readx;? Jeon Young-fold explained with a smile: "The director said that although the model is only responsible for shooting medium shots, it must withstand close-up shooting, so the model is made according to the scale of 1:24. In order to make a panoramic model, as well as the ruins model over there, Tiangong Chongcai found a model company to burn more than 1 billion bricks, and the special effects staff took tweezers to glue these small bricks one by one to glue them up, gluing out these small houses, and our art department made various effects such as the atmosphere of old bricks, gray walls, and Chairman Mao's slogans on the basis of these houses.www.biquge.info ”

Zhang Jingchu looked at the model, and then looked at the staff who were buried in the work, she was completely speechless, all of them were glued out of small bricks, which was really not easy!

Han Shanping was also very surprised: "How long does it take for you to complete the model?"

"We started work in late November, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until the end of next month, and the model of the ruins over there will take about six months. ”

Han Shanping sighed in his heart, no wonder it didn't start until the second half of the year, it took half a year just to make these models, the preparatory work for this movie was too complicated, he looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "How many shots do you need to shoot for this panoramic model?"

Zhang Ran raised a finger: "Just take a shot!"

Han Shanping and Zhang Jingchu were a little speechless, it was too wasteful to build such a complex model and only shoot one shot, right?

Zhang Ran didn't explain, he also knew that it was indeed a bit of a waste, but the feeling of having this shot and not having this lens was different, in order to make the movie more visually impactful and shocking, he insisted on making this model.

Quan Rong supported Zhang Ran in his heart, and smiled: "I'll take you to see the ruin model over there, right?"

Han Shanping nodded: "Okay, let's go over and see what it looks like after the earthquake." ”

Under the leadership of Quan Rongzhen, Zhang Ran and the others walked towards the ruin model.

There are also large photographs in front of the ruin model, and a group of staff members are busy, but the ruin model occupies a much larger area than the panorama model, more than double the panorama model.

The model of the ruins looks almost exactly the same as the photos of the Tangshan earthquake in front of them, looking at the model of the ruins in front of them, Zhang Jingchu and Han Shanping both felt a strong impact in their hearts, and they felt a faint pain in the depths, and they were speechless.

After a while, Zhang Jingchu said: "The appearance of this ruin is much larger than the model just now. ”

Quan Rongzhi explained: "This model is 25 meters x 25 meters in size, which is equivalent to more than 600 square meters, at first we planned to make it 15 meters x 15 meters, but according to the film's lens, as well as the special effects team's analysis of the large panoramic picture after the earthquake, the final conclusion was that it must be more than 20 meters, so we made the current size." ”

Zhang Jingchu nodded, pointed to the ruins model and said, "These houses are all collapsed, it should be easier to do!"

Quan Rongzhi smiled and shook his head: "No, this is more responsible, and it is more difficult to do! The doors and windows and the tiles on them are relatively simple, when the building collapses, the building structure inside will be exposed, such as the beams, so the collapse of a house is more laborious than making a house, and it is irregular, for this irregular special effects group has done many experiments, for example, when building a house, it is relatively loose, and then shake it with a vibrating table, and then physically observe what the law of the house is when it collapses and so on. ”

Zhang Jingchu was stunned, and even had to do an experiment to observe how the house fell, which was too professional!

Han Shanping looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "The ruin model won't only take one shot, right?"

Zhang Ran laughed: "No, I will shoot two shots, one is when there is an earthquake, and the other is when Jingchu walks back to Tangshan with her child, and when she arrives in Tangshan, the camera follows her gaze and sees that the whole city has become ruins." ”

Han Shanping used to be a director, looking at the ruin model in front of him and thinking about the picture described by Zhang Ran in his mind, he believed that this shot would be very moving, and it was really worth building these models for this shot.

After visiting the ruins model for a while, Zhang Ran said: "Lao Quan, I heard that the ground cracking device is ready, take us over to have a look!"

Quan Rongzhen nodded, made a gesture of please, and said: "Please here, the ground cracking device was just completed the day before yesterday, I will take you over to see it now!"

In Zhang Ran's conception, there is a very important shot, the camera is first close to the ground, showing the scene of everyone running for their lives in a panic, and then the camera follows the crack in the ground, which is very irregular, and moves forward like a life, and then the camera pans up to see the crack stretching into the distance of the city, and finally the camera pans to a higher position to show the whole city collapsing in the earthquake.

This lens is a long lens, but it is not a real long lens, but a lens synthesized into a lens through several lenses, the ground crack effect of this lens is very important, Zhang Ran also attaches great importance to it, he came here today mainly to see the ground crack effect.

Zhang Jingchu asked as she walked, "What is the ground cracking device?"

Zhang Ran explained: "When a big earthquake comes, the ground will tear apart, and there will be very wide and deep cracks, and the special effects department has made a special device through which this effect can be achieved. ”

Zhang Jingchu nodded, but she was still very curious, what device can be used to create the effect of ground cracking?

When Zhang Jing first came to the site of the ground cracking device, she was taken aback, she thought she would see a lot of mechanical devices, but what appeared in front of her was a section of the street, more than ten meters long, with green belts arranged on it. Zhang Jingchu took a closer look and found that it was a real tree, not a fake.

