"When you filmed your flying car scene... didn't you say you had to use special effects? How do you want to solve it? I heard that you think it can be done in the studio, but I don't know how you want to do it."
Fang Yi suddenly realized.
This speeding scene is about him driving an AMG over the Burj Khalifa. Through this scene, it is shown to the audience that the gentle "Professor Guan" is actually a tough guy, proficient in drag racing, martial arts and shooting... He wants to be with the Mercedes-Benz AMG.
It is consistent with the image of "suited thugs" created by the mainland, that is, although this type of car looks like a slightly sporty sedan, you can wear your underwear at any time when you step on the accelerator, providing surging power and no worse than ordinary low-end sports cars.
This is contrary to the "solemn" image of Mercedes-Benz's competitor Audi. On the other hand, solemnity also represents "old-fashioned". Mercedes-Benz wants to brainwash young people through various marketing to make them think that Audi is not cool enough and only old men like it.
use.
How to shoot?
Fang Yi described to his eldest brother Cheng: "China Film has a super large studio in Huairou, which is spacious and high enough... We plan to use a cantilever to lift the car from a slightly higher platform to another lower platform. The whole process requires all
It was done indoors, and a full green screen was used. Later, the Burj Khalifa was brought into the picture and zoomed out to show a state of leap."
"Then your car needs to accelerate, right? If you want to drive across the floors, you must get enough acceleration to break through the glass and fly to another building. Now that you have talked about how to solve the leap shot, what about the indoor scene before?
How to shoot the acceleration? In fact, the family class can do this kind of stunt. We also have speed masters who can restore it 100%..."
Fang Yi was puzzled: "Why do we need to shoot it in real time?"
"So what are your plans?"
"It's still the same studio, where the car suddenly drives behind the green screen wall, and in the later stage, various desks and paper documents are added, and the car crashes all the way... Or it can be a combination of real shooting and special effects, anyway.
There is no need for pure real-life shooting. There is no need. Today’s technology has developed to the point where the fake is the real thing. We don’t need to risk our lives or really go to Dubai to get the effect we want, and the cost is lower.
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The eldest brother, Cheng, was worried about his brothers' future jobs: "Can it really be filmed? People go in to actually shoot it, no matter what, it will be more realistic than the special effects."
Fang Yi did not deny what his elder brother Cheng said, because what he said made sense.
But there is only one life, and there are many exciting scenes to be shot in the future, and nine lives are not enough.
The audience's demand for visual effects masterpieces is constantly increasing. Now you have tried your best to finally shoot it in real life. Then what will the audience want to see in the future? Or a hand-pulled helicopter? Or destroy half the planet with a snap of your fingers... This is not possible with real-life shooting at every turn.
Done.
He was silent for a while, and then chose to visit the art museum with his eldest brother Cheng, asking his eldest brother Cheng to introduce various exhibits to him.
This art museum contains the most memorable objects from Brother Cheng's career, and also introduces his own filming experience. For example, his first hit movie was "Drunken Master". At that time, the industry's martial arts films were characterized by rigid routines.
The main character, but the eldest brother Cheng went against the norm and engaged in comedy martial arts.
The audience liked it very much, pushing the film's box office to second place in the Hong Kong market that year.
Since the death of Bruce Lee, Hong Kong has been supporting new kung fu superstars, but these newcomers have failed to copy Bruce Lee. In the end, it was the rebellious eldest brother Cheng who took the lead and shocked a lot of people.
In view of the great significance of "Drunken Master" in the history of kung fu films, since the new century, both the Academy Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards have listed this film as one of the "One Hundred Greatest Chinese Films".
——The eldest brother Cheng and Fang Yi walked through various exhibits together, including the great films he shot later, "The Strange Move of Laughing Fist" and "Junior Brother"... and also included the two bad movies he made when he went to Hollywood for the first time.
The two films, "Cannonball Run" and "The Trench", because these two films failed to reflect his personal style and clearly imitated Bruce Lee, the box office was not satisfactory in the United States and Hong Kong.
