While the crew of "Fahai: The Mighty Dragon" and Wu Long went to promote "Shaolin Bodyguard", everyone else's scenes were basically finished filming. All preparations were done, and they were waiting for Wu Long to come back to shoot the final highlight, the battle with the centipede.

Essence original form.

To be honest, this highlight gave Wu Long a bit of a headache.

According to Sun Jian and others, Wu Long's movements were shot with a green screen, and the original centipede spirit was used for CG special effects in the later stage.

In other words, except for Wu Long, who is real, the rest are all CG.

This kind of shooting is indeed very easy for Wu Long. But the cost of special effects is not easy. Even if Xing Zhongfei said that he didn't have enough money, Wu Long would not easily increase investment.

That was a bad start. Once you develop a habit of filming, you will find that there is not enough investment, and you will invest more and more. In the end, the cost of the film will pile up, and many of the films will be lost on the street.

On the contrary, some films with small investment in special effects, even if the box office is not that high, the income is no less than the large investment.

Wu Long asked Shi Lei, and Shi Lei told him that domestic technology and software were really no match for international special effects companies.

That is not just a matter of technology and software, but also issues such as experience and overall management.

In addition, doing special effects not only costs money, but also takes time. Often after the filming is completed, the special effects take a year or even two years.

If you don’t spend money, the special effects will look fake. If you don’t spend time, the special effects will look even faker.

Wu Long didn't want the audience to look good from the front, but feel like they had eaten a piece of mouse excrement from behind.

Wu Long didn't know what other people thought. Anyway, in his previous life, he had watched those domestic films that clamored for big production, and the special effects were really hard to describe.

Some claim to have invested over 100 million in special effects, but the audience can see the sense of tear between real people and special effects, as well as the fakeness of the details of the special effects.

According to Wu Long's idea, in the past when CG special effects were immature, the special effects of Haolaihu's blockbusters were all made with models, which were still very realistic.

It's just that the model cannot be produced in a large scale, the special effects range is not large, the action range is not wide, the shot time is not long, and the shock effect is not enough.

For example, if you want to shoot a scene where a giant beast jumps out from the bottom of the water, opens its mouth wide to swallow the food in the air, and then falls into the water, it is difficult to completely capture it with a model.

If you want to shoot such a shot with a model, you can only shoot a partial shot and use editing. The shocking effect is far from enough.

But the model has a special feature: it is cheaper than CG special effects, and the production cycle is faster than CG special effects.

Considering that the selling point of his movie is not the special effects, nor the monsters such as the original centipede, but his movements and real kung fu, he decided to give up expensive CG special effects.

To be honest, foreign blockbusters also want to use models for action shots like this. But none of their actors and stuntmen have real kung fu, and they cannot use the powerful real kung fu to shoot long action shots like Wu Long. They want

To shoot better action scenes, you can only use CG special effects.

In the end, Wu Long chose to use a model. Just like the original green snake, he made a large centipede model, and it was still movable.

With current technology and coatings, the effects can be very realistic.

Not only can the two large jaw teeth on the centipede's mouth move, but also the centipede's tentacles can move. The body can bend like a real centipede, and of course the centipede's feet can also move.

Wu Long saw this big centipede model and expressed his approval. From the appearance, it looked very real. The centipede model in the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series that Wu Long had seen in his previous life could not be compared with the current centipede model at all.

Wu Long also has ideas for the big green snake model and the big centipede model. They do not need to be destroyed after shooting, and can be sold to parks, amusement parks, and scenic spots.

If no one really wants to buy it, Wu Long can buy it himself and consider whether he can build a Wu Long Movie World theme park.

The bottom of the giant centipede is driven by a car, and there are also wheels hidden under the body at the back.

The action design direction, spell attacks are not as good as head-to-head fighting. Wu Long decided to use rampage and head-to-head combat. This is a bit like Hao Laihu's routine of bumping, smashing, knocking down, and exploding.

Fahai can fly, but it would be unreasonable to only use martial arts on the ground. Then find a way in the plot to make Fahai unable to fly due to insufficient mana.

The centipede spirit burrowed into the ground and tried to escape. Fahai used the ground seal to attack the centipede spirit, forcing the centipede spirit out of its original shape. After it showed its original shape, its strength would become weaker when it left the earth, and its strength would weaken after being attacked by Fahai. The same

It can't fly either.

After a fierce battle, both Fa Hai and Centipede Jing's magic powers were damaged.

This would explain why there are no flying fights and spell attacks.

How to fight head-on?

The original form of the centipede spirit is a big centipede, so let the big centipede directly hit Fahai, and Fahai directly punched the original form of the centipede spirit.

This is equivalent to driving a heavy truck or tank directly into people. It gives the audience the illusion that people are fighting against heavy trucks and tanks with their fists.

Collide!

Trees fell when they hit, rocks cracked when they hit, and mountains collapsed when they hit.

