The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 108 Special Effects Shot
Chen Jingxing didn't intend to pay attention to Zhang Weiping's touching porcelain.

Maybe this person is looking forward to his public rebuttal on the Internet, after all, this guy should have seen the enthusiasm brought about by Chen Jingxing's refusing rumors on Weibo and slapping Wu Tingxuan in the face.

Moreover, when Zhang Weiping was angry with Chen Jingxing, it would be too blunt to forcefully pull out his own movie, so he was probably still looking forward to Chen Jingxing's tough fight back to be able to bring his movie.

For example, "Instead of worrying about me, Mr. Zhang Weiping should care more about the box office of his own movies. Criticizing other people's movies will not make his own works more popular."

Or "Since you are so pessimistic about the signal, let me make a bet with Mr. Zhang Weiping to see which of our movies has the higher box office? The loser..."

Would he do that?

Of course it's impossible, Zhang Weiping didn't pay him a fee, anyway, with Wu Tingxuan's fans, "Signal" won't lack popularity even during the filming process, why should he give Zhang Weiping a shot?

Even if he wants to reply, he will only wait until "The White-haired Witch" hits the box office.

As for the doubts and worries of a small number of viewers and fans about Chen Jingxing's new film, he has nothing to do.

If Chen Jingxing heard that director Hua Guo was going to make a sci-fi film with an investment of hundreds of millions, he would also have doubts.

Because workshop films and industrial films are really two completely different things, no matter how wonderful the low-budget films this filmmaker made before are.

This is why the birth of Xiao Poqiu in the previous life plane brought great shock to many movie fans including him.

It is a whole system that supports a sci-fi blockbuster. Even an award-winning director cannot complete an industrial film without the support of this system.

In fact, in Chen Jingxing's mind, "Signal" and "Source Code" are not really industrial films.

Although it does cost a lot to make.

In particular, the production cost of "Source Code" is estimated to be more than 8000 million, so Zhang Weiping's cost of hundreds of millions is not an exaggeration.

The production cost of "Signal" also reached 5000 million.

In Chen Jingxing's plan, these two movies are standard "special effects stealth" movies, that is, the audience thinks that there are no special effects shots in the movies, but in fact there are special effects shots everywhere.

For example, many environments and street scenes in Huaguo in the 90s in "Signal" had to be completed with green screens.

In the United States, green screen special effects have fully penetrated into the normal production of American dramas. The actors basically do not leave the studio, and many exterior scenes and even street scenes are completed in post-green screen.

In China, in 2014, this is still the top special effects technology in the minds of many industry professionals, and in practice, the green screen is very fake.

Of course, real shooting has the advantages of real shooting. There are many famous directors who can use real shooting without special effects.

The reason why Chen Jingxing used a large number of special effects shots in these two films was also to test the technical ability of the special effects company that he had just invested in, Mo, and secondly, to increase Mo's experience.

Because the movie that Chen Jingxing really wanted to make after "Signal" and "Source Code" was a genuine industrial giant.

Of course, top foreign special effects companies must be invited to participate in the production, but Mo will also undertake part of the work.

It's a bit funny to say, but most of the technological improvements of many domestic special effects companies in recent years have been achieved by outsourcing from foreign special effects companies.

However, most domestic film and television drama production and post-production special effects are in a relationship of mutual confusion.

The producer’s stinginess and even arrears of post-production fees, the cramped post-production cycle, and the extremely unprofessional shooting process caused by the amateur’s knowledge of special effects all forced the post-production special effects company to fool Party A.

And the producers are also very happy with the post-production fooling, so they think that the domestic special effects are at this level, I have tried my best, and the audience can figure it out.

Let me invest more money in the later stage, it is better to save money and hire more traffic stars.

The technical strength of domestic special effects companies cannot be improved at all in the process of Party B fooling Party A and Party A fooling the audience.

Moreover, this vicious circle has even worsened the working environment of the employees of post-production special effects companies, and the brain drain has been serious.

Chen Jingxing didn't have time to wait for the domestic special effects industry to gradually improve through outsourcing, or to wait for technical madmen like Guo Fan or Lu Yang to improve the domestic visual effects level.

He can only choose a special effects company and use demand to artificially promote the improvement of its technical capabilities.

In fact, Hollywood special effects companies are also demand-oriented. The needs of directors promote the improvement of technology, which is an important driving force for the development of special effects companies.

……

Lei Jiayin walked over panting, carrying the blue inflatable man.

"Director, how's it going? Is it okay this time?"

Chen Jingxing played it back again from behind the monitor, touched his chin and said, "Let's do it again, when you are making a choice, you should pause longer, and when you watch this passage, why did your waist suddenly start to straighten?" Get up? You have to pay attention at all times, you are carrying the weight of a person on your back."

The scene that Chen Jingxing is currently filming is that the father played by Lei Jiayin was involved in a warehouse fire incident. In order to save people, he went deep into a more dangerous place in the building. His son's mysterious person said that he made another choice, and his fate of dying in the fire changed.

Of course, the shooting location is not a real warehouse, but a studio.

The difficulty of filming this scene is that Lei Jiayin has to complete the complicated moves, carry a person on his back, speak the lines, and at the same time show the emotions of the characters, especially when the characters struggle and escape when they finally choose the escape route. put all one's eggs in one basket.

Of course, Chen Jingxing has reduced the difficulty for him. It is definitely impossible to complete the filming with a real person on his back. Although Lei Jiayin had gained weight and trained for half a month before the filming, it was far from enough. Elite firefighters Strength cannot be achieved by short-term training.

So what he is carrying on his back is actually a dummy used for "picking blue", and some dangerous actions also use a double, but Lei Jiayin still has to complete this scene.

This is actually not easy.

"Director, let me rest first, I'll drink a bottle of water first." Lei Jiayin slumped on the ground panting.

Luo Chen walked over. Although he didn't have a role in this episode, he still stayed in the studio. After all, filming requires time and waiting, and the studio environment is quite comfortable, with more space than a caravan.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Lei, you're not very strong. You've been panting like this after three times. Fortunately, my sister-in-law didn't come to visit Banha today."

Lei Jiayin said angrily: "Come here again if you have the ability? What can I do with my age? If I am ten years younger, it will not be a problem. You are also a person who is going to be four, don't gloat. "

"...I'm only [-] this year, where did I come from? It's a good thing my fans aren't here, otherwise you wouldn't be able to leave the studio gate."

(End of this chapter)