The Hermes spacecraft in the original movie was designed with a lot of reference from NASA, at least more than 95% of the things in it are real and credible, and Li Mu also spent a lot of time, so he picked up all the details of the Hermes in the original movie in his mind, and he originally wanted to put it in front of the expert consultants of the Huaxia Space Center and NASA.

"Look, my spaceship designed by a director who makes a movie is okay, right? You don't care how much the real feasibility is, at least it looks pretty bluffing, right? ”

The result was somewhat unexpected by Li Mu, and the consultants on both sides didn't think Li Mu was very powerful, but they both felt that the other party was really powerful.

The consultant sent by the Huaxia Space Center quietly said to Li Mu: "Director Li, you said that the Americans' aerospace heritage is indeed profound, just shoot a movie, look at the drawings they helped draw, many of the details involved are very rigorous, and even have a certain enlightening effect on us professional astronauts, many things are at least theoretically feasible, rare!" ”

Li Mu: "Actually, I drew this drawing. ”

The consultant nodded: "Director Li has a strong drawing ability, but the advice provided by NASA is also very important. ”

Li Mu is a director, how can he understand this aspect of aerospace? It's no wonder that Huaxia Aerospace's consultants feel that the main credit goes to NASA's side.

In fact, Li Mu wanted to say: "I'm not only responsible for drawing, this big frame is simply designed by me?" ”

But he didn't bother to explain.

In the end, the experts of the space center did not forget to praise Li Mu twice:

"Before I came, I couldn't have imagined that a filmmaker like Director Li would be able to prepare for a science fiction movie to such an extent! Amazing! Last year's "Gravity" was a sensation all over the world, and it was well deserved. ”

Li Mu: "Uh-huh......"

Then advisers from the United States, that is, former NASA staffers, also came to praise their peers:

"Director Li, your astronauts in China are very professional, and the design of this Zhurong is at least 80% more authentic and credible, and it can be seen that your country's aerospace industry has cultivated a lot of talents, and the future development prospects will be very good. The hard thing is that they will be so supportive of the filming of this film, these things must consume a lot of their energy. ”

Li Muxin said: "I painted, I, Li Mu, painted!" I studied the video in my mind frame by frame, and drew it one by one! ”

After taking everyone to visit the Zhurong, the group returned to the main studio again.

The main studio is 20 meters high, with a single area of 12,000 square meters, and the interior is completely built on the surface of Mars, where a full-size human center is placed, and even the rover can be started.

A large green screen was placed around the perimeter, and five Arrimax 18K and 12K HMI Par lamps and diffusers were used to simulate the sun, so that there was only one shadow on the scene.

The green screen was only used to add CG mountains in the distance, as well as panorama footage shot in Ganjuku during the preparatory stage.

This is much more realistic than shooting in front of a green screen, and of course Gansu's research team contributed a lot, including the color palette of the desert, the landscape, the lighting effects, etc.

In order to make the film look more realistic, it is necessary to build the real scene as much as possible.

Most of the Martian location scenes in "The Martian" will be filmed in the Gansu area of China, especially the scene where the protagonist drives the Mars rover, which is very difficult to shoot in the studio.

But just because you're trying to build a live location doesn't mean you're not going to have any advantages in a studio, and you have something to offer and some things can only be done in a studio.

Andy Lau plays an elderly astronaut in the movie, and after visiting the "Zhurong" spacecraft built by the crew and the Martian surface set of the main studio, he couldn't help but sigh in Mandarin that is not too standard: "It's the first time I've seen someone make a movie and make such a big battle, it's amazing, I'm not exaggerating at all, I'm a little dumbfounded today." ”

Jiang Wen echoed: "Now our group of people is like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden, dazzled. ”

Gong Li held Liu Yifei's hand, leaned into her ear and whispered: "You are a very powerful man, and it is good for you, you are the most blessed among actresses." ”

At this time, photographer Zhao Fei came over and said: "Director, the lights have all been arranged, and the simulation effect is good." ”

Li Mu nodded and asked, "What is the height?" ”

Zhao Fei said: "Half past nine to half past eleven." ”

Li Mu said: "Go and see." ”

After speaking, Zhao Fei led the way, and Li Mu followed to check the lighting effect.

