Industry insiders call the large rocker arm a cannon, and this thing does look like a cannon. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The large jib they use can be called a heavy cannon, which is 12 meters long and allows the camera to rise to the height of a 6-story building.

The camera crew installed the debugged camera on the mounting platform at the front of the jib, and then installed the remote control, power supply and charger for the jib, and then connected the power supply to debug the jib.

After making sure that the camera was flexible in both horizontal rotation and vertical tilt, the camera crew pushed the crane arm forward, slowly pushed the camera into the room from the window on the second floor, and pointed the camera at a family photo on the wall.

For the movie, the opening scene is particularly important, which tests the director's skills very much, and the opening shot of the director must be very good. The opening scene of "Tangshan Earthquake" starts with this family photo, grandpa and grandma are sitting in the first row, one is holding his grandson, the other is holding his granddaughter, Zhang Ran, Zhang Jingchu, Wang Luodan, and Ji Chen are standing in the back row, everyone has a smile on their faces, and they are a very happy family.

This family photo is very important for the movie, not only can reveal the relationship between the characters, but also the next few transitions are also completed through the family photo, after the earthquake Zhang Jingchu and Wang Luodan desperately excavated their relatives, this family photo will also be dug up, is a symbol of family and affection.

While the camera crew was busy, Zhang Ran was lecturing to two children in the room on the second floor. The two children were more lively and jumped around the room. Zhang Ran hurriedly pulled the two little guys to his side and said, "My good son, good daughter, listen to my father, this building is very dangerous, we can't jump around." ”

This is really not to scare the two children, the buildings in this filming area are basically half-set, half-real buildings, neither poured nor dug foundations. Now that the staff are entering the building for light measurement and scenery, and the actors are coming in and out, plus all kinds of machinery and equipment have also moved into the building, Zhang Ran is really worried, for fear that the building will collapse.

Although the cast and crew are all insured, what is the use of insurance if the people are really gone?

At the same time, assistant director Yu Feihong was also downstairs giving a lecture to the extras and directing the extras to move. At the same time, she also told over and over again: "Under no circumstances is it allowed to laugh, once you are goofed, you have to reshoot." ”

Half an hour later, the shooting was ready and the actors were in place.

Zhang Ran needed to leave the country in person for this scene, Yu Feihong temporarily took over the director's work, she picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Each group prepares, let's start the actual shooting." Power on, play board, go!"

With an order, the extras began to move around and the actors began to perform.

After the camera takes two seconds of the family portrait, the operator begins to pull the rocker arm back, and at the same time, Zhang Ran appears in the shot, talking to his son and daughter.

The rocker arm quickly pulled out of the room on the second floor, and then began to rotate, aiming the camera at Wang Luodan and Cao Bingkun, who had just walked into the community.

An uncle in the community saw Wang Luodan and them, and asked with a smile: "Li Na, you and Xiaocao are back to the door?"

Huimen, also known as Guining, refers to the first time a woman returns to her parents' home to visit relatives after marriage, usually on the third day after the wedding.

Wang Luodan looked a little embarrassed, smiled shyly, and said, "Cao Kun and I will go home and take a look!"

At this moment, Song Zhu'er's crisp shout came: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"

The camera camera panned up again, focusing on Song Zhu'er who was lying in the window cheering. She shouted to Wang Luodan downstairs: "Sister-in-law, catch my plane!" After speaking, she sighed at the paper airplane in her hand and threw it violently.

The paper airplane did not land in the yard, but with the help of a gust of wind, it flew up, and the camera shot followed the paper airplane to the sky.

Yu Feihong, who was behind the monitor, showed a satisfied smile, stood up and said loudly, "Stop!" and then said loudly: "Everyone take a break, how about waiting for the director to come to see this shot!"

Zhang Ran walked down from the upper floor and walked into a tent made of blue cloth in the courtyard. After several years of exploration and construction, now Zhang Ran's crew is filming, and the special effects, DIT, director team and other departments on the shooting site will gather in a tent to work, which can not only avoid a lot of interference, but also facilitate the director to give orders, Zhang Ran and they habitually call this place "base camp".

Walking into the tent and sitting in the director's position, Zhang Ran picked up the walkie-talkie and asked if there was any problem with the photography and recording, and after confirming that there was no problem, he asked the staff to play the picture he had just shot on the plasma large-screen monitor. When the picture was put on Wang Luodan's conversation with the old man, Zhang Ran found a problem, and some extras watched the camera.

Zhang Ran came out of the "base camp", came to the extras in the courtyard, and advised: "The scene just now has not been over, we need to do it again." Remember, don't look at the camera, as soon as you look at the camera, then this scene will be a goof, and you need to do it all over again!"

The shooting soon restarted, but this time it still didn't happen, the photographer and Song Zhuer didn't cooperate well, and the paper plane flew too early and didn't cooperate.

It wasn't until the seventh time that Zhang Ran was satisfied with the whole shot, the actors were very accurate, the performances were good, and the overall effect was quite good. However, Zhang Ran still didn't call, turned his head to look at the language instructor next to him, and asked, "Teacher Su, is there a problem with the actor's accent?"

The instructor was a girl in her twenties, and she was a fan of Zhang Ran, she glanced at Zhang Ran and did not speak.

