Under the eyes of the teachers sitting in front of the monitor, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei continued to shoot while maintaining one line.
From the second time on, Liu Yifei also learned from the experience Chu Xuan told her. When Chu Xuan put his hands on her shoulders, she pushed her shoulders back slightly, using this subconscious action to express her feelings.
A stronger chill.
This detailed action was captured by the camera, and the teachers also appreciated it.
"This detail is very good." Chen Kaige praised.
Perhaps seeing that the senior sister had made further progress, Wen Muye continued to implement the "guaranteed one" strategy and took three more pictures in a row.
However, every time Chu Xuan was dragged upside down and smashed to the ground by Wia, maybe he was physically exhausted and his condition was slipping, which was also noticed by the teachers.
Tang Jili said: "There is no need to shoot again, just choose to shoot the scene a second time."
All the teachers nodded, approving Tang Jili's decision.
Fumino picked up the walkie-talkie.
But Chen Kaige said: "Let Xiaoxuan and Qianqian stay where they are."
Wen Mino paused, nodded and said: "Ka! It's passed! Senior brother and senior sister, stay where you are."
Chen Kaige stood up with the split-shot script. He was obviously going to give on-site guidance, so everyone on the directing team got up and followed him.
On the set, Liu Yifei was about to walk in the direction where Chu Xuan fell, but after listening to Wen Muye's instruction to stay put, she had no choice but to take back her steps.
Liu Yifei looked at Chu Xuan who was on the air mattress. Chu Xuan made an "OK" gesture to her, indicating that she was fine. Liu Yifei slowly felt relieved.
Chen Kaige took the lead, and a group of teachers came over.
"Get the script for them two." Chen Kaige said.
Kong Sheng handed the script in his hand to Liu Yifei, while Li Xue walked to Chu Xuan's position and handed him the script in her hand.
When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei read the script they were handed, they knew that Chen Kaige was going to tell a play, so they listened carefully.
"After Liu Qian kicked Chu Feng away, Chu Feng collided with the sofa. The sofa fell backwards due to the force. At the same time, the debris next to it was pushed. A coffee table moved, causing the door that was blocked by the coffee table to be exposed.
Small cut."
Hearing Chen Kaige's words, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded.
Seeing the two people's reactions, Chen Kaige walked towards Liu Yifei and said: "In the last scene, you were still reacting to your awakened fighting skills. With your hesitation, in the next scene you have to take a look at Chu Xuan being beaten.
You can use the direction of the kick to express your hesitation and slight surprise, as a continuation of your emotions, can you understand?"
"Understood." Liu Yifei nodded while thinking.
"Then, in your peripheral vision." Chen Kaige said to Liu Yifei, then tilted his head and pointed at the door on the ground with his finger: "I discovered something was wrong on the ground."
Chen Kaige turned to Liu Yifei: "So you have to give another look to let the audience notice that something is wrong."
Liu Yifei lowered her eyebrows and thought for a moment, then raised her eyebrows to look at Chen Kaige and said: "I first took a look at Chu Xuan's direction, and the next moment my eyes immediately moved to the right, and then I tilted my head slightly to express what I discovered, is that okay?"
"The comprehension ability is good, that's all." Chen Kaige said gently, praising him.
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled, then raised her eyebrows at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan sat on the air mattress and looked at Liu Yifei's happy expression after being praised by Chen Kaige. He gave her a thumbs up.
Chen Kaige said to Wen Muye and others: "The two looks in Sissi's eyes require two lenses. One lens is behind Sissi, following Sissi's gaze to capture Chu Xuan's position to express hesitation; the other lens is in front of Sissi, giving
The frontal close-up captures Sissi’s eye movements and clearly tells the audience that Sissi seems to have discovered something, thus pulling the audience’s attention away from the previous scene and arousing the audience’s curiosity.”
Wen Muye, Kong Sheng and others nodded, while Liu Yi took a pen and adjusted the camera angle in the script.
"At the same time." Chen Kaige continued: "The close-up of Sissi's frontal view begins to pan in the direction of Sissi's eyes. The panning process must be slow, giving the audience a psychological expectation of slowly revealing the answer.
feel."
Liu Yi quickly wrote with a pen, adding panning camera movements to the split-shot script.
"Pan the camera to a certain angle and cut it immediately!" Chen Kaige said, walking towards the door on the ground.
He pointed to the door on the ground, then pointed to the sky, and said: "Cut to the third shot, which is the crane shot. The crane shot should shoot the door vertically. Remember, it must be vertical.
"
Wen Muye, Kong Sheng, Li Xue and others' eyes widened and they understood something.
Wen Muye was a little excited and said: "The close-up shot is on the senior sister and the panning follows the senior sister's perspective, so the audience will be in the senior sister's perspective."
