On August 7, the crew and cast of "Avatar" were all assembled. According to Wang Shang's idea, the assistant director team recruited a total of 3 assistant directors, two foreign and one domestic, each with its own emphasis. The crew also recruited a lot, although many staff members quit the crew because of digging the wall in the past two months, but in the end they were still full.

In the morning, the main members of the crew and the main actors, about fifteen people, were gathered on the floor where the special effects department of Tianwang Film and Television Group was located.

Wang Shang walked in front and said, "Everyone should have read the script, the location of this movie will no longer be the earth, but a virtual planet countless light years away - Pandora." There are many, many unknown creatures inside. These creatures are very different from Earth, so most of them are synthesized by computers. ”

"Today, I am bringing you over to witness the new generation of CG technology developed by our Tianwang Film and Television Company three months ago." Through the glass corridors, Wang Shang led them to the deepest part of the special effects department, the output room of the supercomputer.

There are five 61-inch monitors, and three employees are in charge of the supercomputer.

"Bring up data number 3." Wang Shang instructed one of the staff members.

Under the operation of the staff, one of the large monitors quickly lit up and then showed a video.

A forest, dark and quiet, but it is not a common flower, shrub, but a very peculiar plant. There are peacock tail leaves, elephant ear leaves, coral tentacle leaves...... There are all kinds of strange foliage plants, and they all emit a charming and colorful light in the dark night, green, blue, purple, orange, cyan, intertwined, gorgeous, not dazzling.

Fluorescent flying insects flew around the jungle with a rhythm.

The sound of running water, the chirping of insects, and the chirping of some night owls. The whole jungle is filled with a strange beauty.

And at this very moment. A six-legged monster with long tentacles near its ears appeared, with dark skin, green eyes, and a large mouth with cold teeth. Elongated and lanky body. Paddle-like tail. Primate paws ......

It streaked silently through the jungle, silently, like a ghostly assassin. Looking for a target to hunt.

In the minutes that followed, they saw the Hammerhead Thunder Beast, the Heavy Armored Horse, the Death Beast, and the Mother Goddess Tree......

The film was cut for 10 minutes, and after watching it, everyone couldn't help but be shocked by the magnificence of the video clips while seeing the alien creatures depicted in the script.

What they don't know is that the computer-generated images are all at the highest resolution of any movie, and they are still crystal clear at 10 times magnification.

"Let me explain to you here that the 4 billion expenses are really spent on shooting and remuneration of no more than 800 million yuan, and most of the other funds will be invested in special effects and post-production."

For the next three days, the 15 people stayed in the special effects studio, some became students of the special effects artist, learning humbly behind the special effects artist, and some watched with interest as the special effects artist skillfully built the creatures in "Avatar" one by one. There are also people who are very interested in the new generation of 'expression capture technology' in the special effects department.

At noon the day before the start of filming on August 10, they finally reluctantly left the special effects department.

This time, they knew the filming of "Avatar" in their hearts, and they were also full of confidence in "Avatar". And that's exactly what Wang Shang brought them here for.

On August 10th, the crew of Tianwang Film and Television secretly came to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Xiangnan Province, and dozens of buses lined up from the highway into the interior of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and walked into the deep paradise.

The location of "Avatar" was not told to anyone, let alone any media, Wang Shang just wanted to keep a low profile.

The reason why the start-up location is in Zhangjiajie is that, on the one hand, most of the scenery in "Avatar" will come from this mysterious and beautiful scenic spot, and on the other hand, the auspicious place for the start-up set by the 'Feng Shui master' is here.

The person in charge of the scenic spot was happily waiting at the scheduled parking place early in the morning, and this time "Avatar" was able to put a wide range of filming in Zhangjiajie, which made him very happy. Regardless of whether "Avatar" is successful or not, as long as the beautiful scenery in the movie spreads all over the world, the family will earn it.

Therefore, for the arrival of "Avatar", the person in charge of the scenic spot and the entire leadership team are 100 in favor of raising their feet!

Seeing Wang Shang get out of the car, he hurriedly greeted him, with a smile like a chrysanthemum: "Warmly welcome Tianwang Film and Television to guide the work...... Oh no, it's the tour guide......"

It took nearly three hours for the bus to come to the Echo Valley, the place where the worship was started, under the driver of the scenic spot.

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Although the crew wanted to keep it as secret as possible, they were still followed all the way to Xiangnan and Zhangjiajie by reporters with a keen sense of smell. However, when they found the starting point, Wang Shang and the others had already dragged their tired bodies out of Echo Valley, and they pounced.

After the news came out, with an investment of 4 billion yuan, it attracted a lot of tourists to Zhangjiajie at once.

In the days that followed, the tourists did not see the so-called crew or international superstars, but they did see helicopters flying in the sky for several days.

Soon, a professional filmmaker gave an analysis: "This is the crew of "Avatar" grabbing the scenic spots, just like the battlefield magic capital in "Transformers", using computer technology to realize the seamless connection of scenic spots on the computer. Looking at its aerial shooting posture for several days, it should be to put the home of "Avatar" in Zhangjiajie. ”

This ensued various discussions, such as what 'Avatar' meant and whether the movie meant fighting aliens......

And what about Wang Shang? At this time, I was on a helicopter, discussing with several assistant directors the selection of the corresponding shooting spots in the script.

As for the rest of the crew, a large studio the size of two football fields is being built near the exit of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park near the city. And those international superstars are not idle, they are working hard to discuss the script with others.

Everything is in full swing.

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Li Dongsheng is a cinematographer at Hanhai Pictures, and he finished shooting a movie in July, so he took advantage of this time to travel with his family. Yesterday, when his family was still playing in Yuanjiajie, he heard that the crew of "Avatar" was in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, not far away, and was in a kind of psychology of seeing peers, so Li Dongsheng took the family to adjust their goals and went straight to Zhangjiajie Forest Park.

Sure enough, not long after he got on the Bailong Sky Ladder, he heard the huge roar of the helicopter from a distance, and in the upper right corner, he set up his professional camera to point at the helicopter and clicked and filmed. The camera's professional focusing allows him to see the helicopter in the distance clearly.

He saw Wang Shang, and also saw two other foreign directors who were a little kind.

But soon something different caught his eye.

"Hey, this camera ......" The professional sensitivity made him find the camera fixed to the side of the helicopter a little strange.

The camera is too big, three times larger than Li Dongsheng's professional camera for filming, and it is also dual-lensed.

"It's 3D, but why is it so big?" Li Dongsheng is a camera enthusiast, and he thinks he is familiar with all kinds of professional cameras at home and abroad, and he can report the data of any camera.

But this camera, Li Dongsheng has never seen before!

"Could it be a new type of camera newly developed by Tianwang Film and Television??" Thinking of this, Li Dongsheng was excited!! Hurriedly focused the camera on the huge weird camera, adjusted the focus and clicked to shoot quickly.

(To be continued......)