Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 1010 Altitude sickness
Early the next morning, Chen Hao tightened his clothes as soon as he left the hotel. Although February is not the coldest month in Canada, the temperature is usually below zero.

Fortunately, there is no underwater scene here, otherwise the actors will feel even more uncomfortable.

When I go to Iceland in the middle and later stages of the filming, the temperature there will be lower, and the locations where the scenes are shot are all glacier areas, where there are often strong winds, and there is a high possibility of hypothermia.

Chen Hao remembered reading a piece of news in his previous life that a marathon was held in one place, but he did not pay attention to the weather, which resulted in the death of many marathon runners due to hypothermia!

It can be seen that hypothermia is quite terrifying, of course, it is all in the case of being unprepared.

The production team has already made sufficient preparations for filming in Iceland, and has made detailed preparations for hypothermia, so there is no need to worry about accidents.

And Chen Hao chose to shoot the Canadian scenes first because of this part of his consideration. By the time the filming here is over, it will almost be mid-March, and the temperature in Iceland will rise a bit.

Chen Hao looked at Alberta outside the window and smiled. This is not the first time he has come here. The scene of the snow mountain bunker in "Inception" was filmed here.

Alberta, Canada is on the left side of the Canadian Rockies, on the right side of the prairie, and has special landscapes such as Lake Louise and the Columbia Icefield, which has attracted many film crews to come here for filming.

Films including "Bourne Shadow 3", "Brokeback Mountain", "The Burning Years", "Dances with Wolves", "Unforgiven", "Inconsistent", "Shanghai Noon", "The Fugitive" and other films are all in Albert Tasmania has filmed the scene.

At the same time, it is the only province in Canada that does not collect provincial taxes, so it has always been a tourist destination that tourists yearn for, and it is also popular with the crew.

There are many filming locations in Alberta, including Calgary, Canmore, Okotoks, Fort McLeod, Nanton and so on.

After arriving at the crew, Chen Hao approached Du Jie and Wen Muye to ask about the crew's preparations.

"How is the IMAX camera doing?" Chen Hao asked.

Du Jie laughed and said, "It's almost there, hehe!"

Chen Hao used 35mm and 70mm film combined with IMAX technology to shoot "Interstellar" this time. After the production is completed, the released copies will also be in 35mm, 70mm and IMAX film formats.

Normal filming in the mainland uses 35mm film, which is suitable for 2D large screens. As for 3D, it is generally post-converted.

Of course, as 3D has been popular all over the world for many years, now there are many shootings directly using 3D cameras, but relatively few in the Mainland.

As for the use of IMAX, it is even rarer. Except for the special high-definition shooting requirements, basically they will not use it, after all, the price is too high.

With the same effect, everyone is naturally willing to use a low-cost method.

Therefore, there are basically no opportunities for mainland photographers to use IMAX cameras to shoot. Du Jie followed Chen Hao to have the opportunity to use this kind of IMAX cameras.

"That's good!" Chen Hao nodded and said, "Then you continue to do it, and the lights in the room will be dimmed later."

"Don't worry, Xiaoyi." Du Jie nodded.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, and then led Wen Muye to look around.

Looking up at the 500-acre cornfield in front of him, Chen Hao said, "Is the corn planted deep enough? Will it be blown down by the strong wind?"

"No." Wen Muye said, "We 'planted' very deep, and we used all the hair dryers to blow through them at full power. Basically, they didn't fall down, so it shouldn't affect the shooting."

"That's good!" Chen Hao said after hearing this, and then entered the place where he was about to shoot, the home of the hero in the film, a single-family hut in a large cornfield.

The whole crew is busy, the photographer is busy setting up the camera track, and the lighting engineer is adjusting the light intensity.

"Go ahead, the filming will start soon!" Chen Hao waved his hands quickly when everyone saw him wanting to get up to say hello.

After hearing the words, everyone continued their preparations.

Chen Hao saw Zhao Jinmai who was chanting with his eyes closed, walked over and asked, "How are you getting ready?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jinmai immediately opened his eyes, stood up and said, "Sure, ready!"

Chen Hao saw Zhao Jinmai's nervousness and smiled, "Don't worry, it's the same as you used to make TV dramas, just perform normally, it's not too difficult."