"A cutaway, a crane shot vertically to the door on the ground."
"For us it's a vertical shot, but for the camera it's a frontal shot."
"From the perspective of the front camera, the door on the ground will ultimately appear to the audience as a door on the wall."
"In other words, from the close-up panning shot to the vertical shot of the crane, the final effect is: the audience thinks that the senior sister saw a door on the wall!"
"But the door is actually on the ground." Chen Kaige said with a slight smile, reaching out and tapping casually: "We used a mirror movement method with different perspectives in the same space to create the illusion of a three-dimensional space."
"This shot is great!" Liu Yi praised, lowering his head and continuing to revise the script.
All the teachers nodded with great appreciation. The conversion of this lens turned the flat space into a three-dimensional space. They also admired Chen Kaige's spatial camera ability and spatial imagination.
Liu Yifei hurriedly waved to Liu Xiaoli. Liu Xiaoli understood instantly, and with a slight expression on her face, she took out a notebook and pen from her bag and handed them to her daughter.
Liu Yifei recalled Chen Kaige's words and quickly took notes. These are full of knowledge points.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he saw Liu Yifei taking notes seriously.
Chen Kaige continued: "Because we all have psychological cues, when the audience sees this scene, they will think that the door is on the wall."
Everyone nodded.
At this time, Chen Kaige said to Wang Bowen: "Teacher Wang, do the laser treatment here."
Everyone looked down and saw that Chen Kaige's toes were stepping on the top center point of the prop door.
Wang Bowen didn't know what he meant, but he still followed the instructions, stretched out the laser instrument, and then shot a red laser vertically from top to bottom at the toe of Chen Kaige's shoe.
Seeing this, Chen Kaige said: "Give the door a few seconds of close-up to allow the audience's psychological cues to reach saturation. At this time, the crane camera began to adjust the angle, slowly adjusting from a vertical 90-degree angle to a forward-looking 45-degree angle.
And use the position of the laser as the focus."
"At the same time, Sissi starts to move, and there needs to be footsteps."
"When the footsteps were heard, the crane lens expanded the picture by adjusting the focal length to form a small wide-angle lens. Then as the picture expanded, Sissi's shoes and lower body slowly appeared in the picture."
"The camera continued to adjust the focus. Chu Xuan stood up from the ground. There was anger on Chu Xuan's face after being kicked away. Until Chu Xuan came to Qianqian and found the door, the anger on Chu Xuan's face was surprised.
After replacement, the lens stops adjusting focus."
"At this time, in the mid-air overhead shot with the same focus and the same camera angle, the panoramic view of the two people comes into the frame at the same time, and they appear to be looking down at the door."
Following Chen Kaige's words, everyone imagines that this is indeed the case.
Chen Kaige also said to everyone: "At this time, even if Chu Xuan and Qian Qian are standing at the top corner of the door, because of the psychological implications, the audience will never react immediately, and may even think that Chu Xuan and Qian Qian are standing on the wall.
Not on the ground."
As soon as the words fell and the picture came to light, everyone seemed to be in a trance and excited by the impact of the picture.
"Why does it cause this feeling?" Chen Kaige asked.
"When people's eyes are focused and the focus remains unchanged, they will deeply determine the first perception of the spatial image. If they think the door is on the wall, they will always think that the door is on the wall.
And they will subconsciously believe that Chu Xuan and Qian Qian are standing on the wall." He asked and answered himself.
Everyone understood Chen Kaige's words and continued to listen.
"However, as soon as the camera moves, people's eyes will follow the movement of the camera. When observing nearby scenes, the audience will see through this illusion." Chen Kaige said.
Everyone nodded slightly.
"But we cannot let the audience see through the illusion so quickly, otherwise this potentially classic scene will not have enough impact on the audience." Chen Kaige added.
Wen Mino and Kong Sheng nodded, this picture should reflect the 3D feeling, and the audience should be shocked after the previous discussion.
As Chen Kaige said, if the audience is allowed to see through this illusion quickly, the shock will not be enough.
"So, moving the camera will allow the audience to see through the illusion, but we have to move the camera. What should we do?" Chen Kaige spread his hands and smiled.
Wen Muye subconsciously tapped the script in his left hand with his right backhand. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Chen Kaige and said: "With the same focus, the same object distance, and the same focal length of the human eye, with fewer elements, the lens can achieve the best imaging effect in motion.
It is possible to maintain the first sense of imaging in the retina of the human eye."
Upon hearing this, all the teachers nodded slowly.
"Not bad." Chen Kaige praised Wen Muye.
"Where is the focus?" he asked.
"Laser point." Wen Mino pointed to the infrared laser at the top of the door.
"Object distance?" Chen Kaige asked again.
"When shooting later, the last overhead shot will determine how far the mirror is from the focus, and this distance will remain unchanged during subsequent camera movements." Fumino said.
