At the end of July, the crew settled in Hengdian and began filming "Inception".

Hengdian Film and Television City was established in the last century, at first for the filming of the Opium War, for which the first film and television shooting base was established - Guangzhou Street Scenic Area.

Later, there were more and more film and television bases, such as Qinwang Palace, Xiangjiang Street, Qingming Shanghe and so on.

From ancient times to the present, Hengdian has included too many historical microcosms. It may be that from one end of Hengdian to the other, thousands of years of history will emerge in front of your eyes one by one like clouds of the past.

With the vicissitudes of life flowing under your feet, you will find how thick the history of China is, and how thick it is that people can't breathe.

.......

The person in charge of Hengdian Film and Television City had already discussed with Han Qiu, and they felt a great honor that Han Qiu could choose the first stop filming location here, and gave Han Qiu's crew the greatest convenience in the film and television city.

Including food, the place of residence is given the highest specifications, and the prices are a lot cheaper, basically I didn't make much money from Han Qiu.

In fact, Hengdian has implemented a "free" policy many years ago. In other words, the crew does not charge venue fees for filming here. Hengdian plays around and collects money for food, housing and travel.

These can be more expensive than charging venue fees.

It just so happened that Hengdian didn't want to make money from Han Qiu, they wanted to have a good relationship with Han Qiu and use his signboard to help Hengdian enhance its international reputation.

Xiao Lizi, Annie and these big-name stars, but moving gold nuggets, can attract a lot of attention anywhere, Hengdian doesn't want to let go of this kind of international signboard.

On Han Qiu's side, he didn't care about these things. He didn't have to leave long after he stayed here, and he didn't want to make the family go through such a big effort. But people give face like this, and Han Qiu can't refuse.

After thinking about it, anyway, it was mutually beneficial, and Han Qiu was also at ease.

At the beginning of August, the crew finished the set of the filming site and officially started filming.

The scene takes place in a medieval Chinese building, around the time of the 15th and 16th centuries. At this point in China, the construction technology has reached the peak level before industrial civilization, and it is famous in the whole world.

But in the Han Qiu crew, it is modern people who live in this building, and there are modern decorations and lamps in it.

When they heard about Han Qiu's renovation plan before, Xiao Zhang and the set designer thought it was too weird. But when I thought that this was a "dream", I suddenly realized.

Because Han Qiu told them: "In dreams, people's creativity is endless, don't be surprised if anything strange happens." ”

At this moment, Xiao Lizi, Liu Dehua, Anne and Joseph (the sentinel actor) are all preparing, either putting on makeup or reciting lines.

There are not many roles in the first scene, there are only a few leading actors, and the others are just tricks. tells the story of the protagonist and the sentinel who "stole the dream" from Liu Dehua, but failed in the end.

And that's where the story begins.

"Is the pressure water tank ready?" At the door of the building, Han Qiu asked Xiao Zhang and the others.

"Ready. Xiao Zhang made an OK gesture, but there was still a look of doubt on his face, "Director Han, we can use CG special effects to create this scene where the flood rushes into the hall? ”

"There's no special effects here. Han Qiu shook his head very calmly, "Don't you know that no matter how realistic the special effects are, they will have a feeling of unreality?"

Xiao Zhang muttered: "It's just a little unreal, and with the current special effects technology, the audience can't tell whether it's true or not." ”

Xiao Zhang also doesn't understand, obviously the Matrix uses a lot of special effects to shoot Inception for Mao now, but Director Han doesn't want to do this?

"It doesn't matter what you say. Han Qiu sighed, "I just want to make the dream as similar to the real world as possible." ”

Besides, I'm nothing compared to that ghost.

The latter words were said by Han Qiu in his heart, and that ghost talent was naturally Christopher Nolan!

In his previous life, when Nolan was filming Inception, people used film. In that era when digital movies have long been proliferated, people still insist on these, I have to say that it is amazing.

Nolan was naturally obsessed with film, and even the later "Interstellar" was made on film, and it was the last commercial film to be released in 70mm IMAX film format in his previous life.

I heard that the total length of interstellar film is 18,376 meters, which is enough to wrap a movie theater without leaking.

Han Qiu has always been in awe of Nolan, not only because his movies are classics, but also because of people's attitudes towards movies. This can be seen from the fact that he has always shot on film, even if film films have not kept up with the development of the times.

Han Qiu will not stick to the position of film like Nolan, because at the speed at which he completes a movie, he can't bear the rhythm of Nolan's one film in a few years.

Hua Xian and Han Qiu's ability to develop to this level is also related to the high speed of their film output.

Therefore, without film, Han Qiu can only work filming, and try his best to present the audience with a dream world that seems to be real.

Coming back to his senses, Han Qiu put down a sentence: "In this movie, if you can't do without special effects, try not to use special effects."

Xiao Zhang grew his mouth and looked at Han Qiu's departing back blankly, but in his heart, it was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle, which was very unpleasant.

"Rely on it...... Director Han, you don't need it if you say you don't need it, but it's me who is struggling, is it easy for me to get so many props..."

.......

