When Donde appeared in front of Rob, he found that the three of them were indeed frowning and meditating.

"Director, Don De said he had an idea." Seeing this, Colleen shouted directly, and then pushed Tang De to the front.

"What?" Dieng raised an eyebrow, his expression a little surprised.

Rob clapped his hands: "Really? I was just about to ask you, you had long shots in the music video you shot for Nelly before, so you are very good at this? ”

Before recommending Tang De into the group, of course, let the director take a look at the level of photography.

Rob decided to let him join after seeing Donde's music video for Kylie and Nelly.

As for Avril's new song later?

It's a pity that they've been busy preparing for Chicago for the past few months, and they've been so engrossed in it that they don't have time to get to know the music scene and the amazing music video that was put on the altar.

"Yes, I have some ideas, but I also want to hear the director's original shot scheduling."

"Well, that's right......" Rob told him what he thought.

"My ideal shot would be to follow the back of the nightclub manager all the time, looking for people and passing by men in revealing escorts and suits.

Then the manager and the heroine met here, on the stairs, and then the perspective switched! The camera follows the heroine upstairs and into the room. ”

Rob pointed to the hallways as he spoke, foaming at the mouth as he recounted his arrangements.

"But now it's a pity that the road from the hall to here is very narrow and there are a lot of 270-degree turns. Even if you use your hand, you can't make sure that the lens can move steadily, but it will affect the look and feel because of the trembling. ”

Don De raised his eyebrows, indeed as he said, in the original "Chicago" movie, the opening shot was divided into two lines.

One is the nightclub manager, who walks down the hall in search of the heroine.

One is the heroine, who gets out of the car, meets the manager and enters the room to change clothes.

The two are completely parallel to the shots, with only one scene intersection, which is obviously contrary to the current idea of director Rob, indicating that he did not think of a proper way in the end, and could only choose the parallel shot technique.

However, this problem is not difficult for Tang De here.

"I don't think it's that difficult, there's an easy way to solve the long lens following instability," he said. ”

"How?" Rob perked up and hurriedly asked.

The other two also looked at Donde.

Tang De smiled and waved his hand to fan away the smoke: "It's to turn a long shot into a short shot." ”

Rob didn't understand what Don De meant, and his expression was a little disappointed.

Dion re-picked up his cigarette and snorted coldly, hiding the corners of his mocking mouth.

"I don't understand, do you mean to shoot long shots one by one? But how do you connect this kind of long lens? Art director John shrugged his shoulders and wondered.

Tang De saw the expressions of several people who didn't understand much, and the smile on his face was even stronger.

At this time, of course, they didn't know the effect of this approach, because it was only after the release of "Birdman" in 2014 that everyone learned from its unparalleled long-shot scheduling that the combination of top-notch camera movement and top-notch editing would be realistic.

The method that Tang De is talking about is derived from the long-shot articulation technique in "Birdman", when countless people watched the film frame by frame, just trying to find the connecting nodes from it, but the film relied on excellent cinematography and editing skills to hide these nodes very well.

At first, many people claimed that the film was not edited at all.

Thinking of this, he leaned against the wall and stretched out his hand to explain to those present: "We all know that as long as the picture presented to the audience is visually coherent, it can be regarded as a long shot. But very few filmmakers choose to do this, because it's hard to consider how the two shots connect so imperceptibly ......"

"It's not very difficult, it's very difficult." Dieng directly interrupted Donde's words, extinguished the cigarette and added: "I don't think it's necessary to pursue long shots, and fast switching is also an option, Rob." ”

"yes, I don't think there's any need to force it." Art director John chimed in.

Don shrugged his shoulders, thinking that it was normal for them to think so, the concept of filming movies had always improved over time, and no one would have thought that this thing would be successful until the montage editing technique appeared.

Dion's ideas represent most of the traditional photographers, but as the years progress, there will be more and more things that break the mind.

Fortunately, Rob didn't care about his thoughts, and asked Tang De directly: "Tang De, you go on......"

"But in my opinion, the question is actually quite simple." Donde took off the marker pen on his chest and drew a rough route map on the smooth glass: "Since there are many corners in the corridor, let's divide the whole route into three sections. I've been to the staircase before, and here, from the hall to the first corner, it can be used as the first section. ”

"Then from the corner to the bottom of the stairs as the second section, the third section is the winding corridor."

After deciding on the route, Don put his hands on his chest and pretended to have a camera in front of him: "We only need to use a moving lens, such as a flick lens, at the end and beginning of each paragraph, to make the two shots fit perfectly."

