Made in Hollywood

"China Film Group thank you very much,"

During the filming break, Tina Fei came to Duke and said to him, "They think these will help the development of Chinese films, but they are not suitable for making movies at this stage."

Hearing this, Duke was not surprised, he just nodded to Tina Fei, and reinvested in his work.

Time has entered December, and what the crew left at Warner Studios is just the "Defense of New York" scene. Here, Duke adopted John Schwarzman’s advice-around every member of the Avengers. Take aerial photography.

This is a challenge for everyone on the crew. Duke is very clear about the effect he wants-that is, the Avengers members work together-but the difficulty lies in how to put this idea into practice, so that the various heroes are related to each other rather than individually. Take a shot. Moreover, the combat skills of each character are quite different-some can fly, some can move sharply in an instant, and some can only perform small-scale activities under one lens.

To achieve the desired effect, the cooperation of all departments of the crew is required.

The filming soon kicked off. Mark Ruffalo with a motion capture device hung on his body and Tom Hiddleston dressed as Rocky appeared in front of the camera on time. The shooting venue in front of the camera has long been set up. The top floor of the Stark Building.

All departments have been prepared, Duke motioned for a record.

"Game 396, Act 126,"

The scene note placed the scene note card in front of the main camera lens, "Now start!"

Surrounded by equipment dedicated to filming motion capture, Mark Ruffalo made a Hulk's violent motion and ran towards Tom Hiddleston.

"Enough!" Tom Hiddleston was quite crazy, but he appropriately expressed Rocky's mentality with his body movements at the moment, "What are you guys, I'm a god, you big green-skinned fool," You ant never want to humiliate me..."

Before he finished speaking, Tom Hiddleston fell to the ground by himself.

The shooting continues. It's just that all the shots were aimed at Mark Ruffalo, and Tom Hiddleston, who fell down, quietly withdrew from the set according to the planned position.

In front of the camera, Mark Ruffalo was mad, and he waved his right hand. He kept beating on the floor against the air, looked at his empty hand in particular, and walked towards the window.

As he walked, he turned his head and said to the empty floor, "I have never seen such a scumbag god."

After Duke stopped, the shot passed smoothly. Like other shooting, most of the effects of this scene also depend on post-production additions.

Although Industrial Light and Magic has produced many virtual doubles, digital characters and aliens for Duke's crew, the most eye-catching special effects are undoubtedly the new version of the Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo.

In the first part, most of the Hulk scenes were played by Mark Ruffalo alone, because the special effects team at the time could not capture Mark Ruffalo's body movements and facial expressions at the same time, Mark Ruffalo It can only be performed separately, which is very painful because he needs to sit there with his head motionless after the body motion scene is filmed. Perform facial movements.

But when filming this film, Industrial Light and Magic successfully came up with a method of mixing head and body movements, which means that Mark Ruffalo, like the previous filming, can finally interact with other actors on the set as the Hulk.

Compared to the technology used by Industrial Light & Magic on the Hulk this time, the digital doubles in the previous "Hulk" are simply not commendable.

The first "Hulk" filmed by Ang Lee in 2003 failed in the performance of Hulk’s super power, huge size, flexible movements, wild anger and superb performance, and suffered from the credibility of the role. The audience criticized it.

In all the movie and TV series of "The Hulk", Mark Ruffalo is the first actor to play both the transformed Hulk and the gentle and gentle Professor Bruce Banner.

In 2003's "Hulk", Hulk's motion capture was completed by Ang Li himself, but the effect can only be said to be very general.

In the finished special effects shots. Industrial Light & Magic successfully showcased the most successful Hulk in history, not only with wonderful action scenes, but also with humorous elements.

In order to achieve this effect, Industrial Light & Magic uses advanced motion capture and a new facial animation production system. A digital model was made based on Mark Ruffalo’s physical model of the face, and then repaired in special effects software to complete the final effect, so the actor’s facial features were still retained.

In fact, it is not easy to make the Hulk green.

