Living in the city for a long time, it is indeed rare to see the beautiful sea of clouds.
Liu Yifei was in a great mood and took pictures with Chu Xuan and Liu Xiaoli everywhere as a souvenir.
While Fumino was following the camera team, participating in and learning the work of shooting and framing, he also had to take photos of this family of three.
It seemed to disrupt the rhythm of his study, but he didn't care. Seeing the happy appearance of the family of three, even Teacher Qi and the big brothers in the camera crew would slightly raise their lips from time to time, and their mood became better.
As the sun rises, the clouds and mist between the mountains gradually disperse.
Although the sea of clouds has disappeared, the edifying scenery of green trees and wild fields that were previously covered by it appears, making people feel extremely happy when they see it.
"It's so beautiful." Liu Yifei looked full of energy.
After staying in the city for a long time, she was a little excited when she first came to Laojun Mountain, and the beautiful scenery on the mountain made her even more passionate.
Liu Yifei seemed to have turned into a happy elf. Her figure passed through the woods, pavilions, stone bridges, and cliffs, and she stayed with her two closest relatives. Her playful charm was left everywhere.
laugh.
"It's too wild." Liu Xiaoli pointed out her daughter's "lawless" character whenever she plays.
She looked at Chu Xuan who was being pulled by her daughter again. Chu Xuan also laughed with her daughter from time to time, and from time to time he shouted inexplicably beyond the cliff.
Liu Xiaoli sighed, "I used to be mature and steady, but in the end I was led astray."
She has finally discovered a pattern. In the two years since Qianqian and Chu Xuan have been together, Qianqian has become more and more mature, while Chu Xuan has become more and more mature.
However, under the guidance of Chu Xuan, Sissi's maturity was only reflected in her career, and her life was still the same as usual. She was still the slightly squeamish daughter who would slump on the sofa as soon as she got home and didn't care about anything.
Contrary to the changes in Sissi, Chu Xuan is still mature in his approach to career, but he was originally very mature in life, but now he has been assimilated by Sissi, and sometimes he seems a bit "young" and a bit funny.
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoli shook her head in amusement and smiled happily.
These two children have been slowly changing for each other, and they have slowly changed into something that each other likes. This is quite dreamy.
As a mother, although her relationship experience was very unsuccessful, she had a subtle change in these two children that perhaps even they themselves were unaware of.
She also knows that this is love.
"Let's go." Liu Xiaoli shouted.
Near noon, Yang Tianzhen called her and it was time to eat.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei came back from playing around and were watching the framing video in the camera team.
Hearing Liu Xiaoli's shout, the two of them turned to look at each other, and Chu Xuan turned back and said, "Teacher Qi, will you go back to the set for dinner first?"
Teacher Qi flipped through the scene-by-shot script, and based on the description of the environment and the artistic effect that Zhao Jian told him to present, he looked up and looked around at the scenery from time to time, trying to find a scenery that fit the script and that he liked.
After hearing Chu Xuan's words, he looked at Chu Xuan and said, "Mr. Chu, go ahead."
He tilted his head again and said, "Xiao Zhong, your group will go too. Bring us food later. We will stay on the mountain today and go down after taking the night scene."
"Teacher Qi, thank you for your hard work, let's go first." Chu Xuan said.
Teacher Qi and the camera crew smiled and waved.
"Let's go." Liu Yifei shook the hand she held with Chu Xuan, and walked down the mountain with Wen Muye, Liu Xiaoli and a camera crew.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei didn't know the specific working mode of shooting. Since Teacher Qi said that he would stay in the mountains all day long, they had a good idea of the work.
No wonder videographers are so expensive. Not only do they require good skills, but they also have to travel everywhere.
It's cold enough to stay in the mountains all day.
Setting up a camera to record and film in the cold mountains for a whole day. In the eyes of people who are not in the video industry, this is boring.
However, most directors started out as camera operators, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Jizhong.
Perhaps videography is not only a job for a cameraman, but also a dream to become a director while gaining more experience.
For photographers who have dreams, the daily life of photography is also their artistic life.
In their eyes, everything in the lens is a world, and this world changes with their operations, which is wonderful and interesting.
When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei went up the mountain, they consulted with Wen Muye and learned about professional photography for the first time. They also became very interested in this art and had a broader imagination.
But as a beginner, there is still a lot to learn, and there is a long way to go.
It was already noon when I returned to the set.
In the area where the director team is located, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are sitting on chairs eating.
Caomiao Village has a peaceful scene. After a morning, twenty or thirty shots were successfully shot.
Perhaps it was his first time to direct a film independently. Zhao Jian was full of energy and enthusiasm.