"Hmm!" Zhao Jinmai nodded emphatically upon hearing the words.

The filming is about to begin with the rival scene between Matthew McConaughey and Zhao Jinmai. As the first scene of the film, everyone hopes to get off to a good start.

Zhao Jinmai naturally also knows the reason for a good start, and it is the first time to act in Chen Hao's movie, so it is inevitable that he will be a little nervous.

"How is your English?" Chen Hao asked.

"A little bit, but I've memorized all the lines, mine and Matthew's." Zhao Jinmai replied.

In order not to make mistakes, Zhao Jinmai could only memorize the lines of the two of them, because Matthew's American English speaks fast, and the lines are more colloquial, which is not consistent with the content taught in China.

After memorizing it, even if I didn't understand it, I still knew where it was said, so that Zhao Jinmai could act better with confidence.

"Well, but, like this." Chen Hao looked at Damei Tang on the other side and said, "Tang Tang, come and help Jin Mai to answer the words."

"Okay!" Dameitang ran over with a smile when he heard this.

For Zhao Jinmai, Dameitang is still willing to take care of him, after all, it belongs to a company, and of course the most important thing is that he is only about 10 years old, so there is no threat.

Chen Hao then saw Matthew McConaughey running, "Feel cold?"

"A little bit!" Matthew heard the words, "But when we shoot later, don't you need to sweat on your head? It's more natural for me to sweat after running."

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this. At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist dreamed that he had an accident in a plane many years ago, and broke out in a cold sweat. He could have just put on makeup and sprinkled some water.

But such real sweating is undoubtedly better and more real.

"Very good!" Chen Hao nodded, "But this is a plateau as high as a thousand meters above sea level, so take it easy, don't suffer from hypoxia and feel unwell."

"Don't worry, I lived on the plateau." Matthew laughed, "I won't joke about my body and the crew's time."

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this, and then walked away.

At this time, the crew has already spread a layer of sand on the whole house, because the future sandstorm in the film is extremely serious, and everyone's house is full of sand.

After laying the pavement, you need to blow it with a large hair dryer, which is more in line with the perennial wind blowing scene, instead of being sprinkled temporarily, which is very fake.

After 20 minutes, Wen Muye reported that everything was ready, Chen Hao stood up from behind the monitor, holding a loudspeaker and said, "The first scene will be filmed soon, everyone must concentrate, let's have a good start! "

"it is good!"

"OK, director!"

"no problem."

……

After hearing everyone's responses, Chen Hao sat down and winked at Wen Muye.

Immediately, Wen Muye also picked up the loudspeaker and said, "Everyone pay attention, everyone pay attention, the shooting will start immediately, keep quiet! Each department will confirm again at the end!"

"photography?"

"Ready!"

"light?"

"Everything is ready!"

"recording!"

"OK!"

……

""Interstellar" Scene 2, Scene 1, Shot 1, pop!"

In the future world, the harvest of crops around the world will be greatly reduced due to climate change and blight. The whole world will fall into a food and energy crisis, and the population will also be greatly reduced.

The male protagonist Cooper used to be an engineer and space shuttle pilot of NASA, but now he can only become a farmer to help solve the food crisis.

However, although he became a farmer, Cooper often dreamed of the scene where he lost control of the space shuttle many years ago. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the status quo.

"father!"

Daughter Murphy's voice sounded, but in the camera was Cooper who was awakened by the dream.

The sweaty Cooper blinked after opening his eyes, then shook his head slightly, then looked away at his daughter, and then reached out to touch his pillow, showing his inner unrest.

"Sorry, Murphy, go back to sleep!" Cooper said.

"I thought you were that ghost!" Murphy said.

"No, there are no ghosts in this world, baby!" said Cooper.

"But grandpa said there are ghosts." Murphy said.

"Crack!" Chen Hao looked at the monitor and said.

Everyone stopped to look at Chen Hao, especially Zhao Jinmai panicked, thinking that he had made a mistake.

"Jin Mai, you can try to hold your hands in front of your chest, don't tense your body, relax a little, and don't be so tight in your voice, relax a little." Chen Hao said, "You should be used to your father dreaming." , so be natural."

"Okay, director!" Zhao Jinmai nodded immediately after hearing this, still somewhat nervous.

