Era: Beginning from the Modu Translation Studio

Chapter 166 Real nuclear explosion footage
Yan Ding first raised his hand to support the glasses frame, and stared at the screen carefully for a while.

"Oh, this part of the scene is the hardest to solve,"

After finishing speaking, he frowned and considered for a while, then looked at Wang Xiang: "Old Wang, why don't you find out the few scenes we filmed before, and let the comrades in the film studio choose them."

"Okay," Wang Xiang nodded, and turned to prepare other recording clips.

Soon, the monitor came back on.

Groups of clips of more than ten seconds are constantly switching on the screen.

Without exception, they are all shots depicting explosions.

There is a puff of smoke rising, there is also a puff of thick smoke spreading, and some can only see a little bit of explosion...

Towards the end, there are two small scenes with animation-like special effects.

Jiang Shan knew at a glance that the last two paragraphs should be painted by professional technicians from Meiying Studio directly on the film.

Compared with the explosion scene played on the monitor for the first time, these are undoubtedly more difficult to show.

"No way," a comrade from the film studio couldn't help saying after watching it, "None of them are realistic."

Another comrade also shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Our factory has also thought of a lot of solutions for this plot, but we haven't figured out any good solutions."

"You are so right," Wang Xiang deeply understood: "It's not easy."

Yan Ding first said: "I think it is impossible to shoot the effect of a nuclear explosion."

"If it really doesn't work," Wang Xiang said what he always wanted to say: "Why don't you just use real nuclear explosion footage instead?"

After hearing this, Jiang Shan and Yan Ding looked at each other first, and both thought this was a good solution.

There is nothing more realistic than a real image.

Back then, when filming the movie "Southern Expedition and Northern War", the director inserted some real shots of the battlefield.

Not only that, in order to create a vast and magnificent war atmosphere.

The crew personally participated by Boss Chen not only ruthlessly blew up the Mihe Dam, the enemy's tanks in the movie, our army's light and heavy firepower...all of them were shot by real guys.

So much so that during the filming, the chief director was shot twice in the calf.

"Real nuclear explosion footage?" The comrades in the film studio smiled bitterly: "We have proposed your idea before."

"The factory leader didn't agree?"

"Their conclusion is that not only domestic videos are not allowed, but also the nuclear explosion scenes of the United States and the Soviet Union are not considered."

You can understand it if you think about it carefully, after all, they are all familiar pictures.

In the newly filmed movie, it is difficult not to think of a play.

"Then there's no way.""

"Oh, how can this be good?"

""Dead Light on Coral Island" is the film that our factory has worked hard on this year. It has not been easy along the way."

"That's right, I didn't expect to be stuck in the last set of shots."

After a while of moaning and sighing, the atmosphere in the studio is not very good.

"Don't worry too much, everyone,"

Having produced art films for many years, Yan Ding encountered no fewer difficulties than film studios.

At this time, he would smile and ask everyone to sit down and rest for a while: "We have a lot of people and strength, so we will always come up with a solution."

"Director Yan, do you know how much weight we lost for filming this movie?"

"All the same, all the same."

"Dead Light on Coral Island" is the first science fiction film produced by Pujiang Film Factory.

In the handling of the sci-fi plot, the inexperienced crew can be said to have worked hard.

"However, it's interesting to think about it now. The laser guns, video phones, palmprint recognition, robots, and airships that can be used for both sea and road in the script, we have made it decent."

"I don't know how the author of this book came up with so many high-tech gadgets?"

In fact, most wonderful novels come from real life.

The author of "Love on Lushan Mountain" attributed the yearning for everyone in the description of Lushan Mountain to the fact that he was a native of Lushan Mountain.

The espionage story in "Gunshots from the Secrecy Bureau" is so touching because of the original author's personal experience as an underground party worker.

The same is true for Tong Enzheng, the author of "Dead Light on Coral Island".

The prototype of the protagonist described in the novel is his uncle Ouyang Zao.

This gentleman’s experience is remarkable. He graduated from Jinling University during the Republic of China.

Due to his excellent grades, he was sent by the KMT government to study radar technology in the United States in 1945.

Later, he was elected as the president of the US branch of the National Institute of Engineers, and also established the "Ouyang Zao Scholarship" at the present Nanjing University.

