At the beginning of September, Han Qiu's crew moved again, from the Yang Martial Arts Hall to the streets of Melbourne, and then back to the original factory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Here, Han Qiu has to complete some of the most classic special effects shots in The Matrix.

It's not so much a lens as a classic shooting technique.

In the previous life, the reason why The Matrix became a generation of classics was also due to this shooting technique. And, because of this movie, it was also given a one-of-a-kind sassy name.

Its name: Bullet Time!

Chinese name: Bullet Time!

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, looking at its name, the shooting technique of bullet time is indeed related to bullets.

But it's not just shooting a bullet blowing something up, or it's not just shooting a bullet flying in slow motion.

Light is pure slow motion, and certainly cannot be called bullet time.

There are two factors involved in a real bullet shot, one is time and the other is space.

When the two are combined, it becomes a spatial displacement in extreme time change or non-change, commonly known as: bullet time.

To put it simply, it is to photograph a series of spatial changes when time is limited, or when time simply stops.

In numerical terms, for example, under normal conditions, an athlete runs 100 meters in ten seconds, and the spectator's sense of time and space is normal.

In the general state of slow motion, it took 50 seconds for this 100 meters, and the audience's sense of time is abnormal, and it took 50 seconds to watch the shot that could be watched in ten seconds, and the lens is fixed, and it feels like the space is frozen. This is slow motion.

In the bullet time state, the 100 meters took 50 seconds or more, and the camera also shook around the athlete in all directions, as if the space was still not frozen and was still in a free state when time was slowed down.

It can be said that bullet time is a slow motion in which space is not bound.

This sense of time and space confusion has an incomparable charm, and the audience will have an adrenaline rush when they watch it.

In The Matrix, the classic bullet time is the scene where the protagonist dodges bullets. In this shot, time is slowed down indefinitely, and the speed of bullet flight and the protagonist's movements are also slowed down indefinitely, but the space around the protagonist is still in a normal, free movement state.

In previous lives, this technology became famous because of the Matrix, and was even given the technical term bullet time. In this life, this technique has been used, but no one has given him the term to define bullet time, and people have only attributed it to a shooting technique in slow motion.

Now that it has appeared, Han Qiu doesn't want to take this technology for himself, but he just wants more audiences to feel the charm of this technology.

.......

September 3rd, inside the factory.

At this moment, a green screen has been erected around a field in the hall, and from a distance, it looks like a green house.

In the center, 120 cameras are arranged in descending order from low to high, forming a large arc-shaped circle.

At first glance, it looks like a DNA spiral, and each camera is a deoxynucleotide, and the whole link is a chain of deoxynucleotides. It's just that the curvature of the chain is not as steep as DNA.

In front of the 120 cameras, a green plastic plate was also blocked.

In the center of countless shots, Hiss is wearing a black tights, a black cloak on the outside, and black sunglasses on his head, the whole person is like a cold black fog, extremely cool.

In this shot, Hiss only needs to make a very simple move.

It was similar to the back of an iron bridge, but with a steel wire hanging from it, he didn't have to hold the ground with his hands.

On the side of the computer terminal, Andy was debugging all this, and Yuan Meng was watching quietly. This kind of novel, large-scale shooting technique, she undoubtedly feels very fresh.

Han Qiu walked over and stretched his neck to look, in fact, when it came to the specific details and techniques, Han Qiu didn't understand too much, after all, he didn't do special effects. As a director, he also proposed a rough feasible operation plan.

Feeling Han Qiu's gaze, Andy turned his head and said with a smile: "Director Han." ”

"Well, how's it going? Can you start shooting?"

"Almost, just test it again. As he spoke, Andy slapped his palms and said excitedly: "Director Han, how did you come up with this way of shooting? ”

"Uh...."Han Qiu narrowed his eyes and said perfunctorily, "When I was studying in school before, the teacher taught me. ”

"Oh, what a genius your teacher is. Andy exclaimed, "I must visit her when I have time." ”

"Ahem, let's talk about it later. Han Qiu coughed dryly, but the old witch's face kept coming to mind.

Beside him, Yuan Meng also looked at Han Qiu with a curious expression, "I didn't see it, Han Qiu, you have a lot of tricks." ”

"Hehe, didn't you say it, I also learned it from someone else. Han Qiu smiled "modestly" and quipped: "How is it, have you learned?"

