"We can't get through. It's blocked. We're probably at the other end of the Bund."
"Why are so many people up late at night and joining in the fun? I set the alarm clock specially. What should I do now? Where are Li Qian and the others filming?"
"God knows, probably over there. Isn't this scene about escape? They must be escaping."
"Then let's walk there. What's the point of being so far away?"
"Ah...walk over there? Where's the car?"
"Oh, the car won't be lost, so just leave it here."
...
At 1:30 in the morning, vehicles of all kinds lined up on the Nanpu Bridge.
I have been filming in the Magic City for more than half a month, and fans are constantly coming to watch. The number of people has increased over the past half month, and the interest has not diminished at all, especially during a scene where the male protagonist set a trap and captured a zombie to use for research.
The footage, in which zombies played by real people wearing make-up appeared in front of the audience for the first time, was posted online, arousing the curiosity of the audience even more.
Simply speaking, Li Qian made an announcement a few days ago, saying that he needed people and cars for filming at Nanpu Bridge today.
There were late night snacks, red envelopes, and the opportunity to participate in Li Qian's new film up close. As soon as I saw it, a large group of people who had nothing to do at night drove over and almost filled the Nanpu Bridge.
Some people were just waiting in the car, and some simply got out of the car, looking anxiously at the other end of the bridge and chatting with others.
Every once in a while, there are one or two heavily armed soldiers there to maintain order. They are hired by a professional security company in Shanghai. They are basically veterans in their prime. Whether they are holding a gun or standing,
Most people really can't tell and think they are real soldiers.
Two reporters with cameras squeezed across a section of the bridge and took two pictures from time to time. They were amazed at the soldiers maintaining order along the way.
"Li Qian made the event quite grand. Even the army was fully armed."
"Yeah, if it's a small county town, it would be easy to dispatch troops and police, but this is a magical city. I didn't expect that Li Qian's current reputation would be such a big deal."
"Hey, do you think this is fake? Why don't you go and ask?"
"If you ask me, I didn't see that they were wearing all the standard equipment, 07-type military boots and tactical vests. In addition to the 05 micro-flush, there was also a pistol in the holster. This stance, the posture and strength of holding the gun,
And this look!"
"Forget it, let's go quickly. I'm a little hungry. I don't know what the crew has for midnight snacks."
"Li Qian, let's do a group performance. If the red envelope is too small later, let's see if I can help him promote it."
"Come on, it took a lot of effort to win over it. If you don't write anything, the editor will blast you to death."
"Let's go, let's go. This machine is so heavy that my shoulders are sore."
...
Not only the extras, the media also invited some, and there happened to be a large number of media around when the movie was being evacuated.
And what these fans who spontaneously drove to watch the movie didn't know was that filming had already started, and several aerial photography machines were hovering over the bridge in the sky.
A few large panoramic shots will suffice, and then a few close-up shots will be added, with children crying and adults collapsing. These are the most common shots in disaster movies.
At the west end of the bridge, Li Qian is also preparing for the final scene in the Magic City.
"Go to the helicopter and see when they can take pictures."
"The extras around Brother Ye will tell you not to make any mistakes."
"And that little girl, Wen Muye will tell her about the opera again."
...
Late at night, there was a commotion around Li Qian. Hundreds of crew members, fans, and media gathered here, as well as rows and rows of heavily armed security guards wearing standard military uniforms.
I went on detailing it one by one, and by the time there were no problems in all aspects, it was already two o'clock in the morning.
"Okay, let's clear the place and get ready to start."
"Scene 39, one shot at a time, let's begin!"
With an order, the filming of the last scene in the magical city officially started.
At the head of the Nanpu Bridge, the scene suddenly became heated. Hundreds of people with their families and families crowded out and lined up to pass the test.
All the close-ups and close-ups here are all extravaganzas. The movie fans who came to participate were just watching the excitement on the side, with excitement on their faces.
They all fled, and they were still in high spirits. Those who didn’t know it thought they were watching a concert.
Large panorama, plus several close-ups and close-ups.
It is the various aspects of life when you are on the run, calling your children and daughters, the relief when you pass the test, the feeling of mourning when you fail, disbelief, collapse, and passing the test.
I have rehearsed this scene many times before and passed this scene four times.