Later, the elder brother learned from the experience and decided to put aside the burden of imitation completely. A series of kung fu comedies were released: "Plan A", "Food Truck", "Lucky Star", "Police Story", and "Rush Hour" which once again entered Hollywood.
series... He is no longer Bruce Lee's shadow, but himself.
Halfway through the introduction, the eldest brother Cheng knew what Fang Yi meant: He was once an innovator, but now he has become conservative. He has already suffered this kind of loss in his life, so he should not suffer again.
At the end, the eldest brother Cheng looked very embarrassed: "I understand what you want to tell me, but now that I am in my current position, I have many brothers who have been with me since they were younger than you. They don't know anything else. I want to
For the sake of their jobs. So I don’t change it just because I think I can. I don’t have any problem with you insisting on your shooting method, but I will still stick to the old method.”
Fang Yi had no intention of converting his eldest brother in just one or two words. He was not disappointed when he heard this, but said: "It's okay, Brother Long, you have your own considerations. I mainly hope that you will maintain a...
Shoot with a selfless mentality, and don’t be distracted while doing stunts, otherwise the stunts will be deformed and there is a risk of injury.”
"I'm very professional, don't underestimate me, and I'm guaranteed to have a good attitude."
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During the filming on the second day, the eldest brother Cheng showed his professionalism and security, and how he managed to maintain his mentality.
After filming a scene of roller skating going through a corner at high speed, it was already getting late, and Big Brother Cheng announced that the work was over.
Then under Fang Yi's shocked eyes, a foreign priest with a white beard ran to the center of the set and began to sprinkle water on various equipment, muttering something. Everyone who was sprinkled with holy water showed relieved expressions, including the eldest brother Cheng.
He took off his roller skating clothes with difficulty with the help of his assistant, and then sprinkled the equipment with holy water twice.
This is not over yet, the monks are not just for nothing, they are trying to chant sutras for this road, and they have given each of the main creators Buddhist beads, which are said to have been blessed with blessings.
Guo Fan took the beads and put them on his wrist directly: "Good thing! Director Fang, let me tell you, if nothing happens after that, it will be God or my Buddha who has played a role... You know, it is those blessings that have come,
It worked. If something goes wrong, it's definitely not the god's fault. It's because there's something wrong with a specific person in the props team, and he's not pious enough... This is a perfect logical closed loop, and it makes sense no matter what.
"
There are a lot of unique people in the crew, especially a large crew that combines the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. They all have different cultural backgrounds, including beliefs and so on.
Fang Yi felt that his old method had at least a placebo effect. It seemed that his mentality had indeed adjusted, so he smiled and said, "As long as it works, at least it won't scare people to death like yesterday."
Guo Fan showed off his bracelet: "That's right! How cool it is to get the bracelet for free. Although I don't believe it, it doesn't affect my free sex... Oh, that's strange. Why didn't you get one?"
"
This eminent monk invited by Guanghua Temple seemed to not see Fang Yi when he was sending the strings, but just ignored him. The priest who then swayed the holy water did the same. When he saw Fang Yi, he took a few steps back and walked toward him.
He nodded, being careful not to let Fang Yi get into it. Then, the priest and the monk came together, staring at Fang Yi and whispering softly.
From time to time, they would smile at Fang Yi, but when he really looked directly at him, the group of people quickly lowered their gazes and turned their faces sideways.
"What are they talking about?"
Guo Fan asked.
"Who knows?" Fang Yi said helplessly.
Guo Fan didn't think too much, and then said: "But brother, you can't always be like this, right... We can still accept what we are doing now. They are all formal religions that have been transformed. What if we go abroad and hire some strange people later?"
It's weird, witch doctors and psychics torture us... There will come a time when everyone can't stand it anymore. If we want to fundamentally solve his anxiety, we have to make him believe in science and give him peace of mind."
Fang Yi said: "What can I do? To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell."