Chapter 844 'Sky Curtain: Soldiers Arrive at the City' (4)
In a house, the living room looks like.
The lights are dim, the decoration is simple and crude, giving people a sense of the 1990s.
There was only a framed photo on the cabinet as decoration, and the camera showed a close-up of Chu Xuan and Zhang Fengyi.
"Zhang Fengyi? Wearing a military uniform, is he Wei Ran's father?" The audience had some guesses.
Film critics have an idea. It is indeed a movie produced by China Film Group and Yinghuang Entertainment in the Brilliant Era. Teacher Zhang Fengyi can co-act in a posthumous photo. This is both funny and makes people lament the strong connections of the producer.
There was no one in the camera, except for the movement of things being packed in the unseen bedroom, and the sound of news playing on a TV.
"Three strangers were discovered by local villagers in the river valley area. After contacting the military and police, the valley military and police joint operations force found their traces and killed the three strangers in time without causing any casualties on our side.
It was discovered that the three strangers were formerly members of an extremist organization. After being severely brainwashed by the organization, they crossed the cordon of the blind spot and approached the sky curtain and were actively alienated. In this regard, this station reminds everyone: Cherish life and stay away from the sky curtain."
The audience laughed and felt that this movie seemed to have reshaped a new civilization system. Many things seemed incompatible with reality, but they were closely integrated with some basic things that existed in reality. This was quite interesting.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and then the camera turned to focus on the TV news screen.
Chu Xuan walked out of the bedroom into the camera, holding a travel bag in his hand, casually throwing it on the sofa, and then picked up the remote control to change the channel on the TV.
"A small group of strangers appeared in the Yili area of the Western Region. The combat troops paid a heavy price to prevent the strangers from crossing the city defense line. Four people are dead so far..."
The sound suddenly stopped, and it was Chu Xuan who changed the channel again.
"There have been frequent sightings of strange animals in Shennongjia in recent days. We would like to remind the local people..."
The sound suddenly stopped and Chu Xuan changed the channel again.
"Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey, you are really amazing..."
It was a cartoon about Sun Wukong. Chu Xuan did not change the channel this time and threw the remote control on the coffee table with a bang.
This detailed behavior made it clear to the audience that Wei Ran should hate news broadcasts about aliens.
Film critics are more certain that Wei Ran looks like a greasy boy, but in fact he is very decadent. It should be caused by the death of his father, which gave Wei Ran a psychological shadow, so he hates or is afraid of strangers so much. Even
I don’t want to see reports about aliens in the news.
But we don’t know the details yet, so just keep reading.
"Dong dong dong..." A knock on the door sounded.
Chu Xuan went to open the door, and outside the door was Liu Yifei.
"Sister, it's too early for you. It's only 6 o'clock. Isn't it 8 o'clock for the meeting?"
Chu Xuan was helpless. Seeing Concubine Liu Yi was like seeing a tigress. He was frightened but couldn't get rid of her.
"I'm afraid you'll run away." Liu Yifei said concisely and concisely, expressing Wei Ran's character in one sentence.
"I ran away? I promised you something and then I broke my promise? Who are you looking down on!" Chu Xuan was not angry and turned to the coffee table to get the remote control to turn off the TV.
"How many things have you promised me that you have kept? I just look down on you." Liu Yifei is a strong woman, the kind who can't fight you to death, and she is always very cold when she fights others.
Chu Xuan's hand holding the travel bag stopped, he was very angry and speechless. He could only take a breath angrily to calm down, then picked up the travel bag and walked out: "Lin Yi, you will never get married in this life.
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With a "bang" sound, he closed the door and left.
Liu Yifei looked at the figure in front of her and said: "You are the only one who can get a wife like this."
"Hahaha..." The whole audience in the screening room laughed.
The relationship between these two people is indeed very dramatic and conflicting. In the past, the couple would only be affectionate and affectionate in the drama, but now they have several fights with each other in a row, which is really full of joy and fun.
In the front row, actors such as Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Jackie Chan couldn't help but laugh as the whole audience was in a cheerful atmosphere.
Chu Xuan, who had never liked watching his own works, saw that the movie had been edited to give the couple such a happy and enmity-filled scene, and he thought it was indeed quite interesting.
As the movie conveys a comic atmosphere, the male and female protagonists gather in the playground. After a lecture from the instructor played by Ti Lung, all the students get on the bus and set off.
The vehicles were military vehicles, like green trucks, driving out of the school one by one.
The camera zooms up and quickly reaches high altitude, showing the layout of the entire city with the school as the center from a bird's-eye view.
In the eyes of the audience, this "Shenghai City" is a bit strange, as if there are circles of city defenses, wrapping the city into layers.
I can't see exactly what it looks like, I only have a rough composition.
The camera slides down and makes an "L"-shaped parabolic motion at high altitude. During this motion, the urban layout, which was originally just a composition, is clearly visible to the audience.
There are indeed layers of defense lines, and the innermost line of defense, used to protect the inner city area, is the type with modern city walls.
There are soldiers standing guard on the city walls, as well as weapons such as anti-aircraft missiles, and some equipment such as heavy machine guns.
Subsequently, the second and third layers of defense were all on the ground, each with a moat and several bridges for people to pass through. There were military and police patrols near the bridge entrances and were heavily guarded.
Then, the fourth and fifth layers of defense are used to expand the strategic depth. It seems to be in the suburbs, a large uninhabited area in the wild, each patrolled and defended by helicopters, drones and ground troops.
The fifth layer of defense is the front line. Although the distance from the canopy is not marked, the front line and the canopy appear to be very close.
The scope of these five lines of defense is very large, with Shenghai as the center and reaching the fifth line of defense, which is probably Hangzhou, nearly 200 kilometers.
"Damn, that's awesome, it's such a big scene!"
When the camera slid down to a close-up and followed the male and female protagonist in their vehicle, the audience recovered from their surprise, and small exclamations came from everywhere.
They once again received a visual impact. Such a spectacular and novel civilization construction, rendered by a large panoramic high-altitude aerial telescope, was completely grand and stimulated many people's adrenaline.
"How was this filmed?" One film critic was a little shocked.
“It’s a model, or it’s all special effects,” one film critic said.
"How can it be possible to use all special effects? Those soldiers are obviously real people." A film critic said.
"The model adds special effects and is performed against a green cloth." A film critic told the truth.
"Then the composition skills of this pair of scenes are very high. Do we already have this level in China?" said a filmmaker and media person.
"The overall domestic level is definitely insufficient, but the Brilliant Era has proven that they can do it." The media nearby said.
Hearing this, the professionals nearby nodded and said no more.
The beginning of the movie is purely special effects. The universe and the sky are all computer special effects.
The beginning of the main film is also purely special effects, the fighting style, the eagles and the landscape environment are all computer special effects.
But the huge scene of city defense in front of us is so real, and there are real people involved in it, it can't be done with special effects alone. The special effects technology has not reached such a level, and it is difficult for the original painter to draw such a realistic scene.
city environment.
But if you build the model manually, you can achieve such a realistic large-scale scene, because the city model is real, just reduced in scale.
Then use the camera to move the lens on the model, and you will have the high-altitude arc motion lens just now, and zoom in on the model in the lens to present this magnificent picture.
Finally, I used green cloth to shoot, combined the group performance scenes and the model scenes into one picture, and then added key frames to make the picture move. There were soldiers standing guard on the city walls, patrolling the ground defense lines, helicopters and drones.
Stunning panoramic view of cruising in the air.
It sounds simple to say, but the complexity and the technical requirements for personnel in each link are very high. No company or movie in China has presented similar scenes. I can only say that Brilliant Era is really awesome. In special effects shooting
Its strength far exceeds the domestic level.
The professionals sighed inwardly and then continued watching the movie.
The lens moves in an "L"-shaped parabola from high altitude. When the lens reaches the "_" parallel line at the bottom of the "L", quickly push it straight towards the convoy.
A car passed over the front of the car, and when it locked onto the second car in front, the camera dropped and looked into the cargo box.
This is a one-shot shot that first shows the city defense scene, and then follows the plot lines of the characters.
A film critic was able to imagine the "L" trajectory of the camera running towards the model in the studio, but the model is a model after all, and it is impossible for a real person to appear in the model. So how to transition to real-person shooting?
The screen flashed, and the camera cut directly into the cargo box, showing a group of students riding in the car.
The film critic grinned. Is it true that the only way to put it together is to cut the paintings directly?
He is also looking forward to a shot that goes all the way to the feature film. From the model shot to the plot scene, perfectly smooth and uninterrupted. If Bright Era can achieve this step, it will really be comparable to Hollywood.
This kind of double-combination lens, which requires the director to move the camera and technicians to perform special effects operations on the computer in post-production, and requires a high degree of coordination, is one of the advanced aspects of Hollywood special effects movies.
