Hugo's New Year kicked off in a busy situation, and in order to seize the release date of July 4th, "Independence Day" was in full swing. After more than four months, Hugo finally put himself into work again, and it is such a work full of topics and attention, and the reporters are really excited for a while.

It is worth mentioning that the "unstoppable miracle" of Tom Hanks who wrote the script and picked up the guide tube himself also announced the start of production a week after the official start of "Independence Day", and the film also attracted a lot of media attention. Although the movie only invested 2.5 million, the cast is quite worth looking forward to.

The film tells the story of a rock band called "Miracle" in the 60s, who quickly rose from a small town to a nationally famous icon, and then disappeared like a shooting star. The film takes the two-protagonist model and tells the story from the perspective of the drummer in the band, who is the last member to join the miracle, but his talent conflicts with the lead singer.

The role of drummer is played by Tom Everett Scott (Tom), a rookie actor who has previously mixed in the TV industry. everett。 Scott), while the lead vocalist role is played by the glorious keyboardist and guitarist Alfonso Lopez, and the much-anticipated female lead is played by Charlize Theron. In addition, Tom himself made a cameo appearance as the band manager, and it was Liv Taylor (liv) that caused a lot of discussion. Tyler also plays an important role in the film - her father is Steven Taylor, the lead singer of the famous rock band Aerosmith. tyler）。

"Unstoppable miracle" has also been jokingly called this year's "before sunrise" by many media.

However, Hugo did not have time to visit the crew of "The Unstoppable Miracle", because there was almost no break in the filming of "Independence Day".

At this time, Hugo was sitting in the fighter pilot's seat, with a helmet and mask scraped around his neck, and Sergio, who was standing on the side, pointed to a plastic steering wheel in front of Hugo, "Man, at least you've played a NAS airplane game or a racing game, right?" ”

Hugo shrugged his shoulders and said with a look of regret, "I'm not a fan of racing. ”

If you look at it from the outside, the scene becomes very strange, a one-to-one model of a fighter is mounted on an iron shelf, Sergio is standing on the wings of the plane at this time, and Hugo is sitting in the cockpit, but the problem is that Hugo is not an instrument watch at all, just a plastic steering wheel, and there is nothing else.

Such a tin toy looks ridiculous, like the kind of airplane toy that Hugo played with in the children's park when he was a child - they can't control it, the plane is just attached to the iron arm and goes up and down at a certain frequency, as if it were flying; Or maybe it's that coin-operated cockpit game model on the side of the road -- only this one happens to be an airplane.

There was a green background on the ground and behind the plane, but there was nothing else.

Hugo is now filming the fierce scene of fighter jets attacking alien spaceships, this exploration battle wiped out all human fighter planes, only the male protagonist Steve survived, which shows the tragedy of the battle, but in fact, Hugo is sitting in a toy tin box for filming.

This reminded Hugo of the filming of the "Titanic": all of them were filmed in a huge tank - which can be understood as a dirty swimming pool.

"It's really disappointing, I thought it was going to be exciting." Hugo looked at Sergio with a sad expression, which made poor Sergio cry and laugh completely, and asked, "So, what are you expecting?" ”

Hugo patted the plastic steering wheel in front of him, which didn't feel at all, "Man, you can at least give me a real racing wheel so I can feel it." Sergio glared at Hugo helplessly, as if to say, "Or else?" "Hugo smashed it, smashed it, "You know, I filmed 'Speed of Life and Death' before, and all of them were real, including explosions, and I could feel the excitement of being a part of the movie, and the whole filming process was very ...... Uh, it's true. ”

In fact, when filming "Life and Death", although there is no need for acting skills, Hugo does empathize, because the whole atmosphere is filmed on the spot, and the realism is overwhelming.

"Hugo, that's what the 'speed of life and death' wants to create, but we're not." Sergio chuckled, "We need to create a lot of war scenes, explosion scenes, and if we shoot all the physical ones, we need to blow up several Los Angeles without the budget." ”

"I know, I know ......" Hugo was of course well aware that the grandest scene of "Independence Day" was the fall of the city, "but...... Forget it, I mean, all these scenes are made with computer special effects? ”

1994 was a watershed year in Hollywood's development, so why did there be such a debate as "Future Water World" and "Independence Day"? It's not just the salary, it's not just the cost, the most important thing is that the computer special effects technology is gradually maturing, and the super scenes that used to be made by computers have been realized, and the shots that used to cost 10 million to make the lens now only need 5 million to make the shots, which directly gave birth to the birth of super visual effects blockbusters.