Just after eating and not long after resting, Zhao Jian picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted to start work.
At this moment, two commercial vehicles drove up.
Everyone looked around and saw a group of people getting out of the car and walking toward Chu Xuan and Zhao Jian with smiling faces.
Zewangda Special Effects Production Company, located in Beijing, is Zhang Jizhong's company and was established in 2003.
At first, Zhang Jizhong founded this company just to save costs and let the special effects team produce better special effects for his martial arts dramas without spending so much money.
However, as the film and television drama market changes, the commercial use of special effects is becoming more and more widespread, and the pursuit of special effects in film and television dramas is also increasing year by year.
Under such circumstances, in order to expand the business sector, Zhang Jizhong invested a lot of money in this company and recruited many special effects talents.
However, when it comes to special effects, if you want to develop it yourself, the money invested is a bottomless pit.
For this reason, Zhang Jizhong wanted to attract investment last year.
With the emergence of Brilliant Era, Zhang Jizhong, as a shareholder of Brilliant Era, urged Wang Jinhua to quickly establish a film and television company. He also had a purpose.
Zhang Jizhong wants to merge his special effects company into the film and television company of Brilliant Era to get more shares of the film and television company. Although Brilliant Era wants to hold a controlling stake, Zhang Jizhong doesn't care.
For Zhang Jizhong, he doesn't want to take care of the company, as long as he can make money.
"The people from the special effects team are here." Huang Lei said with his arms folded.
"Teacher Zeng, welcome." Zhao Jian smiled broadly, holding the walkie-talkie in his left hand, and walked over and stretched out his right hand to shake hands.
Zeng Zhengzong, special effects director of Zewanda Special Effects Production Company.
At present, the domestic film and television special effects market has not begun to develop vigorously, and the industry has not even seen signs of momentum.
The position of special effects director, which is common in foreign countries, has not yet been mentioned in China.
Also because domestic film and television special effects have not yet entered the right track, the special effects director who should be in place during the production stage of script coordination has not joined the team until now when filming is started.
Of course, now we can't call him a special effects director, he can only be called a special effects team leader.
Compared with the composition of foreign crews, this seems a bit unprofessional.
But according to the current domestic film and television environment, it is still rare for people from the special effects team to join the team.
Nowadays, many film and television drama crews basically finish filming the film and television drama, and then contact and communicate with the people who do special effects.
"Zhu Xian" has too many special effects shots, even more than the number of one special effects movie.
Chu Xuan mentioned this matter, and Zhang Jizhong thought about it, considering that "Zhu Xian" does have a lot of special effects shots.
At Chu Xuan's request, in order to ensure the progress of the post-production of "Zhu Xian", a special effects team was sent over to communicate with the team and clarify the special effects plan in advance.
Chu Xuan's request and Zhang Jizhong's decision, if "Zhu Xian" becomes popular, perhaps to some extent, the development of the domestic film and television special effects production industry will be pushed forward by this. Those who want to engage in special effects film and television in the future
The crew of the show may also reorganize the crew and add the special effects department.
"Brother Zhao, long time no see." Zeng Zhengzong said, shaking hands. He was tall and thin, wearing a pair of myopic glasses and a crew cut.
"Hello, Teacher Zeng." Chu Xuan extended his hand.
"Mr. Chu, I must say sorry. Originally, according to foreign standards, I should have come earlier, but there was no way. The "Shen Condor" couldn't drag me away," Zeng Zhengzong apologized.
Zhang Jizhong told him that as long as Brilliant Times invests in establishing a film and television company, Zewanda will merge into the film and television company and become the special effects department.
It's just that I heard that Wang Jinhua doesn't have time to deal with this matter at the moment, and will probably have to wait until next year.
Under such circumstances, the young man in front of him may very well be his future boss.
Special effects technology is also a type of Internet technology. As a person in this industry, it is natural to know something about the Internet.
Although he is only 21 years old, he does not dare to look down upon this young man who created micro-entertainment.
He clearly knows how difficult it is to build a social platform, but the young man in front of him has done it, and his ability is worthy of his respect.
"Brother Zhang said that "The Condor" will be finished next month?" Chu Xuan let go.
"It will be done by the middle of next month. I don't need to look after the rest, so I led the team and rushed over as soon as possible." Zeng Zhengzong nodded.
"Teacher Zeng, thank you." Liu Yifei said.
"Hello, Producer Liu." Zeng Zhengzong shook hands. For the beauty in front of him, he had only watched the screen and not seen the real person before, but as a producer of the big drama "Zhu Xian", she must be excellent.