Nearly an hour passed before Liu Ye came on stage.
After a brief silence, executive director Wen Muye shouted "Let's go!" Liu Ye pulled his wife and children and squeezed out of the crowd.
My own test was fine, and so were my children, but when my wife was detected, the testing equipment issued a warning, and she was taken to quarantine if she was stopped by soldiers.
"Don't touch my wife!"
"Let her go and test again!"
"I'll let you test again!"
Liu Ye, who had already passed, kept shouting anxiously, and his daughter in his arms kept calling her mother.
However, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers for causing trouble, and finally he took out his ID. The leading officer also recognized him as the military virus expert who was escorting his family away.
As an expert working on the front line of virus research, it is understandable that the military protects his family.
Under the glare and abuse of the people around him who were waiting for the test, he tested his wife again. This time she was fine.
The scene was a bit messy, but it still took three takes.
Fortunately, there was no big problem, and the eight or nine-year-old girl who played the daughter was also fine.
There are two children in the movie, one is the daughter of the hero and the other is the daughter of the survivor.
The child of the original survivor was a boy. According to the ending where the male protagonist and the zombies died together, they survived in the end and went to find the gathering place for humans with the hope of humanity and the virus serum.
Humans can only reproduce if they are male and female. Otherwise, if there are no more people on the earth, the serum will be useless.
Of course, this is just a metaphor and does not mean anything dirty.
However, since the surviving human gathering place was successfully found in the end, the gender of the child does not matter.
Moreover, the male protagonist’s child is a daughter. After experiencing the trap, the male protagonist will be very wary of survivors, even if they are women.
But if he had a daughter, it would be easier for him to think of his own daughter, let down his guard, and be more able to accept the two survivors.
There is not enough time in the movie. If it were a TV series, from the time the survivors appear to the moment the hero accepts them, it would be at least three episodes, telling how they went from being strangers to becoming close, and it would become an ethics drama.
Zhang Zifeng plays the daughter of the survivor. This young actor who plays the biological daughter can be considered a child actor. He has been filming for two or three years. He also acted in "Mother's Grace" with Tong Liya. I forgot which small supporting role he played.
Deng Chao acted in "The Story of Heaven and the Dragon Sword".
However, Li Qian has no impression. He is too young and a woman has changed in her eighteenth year.
Unlike Wu Lei, he looks like a child when he grows up.
Not like Zhang Zifeng, that smile is so impressive.
Then there was the scene where the wife and children parted ways with Liu Ye on the helicopter, and the daughter asked the dog to stay to protect her father.
I changed to a smaller black back. After all, after so many years, I still have the same body shape and can wear it.
There was no way to actually shoot the scene where the plane crashed later. Not to mention that it was impossible for the government to let him blow up the bridge. Even if it was allowed, it wouldn't be possible and he couldn't afford the compensation.
I was busy until four o'clock in the morning, and the sky will start to light up soon. I finally finished shooting all the scenes in the magical city.
As for the aftermath, Li Qian just used a loudspeaker to express his gratitude to the fans who came to support, handed out red envelopes, signed a few names, accepted an interview, and then ran away.
...
The next day, regarding the final scene of "I Am Legend" in Shanghai, media reports became:
""I Am Legend" is finished in the magical city, and thousands of people staged an apocalyptic escape on the Nanpu Bridge!"
There was obviously a lot of movement, but there was nothing special about it. According to the media, it turned out to be thousands of people fleeing for the apocalypse.
It can be seen from this that even reporters who are not good at mathematics learn it from physical education teachers.
Also, the filming of the scenes in the Magic City was obviously completed, and it became the filming in the Magic City.
Not only did the media report on the lively shooting last night, many participating Magic City citizens also shared their participation process online, although the vast majority of people were on the bridge acting as a backdrop.
It has been almost a month since the filming of "Magic City Locked Down" began, and "I Am Legend" has never stopped becoming popular on the Internet.
Even with the arrival of the World Cup, no big-name movies were released, but it has become the most popular movie online this month.
Currently, the movie with the highest box office is the Hollywood animated blockbuster "Toy Story 3". It took in 33 million at the box office in its first weekend, which is a solid number of over 100 million.
Among domestic films, the comedy film "The Battle of Shama Town" starring Sun Honglei and Lin Chiling took in 22 million box office in four days.
This is Lay's second film to enter the film industry, the last one being "Roboman".
For a small-budget movie, a box office of 22 million in four days is enough to be considered a success.
The male and female protagonists are also well-known in the mainland. Needless to say, Lin Zhiling, after "Red Cliff" defeated Zhao Wei to become the leading female lead, through various marketing, she became a national goddess and a first-line actress.
The leading female lead in two "Red Cliff" films, and the leading female lead in "Chilling" with an investment of 80 million. Not even a top-tier actress has such resources.
Sun Honglei has acted in many movies over the years, but they were all supporting roles. This time through "Three Guns" and this movie, he has perfectly completed the transition from TV series to the big screen.
He also took on the lead role in a 150-million-dollar costume blockbuster "Warring States". This is a superstar configuration.
In the past ten years, no actor below a superstar has played the male lead in a blockbuster film worth 150 million yuan.
"Mulan", "Painted Skin", and "The Wind" mostly cost 70 to 80 million yuan.
However, this film makes Li Qian a little strange. Which heroine in it obviously behaves... very average, but she has appeared in many blockbusters in Li Qian's mind.
In that movie "The Great Wall", she played the female lead, and she had more roles than the male lead, starring alongside Andy Lau and Matt Damon.
There are even several well-produced major Hollywood productions.
In addition to these few movies, the movie market in June was completely sluggish, and there was also "Ip Man Prequel" that took 7 million in box office in three days.
Of course, this film has nothing to do with Donnie Yen's "Ip Man", it's purely to gain popularity.
Fortunately, the audience is not stupid, and the box office is only so small. Otherwise, if the box office is a big hit, there will probably be various "Ip Man Later", "Ip Man Side Story" and "Ip Man New Story" released next year.
The film market is in a slump, and the World Cup has become mainstream around the world, even at home.
Even netizens are talking about the World Cup, and from time to time they are looking forward to when the national football team can return to the World Cup stage.
As a half-sports enthusiast, Li Qian has long been tired of hearing this kind of talk. If the national football team can advance to the World Cup, Li Qian would like to make a movie about the national football team.
During the 2008 Olympic Games, Li Qian was watching the 110-meter hurdles competition at the scene. At that time, he thought Liu Xiang would definitely win the championship, and even had the idea of filming a movie "Yellow Lightning" with him as the background.
pity.
Now if the national football team wants to enter the World Cup, the difficulty is not much less than the national basketball team defeating Milikian's dream team.
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Li Qian had no time to pay attention to the World Cup. After leaving the Magic City, he returned to the Huairou Film and Television Base in Beijing to continue the filming of "I Am Legend".
Basically, most of them are indoor scenes, so no one will disturb them.
During the more than 20 days in the magical capital, day and night were reversed, and work often started in the early morning and ended in the evening. The work was also very intensive. After returning to Huairou, I shot some simple scenes first to let the crew relax.
There are scenes of Liu Ye getting along with the dog, bathing, eating, and doing exercises. Liu Ye is running on the treadmill, and the dog is also running on the treadmill next to him.
How harmonious and loving it is, very different from the previous scenes in the Magic City.
At the end of June, summer schedules are also coming one after another. The emotional disaster drama "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Ma Xiaogang is about to be released, and vigorous promotion has begun.
Wu Jing's new film "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" also completed editing after a long period of shooting and post-production. The semi-finished film was released. Li Qian also took the time to return to the studio and watched the edited film in the computer room.
There is no dubbing, no soundtrack, no color correction, just good editing.
However, for professionals, it does not affect viewing at all.
In the comedy industry, there is a saying that when a comedy is turned off and the sound is turned off and you can still understand it and make you laugh, it is a truly good comedy.
Many vulgar comedies rely on exaggerated actions and lines to make them funny. Without the voice, there is no soul.
And a comedy that makes you laugh without hearing the sound is indeed a well-deserved good movie.
It’s not just comedy, it’s applicable to basically all genres. The presence or absence of dubbing and soundtrack does not affect Li Qian’s appreciation of how well the film is edited.
The movie is a bit long, a full 110 minutes.
"Yes, it's pretty good, especially the action scenes, which really surprised me."
Two hours later, the first words Li Qian said made Wu Jing finally breathe a sigh of relief.