It is because of my uncle's scientific research experience that the author can add crystal physics, high-efficiency atomic batteries, laser weapons, holographic TV... These high-tech terms that exist like dreams in this world.

However, these terms are very enjoyable to read, and it is another matter to transfer them to the big screen.

"If you ask me, the author's idea is too whimsical."

In the studio for a while, everyone looked distressed, and they didn't know whether they were praising or blaming the original author.

Wang Xiang looked at Jiang Shan: "Xiao Jiang, you are the editor of the newspaper, do you have any thoughts on these science fiction novels?"

"Ideas..." Of course Jiang Shan had an idea: "I always wonder if these things will really be available in the future world."

"Hahaha, I dare not say anything else, video calls are impossible anyway."

"That's right," Jiang Shan said with a smile, "Don't talk about video calls, I'm satisfied now that I can install an ordinary phone at home."

"you do not say!"

Sure enough, just as Director Yan thought, after two or three sentences, the atmosphere in the studio really relaxed a lot.

But, after a while, the topic came around again.

"Hey, I don't know what to do with the footage of the nuclear explosion. What else can I burn?"

The eyes of the big guys wandered back and forth in the studio, wondering what else to burn.

Seeing Jiang Shan's heart began to feel hairy.

Wang Xiang expressed regretfully: "Anyway, we have thought of everything we can think of. We have photographed everything that explodes and burns, including chemical reagents, and everything that can burn."

After a silence.

"Actually," Jiang Shan said slowly, facing the freeze-frame picture on the monitor that can be seen through at a glance:
"The picture of this kind of nuclear explosion doesn't necessarily have to explode something?"

"It won't explode?" The comrade on the opposite side shook his head and laughed: "If it doesn't explode, how can we still call it a nuclear explosion?"

Most of the time, film studio professionals are very reluctant to discuss technical issues with outsiders.

After all, there is a big difference between insiders and outsiders.

But the words of the little comrade in front of him are too... It's not even the most basic common sense.

"Explosion, explosion," Yan Ding patted Jiang Shan on the shoulder first: "It must be exploded to achieve the effect."

"Look," Jiang Shan pointed to the monitor and said with a smile, "Why can't so many explosion scenes meet the needs of the film?"

The comrades in the film studio all spoke lazily, even though they disagreed with the young comrade's words.

But because they have to take into account the relationship of the American Film Studio, they can't say too much criticism.

"Xiao Jiang," Yan Ding first explained with a smile: "What is needed in the film is not a general explosion plot, but a nuclear explosion, and the characteristics of a nuclear explosion, you also understand it?"

Jiang Shan nodded: "Mushroom cloud."

"That's right, our set of shots has to be a mushroom cloud on the sea."

Jiang Shan: "The reason why these clips don't meet the standards is that they didn't blow up a mushroom cloud!"

"It is indeed the reason."

Jiang Shan smiled and said, "How do you think you can blow up a mushroom cloud?"

"This……"

"...? If we knew, we would have filmed it sooner."

"Even if you know it, you don't dare to blow it up," Yan Ding said jokingly.

In the next second, Jiang Shan stopped talking.

He walked over and picked up a tube of khaki paint on the next table, and squeezed some into the water glass in his hand.

After stirring evenly, he walked towards a glass fish tank in the house.

"What do you want," Wang Xiang said nervously, this is his baby in the workshop.

Usually tired, sleepy, go over to tease.

The mood will be relaxed immediately.

"I'll give them a hard time," Jiang Shan said, then used a net to pick up two small goldfish and put them into a glass of water on the side.

"Look, everyone,"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Shan poured the paint water in his hand into the glass fish tank.

squeak.

A stream of khaki-colored water was thrown into the transparent tank.

Thick and gradually dispersed liquid, blooming like a cloud of smoke in clear water.

Slowly, the khaki liquid that bloomed was like an upside-down mushroom cloud.

"If you look at this picture upside down," Jiang Shan asked, pointing to the paint that hadn't fully dispersed, "what does it look like?"

Everyone present, their eyes were wide open.

"This...? Isn't this a mushroom cloud!" The comrades from the film studio almost put their eyes on the glass tank.

"It's really a mushroom cloud."