Obviously, Bright Times can't do it yet.
But it doesn’t matter, there has to be a process of development and progress. As far as this camera technique is concerned, it can be said to be top-notch in China.
"Wei Ran!" shouted, startling the audience.
I was still immersed in the shock of the big scene, but I didn't know that everything was on the screen and there was a loud shout.
Wei Ran, played by Chu Xuan, folded his arms and dozed off with his head down. When he heard the scolding, he opened his eyes and raised his head, looked around blankly, and finally locked his eyes on the instructor Di Long: "What are you doing?"
"What are you talking about!" Di Long said sternly: "We are going to the front line soon. As a soldier, you are still sleeping without being alert?!"
"It's just a patrol test, it's not like practicing with real weapons, so what?" Chu Xuan muttered.
"The patrol test is an exercise, and the exercise is equivalent to practicing with real guns! Stop your playful mentality, otherwise you won't even know how to die if you encounter danger!" Di Long was very stern.
Chu Xuan didn't take it seriously, but he still raised his eyebrows and said, "Uncle Jiang, don't be so strict."
"Please call me instructor during the mission!" Di Long glared at him.
Chu Xuan pouted, but he also sat up straight, looking a little scared of Uncle Jiang.
The students nearby couldn't help but laugh. Wei Ran, a classmate who was so out of control, was finally cured and was amused.
Only Liu Yifei sat upright, glanced at Wei Ran to see that he was honest, and then looked away, behaved.
And the audience learned another piece of information. The male protagonist is somewhat related, and he is obviously very familiar with the instructor. So combined with the clues given from the past, it is very likely that the male protagonist’s father and the instructor are similar comrades in arms.
relation.
At this time, an armored vehicle drove past the military vehicle.
At the same time, a voice came from the walkie-talkie in Dillon's hand.
"Old Jiang, are you leading the team?"
"It's me, what?"
"Leading the team for patrol testing again?"
"Yes, what about you."
"Just returned from night patrol."
"is that OK?"
"What's the problem? It's still safe within the defense line. Don't be nervous, students. If you really want to be careful, be careful about the torture your instructor will bring to you."
"Hey, what is torture? It's called training effective individual combat capabilities."
"Haha, classmates, I wish you good luck."
The conversation stopped, and the students in the car all had miserable faces, a little frightened by the words "torture brought about".
In the eyes of the audience, the atmosphere conveyed by this intercom conversation was very relaxed.
However, the relaxed mood did not last long. As soon as the scene switched, the nervous mood immediately took over.
In the school office, Yu Rongguang, who starred in a friendly role, knocked on the door in a military uniform, and Zeng Baoyi, the counselor in the office, raised his head.
"Teacher Yang, I am the political commissar of the Sheng Navy Police Joint Operations Command Center, Chen Guang. Could you please find Wei Ran and Lin Yi, which classroom are they in?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Uh... Hello, Political Commissar Chen, they went to patrol for testing."
"Patrol test!" Yu Rongguang was startled and subconsciously said: "Oh no!"
Under Zeng Baoyi's baffled look, Yu Rongguang put on his military cap and turned around to leave. He picked up his mobile phone and started making a call.
The audience didn't understand what the phrase "Oh no" meant, but inexplicable tension began to spread.
The scene switched to the motorcade and the hero and heroine's car. Dillon's cell phone rang. He picked it up and looked at the caller ID. It was the command center.
Why is the command center looking for him?... Dillon was confused and prepared to answer the call.
Under a close-up shot, just when Dillon's finger was about to press the on button, there was a "bang" sound. The vehicle in front of them hit something and stopped, and the vehicle they were in was also forced to brake suddenly.
One female student was frightened, screamed, and fell forward.
The classmates were shaken and twisted, and Dilong's cell phone was just thrown away. After being smashed, the ringtone disappeared.
Di Long couldn't handle a phone call. Just when he was about to use the intercom to ask what was going on, he heard the intercom say: "There is an air attack by an alien beast!!"
Di Long's expression changed when he heard this, and he said calmly: "Leave two people in each car to protect the students, and the rest are ready to fight!"
The sudden change in the painting style caught the audience off guard, and this sudden reversal also lifted the audience's spirits for a moment, and also let the audience know that the battle scene was about to begin, and everyone watched attentively.
The so-called alien beasts are a group of birds with gray-white eyes, exactly the same color as the gray-white color of Hui Guang, and the same color as the eyes of the eagles in Chenglong's world at the beginning. Combined with the previous situation, you can tell that they are alienated.