Several other people were puzzled by what they heard, and assistant director Zhou Xiaowen explained: "When making a shooting plan before the start of filming, the director insisted on shooting the scenes in the studio first, and then filming the live scenes of Gansu. ”

"At that time, the director said that the height of our studio is 20 meters, which is already very high, but this height still cannot simulate the height of the sun on Mars all day."

"The director is right, the height of the studio is limited, and the height of the sun that can be simulated is limited. At that time, the director estimated that the 20-meter studio could simulate the height of the sun from more than 9 o'clock to more than 11 o'clock, if the exterior was shot first, the height of the sun was not planned in advance, and the time that could not be simulated in the studio was shot, and the pictures, plots, and lighting effects shot on both sides could not be connected, then it would be very troublesome in the later stage. ”

"Now it seems that the director is completely right, the height of the sun can be completed from 9:30 to 11:30 in the studio, so I will work backwards, and when we go to Gansu to shoot the exterior, we will only complete the shooting within this point in time."

Jiang Wen understood what the assistant director said, although others didn't understand what this meant, but it was not the point to understand it, and everyone didn't need to understand, everyone just knew that Director Li was very powerful and careful.

The preparations of various departments are almost complete, and several actors are also wearing spacesuits under the guidance of the assistant director, and when the actors hold the space helmets in their hands, many people are amazed.

Because all the helmets in everyone's hands are without face shields.

Although these actors have never seen real spacesuits, they have seen a lot in film and television dramas, how can there be no mask in the aerospace helmet? No mask hangs on Mars and doesn't hang in minutes? Everyone has seen "Total Recall" starring Schwarzenegger, and human beings will have their eyes burst when they are directly exposed to Mars.

Gong Li put on the helmet without a mask, and then explained to the others: "The mask needs to be synthesized in post, and the glass is easy to cause reflection, so there is no way to carry out detailed lighting, and it is easy to cause the phenomenon that the actor's expression cannot be seen at all, so the mask is filmed using post-compositing." ”

She wore a helmet without a mask during the filming of Gravity, so she knew why.

When several actors were wearing spacesuits, Li Mu came back to give everyone a few simple words.

"Has anyone here had surgery under a non-general anesthetic?"

Several actors looked at each other and didn't react, but some staff members nodded.

Li Mu continued: "If you have had non-general anesthesia surgery, you should know that the doctor will chat when doing some difficult surgery, and your stomach may have been pulled open one, two, three or four...... There is a gastric tube inserted, and they are discussing what to eat at noon while the operation is being operated: back to the pot meat, chopped pepper fish head, ......"

"It is said that this helps to relieve the patient's nervousness, but if the whole procedure is very serious, it is easy to make the patient nervous and depressed, which is not conducive to the operation of the operation. Doing so can also help doctors regulate their emotions, which in turn helps them concentrate. ”

"You're going to find out later that the doctors are doing difficult general surgeries, Mars is 200 million kilometers away from the Earth, and working on an alien planet 200 million kilometers away from Earth's home is bound to be highly stressed, so you will chat with the team members when collecting Mars samples to relieve stress."

"But just as doctors don't talk when they encounter critical steps or difficulties, you also have to be serious and meticulous when you encounter difficult collection steps. You are the astronauts selected by the country, the elite of the elite, and you must let the audience see that you are ordinary people, but also let the audience see your professional side. ”

Everyone nodded as they listened.

"Understood."

"The more nervous you are, the more you will say something to relieve stress, and that's true."

"I know Director Li."

After the actors were dressed, the assistant director of the scene directed the actors to rehearse a few times, and when Li Mu saw that the effect was almost over, he nodded to the assistant director next to him, and the assistant director picked up the horn and began to clear the scene.

"How's your doing?"

"Well, the grains in blocks 14 to 18 are very coarse, and at 29, the grains here are much finer."

……

Several astronauts collect Martian soil samples on the surface of Mars, and everyone chats like normal colleagues as they work. I can see that we have a very good relationship, and we will make jokes with each other that only very good friends would make.

The male protagonist played by Jiang Wen will joke about the commander of the Zhurong, and the system operator, that is, the character played by Liu Yifei, will smile and ask the commander Gong Li if he wants to turn off Jiang Wen's microphone.

