000 square meters?!

In the past, when filming green screen scenes, I felt that the venue was so small that I couldn't hide a fart.

5% and 50% of special effects are not the same thing.

Including director Lu Jingzhen, they all deeply felt the fatness of the domestic film industry.

In 2020, even domestic audiences are no strangers to green screens now, young audiences have been fed by American blockbusters, and they are well-informed about special effects scenes, and they can see the gap between Wumao special effects and one special effect at a glance......

They can't believe that China is already the world's second largest film box office, but they, the film and television industry practitioners, are so unfamiliar with large-scale green screen shooting.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with performing without physical objects for you. ”

Cao Yifang said to Shen Yu'an, who was nervously doing warm-up movements: "You played very well when you auditioned, and performing without physical objects is the most test of imagination." ”

"No problem, I'm fine!"

After Shen Yu'an finished doing a whole set of broadcast gymnastics, he began to rub his face again, cheering himself up: "I am familiar with the lines, and I understand the role, I must be fine...... After speaking, he walked to Hu Yuelong's side again: "I'll just go to see PreViz again." ”

Cao Fang sneered: "So, mentality is greater than strength, and character determines fate...... This kid just doesn't have confidence. ”

He wandered around the set for a few steps, and when he saw that the actors who had a scene later came over to watch, he immediately felt a little flustered.

"I'll go and see it again, and be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”

Wouldn't it be a shame if the newcomer didn't make a mistake?

PreViz is a "visual previs and is seen as an artifact created by a lylywood director, a real artifact, not the kind of 999 with a knife.

Shooting in a green screen environment is completely different from the live shooting he was used to, it is very troublesome and exquisite, in addition to the difficulty of the performance level, the control of the light is also quite demanding.

The background of the shooting is just a green screen, and these backgrounds need to be filled with special effects in the end, so the photographer and gaffer need to think more comprehensively and fully communicate with the post-production department in advance.

The green background of the key should be separated from the performance area in front, so the most common and safest way to light the image is to separate the background and the performance area.

The illumination should be uniform across the screen, with no bright spots, shadow areas, or color differences, which means that a lot of light is needed to illuminate the green screen, but it is necessary to avoid it hitting the subject to avoid additional color spillage, so use a black cloth to block it if necessary.

Shooting in this environment, Cao Fang realized that he had to change many of his previous bad habits, such as free play......

The free play of the actors is limited to a very small scope by the special effects team.

Because there are different degrees of difficulty in positioning, lens control, lighting arrangement, etc., in post-production, various problems will be encountered, which need to be repeatedly modified, and even reshoot and reshoot shots, which increases the difficulty of production, prolongs the production cycle, and greatly increases the production cost.

PreViz, the artifact, is designed to reduce the occurrence of this kind of situation.

Before the official shooting, the shooting content is simply produced, and the general direction of the actor's movement, framing, camera angle, camera movement, etc. is shown with low-scale and simple animation, which is for the reference of the director, camera director and others.

In the past, we relied on storyboards, concept art, and physical model props to complete the visual presentation, but now we use computer animation tools such as iClone and maya to complete and accelerate this process.

Having said so much, discriminating against filming a lot of green screen scenes, just one word.

It's super hard!

……

"Infinity Paradise, Shadow Maze Chapter, First Scene, First Mirror, First Article, Marker. ”

The clapperboard fired, paused for a second, and only after Lu Jingzhen could see it clearly, did he slowly withdraw from the camera.

A muscular man of 1.9 meters was the first to step out of the subway car, came to the platform, and looked around.

Following this bodybuilding champion special actor, Cao Yifang and Shen Yu'an, as well as two actors, a man and a woman, also slowly walked out.

When everyone leaves the car.

The lights of the subway cars went out instantly.

The only girl screamed "ah" and threw herself into her boyfriend's arms.

Cao Fangfang half-squinted at the dead fish eyes, turned his head to look, a disdainful expression had not yet been fully presented, and another man's scream with a larger decibel in his ears suddenly exploded.

"Ah——!h

And longer-lasting.

Originally, at that moment, the performance instinct reaction in Cao Fangfang's memory bank was about to appear.

According to common sense, when he is frightened in an instant, he will close his eyes hard, shrug his shoulders, and unconsciously shrink his neck.

But he remembered that the character of Feng Bujue was that he was sealed with fear, and since there was no fear at all, the instinctive reaction of being frightened in an instant did not exist.

Stiffly restrained, and turned to another way of performance.

The deliberately half-squinted dead fish eyes originally looked at the hypocritical girl on the left, but after the screaming explosion next to him, the disdain and disgust on his face disappeared instantly.

The dead fish's eyes moved back to the center, staring at the top of the camera, and the whole person did not move.

The role played by Shen Yu'an next to him is the protagonist's best friend, the status quo of the two is diametrically opposed, the protagonist has no fear, and he is as timid as Erha, Cao Yifang refined this kind of plot when writing the script.

For example, at this moment, in an atmosphere of fear and tension, a cold implant of laughter.

The girl just now was just frightened by the lights that suddenly went out, but now she was really frightened by Shen Yu'an's screams, Shen Yu'an's screams didn't stop, and her screams sounded harshly.

Obviously nothing happened, and the screams one after another were particularly joyful.

Shen Yu'an and the girl screamed and looked at each other, then stopped abruptly.

An awkward atmosphere filled the air.

The camera focused on Cao Fang's unresponsive face, and combined with the plot, you can completely see the lovelessness on his face.

In the awkward silence, Cao Fangfang's voice opened without fluctuation: "If the system hadn't stopped me, I would have stuffed the pipe wrench into your throat now." ”

Shen Yu'an's face was full of grievances.

"Click!"

After this shooting, Cao Fang found some feelings.

This drama wants to restore its own flavor...... He, no, all of them, has to have a comic strip of performance.