my movie years

Chapter 267 Reality Is Science Fiction
Ten years later, Bao Qiang and Chen Sicheng, who had collaborated in "Soldier Assault", collaborated again in "Detective Chinatown".

One of the two is a director, and the other is a starring role. They understand the genre of suspense comedy a little bit.

However, the film was released too late, and it won 9186.5 million box office on the first day, which is quite good.

Generally speaking, movies released in December are counted in this year, but "Detective Chinatown" only stayed for one day in December, which is not easy to calculate.

But the quality of the film is good, and it cut 3.97 million during the New Year's Eve weekend, which is quite good for a small and medium cost suspense comedy.

With the success of the film, Chen Sicheng can be considered as a solid foundation for his achievements, and he will have the confidence to transform into a director in the future.

However, Chen Sicheng has no idea of ​​signing a contract with a big company, but has set up his own director studio, and he will continue to cooperate with big companies in the future.

Chen Sicheng plans to create a Chinatown detective universe. After the success of the film, the web drama of the same name also entered the PPT stage.

Another thing worth mentioning is that the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has shown an unstoppable posture since it was released on December [-].

As of December 31, the film has grossed US$6.65 million in North American theaters, surpassing "The Dark Knight" and second only to "Avatar" to become the second largest film in North American film history.

But this is not the end, the film still has a long release period, and it is not a problem to surpass "Avatar".

In addition, this film is also making efforts around the world, launching a powerful impact towards the box office champion of "The Dark Knight" this year.

The film is also confirmed to be introduced and will be released on January [-]th.

However, unlike Marvel movies, the influence of the IP "Star Wars" in China is very low, and it is difficult to say what kind of results the film can achieve.

In the hustle and bustle of the New Year's Eve concert, 2015 has passed, and the brand new 2016 has arrived.

Because of Da Mimi's pregnancy, after Da Mimi finished her business trip and returned to the crew, all her scenes were given priority for filming.

Zhang Hao himself also appeared on the scene. The husband who played the role of Da Mi Mi only took tens of seconds of footage, which was a surprise for movie fans.

Returning to the filming of "The Martian", even with the experience of filming "Gravity", there are still countless problems encountered during the filming process.

Fans who have watched the behind-the-scenes production of "Gravity" know how Zhang Hao led the team to overcome the problem of simulating real lighting in space.

But that's near Earth...

But when it comes to Mars, everything is different, because the distance from Mars to the sun is much longer than the distance from the earth to the sun, so how to adjust the light on Mars has become a problem.

In "Gravity", with the help of the space agency, the space agency has a large number of data models that can help the crew complete this work.

But on Mars, there has not been a Chinese Mars probe so far, and it is impossible to obtain more professional data on Mars.

The crew also communicated with NASA, but NASA rejected it on the grounds that it did not conform to scientific principles. The specific reason was that the space agency was involved, and they did not want to cooperate with the space agency in a movie.

However, a certain deputy director of NASA is a die-hard fan of "The Dark Knight". Although he failed to facilitate cooperation, he still gave Zhang Hao some data.

In fact, Zhang Hao just made it more or less the same, as long as it looks real, it doesn’t have to be built according to the original Mars.

After all, no one has seen the sky of Mars with their own eyes, what the light of Mars looks like.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Hao changed the Mars probe found by the hero of the film from the American Pathfinder to the Zhu Rong, which was launched a few years later.

"The Martian" tells the story 20 years later, and it is very reasonable for the astronauts to find Zhurong for survival 20 years later.

However, such a change may be subject to certain criticisms. After all, the space agency has only started the lunar exploration project.

The Mars Exploration Project only took the opportunity of cooperating with "The Martian" to publish a document, saying that there is indeed such a plan.

"The Martian" also has a lot of comedy elements, such as Ma Jueming played by Zhang Yi.

When the people on the earth were still thinking about how he lived and how lonely he was, Ma Jueming danced the Martian square dance under the dynamic music of "The Most Dazzling National Style".

This square dance movement was rehearsed with a choreographer and senior square dance masters.

Zhang Yi said frankly during practice that the most difficult time to shoot was not wearing a heavy space suit and blowing sand and dust.Instead practice square dancing.

He never thought that he would dance in the square one day. He has been listening to "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" and "Little Apple", and he naturally reacted.

It is conceivable that if Mars Square Dance can become popular, it will definitely become a popular cultural element for a period of time.

An intern from Nortel’s director department once asked Zhang Hao a question: “Director, can the non-emotional elements of sci-fi films really look good?”

Zhang Hao answered him firmly: "Yes, it looks good enough..."

Looking back at the film "The Martian", it is true that there are very few emotional parts, and what is really exciting is the hero's survival process.

