Director: The special effects are too expensive, so I had to make real shots

After nearly three months of busy shooting.

Xu Nuo's new work "Dragon Squad" is coming to an end, and it is finally coming to an end.

Xu Nuo's filming went smoothly due to the thorough preparations made by hundreds of crew members before the filming.

Xu Nuo's current directing ability is already very proficient, and the performance of the actors is generally not bad. Many scenes can usually be shot well in no more than five times. There are a lot of brilliant things, Xu Nuo has to praise him for this, this guy has improved so fast.

Although Xiong Li is not suitable for acting in works that can win movie awards, he is definitely one of the best choices for popcorn commercial movies.

No, Xu Nuo has participated in every popcorn commercial blockbuster, and he seems to be tailor-made for it, from "Terminator" to "Transformers".

And now he plays the leading role alone in the movie universe and has become a symbol of the superhero dragon team.

His uprightness stems from his own character, and the fact that he has worked diligently from a small player in Hengdian to the present. Hard work, diligence, and seriousness are synonymous with him. Such an image with a sense of justice is indeed true. It is very suitable for the role of "Dragon Squad".

Especially when Xu Nuo saw that Xiong Li had trained his muscles and was stronger than when he was filming "Terminator" and "Transformers", he knew how much effort he had made for this role.

If Xu Nuo didn't stop him.

He also plans to lose weight first, and finish the role he played in "Dragon Squad" without using a stuntman.

This kind of heart to take film and shooting seriously is very rare in this era when little fresh meat was flying everywhere. After all, for little fresh meat, it is normal to read lines one, two, three, four, even a slightly more complicated martial arts scene , may have to use a substitute.

However, the situation in the domestic film and television entertainment circle is slightly better now.

With the establishment of the AI ​​entertainment platform and the growth of Real Media, a set of film and television industry standards based on "movie quality" and "acting skills" has gradually been established under the leadership of Real Media.

When Real Media gathers nearly half of the people in the domestic film and television industry who are willing to work hard on film and television projects such as movies and TV series, it means that the era of bad dramas and traffic stars is gradually unsustainable.

Even Penguin Entertainment has made "changes."

They took out their nirvana "copying", trying to copy Xu Nuo's way of filming movies, and trying to use their own traffic stars to create so-called high-quality film and television dramas.

But now the audience has become less and less willing to buy Penguin Films.

Because there are obviously a group of film and television professionals headed by Real Media who are serious about producing high-quality film and television dramas, and have a good entertainment experience on the AI ​​entertainment platform, so why go to the Penguin platform to watch their Penguin entertainment's reply Woolen cloth?

Xu Nuo brought Xiong Li up, besides thinking he was a good person, another reason was to use him as a "symbol".

It symbolizes a hard-working, serious, and diligent young actor. No matter whether you have traffic or not, no matter whether you are a fresh meat or not, you can become a film and television superstar in a benign environment created by real media.

boom!
Today, Xu Nuo is in a woods scene outdoors, directing some reshoots of the explosion scenes.

This time shooting "Dragon Squad", the blasting team can be said to have had a blast.

After all, it is the background of World War II. Whenever the commando team led by the dragon team, or the scenes of the Chinese people fighting against the little days, the explosion scene is inevitable.

For the sake of rigor, the blasting team also adjusted the power of the explosives, making the explosion scene more in line with the weapons and equipment of this era.

"The blasting team will prepare again. Let's take another shot of a large-scale blasting shot, including an aerial bird's-eye view shot. Prepare with the drone."

Seeing that there is still plenty of time today, Xu Nuo took advantage of today's shooting location to take another shot of a large-scale explosion scene.

"Good Director Xu!"

After receiving the director's instructions, the blasting team made active preparations and continued to install visual explosives on the set.

"Boss, you had a call just now, and it was from Mr. He."

The assistant Wen Ruohan saw that the boss was finally free, so he walked over with the boss' cell phone.

"A Fei?"

