After March, the filming of Levy's crew can be regarded as temporarily overcoming a big problem, and the group scene at the United Nations venue, one of the most troublesome places in the filming, is also finished at this time.

In this scene, there are actors in the number of people involved, from big-name actors and actresses, to extras who play tricks, the scale of thousands of people, the huge venue, and the coherent use of long shots.

Now, though, it's finally finished.

"This scene is really enjoyable."

Until the filming of the movie was over, Washington couldn't help but admire. In this scene, he is just an actor who shows his side, and more often, he is watching others perform. In such a big scene, it is undoubtedly a huge test for the actors' acting skills, and seeing his peers perform amazingly, Washington can't help but admire it from the bottom of his heart.

For actors, good acting skills are always fascinating. Streep, Javier Barden, Ralph. People like Fiennes are playing on the same stage, and Washington also thinks it's extremely good.

"Such a large-scale rivalry is really a test of the director and acting skills. It's too rare to have only one of them. ”

Washington said his own talk, but the person next to him was Alexander. Looking up at the huge scene built in front of him, Alexander was also a little unsatisfied, "What a good scene, it's a pity, only this one is too expensive." ”

Washington did not say much about Alexander's words. He knew that this producer had been complaining for a long time, so he just smiled, "Even if it's a show, if it can be used so well, it's enough to be satisfying." And, if you go to the scene to shoot. I'm afraid that it will cost more. ”

In front of them was the setting of a huge United Nations venue. This thing was built just for this scene, and after this scene, it was useless.

But as Washington said: Even if it's just this scene, it's worth it.

After all, it is much easier and cheaper to build a scene in a studio than to shoot on an external live location. Set up a scene in the studio to shoot. Although it seems like a huge project, it is actually more cost-effective than going out to shoot - first, because there are inevitably environmental constraints when shooting on location, and it is impossible for film directors to run to shoot some scenes, which will naturally affect the filming - for example, the very famous north-northwest, but Hitchcock wanted to shoot at the United Nations headquarters, but was not allowed.

At that time, Hitchcock was not allowed to shoot movies at the United Nations, and Levy's three-body shooting naturally did not expect to be able to shoot in the United Nations.

And again. Compared to shooting in a studio, studio shooting can also provide a more comfortable shooting environment. For the lighting group, for the setting of the scene, and even for the performance of the actors. are very helpful. After all, film shooting is not simply a place to shoot, when a scene needs to be filmed, you need to take into account the camera position, the lens for it. Art, concept art, concept art, and other issues. For these problems, some real scenes can easily meet the needs of shooting, so the director can also shoot very well. But some scenes can't meet the needs of the director, so it's more troublesome. If it's a tree that affects the shot, it's relatively easy to cut down, but if it's a house that affects the shot, can't it be picked up? Even if the crew is rich and doesn't care about picking up houses, what if the crew is filming some more formal occasions? For example, the filming of the Three-Body Problem involves the Louvre, can the movie still go to the Louvre to pick up the wall? For another example, in this movie, it is necessary to make some arrangements in the venue of the United Nations, because in the age of the universe, some of the arrangements of the United Nations in the movie naturally need to be changed, and this kind of practice, the United Nations headquarters will not allow anything.

These conditions limit the fact that the film cannot be shot under all circumstances, so many times, the film must be done in the studio.

Fortunately, even if you shoot a movie in a studio, as long as the investment is in place, you can shoot it well.

Levy's films are definitely no worse than any other film in terms of investment, so when it comes to building a sound stage, he spends no less money than anyone else. In his studio, the scenes he built were also one of the important elements of the film, and it is precisely because of this that after the shooting, Alexander still sighs when he thinks about the cost of the film.

That's how the money was spent...... Still, it's well worth the money.

For a long time, the investment and quality of movies have a lot to do with it: one of the reasons why movies with large investment are better than movies with small investment: movies shot in built scenes, whether it is scene layout, lighting, shooting, or the performance of the actors, can achieve the best condition, compared to the concerns of live shooting, so that a movie with a large amount of money will actually be much better in terms of aesthetics and composition.

