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"Director, the drone is being adjusted."

"It may not be that fast, but it should be about the same tomorrow morning."

The camera assistant hurriedly ran over and stood in front of Su Chen and said.

Of course, he can stand in the distance and use the walkie-talkie to go back to the morning, but if that happens, it seems disrespectful to the director.

The current Su Chen, don't look young, but in fact, his prestige in the entire crew is still very high.

"Why don't you have to debug it until tomorrow morning?"

"Because of the battery power problem, and the fact that this drone is specially customized by us, it ...... That's why it's a little bit more difficult to control the weight of the drone."

"If we need to shoot a scene, then of course it's fine."

"But if it's time to shoot, if you don't have enough power to recharge it after a few times, it will take another 1~2 hours."

This scene is mainly based on drone shooting, after all, filming a fast-moving broken pickup truck in the cornfield, if the cameraman follows up and comes out, he is afraid that he will be scratched by the corn blades next to him.

Huang Lei also walked over.

In this period of 12 years, a large number of drones are used for shooting, which is still relatively new in China.

Most of the drones after that were eight-axis, and even six-axis were rare.

And if you want to shoot 4K image quality, it means that the weight of the drone itself, plus the weight of the camera and camera, can not bear it.

Because after all, it's played on the big screen.

If a drone wants to carry a lightweight camera to shoot, it will definitely not be as good as a professional cinematic camera.

When the time comes, the footage will be blurry when you put it on the top of the movie theater.

One second it's still HD, the next second it starts to blur, and then when you switch to the close range of the character, it becomes HD again, which is ugly.

Released in 2014, Han Han's movie "After the End" is also a road movie.

This movie has this problem.

An aerial shot, the picture is a batch of paste.

……

Su Chen pondered for a moment.

"Where's the drone crew? Take me over and have a look."

A few people passed by the nearby crew team that was busy before and after, and walked in the direction of the drone team.

This is the filming site.

At the moment, the main people working are the props team or the workers who build the scene.

The actors and other actors are resting in the hotel now, and when there is no announcement, they don't come to the scene.

About ten minutes later, Su Chen walked to the side, in a small factory specially built for the drone team.

"Director!"

"Good ...... director"

After Su Chen said hello, he stared at a total of seven or eight drones on the ground.

The drones of this period are not like the DJI drones we saw later, not even the style of the aircraft, but more like spider legs.

On each leg, carry a propeller.

In the middle is the stabilizer, because after the drone goes into the sky, it encounters air currents, and if there is no stabilizer, the captured picture will not be used at all.

Su Chen frowned and asked, "How is it?" Is there a problem with tomorrow's shoot?"

The leader of the drone group was sweating profusely.

….

"Director, there may be a problem."

"Because since yesterday, our drones have been trying to fly with cameras."

"A camera was broken, and the drone was scrapped."

Su Chen nodded.

You must know that the price of such a drone is now at least 80,000 on the market, and the camera is 150,000, plus a wide-angle lens, the total price of this loss is about 250,000.

"What's the reason for that?"

"Because of the wind.

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The team leader said: "We can't say that it is the cause of the wind, the camera lens is too heavy, the stress point is not easy to find, and the load bearing of the drone is not high, even if we find the stress point on the ground, once we fly into the air and encounter the wind."

"Once the force is uneven, the camera will be destroyed immediately."

Su Chen nodded slowly, leaning against the door and pondering.

The team leader continued, "Of course, if this lens is not that important, I would actually recommend that we shoot it with a 2K camera."

"That way, we don't have to solve all of our problems now."

Huang Lei also looked at Su Chen, and he also felt that this was a good way to solve the problem.

"It's really not good, we can shoot with a rocker arm in the high-altitude shots, and shoot a few more."

"I can find the film and television city in Yinchuan, there are many equipment rental companies there, and it is not a problem to find a 10-meter swingarm."

Su Chen shook his head slowly.

After pondering for a while, he asked a question, "What's the name of our movie?"

"Interstellar......

The team leader looked at Su Chen a little inexplicably, not knowing why the director suddenly asked this.

