It was already after the Lantern Festival when Han Fei returned to the company. After the old man left, he would definitely not be able to let his grandma live alone.
Han Xiao took his grandma home, and the room that originally belonged to Han Fei was given to his grandma.
The move and the fact that grandpa still had some funeral matters to deal with took some time, but fortunately, each department of "Feiniao Film and Television" operates independently, so he doesn't need to keep an eye on it all the time.
Facing the concerned looks of Jiang Qinghou and others, Han Fei just shook his head and said he was fine.
"Okay, don't worry about mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Grandpa passed away at the age of more than eighty years old. It's a happy mourning. But there have been a lot of things at home recently, and now they've been sorted out. I'm coming back, so there's no need to worry."
Hearing what Han Fei said, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Jiang Qinghou was the director of the crew and his prestige was not bad, in everyone's minds, Han Fei was always the soul figure, and he did not even need to intervene in the specific affairs of the crew.
, as long as he is there for others to see, it will make people feel at ease inexplicably.
What's more, the investment in the movie "Avatar" is so huge. With the reputation of being the most expensive domestic production, everyone actually has no idea. These days, it is obvious that everyone is out of shape, and Jiang Qinghou has no idea about this.
way.
Fortunately, Han Fei is finally back, and judging from his appearance, he is in good condition.
After half a year of preparation, the preliminary work of "Avatar" has been basically completed, and it has entered the formal shooting stage. Of course, before that, the actors must be selected first.
In order to further reduce production costs, Han Fei did not choose famous stars as actors, but selected several tall young actors from Zhou Jian's company.
Why choose someone with a tall figure? The Na'vi people on Pandora are much taller than normal humans. If the actor is too short, it will look very uncoordinated. At the very least...the legs must be long, right?
After the news was announced, the media were a little confused. These young actors...we really didn't know each other at all. They should be pure cute new actors.
But how did they get Han Fei's role? After checking the agency behind them, the truth became clear in an instant. There has been a rumor in the circle that the big boss behind Zhou Jian's agency is Han Fei. It seems that it is not possible to use his own people.
Does it make sense?
Of course, at this time, it is inevitable that some colleagues will take advantage of the popularity. Many unknown actors on the Internet began to "tell" the "insider story" of their passing by "Avatar"
After the actors are selected, there is another difficult task, which is language. In fact, the Na'vi language used by the Na'vi people in the original version is called Na'vi language, which is a language that draws on the characteristics of Indians, Africa, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
Moreover, it is a completely original language.
In fact, in the early stages of production, Cameron had considered Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal as the candidates to play Jake Sully, but because they didn't feel right when they told the "Na'vi language", the cast was cast.
Mellon ultimately chose then-freshman Sam Worthington.
Regarding the "Na'vi language" Han Fei also invited some language experts to specially design a language, but in the end he chose a new language that combines some rare Sibe, Uzbek and Daur languages in the Altaic language family.
language.
However, only a few hundred words in the lines have been developed in total. There is still a long way to go before it can be truly perfected into a systematic language like World of Warcraft.
Yes, Han Fei's goal is to make "Avatar" into China's World of Warcraft. It is not difficult to develop a game with "Tiangong's" technical reserves.
Han Fei has naturally been jealous of the huge profits of the game industry for a long time, but the ecological chain of "Feiniao Film and Television" was not complete enough before. He needed to spend a lot of energy to build it, and he never had the opportunity to work on game projects.
"Avatar" is definitely a good opportunity, and Han Fei can even create a 3DVR game that will lead players into a brand new world with movie-level graphics and plot.
In fact, "Tiangong" has already formed a game team under the instruction of Han Fei and started the research and development of a new generation of game engine.
During the filming of "Avatar", "Tiangong" will also send a technical team to assist with technical guidance throughout the process.
Time quietly came to April, and "Avatar" held a low-key opening ceremony. The media was not even invited to attend. However, the media reporters who came after hearing the news were already squatting outside the set.
Every car that enters the set will be surrounded by media reporters. The scene is once like the plot of a zombie movie. These reporters are not afraid at all. If the driver is a novice...
