It is precisely because of the different attempts that Hugo has never had a sense of rejection for commercial films, for example, when filming "Life and Death", Hugo experienced unimaginable thrills, and the excitement of being in danger made the adrenaline completely explode, which is still unforgettable; Today, Hugo will experience green screen acting for the first time, which is a completely different challenge.

If Hugo just plans to act casually, this is not a problem, he only needs to show expressions such as worry, surprise, and perseverance according to Roland's requirements, and this is enough, the whole story can be connected in series, and there is no need to worry about any green screen acting at all. For the battle-hardened Hugo, it's simple.

However, Hugo did not want to dedicate a performance that was out of touch with visual effects like "The Wizard of Wonderland", even if "Independence Day" did not give him enough performance space to perform a "gravity", but at least he could act as a guide, allowing all audiences to feel the grandeur and grandeur of the imminent destruction of the earth in "Independence Day".

So, Hugo wanted to do better.

In fact, the so-called green screen acting is not difficult to understand, simply put, it is necessary to have a rich imagination in your mind, and imagine scenes that will not even appear in real life, such as outlining the beautiful elf city in "The Lord of the Rings", such as imagining the turbulent waves in "Pirates of the Caribbean", such as depicting the magnificent space war in "Star Wars......

But this is not Hugo's strong point, Hugo is not an otaku who is keen on comics, nor is he a science man with endless curiosity about science fiction; But Hugo has an advantage, that is, the scenes that others need to imagine are stored in the depths of his memory, and what he needs to do is not to sketch out of thin air, but to awaken the memory pictures in the depths of his mind.

The simple rehearsal just now gave Hugo a preliminary understanding of the entire shooting process and the situation on the scene, and he must now establish a three-dimensional space in his head, place himself and his car in this space, and think about what is directly in front of him, what is on both sides, and what is below, so that he has a clear understanding of the whole pattern.

Hugo closed his eyes and tried to recall what the alien spaceship looked like in "Independence Day"?

Hugo hasn't done this kind of work for a long, long time, when he was filming "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" and "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea", Hugo often recalled how the original actors performed in his memory and what kind of effect the original movie presented, but after that, Hugo gradually groped for his own acting path, and he rarely recalled, because he didn't want to imitate, hoping to get out of his own style.

But today is a different story, Hugo needs to rejuvenate his poor and exhausted sci-fi imagination, and he needs to sketch out in his mind images that ordinary people can't imagine.

How did you feel when you first watched Independence Day? Hugo's eyes were closed, and a dark mind sketched the appearance of the huge alien spaceship, when the huge spaceship came over the city, it could be said to cover the sky and the sun, blocking all the light in the sky, and almost more than a third of a city with a population of tens of millions was shrouded in shadows, making everyone feel as if they were trapped in a cage, unable to see the sun and not see tomorrow.

Hugo clearly remembers that when he watched "Independence Day", he was shocked and amazed by the magnificent visual effects, and the alien spacecraft that was like a big pie was even more impressive, which also appeared clearly in Hugo's mind at this time; In the middle of the war, human fighter jets and alien small fighter jets were mixed together, like a school of sardines, with cannonballs rampant and sparks, so that the blue sky was shrouded in countless black spots, and the original color of the sky could not be seen at all.

After carefully recalling, Hugo found that he originally thought that he was no longer impressed by "Independence Day", but he still left many deep impressions in his mind, including the shock of Steve flying out of Earth and entering outer space to enter the alien mothership for the final mission, which is still vivid.

"Hugo," a call called Hugo's memories, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Sergio standing in front of him, "This is the concept art you want, do you need me to explain it to you?" Sergio held a thick stack of drawings in his hand, and when he saw Hugo nodding, Sergio adjusted his position - neither he nor Hugo were in a position suitable for a long discussion.

At this time, Hugo was sitting in a small closed box to avoid shaking during the flight, and the whole person was stuck in the seat, so he couldn't even complete the simple action of stretching his neck; Sergio, on the other hand, was standing on the wing, leaning on the edge of the cabin, with limited space to stand on his feet, and he had to stand on tiptoe and put his head behind Hugo's left shoulder to explain to Hugo.

