Chapter 459: More Perfect Than the Original
Chen Jin reported the box office very lightly, and the other people's faces were immediately full of smiles, Stallone first raised the coffee in his hand and shrugged, "No wine, let's use coffee to salute the greatest KING together!" Everyone agreed in an uproar, laughing and clinking glasses with Chen Jin.
Today's "The Expendables" is no longer a disabled veteran, but a mighty general, and a cameo by a super big name, the most important point is that Chen Jin will carve every script to the extreme, which is amazing, and he wants to make this a super appealing series.
Therefore, for their praise and reverence, Chen Jin accepted it all, at this time, you don't need to be too polite, you have to have a bit of momentum as a leader, and then, slowly, all this is under your control.
The conversation started, everyone was happy, and Stallone asked seemingly casually, "KING, you said before that you would clean us all up in the sequel, what does this mean, will we become enemies in the sequel?" ”
This guy is actually asking about the sequel, but he asked very skillfully, obviously, such a blockbuster movie, who doesn't want to know the next episode, and some of the next many episodes, it's a good thing that everyone has been playing and making money!
Seeing everyone's expectant eyes again, Chen Jin also wanted to instill something in them by taking advantage of the situation, so that they could honestly mess with him in the future, as for Governor Arnold, if he was going to go into politics, he would change it again.
After thinking about it for a while, "Well, maybe shoot two or three plots where everyone is happy together," after a pause, seeing their nervous looks, Chen Jin was secretly happy in his heart, "Then, I will launch a collection of stories for each of us, which is where we came from, our previous lives, of course, other people are still indispensable, but the protagonists in that episode will be a little more." ”
Shrugging, "I thought, if the box office has been doing well, then I'll make it a super series, like some Star Wars, '007 series,' and keep this series with us until we get old." ”
"If we get old, I think we will always have some punishment in the future, and they can continue our current glory." ”
Super big series, there is Chen Jin, a genius screenwriter, and the big guys also think that they have their own abilities and charms, obviously, this is a very loving series, and everyone is happy in their hearts, but Arnold Schwarzenegger beat Chen Jin, "KING, aren't you saying that the old one is hitting us now!" ”
This is forty-eight years old, but he is really getting old, and Stallone, who is already forty-nine years old, also shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It seems that you can act for another forty or fifty years, and those torturers have already grown old, and then you will retire in style."
Chen Jin said half-truthfully, "That's not good, I still want to fight with the third-generation criminals." "I thought that Pang Ban was nearly a hundred years old and looked like a forty-year-old man, and if he was seventy or eighty years old, he didn't know what he would look like.
The protagonists of the first part of "The Expendables" are Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and after filming the helicopter the next day, Chen Jin immediately flew back to Prague, and it was only two days away, not to mention, he was still filming the night scene this time, which is basically equivalent to only one day.
What follows is a series of sub-shots, all of which are night scenes, and the last scene that is completed is the scene of Prague's overall operation in "Spy on Spy 1", except for the protagonist Ethan Hunt, everything else is hanged. Of course, this was what Ethan Hunt had in mind when he was spared. In fact, it was just a conspiracy, and it was the beginning of a series of conspiracy. …,
Because it is a sub-shot, the scenes of each shot are very short, except for the scene in the banquet hall, where there are more people, and the props, lighting and makeup are busy, the others are actually not too troublesome, even when performing, they are more able to focus, and it is rare to have laughter and the like.
Bill Collins and Chen Jin are both good at controlling the scene, Chen Jin is also a screenwriter, and he also knows that those who want and those who don't can get all the desired effects faster and more efficiently.
In just three nights, everything was done, and then there was a scene in which Ethan Hunt, played by Chen Jin, survived to meet IMF agents, and then found himself framed and escaped.
The highlight of this scene is that Ethan Hunt escapes by bursting the fish tank of the entire aquarium café. This aquarium café is very novel, it has three large fish tanks three meters wide, two meters high, and eighty centimeters thick, not to mention, the ceiling of the café is all a colorful and interesting aquarium composed of large fish tanks.
In the whole of Prague, there are a total of six such aquarium cafes, but this scene is to be filmed in Prague Square, and there is only one near it, and the business of that house is very good, people are very reluctant to let Chen Jin and them make a mess of the whole store, especially if they want to smash those fish tanks, they can't tolerate it, it will take too much energy and time to rearrange the storefront.
It's not impossible, if all the fish tanks to be used are prepared in advance, it is easy to renovate them at that time, because there will be no loss of the upper frame wood, therefore, when the time comes, just put the fish tank on it, and then the same is true for the fish tank below, as for the rest, there are many people, plus they are willing to spend money, they can get it in two days, this condition, Chen Jin personally went out, and told them that after the movie is released, this store will be very likely to become a tourist attraction, and the owner of the store is recognized.
However, there is another problem at this time, if the fish tank on it is broken and the glass is poured down by the water, then there are other staff in the café, and it is very likely that they will be injured at that time.
Of course, after the sub-shot is filmed, and then the editing is, the original Tom Cruise is like that, the broken fish tank is a shot, and then water is poured on him, and he reaches out to block a shot; Then there is the stuntman who first smashes the glass with his body, which is also a shot, and there is a panicked crowd in the shot, but the amount of water in it is very small.
Then there is a shot of water flushing tables, chairs and benches, and there are also frightened waiters and agents in it, but this is not the water in the fish tank, but the water in the water storage tank that has been prepared for a long time.
