China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 706 Teletubbies and Emergencies

"If we push lens 1 a little further forward, can we ensure that the entire wall of lights is in the frame?"

"Well, 20 centimeters at most."

"Okay, let's try it."

In the studio, Sun Yi observed the shooting angle of the scene through the camera lens. After Liu Jun adjusted it to the most suitable position, he immediately said loudly, "Okay! Keep the current effect, turn on the LED light box, and let's try the effect."

"LED light box, background wall No. 2 turned on, first shot of the Earth." "Received~"

Just two seconds later, the LED light wall in front of Sun Yi emitted a soft light.

It was a deep blue.

The yellow-green land, the blue ocean, the ever-changing clouds and the ice and snow in the Arctic and Antarctic, every inch of it is pregnant with the romance of life and looks both beautiful and spectacular.

This is the shot of the earth produced by the special effects team specifically for "Gravity". Not only is it colorful, but its various geographical features are also very clear.

From the picture, Sun Yi can clearly see the outline of the mountains, the direction of the coastline, and the shape of the rivers and lakes.

“Yes, the details are well done.”

Sun Yi hugged his shoulders and was very satisfied with the work of the special effects department.

"Boss, we not only restored the image of the earth in space in proportion, but also took into account the fact that there is a sunrise and sunset cycle every 90 minutes in space, and also took into account the factor of sunlight."

"For this set of 'Earth in Space' alone, we produced four sets of shots at different time periods, which can be adjusted according to the needs of the film when the time comes."

Michael, the head of Star Digital, was following Sun Yi.

After two years in China, his English-style Chinese has become more and more fluent.

After hearing Michael's description, Sun Yi nodded with satisfaction, then patted him on the shoulder and said with praise: "Really good, I didn't even consider this."

"Boss, this is what I should do. As the chief director, you will always encounter various troubles. We should learn to share your worries."

"Hahaha~~"

OK, my stay in China was not in vain. Although my flattery skills are a bit blatant, it is still an improvement.

"Okay, stagehand, go ask the actors how they are preparing. If everything is OK, we'll start shooting right away."

"Director, the makeup team replied that Sister Yifei and Brother Hua will be here soon."

"Okay, everyone, get ready."

Sun Yi clapped his hands, and the crew members began the final inspection.

Yesterday was the opening ceremony. Because we entertained a number of guests at noon and Sun Yi drank some wine during the meal, we basically didn’t get to film any serious content yesterday. It could only be considered a casual shot.

In fact, today can be considered the first day of filming for Gravity.

After a while, Liu Dehua and Liu Yifei both walked out of the crew's dressing room.

Liu Dehua is fine, still smiling and looking very elegant.

But Liu Yifei was not like that. When she saw Sun Yi, she jumped over and suddenly stopped, raising her hand to salute.

"Comrade Director, Liu Yifei, the mission expert of the Chinese Space Team, reports to you."

"Hey, does it look like that?"

As he spoke, he turned around in front of Sun Yi.

Liu Yifei's attire was different from what she wore at the opening ceremony yesterday. Yesterday she was wearing the astronaut's regular ground uniform, but today when she arrived at the shooting site, she was wearing a real in-orbit space suit.

Of course, they are prop costumes, and they look the same in appearance, but the weight is very different.

Otherwise, with that weight, you wouldn't be able to jump around, even walking would be very slow.

"At ease, Comrade Liu Yifei."

"Cuckoo~"

Sun Yi cooperated very well, which made the girl smile.

The staff present were also happily eating their dog food.

They have long been accustomed to these things. If they don't see the little interactions between the two of them during filming one day, they would still feel a little uncomfortable.

In fact, Liu Yifei is not like this when she is out. On the contrary, she is very quiet. If she is in other crews and there is no filming, she will either rest in the hotel or find an empty place on the set and read quietly.

But whenever she is with Sun Yi, her true nature will be exposed and she becomes very erratic.

Of course, everyone also likes Liu Yifei like this. She is not arrogant and seems very approachable.

"How are the preparations going?"

"Yeah, no problem."

When talking about filming, Liu Yifei nodded seriously. She liked to have fun and make noises, but she never joked about serious work and always gave it her all.

"Get ready, we're about to start shooting props, bring the helmet."

"Okay, Director~"

“This, this is the helmet?”

Looking at the space helmet brought by the props, Liu Yifei was confused.

Not only does this thing have no glass mask, but it also has small antenna-like things on the outer circle of the face. When you put it on, you look like Dr. Bomb, which is extremely ugly.

