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Chapter 467: Shooting in various situations

"It's too hot, Amu. The actors on the crew can't have any problems with their summer escape."

Although Liu Yifei had no part in the scene today, she still followed Li Mu and the crew to watch the filming of this scene.

It was the beginning of August, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky.

Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel worried.

"I have prepared ice water and cooling soup, as well as medical staff. Let's see if there is anything else we need to add."

Li Mu took a look at the crew's preparations and found that they were quite complete.

"I'll go take a look first."

Li Mu said quickly when he saw that the trailer carrying the MovieBird crane had arrived on the far left shoulder of the road.

Liu Yifei went to see if there was any summer vacation work that had not been done well.

After a while, everyone finally resumed work and shot this part in its entirety.

When the picture came, Li Mu was quite satisfied at first. However, the good times did not last long. The shadow cast by the crane and the camera appeared in the picture, which was very obvious.

Li Mu looked up at the sun above his head and patted his forehead, "Damn it, forget about this."

Everyone re-researched and designed a new set of motion trajectories for shooting, so that the shadows of the crane and the camera would not be filmed and enter the frame.

All departments of the crew are ready.

"The operator needs to step onto the rising crane platform to shoot the road scene from above."

Photographers and technicians are already tinkering with the big thing.

"Ready!"

Li Mu couldn't wait to see the effect.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei quickly brought a few bottles of water to Li Mu and the others.

Li Mu's whole body was dripping with sweat at the moment. This damn weather was his biggest enemy.

"Use fake lenses, shoot them in three shots, and then use special effects to 'seamlessly splice' them later."

"Look at the shadows in this picture."

Li Mu suddenly remembered the problem of morning and afternoon time and shadows, so different shooting methods and timing were important.

"Director Li, what's wrong?"

At this moment, hundreds of cars have gathered on the highway, and hundreds of dancers are waiting to speak.

"Click, stop, everyone come here."

"Director Li, the MovieBird crane has a maximum extension distance of 45 feet. With this length, the camera lens can cover the four lanes on the left and right of the median."

Li Mu thought about it for a long time and felt that this was the only plan that could look like a one-shot.

In the evening, everyone met again to discuss.

Li Mu said helplessly that this was an accident. There are always problems that were not considered during filming.

But there arises the problem of not being able to take one shot to the end.

"Yes, but in this case, the first two shots with the car crane should be shot between 10 and 11 a.m., and the last Steadicam shot needs to be shot in the afternoon."

After fiddling around for a while, it was confirmed that the camera lens could indeed cover the four lanes on the left and right of the median.

"Director, get ready."

However, movie fans who are familiar with the art know that "fake long shots" like to use rapid camera panning to cover up the real cutting points.

"Ask the field staff to hand out all the ice water, drink it and take a quick rest before continuing, otherwise everyone will not be able to bear it anymore."

Li Mu shouted with a loudspeaker, and then the music started. In order to heighten the atmosphere, he was fully prepared.
The rocker arm is already swinging slowly.

Li Mu immediately shouted stop.

"Director Li, one shot won't work. Designing according to this motion trajectory is an impossible task."

Everyone is adding in the remaining parts of the shooting that need attention.

"Okay, first shot of scene 81, Avtion!"

Li Mucai nodded with satisfaction.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei explained.

"The camera's motion trajectory had to be redesigned, and the choreography also had to be readjusted for the needs of the camera performance."

Anyway, the projection of the equipment must not appear on people, otherwise the lens will be ruined.

"Let me take a look and test it."

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"In this case, the first two sections can be shot with a crane, and the third section has to be shot with a Steadicam."

"Well, let's do a complete review first to see if there are any other problems. After we finish the review, we'll break up today. We'll have a meeting to study it later when we go back."

Li Mu pointed to the scene on the monitor to several people. The obvious shadow was captured by the camera.

Everyone quickly understood the meaning of this time period and nodded.

In fact, for the director, filming the same short segment repeatedly in different periods of time gives him more room for control than shooting three consecutive segments. If problems such as dance movements and camera position deviations are discovered, they can be corrected in a timely and effective manner.

However, this shooting method carries the risk of discrepancies in light and shadow being discovered by careful moviegoers.

"Rehearse a few times and communicate the usage hours of public facilities."

Li Mu ordered, and the plan was finally finalized.
"La La Land" is still stuck in the road scene.

However, the war in the industry seems to be continuing.

The hottest battle this year is undoubtedly the screen battle between Han Han and Guo Jingming.

The box office of "We Will Never Die", which has great stamina, has not caught up with "Tiny Times 3". Han Han, who was the last to come first, won the box office PK battle with Guo Jingming.

However, the producer of "One Step Away", which was previously scheduled to be released on December 12, once boasted that it had two goals of "breaking the record of "Edge of Tomorrow" and winning an Oscar." Now it has encountered a "stumbling block".

