This director needs to apologize

Chapter 50: There are many difficulties in the official launch
Chen Yiming put down the phone and looked straight at Ma Yunteng opposite.

Da Zhuang asked curiously, "Is that loud voice Uncle Gao? He has such a loud voice, can a soldier reach into the film bureau? What is your family background? Did you come from the imperial capital compound?"

Chen Yiming shook his head like a rattle, "You don't know, how can I know. I heard from Uncle Ma that he was your father's old squad leader back then, and he was a first-class living meritorious man. Now he is the leader of the General Logistics Department."

Da Zhuang's mouth opened wide, "First class merit? Good guy, I've only heard of it but never seen it before. I should go with you in the morning. Where are my dad and the others now? Let me see if it's too late to go over and join in the fun." .”

Chen Yiming chuckled, "It's at Mu Ai's Tea Room. You must know the place. Go! Do you want me to play you a farewell song?"

Da Zhuang immediately gave up, "Forget it, I haven't eaten my belt buckle for several years, I don't want to get into trouble."

Chen Yiming stood up, stretched and said.

"It's done. I announce that Bo Jue's second film project has officially launched. Da Zhuang, we are going to be busy again!"

Da Zhuang cheered enthusiastically, "So, Director Chen, what is the name of the project?"

Chen Yiming was stunned by the question.

Yes, roughly when did the defensive phase of the Peninsular War begin?

According to war history records, it was from September 1951 to April 9.

The scene should be chosen in the barren mountains outside the pass, at the same latitude as the peninsula, so that the vegetation conditions can roughly match.

It was formed after New Year's Day and will be released in June, so it will take half a year to complete.

According to this timeline, the filming will be completed before mid-April.

The filming takes one and a half months and must start in early March.

In January and February, there will be enough time to view the scenery, set up the scenery, and rehearse.

In this case, March and April 1952 are chosen as the time background.

No!

During this period, our logistics supply has improved, and our defensive posture has changed significantly, which is inconsistent with the theme of the movie.

Therefore, we still have to choose September and October 1951, the period when the defense was most difficult and suffered the heaviest casualties.

In other words, the autumn scenes were filmed in spring.

As a result, the filming location cannot be chosen outside the customs. In March, the mountains were still blocked by heavy snow, and it was too difficult to set up the scenery before the land had thawed.

You need to go to the mountainous areas in Guannei with similar geological conditions to take pictures, and it takes a lot of time to see the scenery.

After calculating, Chen Yiming answered word for word, "1951", this movie is called "1951".

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The two of them went out to finish lunch together, and when they came back, they asked Xiaomei to take notes, and closed the door to review the schedule one by one.

Chen Yiming first briefly described the plot of the movie and listed the technical difficulties that needed to be solved one by one.

The first one to bear the brunt is photography.

Although movies are called the director's art, it is the camera operated by the photographer that actually performs the "shooting" process.

Without the support of photography technology, any directing art is just a castle in the air.

The reason why "1917" in its previous life can become a mobile one-shot masterpiece is that the photography technology in 2018 can already support the director's vision.

From this perspective, it is somewhat arrogant and unrealistic for Chen Yiming to consider remaking "2010" in 1917 in this time and space.

After all, the cameras these days are all big, there is no hope for the Arri MINI version, and even the Arri digital camera itself is still in its infancy.

But conversely, people's perspectives and horizons are inherently different when standing in the upstream and downstream of history.

In the previous life, Alai MINI was officially released in 2015, and Director Sam began preparations for "2018" in 1917. This does not mean that before these two nodes, mobile one-shot movies could not be filmed at all.

Many times, a huge technological advancement is just the result of an idea that breaks through the window paper by chance.

For example, a few years before Alai released the MINI, it also released an M with a similar weight difference.

Compared with Alai's first-generation F25, this camera has few improvements in parameters. The biggest feature is that the machine is divided into two, and the shooting unit and image processing unit are connected through an optical cable, allowing one person to carry the camera alone. Two people share.

It's just a change of thinking, and it is possible to use Steadicam with Alai cameras.

Chen Yiming explained his ideas to Ma Yunteng in detail. What Da Zhuang needs to do is to go to Alai headquarters as soon as possible through the introducer of Modu TV to communicate the needs, and strive to get the results that are still on the drawings or even in the designer's head as soon as possible. Asana Alai M worked out.

When the camera comes down, there is the photographer, a mature and experienced Steadicam photographer.

Steadicam is the transliteration of camera stabilizer. This is a mature technology that has been used in film shooting in the late 70s. Nuts even have a special "Steadicam" qualification certificate assessment.

However, this technology was introduced to China very late, and there are not many Chinese photographers who are good at it.

Sun Wangquan, China's world's greatest director, has shot many big-budget movies in recent years. Most of the Steadicam photographers in his photography team were specially hired from Hollywood.

"1951" has a tight time schedule and heavy tasks. The only way Chen Yiming can think of at the moment is to imitate Sun Wangquan and spend money to impress foreigners.He also left this matter to Ma Yunteng, contacted Shen Pengfei, and used Warner Bros.'s relationship to find a famous photographer with suitable schedule in Hollywood.

Because of the rights to adapt "Holiday", Warner Bros. is asking Shen Pengfei for help.

In addition to cameras and photographers, there is also a photography platform.

Broadly speaking, Steadicam can also be regarded as a photography platform, but the photography platform Chen Yiming refers to is actually various types of specially modified camera vehicles.

To put it bluntly, the Steadicam is an exoskeleton consisting of a vest and a shock-absorbing arm. No matter how stable it is, it cannot completely eliminate lens shake caused by the movement of the photographer.

As for the mobile one-shot, it is inevitable that there will be many subjective shots, which will cause the audience to get dizzy after watching it for a long time.

If you use too many Steadicams, the subjective lens will shake and vibrate, and the viewing experience will be unbearably bad.

Therefore, Chen Yiming will only go on the Steadicam when conditions completely prohibit it. Fixed camera positions, rail cars, and camera cars are always the first choice.

"1951" was shot entirely in real locations in the wild. It was impossible to lay the track from beginning to end. At this time, a variety of modified camera cars were used.

When Da Zhuang comes back from his trip abroad, he will start working on this matter.

The background of the Phantom Factory is not just for words. There are as many as 8 prop warehouses that store tens of thousands of props in different categories. These warehouses are not only responsible for the storage and access of props, but also have corresponding prop masters who specialize in prop production and modification.

There is one vehicle warehouse among the eight warehouses. Chen Yiming cannot use the cars there, so he has to borrow them from the car modification master in the warehouse.

Chen Yiming will draw all the camera vehicles that need to be used. When the time comes, Da Zhuang can rent or purchase special vehicles based on the drawings and follow up with corresponding modifications.

If the above three photography problems can be overcome, "1951" will basically be [-]% feasible.

The other [-]% of uncertainty comes from fireworks and actors.

In Chen Yiming's vision, the so-called "explosion from beginning to end" is just a perception, and the "fixed explosion point" technology commonly used in war movies is not mainly used.

In the conventional sense, the work of a movie pyrotechnicist is similar to that of a "gunner" in the mining industry.

Bury explosives in advance, arrange explosion points, and set up smoke cans.

Of course, compared to mining, the explosive sites in the movie use much less explosives and are much safer.

Despite this, it is still a very dangerous thing for actors to run into explosive spots. A slight mistake can result in injury or even death.

Therefore, for many explosion scenes in film and television dramas, the producers will force the use of experienced stunt doubles to prevent actors from being injured and affecting the filming progress.

"1951" follows the whole process of filming long shots, and setting up explosions is like risking one's life in the movie. Chen Yiming definitely can't do this.

The explosion scene in the movie is actually two parts, one is explosion and the other is smoke.

The explosion part was a real explosion, and of course there would be no actors. Chen Yiming decided to take it one step further and asked Uncle Gao to contact the army to see if he could directly use the real guy with the thick pipe.

Only the smoke part has actors and photographers. The explosion at this time is the job of the pyrotechnics. The focus is not on the explosion but on the smoke.

Therefore, Da Zhuang's judgment was completely wrong. The explosion scene in "1951" was not very difficult, and the pyrotechnicians of the Bayi Factory were competent enough.

The uncertainty about the actors is mainly because it is difficult to choose the first protagonist.

According to Chen Yiming's character design, the first protagonist of the movie is a child soldier who came to the peninsula just after joining the army and has not received much training. He is no more than 17 years old.

Somewhat similar to the four-character younger brother in "Changjin Lake", of course he does not have the natural skills of a baseball pitcher.

Although the entire movie is about the growth and transformation of the first protagonist, one day is not enough to transform him, so until the end of the movie, his temperament still lacks military color and he is still incompatible with the comrades around him.

He is the only one among all the actors who does not need to participate in military training.

The character arc of the entire movie is all about this character. It is difficult to achieve a layered performance, which requires very high acting skills.

Naturally, the actor for this role is not that easy to choose.

Looking at the photos from the Peninsular War now, both the officers and soldiers are skinny and thin. There are very few big men, and even fewer who are sixteen or seventeen years old. Therefore, the actor must not be too tall.

The three major film and television academies in China may have different emphasis on performance interviews, but without exception, they all have minimum height requirements, and short stature will not be able to pass the interview.

It is difficult to choose among the three major ones, and it is also difficult to find a wild path.

Among non-scientific actors in China in their early twenties, you can also pick out some with good acting skills and up-to-standard figures.

However, those actors either started out as child stars or have a background in martial arts. They have long been veterans in the film and television industry. No matter how young they act, they can't act like teenagers.

You can't just let Lao Gu transform and act old, and then bring him back to play Liu Xiaoyao again.

Besides, even Lao Gu, who hadn't been in a car accident, was actually not suitable.

What Chen Yiming needs is a dull boyish feeling, similar to Runtu who has just grown up. Lao Gu's handsome face can't convey this feeling no matter what.

Da Zhuang and Xiao Mei discussed together with Chen Yiming. The three of them studied on the computer for a long time. They went through the young actors in the circle one by one, but still couldn't choose a suitable one.

Xiaomei even asked if she could consider a male idol, but Dazhuang said no directly. It would be better for him to go directly to find an idol. Anyway, in the end it would just be cutting out pictures.

(End of this chapter)