, controlled aliens.
Gunshots rang out continuously, and the birds fell from the sky one by one and died. After death, a gray-white air flow spread out and dissipated in the body, just like the situation after Chenglong's battle with Huiguang.
There is a question here, can such an awesome alien being be killed with a gun?
Also, when Chenglong fights against a group of eagles, the evil light within the group of eagles can escape, but this does not happen to these birds.
The difference from ordinary birds is that these birds have very strong attack capabilities. They can make a hole in a military vehicle if they poke it. Their defense is also a bit thick. If you can't kill them with just one shot from a gun, you have to take several more shots.
It looks awesome, but it's much worse than Chenglong's group of dirty light eagles.
Of course, if this group of birds is stronger than the group of dirty eagles at the beginning, then the male and female protagonists will be wiped out if they are not included.
This doubt is actually a small problem. Being able to kill someone with a gun gives many viewers a sense of security. However, viewers who are confused about this are looking forward to an explanation in the subsequent plot.
"Didn't we promise that we would be safe within the defense line? We are so unlucky!" Chu Xuan looked outside nervously in the car.
"Shut up!" Liu Yifei said coldly, taking out something that looked like a harmonica from her bag.
Under the surprised eyes of the entire audience, Liu Yifei pressed a button on this "harmonica", and then automatically stretched out with a "click", finally forming a mechanical compound bow.
"Holy shit, it's so cool!" Some viewers' eyes lit up, and they were impressed by this high-tech cold weapon. A bow can be opened in such a way, which is very cool.
Liu Yifei took out a long tube from her bag, pulled out a steel arrow from the long tube, then bent her bow and nocked the arrow, and pointed her eyes warily at the outside of the truck.
Compared with the trembling classmates nearby, Liu Yifei stood out from the side.
At this moment, three exotic birds attacked from the air. The two soldiers guarding the car door were still aiming their guns, and then there was a "whoosh" sound and an arrow flew away.
"Chi, chi, chi..." The three faint voices were dubbed very pleasantly. As the three gray air currents dissipated, the three attacking exotic birds were pierced three times by arrows, killing them three times in a row.
"Damn, this is so handsome!" Some viewers were dazzled by Liu Yifei, and some female viewers were also inspired to admire and be excited by this heroic and decisive gesture.
Two soldiers turned around and one of them gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up.
"Awesome." Chu Xuan came to his senses and praised, then came from his seat to sit behind Liu Yifei on the car, as if begging for protection.
Some viewers were speechless. Wei Ran is so shameless. Can he be more manly?
But in the eyes of some viewers, real-life couples perform dramas in which the woman is strong and the man is weak, which makes them very happy to watch.
There was a "bang" sound, and something hit the car.
The camera switches to outside, where Dillon is holding a rifle and shooting an alien, just a few steps away from him.
The audience also saw the appearance of the alien again, which was exactly the same as the alien at the beginning. The most distinctive feature was his gray-white bald head, his face was slightly squeezed together, looking slightly ferocious, and there was no emotion in his eyes.
In Chu Xuan's eyes, the alien's surface image was from the alien work "Prometheus" in his mind and memory. The appearance of this alien was just like the so-called "originator of mankind" in this movie.
The tall, gray-skinned man is almost the same.
Sure enough, art is connected to a certain extent, so Tang Jili's team designed the appearance of the character in the future movie. It is not known whether the character will change when "Prometheus" is released in the future.
"Bang." A shot was fired, and the stranger was shot in the chest. No blood was shed, and the person was not dead. He just took a step or two back as if being affected by gravity.
"Bang." After the second shot, the stranger was still in the same condition, but his body was slightly stooped.
"Bang." After the third shot, the stranger fell to his knees, but he was still not dead and tried to prop up his body with his hands.
"Bang." The fourth shot was fired, and the stranger was killed. Several streams of gray air swayed out of the body and dissipated with the wind.
It took four consecutive shots to kill an alien, and the shots were still lethal, which shows that the alien's physical strength is very strong.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The audience had an intuitive feeling about this. The next moment, a stranger jumped out of the jungle and pounced directly on Ti Lung.
The tension in the audience suddenly rose to the top of their lungs, as they saw the stranger's head exploded with one arrow, followed by the soldiers' follow-up shots.
"Go back!" Ti Long watched Liu Yifei jump out of the car and motioned for her to go back.
"I can help you." Liu Yifei said calmly.
