After more than half a month, the preliminary preparations for "Jaws" were finally completed.
The filming equipment, interior and exterior scenes, crew, actors, and props are all ready.
The special effects company's progress is also planned. After all, it's just a shark, not a complicated special effect.
On June 4th, Li Qian led the crew to the filming location, Nansha Seaside Resort on the coast of Ningbo.
When I saw Mr. Wang again, he was still waiting at the beach.
A week later, the voice and appearance are still there...
No, the smile is still the same!
Li Qian told everyone in the crew to get ready, and walked up to say hello, "Mr. Wang, there will be a lot of interruptions in the next week."
"Director Li is very polite. If you need anything, just call me." Mr. Wang chuckled.
After a few words of greeting, the other party watched the crew preparing here and watched for a while before leaving.
On the first day of filming, the first scene shot was the scene where the first victim's stumps were discovered.
The night before, a girl was attacked by a shark in the water, and the body parts were washed up in the sea the next day.
There are only two extras in this scene, plus Li Guangjie, they are changing clothes, just like a simple situation.
The prop team is burying the broken limbs of the props in the sand, and adding all kinds of garbage from the sea on top.
Li Qian was watching from the side, turned around and asked, "Where are the crabs, are they ready?"
A worker next to him immediately replied, "It's ready, Director Li."
With that said, the field worker trotted to the car and picked up a bucket, which contained a small half bucket of live sea crabs.
Although crabs are omnivores, they like to eat carrion, and the carcasses of fish and shrimp in the sea are also their main food source.
Moreover, crabs need a lot of food before they shed their shells. Sometimes, when the food is not enough, crabs that have not yet shed their shells will often eat similar crabs that have already shed their shells and are unable to defend themselves.
Qi Yukun said at the side, "Director Li, I think the vulture is better. The sensory stimulation is stronger than the crab."
Li Qian shook his head, "Our film is positioned as a thriller, and it does not rely on bloody horror scenes to attract people."
"Moreover, crabs are edible. Imagine that you often eat crabs of the same kind. And one day it eats your kind right in front of your eyes. How would you feel?"
"Besides, it's easier to release crabs. I also specifically asked them to choose smaller crabs and crawl them densely on the stumps to eat them. The effect will not be bad."
Scenes of people seeing similar animals being eaten by other animals are common in thrillers and horror films, and are also essential scenes.
This is also the first terrifying shot at the beginning of "Jaws", and its importance is self-evident.
The props team worked for more than half an hour to arrange the scene properly.
Li Guangjie and the two extras have also finished putting on makeup and are ready.
After everything was prepared, Li Qian did not give any chicken soup to the employees.
A large online crew only has less than half a month to shoot. We don’t want the movie to be short for half a year every now and then. The long and continuous work can easily make people exhausted physically and mentally. So from time to time, they can give them chicken soup and give them some material support.
Rewards are all necessary.
In less than half a month, before they had any emotional problems, the movie was finished.
After a few brief words, the routine technical experiments and effect experiments began.
However, just like the original filming of "Sniper Phone Booth", there was a problem with the effects experiment.
"After the close-up of this hand, it looked a bit too fake."
After the effects test, the entire crew gathered around the arm buried in the sand.
The leader of the props team quickly explained, "Director Li, this hand has been made very delicately, but it's too bare to withstand the close-up for nearly two seconds."
Li Guangjie next to him said, "Since it's all naked, don't make it so complete. Just put some blood on it."
You know a hammer!
The leader of the props team cursed secretly, but he didn't refute it. Who would let him be the leading actor?
"It's not about the props."
Li Qian shook his head. This is an Internet company, not as good as a movie, especially a big production. A slightly more important prop costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
The cost of "Jaws" includes the special effects costs of 1.1 million, which is only 1.6 million. The rest was mainly spent on the studio. After all, a prop ship had to be built.
If there is not enough cost, how to make more realistic props? Cutting off the hand of the prop team leader is enough.
However, Li Qian still answered Li Guangjie's question, "Making this arm bloody and bloody does look more realistic, but a pile of rotten flesh will have no effect."
"Although a complete arm is not that bloody, the visual impact is far less intense than the psychological impact."
Li Guangjie thought thoughtfully, Hollywood's bloody horror films are indeed not as scary as neon's horror films, they are just scary to watch, and there is no feeling at all after watching them.
As for Neon's classic horror film, it comes from mental damage.
But can Li Qian achieve the effect of a neon thriller?
Although Li Qian's "Sniper Phone Booth" is an excellent suspense film above the standard, he is still a few years younger than himself after all, so Li Guangjie is still a little unsure in his heart.
Li Qian didn't know Li Guangjie's inner activities, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
Many industries lack confidence in young people, such as doctors. The older patients are, the more trust they have in patients. On the contrary, it is difficult for a young man to gain the trust of patients, especially for serious illnesses.
Everyone gathered around this arm and studied it for half an hour. No matter what aspects they changed, they couldn't make it look the same as the real thing in a close-up.
The crabs on and around the arm slowly began to scatter. After all, it was a prosthetic hand and they would not eat it.
"Catch the crabs and don't let them escape."
Li Qian crushed a small crab that crawled in front of his feet and gave instructions to several workers.
Everyone hurriedly caught the crabs.
"What should we do to make the prop hand look the same as the original one? Even the lines on the fingers can be clearly seen under a close-up lens."
"It's exactly like a real hand!"
Li Qian started to feel a little anxious, and it was a bad start.
Last time, Lei Jiayin’s head was too big...
However, thinking of Lei Jiayin's big head, Li Qianyou glanced at Li Guangjie, whose face was also not small.
Fortunately, he has a long face, which does not affect his photogenic appearance.
Li Guangjie, who was also deep in thought at the side, saw Li Qian looking at him from the corner of his eye and tilted his head slightly.
But Li Qian didn't look at him at this time, which confused him.
"Why does the original look exactly like the real hand? It's more real than the real thing!"
Li Qian was thinking hard, and suddenly he had inspiration, and his eyes lit up.
"By the way, it's the real thing!"
After shouting, Li Qian said to several workers, "Can any of you lend me your hand?"