"Future Water World" was just a failed experiment, and "Toy Story" as an animated film came out last year and was a success for this reason.

Of course, Hugo knew that in the next decade, computer VFX would develop rapidly, and that it would take 5 million to produce a shot that would take only 1 million or even 500,000 to complete. This is what makes comic book hero movies popular, and scenes like "The Avengers" can't be done at all now.

"No, we used the actual model of the plane...... Sergio pointed to the overall model of Hugo's landline, "As you can see, we built this plane exactly according to the actual situation, and this is the model used by the army." In these delicate parts, there is still a gap in the picture of our computerized zuò, so we need a real model. However, in addition, the background of the sky, the explosions, and the battle scenes will be made by computer, and all the green parts in your line of sight will be replaced by computer special effects. ”

At this time, although the computer special effects have been formed, they are still not fully mature, which is also the most successful part of "Independence Day", such amazing special effects were created in 1996, even after fifteen years, it will not be too outdated. Hugo suddenly remembered one thing: the computer special effects for "Independence Day" had been produced since April last year.

"It's just that this qiē is more boring than I imagined." Hugo pouted helplessly.

It's no wonder that Hugo had such an idea, Hugo had also filmed a lot of scenes in the studio before this, but more often it was on location, and many of them went directly to Europe to shoot like "Schindler's List" and "Before Sunrise". But now Hugo is trapped in the studio, performing on a green screen, which is a new experience.

"That's the price of a commercial blockbuster." Sergio shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression that made people laugh, "Back to business, you will first perform according to your own understanding of flying the plane, remember, you have teammates flying together on your side, and we will use the guò headset to indicate the 'flying' situation." ”

This is the shooting of a VFX blockbuster, standing in front of a green screen, empty with nothing, not even anything as a reference, it's a lonely job.

Hugo suddenly remembered Ian McKellen (Ian) who played Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" series. McKellen's off-screen footage, because Gandalf and the short hobbit are having a conversation, in order to shoot the huge difference in height, they can't stand in the same scene to shoot, so every time Gandalf and the hobbit are together, Gandalf performs alone, with a cane next to him, with a picture of the hobbit pasted on it, using this method to help Ian's performance, and finally using green screen technology to put the characters in the same scene.

As a result, Ian felt extremely lonely halfway through the performance, and said helplessly, "Who the hell am I talking to......"

"Independence Day" is really a new endeavor, from start to finish.

"Whew, good, let's try it, rehearse first, I'll find out how it feels, how about it?" Hugo took a deep breath, and although it felt very difficult, Hugo was also a little excited, this was a new experience, unlike any previous work. The experience was not only fresh, but also quite exciting, and it made the whole set look completely different.

"Good!" Sergio also knew Hugo's specialty, and pointed to Hugo's front, "The height of the camera will be parallel to your eyes, shoot a long shot first." After explaining, without waiting for Hugo to answer, he jumped down and made an "OK" gesture to Roland, who was standing behind the monitor.

Roland picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words, but found that there was no response, so he shouted, "Hugo! When Hugo looked at him, he pointed to his walkie-talkie, and Hugo reacted, put on the helmet and blindfold, and placed the walkie-talkie in the helmet, so that during the filming process, the on-site staff could give feedback on the current shooting scene in time, so that Hugo could make a corresponding performance.

Then Roland listened to Hugo's voice on the walkie-talkie, "Rehearse twice first, I'm still a little uncomfortable with the green screen, you go through the process first, let me find out how I feel, how about it?" ”

Roland couldn't help but be stunned, not because of Hugo's unfamiliarity, but because of Hugo's honesty. As the most vocal actor in the United States at the moment, there are not a thousand but eight hundred comments about Hugo's outstanding acting skills, but at this time Hugo said it so honestly, he was not comfortable with the green screen - Roland's walkie-talkie clearly transmitted the news to every staff member around him, which was not only a courage, but also an honesty.

This is Roland's first impression of Hugo after the start-up.

"No problem, let's skip the camera and go through it first." Roland picked up the walkie-talkie and said calmly.