"It really doesn't need to be fried."

"It's much more similar than ours."

"It's so good, it's so easy and clean." Thinking of all the effort before, the comrades in the film studio couldn't help but say:
"I didn't see it. Your little comrade's method really works."

"Haha," Yan Ding looked at the fish tank and said happily: "Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang, luckily you came here today."

"Actually, it's nothing," Jiang Shan smiled.

Compared with the wonderful food advertisements he shot in his previous life, this mushroom cloud in front of him is really not a problem:
"You also know that I usually like to paint, and I am very familiar with the wonderful pictures after these paints are blurred."

"Hey," the more modest Jiang Shan is, the more Yan Dingxian likes it: "Smart is smart, Lao Wang and I don't usually paint, why didn't we think of this."

"That's right." Wang Xiang, who was holding a water glass, looked more and more like it: "Just let's take a picture to see the effect."

"Yeah, take a shot and try."

The comrades in the film studio all smiled at Jiang Shan at this moment: "Young man, if you can succeed, you will be doing our crew a big favor."

After several times and three times of hard work by all the staff.

In the end, they not only successfully blended the most similar pigments, but also added some fine soil to the water in order to achieve a stronger sense of thickness.

When, the thick pigment slowly blooms and sinks in the water.

On the monitor in the studio, a mushroom cloud that rose slowly and kept rolling finally appeared.

"pretty."

"So beautiful."

"This is the most beautiful mushroom I have ever seen."

Looking at the successfully recorded images on the monitor, Jiang Shan couldn't help but show a row of small white teeth.

How wonderful, I didn't expect that in the movie of this life, I can still leave the image of myself participating.

The bookstore customer in "Look at This Family" cameo, and the mushroom cloud in "Dead Light on Coral Island".

Looking at the three comrades in the film studio, they were obviously more excited than him, and they rushed over to shake hands with Jiang Shan to express their gratitude.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, you don't know that the sci-fi scenes in this movie cost more than each one."

"It's more difficult one by one."

"I didn't expect that the most difficult set of shots could be solved so easily by you."

"Do you know what it's called?" After listening to the praise of Jiangshan from the comrades in the film studio, Director Wang, who was teasing the little goldfish, concluded:
"Four or two moves a thousand catties, save money and do big things."

Whoops, Jiang Shan is too embarrassed to praise him: "Director Wang, is your fish okay?"

"Fortunately, it's okay," Director Wang kept thinking about it: "Look, how well you swim. Before, Lao Yan didn't raise it for me, so it's a meritorious service."

"If you don't mention meritorious service, I'll forget about the business."

It wasn't until this moment that Yan Dingxian remembered the reason for calling Jiang Shan.

In the conference room of Meiying Studio.

When Jiangshan, who was full of smiles, faced the leaders of the factory and raised the certificates in their hands, he did not forget to stand at attention and turn back and forth to show his glory amidst the applause of everyone.

"Comrade Xiaojiang, thank you for your advice to our factory,"

When sending Jiang Shan out of the factory, Yan Ding handed him a pile of books tied with thick red tape: "Now, these books in your hand have been reprinted three times."

"You talked about royalties with the publishing house, right?"

"Of course, I can still forget what you reminded me again and again."

"That's good. The royalty share is much better than the publishing house's printing fee."

"That's right." Yan Ding nodded his head first and said: "In order to thank you for your suggestions, the factory decided to issue you an award certificate after research."

"Hehe," Jiang Shan shook the certificate in his hand: "Thank you Director Yan."

"Don't underestimate this certificate," Yan Dingxian specially reminded: "In the future, with this certificate, you can get an official establishment of our factory at any time."

"Really or not," Jiang Shan paused, and quickly looked down at the certificate in his hand.

"What I say will definitely count,"

Director Yan is now the deputy director of Meiying Studio: "Didn't you see what is written on it? Special Contribution Award!"

"I saw it, but..." Jiang Shan finally understood at this time: "This special contribution award represents the establishment of Meiying Studio?"

"Yes," Yan Ding nodded first, "As long as you want, you can come to work in the factory tomorrow."

"Then... what if it's someone I recommend."

"In that case," Yan Ding thought about it for a while, "I think there must be something special about being recommended by you!"

(End of this chapter)