At the beginning of October, the weather in Vancouver was very cool, with gray skies and drizzle, and pedestrians with umbrellas on the streets were feeling the cold winter that was gradually approaching, and at this time the studio of the flame movie was in full swing.

After the large-scale resignation of the crew, Wang Yang and producer Stephen McCormi, who was also in charge of the crew's operation, quickly rerecruited employees who were willing to go to South Africa. After all, it is not the Middle East, there is no war, and bin Laden's terrorists should not be eyeing it, and if there is a second round of attacks, maybe South Africa will be safer than the United States, and it seems that it is the security of the place that is worth worrying about.

However, there is no turmoil in South Africa now, "District 9" is obviously not a small crew, the "youngest billionaire" will not joke with his own life, and the security work will indeed be as he said "presidential treatment". So under the generous salary, there are still many excellent members who have accepted the contract, and the crew of "District 9" is ready again.

Wang Yang also led everyone to Vancouver and gathered with the people there, and "District 9" officially entered the filming stage.

According to the plan, the crew will first shoot in the studio and some indoor live locations in Vancouver, and after these shots are completed, it will probably be Thanksgiving, and after the holiday, they will go to South Africa, Stephen McCormie will arrange everything one step earlier, and the crew will shoot when they arrive, and return a month later, just for Christmas and New Year, and finally when the holiday is over, they will shoot and shoot some street scenes in Los Angeles, and finish around mid-January next year.

And now, "District 9" is about to start shooting the first shot. In the "Secret Corridor Passage of the MNU Headquarters Building", Robert Downey Jr. is dressed in a ragged, bloodstained white shirt, with dirty and messy hair, several circles of dark red cloth wrapped around his left wrist, and an alien gun in his hand.

This gun is designed based on the "Hercules Beetle", the body of the gun is very slender, painted with the color lines of the beetle, the barrel part is two hideous sharp corners up and down, when the trigger is pulled, an energy network will be formed between the two sharp corners, and then shot out like lightning, beating the enemy to pieces. Of course, this effect can only be achieved with the help of special effects.

Standing behind Robert Downey Jr. is Jeff Doggard, who plays Christopher Foson, who is not a big star and is just an unknown member in Hollywood, and he played a small role in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", with good acting skills and rich experience, which is also the reason for his successful audition.

Aliens undoubtedly rely on computer special effects production, Chris is no exception, but detailed special effects production must have a foundation, when filming, Jeff Dogged will always perform and stay in the film, and then the animators will use his movements as a model, frame by frame to depict the alien image, and then composit, Jeff Dogged on the film will become Christopher Fuwson.

At this time, he was holding a "Unicorn" model rifle, wearing a set of blue-gray tight-fitting clothes, a headscarf and gloves, etc., all of which were covered with decorations that were convenient for animators to compose in post-production, which looked very weird.

In front of the two of them is the door at the end of the hallway, but in this studio the front is empty, and the film crew is there to shoot the frontal shot, and the door is in the next studio. In front, Valey Pfister carries the camera on his shoulder, the recording engineer next to him holds a microphone pole, as well as Shaun Walsh and others from the lighting engineer and special effects team, and Wang Yang who wears a light jacket and holds the director's viewfinder in his hand.

"Guys. Wang Yang aimed at the viewfinder with one eye closed, and while checking the lens as a boot, he asked with a smile, "Are you all ready?" Donnie over there pulled the trigger at him and swished, "Come on!" Valey Pfister gave a thumbs up, and everyone smiled and nodded and replied "Let's go!" Sean Walsh also smiled: "I've been looking forward to this moment for too long." ”

Wang Yang smiled, put down the viewfinder and gestured to the field reporter, and said, "Let's start." He looked at Donnie and Jeff in front of him, took a deep breath in his heart, and remembered the days of Lake Island, that dream, and Old Man Wu...... The last time I held this director's viewfinder and microphone on the set was more than a year ago, in the beautiful town of Toronto, another city in Canada.

Now it's time to start a new directing journey! action, speed, explosions, gunfights...... These shots are all new experiences. I saw the field note knocked down the electronic slate "The first set of shots No. 001, the first time. Wang Yang suddenly felt a surge of energy pouring in, and the door to the other world opened, and he shouted loudly, "action!"

With an action, the film crew immediately entered the working state, and the two actors also performed, this scene is very simple, that is, "Victrex and Christopher nervously rush forward from the corridor", there are not even lines, and the scene has been rehearsed before, there will be no problems.

I saw Donnie sweating profusely and his face full of nervousness, he walked quickly in front of him with a gun in both hands, and Jeff Dogged next to him followed with a calm face. Vary-Pfister and the others, who were carrying the camera, also quickly retreated, and the animation supervisor of the special effects team, Mikay Rast, captured Jeff's facial expressions so that the animators could choose the best picture for production, and everyone retreated all the way to the end of the scene, Wang Yang stopped and shouted with a smile: "Cut!

Everyone cheered happily, Donnie held his gun and did a crazy shooting celebration, whistled a few times, and the smooth passage of the first shot was always full of joy!

"Let's get ready for the next shot!" Wang Yang smiled and clapped his hands, and everyone in the film crew walked to the scene of the "door at the end of the passage" next to it. He walked towards the people on the special effects team, looked at Sean, Mikay and the others and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the shot just now?" Mikay shook his head with a smile and said, "It's all normal." Sean Walsh next to him nodded and smiled: "If you look at it and think it's okay, you can start making it tomorrow." ”

"That's good, try to complete some more special effects shots today, it's enough for you to do. Wang Yang smiled, patted Sean's arm, picked up the viewfinder and ran over to check the composition of the next shot.