Yuan Meng hugged his chest and turned his head angrily, "I'm too stupid to learn." ”

Han Qiu shrugged: "Diligence can make up for it, then you should learn from Andy." ”

After speaking, Han Qiu looked at Yuan Meng's malicious gaze, sneered, and quickly slipped away.

Moments later, Andy finished debugging and filming began.

Hiss was dressed up and tied with tightrope. The back-tilting action that is about to be performed, he has also rehearsed countless times.

Directly in front of Hiss, behind the camera, Xiao Zhang moved a blower and waited for him to use it to blow Hiss's cloak "in a flash".

After everything was ready, Han Qiu nodded and shouted, "ACTION!"

In an instant, the moment Hiss fell backwards, Andy also started the bullet time shooting.

In a matter of seconds, a few blinks of his eyelids, Hiss quickly fell backwards, his hands swinging irregularly beside him.

In the surrounding circle, 120 cameras completed the capture of their respective shots in the blink of an eye.

If it's a metaphor for virtualization, it's a ray of light that flashes along the camera chain in this short period of time.

From directly in front of the Hiss, he made a large circle around the side of the Hiss, close to a 360-degree arc, and the Hiss's movements were clearly filmed every 0.1 seconds.

That's bullet time.

"Cut!" Han Qiu waved his hand and shouted to stop.

Yuan Meng grew up with a small mouth, "Uh.... Is that the end of it?"

Han Qiu looked at Yuan Meng speechlessly, "Yes, what else do you want?"

Yuan Meng: "......."

Ignoring Yuan Meng, Han Qiu continued to shout, "Okay, let's take the next shot." ”

In The Matrix, there is more than one scene where bullet shots are used, including the battle between Heath and Hugo, the battle of Annie, etc., can be used.

It's bullet time, but it's not just when you dodge bullets that you can use this shooting technique, it's just that the scene of Hiss dodging bullets is more classic.

........

Later, after the footage of bullet time was filmed, the filming of the first part of the Matrix gradually came to an end.

Compared with the second and third parts, the plot of the first part is relatively short, and Zion, a human gathering place, did not appear, so of course Han Qiu filmed quickly. Moreover, there are many shots that cannot be shot and can only be synthesized through special effects.

So, near the end of September, the first part of The Matrix lasted three months, and the filming was finally completed, and the rest was post-production and dubbing.

When Han Qiu announced the completion of the finale, many people in the crew showed happy smiles, the months in a foreign country were finally over, and they were finally able to return to their homeland.

But.....

After the finale banquet, Han Qiu announced a cruel news.

"We also filmed for three months, and I know that everyone is tired from working day and night. ”

"So, I decided to give everyone a month off, and after a month, let's continue to work. ”

Immediately, a staff member was puzzled: "Director Han, isn't the filming finished, and we are not from the special effects team, why do we still have work?"

Han Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly, and his casual appearance seemed to be stating a very simple fact. "Who said we were done filming? The Matrix has a second part. ”

"Part 2??"

"For Mao, I only saw the script of the first part......."

"Damn, I didn't hear that the first part was filmed before it was released. ”

"Director Han, you're playing with us. ”

Listening to everyone's gossip, Han Qiu was extremely calm, and said lightly: "How can I play with you? Didn't I give you a month's vacation? During this time, when you are resting, you can also familiarize yourself with the script by the way." ”

Everyone: "..........."

"Uh... So be it, I'll cover the cost of this month. Han Qiuhao said angrily, "Anyone who plays in Australia can go to the Finance Department for reimbursement after going back." If you want to go somewhere else, or go back to China, I can't take care of it, you have to be self-sufficient. ”

Seeing the emotions that instantly rose up from the trough, Han Qiu added, "Of course, there is an upper limit on reimbursement expenses, you can't buy a villa in Australia and ask Huaxian to reimburse it, right?"

After hearing the last sentence, everyone's arrogance dimmed a little, but everyone still applauded warmly, and they were extremely supportive of Han Qiu's proposal.

"Long live Director Han!"

"Yes!"

"Lao Tzu won't return to China, so he will follow Director Han!"

And in everyone's hearts, they all maliciously thought: Damn, how much can I reimburse, see if Lao Tzu doesn't come out here to play all day drinking!

Eat and drink at public expense, don't worry!

(In terms of bullet time, the more classic in recent years is the X-Men Apocalypse, which has a shot of a school explosion, and the scene where "Quicksilver" rushes in to save people is a typical bullet time.) ）