"Didn't I tell you before that this time we're going to perform in a panoramic LED light box? Because it's not a real scene, the glass mask will produce reflections, which will cause mistakes, and it will also block your facial expressions, so we're using this prop helmet without a mask."

Sun Yi patiently explained to Liu Yifei, pointing to the small antennas on the outer ring of the helmet, and continued:

"These small antennas are actually signal receivers. Just like the principle of motion capture sampling suits, they are collecting your facial information to facilitate the addition of the mask with special effects CG in the later stage."

"You don't want the audience to see your real face on the big screen, but a shot processed with special effects instead."

Liu Yifei twisted her "smart" head and thought about it.

Yes, that's right.

Then he put on the helmet with a smile on his face.

"Tsk tsk tsk, she's really my wife. She looks beautiful in anything she wears."

Sun Yi praised sincerely, which made Liu Yifei purse her lips, afraid that she would not be able to control herself and laugh out loud.

"Okay, the whole crew is waiting for you, go up, Teletubbies."

"Umm, what, Teletubbies???!!!"

Liu Yifei was wearing a slightly bulky space suit, a helmet on her head, and a circle of standing antennas, making her look like Teletubbies.

"You, you wait until night to go back~!"

Liu Yifei gritted her teeth and glared at Sun Yi fiercely.

The crew has so many eyes watching her, so no matter how playful and playful she is, she has to pay attention to the image and maintain the face of Sun Yi as the director.

However, it's not that I won't avenge myself, it's just that the time has not come yet.

After entering the set, Liu Yifei immediately adjusted her mentality, and Sun Yi also stopped joking and turned to the monitor.

"Departments?"

"Photography OK." "The actors are in place." "Sound recording, no problem." "The special effects team is ready."

"Okay, stage manager."

"Gravity, Scene 2, Scene 1." "Begin!"

Following Sun Yi's command, the scene immediately entered the shooting state.

The entire LED light box lit up instantly. Liu Yifei and Liu Dehua were hanging on the robotic arm, as if they were really in space.

Liu Yifei was surprised. Even though Sun Yi had told her in advance that the movie would be shot in this way and she had made sufficient mental preparations, she was still shocked by the scene before her.

The camera captured her expression very well.

The reason why Sun Yi didn't let her watch the scene in advance was to allow her to react instinctively at that moment.

This is the most realistic effect.

No matter who you are, when you first reach space and look back at the earth, you will probably be as shocked as she is.

Liu Yifei was stunned for two seconds, then switched back very quickly.

Sun Yi nodded secretly in front of the monitor.

After being polished by these movies last year, the little girl's acting skills have improved rapidly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

The timing is very good. If it is too short, it will seem deliberate, and if it is too long, it will feel fake to the audience.

It was 2 seconds, not more, not less, and the expressions before and after connected naturally, and the performance was very good.

As the director, Sun Yi, if he doesn't give any instructions, the crew will continue filming according to the established plan.

Liu Yifei was using an electric drill to repair the communication module on the outer shell of the space station.

At this time, the voice of the ground commander came in.

"Dr. Liu Rui, your life support system has detected that your body temperature has dropped to 35.8 degrees and your heart rate has risen to 70. Do you feel anything special now?"

"Beijing, I feel fine. Nothing's wrong. It may be that my body is still a little bit uncomfortable with the state of zero gravity."

"Dr. Liu Rui, the medical team asked if you need to return to the space station to rest?"

"No, I've been here for a week, let's finish it."

At this time, another robotic arm began to move slowly, and Liu Dehua entered the camera frame.

"Beijing, Ma Wen applied to assist Dr. Liu Rui."

"Okay, Captain Ma, approved."

"Oh, Dr. Liu, be careful."

When Liu Yifei was removing a screw, it accidentally slipped out of her hand. Fortunately, Ma Wen was quick-witted and grabbed the screw back.

This is also a small difficulty.

In the space environment, not only people are weightless, but screws are also weightless.

The two leading actors, Liu Yifei and Liu Dehua, were suspended by a robotic arm, reflecting the state of weightlessness, but how to achieve this with this screw became a problem.

Of course, it can also be processed using post-production special effects, but Sun Yi doesn’t want to.

It's not about saving money, but it's just too cumbersome.

You have to know that filling a screw into the picture is not as simple as editing a picture. The entire shot, including the background of the two actors, needs to be re-rendered.

It will take at least three days just to deal with this screw.

You have to know that this shot only takes about 3 seconds at most.