"Han Fei, may I ask, how long do you expect the production cycle of this film to be? Can it be released by the end of the year?"
"Excuse me, with such a large investment, the actors are all newcomers. Are you really relieved?"
Han Fei took a look and realized that he couldn't get in without answering a few questions, so he had to get out of the car: "The production cycle of the movie is not as long as I can say. The key depends on the progress of the shooting, so I can't give you any advice now."
Answer."
In fact, after the crew finished preparations, Han Fei discovered that his estimated release around Christmas was too optimistic. It was not unreasonable that the original "Avatar" took two and a half years to film, and it could not be shortened just because the Chinese crew worked harder.
The filming time is too long. According to current estimates, the filming cycle will take at least a year and a half, and this is still under the condition of working day and night.
"As for using new people, of course it is also due to investment budget considerations. Our crew would rather spend the investment on filming instead of sky-high actors' salaries."
Of course, reporters will not be satisfied with these two questions: "The sky-high salaries for actors, Han Fei, do you think the current salaries for domestic actors are too high?"
"It's not just domestic ones, it's also high abroad." Han Fei naturally wouldn't be easily fooled by them. This clearly meant they were digging a hole for him to jump into.
The security guards of the production crew finally squeezed a way out of the crowd of reporters and brought Han Fei into the production crew. After the door was closed, there were still reporters squatting in place unwilling to give up.
After Han Fei entered the crew, he simply held a power-on worship ceremony, while the staff on the other side had already set up the set.
Unlike "The Wandering Earth", "Avatar" does not have many places that require the construction of real scenes. Most of the scenes are cg animation technology, and the actors' performances are basically performed in a green screen studio.
The only place that requires real scenes is actually in the spaceship, and the spaceship is a remodeled space station from "The Wandering Earth".
One of the scenes shot at the start of the film is that the protagonist is pushing a wheelchair through the door, and then after hearing that the other party is a mining company, he turns around and ignores it until the other party tells the news of his brother's death.
This is a set of long shots, but the shooting is actually not that difficult. However, in just the first shot, Jiang Qinghou shouted: Ka.
"You have to know that you are a disabled person with paralyzed legs. The muscles in your legs have completely atrophied and cannot support the movement of your lower limbs at all. But look, in the camera, what do you do? Push the wheelchair
Sometimes your arms will subconsciously move to support you, which is not normal."
The young actor was a little confused by what Jiang Qinghou said. He could only nod his head, not sure if he really listened.
After that, this long sequence alone took a whole morning to shoot, which also made Jiang Qinghou's temper gradually irritable. When Han Fei saw it, he quickly said to Jiang Qinghou secretly: "Send the food first, I will go and talk to him."
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Jiang Yuan watched the staff disperse with a blank look on his face. A box of lunch was suddenly handed to him. Jiang Yuan looked up and was shocked to find that it was Han Fei.
"Old, boss..." Jiang Yuan was a little at a loss.
Han Fei patted his shoulder lightly and smiled to himself. This little rookie, it's no wonder he was nervous. As a fledgling newcomer, receiving a big-budget film like "Avatar", apart from being lucky, he was also very lucky.
It's still pressure, because everyone will use a microscope to observe, and if the performance is not good in the slightest, it will be regarded as a failure in the film by movie fans.
Any actor with a bit of self-respect will feel that Alexander, of course, does not belong to some artists who are only responsible for cutting out pictures and getting money, and have long since died and are not afraid of boiling water.
"Eat first, the world is huge, and eating is the biggest thing." Han Fei said, and he had already opened the lunch box and started eating.
Only then did Jiang Yuan feel that his stomach had begun to protest. While eating, he looked at Han Fei curiously. Although he had heard people talking about him countless times before, meeting him in person for the first time was really different from what he had imagined.
"Do you think I'm different from what the outside world says?" Han Fei said with a smile.
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened, with an expression on his face: "Can you read minds?"
Han Fei shook his head: "This is the most basic skill of an actor: observation. When I say observation, I don't mean what actions he does, but through his actions, he simulates the character's psychology, his values, and his life."