"This is Teacher Zheng Min, who has been cooperating with our company. She is a top original animator in China and has studied in Hollywood for three years. Teacher Zheng and her team are also the core part of the special effects production of "Zhu Xian".
"He introduced.
"Hello, Teacher Zheng." Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Zhao Jian greeted each other respectively.
"Mr. Chu, Producer Liu, Director Zhao..." Zheng Min shook hands respectively. She has a small wavy shawl, an oval face, a delicate face, and is not old, probably not yet 30.
"Teacher Zeng, Teacher Zheng, are you walking over there? You guys are here just in time. I also want to know about the special effects." Chu Xuan said.
Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min smiled slightly, nodded, and walked with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei towards a deserted place. The team members they brought stayed behind and began to integrate into the crew.
Walking on the grass, the four of them took a leisurely stroll.
"Both teachers should have gotten the special effects storyboard script, right?" Chu Xuan said.
"Mr. Chu, I got it last month." Zeng Zhengzong said, and Zheng Min nodded.
"Um...do you have a budget?" Chu Xuan asked.
Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min looked at each other.
"Mr. Chu, for all special effects shots, we need to know what specific effect we want to achieve and how the director wants to present it. Only after communication can the money for a special effect be budgeted," Zeng Zhengzong said.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei understood.
Chu Xuan glanced at Liu Yifei and said, "Script."
Liu Yifei understood, took off her small backpack, and took out the special effects storyboard script from the small backpack.
Under the gazes of Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min, Chu Xuan took the script, opened a page and asked: "Take the first special effects scene in "Zhu Xian" as an example. If there are 12 frames per second, what is the budget?"
"Mr. Chu, let me read the script." Zeng Zhengzong said.
He took the script Chu Xuan handed him and found the description of the special effects shot——
Special effects shot 2: A strong wind blows outside the ruined temple, action: 5 seconds.
Special effects shot three: dark clouds covering the sky, lightning in the sky; action: 3 seconds.]
Special effects shot four: Black fog appears in the west of Caomiao Village, red light flashes in the black fog, and poisonous blood flags appear. Action: 8 seconds.
Special effects shot 5: A sinister wind blows around the ruined temple, there are ghost faces, resentful spirits, etc., action: 5 seconds.
Special effects shot 6: Puzhi reaches out to draw a circle in the void in front of him, and golden light emerges following the trajectory of his fingers. Finally, a golden Buddha wheel appears in front of him, containing a golden 'swastika'. The action lasts for 3 seconds.
Special effects shot seven: seven-tailed centipede, action: 2 seconds.]
Zeng Zhengzong looked at it carefully and reached out to turn a page.
[Special effects shot 8: The man in black raises his right hand, and the sword behind his back is automatically unsheathed; the man in black takes seven steps in a row, and multiple phantoms appear. The unsheathed sword follows the phantom of the man in black, and at the same time the man in black reads:
'The Nine Heavens Mysterious Temple turns into divine thunder, and the brilliant power of heaven is drawn with the sword';
When he recited the words 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Temple', the black clouds in the sky rotated, forming a flowing vortex. The vortex flashed with lightning, and the sword wandering around the man in black rushed into the sky and went straight into the lightning vortex;
When he finished reciting "Lead it with the sword", a sword flashing with thunder came down from the whirlpool and quickly attacked Pu Zhi with a bolt of lightning;
Action: 4 seconds.
Special Effects Shot 8: Puzhi's whole body is filled with golden aura. After the finger seal is completed, a golden 'swastika' appears on the back, saying: Om Mani Padme Hum;
When you finish reciting, the golden light ‘Swastika’ behind you spreads out like smoke and flows upward;
Puzhi spread his palms and stretched his hands toward the sky, and the golden energy slowly condensed on top of Puzhi's head into the word "Buddha" in golden light;
Action: 2 seconds.
Special Effects Shot 9: The lightning falling from the sky collides with the Buddha characters, spreading a light golden halo mixed with thunder and lightning around, and the ground flashes with arcs of fire, cracks, and collapses; Action: 3 seconds.
Special effects shot 10: Caomiao Village in the south is covered by a halo, houses collapse, catch fire, and villagers die; action: 5 seconds.
Special effects shot 11: Qingyun Mountain in the north shakes and rocks fall off; action: 3 seconds.
Special effects shot 12: The river in the east is swaying, action: 3 seconds.
Special Effects Shot 13: Fire breaks out in the west grassland, action: 3 seconds.]
"There are thirteen special effects shots in one scene. I have never seen such a TV script." Zeng Zhengzong closed the script and handed it to Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan handed the script to Liu Yifei, who put the script into her backpack and put the backpack on her back again.