The audience laughed in their hearts. The male and female protagonists are all restless protagonists. The male protagonist Wei Ran wants to be as useless as possible, as cowardly as possible, and the female protagonist Lin Yi wants to be as arrogant and arrogant as possible.
How confident is confidence.
She has very distinct characteristics: a scumbag and a good-for-nothing, and a cold goddess.
In the opinion of film critics, if the male and female protagonists do not get out of the car and face danger, then the subsequent plot may not be able to continue.
really……
"Lin Yi!"
Outside the car, Liu Yifei was bending her bow to shoot her from the front. Unexpectedly, a stranger came from the side and ran towards her quickly, knocking her away.
Liu Yifei was thrown several meters away and hit the front of the car behind her heavily.
Chu Xuan shouted anxiously and immediately jumped out of the car to see Liu Yifei's condition.
"You have a conscience." Some viewers felt comfortable, and Wei Ran finally felt a little responsible.
A few shouts, a few wake-ups.
Chu Xuan helped Liu Yifei get back to the car, but just a few meters on the way back to the car, he saw a stranger beating a soldier to death with one punch, which made him stunned and his face began to tremble.
What follows is a memory scene——
Under the rainy night, Liu Yifei knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. In front of her were the bodies of a middle-aged man and woman. Hearing the shouts of "Mom and Dad", you knew that the middle-aged man and woman were Lin Yi's parents.
Chu Xuan pulled Liu Yifei beside her and shouted, "Go quickly, it's not safe here", but Liu Yifei was unmoved and heartbroken.
Zhang Fengyi on the side was wearing a special combat uniform and fighting with an alien.
At this time, another strange person suddenly appeared and went straight to Liu Yifei.
Zhang Fengyi was so anxious that he pushed the struggling foreigner away and stood in front of Liu Yifei. He was punched by the foreigner and fell to the ground, vomiting blood.
And Chu Xuan just watched helplessly, watching his "father" die in front of his eyes.
The scene of the memory lasted only about ten seconds, but the relationship between the male and female protagonists and some of the background were finally deciphered, allowing the audience to understand what was going on.
Movies are not like TV series. Some things do not need to be explained clearly. It is enough to roughly know the situation, so as not to delay the pace of the movie.
"Wei Ran, be careful..." Liu Yifei said weakly.
"Bang bang bang bang bang..." Di Long rushed over and shot an alien who wanted to get close to the two of them, and shouted at Chu Xuan: "What are you doing? Are you looking for death? Take Lin Yi back to the car!"
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Chu Xuan woke up suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and helped Liu Yifei get on the bus with the help of his classmates.
"Everyone aboard!"
"Rush over!"
"Meet with the rescue troops!"
Just like this, under the tense situation given by the tense soundtrack, under the air strikes of more and more strangers emerging from the jungle on both sides, and more and more birds and beasts gathering in the sky, this team
The team prepared to break in and escape.
Birds kept attacking from the sky, and with a "pop" sound, a bird's beak penetrated into the car from outside the car, which frightened the female students inside the car.
Strangers kept running wildly, trying to get into the car from the side, but were run over by the wheels. They caught up with them and tried to jump into the car from behind, but were shot back by soldiers.
This scene is slightly familiar to some movie fans - Resident Evil!
"Holy crap, is this the Chinese version of Resident Evil?" Some fans are both passionate and interested.
However, Liu Yifei, who was injured and silent in the car, said something that made the audience more interested.
"I think...these strangers are all here for me."
As soon as these words came out, everyone on and off the screen was surprised.
"This..." Di Long was speechless for a moment.
"Isn't it? I'm outside the inner circle of the car, and I'm protected by you, instructors. Why did that stranger cross you to attack me? It's unreasonable, and the strangers you killed seemed to move in the same direction.
They came for our car, how can we explain this?"
"Also, this line has been very safe in recent years. Apart from occasional dangers, there has never been a large-scale attack like today. There must be a reason for this. I..."
"Okay, Lin Yi." Di Long interrupted her: "We'll wait until it's safe."
Audiences and film critics already know this. They said before that it is safe inside the anti-coil. Chu Xuan, the male protagonist, also mentioned this sentence again at a critical moment. Now that it is related to Liu Yifei's self-doubt, what happens before and after the plot?
The logic is connected.
This also told them that the stranger was here for Lin Yi.
As for why, it doesn't matter at the moment. Anyway, the audience and film critics are both looking forward to it and nervous.
Obviously, as long as there is this setting, or as long as Lin Yi is there, the escape journey of this convoy is destined to be unrest.
