End of December.

On a lake beach at the foot of a mountain somewhere in the Sichuan Basin, more than 100 crew members are busy sitting and preparing for filming.

Gong Li, who was wearing a gray tight T-shirt and black boxer shorts, was warming up by the lake.

After a while, she will go into the water to shoot a scene of swimming ashore from the water.

Before that, the underwater scenes of the return capsule landing on the earth and opening the return capsule and diving under the water were all filmed in the water tank specially used by the space agency to simulate the weightless environment of space for astronauts.

In the whole "Gravity", only the last live shooting scene remains.

It is also the most important scene in the whole film.

Gong Li wants to walk from the water to the shore, which not only shows the evolutionary history of biology, but also alludes to the process of human beings entering space first and then standing.

It can be said that the last shot of "Gravity" is the most quintessential shot of the whole film, and it is also full of film philosophy.

Gravity is an entire film that renders the silence and darkness of space.

The earth is just a grain of sand in the universe, and the human beings living on the earth are not even gravel under the deep and dark behemoth of the universe.

The film emphasizes one thing all the time, and that is the helplessness and insignificance of human beings in the face of space and the universe.

And the earth is the home that truly protects human beings.

The heroine goes through a thousand hardships and dangers, returns from space to the embrace of Mother Earth, and once again recreates the evolutionary history of living beings from the water to the shore, which reminds people of the beginning of life.

While looking up at the sky and exploring the universe, human beings cannot forget the earth that nurtured their civilization under their feet.

"Gravity" hides a broad human proposition while telling a single event, and explores the meaning of life.

It is with such a high intention that "Gravity" can win the Oscar for Best Director.

This is a commercial science fiction movie, the last theme to be seen at the Oscars!

After shooting some of the empty shots that were going to be composited in the post-production later, Wu Yuan waved his hand: "Sister Li, are you ready?" ”

"When we're ready, we'll start shooting!"

Gong Li didn't answer, just turned his back to Wu Yuan and made an OK gesture, and then plunged into the water with a leap and swam happily.

Gong Li's swimming level is very high, but Wu Yuan still prepared several lifeguards in advance to stand by the lake.

Seeing that she swam to the scheduled shooting location and made a backstroke pose facing the sky, Wu Yuan beckoned his rocker arm to focus in her direction.

At a time when there is no professional, movie-level aerial photography drone, if you want to shoot this kind of aerial shot, you can use a rocker arm in the case of a small range, and if the scene is large, you have to directly use a manned helicopter.

When Hollywood was filming "Rush Hour 3", Wu Yuan dispatched a manned helicopter to aerial photography.

"Units ready!"

"Three, two, one!"

"Let's go!"

The rocker arm that is almost close to the surface of the water is precisely aimed at Gong Li.

In the picture, Gong Li, who was facing the sky on his back, took a few breaths, turned around and swam towards the shore with all his might.

Suddenly, and again, she gasped violently, and gradually tried to get closer to the mudflats on the shore.

"Uh-hoo." Astronauts who have just returned to Earth from space will not be able to adapt to gravity for a while and a half, and they will not be able to stand up at all when they are weak.

Even when she reached the shore, she could only rely on her elbows to prop up the soft mudflats again and again, and move prostrate to the shore.

Finally, moving to the junction of the water surface and the tidal flat, Gong Li lost his strength and crawled completely on the wet muddy ground.

Her face showed a smile for the rest of her life, and her hand fell on the dirt, and she grabbed a handful of moist dirt hard, and her face seemed to cry and smile, as if she was rejoicing.

Wu Yuan, who was behind the monitor, clenched the walkie-talkie hard and praised it in a low voice.

Gong Li is worthy of being Gong Li, and his acting skills are really speechless.

No actress in domestic entertainment can play her so effectively.

On the monitor, Gong Li's performance continued.

She kissed the muddy red earth sincerely and whispered a thank you.

This thank you is a thank you to Mother Earth.

It's a long shot, a long shot that needs to be revisited.

Gong Li comforted himself "It's okay" and "It's okay", and stood up from the beach trembling and with difficulty.

She was like a baby who had just learned to walk, toddler, staggering step by step.

The picture is frozen in Gong Li's back.

"Good, perfect!"

"Sister Li's acting is fantastic!"

Wu Yuan picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted excitedly: "I announce that "Gravity" has been filmed so far!" ”

The crew burst into cheers.

Gong Li, who was still walking tremblingly just now, was immediately resurrected with full blood, and walked to Wu Yuan's side in three steps and two steps, "Director Wu, it's finally finished." ”

"This drama is really difficult to film, the most difficult movie I have ever made in my life, even more difficult than "Red Sorghum"!"

Wu Yuan squinted at her and said with a smile: "But the shooting is very cool, isn't it?" ”

"Gravity" is really a very big challenge for Gong Li, and the whole movie is almost entirely supported by her performance alone.