"But this also shows that Mr. Chu and Producer Liu take this drama very seriously." Zeng Zhengzong said.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei raised their lips slightly, of course they must take their drama seriously.
"When I read the special effects script for this scene, I thought I was watching a mythological drama," Zheng Min said.
Liu Yifei smoothed her hair and said: "To highlight the difference between Xianxia and martial arts, we can't use a big move that does no damage at all."
"Indeed." Zeng Zhengzong nodded.
"Can we budget?" Chu Xuan asked the previous topic again. For him, as a producer, having a preliminary budget can measure the standards of post-production.
Zeng Zhengzong lowered his eyebrows slightly, crossed his hands, and thought as he walked.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei didn't bother them and walked slowly with Zheng Min.
"This scene has a total of 49 seconds of special effects, 12 frames per second?" Zeng Zhengzong looked at Chu Xuan.
"Let's count on this first." Chu Xuan nodded.
"How high are the rendering parameters required?" Zeng Zhengzong asked again.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei raised their eyebrows, encountering another knowledge point they didn't understand.
"I don't understand this. Teacher Zeng, you have done the special effects of "The Condor". Based on your experience, how to make the special effects in the script the most realistic, then budget according to this standard." Chu Xuan said.
The most realistic special effects in a TV series?...Zeng Zhengzong was dumbfounded, but nodded again. Anyway, it was just a budget, and whether it will be implemented in the end is unknown.
He also knew that Chu Xuan asked this question to give him some peace of mind.
"Teacher Zheng, how do you calculate 12 frames per second?" Zeng Zhengzong looked at Zheng Min.
Zheng Min folded his arms with a thoughtful look in his eyes and said as he walked: "The ruined temple is a static scene. This can be done with only one original painting, which can be directly synthesized after cutting out the picture. The remaining 48 seconds are all dynamic special effects.
Calculated at 12 frames per second, that’s 576 original paintings.”
She said, "We have been cooperating for so long. Although the price of each original painting varies according to the number of elements, since it is a budget, let me average it out. Each original painting here is 300."
Liu Yifei took out her mobile phone and did some calculations on the calculator that came with it.
Seeing the numbers on the phone, she poked Chu Xuan's waist and showed him the phone.
"173,100 yuan." She was a little surprised, it's really expensive!
Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"One hundred and seventy thousand." Zeng Zhengzong saw the number and said: "Mr. Chu, I can't calculate the rest of the expenses for the time being. I will calculate the cost of rendering. If I want to render the special effects into the most realistic one in the current television industry,
files……"
He thought for a while and said: "One frame of special effects takes one hundred hours to render."
"One hundred hours?!" Liu Yifei frowned.
"Producer Liu, listen to me." Zeng Zhengzong smiled.
"It takes one hundred hours for a computer to render one frame of special effects. If twenty computers work together with a server to render it, it only takes five hours. It depends on what efficiency you require." He said.
Liu Yifei suddenly realized that this was the case.
"Here, based on twenty computers, the charge is 5 yuan per hour. Twenty computers are charged 100 yuan; one frame of special effects rendering takes five hours, which is 500 yuan."
"577 frames of special effects..."
Liu Yifei picked up her mobile phone and calculated, "288,500, plus the price of the original painting, it is 461,600."
"460,000." Chu Xuan nodded.
"49 seconds of special effects, 460,000 yuan." Liu Yifei sighed.
"Well...some other expenses haven't been calculated yet, but they are estimated to be around 550,000." Zeng Zhengzong said.
Liu Yifei shook her head, "The special effects shots of "Zhu Xian" are initially set at 2100 seconds, and the special effects will run at a pace of 30 million seconds."
She blinked and didn't know what she was thinking of. She looked at Zeng Zhengzong and said, "Teacher Zeng, have you seen the special effects of "Sword of Immortal"? Has it reached the highest level of special effects in the current television industry?"
""Immortal Sword"?" Zeng Zhengzong was stunned for a moment, and then complained: "The special effects of "Immortal Sword" are a little better than the Wumao special effects, but they are far from the quality we just mentioned."
Hearing this, Liu Yifei turned her head to look at Chu Xuan and said playfully: "Tang Ren said that the special effects of "Sword of Immortal" cost 10 million. I don't believe it."
Chu Xuan was startled. He really didn't expect Liu Yifei to be thinking about this problem. He couldn't help it and laughed.
"Okay, I have a good idea. Let's talk more these days and set a benchmark for special effects quality as soon as possible." He stopped walking.
Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min followed and stopped.
"In this regard, Mr. Chu and Producer Liu are the main ones. We can only provide suggestions."
"Let's go back to the crew then."
The group of people turned around and headed in the direction of the crew.