Habits, his character, everything, are acquired through observation."
Jiang Yuan nodded and said hurriedly: "I have been taught in this academy..."
"From now on, forget the methods taught to you by the academy. What you need is to open your heart and bring yourself into the role of Richard. First of all, you are a disabled person, a disabled person with lower limb muscle atrophy, what will it be like?
What's the status?" After Han Fei finished speaking, he packed up his almost eaten lunch and left.
There is no need for a heavy hammer to play the drum, and all Han Fei can do is to point it out. If he is really inexperienced, he will have to replace the drummer, and the crew cannot afford to delay it.
Jiang Yuan took several deep breaths and started to chop rice frantically, because he saw that many staff members had already finished eating and were looking in his direction.
"Ka, I passed this one." Jiang Qinghou's expression softened a lot, and Jiang Yuan fucked several more times, but fortunately, there was progress every time.
Especially the last time, when he turned his back to the door and heard the news of his brother's death, his face stiffened at that moment. Generally speaking, it was considered qualified.
Jiang Yuan almost cried when he heard the "click". Han Fei gave him a thumbs up. This little rookie was so excited that his whole body was shaking. Hey, he is still young.
However, after shooting the first set of long shots, Jiang Yuan was enlightened, and the shooting of the next few shots went relatively smoothly.
Generally speaking, "Avatar" uses real-life shooting in relatively few places. Most of them rely on post-production CG animation to create a realistic fantasy scene.
Therefore, most of the subsequent filming was conducted under the green screen of the studio. To be honest, this kind of performance without physical objects actually tested the actor's degree of liberating his nature.
In fact, not all veteran actors can adapt to this method of performing on a green screen. After all, there are not many domestic film and television dramas that actually use green screens.
Most film and television dramas are shot in real locations such as Hengdian Film and Television City.
However, internationally, this kind of green screen movie has become a trend. Some movies even have no outdoor scenes at all. Even if there are outdoor scenes, they only need photographers to shoot, and there is no need for the entire crew to go to shoot. Undoubtedly, this can save a lot of money.
Less cost.
Of course, the premise is that your special effects skills must pass the test, otherwise the film will be shot with only 50 cents of special effects, and you can imagine how embarrassing it will be.
During the time when "Avatar" was filming on the green screen, Han Fei and a filming crew began to rush to the location for filming.
As a national 5a-level scenic spot, Huangshan's scenery naturally needs no introduction. Every year, many film crews come to shoot, and the scenic spot management office has long been accustomed to it.
However, it is really rare for a film crew like Han Fei and others to come. Those who didn't know better thought they were just here to take wedding photos.
"When will your crew come? How long will the filming take? But I have agreed that all your garbage must be cleaned up, otherwise you will be fined, and you are not allowed to destroy any scenery or scenery. You will be jailed for this."
Everyone was happy when they heard this: "It's just us, we don't need the crew to come."
"Ah? Why are you filming if the crew doesn't come?" The people in the management office were confused.
Han Fei laughed and said: "We are just here to shoot the scene. We will take it back after filming and the actors will be uploaded during post-production."
This is already the most popular explanation Han Fei can think of.
As a result, the people in the management office looked at them in a wrong way: "Hey, it turns out that a group of young people are unreliable. How can we still watch a movie like this?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, which is actually normal. No matter how popular your movie is, you can't let everyone know that in real life, no one is the protagonist, so don't take yourself too seriously.
In the end, the management office went through the filming procedures for them. Of course, they also sent someone to follow them, and he supervised the entire filming process.
What's more interesting is that director Cameron claimed that the filming location was Huangshan, but in fact many scenes in the film are quite similar to Zhangjiajie. So after "Avatar" became a hit at the box office, the two scenic spots began to argue with each other for a long time.
It was such a fuss.
This time, Han Fei plans to include scenic spots such as Huangshan Mountain, Zhangjiajie, Mount Emei, Sanqing Mountain, and Tianzhu Mountain as filming locations. In the end, it depends on the post-production team’s decision.