"I'm filming 'Ghost Love'!" Sandra, who was passing by, teased and even whistled, which made everyone at the scene laugh, which made Hugo and Sergio both helpless.

Sergio retracted his attention and explained to Hugo, "This is an alien spaceship designed by the computer special effects team according to Roland's requirements, conceptually it should be the size of four football fields, which can cover most of the city......" With Sergio's explanation, the slightly blurred picture in Hugo's mind gradually became clear, especially the whole three-dimensional sense of space came out.

Before re-entering the shooting, Roland looked at Hugo carefully, hesitated, and walked in front of Hugo.

Although Roland has changed his opinion of Hugo now, as the biggest star of the entire crew, Roland knows that Hugo has the ability to interfere with the crew at any time, and no one can stop Hugo. Roland is a director and producer, and it can be said that he is in the most awkward position, and how to get along with Hugo is really a difficult problem. A situation similar to the rehearsal just now is not a matter at all, but Roland really has a hard time controlling the proportions. So, Roland has been thinking about how to communicate with Hugo.

"Hey, Hugo, I know you're not familiar with green screen technology," Roland stood on the wing, carefully sorting out his words, "I mean, you haven't been to a show like this before. Hugo did not interrupt Roland's words this time, but listened with a sincere face, which gave Roland some confidence, "I think, if necessary, I can show you the computer special effects that have been completed so far, so that you can feel the whole picture." ”

Hugo looked at Roland and gestured, "Are you finished?" Roland nodded hurriedly, and Hugo said, "I know it will be more difficult to bring the computer to the studio," It's 1996, not to mention laptops, even ordinary desktop computers have not yet reached a convenient state of movement, "It's better to tell me about your idea, I know that you have a picture of the sub-shot in your mind, as for what the computer special effects look like, just leave a suspense." ”

Roland was stunned and realized that it was a good idea, "No problem, this is the next set of shots......" Roland explained with his hands on his feet, and from time to time Hugo would ask what kind of picture he saw from his point of view, and gradually, Hugo combined the information given to him by Roland and Sergio with the movie picture, which made Hugo's thoughts completely clear.

"Okay, let's jump into the shoot, let's see the results." Hugo took a deep breath and spoke.

Roland looked at Hugo hesitantly, "Are you sure?" Don't need another rehearsal? ”

Hugo shook his head, "It's not a stage play, we can't rehearse to perfection and then go on stage, you know, even a stage play can't be perfect on stage." Just let the camera work, it will allow me to concentrate a little bit. "Hugo knows what the difficulties are, and he knows what he needs to do, so let the actual battle test it.

Roland saw perseverance in Hugo's eyes, recalling the exchange just now and the whole process, although he was still a little worried, he still forced himself to calm down, "No problem, then let's try it." Then, hesitantly, he glanced at Hugo again and turned away from the plane.

"Let's shoot!" As soon as Roland gave the order, the camera began to work.

Sergio's voice came from Hugo's headset, and this time Roland had to be in charge of the whole picture, so the work of controlling the rhythm was given to the assistant director, "Under the city." Sergio's words were simple.

Hugo looked down slightly, and saw that the messy wires on the ground had been cleaned up, and the screwdriver that had just fallen there had also been put away, and now only a piece of green was left, empty green, but in his eyes, there were constantly exploding and collapsing urban high-rise buildings and buildings, and the thick smoke mixed with the scorching flames everywhere was constantly rising, and the bustling Los Angeles looked like hell at this time.

Hugo couldn't help but feel a little unbearable, because he knew very well how much life was lost in front of him, he closed his eyes helplessly, and there was a hint of weakness flashing in those eyes, and after just a blink, he opened his eyes again, and said in a low voice, "I shouldn't have left them." There was a faint layer of water in his eyes, but he exhaled softly, letting the fragility under his eyes quietly hide in his heart.

"Don't worry, big man. I think they must have gone out of town first. The voice of his comrade-in-arms came, Hugo knew that this was not a sad moment, and the slightly frowning eyebrows gradually smoothed out in the ridicule of his comrades, and he knew that the time of battle had come. When he saw the huge alien spaceship in front of him, Hugo did not have any change in expression, but his pupils were slightly open, and the turbulent waves in his heart were clearly displayed.

"Cards!" Roland's voice came clearly, "Good, good!" It's really great! ”