Chapter 266: Puzzle
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"In that case, I'll have confidence, and I'll be completely fine!" Xu Cheng is full of confidence in this, he believes that he can master most of the shooting, but some are still inexperienced, but it doesn't matter, wouldn't he invite a reliable assistant director, the assistant director can completely make up for this defect. Just like him, he is not necessarily worse than Chen Feng in terms of foundation, all he owes is some experience and skills.
You must know that many assistant directors are not worse than real directors, some people are just poor in vision, and some people are poor in some opportunities, but in any case, the kung fu at hand is not bad at all.
With the help of those experienced assistant directors, it's no problem at all!
Xu Cheng is no longer small, and he has been an assistant director for almost ten years, but he has never directed a movie alone. However, now that he has the opportunity, although it is only a small-budget movie, he doesn't mind, no one can make a blockbuster film for the first time alone, even if the film company agrees, he doesn't know the bottom of his heart. Although he accompanied Chen Feng to shoot two very excellent works "The Best Family" and "Zhu Xian", and these two works have won numerous awards, they are not as happy as this time. Whoever wants a chance to prove themselves, he's no exception. Of course, Xu Cheng knew that it was all thanks to Chen Feng. Without Chen Feng's support behind him. No matter how talented he is, he is not enough.
"Okay, after a while, you can prepare for the development of the crew, although the preparations over there are almost there, but you still need to go and see it in person, you have also learned a lot from the crew of "The Best Family" and "Zhu Xian" before!" Chen Feng said, "Although this time it is only 20 million, you don't lose it all, even if you lose money, you will keep a little." ”
Hearing Chen Feng's teasing, Xu Cheng not only didn't feel anything, but felt very moved. Because he knew that this was Chen Feng who wanted to help him, Chen Feng could have found a more experienced director to be in charge, but Chen Feng still found him. This shows that it is trust, and with this, it is impossible for Xu Chengdu to disappoint Chen Feng.
"No problem!" Xu Cheng said with a smile, of course he knew how much responsibility he had, in fact, the script was one of the most critical parts of the whole play, but after Chen Feng actually finalized the script and actors, the focus of the whole play turned to Xu Cheng, the director.
After sending Xu Cheng away, Chen Feng called Li Haitao to explain these things, and Xu Cheng left the "Dusk" crew that afternoon. And the vacant position after Xu Cheng left, Chen Feng thought about it again and again, and finally decided to be held by Xue Mingshan, for this young man who was about the same age as him, Chen Feng still admired and trusted. Xue Mingshan was also very happy after getting the news, and at the same time he also knew that Chen Feng trusted him, in order to live up to Chen Feng's trust, Xue Mingshan worked hard while humbly learning from other assistant directors. to make up for their own shortcomings. Chen Feng is still quite satisfied with Xue Mingshan's attitude......
"Rong Rong, see if I'm handsome?" After finishing the preparation of the filming crew, Chen Feng went to the crew car for a walk, changed into a soldier's uniform, and then went through the makeup team to deal with it, and then came here to show off. Chen Feng is now going to film the last scene of the war scene, and Wu Tianlin found his son who had joined the army on the battlefield. And left the battlefield with his son.
"Handsome!" Ye Rong looked up, her heart suddenly pounded, and she bit the pen: "Haha......" Chen Feng pulled his collar and straightened his chest, feeling very good about himself, and said with a smile: "Every boy has a dream of being a soldier!" Ye Rong's eyes widened: "I have it too!" I wanted to be in the Air Force when I was a kid. ”…,
"Really? That's got to be the most beautiful pilot. Chen Feng pulled over a chair and sat down, and said with a smile.
The design of a large-format camera like the MAX-MSM-98. It's mainly for documentary or landscape photography, which is its job; And not a sci-fi action movie like Dusk. Although the results are amazingly attractive, they really require more effort and talent on the part of the director. Unlike the familiar 35mm format, directors and cinematographers had to follow and create a new set of guidelines to compose a 9mm format film with 15 stations per frame.
In a flat open space under the clear blue sky, the camera equipment was ready and the scene was properly arranged, but this was not a signal to start shooting. Chen Feng, who was wearing a military uniform, stood behind a huge camera, bent over with one eye closed, aimed at the electronic viewfinder of the photographic display system, looked at the direction of the performance area at the far end and made a design, and said to Xue Mingshan and the photographer next to him: "There is a problem with this focal length, you can't use a shallow depth of field." ”
Shallow depth of field is a commonly used shooting technique, depth of field refers to the range of distance between objects measured in front of the camera lens or other sensor axis of the sensor to obtain a clear image, the longer the focal length, the shallower the depth of field; The shorter the focal length, the deeper the depth of field. Shallow depth of field simply means that the subject in focus is clear, and the background is blurred, which can better highlight the subject and make the picture softer and more beautiful.
