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The lights came on and the theater suddenly became bright.

The horror atmosphere created by "The Ring" dissipated, and the screams that pierced the eardrums gradually disappeared.

However, the fear left in the hearts of the audience will probably be difficult to erase for a long time.

Many people sat in their seats in a daze, with chills running down their spines, having not yet recovered from their fear.

Xu Ke looked around and congratulated everyone for the film's successful opening. He said that if this film was released in Hong Kong, it would definitely be a box office hit.

Shi Nansheng felt the same way. "But Mr. Fang, how did you achieve the special effect of 'Sadako crawling out of the TV'?"

"This is a clever idea that Emei Film Studio and Guixi Film Studio came up with after a long period of research."

Fangyan said that the basic technique is to use borrowed positions to shoot, placing the actors, props and scenery in appropriate positions, and then shooting from different angles. In the camera movement, the composition relationship between the foreground and the background is maintained as much as possible, that is, the two scenes of Sadako and the TV are integrated together.

In addition, there is also the principle of clever use of mirrors.

"Mirror?"

Yoko Suzuki, Gong Xing and others became more and more curious.

"I don't know if you've ever heard of a trick, or a scam, called 'vase girl'."

Fangyan smiled and said "vase girl", as the name suggests is a girl who grows in a vase. She is often seen performing tricks on the street. People in the circus would say that these vase girls have been taking a special medicine since childhood, which makes their bones soft so that they can be put into a vase.

Although it has no hands or legs, it can sing and answer questions. This gimmick easily arouses the curiosity of the audience.

In fact, the principle is very simple. Two mirrors are placed next to the vase girl. The principle of light refraction is used to refract the surrounding scenery at a clever angle, so that the audience in front can only see the vase and the girl's head, thus creating an illusion.

"I see!"

Xu Ke was greatly shocked. “I didn’t expect it would involve the principles of physics and space.”

Shi Nansheng said in disbelief: "Yeah, I thought you used computer special effects to create this scene."

"Don't even mention computer special effects. There aren't even any computers."

Fangyan shook his head and laughed, "If we can use digital special effects like Hollywood, we won't have to rack our brains so much. We just need to put on a TV shell, hang a curtain in the place of the screen, and then let the actors crawl through the curtain from the back to the front, and then process the green curtain on the computer to make it look like an ordinary TV screen."

There was a hint of regret in his tone as he spoke, "How convenient it is, but unfortunately, the mainland does not have such technology yet."

"But no matter what, compared to computer special effects, this kind of physical special effects appears more realistic, more natural, and less likely to be exposed."

Xu Ke said: "If the computer special effects technology is not advanced enough, it will be counterproductive and there will not be the current visual impact."

Gong Xing, Suzuki Yoko and others all agreed. They really thought that Sadako had crawled out of the TV just now.

After chatting for a while, everyone's tense nerves relaxed a little, and like the audience around them, they all stood up and left.

A huge crowd of people poured into the corridor.

Fangyan protected Gong Xing, Zhao Jing and others behind him, and heard the conversations of passers-by who were still frightened:

"Is this a horror movie? I will never touch this thing again! I would rather die than watch a horror movie!"

"Do you think ghosts really crawl out of TV?"

"Don't talk nonsense, damn, I'm so scared that I don't dare to watch TV at night."

"There's nothing scary about this. It's just the scene where Sadako crawls out of the TV that's scary, that's all."

"Really? I don't know who was so scared that he took out the little red book."

"I was reminding myself that I am an atheist and I never believe that there are ghosts in this world."

“………” “No! I can’t be the only one scared. I will recommend “The Ring” to others tomorrow.”

Along the way, there was a lot of chatter, it was so lively.

Fang Yan and others walked out of the cinema, waved goodbye to Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng, and then stopped three tricycles known as "turtle cars."

At that time, Santana had not yet been introduced to Shanghai, and taxis were generally turtle-shaped carts that provided protection from wind and rain.

Fang Yan showed a playful smile, "How many people do you think will be too scared to sleep tonight?"

Gong Xing hit him, "Still talking! You are such a bad person!"

"How can it be bad? This is their blessing, to be the first to see the mainland's first horror movie."

Fangyan smiled evilly, "I guess from now on, we will soon have one more type of horror film in our genre."

Gong Xing joked, "If all horror movies in the future are like The Ring, people will be scared to death."

Fangyan put his arm around her shoulders and said, "That's why I said just now that we need to add a sentence to the poster: 'Cowards, don't read this.'"

Gong Xing was about to lean his head over when he was startled. "What do you think, if the visiting delegation watched "The Ring", would they..."

………………

Two days after the release of "The Ring", there was a movie-watching craze across the country. The ticket price of one cent was continuously driven up, but it was still hard to get a ticket.

Horror is horror, scary is frightening, but for movie fans who have never seen a horror movie, most of them go for the novelty.

The official media did not report it in great detail, but rumors spread through the grapevine more and more. Some were about children wetting their beds because they were scared, some were about parents of frightened children calling to complain, and there were also many rumors of ghosts that became more and more creepy and weird.

On the contrary, it is hard for the film runners.

He rode a bicycle, carrying copies all over the city. The copies at that time were divided into three sizes: 8.75mm, 16mm and 35mm.

For example, "The Horse Herdsman", even in the highest specification 35mm format, sold more than 400 copies, and "Shaolin Temple" set a record of more than 35 million people being shown 2.7mm copies, a record that was not broken until 1991.

"The Ring" sold over 300 copies of 8.75mm and 16mm formats at a rapid pace, which made Emei Film Studio and Guixi Film Studio so happy that they called Fangyan one after another. In addition to expressing their feelings, they also urged him to write the script for the second part as soon as possible.

Stop running around and hurry up and write "Confinement Month 2" because there's no paper in the village toilet!

The whole factory is looking forward to filming the "Ring" series!

Fangyan did not have the time at this time. On September 9, the first group of members of the Japanese delegation arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

Gong Xing, Suzuki Yoko and others arrived at the tarmac early. Looking around, there were flowers and smiling faces of the reception team members everywhere.

Many people around me have not learned how to tie a tie. They all ask someone to help them tie it the day in advance, and they don’t even dare to take it off before going to bed at night.

Fang Yan, as the deputy head of the reception group, stood at the front of the crowd, and in the middle was head of the reception group, Hu.

Although the two had only met a few times, they hit it off right away and agreed to find an opportunity to meet a soulmate, watch the sea, listen to the waves, and talk about literature.

"Konnijiwa."

"Konnijiwa."

They greeted each other skillfully in dialect. The members of the Japanese delegation were basically all strangers, after all, the main guests invited this time were young people.

At this moment, Awahara Komaki and Matsuzaka Keiko, representatives of the entertainment industry, appeared in front of him with smiles on their faces.

"Sasibuli (Long time no see), Fangyan-kun!" (End of this chapter)