One of the problems faced by Industrial Light and Magic was that the Hulk had to interact with other characters, so the special effects team had to reduce his color saturation to gray first. Let him not appear too abrupt, and then re-make the green effect to increase credibility.

If you don't lower the saturation first, it will appear very abrupt and very distorted.

In order to further enhance the realistic effect of the skin, the special effects team also scanned Mark Ruffalo's own skin for modeling.

Of course, Mark Ruffalo also cooperated very well with the work of Industrial Light and Magic, and patiently "endured" all kinds of toss. For example, in order to obtain data, Industrial Light and Magic also asked him to open his mouth and scan his gums and teeth. A full array of special effects was processed on his head, and he obtained great geometry and textures.

The set was rearranged. After shooting a shot of Tom Hiddleston lying on the floor, all the Avengers appeared on the set.

"The lights are ready!"

"Photography is ready!"

"Props are ready!"

"Makeup ready!"

"The actor is ready!"

As each department made preparations, Duke issued an order to shoot again, and the entire crew started running again.

Tom Hiddleston crawled out of the pit in the floor, struggling to stand up, and the main camera gave him a close-up of his hand and facial expression.

Seemingly aware of something, Tom Hiddleston looked back. The Avengers stood there, glaring at him, and Clint Barton's bow and arrow were also aimed here.

Faced with these freaks who had previously been laughed at as ants, Tom Hiddleston did not have any scared expression on his face, but said, "If you don't mind, I want to have a drink now!"

"Cut!" Duke called to a halt, and then said loudly to the side of the set, "Tom, your expression is not in place. Try again in fifteen minutes."

This is the last shot in the Warner Studios studio. The afternoon has just begun. Duke has enough time to complete this shot, and then lead the crew to New York to complete the final location scene.

Most of the New York shots in the film are digitally produced. The special effects group of Industrial Light and Magic just finished "Transformers 3" in the first half of the year. The digital Chicago effect inside is very good, because the helicopter can be hovered over the street at will , But New York is different. Duke requires the plane to be no lower than 500 feet above the building. Industrial Light and Magic had to rebuild the building to complete many shots of flying around the building.

There is also a forest battle between Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America. Originally, Duke wanted to shoot in a forest park in New Mexico, but an environmental protection organization focused on his crew and asked the crew not to damage one of the forest parks. This is obviously impossible.

Duke knows how troublesome the extremist protectors are, so he simply completed this part of the scene in the giant studio of the Hughes Aircraft Factory with a green screen.

Although this consumes a little more money, it can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

No film crew in Hollywood wants to deal with organizations such as animal protection or environmental protection, which means endless troubles.

Every year, Hollywood shoots and produces hundreds of films, and there are not a few major major productions that have invested hundreds of millions of dollars. Duke's crew is shooting, and crews from other companies are also shooting.

From California all the way south, across the Panama Canal, to South America, this is a land full of infinite enthusiasm, especially Rio de Janeiro, this world-famous city, is also one of the favorite locations of Hollywood crews.

Many crews have filmed here.

For example, "Fast and Furious 6", which has entered the end of the filming, will be finalized in Rio de Janeiro.

The crew blocked several streets in Rio de Janeiro to film some crazy car chases. As the actual investor and producer of the film, David Ellison was standing on a small building nearby, watching the speeding streets through a telescope. car.

He has invested a lot of money in this film. It took more than two years from preparation to now. Every detail has been carefully measured and considered. It will definitely be the most elaborate film made in Hollywood.

But David Ellison knows very well that these alone are not enough. If a film is well-made, it will be able to sell well. Hollywood will sell countless movies every year.

Moreover, the opponents he and "Fast and Furious 6" face are really too strong.

To make the feat of slaying the dragon, you must make enough preparations. David Ellison knows this very well.

Therefore, his telescope will find Van Diesel from time to time.

Standing next to him was David Ellison's assistant, who was also the most popular newcomer. The assistant's lens was also staring at the bald head on the set.

No one else here, the assistant asked quietly, "I have found the right person."

"Wait again, be patient." David Ellison put down his binoculars, "When all the filming of the film is completed and the publicity plan is in full swing, do it again!" (~^~)

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