Chapter 46: Take You Flying
"And then there's "King Haibian", which will be a very special movie, which will present a very novel story to everyone with a new narrative style, and I believe it will satisfy the audience. If you have any questions, you can ask them, and I will try to tell you the answer, thank you. Xu Jing continued.
"Director Xu, will you and Miss Zhou Xiaoxun still star in "King Haibian"?
"We are the leading actors, but there is no relationship between men and women in the story. Thank you. ”
"Director Xu, may I ask if the schedule of "King Haibian" has been set, is it preparing for the release of the Chinese New Year?" a reporter asked.
"Regarding the schedule of "King Haibian", it has not yet been determined, and if it can be released in the Chinese New Year, it will naturally be the best. Thank you. ”
"Director Xu, what are your expectations for "King Haibian"? Are you confident that it will surpass "Killer" and set a box office record again?" a reporter asked.
This question is a little difficult to answer, if you say that you have no confidence, I am afraid that it will have a bad impact on the promotion of "King Haibian". If you say you have confidence, you will inevitably give people a sense of arrogance. After all, where is it so easy to break a box office record? A director can break it once in his lifetime, and that is also a great honor.
"I think I should ask all the heroes present if they have confidence. Xu Jing smiled, and then asked the audience in a deep voice: "Do you have the confidence to surpass "Killer"?"
"Yes!" all the staff below shouted in unison, bursting into a surge.
The so-called team, in fact, is a reasonable use of each member's knowledge and skills to work together, solve problems, to achieve a common goal of a community, it can have management, grassroots level, but can not be without the most basic respect.
How to make the team run more efficiently, sometimes it is very simple, as simple as a sentence or a gesture, so that members feel respected and valued, then the cohesion and work attitude of the team may be far better than improving various benefits.
After a brief unveiling ceremony and a start-up dinner, the crew went to the studio rented by Shaw Brothers Studios to shoot the first shot in a vibrant atmosphere, and the enthusiasm and efficiency of the crew were far higher than when filming "Hitman". Of course, this is also something that Xu Zijing did not expect.
Considering the shortening of the film's post-production time, Zhao Xiaojun prioritized all the shots that needed to use green screen technology and special effects when making the shooting plan. The first shot is the scene where the villain 'Lao Ma' played by Cheng Kuian is blown away by a bazooka, and it is also a shooting shot that requires the use of green screen technology.
Green screen technology is not a new technology, and even the mainland has used this shooting technique for a long time, such as the 86 version of "Journey to the West", which used this shooting technique a lot, and the shot of Sun Wukong flying through the clouds was shot in front of the green screen. It's just limited by funding and not having a very mature team, which makes people look 'very fake'.
This is also the reason why Xu Jing invited the Hollywood technical team, not to mention that almost no one in Xiangjiang has used it, and the meticulous light and shadow effects and post-compositing alone are not something that any team can handle well.
"Director, get ready. The actors had already put on their makeup, and they were ready to set up the props and green screens, a staff member shouted.
said that it was a 'green screen', but the set was set up with a blue screen, because the shot to be shot later was the shot of Xu Jing wearing a green Haibian King suit, so naturally he would not use a green screen. In fact, the blue screen as the background is also the easiest background color to achieve keying, and the West mostly uses green screen because Europeans have blue eyes, and it is easy to cut out the eyeballs in the later keying.
"Good. The actor is ready. Xu Jing said. It was only a moment later, but he didn't get a response from Cheng Kui'an.
"Cheng Kui'an, what about Cheng Kui'an?" Xu Jing looked around, but he couldn't help shouting when he didn't see Cheng Kui'an's figure.
"There!" Wu Zheng said, pointing to a recliner in the corner, and then trotted over to wake him up.
It turned out that Cheng Kui'an, who had already put on makeup, actually fell asleep in the corner again.
"Mr. Cheng, what's the matter with you?" As early as the morning, he was late for the start-up banquet, and at this time he was asleep on the set, Xu Jing couldn't help but be a little angry.
"I'm sorry, director, I filmed a few night scenes last night, and I didn't have a good rest. Cheng Kui'an, who was woken up, walked over and said.
"Mr. Cheng, I hope you can concentrate and don't delay the whole team. Xu Jing said.
"Know, know, it's not influential. Cheng Kui Anman didn't care.
Seeing this, Xu Jing didn't say anything more, just beckoned to the makeup artist, touched up his makeup, and started shooting.
"It's over!" Xu Jing shouted after a while.
The shot of the 'old horse' being blown away doesn't actually need to capture the dynamics, just a static picture, and it's easy to shoot, let Cheng Kuian take a set of 'photos' in a position to be blown away, and then repeatedly synthesize a coherent shot in the later stage.
"Director, I don't have a role in today's scene, right?" Cheng Kuian walked up to Xu Jing and asked, "If there is no more, I will leave first, there is still a scene waiting for me in Xinyi City." ”
“。。。。 Xu Jing looked at Cheng Kuian and sighed slightly. If it's just a simple string of scenes, but if Cheng Kui'an has been in this state today, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not affect the filming, but at this time, Xu Jing also didn't know what to say, so he had to wave his hand helplessly and let him leave.
"Xiaomi, are you ready? It's our turn for the next one. As soon as Cheng Kui'an left, Xu Jing was out of sight and out of mind, so he eased the irritability in his heart, shouted at Zhou Xiaoxun, and then picked up the 'flying machine' equipped with Gatling, put on the green Haibian King hood, and looked like a mummy carrying a pesticide sprayer.
"Alright, alright. Zhou Xiaoxun trotted over with a prop in his body, answering the road.
I saw her petite body wearing a purple tight leather jacket and a small short skirt, equipment props hung on both sides of her waist, a black eye patch between her eyebrows, and a purple wig on her head.
Speaking of which, Zhou Xiaoxun at this time is a little taller than the original Super Killer Girl, but she can't bear her Lori face, plus the specially customized flat leather boots, but she will not lose the cuteness in the original version.
"Hehehehe, Damai, you look so stupid!" Looking at Xu Jing dressed as a silly 'Haibian King', Zhou Xiaoxun leaned back with a smile.
“。。。。 Just look good!" Looking at Zhou Xiaoxun, who was trembling with joy, Xu Jing was angry for a while, reached out and pressed the purple hair cover on her head, shook her head a few times, and the purple wig covered her eyes under Xu Jing's trampling, and Zhou Xiaoxun couldn't help but squint his eyes.
"Hmm~~ Let go of me!" Zhou Xiaoxun shrank his neck and pulled his hand off and said angrily, and then he held the wig with his hand and tidied it up.
"Turn around, I'm going to fly with you. Xu Jing turned her over and said.