The last two shots are one of Tom's "heroic" escape from the café that is no longer obstructed by glass, jumping out of it with the gushing water, at this time, the fish tank on the ceiling is finally broken, and all the water is pouring down, but at this time, the fish tank on the ceiling is only broken in that small area, not all, and at the same time, for the safety of the staff, there is no one inside; In the other shot, Tom ran through Prague Square with a vigorous body with the turbulent water and the poor fish, and disappeared.
A whole set of shots were edited together, and it was a wonderful scene at the time, but it seemed to be exciting, but it was not thrilling at all, because there were not a few thrilling scenes in it at all, and in the slow motion, it was very clear to see, of course, anyway, it was only a matter of one or two minutes, and it was satisfying to watch the fun. …,
Chen Jin wanted to have a big scene, not only him, but also the agents and staff at that time had to join in, making the scene chaotic and thrilling, and more exciting and exciting, and even making the escape of the protagonist Ethan Hunt more reasonable.
The first thing to do is to change the scenery, and replace the fish tank that appears in the scene with a large wall of water, from the floor to the ceiling, which will look even more spectacular, and the impact on the audience when it shatters is obviously several times greater.
The next thing to change is the ceiling overhead, first remove all the fish tanks, replace them with transparent telescopic plastic plates, and then open them at the same time, but there will be no glass shards pouring down, then you can have a panoramic view, people and seats are under the fierce impact, chaotic and thrilling, so that the shock and excitement can also be doubled.
In this arrangement, there will be fewer sub-shots, and it is not a close-up of the close-up, but a panorama with a long shot, so that the picture is not only smooth, but also more shocking, thrilling and exciting, that will not make the scene caused by the explosion of the entire aquarium unique, the audience will remember the things, and there will be more things to discuss.
Filming is not an actor's business, and even the actor's performance does not take up so much time, but more time on the preparation of props, makeup artist's makeup, various scenes such as lighting, photography preparation and deployment, etc.
It's like this scene that is about to start filming, it took five days to prepare, and if it wasn't filmed this time, it would take another two days to make the water wall, which was not the original fish tank, and if it was broken, it would take another one to put on it.
In order to make everything better, it is also worth it, Chen Jin is very sure of this, and Bill Collins also seems more excited, there is a boss who is willing to spend money, willing to shoot better results, that is the blessing of the director.
When filming was about to begin, Chen Jin called all the actors aside and encouraged: "Gentlemen, ladies, I expect to succeed the first time, in fact, there are no lines here, only us and the water," shrugged, "or there are fish or something."
Everyone laughed, and Chen Jin also smiled and continued: "I think everyone has experienced a thrilling scene, and this is a danger that you know in advance, so when the water wall is broken, everyone only needs to show the panic they deserve, and run away where they should be, of course, you can't hit the glass." ”
Everyone laughed again, because wait a minute, Chen Jin is going to hit the glass, not like the original version, after the stuntman smashed it, Tom picked up a bargain, that is not thrilling, only good-looking.
When everything is ready, the camera returns to Ethan Hunt as if he was angrily smashing the coffee cup on the table, but he took the opportunity to throw the gum bomb at the huge wall of water, George and several agents looked at the piece of gum on the wall of water in shock, but Ethan Hunt immediately crouched down to dodge.
At the sound of an order, the water wall of more than three meters high was shattered in an instant, and a huge amount of water spurted out, and it was no longer a special view of the area with a sub-lens like the original, but a set of lenses to give a perfect panorama and capture the best moments from all angles.
Everyone obviously underestimated that so much water was squirting, and for a while there was a little panic, but it was just enough to make the scene look real and perfect, the water mixed with fish rushing on people, seats, everything rushed towards the glass wall of the store.
At this time, the glass on the top of the ceiling also cracked due to the huge waves and vibrations caused by the bombs, and the water like a waterfall caught fish hit the already chaotic crowd and everything.
Although Ethan Hunt played by Chen Jin dodged early, he squatted with his head in his hands, his center of gravity was not too stable, and he still fell to the ground at first by the huge amount of water washed out of the rupture of the water wall. …,
However, he struggled to get up quickly, under the impact of the waterfall flying overhead, he looked beautiful and shocking, but his body was unstable and rushed up to the glass wall of the coffee shop, with a loud bang, the glass splashed, he rushed out with the water and the fish, first because the momentum was too rapid and fell to the ground, but the next moment he had already risen quickly, and quickly spread the scud and slipped away.
The original filming has come to an end here, but Bill Collins gave a close-up of the still raging water in the store to the staggered crowd and seats.
Chen Jin ran out and ran back, looking at the scenes that were connected to the best of the wonderful, thrilling and shocking scenes at that time, everything was more real, and more beautiful and smooth, no longer a small shot with a close-up, but the madness of the panorama.
After Bill Collins and Chen Jin finished reading it, they smiled and said, "This looks like a disaster movie, the scene is very spectacular," and shook his head again, staring Chen Jin up and down, "Uh, you're not hurt, boss!" It's really that Chen Jin doesn't look like an actor who has just finished a dangerous scene, except that he is soaked, he doesn't even have to breathe, he can only muttered in his heart, what a freak.
Chen Jin smiled and shook his head, took the towel handed to him by Catherine Zeta-Jones and wiped his hair and face, he also saw the last shot of Bill Collins, and patted this guy on the shoulder, "Good job!" "This is where Bill Collins excels, he will not be restrained because Chen Jin is there, but will cooperate better with the two of them, and come to surprises from time to time, which is already a matter of one plus one is greater than two.
PS Don't be so sad.,At the end of every month, it's crazy to pop chrysanthemums.,It's still the kind that happens several times a day.,I'm going to go.,Everyone help.,Let's be strong too!