In order to achieve the effect that Lance had in mind, it was obvious that the whole crew was busy, but this was not an easy task, and after Hayden racked his brains, he found that the effect presented was still difficult to meet Lance's standards.

"What about shooting with a color lens?"

Hearing Lance's words, Hayden chuckled twice, "I thought you wanted to make a black and white movie." Hayden shrugged, "There's no way to rework the work of the special effects team right now. ”

Lance shook his head, "No, that's not what I meant. "I mean, we shoot with color lenses, and then we do it through post-production, and we get rid of all the colors — no, we remove the colors we don't need, we make the picture black and white, and then I leave the colors I need, and let the colors become part of the lens language, part of the narrative tool, like blood to express pain, and so on." Is this possible? ”

Even though he had collaborated on three works, Hayden was repeatedly frightened by Lance's bold ideas, his eyes widened, and his face was full of "You're crazy", and he was choked for a while, "...... Well, you should probably ask the professionals in the VFX team. ”

Tim-Westwood, the head of the mixed technology team and has been in charge of the computer special effects production for Sin City, had to admire Lance's bold idea of drawing comics to shoot the film, and bringing the entire special effects team to Austin, which was a good choice for their group of otaku, at least to get out of the closed office.

Raising his head, Tim saw Lance and Hayden striding over, which completely caught him off guard, and he greeted him in a panic, "Oh, Mr. Strello, it's a great honor to be here in Austin......" But before he could finish his words, Lance waved his hand, signaling that the polite words could be over, and then quickly said, "We have some problems with technology. ”

Tim immediately straightened his posture and unconsciously straightened his back, "Really?" What is the specifics? ”

"Hayden just talked to you once, didn't he?" Lance opened his mouth to ask, Tim nodded, and was about to open his mouth to explain the whole situation, but Lance interrupted him again, "Now it's like this, we use color lenses to finish shooting, and then post-production zuò removes the eye color and turns it into a black and white image." But the colors have to come back to the picture at all times as I want them to, I mean, like ...... Keep Eva Green's real skin tone and blonde hair," Lance found Eva in the studio and pointed out to Tim.

But then Lance found that Eva was still black-haired, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, he looked left and right, and then explained, "Ethan, tell Albert and Edgar, Eva's hair must be dyed blonde, bright gold, for God's sake, I have already explained this matter, and it will be turned on today, Eva is still black-haired!" Brunette! ”

Without paying any further attention to Ethan, Lance turned to Tim and said, "Then, we'll put on mustard yellow for the yellow mongrel's skin, and I'd like to keep that; The most important thing is that the splash of blood needs to come back to the picture at any time according to my thoughts. ”

In Lance's mind, blood can be in many colors, for example, the blood of a yellow mongrel must be mustard yellow, for example, when trying to show a numbing stiffness, the blood can be a lifeless gray; For example, when the pain is at its extreme, the blood can be a dazzling bright red. The use of color as a means to push the emotional tension of the narrative to the extreme, which is similar to "killing people with a knife", but retains the exaggeration and extremes of the comics.

"So, can this be done?" Lance's gaze fell on Tim.

Those blue eyes made Tim a little uneasy, he cleared his throat awkwardly, but he felt that his back began to itch, but obviously this was not a good time to scratch the itch, he licked his dry lips, "So, you mean that you first use color lenses to complete all the shooting, and then use guò post-production zuò to extract the picture into black and white, but keep the colors that the director needs, is that what you mean?" ”

Lance didn't speak, and Hayden rolled his eyes, "You're just repeating what Lance just said." ”

Tim chuckled dryly twice, trying to lighten the mood, but apparently with limited effect, "I mean, it's a bold idea, but it works. Tim turned to his laptop and pointed to the sketch on the screen, "Hayden said just now, changing from black and white to color not only increases the difficulty of the work, but also increases the workload, and the effect may not be up to the mark. But on the other hand, the workload does increase, but it is relatively much simpler, for example, when blood splashes, we miss some details, and the impact is limited, because the impact of the image is already there; In addition, it is easier to maintain the authenticity of the color of the picture, after all, the image quality will not change from color to black and white. ”

