PS: Today is the third update. I will go to the driving test section 3 - long distance at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow. I won't come back until the next day, but there should be no interruptions in updates.
"Tian Yang, how are you preparing the induction suit??"
"Back to the director, 60 sets have been prepared. This is already the limit. After all, the cost is too high."
"60 sets, let's use the expansion when the time comes. Are the actors ready?"
"It's all ready." "Avatar" has more than 150 actors in total, so 60 actors were easy to find.
It's past 7 o'clock in the evening. It's already dark in Zhangjiajie, but the studio of "Avatar" is still in full swing. The staff and actors who have just finished dinner are coming and going, and there are constant calls of instructions, and they are preparing for the next filming.
Work.
"Pound, have you memorized the Na'vi language that will be waiting for you?" Wang Shang called an older foreign actress and asked. Her name is CCH Pound, who plays the wife of the chief of the Na'vi tribe's Omatikaya tribe.
, the spiritual leader of the tribe——Muya.
"Director, don't worry, I have been learning this prophecy from Professor Paul for a month, and I have memorized it countless times in the past few days."
"That's good."
After Pound received the invitation to "Avatar", he hesitated for a while. Then after reading the script and hearing that 440 million U.S. dollars would be invested, he finally made up his mind to come and participate in the film. Unexpectedly, when he came to the crew, there were
Even bigger surprises were waiting for her, whether it was the motion expression capture system or the iMAX technology, they both made her excited and trembling.
Then, when the American assistant director with whom she had a good relationship informed her that she would take time out to teach the Na'vi language via video every day with a professor from the University of Southern California during filming, she was even more excited and looking forward to the movie.
After a step-by-step understanding, I found that the investment in this movie is really not simple. Not only is the language self-created, but the entire planetary system has invited relevant professional professors from world-renowned universities to design. Animals, plants, ecology, climate, and growth patterns
, body structure, naming... everything is new. It seems like this is a real world.
She also read an encyclopedia naming all the animals, plants and regions on the planet Pandora. Each name has four languages: Chinese, English, Latin and Na'vi, compiled into a 350-page Pandora Encyclopedia.
The whole book.
In addition to the language, a lot of time, energy and money were spent on the prayer scenes that will be filmed soon. I heard that the director specially found eight domestic and foreign scientists to imitate the prayer rituals of many primitive tribes, and finally designed the Na'vi tribe today.
Prayer ceremony.
Is 440 million U.S. dollars too much? Pound used to think it was too much. It was simply grandstanding, but now she no longer thinks so, and instead feels that 440 million U.S. dollars may not be enough.
Pound was very lucky that he was able to join this crew and participate in this super movie that may break history.
After the staff was busy for half an hour, the shooting scene was finally set up.
"We will be filming the tribal prayer scene under the Soul Tree later, so please be more energetic."
"The actors recite the Neville prayer for the last time and review the prayer movements for the next time!"
Before filming was about to start, Wang Shang reminded everyone over and over again.
After another ten minutes, all the actors wearing induction suits and helmets sat cross-legged at the designated spot, forming a small semicircle. In front of the small semicircle were Pang De and Xie Tingfeng wearing induction suits. At the same time, Ideal was lying on the ground.
Sigourney Weaver, who plays Dr. Grace, a botanist and chief scientist of the "Avatar" project, does not wear a sensing suit.
"We won't use the camera for the first time. Let's practice it from beginning to end."
Following Wang Shang's command, the actors sitting cross-legged in the studio slowly sang prayers. At the same time, their bodies continued to swing according to the set prayer ritual movements, and the voices gradually became louder and louder, and finally converged into a simple and vast, soul-cleansing voice.
The rhythm. And Pound was standing on the other side dancing, chanting again and again, his voice rising and falling.
Full of an unspeakable solemnity.
Just as we were entering into a good mood, one actor made a mistake and then all the actors also made a mistake, causing the ritual rehearsal to be interrupted immediately.
after an hour……
Two hours later...
There are always actors who make mistakes in the middle, or many actors just mouth-synthesize, causing the overall sound to become smaller and smaller, diluting the original solemn atmosphere.
