(PS: Sorry, there are a lot of things today, the second update is a little late.)
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There is a saying that the more successful a person is, the more busy they are.
Ye Qing is like this, so is Xue Ninggong.
Yesterday, she just finished shooting the "Escape from the Secret Room" variety show in Zhongyun City. This morning, she has to attend the opening ceremony of the new movie.
The director of the new movie is the famous director Ding Yin in China. This old man in his fifties has always been famous for his boldness.
He is the first director to introduce Hollywood special effects into China and successfully shot the first fantasy blockbuster.
He is also the first director in China to use CG technology to shoot the theme of gods and ghosts.
At the same time, he is also a famous couple. From the first movie to the present, his wife has been following the crew and acting as a movie screenwriter.
To be honest, if changed, even if a more famous director in China came to Xue Ninggong to shoot the current movie, Xue Ninggong would not hesitate to refuse.
Because this brand-new movie is called "She from the Alien"!
Just this name can scare away a lot of people.
The content of the movie is even more bizarre. It is about an alien girl. After her grandfather died, when she went to handle the inheritance, she accidentally found that there was a green planet inheritance in the inheritance.
After inquiring, she learned that this green planet was obtained by her grandfather, but because he couldn't afford an interstellar spaceship with a warp drive, her grandfather had never been to this planet in his life.
Coincidentally, this alien girl was born with an adventurous heart, and now there is a planet waiting for her to inherit.
Born with a love for adventure, she immediately sold all her property and real estate, bought a spaceship with a warp drive from the second-hand market, and then purchased a lot of things. Without a license, she drove the interstellar spaceship to the green planet.
Green planet means to live in, and there is no doubt that this planet is the earth.
This kind of theme, in China, only Ding Yin dares to shoot, and only he can have a little confidence to shoot it well, because he is the best director in China with computer special effects.
Xue Ninggong took over the role of the heroine, Chen Xi.
And in the case of insufficient investment in the movie, she invested 80 million from her own pocket for the shooting plan. On the one hand, she believes in Ding Yin's level, and on the other hand, she likes the script and the characters in it very much.
Ding Yin studied in Europe and the United States in his early years and worked in Hollywood. Due to the influence of the other side, his opening ceremony was never to cut a pig's head and burn incense. Instead, he would uncover the camera with red satin and smash champagne.
After the opening ceremony was held in the morning, the entire film crew left the Sheraton Hotel and marched into Zhongyun City's Sicheng County.
There was a round Chengzi Lake in Sicheng County. Of course, that lake had long since dried up. Now, farmers were planting green sweet potatoes.
The whole piece of unripe sweet potatoes there had been bought by the director, Ding Yin, a month ago. Moreover, he had spent close to ten million to set up the props for the entire scene.
This place would become an important filming base for the entire movie. It was also the landing place of the alien beauty, Dawn, and one-third of the movie would be filmed here.
It had to be said that Ding Yin was very good at playing to his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses. He knew that the level of special effects in the country was very poor, and it was impossible for him to create a sense of realism in the female lead's alien hometown. Therefore, the entire movie started with a gripping scene where the spaceship was forced to land outside the atmosphere.
The female lead, Chen Xi, was piloting without a license. Coupled with a second-hand interstellar spaceship, the spaceship's warp drive was completely destroyed after landing, and Chen Xi was unable to return to her hometown.
In the afternoon, the crew entered the set and prepared to shoot the first scene.
There would be many scenes in the movie that revolved around the interstellar spaceship. Although the spaceship didn't exist, the camera had to be set up high in the sky and flexibly change the angle in order to capture that kind of vast visual effect.
For this reason, director Ding Yin specially asked the most professional camera arm manufacturer in the country to custom-make two 80-meter-long electric camera arms a month in advance.
The largest camera arm that could be bought on the market was only 20 meters long. Generally, the hand-operated camera arms commonly used by wedding companies were only a few meters long.
Although the camera that the crew had ordered was huge, the manufacturer didn't think that there was too much technical difficulty. After receiving the money, it was finished in 20 days.
After the various departments reported and prepared, the first scene was about to begin.
This was the important opening scene of the movie. The camera would circle around the non-existent spaceship from high up in the sky like a bird looking down at it. This kind of scene that required a lot of special effects had to be shot immediately so that it could be sent to the special effects company as soon as possible.
All the departments were ready, but the camera crew didn't dare to answer.
The cameraman's nervous expression immediately attracted director Ding Yin's attention. When he saw that the cameraman was clearly showing signs of guilt, he walked over with a gloomy face.
A bad temper had always been synonymous with a director. If the entire crew didn't do the right thing, the progress of the shoot would be delayed. This was a loss of money. Who would have a good temper?
The cameraman was responsible for the custom-made camera arm with a maximum length of 80 meters. It was fully operated and the front end could be rotated at will.
The front end of the arm was hung with a camera. The arm was pulled by six steel cables and the base needed to be fixed to the ground. However, the cameraman was hesitant to connect the image to the director's monitor.
"Why aren't you connecting the image?" Ding Yin's face was serious.
"Director …" The cameraman was a bit anxious and explained, "The image of the camera is shaking too much. I … I don't dare to connect the image."
"Shaking too much?" Ding Yin's face darkened. They were shooting an urban sci-fi movie with a huge budget and were aiming for the Golden Rooster Award.
They weren't shooting a Douyu live broadcast. If the image shook even a little, they would have to redo it.
"Yes, yes. This electric camera arm was fine when it was tested at the factory. Who knew why it would shake so much after it was moved here?"
"I think it's because of the wind, but the weather forecast doesn't say it's that windy today."
Although the camera arm was custom-made by the cameraman department, the experienced Ding Yin immediately understood why the camera was shaking.
Anti-shake was an old problem in the world of cameramen. However, with the advancement of technology, cameras with anti-shake functions and three-axis self-stabilizing tripod platforms, the problem of camera shake was more or less solved.
However, there was a limit to the anti-shake function. The camera arm was estimated to be 80 meters long. Under today's wind speed, it had already exceeded the anti-shake function's movement limit.
There was nothing they could do about it. Even if they used a fire truck to shoot, it would still be affected by the wind speed. The longer the truck, the greater the impact.
Moreover, whether it was the fire truck or the one with the crew platform, there was an obvious mechanical lag when it moved. There was no way for Ding Yin to be satisfied with the shot.
Every industry had its own specialization. The stricter the requirements of the industry, the stricter the distinction between specialized equipment.
If they wanted to shoot a perfect bird's eye view, they had to use a camera arm that moved smoothly. Using other equipment was as laughable as putting sugar in Mapo Tofu.
This was the first time they were using an 80 meter long camera arm. It was also the first time the factory had made one.
Even if they took the wind speed into consideration, they couldn't solve this problem in a short period of time. They could only wait for the wind speed to drop.
Ding Yin's face was ashen as he ordered, "Change. Let's shoot the scene when Chenxi escapes from the spaceship."
This scene was easy to shoot. They just had to set up a pure green exit from the spaceship that didn't exist and use the orbital camera to shoot the scene.
Xue Ninggong finished her makeup and put on a sci-fi spacesuit like a fashion model. It only took them an hour to finish shooting the scene.
Ding Yin even had the crew tie two scarves on the two large camera arms. Then, they waited for the wind speed to drop.
After waiting for two hours and shooting two other shots, the wind speed still didn't change.
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