Tim quickly found a color photograph and started to demonstrate it neatly, "Let's say we need to keep this person in the same color palette...... "and then everything else goes black and white." ”

In just a few seconds, Tim completed the transformation of a sketch, and he straightened up again, "Of course, this is relatively simple, the actual shooting picture will be more complex and detailed, so it will inevitably lead to an increase in workload......" Tim was about to continue, but then he noticed that Lance's deep gaze fell on his shoulder, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed, "Always, it's doable." ”

Lance smiled at this time, "Good." Then he turned to look at Hayden, "In this way, the workload of the entire crew is relatively reduced." Hayden also breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Sir, sir!" Seeing that Lance was about to leave, Tim hurriedly called, Lance and Hayden both turned around, Tim was suddenly under a lot of pressure and stammered when he spoke, "There is something...... I mean, you need to pay attention during the filming process. In the process of shooting, one is that the colors of the costumes need to be opposed, and the other is that the lighting needs to be strengthened, only in this way, the effect of post-production will be more prominent, and it is best to make the color contrast stronger. ”

Lance looked at Hayden, who nodded his chin slightly, "I can do this." ”

Lance smiled and turned his head back to look at Tim, "So, is there anything else?" ”

Tim pursed his lips and shook his head, but as Lance was about to leave, he spoke again, "Sir." The footsteps of the two men stopped for the second time, and Tim closed his eyes in chagrin, but still insisted on opening them, squeezing out a stiff smile, "I love your work, really." 'Borrowing a knife to kill' is really fantastic! ”

After saying that, Tim regretted it, he felt that he seemed to be too abrupt, and he lowered his eyes in frustration. At this moment, the deep voice sounded in front of me, "Then let's make Sin City a work like this." Tim looked up in surprise, but only saw the back of Lance leaving, Hayden, who was standing next to him, smiled and nodded at him, Tim finally couldn't hold back anymore, clenched his right fist and shouted, "Yay! ”

Lance reconvened the crew and made adjustments for the upcoming shoot. This is obviously not an easy task, but for everyone, it is used to it. After the precipitation of three films, from the original eight-person team of "City of God" to the current team of twenty-three people, the tacit understanding between each other is getting better and better, and it has gradually developed into an important cornerstone of Chaos Pictures.

Although it is said that with the current ability of Chaos Pictures, it is still impossible to produce two films at the same time; But this small team, centered on Reims, has come together to create one masterpiece after another, and while their confidence has increased, they have also received more and more attention.

Not only did Lance get different offers, but everyone else also got a lot of new jobs. Before the assembly of "Sin City" this time, several staff members joined the other crew, after all, they and Chaos Pictures only signed a contract for one work at a time, and it was not exclusive to Chaos Pictures; What's more, with Chaos Pictures' current capabilities, the remuneration paid is only the average level of the industry. Constantly changing crews and launching new collaborations is the norm in Hollywood.

However, most chose to stay, in Hayden's words, "at least finish the crime trilogy so that the resume looks complete." "Of course, it's just a joke. Each of Chaos Pictures' past three works is a masterpiece, and it has achieved very good results, which is the biggest highlight on their resume, and everyone has an account in their hearts.

What's more, working with Lance is a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun, and there are countless challenges that come up unexpectedly. For example, now.

"God, Lance, you're a fucking bastard." After listening to Lance's explanation, everyone began to curse, the hardships of the filming period of "Killing with a Knife" are still vivid, and it is obvious that "Sin City" is not intended to be too easy, "For God's sake, today is the first day of filming!" Hell the first day! ”

After Lance dropped a bomb, he ignored the complaints and curses behind him, and turned around and left with his sleeves in his sleeves, they had their work to do, and he had his work to do. The actors of "Sin City" still need his direction to perform, and now he has to do his job because he is impatient and just a little bit of directing. (To be continued.) )