Moments later, filming began, and the most complicated shots here were the earthquakes and floods pouring in through the windows.

In the flood shot, Han Qiu used several pressure water tanks and used air cannons to spray out water instead of pouring it out.

The props and special effects teams set up the sprawling palace interior and stored a total of 5,000 gallons of water in 26 tanks carefully arranged in the windows of the scene. These tanks are opened in sequence under the drive of the mechanism, and the scene of "water flooding the golden mountain" is created.

Secondly, there are earthquakes.

Normally, when you build an earthquake scene, you will cover it with some kind of support, and when you shake it, you will have those moving effects. But Han Qiu's scene is too big, and this method won't work at all.

As Archimedes said, follow me as a fulcrum, Lao Tzu wants to pry the earth. It sounds like a passion, but the key is that there has to be a fulcrum.

After that, Han Qiu discussed with Andy to solve this problem from the perspective of photography.

Andy then told Han Qiu that he could shoot the earthquake by shaking the camera.

Andy explains: "Movement is relative, if one doesn't work, then you can show it through the other. Shake the camera and shake the house, Director Han, do you think that's easier?"

Han Qiu smiled: "That must be shaking the camera." ”

Therefore, in this shot, all the shaking and shaking effects of the earthquake, Han Qiu is ready to use the old-school way of shaking the camera.

.....

Moments later, in a private room in the house.

At the dining table, Xiao Lizi smiled confidently and said lightly: "What is the most powerful parasite? Is it a bacteria? a virus? or an intestinal worm?"

"It's... One thought!"

"It's tenacious, it's contagious! Once you have an idea in your head, it's almost impossible to erase. As long as the idea is complete and fully understood, it will be deeply ingrained in the mind!"

While Xiao Lizi was telling, Han Qiu stood outside the camera and quietly watched the show unfold.

This is the beginning of Inception, the principle of Inception, and it is the essence of this film.

Next to him, Xiao Zhang asked puzzledly, "Why do you say that an idea is the most powerful parasite?"

Han Qiu said lightly: "Because it is incurable, there is no knife to kill." It dwells in your mind and hides in your subconscious. Sometimes, you may not even be aware of it. ”

Xiao Zhang shook his head blankly: "I didn't understand.."

Hearing this, Han Qiu was not in a hurry, and slowly explained to Ta: "Let's use an analogy, it's like a man who sees a woman with a hot body and a sweet appearance, and has the idea of conquering her in his heart. ”

Han Qiu pointed to his head, "At this time, the idea has already appeared in his mind, no matter whether this man intends to realize it afterwards or intends to give up, this idea has been rooted in his mind, and he can't get rid of it." ”

"Because thinking and doing are two different things, and not all ideas need to be practiced. ”

"It's like watching an A-movie and having the idea of snapping or jerking off, even if it is not put into practice in the end, this idea cannot be eliminated. Perhaps this idea will become fainter and weaker over time, but even if it fades, it will not disappear completely. ”.

Xiao Zhang looked at Han Qiu with some blankness, and Nima ..... This metaphor is really vivid.

"Director Han, I'm convinced, according to what you say, ideas are really the most powerful parasite, and once they are generated, they can't be erased. ”

Han Qiu nodded: "That's right, because the brain is a hard disk without a deletion function, and files that are not commonly used are garbage, which will only become smaller and smaller, a few kilobytes, or even a few B." Sometimes on a whim, I want to find out and use it, and these few kilobytes slowly become a few megabytes, a few G. ”

"Forget? It's been so long that you can't find it in your head. ”

Xiao Zhang nodded approvingly, "So, the Inception is....?"

Han Qiu's chin lifted slightly, motioning for Xiao Zhang to look at the scene.

So......

"And is someone like you here to steal?" Liu Dehua said as he ate a snack.

"Yes. Joseph (the sentinel) explained, "In dreams, your consciousness will let your guard down, so that your thoughts will be easily stolen. ”

"It's called Inception!"

Outside the camera, Xiao Zhang lowered his voice and exclaimed: "This is a nightmare." ”

Han Qiu agreed: "To put it bluntly, a dream thief sneaks into other people's minds to steal ideas, which is a bit similar to a hacker sneaking into other people's hard drives to steal files. ”

"On the other hand, some computers have anti-virus software installed and have firewalls. So again, some people are trained to install an "antivirus" in their brains to prevent their ideas from being stolen. ”

"Mr. Liu Teng!" Xiao Li Zi said with a smile, "We can train your subconscious mind to defend itself, even the best Dream Thief can't do anything." ”

"Why are you so sure?" asked Liu Dehua rhetorically.

Xiao Lizi said slowly: "Because I am the best dream thief!"

"cut!" Han Qiu raised the horn, shouted to stop, and then said to Xiao Zhang: "See, this is a stolen dream!"

"Understood. Xiao Zhang nodded, pondered for a moment and asked another question, "That anti-virus soft.... I mean, how do trained people protect their ideas from being stolen?"

Han Qiu smiled mysteriously: "Hehe, when you get to Los Angeles, I'll show you again." ”

"Until then, you can just make the props I want. ”

"Okay, no problem!"