"Focal length?" Chen Kaige seemed to be testing Wen Muye.
"The imaging distance from the surface of the human eye to the retina is 43 mm, so when it is finally positioned, the focal length of the camera will also be 43 mm." Fumino answered fluently.
"Few elements?" Chen Kaige asked.
"When we shoot later, except for the senior brother and senior sister, this door and the coffee table, all other props in the scene will be removed so as not to distract the audience's attention." Wen Muye replied again.
"How to move the mirror next?" Chen Kaige asked again.
"The crane lens uses the laser point as the focus and makes a panning motion to draw a circle." Fumino replied.
Chen Kaige smiled gently and nodded to Wen Muye: "Okay."
Fumino pursed his lips modestly.
"But camera thinking is not divergent enough." Chen Kaige added.
Wen Muye was startled and looked at Chen Kaige, as if he was asking for advice humbly.
Liu Yifei was still taking notes, and Chu Xuan was still listening carefully.
Under the focus of all the teachers, Chen Kaige said while gesticulating: "You don't need to pan the mirror to draw a circle, you only need to draw a half circle."
"When post-production of this picture, add distortion, edge chromatic aberration, add action frames and other effects, the picture will follow the lens and appear a micro-effect of expanding and distorting time and space, achieving a pseudo-3D effect combined with the lens, which is what you need
Effect."
"Then, the crane shot passed over Chu Xuan and Qian Qian and went to that corner."
Chen Kaige stretched out his hand and pointed toward the southwest corner of the scene, and everyone followed his finger to look.
Chen Kaige pointed to two props somewhere on the ground: "Place the portrait prop and the clock prop on the ground in front of the corner. Finally, the crane lens rotates in the corner, pushes the lens from top to bottom, and adjusts the lens angle upward at the same time. 45
"Hold the camera close to the ground and form a 180-degree parallel shooting angle with the ground, and aim the camera at the backs of Chu Xuan and Qian Qian."
Chen Kaige stretched out his hand and gestured, and said: "From the corner of the wall to the focus at the character's feet, this is a medium-long shot."
"In this medium-long shot, the paintings with hooks on the ground, the clocks with hooks, the backs of Chu Xuan and Qian Qian, and the hatch in front of them form a straight line, and they are all in the frame."
"At this time, the audience will suddenly realize through the portrait and clock that this is a wall, otherwise who would hang the painting and clock on the ground?"
"In the process of the audience's reaction, whether it is the perspective effect or the subversive effect brought about by the fact that the previous plots that they believed to be true were all false at that moment, the shock will be maximized."
"This is my personal understanding of the next scene based on my humble opinion."
Qian Jian?... Wen Muye shook his head, took a breath slowly, bent slightly towards Chen Kaige, and said: "Teacher Kaige, please teach me."
too strong.
The ability to move the camera in space, the angle of the camera, the effects achieved, etc. are extremely professional and full of imagination.
Due to the appearance of "The Promise", Chen Kaige was criticized by the audience for not being able to tell stories.
But in any case, in terms of photography skills and artistic light and shadow attainments, he believes that Chen Kaige is a master.
Zhang Jizhong and Tang Jili also expressed their approval.
In Zhang Jizhong's mind, Chen Kaige has a weakness, which is the post-editing. He always likes to arrange the story fragments randomly to reflect literature and art, which makes the audience unable to understand.
In Tang Jili's mind, Chen Kaige also has a weakness, which is that the action scenes are not suitable for the characters. This will cause the picture to be beautiful, but it cannot let the audience focus on the actor and reflect the actor's strengths.
But no matter what, in terms of the spatial art lens just mentioned, they admitted that Chen Kaige was indeed one step ahead of them.
Teachers such as Kong Sheng and Li Xue also benefited a lot and looked at Chen Kaige with some respect.
Under Fumino's wave, everyone took their places and began to adjust the machines, adjust the lights, or modify the script's shots.
"The last crane shot is one shot to the end, I'll do it." Tang Jili said with a smile, "Director Chen's lens concept made me feel challenged."
Chen Kaige smiled back: "Director Tang has itchy hands and wants to play."
"Director Tang, let me help you follow Jiao." Zhang Jizhong grinned and said, "Since you are here, you must do something, otherwise you will really become a tourist."
The teachers dispersed.
Staff adjust props and machines on set.
After Liu Yifei finished taking notes, she raised her head and smoothed her hair with her hand, and said to Chu Xuan in a charming voice: "Teacher Kai Ge is so amazing, the image of this shot is so impactful."
Chu Xuan looked at her from afar and said, "Have you written it down?"
Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly, shook her notebook, and said playfully: "I wrote it all down. I succeeded in stealing from my master!"
Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing and said: "I think next time we make a film, we can learn to use a handheld camera."
