Cheng Peng didn't explain to Zhang Meng in detail what DIT is, but just told them that with this thing, they can cut it while shooting, and when the shooting stage is over, the film can be test-screened.

The movie can be screened after filming, which is like a fantasy, but everyone knows that Cheng Peng is not a bully, and they are full of expectations and are ready to see this magical thing.

Five days later, all the exterior scenes were filmed, and the crew returned to the capital and started filming the scenes in the cave in the studio of Beijing Film Studio.

At the shooting site, Cheng Peng held an electric horn and said loudly: "When shooting with film, when you hear the click sound of the film turning, many people will think that this is burning money, and they will feel nervous." Now you don't have to worry, we will use a digital camera to shoot the next scene, so everyone relax! Well, attention, all groups, it's time to get started! ”

Soon, the first assistant director Zhang Meng told Cheng Peng that the actors, lighting, photography, and recording crew were all ready. With Zhang Meng's shouting, the staff all went to their posts.

Cheng Peng took a breath and shouted in a loud voice: "Turn on!" ”

"Let's go!"

……

"This one!"

"No problem, this one!"

……

"This shot is over, and that's it for today's shooting!" Cheng Peng announced with a smile.

The members of the crew also relaxed, laughing and laughing, while starting to pack up their equipment.

"Mr. Smith, plug the machine on, we're ready to work!" Cheng Peng said to the three dits, it has been two days since they arrived at the crew, and today is the first time they have started work, they are digital image engineers, responsible for the processing of digital images.

Smith and they began to connect the devices, while Cheng Peng beckoned to Chen Shaoping and said, "Shaoping, Mengzi, Qi Nian, a few of you come here, we are ready to see the sample!" ”

In the shooting of traditional film films, the director has a monitor to see, but the lens seen by the monitor is different from the content captured by the camera, and many things such as focal length changes and colors cannot be reflected.

Film film, a roll of 1,000 feet of film can shoot for ten minutes, and after the Hollywood film is finished, it will be sent to the film laboratory for development, light distribution, and printing, and the next day the sample is released, so that the director can see if there is a problem with the lens; There is no Hollywood condition in China, and after all the scenes are filmed, the film will be processed intensively, and then the director will know what his movie is like.

The advantage of digital cinema is that you don't have to wait for a long time, you can see the real image effect on the shooting set, and you can even shoot one shot to see the actual effect before shooting the next shot.

Although Zhang Meng and the others have never made digital films, they still have some understanding of digital films, and when they heard that they had watched the samples, they put down their work and walked to Cheng Peng's side.

Although Xu Jinglei has the identity of a director, she has little understanding of digital technology, and is a little surprised: "You can watch the sample film directly?" ”

Cheng Peng nodded with a smile and said, "Old Xu, let's take a look if you're interested!" ”

Three digital engineers connected the device to a big-screen TV, and after starting the machine, the first shot of the day appeared on the screen.

After this scene was played several times, Cheng Peng did not have any flaws, so he asked: "What do you think?" ”

"No problem!"

"There are no problems with composition, zoom, performance."

"How's the color?" Cheng Peng asked.

"I think you can add a little blue in the later stage, so that the overall style is a little more cold!"

Cheng Peng agrees with this opinion, horror films need to create a sense of cold and deep, and the color should be mainly cold, but there is no need to wait until the later stage with DIT color grading, and he said directly to Smith: "Add a little blue to the picture!" ”

Smith picked up the mouse, clicked on the software, clicked on a value, adjusted it, and the movie quickly added a layer of light blue.

Zhang Meng and they were all dumbfounded, when filming "The Two of Us", in the workstation of Hualong Digital, they saw that the technicians adjusted the color of the movie screen through the DI system, and they all sighed, and now they actually adjusted the color directly on the spot, this Nima is too advanced!

"It's darker, lighter!" Cheng Peng's eyes were fixed on the screen, and he instructed Smith to adjust the colors.

"A little lighter!"

After a simple adjustment, the picture is tinged with a faint blue, and the feeling of coldness comes to the face, and the picture effect is much stronger than at the beginning.

Cheng Peng was satisfied with the effect, turned his head and asked, "What do you think of this effect?" ”

Wang Qinian shook his head and said: "It feels a little blue, it should be lighter!" ”

Cheng Peng asked Smith to tone down the color a little more, this time the blue was almost not felt, but the cold effect was still there, and the overall feeling was very harmonious.

"Okay, that's it, next shot!"

It took more than an hour, except for one lens, which needed to be reshot because of zoom problems, and the other shots were color-corrected.