Zhang Ran said puzzledly: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the actor's accent?"

The instructor plucked up the courage and said: "Other people's accents are more standard, but the director's accent is a little problematic." ”

Zhang Ran was shocked: "What? I have a problem with my accent? How can there be a problem with my Tangshan dialect being so standard? You can't hear it wrong!" Zhang Ran saw that the instructor didn't speak, everyone looked at him gloatingly, walked to the door of the tent, and waved to the old man who was talking to Wang Luodan: "Uncle, come here." ”

After the old man came over, Zhang Ran said something in a Tangshan accent, and then asked: "Uncle, you are a reasonable person, what do you think of my Tangshan accent, is it authentic?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "I think it's okay to speak, but with a bit of Baoding accent!"

The extras around them burst into laughter, and the staff in the tent burst into laughter.

In fact, Zhang Ran didn't believe in the instructor, but after filming several times in a row, he found that many extras became a little nervous, so he wanted to let everyone relax in this way. He coughed and said shamelessly: "It seems that I am really talented in language, and no one has taught me, but I have mastered Baoding dialect." This is the legendary genius!" Then he turned to the walkie-talkie and said loudly: "Each group prepares, let's do it all over again!"

Next, Zhang Ran asked the instructor to teach the instructor word by word twice, until the words were accurate, and the shooting did not start again. This time, there was no flaw in the whole shot, and Zhang Ran announced loudly: "This shot has passed!"

The crew did not forget Zhang Ran's instructions, and began to applaud one after another, and the extras also applauded, and the atmosphere of the whole scene was very warm.

The first day of filming went very smoothly, and by 5 p.m. the full-day shooting task was completed. The extras dispersed, and the field workers began to tidy up the scene and pack up the filming equipment.

After dinner, Zhang Ran didn't rest, so he convened a meeting with the main creators of the crew in the conference room. This is a routine formula for each crew, and it is essential to summarize the shooting and discuss the shooting plan for the next day.

After talking about the situation on his side, Zhang Ran looked up at Ning Hao and asked, "How is the shooting situation of your second group?"

In a blockbuster like "Tangshan Earthquake", the director will not be in charge of every shot, and many scenes that do not require the protagonist to show his face are generally handed over to the second camera crew for shooting. In this way, scenes in different scenes can be dispersed to different locations at the same time, which can greatly speed up the progress of film production.

When a Hollywood blockbuster is filmed, several camera crews often work together, such as filming "Tomorrow's Empire" At the same time, in another studio, Bond's double is completing Bond's scene in the water, in a London shopping mall, a camera crew is filming a scene of Bond driving a BMW in a shopping mall in London, in the United States, a camera crew is in Florida, Bond jumps out of the air, and in Bermuda, a camera crew is completing a scene in which Bond drives a speedboat. If these shots were taken by the director one by one, the shooting time of that blockbuster film might have doubled. Here's why Hollywood blockbusters can be shot in four or five months.

Zhang Ran originally planned to shoot with three or four groups, which could save a lot of time in the later stage, but unfortunately they only had two red-ones in their hands, so there was really no way. Of course, it is also possible to shoot on film, but the second camera team is mainly responsible for special effects shots, and it is not as convenient to shoot with film as digital in post-production.

Ning Hao is very satisfied with today's work: "The actors cooperated very well, the masses were also very supportive, and the whole shooting went very smoothly. Then he asked the staff to bring the hard drive, connect it to the machine, and play the picture taken today on the monitor.

The footage taken by the second photography team, Ning Hao said that it was useless, and he had to nod his head to pass. If Zhang Ran is not satisfied, then it will have to be reshot the next day.

Zhang Ran finished reading Ning Hao's shooting materials today, and found that there was no problem with the lens here, at least it met his previous imagination and requirements. He nodded and said, "No problem, let's go to the editing room now, and see how it looks after editing." ”

The opening shot of "Tangshan Earthquake" is a long shot, Zhang Ran has no preference for long shots, the advantages of long shots are real, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, which will slow down the rhythm of the movie and make the audience feel tired. Because from the perspective of human visual physiology and psychology, after looking at the camera for 3 to 5 seconds, visual attention will gradually decline.

The reason why Zhang Ran uses a long shot at the beginning is mainly because there are many characters in the movie, and many characters must appear at the beginning, such as Hu Jun, but at the beginning of the movie, Hu Jun has nothing to do with the protagonist's family, and it will be very abrupt to arrange an appearance for him directly. Therefore, Zhang Ran intends to show these characters through long shots of movement, paving the way for the development of the film later, and at the same time to maximize the appearance of Tangshan in the 70s.

However, there is a very troublesome place in using long shots, Zhang Ran and the scenes they built are only two streets, as long as they get out of the location of Nanhu Park, the outside is a modern city, and they will be in trouble. They can't shoot from the neighborhood to the train station like a real long shot. As a result, they had to use digital compositing, stitching together different lenses to form a long shot. The long shots of the movie "Birdman" and the long shots at the beginning of the movie "The Ballad of Yunshui" are all completed by digital synthesis.

Zhang Ran: There is no problem with the lens they shoot, but whether they can be connected or not, and how coherent they are after connecting are very important. If you can't connect it, or if it doesn't work well after you connect it, you have to reshoot.