Commander Gong Li: "Shut him up!" ”

Jiang Wen: "Hey, keeping communication is the commander's ......"

Mike was choked off, and Jiang Wen stood up and spread his hands, as if to say, "What's the situation?" Is this really pinching? ”

"Click!"

Li Mu looked back at the content just filmed, there was no problem with the reports of each group, Li Mu picked up the microphone: "Yes, the first one has passed!" ”

When preparing for the next scene, the consultant of the Huaxia Space Center came over very responsibly to remind Li Mu, saying that according to the atmospheric pressure of Mars, theoretically there would not be such a powerful storm at all.

The consultant apparently also knows what to shoot today.

Li Muyan explained to the consultant a little helplessly: "Scientifically speaking, yes, the Martian storm that caused the whole story is actually not reasonable, the atmospheric pressure of Mars is less than one percent of the earth, and theoretically it is not that powerful at all, but I need a reason why the team members must leave urgently, and the big storm that is enough to wipe out all the team members is the most acceptable reason for ordinary viewers." ”

Of course, it is impossible for Li Mu not to know such an obvious bug, and it is also impossible for the original director with the full support of NASA not to know, but in the end, the original movie was still shot like this, why?

Because otherwise, it's hard to explain the fact that everyone left urgently without finding the protagonist's body.

The next scene is before the storm, and the focus of this scene is on Liu Yifei.

The system operator who stayed inside the rocket on standby, that is, Liu Yifei, found that the system warned that a big storm was coming. Liu Yifei hurriedly reported the situation to Gong Li, the commander who was leading the team to collect Martian samples, and Gong Li and the others had to temporarily terminate their work and return to the inside of the rocket.

“action！”

Liu Yifei looked at the screen in front of him.

"We have a mission update, Storm Warning."

"Commander, you need to come back, there's a situation."

……

"Click!"

Li Mu shouted: "Yes, it's already very good, but the people who play opposite you are Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Hu Jun, and Andy Lau, and your performance is still different from them, let's do it again." ”

Liu Yifei nodded.

Li Mugang is telling the truth, Liu Yifei's acting skills have actually improved a lot over the years, who has she cooperated with since she started with Li Mu?

Marion Cotillard – Oscar-winning actress.

Tom Hanks - Oscar-winning actor, or three-time actor!

Gong Li - Oscar-winning actress.

Yang Ziqiong - the future Oscar-winning actress.

Ken Watanabe - RB actor.

Michael Caine - Won two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, and has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor many times.

The actors who cooperate with her are all good actors, and the crews participating in them are also good crews, and Li Mu is more careful with her than others, in addition to patiently talking about the drama during filming, she often gives her more time to figure it out, after such a long time, Liu Yifei's acting skills have indeed improved significantly.

Especially when filming action scenes, such as "The Hunger Games", which is waiting for release, Liu Yifei's performance is remarkable.

But when it comes to this kind of pure literary drama, Liu Yifei still has some shortcomings, especially when compared with Gong Li, Jiang Wen, and Hu Jun.

I prepared it for a while and took it a second time.

Liu Yifei's performance this time was much stronger than the first time, so Li Mu gave this one.

The next scene is the scene of the storm, this scene has been prepared for a long time, Li Mu asked Jiang Wen to tell everyone about the play, Jiang Wen began to refuse, Li Mu sincerely persuaded a few more times, and Jiang Wen accepted it happily.

Li Mu also happened to observe Jiang Wen's directing style, and by the way, he studied and secretly learned.

In this life, Li Mu won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture, and the global box office can wrestle with a world-class director like James Cameron, it seems that he is much more awesome than Director Jiang Wen.

But Li Mu won't be at all.

In his previous life, when he didn't have a golden finger, he knew how he was mixed up.

At least it is not as good as Director Jiang Wen in his previous life.

Will Director Jiang Wen be terminated and replaced by the management because he said a few words about the heroine?

Impossible, right?

So even though today's Li Mu is already one of the world's top directors, and the total box office is billions of dollars, he can still humbly learn the advantages of those who seem to be far inferior to him.

And this attitude of his can often make others awe-inspired.

When everything is ready, the crew moves on to the next scene.

In the next scene, there is a scene where the actor is smashed and flying, so Jiang Wen has to tie a tightrope to his body.

(End of chapter)