In early August, Tang An flew back to China with the crew and flew directly to Mohe without stopping in the capital.
There are no major events in the summer season, and the movie market is still the same. "Tiny Times" ranks first in the summer season with sales of 510 million.
The 3D animated blockbuster "Ice Age 4: Continental Drift", released at the end of the month, built on the foundation laid by the previous two series, which were also 3D versions, and has done well at the box office.
145 million in 3 days. Although it is not as good as "Tiny Times" with 291 million in 4 days, its reputation is much better. It is also the only movie currently that has hope to surpass "Tiny Times" at the box office.
The TV drama market is equally lively. The summer season is originally the time when popular TV dramas are released. Nearly half of the most promising movies of the year by major TV stations and film and television production companies are released during this time period.
The trump card of Mango Channel every summer vacation is "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", and this year is already the fourteenth year.
It's quite a bit like letting you change in all kinds of ways, but I won't stand still.
No matter what TV series are shown on other channels, Mango Channel will show "Huan Zhuge Ge".
When "Huan Zhuge Ge" is played, it means that the college entrance examination is over and kindergarten and university are on vacation.
Letting the Queen do evil and allowing Grandma to get acupuncture means that the high school entrance examination is over and the primary school students are free.
No, Grandma Rong is good and stabs bad people.
When Ziwei goes blind and Xiangfei dies, the first year of high school will have a holiday.
Many viewers joked that the most devastating thing I can think of is growing old with them.
Isn't it? What's even more terrifying is that "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" and "Journey to the West" watch you grow older year by year, and they are still playing when you are old, and then watch your children slowly grow old, and even watch
Your grandchildren are getting older, and the TV series is still on.
Nowadays, all major video websites have launched barrages. After these TV series are released for decades, you, your children, and grandchildren may post barrages next to each other.
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In the north of Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province, the northernmost city in China, a large stretch of endless cornfields are neatly lined up on the dirt road twice.
"If it had been in ancient times, I would have become a big landowner."
Tang An looked at the golden field in front of him and sighed.
I have come here to rest for a day, and then I have to get back to work again.
There are a lot of actors in this location. They come one by one and finish shooting the scenes with the two children first. They still have summer homework to do.
The scene of bickering in the car, a flat tire, and chasing a small drone in a cornfield (the world is going downhill, cornfield is not a good word now...).
It's not difficult for children to quarrel. The scene of chasing the drone was shot aerially and was actually shot.
A n-hand JMC Baodian has been ravaged by time and is stained with marks.
The car appeared in the movie for a long time, but Jiangling was not even ranked among the top fifteen in the national automobile industry, so Tang An only wanted 8 million in advertising fees.
Bits and pieces of footage were shot for nearly a week. What we shot today was the scene when the male protagonist left. It was also the last outdoor scene for the two children. After that, there were also some interior scenes and a scene where they played football at school.
"Every part is ready, the actors are in place!"
"Chapter 31, one shot, one shot!"
"start!"
Liu Ye walked out of the house carrying two bags, and the father played by Ni Dahong asked how the child was doing.
"fine."
Without stopping or looking back, he stuffed his bag into the car after replying.
Liu Haoran, who had always lowered his head, also raised his head and looked at Liu Ye. Liu Ye put down his things, turned around and gave him a man's hug.
"Xiao Feng, help me look after our home."
"Um."
Liu Ye rubbed Liu Haoran's head with some reluctance, then turned around and got into the car resolutely.
"Dad, can I drive this car in the future?" Liu Haoran asked calmly, without the sadness of parting.
"This car is yours and I'll let them drive it back."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiangling Baodian, who had opened countless hands, had already been activated.
Liu Ye said to Ni Dahong again, "Dad, take good care of them."
"Click."
"Yes, let's do it again. Liu Haoran, when you say the next line, you must have a pretending to be relaxed."
There is nothing wrong with Liu Haoran playing this role, and it is actually not difficult at all.
A mature boy, his father wanted to go on a long journey without making a fuss and pretending as if nothing had happened.
Throughout the film, his affection for his father is no less than that of his sister. It was his father's words "help me look after our home" that made him stay here from beginning to end, and never left no matter what happened.
The relationship between father and son is a weakened line in the entire film: there are very few exchanges, very few lines, and very little screen time.
But every scene and every line is not wasted - it shows the son's deepest and most profound love for his father.
Just like the scene of chasing the drone filmed two days ago, he followed his father's instructions and almost rushed into the lake with a car of three people. His father asked Tom in return, "What if I tell you to die?"
He spent almost his whole life confirming this rhetorical question: he would never leave the cornfield.
Stick to this place, even if it costs your own children.
When the cornfield was burned, he rushed over to put out the fire without saying a word and drove the car that his father had driven back then.
The cornfield was the last place that could "retain" his father, and it was also his lifelong belief.
The three people's scene in the cornfield is almost over, and there are only two final scenes left.
Then film the conversation between Weng and his son-in-law.
One bottle of wine per person.
"We seemed to have forgotten what we were supposed to do, even the taste of ale."
"We are explorers and pioneers, not guardians."
"We once looked up at the vast starry sky and thought about our own existence, but now we can only think about how to survive in the sandstorm."
"Okay, pass!"
"The prop team is preparing for the next show!"
There is no problem with the scene between the veteran actor and the best actor. There will be another scene later in the evening. I still have some time to finish filming the sandstorm scene first.
This scene also did not use digital special effects. All the shots in the film were shot in real time if they could be shot in real life. If they couldn't be shot in real life, physical special effects were used. If that didn't work, a combination of physical and digital special effects was used.
To create a violent sandstorm and keep the sand suspended in the air for a long time, the stunt team used a non-toxic, biodegradable material made of crushed cardboard that was light enough.