The special effects of "District 9" will be produced in parallel with the shooting, and after the film is shot today, when he returns to the hotel in the evening, Wang Yang will play and check them, and if there are no problems, the footage will be sent to the headquarters of the graphics engine, and then the animators will immediately start to draw and produce. At present, there are more than 800 special effects shots in the special effects production table of "District 9", and according to the current size of the animator team, if everything goes well, all of them can be completed in May next year.

The next shot is of Victrex crouching by the door, turning back to talk to Christopher. When the "action" sounded, Varley Pfister activated the camera, and Donnie, crouched against the door, looked gasping for breath, wiped his forehead with his dirty sleeve, looked back at Jeff Dogged, and scolded, "You almost killed me, you bug, you idiot......"

"Cut!" Wang Yang shook his head, naturally he didn't pass, and said, "Robert, your eyes and expressions are not in place. Donnie and the others all looked at him immediately, Wang Yang walked over, tried to glare at Jeff viciously, thought about it, and said slowly: "Hmm, I think the problem is that you didn't treat Jeff as an alien, and you almost killed you just now, you know that your current mentality is only selfish, hurry up and get that damn energy bottle and turn back into a human ......"

He spread his hands and pointed at Jeff again, "But this bedbug, the garbage that is not worth mentioning in your heart, maybe you talked a little about humanitarianism before the transformation, but after the transformation, you are extremely disgusted with them, you have a thought, 'They are the ones who caused me like this, they owe me', and now this situation?" As he spoke, he glared and gritted his teeth, and said, "Anger, racism, resentment, venting...... You have to have these emotions!"

"Well, I think I need to get into the drama more. Donnie crooked his mouth and frowned, also aware of this problem, he looked at Jeff Dogged and smiled: "I don't know if that's the reason, I don't feel like he's an alien." Jeff shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I'm sorry, but I'm not." Donnie smiled and said, "Young, I need to cultivate an emotional ......"

Wang Yang looked at Jeff seriously, thinking about the solution. It's a big problem, the whole movie is aliens, and it would be too bad if Downey wasn't emotional enough to act out the feeling of real interaction with aliens. And the more Jeff looks like an alien, the more helpful it is for Donnie to get into the play and act. But how can you make Jeff an "alien"?

He couldn't help but smile as he thought about it, glancing at everyone around him, and asked, "Hey, guys, who has any great ideas to make Jeff more like an alien?"

Valey Pfister, Art Director Patrick, Sean Walsh...... Even Jeff himself looked at each other and thought about it, Patrick said and proposed, "Maybe you can let Jeff wear a monster outfit?" Mikay Rust shook his head and said, "No, our animation department needs him to wear his current outfit, and if he changes, it will affect a lot." Sean Walsh had a look on his face that I didn't have an idea and said, "Computer effects can't help." ”

"Don't bother, give me a little time. Donnie took a deep breath with his eyes closed, and said in a deep voice, "I'm brewing emotions, soon, well, quickly......"

"Wait a minute...... Wang Yang's eyebrows raised, and he vaguely thought of an idea in his heart, wearing a set of monster clothes, not so troublesome...... He remembered what the book said, sometimes human thinking will be very solid, and some impressions will be tightly held and can't think clearly, in fact, it is just a very simple thing, but you need to think outside the situation! He glanced Jeff up and down a few times, and finally his eyes stopped on that face, and suddenly smiled: "I thought about it, put on makeup!"

Everyone suddenly seemed to think of something, Wang Yang shouted loudly to the outside of the pavilion, "Nia, come here, Niah!" He shouted a few times before looking at the field attendant and said, "Help me call her over, and bring her tools." ”

Nia was one of the makeup artists on the set, a white woman in her 30s, who was not far from outside, and immediately came over when she heard the voice. Wang Yang pointed to Jeff Dogged's face and smiled mysteriously before saying, "Nia, paint all his face dark green!" Donnie, Jeff and the others suddenly came over, this idea sounded good, Patrick nodded in agreement: "It's much simpler." Wang Yang smiled: "Well, try it! Jeff, I've worked your face." ”

"Nothing. Jeff Dogged smiled nonchalantly, not to mention such a trivial thing as painting his face green, he had to do it all over his body. He also cherishes this opportunity, although he will not be seen on the big screen in the end, but those aliens are actually all him, and he is happy to think about it.

Soon, after Nia's "lacquering", Jeff's face and neck turned a dark green, and with the gray-blue tights, it looked even more weird, and the child might really shout when he saw it: "Monster!"

"Hahaha-" Donnie couldn't help laughing, put his arm around Jeff's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Man, you should beat up that director who made it like you, it looks like you're transforming, haha!" Everyone and Jeff laughed, Wang Yang frowned and clapped his hands: "Robert, hurry up and brew your damn emotions, hurry up!"

Donnie smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'm here." He slowly became calmer, looked at Jeff's non-human face, and told himself, "This guy is an alien, almost killed me!" After a while, he calmly said, "I feel it, come again." With that, he crouched down in the doorway.

"Well, everyone is ready!" Wang Yang shouted, and Vare-First picked up the camera again, and everyone returned to orbit, and he also walked back to Vare, waiting for the field attendant to knock off the clapper, shouting, "action!"

"Huhu ......" Donnie over there wiped his forehead panting, and suddenly turned his head and glared at Jeff Dogged, his eyes were on fire, his face was full of resentment and anger, and his voice trembled a little with anger: "You bedbug, you almost fucking killed me just now, **! You bedbug......"

Wang Yang smiled and clenched his fists, he could feel Donnie's surging anger, and shouted with a smile: "Cut!

(To be continued)