"Okay, relax, you performed well before, but you can do better." Chen Hao said.

Young actors still need more encouragement. If they blindly criticize harshly, I am afraid that their immature mentality will not be able to bear it, and that will affect their performance even more.

This is why children are one of the three major problems in filmmaking.

"You performed very well, and you're in good shape." Chen Hao said, "Actually, it's no different from your previous filming. Keep up the good work!"

"Well, I will!" Zhao Jinmai nodded with a smile.

Chen Hao nodded when he saw this, and then looked at the circus McConaughey, "Well, let's put a glass of water next to the bed, and later, Matthew, you can drink between your words, so as to relieve the emotion of waking up from a dream."

"Okay, no problem!" Matthew nodded after listening.

"Okay, then get ready and do it again!" Chen Hao said.

After 5 minute, shooting continued.

""Interstellar" Scene 2, Scene 1, Shot 2, pop!"

……

After taking a sip of water to soothe, Cooper said, "That's because grandpa is about to become a ghost! Go to sleep!"

Murphy smiled, but did not leave, "You dreamed about the plane crash again, didn't you?"

Cooper lowered his head and said, "Go to sleep, my baby!"

After hearing this, Murphy glanced at Cooper again and left.

Cooper took a long breath, then slowly got out of bed and walked to the window.

"Okay, this set of shots is over!" Chen Hao shouted.

As a powerful movie star, Matthew McConaughey will win the Golden Globe and Oscar winner next year with "Dallas Buyers Club", which shows his acting skills.

So for him, there is not much difficulty.

Zhao Jinmai's performance made Chen Hao very satisfied. He was born as a child star, so he naturally has some acting skills. The important thing is that he has good psychological quality and does not suffer from stage fright.

After hearing Chen Hao yelling, everyone laughed. A good start is undoubtedly a good sign.

And Zhao Jinmai, who walked out of the camera and waited aside, couldn't help curling his lips. It seemed that he didn't mess up the first scene of the crew, and he didn't disappoint Director Chen.

Soon, the next shot begins.

Here is just Cooper's father-in-law Donald cleaning the sand and dust inside and outside the house. After all, the sand is everywhere because of sandstorms, so it can be said that everyone puts the plates in reverse.

After the shot of Donald cleaning the door and picking up a plate to wipe it down, the shot ends.

Then the crew went into battle to clean up the dining table and kitchen utensils that were still full of dust just now, and the filming continued.

"Come here, Murphy, it's time for breakfast!" Donald shouted while serving the meal.

Cooper came over and said, "Tom, come with me to the barn at four o'clock this afternoon and learn how to use herbicide, okay?"

"Okay!" Tom replied while eating.

Murphy also walked over with a model in his hand at this time.

"Don't bring it to the table." Donald said immediately upon seeing this.

Murphy ignored it, looked at Cooper and said, "Dad, can you fix it?"

"You broke the lunar module!" said Tom.

"It's not me!" Murphy immediately denied.

"A ghost again!?" Tom laughed.

"It was the ghost who dropped all the books." Murphy immediately replied.

"No ghosts at all, fool!" laughed Tom.

"Hey!" Cooper looked at his son dissatisfiedly as he picked up the model.

"Okay, it's over!" Chen Hao shouted.

It went smoothly unexpectedly. It seems that everyone is well prepared. Of course, these are transitional plots, which are very simple and there is no difficulty.

Because it was the first day of filming, according to his own habits, Chen Hao was not in a hurry to take more shots, but asked everyone to find their status and seek a tacit understanding while shooting.

The state of shooting is relatively relaxed, but the environment here is still far less comfortable than in the plains. After a long time, I can feel my heart beat faster and my breathing becomes a little difficult.

"Is there anything wrong with the crew?" Chen Hao asked.

"One of the make-up artists is taking oxygen." Wen Muye said, "I've checked with the doctors in the group, and there's nothing serious about it. You don't need to be sent to the hospital. Just take some oxygen and rest and you'll be fine.

The crew has 2 doctors, 2 nurses, 1 ambulance, and a lot of oxygen cylinders, so it shouldn't be a big problem. "

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. It was the same when he was filming "Inception" here before, and there was no accident. "It's better to be careful. Today is the first day, so let's call it a day!"

(End of this chapter)