It can be said that all the burdens are on her, and the quality of her performance directly determines the success or failure of this movie.

Fortunately, she survived and handed over an answer sheet that Wu Yuan was very satisfied with.

In terms of performance effect, Gong Li is not lost to the original heroine at all!

After receiving the flowers from the drama manager, Wu Yuan personally sent them to Gong Li's arms, and thanked him with a smile: "Sister Li, thank you for being willing to appear in this movie." ”

"There are so many actresses in China, and only you are qualified for this role."

"Good work."

"In the evening, all the crew members gathered in a five-star hotel and had a big meal!"

In the last sentence, he said it to all the crew.

may think that this reward is not enough, Wu Yuan also added: "There are also red envelopes to take!" ”

Now, everyone's cheers are more sincere!

After the finale banquet, the crew was disbanded in Sichuan.

Wu Yuan returned to the capital with the contracted staff of the Light and Shadow Era.

These contracted crew members can rest for a few months in the future, and when "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" starts, they will go to the United States with Wu Yuan.

The filming of the first two "Pirates of the Caribbean" has trained more than 30 professional Hollywood-level crew members for Wu Yuan, and this time Wu Yuan plans to bring the old and the new, and then bring 20 old employees and 10 newly recruited employees to the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" for further study.

And he himself plunged headlong into the special effects company upstairs in the era of light and shadow.

The actual filming of "Gravity" is over, and for the production of this film, it is just the beginning.

There are so many special effects shots that need to be used in this movie, so much so that even if it is completed now, it is estimated that it will take a year to make it in the later stage, and the company's special effects company in 2007 will have to be busy making special effects for this movie.

How to do it, Wu Yuan had already discussed with them countless times in the previous preparation stage.

It's just that Wu Yuan has to roughly cut out a finished film first, and then the special effects department can synthesize the CG into it according to the finished film.

Fortunately, the preparation and filming of "Gravity" was much faster than expected.

Originally, Wu Yuan expected to finish filming before March next year, but he didn't expect the preparation and filming to go smoothly, and the movie would be completed before January.

He then had plenty of time to cut the film.

However, before he could start cutting the film, he first received a call from across the country.

“Daniel！ Exploded! "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is a hit! ”

"The box office in the first three days of the weekend was 26.58 million, and it topped the weekly box office champion!"

"Now the Hollywood media say that this movie is a children's version of "The Mummy", which is very suitable for the family to watch the movie together at Christmas!"

"Damn! Daniel, how did you know that this damn fairy tale was going to be a big hit when it's been adapted into a movie? ”

"I take back my previous words, this movie is indeed very good!"

"Hahaha, you may not know that Qin Shi Huang, who made a cameo in the movie, has attracted a lot of attention in Haolaiwu, and many fans have asked on the Internet after watching the movie, who is that handsome oriental man."

"And Crystal, there are also many fans asking on the Internet who that beautiful oriental woman is."

"When they learned that it was you who played Qin Shi Huang, it was unbelievable."

"Your screen debut turned out to be fantastic, and Fox jokingly sent in an inquiry if you would be interested in being an actor and starring in their new film."

Listening to the output of the John speaker on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan interrupted him a little speechlessly: "John, I'm not interested in changing careers to become an actor, let's talk about something serious." ”

""Night at the Museum" opened so well at the box office, Fox will do its best to run the overseas release of this film, right?"

"Of course!" John affirmed: "Fox is already talking, including Huaxia, most countries in the world will introduce this movie. ”

"After all, this is a movie that combines comedy, fantasy, family and action, and it's very family-friendly, and any country can eat this set!"

Hearing this, Wu Yuan's heart was on the ground, and he was afraid that Fox would dislike him for only half of the investment and not do his best in the global distribution of "Wonderful Night at the Museum".

Fortunately, Fox is clearly not such a short-sighted enterprise.

"That's good, you can help me keep an eye on the box office, I still have something to do in Huaxia, and I will go to the United States in March, and then we will talk about the company's next stage of plans in detail." Wu Yuan finally gave an instruction, and he planned to end the call.

However, John on the other end of the line obviously didn't say anything, and he hurriedly said, "Hey, Daniel, there's something I need to tell you." ”

"I won the film and television adaptation rights of "World War Z".

"Leonardo and Brad Pitt are too tough to play with, and they really want to win this one."

"I had no choice but to raise the offer to $10 million, a figure that Leonardo and Brad Pitt were afraid of, and I won this one."

"Well, when are we going to start working on this project?"

"Don't rush yet." The corners of Wu Yuan's mouth curled, and he said in a relaxed tone: "John, you go buy another movie adaptation right." ”

“What？ Which one? ”

"The Dark Fields, a film that was published in 2001."

I really can't finish writing before 12 o'clock, and there is still a chapter to be sent before 2 o'clock.

(End of chapter)