Everyone should protect their eyes, noses, and equipment.
"All departments are prepared, drive safely!"
"Scene 15, one shot, one shot!"
"start!"
Tang An gave the order, and the stunt team that had been prepared immediately sprayed the prepared materials on the entire scene, and several fans also started to blow.
Within a few seconds, a realistic sandstorm effect immediately formed on the scene.
The dilapidated old book slowly drove over from the other end, the wind and sand hitting the car making a rustling sound.
The car door opened. Ni Dahong and Liu Ye were each protecting a child. They wrapped the child in their own clothes and bent down to face the wind and sand and walked into the house with difficulty.
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The next day, Ni Dahong, Liu Ye, Liu Haoran, and Zhang Zifeng finished their scenes here, and assistant director Zhang Yiping took them to shoot the school scenes.
"Lao Zhang, please pay attention to the safety of the extras and students. No riots or stampedes can occur."
When their group was leaving, Tang An was still reminding them, "When the sandstorm comes in that scene, the extras should appear calm. This kind of thing is so commonplace..."
"Don't worry, Director Tang, I will remember everything." Zhang Yiping nodded.
Zhang Yiping led a group of people away, and there were a few more actors at the filming site.
Wan Qian, Wang Chuanjun and others arrived one after another yesterday, and immediately got back to work after a night's rest.
In the morning, I first filmed the scene of burning the cornfield, which took more than half an hour.
Next came the scene between the brother and sister. Wang Chuanjun deliberately had medium-long hair, an unkempt beard, and his face was very dark, as if he had been smoked.
All departments and actors are ready.
"Scene 106, one shot, one shot!"
"start!"
In the cornfield with thick smoke in the distance, a JMC Baodian drove over quickly.
Compared with when I took the photos two days ago, this car is much older. The front bumper feels like it is about to fall off as it moves. It is not far away from retirement.
The doctor played by Zhang Bo watched the car approaching, took out a steel pipe from his car, and held it nervously in his hand.
Wang Chuanjun got out of the car and was just about to get angry when Wan Qian rushed out of the house on the opposite side, holding a watch in her hand.
"He's back!"
Wang Chuanjun stared at her inexplicably and took two steps forward.
Wan Qian shouted excitedly, "It was always him. I didn't know before that the ghost was him. Dad will come to save us!"
Looking at Wang Chuanjun, Wan Qian smiled with relief and hugged him.
The camera turned to the front of Wang Changjun, showing a close-up.
His head was a mess and his face was pitch black, but his red eyes became the center of the entire shot.
"Click! Pass!"
"Not bad, I'm in good condition and I control my emotions very well."
I just joined the group, and it's great to be able to integrate into a big role so quickly.
"Go on, next shot!"
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The scene in Mohe lasted for about 20 days, and it was already late August. Tang An once again led the crew across more than half of China to Jiangning Province.
Yangzhou Ganquan Film and Television Base is not well-known in China, inferior to Huairou, Hengdian, Xiangshan and even Western Film and Television Base, Magic City, Zhongshan and other places.
However, this place has the largest indoor studio in the country, with a construction area of 6,900 square meters. In addition, there are three studios with an area of over 1,000 square meters, all of which were just built at the beginning of the year.
For more than two months, "Interstellar" will be filming indoor and spaceship cabin scenes here.
All indoor scenes and scenes in the spaceship cabin did not use blue screens. When filming the black hole scene on the set, the crew built a huge projection screen wall and a 1:1 spacecraft model.
When actors perform in the spacecraft, outside the windows is the cosmic scene projected on the curtain wall. This curtain wall uses two large projectors to ensure that the cosmic scene on the curtain wall has the appropriate brightness. In the later stage, the scene projected on the curtain wall will be
Replaced with a further refined and improved version.
The projected images at this time were also repeatedly analyzed, simulated, and calculated by many physicists, astronomers, and hundreds of special effects personnel.
As for the cube in the film, it was not shot on a blue screen. The crew built a hypercube in a studio of more than 1,000 square meters, surrounded by four sides, and then expanded it into an infinite number through post-production.
The male protagonist passes through the "time tunnel" of the hypercube and browses all the moments on the timeline. The background of this tunnel is undoubtedly made with CG.
However, a blue screen was not used. Instead, Liu Ye was hung in front of the curtain wall on the set. What was projected on the curtain wall was a "rough version" of the time tunnel scene that was prepared in advance.
At a later stage, this rough version of the background was replaced with a more detailed CG image, which naturally required a lot of keying and wire erasing.
"Interstellar" basically reaches the limit of real shooting. There are physical special effects that cannot be shot in real shooting. Otherwise, there are physical special effects + digital special effects. There are almost no pure digital special effects.
Just one word: true!
"Havoc in Heaven", which is known as the pinnacle of domestic special effects, has too many purely digital special effects, causing most background distortions. It was a waste of two or three years, otherwise it would definitely be much better than the original.
As the day went by, the actors finished filming one after another. The last scene was on the cylindrical space station, and a complete set was built in the studio of more than 6,000 square meters.
Basketball courts, schools, hospitals, supermarkets, and commercial streets have overcome gravity and are spread in all directions.
Once the earth is out of the way, Newton has nothing to do with it.
Eating, drinking and having fun can solve the basic survival of human beings.
The cylindrical space station is the epitome of an earlier human immigration plan. It is propelled into space using nuclear power to create an artificial sun, and rotates to create gravity.
In early November, the crew completed all filming of "Interstellar", which took three and a half months!
Next came the long post-production process. Fortunately, Tiangong Yicai and thousands of special effects personnel from several other special effects companies had been preparing for it six months ago, so they had enough time.