In a hotel at the Hengdian Film and Television Base, Tang An and Yang Mi had lunch together.
Of course, He Jing, Yu Zheng, Li Huizhu and some other actors from the crew were also invited.
We didn’t even drink, and the meal was over in an hour.
Before leaving, Tang An patted Feng Shaofeng on the shoulder, as if he was very optimistic about you.
"I heard that Xiao Ming is not planning to renew the contract. From now on, Huayi will rely on you."
"Dr. Tang praised me." Feng Shaofeng said quickly.
Although Tang An has left Huayi and has become Huayi's enemy, Feng Shaofeng could not even say a few words in front of Tang An when he was in Huayi, and he could not change for a while. Facing Tang An, he was still Somewhat nervous.
Tang An nodded at him, took Yang Mi out of the small banquet hall, and went upstairs into a suite.
"Brother An, why does he look so afraid of you?" Yang Mi asked in confusion, remembering Feng Shaofeng's attitude just now.
Tang An poured himself a glass of water and said with a smile, "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I'm cautious."
"Then haven't you already left?" Yang Mi was still puzzled.
Tang An smiled and asked, "Mi Mi, are you a little nervous when you meet your high school teachers now?"
"Oh, I understand." Yang Mi said clearly.
"What did you say to him before?"
"We had a casual chat, and I said that he was not good at the eyes scene. He was careless on the small screen, but when it came to close-ups and the big screen, he couldn't pass the test."
"That"
Yang Mi wanted to say something else, but Tang An threw her onto the sofa and blocked her mouth.
Yang Mi held back what he said and took the initiative to stretch out his white hands to help Tang An take off his coat.
Tang An also took off Yang Mi's clothes and stayed in one place from time to time.
Soon, only the most primitive music was left in the room, and an ambiguous smell filled the air. …
After saying goodbye to Yang Miyiyi, Tang An arrived at the filming location of "Edge of Tomorrow" at 8 o'clock in the evening.
He was originally going to inspect the crew's preparations, but now he is late.
Moreover, it was already completely dark. If we wanted to illuminate the entire area of more than 60,000 square meters, it would take a while just to prepare the lighting equipment.
We had no choice but to call together the department heads, special effects director Xiao Yang, and the action director team for a meeting.
"Happy New Year everyone, I'm sorry, I was delayed for some time on the road." Tang An smiled apologetically at everyone.
Everyone saw the tiredness on his face, which was caused by traveling long distances, and they all expressed their understanding.
What's more, what can you do if you don't understand?
Bite him?
"Director Tang, you haven't had dinner yet, right? I'll ask the chef to make two dishes for you, and then we'll talk about it after you finish eating?"
"No, let the chef cook whatever he wants. Let's get down to business first." Tang An waved his hand.
"That's okay, this is your first meal on the set after the New Year."
Flatterer!
Listening to the words of lifestyle producer Xu Tao, everyone was filled with scorn.
Tang An nodded and got down to business, "Let's continue, are you ready for today?"
"The entire exterior scene has been prepared, and Lao Zhang and I have also studied the split shots." Art director Ye Jintian said first.
Action director Cheng Xiaodong then said, "Some of tomorrow's actions have been rehearsed several times. The props team is cooperating very well and there are no problems."
Assistant director Zhang Yiping said, "The props and extras have been prepared and have been rehearsed many times."
After listening to their reports one by one, I wrote down any omissions in my notebook.
The meeting lasted for two hours. Considering that there will be nearly a month of action scenes and war scenes starting tomorrow, Tang An didn't waste much time.
Just after the meeting, Xu Tao brought the food, six hard vegetables and a bowl of chicken soup.
Tang An shook his head and invited everyone to eat together, treating it as a midnight snack.
I got up early the next morning, ate breakfast in a hurry, and everyone gathered on the beach.
The 60,000-square-meter beach is surrounded by a huge blue screen, completely isolated from the outside world, and high platforms are built on three sides outside.
Tang An didn't need to worry about these preparations. He was slowly looking at the fragmented renderings and shot scripts.
I saw it almost one o'clock last night, and I got up an hour earlier in the morning and haven't finished my research yet.
This action scene is not just a simple fight between a few people. Even the most professional action actors cannot film it consistently.
Most of the shots only last a second or two!
In the beginning, just dividing the script was very tiring and laborious.
However, it is easier to shoot this way as long as it is not messy. For example, the classic science fiction film "Gravity" that Alfonso Cuaron is preparing is a very difficult film, even more difficult than "Edge of Tomorrow"
Take too many photos.
The script is simple, but it is difficult to shoot. It starts with a 13-minute long shot. A continuous shot goes from long shot, close shot, close-up, to the camera passing through the protagonist and switching to the first point of view. The audience changes from "watching the crowd"
"Become the protagonist.
Actors also need to be in a state of freedom. Not only are the actors extremely demanding, but the photographers and lighting technicians also have very high control capabilities. A second- or third-rate crew would have turned the film into a pile of garbage.
It took nearly two hours for each department to prepare.
"All departments prepare!"
"The actors are in place!"
"One shot at a time in scene 18!"
"start!"
The first scene is of a soldier played by Deng Chao who has just landed and is killed by a falling plane.
The warships supported by the army have not arrived yet, only a few armored vehicles, tanks, some fighter jets and armed helicopters have arrived.
The armored vehicles and tanks all have the most aggressive appearance, and some modifications have been made to their appearance, making them look more advanced than this era.
A tank costs 35 million, an armored vehicle costs more than 40 million, and there is even a super armored car called the Hongqi 17 that costs nearly 100 million. All supercars are weak.
Withdrawing his gaze from those iron lumps, Tang An began to look at the monitor.
Later, a military expert was hired to rearrange the ground and plow it with explosives, making it look more like a battlefield.
Even the action steps of these troops, aircraft, and armored vehicles were revised with the help of the military.
Dozens of performers wearing exoskeleton mechas appeared in front of the camera, running forward in large strides.
The exoskeleton makes their running look cumbersome, but their speed is not slow at all.
Several armored vehicles and tanks were also among them.
Cannonballs continued to spray out from behind and flew into the distance with long flames.
There are also tongues of fire coming in this direction in the distance.
One of the soldiers played by Deng Chao landed safely. He raised his hands in excitement and shouted, "We succeeded, we landed successfully! Go for it!"
"Okay, pass!"
There is nothing wrong with this shot, it has some joy, and then I move on to the next shot.
A large transport plane that was hit and crashed hit Deng Chaogang just as he shouted "Come on", sending up flying sand all over the sky and burying Liu Ye in it.
However, this shot was shot separately. First, the transport plane crashed, and then the huge impact shook up a lot of sand.
This is the most tragic way for Deng Chao to die, and he can only be handsome for three seconds.
Then compared to the original film, Tang An added another scene.
Just when Deng Chao was crushed to death, a Hongqi 17 armored vehicle costing 100 million yuan was loaded with four missiles at once and fired out in a matter of seconds.
The camera gave a close-up of the sharpest points on the tops of the four cannonballs, exuding the terror of death in the light.
Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!
Almost within a second, four artillery shells were fired one after another, and the camera in mid-air behind them accurately captured their ballistic trajectories.
There is also a camera in mid-air on the side in front, waiting to take pictures.
Explosives specially used for filming have been planted at the target location and detonated at that moment.