"Interstellar ......"

Su Chen nodded: "Let's make another movie about interstellar, it's a flying machine, it's a black hole, it's an astronaut, and a space station, we can already try to log in to the second planet, but once it comes to the aerial photography of the drone, it becomes a blurry 2K picture, do you think he is reliable in this matter?"

The leader of the drone group opened his mouth and was speechless.

"Brother Lei, the rocker arm can't do it."

"The swingarm can shoot at a maximum of 30 to 50 meters, but I want a long lens."

"You have to feel free to fly a drone in the sky."

"You can't stop in the middle, because once you stop, this subtle feeling of freedom for the audience will disappear."

Of course, Su Chen didn't mean to scold, he was just talking about things.

"Well, hurry up."

"I'll give you a maximum of until tomorrow morning, and if you can't figure it out, I'll find someone from somewhere else to shoot."

"I have to have a 4K camera."

There were more beads of sweat on the forehead of the leader of the drone group.

He nodded hurriedly.

"Good work."

Su Chen patted him on the shoulder, turned around and left with Huang Lei.

After walking out of the small factory, Su Chen said, "It doesn't seem to be good, you can't drop your hope in one basket."

"I really can't do it, find a way to find a travel company in Dunhuang, rent their helicopter, and then use the helicopter to shoot."

Huang Lei nodded.

He is Su Chen's teacher, and at the same time, he is also an actor who has worked with many groups.

….

Huang Lei knows very well that in fact, the main responsibility of the director is not only to train the actors in filming, but also the most important job.

It's about making choices and solving problems.

Because the drama is composed of 100 people, food, clothing, housing and transportation every day, it is easy to encounter all kinds of problems, these things can be big or small, some things can be solved by the team leaders of various departments, when these team leaders can't solve it, all things will converge, and finally give the director a decision.

As a director, there are many ways to solve a problem.

One is to compromise, and the other is to be resolute and uncompromising.

It seems that Su Chen, a kid who is a director, is this kind of more serious person.

Looking at his current appearance, Huang Lei thought of a great director who was once as famous as Akira Kurosawa in China.

Many young people have never heard of this director's name.

His name is Hu Jinquan.

At that time, he was the same name as Akira Kurosawa as the four major Asian directors.

This introduction may not be clear enough, in another way, when he made a movie, the director

Playing Ang Lee is just a small scene in his crew.

He is Tsui Hark's master, Zhang Aijia's master.

is also Liu Ruoying's teacher.

Under his supervision, Tsui Hark filmed "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and in 1966, when the Shaw Brothers films were not yet established, he had already taken Zheng Peipei to shoot "The Drunken Man".

Sammo Hung and Lin Zhengying were punished by Hu Jinquan for standing and being scolded on the set, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Zuxian and Hu Jinquan will be afraid if they say a word.

And the reason why Hu Jinquan can become a big director on the same level as Akira Kurosawa is that he is very serious when filming.

Another characteristic that is very similar is that they don't care about money.

Hu Jinquan has two examples to illustrate this point when he was filming.

One day, when filming the movie Heroine, Hu Jinquan had a flash of inspiration and said that if the horns sat under the tree and kissed, if the two birds could kiss on the branches above their heads, would this artistic conception be very good?

Other directors may just think about it, but Hu Jinquan just wants this effect.

There weren't such powerful special effects in those days.

It is easy to solve the matter of people kissing their mouths, but the matter of birds kissing their mouths is rare.

So the whole crew stayed under that tree for three whole days.

A male and female actor also stayed under the tree for three days, and finally became an assistant director of the crew, saying that it was okay to put something on the bird's beak and let them peck at each other.

This was a successful shot.

Another example is when Hu Jinquan wanted to take a picture of the reeds.

The requirement is that two heroes compare their internal forces with each other on top of the two towers.

One palm for you, one palm for me.

If it were another director, they might use some very simple blue electric special effects, crackling sparks, and two people palms facing each other to express it.

But the reason why film masters are called masters is because they are more serious.

The reason why science and technology is called internal power is because it is invisible, but what if you want to shoot the existence of internal power in the movie?

Swing with reeds.

The two heroes have a palm.

….

The large reeds under him immediately began to shake according to the palm wind, and the large pieces were dumped, and this time, it was immediately advanced.

So after having this idea, Hu Jinquan decided to rent three plots of land on the spot, plant reeds, and come back to shoot next year.

Just for such a small shot.

It's so real, and now Su Chen has to use aerial photography to shoot the broken pickup truck shuttling in the cornfield, which is exactly the same.

"This kid can't keep it, and he will still be a master in the future."

Huang Lei has been observing Su Chen for more than a year.

Since last year's extreme challenge, he felt that Su Chen seemed to have become extraordinarily determined.

This time there was an opportunity to cooperate, and he also learned from Su Chen.

In the world of adult people, the master is the teacher.

……

Early the next morning.

The sky was just dawning.

Even many actors are still resting in the hotel, because there has been no role for them in the recent period.

Su Chen came back from a morning run outside, he was a little sweaty and a little oily.

"Director, are you starting filming?"

The drone team leader asked, "The equipment here has been adjusted, but the failure rate is very high, so it's a matter of luck."

Su Chen gasped and nodded.

The images are all in his head.

So he didn't panic at all.

"Yes, try to solve this scene in a morning."

Su Chen put on a pale yellow engineer leather jacket, and wore a white shirt, a pair of jeans and worn Martin boots.

The reason why he went for a run just now was because it was in the movie

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The protagonist Moran lives in the middle of the Earth's desertification.

At this time, there was wind and sand everywhere, and after eating, even the bowls on the table were buckled on the table.

So if you get up in the morning and shoot the movie cleanly, it's obviously not a thing that doesn't fit the plot.

He went out for forty minutes, sweating and earthy breath, and he was already relatively close to the character.

The two little actors are also ready.

Grape wears a dark blue jumpsuit-like outfit, while his older brother Mogg wears a plaid shirt with this orange-red jacket over it.

Su Chen squatted in front of the two little actors.

He smiled brightly, "Are you two ready, give us a good start to this movie."

Little Grape's hair is a bit curly.

She also followed Su Chen's example, and smiled with her teeth: "It's ready, Dad!"

"Okay."

Su Chen touched Xiao Grape's hair.

This scene is only for the three of them, so there is no need to bring too many other people.

With Huang Lei helping to stare at the monitor, Su Chen will watch it again after shooting, so it's not a big problem.

The main thing is to hope that the drone can give a little power.

Because once there is a problem with the shooting, then it may be necessary to change a cornfield, and Su Chen can only give the drone team two chances at most.

If both shots fail.

Then the last complete cornfield needs to be photographed by helicopter.

That's the worst possible outcome.

Because if it is a helicopter, the airflow of the spiral clamp will make the cornfield below swing abnormally, and the discerning person will know that it was shot with a helicopter at a glance.

….

In the movie, this is called a goofs that were not filmed.

But it's a play.

The dilapidated pickup truck in front of the three people was specially taken from the second-hand vehicle market by the crew, and the performance is not bad, after all, it is a pickup truck, and it is very durable.

It's just that you need to manually gear up.

On the outside of the pickup truck, a camera rack was set up.

It is used to shoot the conversations of the characters inside through the windows of the car.

……

Huang Bo sat in front of the monitor.

Su Chen did not hesitate to spend money this time, so the monitors and cameras of the director team were connected with unlimited devices.

Otherwise, you always have to change the HD cable, and the end of this cable is very fragile.

For a day, prepare at least three.

With unlimited device connections, it's a lot more convenient.

In the four years from 08 to 12 years, not only the domestic film market is improving, but also the shooting methods and equipment.

Next to the monitor screen, there are four or five drone controllers with nervous faces.

Each of them has a monitor in front of them, which is used to watch the flight path of the drone.

And on the very side, the leader of the drone group is also standing, holding a remote control stick in his hand.

What he wants to operate is the "Oros unmanned aerial vehicle" to appear on camera.

Huang Lei can see from the main monitor that in the picture, not only Su Chen's expression is relaxed, but the expressions of the two children, a younger sister, and an elder brother are also relatively relaxed.

During this time, in order to cultivate feelings, Su Chen and the two of them did not deal with each other.

Especially the small grapes, which can stick to Su Chen.

Others think that Su Chen is the director and will be afraid of him, but Xiao Grape thinks that Su Chen is his father.

The dad in the movie, that's also a dad.

After the cameraman turned on, as soon as Su Chen put in gear, the old pickup truck let out a roar, listening to the sound, it seemed to be a little modified.

The little grapes in the car cheered.

Huang Lei is not in a hurry.

Let the car drive for a while, and then wait for Su Chen and them to grind their state to the best, and then they will naturally start talking.

in the picture.

Su Chen smiled very happily, he held a cup in his hand, and asked his daughter to put the car in gear, and his daughter Mo Fei next to him was also very happy.

On the contrary, the elder brother looked helpless.

"You have to align with the gears."

Mo Fei used his strength to feed, and his little hands turned white in the gear.

"I don't need you to teach me!"

The little girl gritted her teeth and struggled to hang up.

The body shook suddenly, and Su Chen pinched the direction.

Mogg looked at his sister, "How did you do that? Murphy?"

Su Chen took a sip of water and looked calm: "It's not your sister's problem, it's just that the tire burst, Murphy's Law."

Su Chen parked the car.

Got out of the car to check the tires, and the little daughter followed.

On both sides of the gravel road were cornfields more than a man high, neatly arranged, with a patch of green underneath, and yellow wheat at the very top of the corn stalks

Coupled with the early morning sky, the whole tone is very harmonious and comfortable.

The son went to mend the fetus, and Su Chen leaned slowly beside his daughter, and the two of them looked at the cornfield leisurely.

Huang Lei couldn't help but start complaining in front of the monitor.

"If that's the case, why give birth to a son?"

….

"Anyway, if you are born, you will be disliked, so it's good for everyone to have daughters."

He looked sideways at the captain of the drone team: "Aircraft ready, drone ready."

Inside the picture.

Su Chen leaned against his daughter, his face showing a little love.

"What's wrong, Murphy."

Little Grape lowered her head and looked at the tips of her shoes, looking a little aggrieved: "Why did you and your mother give me a bad name."

Su Chen shook his head, "We don't."

"What about Murphy's Law?"

Little Grape looked up at Su Chen, who was twice as tall as him.

Su Chen smiled, got up and took two steps forward, "Murphy's Law doesn't specifically mean that bad things happen."

He walked up to Little Grape, looked into his daughter's eyes, and patiently explained, "Anything that could happen, it would happen."

"Your mother and I think that sounds good."

The father and daughter looked at each other and were about to speak.

Suddenly, a small unmanned plane about three meters long flew past Su Chen's head at a low altitude of about two meters.

Although Su Chen was in the play, he still couldn't help but curse in his heart.

"Damn, who is looking for the drone group, this plane is controlled so far, if you are not careful, if you are two meters lower just now, your head will have to be cut off."

But it's too late to think about it.

Su Chen immediately grabbed his daughter Murphy's shoulder: "Go, go, get in the car!"

After all the three people in the picture got into the car, the drone group next to Huang Lei became nervous.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Four or five eight-rotor drones were originally taking off and hovering in the sky, but at this moment, they rushed forward as if they had found their target.

In Huang Lei's perspective, the old pickup truck walking on the gravel road was bumpy all the way.

In the footage of several drones, a long road with neat cornfields on both sides is lit up, and small drones are gliding at low altitude.

And the pickup truck in the back followed.

The comfort level of the picture is very high.

It's not at all comparable to a rocker arm.

The small drone in front of me glided, and the old pickup truck turned in the same direction, and then rushed into the cornfield.

Sand and dust kicked up.

There is a trace of being crushed by a car in the square cornfield, which is very neat, and it is simply the gospel of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

But Huang Lei was very nervous at the moment.