"Because the audience can't tell whether the camera is switching or not in the fast movement, as long as the scene and tone are uniform, we can create the illusion of a long shot!"

"Shhh...... Like, it is......" John was the first to react.

But Dieng retorted, "No, this won't work, Donde. What you're saying is the best case, I've tried to follow the shot, but I can't turn the camera steadily 270 degrees, it's a fantasy. ”

Rob's face suddenly became a little tangled.

Although Colleen didn't understand the camera, when she saw the expressions of several people, she couldn't help but suggest: "Why don't you try it?" ”

Rob closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened them: "Okay, I've already thought of the footage that Don De said, I think I can try." Dieng......"

"Since you don't give up, then I'll try." Dieng shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression: "But Rob, I suggest that you prepare with both hands, otherwise it will be too late to wait until the actors enter the scene." ”

"Yay...... You're right. Rob immediately hesitated again.

But Tang De shook his head and interjected: "Don't bother so much, I will." ”

"Really?" Rob immediately stared at him with wide eyes.

"Of course, I can demonstrate it live." In fact, when he filmed Avril Avril MV before, he tried, but for the sake of the overall plot, he didn't use that picture.

"Quick! Then try it! Rob couldn't wait to take Don De and them to the camera, completely ignoring the face of Dieng, the chief photographer.

With the help of his assistant, Don fixed the camera to his body with a Steadicam stabilizer and stood at the end of the hallway.

"Come, you go up and let Tang De follow." Rob appointed a field officer, and he quickly ran in front of Don De to get ready.

"Good! Get out of the way, and the test shoot begins! ”

As the director's voice fell, Tang De looked at the camera to make sure that the camera would not be deflected, and followed steadily behind the field staff.

The two of them walked all the way down the corridor to the end, and before they came to the stairs, it was also the first node that Tang De said.

Rob watched Tang De's movements nervously, he didn't know if Tang De could do it all at once, but in his heart he felt that it was impossible. Because the corners are cramped on both sides and the staircase is spiraling, the photographer had to turn the camera 270 degrees very quickly.

It's not a 90-degree and 180-degree corner, it's hard to turn at a big angle, and a large stabilizer like Steadicam is hard to use, both weight and inertia hinder the photographer's movement at all times, so failure is normal.

Dieng had tested the shoot many times before.

And of course, Dion himself who had the same idea as him, stood behind the crowd with his arms folded, his expression slightly disdainful.

The biggest difficulty on this section of the road is that the corner floor is marble and slippery. A quick turn with a lot of weight, combined with a tile with insufficient friction, is obvious.

Just like after running at home, it is difficult to stop his body for a moment, he doesn't believe that Tang De can do it in one go, and even if it is not good, he may fall.

But Dieng didn't plan to remind Tang De, just watched silently.

However, when Don De approached the corner and tried to turn around, something unexpected happened.

I saw him directly step on the door frame with his feet, use force with both hands, and with a beautiful and stable flick of his tail, quickly turn the camera to a 180-degree position, and then twist his waist and turn to a 270-degree position again.

The whole process was done in one go, showing Tang De's excellent body control ability.

Rob immediately subconsciously shouted: "Card! ”

After shouting, he was stunned for two seconds, and then quickly ran to Tang De's side: "How is it?" ”

"No problem, director, let's move on to the next one." Tang De held the camera, and after a little breath of breath, he recovered as before, and saw Dion frowning.

"Okay, then let's move on!" Director Rob was very happy.

It didn't take long for Tang De to finish shooting the two scenes.

Because it was a test shot, a digital camera was used instead of film, so there was no need to develop the film.

After Tang De and the post-production staff made a simple rough cut on the scene, Rob and other crew members immediately came over to watch, waiting to see the final effect.

Dieng was among them, but his face remained tense and serious.

"Buzz!" The screen lit up, and the back of the field clerk suddenly appeared in it, trotting forward, and the camera followed his footsteps and slowly moved up.

Tang De's shots are extremely smooth, and there is no lag in the field affairs, even if it is shaking, it is controlled in the comfort zone that does not affect the viewing.

And when the field officer came to the end of the corridor and turned, the camera also turned silkily with it, and the blurred effect of rapid horizontal movement appeared. In the next second, the 270-degree rotation was completed, and the figure of the field service descending the stairs was connected.

“oh，my god！” Director Rob exclaimed!

Thanks to dgb for the tip

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