China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 51

New York, on set.

Li Lianlian was holding a prop gun in his hand. While he swung his arm violently, he quickly pulled the trigger with his fingers. The imaginary bullet drew an arc and hit the target behind the obstacle.

Li Lianhua next to her made the same gesture, turned around and walked towards Li Mu with a smile.

"Director, can this bullet turn be realized in reality? It's not like the bullet circles a big circle, or just slightly changes the bullet's trajectory. Is it possible to realize it in reality?"

"It shouldn't be possible. After the bullet is fired, there is no force to correct the trajectory of the bullet. However, it is actually possible to create a bullet that can bend through technological means. The principle is equivalent to a precision-guided artillery shell."

At this time, the special effects director sent by the special effects company came to look for Li Mu.

The plot of the movie "League of Assassins" is actually very ordinary. A cowardly and timid middle-aged office worker lives in a rental house where a train passes by every few minutes, but he suffers from severe "anxiety disorder". I haven't had a good night's sleep, and my buddies are taking advantage of me everywhere in reality. Although the submissive protagonist is upset, he just doesn't have the courage to resist.

Talking about a girlfriend but having an affair with his buddy, the superior is a fat pig weighing [-] catties, who has such an insignificant right and makes things difficult for the protagonist all day long, often holding a stapler in front of the protagonist Keep pressing, making a noise that makes the protagonist almost collapse.

Until one day when the protagonist was shopping in the supermarket, he vaguely noticed that someone was following him, but when he turned around, he found a super hot beauty standing behind him.

When the Killer Guild pointed a gun at his head and ordered him to knock off the wings of the fly in front of him, the protagonist who took the gun for the first time miraculously did it.

It turned out that his anxiety disorder was not a real anxiety disorder, but his heart beat more than 400 times per minute, which filled his blood with adrenaline, which enabled him to observe and react faster than ordinary people.

It turned out that his brother who disappeared since he was a child was not really missing, but turned into a top killer of the Killers Guild, and was shot dead on the roof of the metropolis not long ago.

From then on, the protagonist begins a life that is so cool and explosive—a bullet that can bend, runs on a speeding train, and completes all kinds of difficult assassinations assigned by the killer union.

This is a typical Hollywood blockbuster template. Although there are bright spots in the plot, it is still a bit old-fashioned overall. The real selling point of this film is actually the upgraded version of bullet time in the movie, the high-to-explosive car chase scenes, and endless various gun exhibits.

And there are quite a few pictures that cannot be completed through real shooting on the spot.

For example, in the scene of jumping off a building at the beginning, it was impossible for Li Mu to actually hoist the actors as high as the top of the building for real filming.

Another example is the scene where the main character knocks out the buddy's front teeth at the beginning. The flying keyboard keys and front teeth must have been made with special effects, and it won't really knock out the actor's teeth.

There are also tumbling cars, trains falling off cliffs, bullet trails reversed - all of these shots need to be completed by means of special effects,

Even that swarm of bomb rats at the end relies on special effects to pull it off.

Therefore, during the entire filming process, the special effects director who was stationed by the special effects company in advance on the crew was extremely important. It could even be said that this person was Li Mu's most important consultant on the crew.

Where and how to shoot, what kind of special effects will be used, which shots should be abandoned, and post-production special effects cannot be completed at all. These all need to be communicated at any time during the shooting process.

"Director, we have to divide the scene of jumping off the building into two parts, one part is done outdoors through live shooting, using 3-D digital scanning technology (3-D Cyber-scanning) to fix a 15D photocopier on the drone , use about [-] seconds to control the camera to fly from one side of the building to the other side of the building, take a shot of the sky, and finally combine the shot of the sky with the actors shot in the studio, so that the scene is complete Alright." The special effects director pointed to the storyboard manuscript in his hand and explained to Li Mu.

Li Mu nodded.

The special effects director added: "All the slow-motion trajectory of the bullets in the film will be completed in this way. For example, the circular bullet trajectory shot by the fox at the end, we also need to shoot a circular empty shot along the circular trajectory with a 3D camera. , scanning and modeling the actors standing in a circle, and finally combining the empty shots with the actors' scenes to complete."

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After talking with the special effects director, Li Mu turned around and came to Cheng Long and Yuan Heping, who were talking about action design at the moment.

This time, Li Mu gave Cheng Long and Yuan Heping quite a lot of autonomy in action design. One of the selling points of "Assassin" is the peak duel between Cheng Long and Li Lian, the two main action stars. The fighting scenes of the two protagonists in the original movie Most of them are in the gunfight mode. If Li Mu does not make necessary adjustments to the scenes, the audience may be dissatisfied by then.

Cheng Long and Yuan Heping were on the lookout for excitement. When they looked up, they saw Li Mu. Cheng Long smiled and waved: "Director, come here. I just designed another action scene with Director Yuan Heping. After playing it It must be pretty."

Li Mu walked over with a smile. Cheng Long and Yuan Heping gestured to Li Mu even after talking. Li Mu listened very seriously. Invite Teacher Li Lianlian, and let's study together."

"Okay, come to my room at night, let's study it carefully."

"Okay." Li Mu nodded.

Through this period of contact, Li Mu discovered that Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, who are also two kung fu superstars in the Chinese world, have completely different personal styles.

Cheng Long has a strong ambition on the set. He wants to get involved in how to shoot here and how to fight there. He has a strong desire to control the film.

Li Lianlian is very different in this regard. He doesn't want to get involved in things other than his own role. He shoots whatever the director asks him to do. The director asks him to feel the movement of shaking his hand when shooting, and he seriously simulates a lot. At this time, Cheng Long had already taken Yuan Heping to study fighting dramas.

After several people studied the action design, Cheng Long talked about the core setting of the film with great interest-the assassin's union determined the assassination list through the texture woven by the "Destiny Loom".

"The script is good, but there are too few Chinese cultural elements in the script. I wonder if we can add more Chinese elements to the movie? This will also help spread the excellent Chinese culture to foreigners."

"Uncle Long, how do you want to add it?"

"I mean, since the Killer Guild is so powerful, it shouldn't be only the West that has this kind of organization. There are two major civilizations, the East and the West, and the East also has it. So can we assume that such an organization also exists in China? "

"The killer union in the West studies the texture of the loom to determine the target to be assassinated, while our Chinese killer alliance throws copper coins or burns animal bones to cause cracks on the surface, and finally interprets the distribution of copper coins and the direction of the cracks. Determine who the assassination union needs to get rid of."

After hearing this, Li Mu said: "Uncle Long, this movie was aimed at the western market at the beginning of the project. The lack of Chinese elements is indeed the shortcoming of this movie, but in the future we will have more opportunities to make movies that promote Chinese culture. Just follow the script."

Cheng Long nodded after hearing this, and said, "Well, you are right, we will have plenty of opportunities in the future."

　The sheep is gone, my mind is messed up, one more.Feel sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)