Because a drone controller suddenly shook his hand, one of the pictures went directly out of control, turning in a circle and falling directly from the sky.

Huang Lei chuckled in his heart.

300,000 gone.

The crew's film equipment and equipment were not bought, they were all rented.

So if it is damaged, just compensate according to the price.

Within a minute, another drone slammed down crookedly.

A total of 600,000, GG in two minutes.

There are also three drones.

These three are guarantees, and if this one can't pass, then even if there is an extra cornfield, it can't be, because the drone can't afford this kind of loss.

If you want to shoot again, you have to wait another six or seven days to transfer drones and drone controllers from Beiping.

Who is waiting for this?

The last two minutes of the frightened heart.

….

Sure enough, whether it is the problem of wind or the problem of load-bearing, it is not something that can be solved artificially by the current shooting technology.

Five drones, all crashed.

But the good news is that the last drone successfully completed the shooting, and the bad news is that this drone is already in a top-heavy state after completing the shooting.

The controller was already twisting back as much as possible, but the drone was still loaded headlong into the small lake in front of it.

Huang Lei doesn't have to shout cards anymore.

After all, all the drones that can shoot are gone.

……

After a while, news came from Su Chen's side.

"The drone can be fished out, and it's okay if the machine breaks, but it's okay if the memory card inside is soaked in water for a short time."

The filming of this scene was completed.

Su Chen returned to the monitor screen and sat down, and there was no problem with the other clips.

After waiting for two hours, a staff member brought over the soaked memory card, and after a final inspection, it was confirmed that it was fine.

Su Chen watched the aerial footage three times before he was sure it could be used!

There was a cheer from the drone crew.

"What's the matter, you're so happy after losing five planes?"

The leader of the drone team shook his head: "Director, because three drones fell in the cornfield, all the fuselages were not damaged, they were hung in mid-air, at most the propellers were broken, that one was worthless, and the lens and camera were fine."

"The real breakdown was the two planes and the cameras, the lenses."

"It is equivalent to a loss of 600,000 yuan, but our team successfully shot an aerial 4K lens for domestic films, which is the first in the country."

Su Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, with this name, it will be more convenient and awesome for you to take over the job in the future."

"Haha, the most awesome thing is that you gave us this opportunity to participate in the filming of this movie."

The leader of the drone team smiled: "To tell you the truth, apart from Zhang Yimou, I really haven't seen anyone who doesn't care about money like you."

……

After the filming of this scene was completed.

Su Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, there are still many scenes on the cornfield side, and being able to shoot what is to be shot when only one cornfield is destroyed means that there is more room for trial and error in other shots in the future.

None of the movies have any smooth sailing.

Zhou Xingxing has a sentence that Su Chen recognizes.

He said that when the crew was filming the movie, this detail should be done a little bit, and that detail should be done a little bit, and after the movie comes out, the overall effect will be much better.

So in Su Chen's opinion, he is not in a hurry for time.

Every shot must be highly consistent with his thoughts.

……

In the next month, in almost every scene, Su Chen would rather delay it for another day than settle for a moment.

But in this way, the actors of the entire crew were tortured by Su Chen.

The reason why there was no quarrel or dispute was that Su Chen not only tortured all the actors, but he also tortured himself like this.

That's not enough.

But in this way, it originally took a month and a half to shoot the cycle, but the crew of "Interstellar" spent two months in Wuwei.

The total cost of filming has burned more than 50 million.

And Xiao Yang and the special effects technicians, the money in the studio built by Huairou has not yet begun to be calculated.

The scenes on Earth have basically been filmed, and the next thing is when they really start burning money.

As soon as the scene here ended, there was almost no hesitation.

Su Chen immediately took the crew of No. 120 and returned to Beiping by plane.

In two months, the progress of the studio has been completed, and there is even extra time to wait for Su Chen's real shooting team for a few days.

Xiao Yang's first words after receiving Su Chen were.

"Brother Chen, if you don't count how much money you spend, I'm sure that the design, structure, and technical comprehensiveness of our special effects studio are at least ten years ahead of other special effects studios in China!"

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