Sun Yi didn't want to go through so much trouble, so he came up with an idea, which was to use a long, thin, transparent plastic tube to directly stick to the screw. The staff outside the camera manipulated the plastic tube, rotating it and moving it outward.

In this way, the screws on the other end of the plastic tube seem to be floating away, just like being weightless in space.

In post-production, all you have to do is wipe off the traces of the plastic tube, just like erasing the wires of wirework in action movies. One shot takes less than an hour, which is very convenient.

The two continued their performance, and Liu Dehua began to assist Liu Yifei in dismantling the communication panel while they were communicating with each other.

Usually, this kind of one-on-one conversation is the most challenging part for an actor's acting skills besides the monologue.

Not only the voice and intonation of the lines, but also the corresponding emotions must be grasped.

This conversation between the two is not useless. Although it has little to do with the disaster theme of the film, it can indirectly reflect the personalities of the two characters, allowing the audience to subtly understand the character's personality while watching the movie.

This scene is the first part of the film and is basically an introduction to the background of the entire film, including why Liu Yifei, a newcomer who had been trained for less than six months, was able to carry out this space station maintenance mission.

You know, this kind of space mission is very rigorous. Unless it is absolutely necessary, a newcomer who has not received sufficient training will never be allowed to go up.

Therefore, the logic here must be smooth, otherwise you will be criticized by movie fans.

Liu Yifei was temporarily recruited as a researcher for precision aerospace instruments.

It has been mentioned in the script adapted by Sun Yi before that China's Tiangong space station uses a lot of high-tech and advanced technologies, and many of them are used for the first time. Although China's scientific researchers have been extremely cautious, in the environment of space, no one can guarantee that there will be no problems with the equipment.

Liu Yifei was in charge of an extremely important communication device, which involved very complicated communication procedures. Astronauts could not learn its application and maintenance principles in a short period of time. Among the scientific research team that developed this equipment, her physical condition was the most suitable. Therefore, Liu Yifei's trip to space was possible.

And precisely because Liu Yifei is a "rookie", both the ground command center in Beijing and Captain Ma Wen, who is also performing a mission in space, pay special attention to her.

From the fact that Liu Yifei just dropped the screw, it can be seen that she is actually not familiar with space operations at all, and it seems like she is being forced into doing something she is not prepared for.

These are all the contents that are on the surface, and there are more obscure messages in the conversation between the two.

For example, Andy Lau mentioned Liu Yifei's family, and after Liu Yifei heard it, her hand movements paused for a moment, but it was fleeting, and then she did not choose to answer Andy Lau's question.

This shows that there are problems in Liu Yifei's family.

This is the foreshadowing that Sun Yi specifically laid.

The entire film actually revolves around Liu Yifei's character.

Liu Rui broke off the relationship with her father when she was young because of her mother's death. The lack of family affection is a pain that she has never gotten over on a spiritual level, which has caused her to lack motivation in life and the courage to face life.

That is why in the following plot, when faced with disaster and at the end of one's rope, the first thing he thought of was not to try to save himself, but to choose to end his own life.

And at that desperate moment, it was Marvin who saved her, or rather, it was Marvin's optimistic and never-give-up spirit that saved her.

"Ok, not bad, take a break and we'll make another one."

Sun Yi watched the performance of the two from the monitor and could say that there was basically no problem, but to be on the safe side, he still added one more thing.

On the first day, the two of them got into the game immediately and cooperated very well. After all, Liu Yifei was already very familiar with Hua Ge. The two of them had trained together at the Space Agency for a month and had already felt like teammates.

The subsequent filming began to speed up gradually, with an average of seven or eight shots completed every day. If the filming continued at this speed, it would take less than 20 days for the live-action filming of the entire film to be completed.

But accidents never happen, or perhaps Sun Yi forgot that a big event was about to happen in April 2011.

In early April, Sun Yi was busy working on the final stages of a film in the studio when he suddenly received a call to the National Space Administration.

"Change the script? Why?"

This was the first time Sun Yi heard such a request and he was obviously a little anxious.

The movie has been shot almost 180% and you tell me to revise the script. That's nonsense.

Director Liu was also a little embarrassed.
"I don't know, Director Sun, have you been paying attention to international news recently?"

"Boss, when I'm filming, I usually don't pay attention to what's going on outside. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

"It's like this, Director Sun. The United States recently passed a bill called the Wolf Amendment."

Damn, how could I forget this disgusting thing!!!

(End of this chapter)