Knowing that at the end of the movie, the hero will definitely return to Earth, but the audience can't help but worry.

Mars is far away, more than 4 million kilometers away from Earth.

Mars is cold, with nighttime temperatures dropping to minus 70 degrees Celsius.

Mars is majestic as the setting sun appears blue due to dust in the air.

In fact, the source of human development all the way to today is curiosity about the unknown.

The gorgeous space and Mars just satisfies people's endless curiosity and captures the bottom essence of people's hearts.

There are not many movies about outer space these days, and some are comic book stories about superheroes.

How can human beings who yearn for the starry sky reject the universe, galaxies, and space.

Every frame here is like a beautiful painting, real and romantic, let alone about Mars.

So what Zhang Hao has to do is to create this feeling and satisfy the audience's curiosity, which requires the film to pay more attention to details.

Such as the design of spacecraft and spacesuits, as well as the living quarters and rovers used by astronauts on the surface of Mars.

The production team considered authenticity while properly developing the futuristic design, and approached the existing functional style to the greatest extent.

Many details are directly copied from the daily life of real astronauts: such as astronauts cruising and shuttling between cabins in weightlessness, and remotely performing bridges for their families on how to drink water.

Although ordinary, it also has a more down-to-earth fun.

In addition, the film can be said to be the Mars version of the reality survival show, which will bring a more realistic experience to the audience in the form of a pseudo-documentary filmed with surveillance cameras.

The plot is compact, without deliberately creating a turning point, and everyone's behavior is reasonable.

The biggest observation of the film is how the protagonist uses limited resources to save himself in this barren world.

And the geniuses of the space agency relied on their ingenuity to complete a rescue spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers and successfully rescued the protagonist.

The whole movie is actually a math problem, and the seemingly impossible problems and unexpected solutions in the movie constitute the essence of the whole story.

How to use limited resources to complete specific tasks, or in other words, how to obtain the solution of the problem under the given initial conditions and boundary conditions.

When speaking to the protagonists, Zhang Hao repeatedly emphasized the sense of reality.

"Hard sci-fi movies are fascinating because they regard reality as the highest principle." This is what Zhang Hao repeatedly said to Zhang Yi.

Based on this principle, the cutting-edge technology in "The Martian" requires no makeup to appear on the scene.

The spacecraft cabin, spacesuit, Mars rover and base are all designed based on existing technology, without intentionally creating a sense of the future.

Because only by accepting the reality is the real start to confront the problem.

The most advanced technology can be realized on tiptoe.

For example, the near-Earth acceleration program for the spacecraft, which has made great contributions to the rescue plan, is a technology within reach.

The plot of growing potatoes on Mars that people talk about just shows people's sense of humor incidentally.

The more important task is to mix in earth shit containing microbial samples to bring activity to the Martian soil, making this technically possible.

By the way, let's also use the ethnic talent of the Chinese to grow something wherever they go.

In fact, Zhang Hao also thought about planting some other things, such as cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., to make the protagonist survive more comfortably.

But after some consideration and discussions with space agency experts, it was finally decided to only grow potatoes.

The reason is simple. Mars is beautiful, but lonely and lacking in supplies.

If you make the main character eat as well on Mars as they do on Earth, how do you convince the audience how difficult it is to survive on Mars.

In this way, the sense of reality that Zhang Hao has been pursuing is lost.

In the end, Zhang Yi still had to grow potatoes by himself, but the potatoes were planted on the Mars base in advance by the crew, and Zhang Yi only took a few scenes.

After the scene of the Martian potato field, the healthy potatoes in the greenhouse of the Mars base were dug out.

The crew also bought mutton and beef locally, stewed them in several large pots, and ate a delicious meal.

Although from a gastronomic point of view, the potatoes born on 'Mars' were poorly cooked by a few volunteered temporary chefs of the crew.

The beef is too old to chew, and the lamb is still stuck between the teeth.

But even so, this unique meal still made everyone in the crew unforgettable.What is unforgettable is not the food, but the atmosphere is unforgettable.

After eating goulash with potatoes, the producer Liu Hao also told Zhang Hao that he hoped that one day he could eat real goulash with potatoes from Mars.

Zhang Hao shrugged, he couldn't imagine what that potato tasted like.

If you have eaten, please tell him, he wants to try it too.

After the beef stew with potatoes was finished, a bonfire was lit at night, and some good people played the music of Phoenix Legend, and danced Mars square dance around the bonfire.

This harmonious scene was also what Zhang Hao wanted to see.

Long-term high-intensity work, this kind of relaxation moment, Zhang Hao generally will not stop it.

With such high-intensity work and happy days, "The Martian" was officially completed before the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, and it was fully transferred to the post-production stage.

(End of this chapter)