After Xu Nuo heard the words, he took the mobile phone handed over by his assistant Wen Ruohan, and then called him back.

Got through, but no one picked up.

Xu Nuo thought that when A Fei came to find him, he should let him go to his crew and make a guest appearance in the scene where he was going to play Iron Man.

Because a week ago, He Feiyang and his "Hulk" crew had already returned from America.

It is said that the filming in the United States was quite smooth.

Moreover, He Feiyang was on the American side, and he controlled the budget cost of "Hulk" very well, and it did not exceed the original budget on the whole.

After returning to China now, He Feiyang is leading the team to shoot some domestic plots.

"Hey, Alfie."

The first time Xu Nuo called He Feiyang, no one answered, and then he called again, and then he got connected smoothly.

"Old Xu, I was busy directing the filming just now, hahahaha, but fortunately I saw your call."

On the phone, He Feiyang's urgent voice came.

"Ahem, who is busy with filming? How about it? How is the progress of your "Hulk" filming? My side is almost finished."

Xu Nuo asked.

If Xu Nuo's calculations are correct, the shooting progress of his "Dragon Team" is not too far behind He Feiyang's "Hulk", and may even be a little faster.

After all, my side is finishing, while A Fei and the others have just returned to China for a week.

Apart from Xu Nuo's "Dragon Team" and He Feiyang's "Hulk", the progress of "Thor" directed by Wang Shifeng should be the slowest.

After all, Xu Nuo has already started shooting "Dragon Squad", and director Wang Shifeng's "Thor" has not yet finalized the script.

However, after many discussions between Xu Nuo and director Wang Shifeng, they finally decided to open up the pattern and use Norse mythology as the background of "Thor".

In this way, the three films, one local, one American, and one Norse mythology, when the Avengers gather, it will be able to show that superheroes from all over the world are formed under the influence of the domestic S.H.I.E.L.D. Join the alliance to fight the threat from outer space.

"Then Lao Xu, your progress is indeed faster than mine. I still need to shoot for more than a month in China."

He Feiyang explained: "I called you just to ask when you have time to come over and shoot the scene where you, Iron Man, cameo in our "Hulk"."

"I knew that's why you're looking for me. Well, I'll come over after I finish filming "Dragon Squad."

Xu Nuo definitely couldn't go to He Feiyang's crew at the end, after all, even at the end stage, the crew still needed himself as the director.

If you leave halfway, it will more or less affect the entire crew.

It's better to get the ending done as soon as possible in one go, and then finish "Dragon Squad" and then go to He Feiyang's "Hulk" crew to see it.

"Fei, you have to hurry up and try to finish filming "The Hulk" before the summer file, so that "Hulk" can be released in the early summer file, and my film will be released in the later part of the summer file." "Dragon Squad", the two movies, plus my "Iron Man" last year, can basically lay a solid foundation for the future "Avengers."

Xu Nuo told He Feiyang again that "The Avengers" needs one single movie after another as a foreshadowing.

It's like "The Avengers" is a building, and "Iron Man", "Dragon Team", "Hulk" and "Thor" are the cornerstones of this building.

"Understood! If the filming is completed before the summer vacation, there should be no problem, but there may be more post-production at that time."

He Feiyang is quite confident.

The "Hulk" he shot is different from Xu Nuo's usual real shooting of movies. Many of Xu Nuo's real shots don't need special effects, and the pictures he shoots can be used in post-editing.

He Feiyang's movie required a lot of post-production special effects.

"There is no need to worry about the efficiency of our current real special effects studio?" Xu Nuo smiled and said, "I can ask Guan Ju to complete the post-production special effects part of "Hulk" within a few days. Make it out."

"It has to be Guan Ju!"

He Feiyang couldn't help admiring: "This time I went to the United States and got in touch with Hollywood. Since the establishment of our real special effects studio, the business of Hollywood's special effects factories has not been as good as before."