The trees are fake trees, the rocks are fake rocks, and the collapsed part of the mountain is also fake. Build a small part of the rockery at the foot of the mountain and connect it to the real mountain to create the illusion that it is a real mountain.

The car used for driving is not under the head of the big centipede, but behind the head of the centipede. The driver and operator cannot directly see the scene in front and outside, and need to use the camera hidden in the head, and there are no

Use human-machine footage and the director’s instructions to drive the centipede car and operate the centipede’s mechanisms.

If the car is not under the centipede's head, the centipede can raise its head and attack without exposing the car below.

Two lawn mowers can be extended from the front of the car. When the lawn mower is extended, it will be under the large jaw teeth. Use the shooting angle to avoid being seen by the audience.

When the giant centipede chases the grass, use the lawnmower to cut the grass, and then use the fan in front of the car to blow up the cut grass. When presented in front of the audience, the ferocity of the giant centipede can be shown.

When Wu Lung went to participate in the promotion of "Shaolin Bodyguard", the route of the giant centipede had been practiced many times. He waited for Wu Lung to come back and practiced together before filming started.

Before the true form of the centipede spirit appears, there is a story that blocks the sky and the sun.

This plot has been filmed, and it was on the night of the filming of Wu Long's battle with the centipede spirit. He fell to the ground and used "fixing seal" with one hand and "touching seal" with the other hand to deal with the centipede spirit that got into the ground and tried to escape.

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"Prajna Padma Hum!"

"Come out!"

Then shoot a little bit at dusk, and then shoot again when it gets dark.

Then Fahai stood up and raised the "Seal of Wishes" to the sky, breaking the centipede spirit's covering of the sky and the sun.

The highlight is the story after the dawn is restored.

The Centipede car was hidden in a long pit dug in advance and covered with camouflage. There was no problem in the camera and it was thought to be flat ground.

Sun Jian asked all parties one by one if they were ready, and all parties responded that they were ready, and Wu Long was also ready.

"Start shooting!"

Hit the board!

Wu Long's non-phase kung fu was transferred to Fahai, and a special training space was added for the actual performance, which affected the staff involved in the filming.

Fa Hai withdrew his gaze from the sky and scanned his surroundings.

"You monster, don't come out yet!" Fa Hai roared like thunder.

Suddenly, there was a burst of explosions behind Fahai.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Fahai turned around and saw the dirt behind him being blown away. He made a Dharma-protecting seal with his hand and blocked it in front of his eyes. He let the mud and stones hit him.

Boom!

A large centipede emerged from the ground. The centipede's head was as big as a car. There were sword-like sharp spikes on both sides of the head. The two tentacles swayed and were pointed in the direction of Fa Hai.

In the front of the mouth are two pairs of palatine teeth, and at the bottom is a pair of large venomous palatine teeth. The large palatine teeth are curved and pointed, and the front part is as sharp as a knife, which can stab, clamp, and cut.

Behind the palatine teeth is a large mouth full of canines.

"Fa Hai! Although you have broken through my shield, your magic power has been exhausted and you can no longer fly!"

The giant centipede's legs are like curved knives with edges on both sides. It crawls quickly, rushing toward Fahai like a train, and its large jaw teeth open and close like pliers to bite Fahai.

Fahai jumped up and crossed the big jaw teeth. With one hand holding the Demon Subduing Seal, the other palm struck between the two tentacles of the big centipede.

It's like a "boom"!

Fahai failed to fight off the giant centipede, but was knocked upside down by the giant centipede.

Fa Hai somersaulted to the ground, then retreated to release his force. The giant centipede continued to hit Fa Hai like a train.

Fahai changed direction to avoid the giant centipede, but the giant centipede also turned to pursue him.

There were woods ahead, Fa Hai ran towards the woods.

Jump high and step on the big tree to rise higher.

The giant centipede knocked down the tree directly.

Fahai somersaulted and landed on top of the giant centipede. The sword thorns on both sides of the centipede's head extended and slashed towards the top of his head.

Seeing that the giant centipede still had this trick, Fahai jumped on the giant centipede's back.

Unexpectedly, the legs on both sides of the giant centipede turned up and stabbed at the centipede's back like a sickle.

Fa Hai turned over and jumped off the centipede's back.

The centipede lowered its feet to form swords on its side. The centipede turned its head and wanted to surround Fa Hai in the middle. The centipede's feet moved up and down, like swords, knives and spears.

Fahai had no choice but to run away with long strides, and the big centipede kept chasing him. Fahai felt that the centipede was chasing faster in the open space, so he turned and ran towards the woods again.

The giant centipede chased into the woods, breaking down trees in its path like a logging machine.

The giant centipede caught up with Fa Hai, and the two jaw pincers aimed at Fahai. Fahai jumped up to avoid the jaw teeth, and was directly hit by the giant centipede in the air.
To be continued...