Liu Yifei happily said "hmm" twice, and then handed the notebook and pen to her mother.
Liu Xiaoli stepped forward to take it and put the pen and paper into her bag. People watching the set were still confused for a while, so she gave her daughter a folding chair and asked her to sit down and rest.
Liu Yifei sat down on her favorite chair. It was a red chair. Her mother took the train to Shenghai to buy it when she was filming "Dragon". It has always been her treasure.
"Chu Xuan, do you want a chair?" Liu Xiaoli asked Chu Xuan.
"No, this air mattress is very comfortable to sit on." Chu Xuan waved his hand and declined.
"Nothing to rely on. Sitting is tiring." Liu Xiaoli said again.
Chu Xuan leaned back and lay on the air mattress, "I can lie down."
Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei were enjoying themselves. When Liu Xiaoli saw that Chu Xuan didn't want a chair, she also knew that Chu Xuan was too lazy to trouble her. Chu Xuan's sensible attitude made her smile slightly and shake her head before returning to the monitor.
The shots for the next scene were arranged by Chen Kaige, and he was also patient enough to help direct the adjustments to the machines and lighting.
Half an hour later, everything was ready, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were in their places, and filming started again soon.
However, Chen Kaige's requirements were too high, and this shot was also very difficult to arrange, making the shooting process very unsmooth.
"Stop! There is a problem with the focal length! Director Tang, the final positioning is the 43 focal length of the human eye. We have to start with 0.5x imaging, which is 86 focal length."
"clear."
In front of the monitor, Chen Kaige temporarily assumed the position of executive director.
Wen Muye and others watched from the side, listening to the great director Chen Kaige directing the great director Tang Jili. It was rare for everyone to see such a scene, and they were secretly happy.
"Stop! Chu Xuan, you need to stand a little closer to Qianqian. With the laser as the center, your positions must be symmetrical so that the picture can show a symmetrical beauty."
Wen Muye and Li Xue looked at each other, with a sense of novelty flashing in their eyes. Director Chen probably had obsessive-compulsive disorder and was extremely rigorous.
"Stop! Producer Zhang, is your focus correct? It's shifting every second. What the hell?"
The people on the directing team lowered their heads and laughed, overjoyed.
In front of the crane machine, Zhang Jizhong held the small monitor of the crane lens and said to Tang Jili: "Zhang Kaige, who is so special, definitely did it on purpose."
Tang Jili controlled the machine with both hands and said suddenly: "There is indeed something wrong with your focus, the screen is shaking."
Zhang Jizhong looked down at the small monitor and said, "How many years have I not touched this thing? When I touched this thing, Chen Kaige was still looking through the viewfinder as a telescope."
Tang Jili couldn't help laughing and said, "Can you do it? If not, please replace me."
Zhang Jizhong shook his head and said: "This lens is inherently difficult. How many long lenses have you seen that maintain a single focus? If this lens were replaced by another focus operator, I would probably scold you."
Tang Jili nodded. What Zhang Jizhong said was true, so he stopped talking.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were completely reduced to tool men in this scene. Apart from Chu Xuan showing a slightly angry and slightly surprised expression, the two of them did not need to convey any emotions.
This scene needs to present an overall shocking effect through the movement of the camera, so as to have a visual impact on the audience, so everything in the picture is a tool to match this picture effect.
However, after taking a full twenty or thirty times, I still haven't been given this shot.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were also exhausted both physically and mentally, and they were miserable.
"Ka! The focus is wrong!" Chen Kaige's voice came from the intercom.
"What an unlucky shot! Fuck your mother!" Zhang Jizhong swore and threw the small monitor aside. Tang Jili sat in front of the machine, holding his forehead and laughing non-stop.
The directors and teachers in front of the monitor tried their best to hold back their laughter. They understood. After all, the shot described by Chen Kaige was really difficult. It lasted nearly 20 seconds and required consistent focus.
The focus is consistent. To put it simply, no matter how long the lens moves, the center point of the lens must be aligned with the focus, that is, it must move around the focus, and the difference cannot be one millimeter.
The role of the focus puller is to report the focus position or object distance and focal length distance to the handheld camera at all times. The handheld camera operator adjusts the lens angle based on the focus puller's report to achieve focus.
Therefore, each focus puller is the right-hand man of their respective cameraman.
Therefore, if Zhang Jizhong makes a mistake, or loses focus and fails to react, then there will also be mistakes in Tang Ji.
I was told to stop by Chen Kaige nearly 30 times in a row. Although everyone understood it, they still found it funny. After all, the person controlling the machine was a major domestic director. Such a scene was rare.
"No more filming!" Zhang Jizhong walked to the monitor and waved his hand.
"Are you okay?" Chen Kaige said with a smile.
"Come back tomorrow! Done it in one go!" Zhang Jizhong boasted.