Quan Rongzhi introduced: "The ground cracking device is like this, the special effects team buried two large iron plates in the ground, and then covered the surface with soil, flowers and plants, and other scenery around the ground. When it came time to shoot, it was necessary to create a ground crack effect, where the actor ran on it, and one of the mechanical plates below would move and vibrate, so that the special effect of the ground crack could be created. ”

Zhang Jingchu suddenly realized: "So that's the case, it's amazing!" and asked, "Can I stand up and take a look?"

Zhang Ran rubbed Zhang Jingchu's hair: "Stupid, the actor still has to act on it, do you say you can?"

Zhang Jingchu slapped Zhang Ran's hand, said disgusting, and stepped onto the ground cracking device, and Zhang Ran and the others also walked up. The ground cracking device is covered with a thick layer of earth, and people standing on it are the same as standing on the street, no different.

Zhang Jingchu stared at the ground carefully as she walked, like a curious baby, trying to see if there were any gaps, but she didn't find anything: "Where will it crack, why didn't I see the gap?"

Quan Rong laughed and said, "If we can easily find traces, it will be a dereliction of our duties." Then he pointed to Zhang Jingchu's feet: "You are standing on the crack now." ”

Zhang Jingchu immediately squatted down and carefully observed the ground to see if there were cracks.

Zhang Ran came over today to see how the ground crack effect was, so he said, "Let the special effects team get ready and show us." ”

Quan Rong replied: "The ground cracking device needs to be energized, and some preparations need to be made, I will tell the people in the special effects team to get them ready, you guys wait a while!"

Zhang Ran attached great importance to the effect of the ground split, nodded and said, "Go and prepare, we will wait here." ”

Half an hour later, Quan Rong turned over and told Zhang Ran that the preparations had been made and could be displayed, and then asked Zhang Ran and them to stand closer to the crack so that they could feel the effect of the crack up close.

When Zhang Ran and the others stood up, Quan Rong raised his hand to signal the special effects team, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Let's start!"

Zhang Jingchu and Han Shanping only felt that their feet couldn't stop shaking, and then they were surprised to see the ground tearing apart in front of their eyes, forming a crack more than thirty centimeters wide. Looking at the whole crack again, it is not neat, but crawling like a giant python on the winding ground.

The crack is very long, a full seven meters!

Zhang Ran remembered that when Feng Xiaogang was filming "Tangshan Earthquake", he asked the Korean team to do the ground cracking effect, and the Korean team could achieve a length of three meters, and four meters was the limit. Now the ground crack effect made by Tiangong Chongcai is seven meters long, and the technology is far stronger than that of the Korean team, and Zhang Ran is still a little proud of this.

Zhang Jingchu looked down at the crack, then looked up at the length of the crack, and exclaimed: "It's really amazing!"

Han Shanping was also very surprised, originally he thought that the equipment of Hualong in China Film was not much worse than Tiangong Chongcai in terms of special effects, but now it seems that he still underestimates Tiangong Chongcai, and this effect makes Hualong unable to do it to death.

In fact, Han Shanping made a mistake, the special effects of the earthquake are indeed dominated by Tiangong Chongcai, but like all blockbusters, this special effects are also in the way of international cooperation, with the participation of more than a dozen special effects teams around the world.

Special effects production is a very complex job, the division of labor is very detailed, each company has its own specialty, it is impossible to do everything. Those who are good at making water are not necessarily good at making characters, and those who are good at making buildings are not necessarily good at making natural environments.

Although the ground crack effect made by Tiangong Chongcai is good, it is not without flaws, Han Shanping pointed to the crack in the ground and said: "The cracking effect is too neat, there should be small cracks, only such a crack seems a bit fake!"

Zhang Ran also knows this: "What Mr. Han said is right, the special effects team has consulted experts, and the cracking of the ground surface during the real earthquake is similar to a wave-like effect, the cracks will continue to extend forward, and the surrounding ground will also be shattered and uneven, and this effect cannot be achieved by mechanical devices alone."

After discussing with the special effects team, we used a combination of mechanical shooting and computer CG, using the crack in front of us for the big crack, and then made a 3D model of the ground under the actor's feet, and split it into irregular small pieces according to the physical laws of rigid mechanics, making a wave-like vibration, and choosing the most suitable time to crack and collapse. In this way, we were able to use the actual special effects as the basis for the picture, and used 3D to create a standard cracked ground with seismic wave dynamics. ”

Han Shanping touched his hair and said with a smile: "It seems that I got an axe from the class, you are much more thoughtful than I thought!"

Zhang Ran said seriously: "This movie is about the Tangshan earthquake, if you don't shoot it well, you will be poked in the backbone, if you don't want to be thoughtful, you can't do it!" He turned his head to Quan Rong and said: "The effect is very good, you can close it!"

Jeon Young-fold motioned to the special effects team, "It's okay to close!"

Zhang Ran's feet shook again, and the ground slowly closed and returned to the way it was before the ground cracked. Of course, since the ground has just cracked, you can still see the traces of the crack if you look closely, and you need to deal with it by the art team.

After visiting the scenery that is being built and has been built in the studio, it is already half past five. Zhang Ran and the others came out of the studio and found a restaurant to have a meal together.

The next morning, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu boarded a plane to Tangshan. The main scene of the movie is a film and television base invested by Tangshan and built under the guidance of Huo Tingxiao. The base started construction in early December, and it has been almost three months now, and Zhang Ran needs to go over to see the progress of the project. (To be continued.) )