"Speaking of which, what is the idea of ​​the Hollywood special effects factory? No wonder we robbed them of their jobs?"

Xu Nuo asked curiously.

As A Fei said, after the establishment of his real special effects studio, he not only received orders for special effects for many film and television dramas in China, but also many overseas movies, and found real special effects jobs to produce their post-production special effects.

Who made the real special effects studio a little cheaper than the market price?

"The market, that's how it is."

He Feiyang said with a smile: "Although there are fewer orders from Hollywood's special effects factories, some traditional film and television companies still choose their special effects factories."

"Too."

Xu Nuo pondered that although his real special effects studio has risen and firmly occupied most of the special effects production share, it will not directly crush the Hollywood special effects factories to death.

But as time goes by, I believe that Hollywood's special effects factories may withdraw from the stage of history, unless they can also use powerful artificial intelligence to produce special effects.

But unfortunately.

In this world, only Xu Nuo can develop a powerful artificial intelligence, and the United States has already lost a lot in AI.

Another week passed.

Xu Nuo's "Dragon Squad" has finally finished filming!
After taking the crew to the "Dragon Team" wrap-up banquet, Xu Nuo returned to Yuzhou City the next day.

Because at this time, He Feiyang and his crew were filming "The Hulk" in Yuzhou City. Although "The Hulk" set the background in the United States, in the end, after the Hulk defeated the hatred in the United States, he came to China and chose to "retreat". Because the domestic environment is very stable, there are few fatal threats.

"Old Xu, you've finally come. The crew members of my crew were very excited when they heard that you, Iron Man, were coming to the crew."

After Xu Nuo arrived at the filming set of "Hulk", he hurried over to greet him.

speak up.

He Feiyang's "Hulk" film crew, except for the three No. 40 old men he brought out from Xu Nuo's previous crew, the rest are all new recruits.

"The Incredible Hulk" was filmed according to the normal film shooting mode, with more green screens, which is naturally different from Xu Nuo's previous filming methods, so it is difficult for He Feiyang and his crew to imagine that Director Xu actually filmed the film. The exciting experience of a movie.

But when they heard that Iron Man played by Xu Nuo will appear in "Hulk", everyone in the crew was extremely excited.

"Is our Dr. Banner ready?"

Xu Nuo asked He Feiyang with a smile.

"Of course, the shooting scene in the bar is ready, just waiting for you." He Feiyang nodded immediately.

This scene is divided into the last scene of "Hulk", and it is still filmed in the scene of the bar, but in the original version, Tony Stark came to find the general!

But whether it is the movie universe set by Xu Nuo or the "Hulk" filmed by He Feiyang, there must be some adaptations.

Probably the background is that after the Hulk Dr. Banner came to China, the domestic S.H.I.E.L.D. received the news and asked Xu Nuo, the iron man, to go to Dr. Banner to talk to him about the formation of the Avengers.

At the same time, Xu Nuo asked He Feiyang to bury some Easter eggs in the movie "Hulk" shot by He Feiyang.

For example, some scenes of Dr. Banner watching TV news were inserted in "Hulk", and in the text news below the TV news, there were mentions of Iron Man played by Xu Nuo and real industry.

In addition, Dr. Banner, as a scientist, also hides Easter eggs related to Iron Man in his "daily life". Instead, he tells the audience from the side that Dr. Banner, the Hulk, is very recognized. Huaguo's genius scientist Iron Man!
Xu Nuo put on the magic mirror, tidied up the suit he was wearing today, and said with a smile, "Let's go!"

After all, the filming of the plot scene is that Iron Man played by himself came to find Dr. Hulk Banner and invite him to join the Avengers, so it must be more formal.

For Westerners, a suit is undoubtedly synonymous with formality.

"Let's go."

He Feiyang hurriedly brought Xu Nuo to the shooting set.

"Director Xu, long time no see."

A staff member of He Feiyang's crew greeted Xu Nuo.

"Isn't this Xiao Chen, hello."