This is also the reason why some directors, when shooting certain films, have to build a set: when shooting Lincoln, in order to shoot the Virginia sky, Spielberg went to build a city scene to complete a shot. In some small-budget films, they don't even have the money to build a studio, so they can only carry a camera and find angles to shoot in the real scene - even the most high-level photographers and directors can hardly make up for this difference.

But with the setting of the scene, these problems make up for it. The picture shot in this way is very good, which has to be admitted.

"Fortunately, there are only a few sets of shots in the movie, which need to be shot indoors, and if there are more such shots, I am afraid that the cost of the movie will not stop rising."

Alexander shook his head again and sighed. In fact, he also understands in his heart that the scene layout is actually more cost-effective than real-life shooting, but when watching the money spent, people will always think that the one they don't choose is more economical.

In this movie, after filming this important scene, a large part of it is completed. Because unlike this scene, which was shot in a scene built in a studio, many of the subsequent shots were shot in real time or virtually.

Different from shooting in a studio setting, whether it is a live shooting or a virtual shooting, it is actually a more troublesome shooting method.

Needless to say, live-action shooting: some follow-up parts of the film need to be filmed in real time: for example, the film involves some larger scenes, some shoots that need to cover the entire street, and some special shots that need to shoot certain countries and regions, and these shots are difficult to complete in the studio. Although there are many benefits to studio shooting, some things that really need scenes and characteristics need to be considered for on-site shooting. After the filming of this part of the movie, I still have to shoot live shots.

At the same time as the film was filming, in fact, Levy had already asked people to visit and contact the actual attractions. These negotiations are time-consuming and laborious, and require long consultations to reach an agreement. While Levy was filming the film, his men were not idle, helping him deal with these things.

And then there are the virtual shots that the film needs to be filmed.

Compared with the previous commercial blockbusters, the shooting of commercial blockbusters in a high-tech environment is actually much simpler. After all, many scenes can be shot directly on the computer in addition to shooting in the studio. Whether it's the cosmic environment or the interior of the spacecraft, these things are things that seem impossible to even build a studio, and it is easier to shoot virtually on a computer. Since virtual shooting was widely used in movies in the 90s, science fiction movies have always favored virtual shooting, because this way can shoot many scenes that are not available in reality.

However, virtual shooting also has the trouble of virtual shooting: the scene of virtual shooting seems to be just a picture, but in fact, in the computer, it is also necessary to build a scene and make a model. In this model, the director also needs to decide on the camera position and decide how to shoot before he can shoot the picture. In terms of shooting difficulty, the difficulty of virtual shooting is not very different from that of real shooting, and the real difference lies in the fact that the scene construction in the computer is not as time-consuming and laborious as the scene construction in reality.

However, building these cannot be done by anyone like in reality. To make these scenes, you need a professional team. It's also an indisputable fact that the success of a virtual shoot often depends on whether the film's technicians are good enough.

While the shooting work in the studio was going on, in the computer, Levy also kept people simulating virtual scenes. These tasks can be carried out simultaneously. Now that the work in the studio is over, how to conduct the virtual shoot and how to string these images together is also what Levy needs to be responsible for.

A movie needs to be shot on location, it needs to be shot in a studio, it needs to be shot virtually, and after all these shots, it needs to be edited into a movie, and it needs to be aesthetically speaking, in the picture, in the storyline, everything can be strung together. These aspects, even if you think about it, make Alexander find it quite difficult, and now, Levy is actually doing this kind of thing.

The filming of movies is really getting more and more difficult. Compared to those who carry cameras to shoot movies, these high-end shooting methods are really too difficult to understand. In the past few years, there have not been many good commercial movies, except for superheroes are Harry Potter and other movies, other movies are difficult to satisfy, in fact, there are some directors who are not skilled enough in the use of these equipment. After all, how many people who study art are from science and technology workers?

Even Levy, he is just relying on his youth, and he has more learning possibilities than others.

Now I can only say that I hope he will do better and better and grasp this possibility. After all, this is a big gamble, and after this big gamble wins, the benefits of your own company will also be immeasurable. (To be continued......)