After Wang Shang yelled several times, he finally said helplessly: "Tonight's work is over. We will continue tomorrow. The actors will practice their pronunciation several times tonight! No one is allowed to make mistakes tomorrow. One percent bonus will be deducted for each mistake."
"
Wang Shang used his trump card.
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Just when Wang Shangwei was worried about filming, the press conference for "Resident Evil 4" had already started, while "Fast and Furious 4" and "Transformers 3" were still in production because the scripts were not ready.
On hold.
At the same time, the screenwriting team is also preparing to restart the original "Death is Coming" series. After many years, special effects technology has improved dramatically. Many good ideas could not be filmed because of insufficient special effects technology, but now they should be able to do it.
"The Grudge 2", "The Scorpion King", "Prometheus", "Alien 2", "Rise of the Planet", "Acelo" and "Jurassic", which were launched in February and March last year
"Park" and "Big Star Falls in Love with Me" have also been completed or are about to be completed. Originally, these movies could have been completed at the end of last year, but Wang Shang's negative public opinion affected the filming progress of the movie, so that it is only now
Finished.
At this time, at the same time, other film and television groups' science fiction and fantasy blockbusters adapted from novels with relatively large investment, such as "Dragon Knight", "Star Wars: Storm", and "Shadow of Heaven and Earth", were completed one after another, which made many movie fans very happy.
Howling.
The Huayi movie "The Days of Living with a Stewardess", which was announced in March last year, has been officially completed in December. It was also announced that it will be officially released on Labor Day in May. It is estimated that Tianwang Film and Television's "Big Star Falls in Love with Me"
There's no way we can schedule it in the same schedule.
Just when more than a dozen movies were being finalized, Ketuo Group welcomed an important figure - Liang Wen, deputy director of the Reform and Development Commission and director of the High-Tech Industry Department.
This is a boss who is in charge of high-tech management resources across the country. More importantly, he is now one of the main persons in charge of determining the power of the China Project for the 2012 World Expo. To put it simply, he is very awesome. Will IMAX technology be able to do this this time?
Entering the World Expo site and showing it to the world is the only thing you need to see.
The Ketuo Group was fully prepared, and Bi Han brought several people to represent Tianwang Film and Television and came here early to welcome this figure together with the chairman of the Ketuo Group.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Director Liang walked into the door of Ketuo Group's office building surrounded by everyone. Director Liang is a man of action. After the two parties met briefly and politely, they went straight to Ketuo Group.
One of the screening halls.
As a world-famous manufacturer of film and television equipment, Ketuo Group can produce equipment in many fields of film shooting, cameras, projectors, cinema screens... everything, and the technical level is at the international first-class level. Therefore, Ketuo Group
Tuo Company has a comprehensive large-scale screening room, which is the same as a movie theater.
"After hearing your report on imax, I thought this was a very good opportunity, so I came." Director Liang said with a smile as he walked. He was not polite at all, nor did he hide his feelings at all.
satisfy.
As he said, he was pleasantly surprised when he saw imax's application report.
There are dozens of national exhibition halls in the entire World Expo. Tourists and businesses simply don’t have that much energy to visit them one by one. However, those projects that are big and interesting to tourists can obviously attract more tourists to visit.
At present, the exhibition projects of Huaxia Exhibition Hall have basically been finalized, but there is a big problem. Although the products of the participating projects are very advanced in technology and should be very popular, they lack a sharp tool that can attract others/
The top card. After seeing imax, his eyes lit up, and he felt that this technology would be a tool for pimping... oh no, it would be the top card/sharp tool for soliciting customers.
When the group of people arrived at the door of the screening room, the chairman of Ketuo Group and Bi Han looked at each other and smiled secretly. Then they both pushed open the door of the screening room.
Everyone was immediately stunned by the huge and spacious screen. Standing under this huge screen, they felt like a dwarf looking at a huge mountain.
Although they already knew the length and width data of the IMAX screen, when they actually saw it, they were still shocked by the 8-story-high big screen.