Cheng Peng only felt relaxed, stood up and moved, and said with a smile: "Next, Smith will back up these processed shots, and then hand them over to the editor for editing, and after the movie is finished, the editing of the scenes in the cave will be completed, how about it, I didn't lie to you, right?" ”

Zhang Meng was impressed: "This thing is really advanced, and the colors are adjusted directly on the spot, and it is no problem to put these shots on the big screen!" ”

Wang Qinian also sighed: "It's really amazing! ”

"The only feeling I have now is that you have all the secrets of my photographer known to you, and I hate this thing!" Chen Shaoping sighed a little emotionally, in the past, these photographers were the only ones who knew what the sample would be like, but now everyone can see it immediately after shooting, how embarrassing.

Cheng Peng glanced at Chen Shaoping and said: "Actually, this has only been rising in Hollywood for a year or two, but this is a trend, the digital age of movies has really come, we must follow this trend, and you as a photographer are even more so!" How about sending you to the NBA for training when the movie is finished? ”

Chen Shaoping said proudly: "Okay, just let those foreigners see the best skills of our Chinese photographers, and show my superb pickling skills, **two beautiful foreign photographers come back as assistants!" ”

This shameless words and deeds attracted everyone's eyes, and Zhang Meng smiled: "Xiaopeng, if you send him out, you may make some mess, beware of becoming a national shame!" ”

Chen Shaoping said angrily: "Zhang Meng, you kid is jealous that I am more handsome than you!" ”

DIT will not appear in China until seven or eight years later, and Cheng Peng is now introducing this concept into China, which can be regarded as promoting the progress of Chinese films, of course, as this concept is rolled out, this is also a way to make money.

But the most important thing now is to promote this concept, he glanced at Xu Jinglei who was standing next to him and groaned, and asked, "Old Xu, how is this technique?" ”

Xu Jinglei nodded and said, "It's really convenient, what about the cost, isn't it very high?" ”

"It's not high, it's much cheaper than using film, if you use film, the cost of film alone will cost more than 300,000, plus the cost of processing and light distribution, it will cost 780,000 yuan, and your actor is Jiang Wen, he is very picky about pictures and lenses, the ratio of others to film is 1:10, he wants at least 1:20, and the cost has to be doubled. If you need it, we can provide technical support! ”

Xu Jinglei is a little tempted, her film budget is limited, and the cost problem has always given her a headache: "You can try it, I know you are better at makeup, and I don't need to find someone else, let's go together then!" But immediately laughed again: "And you, I'll keep the male number two for you!" ”

For "Letter from a Strange Woman" was quickly decided, which is a bonus, for a special effects team, only by constantly taking on projects and movies, can they develop and grow, Weta is like this, and BaseFX is also like this.

The filming went very smoothly in the next few days, and the time soon entered June, but at this time, there was an unexpected change, the crew of "No Thieves in the World" asked Li Binbin to join the crew immediately, and they wanted to shoot Li Binbin's scene.

"Director, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect things to be like this." Li Binbin was very helpless, and said at the beginning that she would join the crew of "No Thieves in the World" in late June, but now that "There Are No Thieves in the World" has asked her to join the group, she has no choice at all.

She is a person of friendship, and she must give priority to the drama of friendship, even if she is not a person of friendship, she will definitely choose "No Thieves in the World", after all, she is the second female lead in "No Thieves in the World", and the director of "No Thieves in the World" is more famous, and the actors' plastic surgery is also stronger.

Cheng Peng suppressed the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and said: "Binbin, you don't have many scenes in "No Thieves in the World", coordinate the schedule, you roll the scene, and run back and forth on both sides, you should be able to complete the shooting on time!" ”

Rolling drama is a fairly common phenomenon, especially in the 90s, when Xiangjiang was particularly common, from the king Andy Lau to the big supporting actor Cheng Kuian, almost every actor would go back and forth between several crews. However, it is more troublesome to roll dramas in China, because the crew is mostly stationed in different cities and needs to run back and forth, but there are still many such cases, for example, Fan Binbin took advantage of the gap in filming "East Wind and Rain" to film "October Siege". Of course, there are many disputes between actors and crews because of strings, and there are many cases that end up going to court.

Li Binbin is a supporting role on both sides, and there are not many scenes, so everyone coordinates and leaves a gap, which is not a big problem.

But I didn't want Li Binbin to smile bitterly and shook his head: "Director, I told Director Feng, but he didn't agree, let me have to join the group, I really have no way at all." ”

Cheng Peng frowned and said, "Give me Director Feng Xiaogang's phone number, and I'll discuss it with him!" ”

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