The reason is that Tsui Hark's masterpiece "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is officially scheduled to be released on December 12, which is less than a week apart from the release of "One Step Away", which greatly increases the suspense of this Lunar New Year box office battle.

The PK between two heavyweight famous directors will be another high-profile screen battle.

"Old Monster Xu is planning to fight me in the ring."

Jiang Wen also became interested. At the current box office, it would be no problem for you to go back and forth between two movies.

"What, are you afraid of losing?"

Li Mu deliberately provoked Jiang Wen. "Lao Li, are you still sleepwalking? Are you afraid of losing in "One Step Away"?"

Jiang Wen said disdainfully, "It will take seconds."

"Really or not? How about I ask Tsui Hark to contact you and you two have a good PK."

Li Mu suggested.

Jiang Wen and Tsui Hark have a close friendship. Even in 2011, Tsui Hark and Jiang Wen even stood up for Lin Qingxia's new book at Peking University.

"This is interesting. What should I bet on?"

Jiang Wen became interested.

"Whoever loses has to treat me to dinner, I think that's good."

Li Mu said with a smile.

"Go away, I'll give you all the emotional benefits."

Jiang Wen said angrily, "By the way, did you encounter a problem while filming?"

"It's a small matter, I guess I can handle it in these two days."

Li Mu didn't ask Jiang Wen how he knew, because the reports were now written.

"The filming progress of "La La Land" is suspected to be blocked and has been stalled for nearly a week."

The media inquired about how Li Mu and others stayed there for a week, seemingly just to film a scene. This was not considered a hindrance.

Many netizens are still worried.

"What's going on? Is it very difficult?"

"Aren't you talking about artistic films? Why do I feel like it's more difficult to shoot than a commercial blockbuster?"

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"Okay, if you need help, just ask. I don't have any other skills. My directing skills are top-notch."

Jiang Wen talked to Li Mu carelessly, and even boasted about himself.

"Don't worry, it's not necessary."

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The next day, on the highway.

More than a hundred vehicles drove onto the dusty road.

The dancers are also in place. If you look carefully, you can see that the costumes are mainly blue and green, with pink and purple.

Mainly in sharp contrast to the dusty roads and vehicles.

These colors are also the main themes of romantic colors.

In this opening song and dance, the soundtrack, choreography, photography, art and other departments were deeply involved.

Following Li Mu's order, the entire crew quickly started work.

"Progress is finally picking up."

Li Mu smiled with satisfaction. Although the sun was blazing, the stagnant progress had begun to be pushed forward.

The preliminary work was not in vain, and it started to move forward smoothly.

"Okay, everyone will have a rest in the afternoon. We will continue shooting the last part tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for your hard work."

Finally, the first two scenes were shot. The actors and staff were already exhausted in this temperature. It was unrealistic to continue shooting in the afternoon, and they might even suffer from heatstroke.

Even Li Mu felt like he couldn't hold it any longer.

The attendants quickly brought out watermelon and chilled mung bean paste for everyone to share to cool down.

Everyone is also quickly packing up and leaving.

"Are you okay?"

Seeing Li Mu chewing the watermelon quickly, Liu Yifei quickly took out a tissue and prepared to hand it to Li Mu to wipe.

The shooting lasted for two hours under the scorching sun. In addition to the preparation time, Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel worried.

It's too easy to get a heat stroke in this weather.

"It's alive. No one on the crew suffered from heat stroke, right?"

"I just took a look around, everything is fine."

"That's fine"

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If everything goes well tomorrow afternoon, this road group dance scene will be completely over.

The crew quickly returned to the station, after all, the time to apply for filming that day was coming soon.

In the RV, Li Mu was lying down to rest. As soon as he took out his mobile phone, he saw the ugly photos of Leonardo.

It was the photo of him with disheveled hair, half-naked showing off his big belly, and happily playing with his companions with water guns.

It's going viral on the Internet.

"Come and see him exposing his breasts and playing with a water gun, giving up on himself and being so proud of himself that he allowed the photographer to click the shutter wildly."

"In this state, if you don't get the statuette, you will be blind."

Netizens made fun of him like crazy.

"Did you make him gain weight?"

Liu Yifei knew that Li Mu and Leonardo had an appointment for the next movie. Leonardo's current big belly was probably caused by Li Mu letting him gain weight.

"Yes, it seems that the effect is quite good. His method of gaining weight is really difficult for ordinary people to learn."

Li Mu couldn't help but laugh. Leonardo was now partying on yachts and beachside parties, and then he was drunk, and his figure was quickly starting to get out of shape.

Judging from the appearance, it is estimated that it will be able to meet the requirements before the end of the year.

"Can he win an Oscar with this look?"

Liu Yifei couldn't bear to look directly at her. Is this still the little Li from "Titanic"?
"It's hard to say. You'll have to try to find out. His performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street" was pretty good, but obviously it wasn't good enough. I can only learn from Theron's tricks when she became the best actress."

Li Mu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)