China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"This action doesn't work, you still have to change it."

In front of the computer, Lu Pingan gave advice to action director Kou Zhanwen.

"How to change it?"

Kou Zhanwen held the pen in his hand, ready to record at any time.

"It's too flexible. It needs to be a little bulkier."

Lu Pingan began to explain, "These two are big guys that are tens of meters or even hundreds of meters tall. One is a creature and the other is a mecha. If they can fight as flexibly as humans, there will be no sense of oppression."

"Isn't flexibility more oppressive? Two big guys are smashing the ground and the earth is shattering. Human beings look extremely small. This will make the audience feel more powerless, right?"

Another martial arts instructor on the side asked curiously.

Interrupting a question like this would probably draw a blank stare or scolding from other crews in the next second.

But there is no need to worry here at Lupingan.

Lu Ping'an likes everyone to express their opinions, so the unity and harmony of his crew are like air, everywhere.

For example, now, Lu Pingan patiently explained: "Your idea is correct. From God's perspective, it is just like the two of us fighting. Compared with the ants beside us, it is simply despair for the ants, but, we also We have to consider prioritizing the sense of substitution.”

"What is the sense of priority in a movie? It is when you first look at it, you can feel what this thing looks like without thinking. If you think about it, if you were an ant, what would it look like to see two humans fighting? At that time, human beings The so-called flexibility, in the eyes of ants, is it still flexibility?”

Lu Ping'an explained patiently.

What he used was actually the difference between "Pacific Rim 2" and the first one.

One of the reasons why "Pacific Rim 2" doesn't work well is that the movie lacks the sense of oppression that people can feel at a glance.

The reason is that the mechas are too flexible and the viewing angle is too high.

The two behemoths really looked like humans.

Then some tiny human shots are added to set it off, but at this time the sense of priority is gone.

At this point, 2014's "Godzilla 1" actually did an excellent job.

The entire film of "Godzilla 1" is completely dark, and there are only a few scenes of Godzilla and several giant beasts.

But the whole film is from a human perspective. What you see is a part of Godzilla, and then you feel the extremely destructive power of this huge monster that cannot be seen in its entirety at a glance.

Then from the perspective of a movie fan, I was first shocked by the visual effects, my heart tightened, and then I was surprised to realize that if there really was such a thing in the real world.

Then let’s take a look at the overall picture and compare it with the insignificance of human beings.

In this way, the sense of oppression is perfectly displayed.

"So first of all, the angle of view must be lowered, and the fight must be viewed from below the knees. Then one is a robot, with dozens and hundreds of engines all over the body. The mechanical feel must be expressed. The movements should not be too flexible, but being inflexible does not mean that there is no strength. Strength must be Display, such as a simple punch, may only hit a person slightly and raise a little dust, but in the eyes of the ants, it will feel like the sky has fallen. The special effects team must pay attention to this aspect and understand this Don’t you mean?”

After hearing this, Kou Zhanwen quickly began to draw inferences: "I understand. I still don't pay special attention to the tonnage of these two. Do you think this will work?"

Then he took his team and started practicing.

After a few adjustments, the person playing the mecha and the person playing the monster fought together again.

The movement looked much clumsier than at first, but the impact of the blow was amplified.

The rest of the special effects team and other members were squatting or lying down to watch the two fight, imagining that they were ants.

Soon, everyone deeply understood the effect Lu Ping An wanted.

"We should also pay attention to the sound effects. You have to think carefully about how it feels to the ants on the ground if we just take a few steps."

Lu Ping'an continued to raise points.

Everyone nodded and continued recording.

Lu Ping An resumed filming a few hours later, and the action effects were much better.

What this brings about is that the plans of various departments such as special effects, sound effects, and costumes have been optimized again.

Soon, many wonderful ideas emerged from various departments.

For example, the special effects department gave a shot that was not in the original film. The mecha knocks off the scales of an alien beast with one punch. From a long shot, it looks small and inconspicuous when placed on the alien beast. But in the next shot, the scales fall from the sky. , as the angle of view was zoomed in, it became very huge, directly smashing the car on the ground to pieces, and scaring the passers-by who were eating melons.

Obviously, everyone has a better understanding of what this movie wants.

Lu Ping'an expressed satisfaction. Although there were original photos for comparison, he could just copy them.

But since we choose not to take shortcuts and instead use a team to produce together, it is important to inspire the team's creativity.

"This lens works!"

Lu Pingan looked at the creative storyboards brought up by the special effects team and praised them, then turned to the prop producer and asked, "What do you think?"

The producer in charge of props on the side nodded: "It's not difficult."

"Okay, let's record this shot."

Lu Ping'an made the decision directly. The team must support their creativity. Then he pointed to the corner of the melon-eating passerby on the storyboard and said to the project front-end producer Lao Wang on the side, "This passerby can operate it for up to five seconds."

In this kind of super blockbuster, just one shot of up to five seconds can be used to control casting, advertising and other categories.

If you operate it well, you can get a lot of benefits.

Commercial movies are just about "making money".

What Xingchen has to do is how to do this without destroying the quality of the movie.

This kind of thing like Deluxe in "Transformers" definitely can't happen.

"By the way, if there is no car sponsorship, use Japanese and Korean brands, or Mercedes-Benz."

"The cost of Mercedes-Benz is not small."

"That's your problem. Can't find a scrap shop or repair shop?"

"I understand, I'll go right away."

Lao Wangyan took the order and left, while Lu Pingan continued filming.

Currently, "Pacific Rim" is still filming the action phase.

One category is motion capture of fights between mechas and monsters.

The other category is action previews for future stars.

Adjustments are expected to be completed within a week.

Then when Lu Pingping has found all the people, they can start the action directly without having to make temporary arrangements.

In the afternoon, Lu Ping'an and Kou Zhanwen came to the company's training room.

At this time, Liu Qianqian had just finished training for the day.

"Brother Ping An!"

Even though she is 19 years old, she still has a sweet voice.

"How's it going? Have you become more proficient today?"

Lu Pingan asked with a smile.

Lu Ping'an has very high requirements for Liu Qianqian's action scenes.

In the script, she is a harmless little sheep on the surface, but in fact she is a quasi-mecha pilot with extremely high strength.