Xu Nuo recognized the crew member who greeted him at a glance. He used to be a member of Xu Nuo's crew and usually worked with He Feiyang.

And after He Feiyang became an independent director, he naturally brought some people who he was more comfortable with to the new crew of "Hulk".

These old people, together with the recruited newcomers, jointly formed the "Hulk" crew. The strength of this crew is definitely not as strong as Xu Nuo's crew.

After all, Xu Nuo's crew has been honed over and over again in "Terminator", "Transformers" and "Iron Man".

Among the three crews of "Dragon", "Thor" and "Hulk", that is, He Feiyang's crew is not strong enough, because the "Thor" crew directed by Wang Shifeng naturally used the ones that Wang Shifeng used to use before. The old partner's qualifications and experience are even stronger than Xu Nuo's crew, but the style is different.

The style of Xu Nuo's production team is really going for real shooting style.

"Wow, is that Director Xu?"

"Director Xu is really here, Director He really didn't lie to us."

"What Director Xu, that's Iron Man!"

"Ah yes yes, Iron Man!"

"Hey, Iron Man will really appear in the "Hulk" we filmed? There is even a linkage, awesome."

"I remember when I watched "Iron Man" in the cinema, there was an easter egg at the back saying that the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was going to form the Avengers, could it be?"

"So our Hulk has the same world view as "Iron Man", and will he join the Avengers at that time?"

When the crew of "Hulk" saw Xu Nuo himself, they couldn't help talking about it.

"Come on, everyone, get ready. Director Xu, representing Iron Man, is here to film the filming of our "Hulk" crew. Let's welcome everyone by clapping and applauding."

He Feiyang immediately said to the crew.

"Welcome Director Xu!"

Everyone applauded in unison.

"You are welcome."

Xu Nuo smiled and waved to everyone.

"Of course, there is one more thing, our "Hulk" is also invested by Director Xu." He Feiyang explained to the crew.

After all, if you don't say anything, the crew doesn't know who invested in "The Hulk", because after they joined the crew, they are usually busy with work, and they don't have the time and energy to inquire about these things.

The fact is exactly the same. "Hulk" is a film invested by Xu Nuo Real Media. Xu Nuo must have paid for it. Of course, He Feiyang also made some investment, but it is the same as when Xu Nuo made a movie before. , He Feiyang's investment only accounted for a small part, and Xu Nuo paid the bulk of the money.

"It turns out that my job as a film crew was actually provided by Director Xu!"

"Director Xu is awesome!"

After hearing the news, the newcomers of the production team suddenly realized, because they are engaged in film and television related work, if there is no good production team to enter, it will be difficult to make any money.

But fortunately, there is this "Hulk" crew directed by He Feiyang, and this movie is invested by Xu Nuo, which means that the job that the newcomers of the crew are doing is actually provided by Director Xu!
"Everyone works hard and has accumulated rich experience. There will definitely be more film and television dramas in the future."

Xu Nuo briefly said a few words to He Feiyang and his "Hulk" crew.

After all, they are also working for their own real media, and they definitely hope that they can take it seriously and work hard. In this way, they can be regarded as cultivating another backbone force for film and television shooting for real media.

Afterwards, Xu Nuo came to the bar to shoot the set, and had a conversation with the actor playing Dr. Banner who was planning to shoot.

The actor Dr. Banner hired was a second-tier actor in Hollywood. The salary was affordable, and he was recommended by the actor Klein who played the villain in "Iron Man" before.

Xu Nuo saw that this actor was more suitable for Mark Ruffalo in the original "Avengers", so he decided to use him.

"Come on, Banner, Lao Xu, we are ready to start shooting."

After more than ten minutes, He Feiyang had already planned the set.

Xu Nuo also came outside the bar, put on his sunglasses, and waited for the director A Fei's shooting reminder.

"OK, Old Xu, it's time for you to go to the bar."

About 3 minutes later, He Feiyang's voice came.

(End of this chapter)