This is a shot of Wu Tianlin, Wu Hao, other soldiers and others walking out of the barracks, looking at the sky to watch the images and information of the surrender and defeat in various places, the characters standing side by side, and the barren and dilapidated background. If you use 45mm film, you must use a shallow depth of field, focus on Wu Hao and others who are full of sluggishness, push from panorama to scene and then to close-up with slow motion, and then cooperate with the mournful soundtrack to create a sad and blank atmosphere.
But now it's 65 mm, and it doesn't seem to be the same way it works. Hearing the director's words, the cinematographer, the visual effects director of the image engine special effects team, and the current first assistant director Xue Mingshan and others all frowned, there are too many troubles with IMAX film! But the crowd was not the slightest bit impatient, looking at the entire crew around them, or the people behind the scenes talking or working, or the actors rehearsing and walking or reading the script......
There are a lot of problems on the set every day, some of them belong to this department, some belong to that department, and all belong to the director. The directors are not impatient, when will it be their turn? It is precisely this benefit that charismatic young directors can bring vitality to everyone in the crew.
Xu Tianliang is the person who proposed the use of IMAX film for some scenes of "Dusk", and he is also the main photographer, so he naturally has to share the burden for the director, seeing Chen Feng get out of the way, he bent down to look at the electronic viewfinder, and suddenly felt a little speechless, every time I look at this viewfinder in the past two days, I have this feeling, it's too dark! Almost completely unable to see the picture in the performance area, he had to ask again: "Let's make the aperture brighter first, I can't see it." ”
"If you use a shallow depth of field, the details of those images will definitely be a mess." Chen Feng talked about his judgment and discovery just now, glanced at the cameraman, Xue Mingshan, visual effects supervisor and others, and made hand movements to explain why: "I think when it is screened, it may cause most of the focus on the screen to be out of balance, which is not good. The audience will find it very confusing and uncomfortable, and in that case it would be better to use a 45mm one. ”
The assistant pressed a few times around the photography department to increase the brightness of the aperture from T16 level 4 to level T32 level 6, Xu Tianliang barely saw the picture clearly, but it was still too dark, I really don't know how Chen Feng could see clearly in T16 level 4 brightness! He couldn't help but whisper, "Oh, it's a black mess, am I not wearing glasses?" Chen Feng was a little surprised: "I can see it, it won't suddenly break, right?" Everyone's hearts suddenly lifted: "Won't it?" "Haven't you ever collided? ”…,
"No, no, no, it's not bad, it's Director Chen's eyes that are too good." Xu Tianliang hurriedly explained with a smile, he didn't have such talent anyway. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were really afraid of him! If it suddenly breaks and doesn't send it back to IMAX, who will fix it here? Chen Feng, who was also a false alarm, said angrily: "Maybe you are too old, Mingshan will give him some medicine...... Everyone couldn't help but chuckle, Xu Tianliang smiled: "It's okay now, it's okay now." ”
After quieting down and staring at it carefully for a while, Xu Tianliang also discovered the problem of focus disorder.
On the electronic viewfinder there is a very unique frosted glass, which marks the clear focus area of the image, that is, the lens position where Liu Tianhua and others should stand, which is about the bottom third of the screen, mainly concentrated in the center. This is the way most IMAX projection theaters are designed, because in an IMAX theater, most of the audience sits at the bottom of the screen a quarter up, and the most comfortable position for the eyes in that seating range is slightly lower in the middle, which is the location of the focus zone.
Because the 45mm film captures more detail and scope of the picture, if you use a shallow depth of field, especially in the middle of the panorama, it looks like a large blur, only a small area of clear focus area, and the imbalance part is more prominent than the clear part, not only does not have the essence of the shallow depth of field technique, but it will be very weird and uncomfortable. Xu Tianliang understood that this was the focal length problem that Chen Feng was talking about.
So with panorama depth? Shoot the whole picture clearly? A new question arises again, where should the audience look? How do you draw their attention to the original focus area and complete the whole atmosphere? The depth of field has a direct impact on the effect of the entire scene. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )