Stop it, boss, I’ve never seen a movie made like this.

Chapter 251 251. Amazing props and costumes

The filming progress of the movie is very smooth, and it is temporarily divided into two parts: real shooting and special effects.

Chen Li is in charge of the real shooting part, while the special effects department is left to Lu Ya.

It is initially estimated that these two movies have tens of thousands of special effects shots, many of which are pure CG animations that do not require the participation of actors, so Chen Li also asked Lu Ya to start production in advance.

The modeling aspect is more troublesome. After the art team completes the design, it is handed over to the scientific research team and engineering team to deepen and rationalize the details, and then handed over to the special effects department for modeling and rendering.

With this huge workload, the special effects department, which only had a few dozen people, was stretched thin, so after obtaining Chen Li's consent, Lu Ya quickly recruited manpower to expand the department.

In just a few days, the number of people exceeded 200, and everyone felt relieved.

"Sister Lu Ya, the special effects of freezing the city have been completed. What do you think of this?"

"Well, it's almost done. I'll let Director Chen take a look at it then. By the way, have you finished the shot that goes up from the ground to the fusion engine and finally extends to space to look at the earth?"

"Sister Lu Ya, this shot is still a bit difficult. The engineering department over there has just finished the drawings, and the modeling team is already working overtime. It will probably take another week."

"Then we have to hurry up. We can give priority to the production of the first part. The boss said that after this project is completed, everyone will be given bonuses and have a month off."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!! Money is going to be distributed again!!"

"Wow! Really?"

"Thank you, boss! Thank you, Sister Lu Ya!"

Lu Ya looked at everyone's excitement and felt longing in her heart. She also hoped not to hold back Chen Li and make this movie the best it could be, and fire their first shot in the country!

On the other side, early morning.

Chen Li was taking the actors for a run in the film and television city. It was the end of August, the temperature had soared, and he was sweating after just a few laps in the sun.

On the way, many staff looked at this scattered team of actors and marveled.

There are a lot of people doing physical training for filming these days, but it’s really rare to get up early every morning and run three kilometers regardless of rain or shine. It’s been almost a week, and you’re actually persisting?

"Hurry up, don't stop, there's still one kilometer to go!"

"When we get to the finish line, we'll have breakfast and catch our breath."

"Hey, hey, what's going on with you three college students? Are you so fragile? Don't stop, keep running!"

"Feng Yao, what are you doing?"

Behind the team, Chen Li rode a small electric donkey, drinking soy milk and shouting with a loudspeaker.

The actors in the front were all out of breath, almost out of breath.

The first ones to fall were three young film school students. The three of them lay on the ground, breathing heavily and waving their hands repeatedly.

"Director Chen, we can't do it anymore. Huh-huh."

The person who fell next was Feng Yao. This guy also had no habit of exercising. After two kilometers, it directly killed him.

Bay Island Best Actor Xu Yang also felt very uncomfortable. He was already in his forties. Fortunately, he usually had the habit of running, otherwise he would have been unable to hold on any longer. This was also the first time for him to cooperate with Chen Li, so he gritted his teeth and held on. I wanted to give Chen Li a good impression.

"I think you are too weak, haven't you adapted after more than a week?" Chen Li said speechlessly.

"Director Chen, we usually practice so hard. We can't get used to it for a while. It will be fine in a few days!" Xu Yang's face turned red and he held his knees and said.

"Yes, Director Chen, we can do it!" Other actors also quickly expressed their opinions.

Feng Yao was lying on the ground, his hair soaked with sweat: "I said, Lao Chen, do you need to run like this every day? My legs have been so weak these days that I can't walk. How can we film?” 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Even though he has few roles, he is a big name and still raises the doubts in everyone's minds.

Everyone also agreed. Logically speaking, this is not a military-themed movie. Physical training is enough. After all, the actors' physical strength will have a great impact on the filming status that day.

If it had been another director, they would have complained.

Chen Li held up a loudspeaker and said, "Before, you were filming the dungeon scenes, which were relatively relaxed, but the later ones are different."

With that said, Chen Li stretched out his fingers and asked everyone to follow. The group of people came to the nearby warehouse, where the art team and props team were located.

As soon as you enter, you can see all kinds of weird things, but the most eye-catching thing is the whole row of clothes on the wall. The design makes people feel trance-like, and it feels like science fiction has come into reality.

"Wow, this design is so cool. Is this the costume you want to wear?"

"Is the red one a civilian protective suit? Tsk, tsk, tsk, it feels so sci-fi, I can't wait to wear it."

"The exoskeleton here is more handsome, powerful and domineering, has a heavy industrial style, and is practical. It is no worse than in foreign countries."

"Director Chen, can this... be seen through?"

Everyone was chattering away, and a college student excitedly wanted to put it on.

Chen Li grinned: "Okay, which one do you want to wear?"

He pointed to a red protective suit placed next to him and said, "See, this civilian protective suit has a net weight of 40 kilograms."

The college student’s smile froze.

Chen Li pointed to the black military exoskeleton next to him and said, "This set weighs 80 kilograms. If you want to carry a weapon, it will cost 110 kilograms."

"They are all made of metal. It takes at least an hour and a half to put them on. You even need to use an electric drill, and it is very inconvenient to take them off in the middle. Not to mention going to the toilet, you have to hold in your farts because they are breathable. The sex wasn’t very good.”

"There is also this aviation suit, which weighs more than 60 pounds. Come on, you choose one."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

I didn’t expect the weight of these costumes to be so exaggerated. They can weigh dozens of kilograms. But anyone who has filmed movies knows that once these costumes are put on, it will take a whole day of filming.

With dozens or hundreds of kilograms of weight on your body, who can bear it?

They gingerly touched it and found that the material was indeed thick, especially this military exoskeleton, which was made entirely of metal.

Even the one-handed robotic arm next to it, the circuit button design and the glass cover look like real ones.

Feng Yao accidentally pressed a button, and the entire exoskeleton was activated.

He was extremely shocked: "Fuck! Is this true?"

Chen Li smiled and said: "Of course it is true. They are all designed and built by the world's top robotics companies. They also come with their own adjustment devices and can be worn with space suits and elevator suits. They are composed of more than 100 fine parts in total."

"Oh my god, do you need to go to this point!?" Feng Yao was shocked. Others just assembled plastic shells and then spray-painted them, which was enough, but this one actually asked to make them all.

Go crazy! !

"Let me tell you, from weapons and firearms to costumes and props, they are all real products of the film industry. There are more than 10,000 of these props in total. Therefore, without physical training, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on until the movie is finished. ”

There was silence.

Everyone was stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning, and then they realized that this movie was really not simple.

(End of this chapter)