Director’s Legend

"The Night Watcher" is a movie about gray heroes, not a positive heroic image. As for the protagonist, Shao Shuaijun thinks that the most suitable Christian Bell in Hollywood now, this one just appeared in "Batman: Hour of War" "The male star who set off a global frenzy.

It's a pity that a "Batman" made him worth 10 million US dollars, which is not something Shao Shuaijun can afford. After all, to shoot with imax and 3d, it is a blockbuster that burns money, and it is not appropriate to spend a lot of money on superstars. The previous audition invitations sent by the Actors Guild were basically aimed at male stars who paid less than $5 million.

In the end, there are three actors who are determined to audition, one is Taylor Kitch, one is Josh Duhamel, and the other is Jack Gyllenhill. Among them, Taylor Ketchi is the least famous and paid the least. Although he has participated in many movies, he is mainly supporting roles. Josh Duhamel is quite famous, but he is mainly based on TV series.

As for Jack Gyllenhill, he is a popular niche in Hollywood. A "The Day After Acquired" and a "Brokeback Mountain" gave him a firm foothold in Hollywood.

Among the three actors in the audition, Shao Shuaijun is the most optimistic about Jack Gyllenhill, who has both acting skills and face. But Jack Gyllenhill’s asking price is also the highest, and his agent’s mouth is $7 million. Shao Shuaijun could not accept this, and only willing to give 5 million US dollars.

In the end, he contacted Li Yu and persuaded Jack Gyllenhill. For Li Yu, Gyllen Hill still gave a lot of face, and after some twists and turns, he agreed to join the "Nightman" for $5 million. Starred in the protagonist Thomas. And all the supporting roles in the film were finalized one by one within a week.

At first, everyone was still speculating whether there would be Chinese actors in this "Nightman". After the casting dust settled, everyone discovered that there was no avatar. Of course, it does not mean that there are no Chinese behind-the-scenes staff. At least the director Shao Shuaijun is Chinese and the action director Dong Wei is Chinese.

Because it is an investment led by Dream Chase Entertainment, Shao Shuaijun has the absolute right to speak in this movie, and all the staff have been reviewed by him. To join.

During the casting. Mitchell Bruce of Summit Entertainment is leading the producer and is responsible for negotiating imax photography and 3d photography. During this period, there were about 300 imax cinemas around the world, most of which were in the United States, and half of this most were science museums. In other words, there are less than one hundred imax theaters in the United States.

China is even more pitiful. The summer vacation is expected tomorrow. There are only 9 imax theaters.

As the first movie filmed with imax cameras, imax paid great attention, not only renting one of only seven imax cameras in the world for free to the crew of "Nightman". It even sent someone to guide the shooting.

imax is a very amazing projection system that has changed the traditional projection method with a large screen and high resolution. However, imax is also the most complex and expensive projection system. Since its inception in the 1970s, it has not been promoted. Most of it is used in science and technology museums to conduct popular science projections.

Because imax's films are 65mm and 75mm, not any movie can be shown on the imax screen, it needs to be converted with dmr, and it costs a high price to convert to imax-dmr movies and appear on the imax large screen. The original "Painted Skin" was intended to be converted into an imax-dmr movie, but unfortunately it failed to take shape due to piracy.

Now that Shao Shuaijun has greater ambitions, he is no longer satisfied with the mere dmr styles, but really uses imax cameras to shoot. Although only a ten-minute shooting length was planned, it was still a pioneering achievement. This is why everyone is worried about his new movie. The future of imax is uncertain, so I blindly use imax to shoot.

The first one to eat crabs, I don’t know if it’s cool. But the first person to eat pufferfish was definitely poisoned.

Fortunately, Shao Shuaijun has his plans. He wants to use this opportunity to pave the way for future cooperation with imax. The future China is definitely a huge market for imax, and Shao Shuaijun wants to seize this opportunity for cooperation. Besides, it does cost money to shoot imax, but imax company will give some compensation.

New projection system, new projection system, it is not so easy to establish, in order to encourage more imax theater construction, more movies adopt imax format. The imax company has laid down the blood capital, and they will sign the supply and marketing contract in advance for the theaters and movies in the imax format, and there is a part of the financial compensation.

In other words, as long as "The Night Watcher" comes out, imax theaters around the world will basically be released, and there is no need to negotiate arrangements. For example, the previous "Star Wars 2 Attack of the Clones", "The Matrix 2: Reloading", "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution", "Spider-Man 2", "Harry Potter and Azkaban" "Prisoner" and "Batman: Hour of War" are all converted to imax-dmr movies, which are shown in imax theaters around the world, and have achieved good results.

It is with such assistance that Shao Shuaijun dared to play with imax cameras.

Compared with the cost of imax shooting, 3d shooting is more mind-consuming. Although the 3D technology is mature, the shooting methods are complicated and it is more difficult to obtain materials. In the end, the cost is not much less than imax shooting.

The crew finished casting at the end of July and began to set makeup and rehearsal. This work took nearly a month.

The reason for this is that Shao Shuaijun wrongly estimated the difficulty of 3D shooting.

The 3D movies he had been exposed to in his last life were basically digital movies, but now he needs to shoot with film. A set of 3D photography equipment weighs tens of kilograms and requires the help of equipment to lift it up. What is even more exaggerated is that the 3D effect is based on the human eye's law of capturing light.

When a person sees an object with two eyes, the images seen by the two eyes overlap to produce a three-dimensional effect. The same goes for photography, which requires two 2d cameras to shoot together. Modeled after two human eyes.

But here comes the trouble. The human eye has the effect of automatic adjustment, so looking far and near are both 3D stereoscopic effects. The camera is different, it cannot automatically focus and adjust the angle. This requires two cameras to be fixed on a special pan-tilt, calculate the shooting distance, and then after calculation, adjust the angle of the pan-tilt boom to produce a three-dimensional effect.

There is a saying in the industry for 3D shooting, which is called the three-stage shooting method of insect eye, human eye and giant eye.

It means shooting close-up shots, the distance between two cameras. Keep as close as the eyes of an insect. If it is a general lens. The distance placed in the human eye is almost the same. If it is a distant view, the two cameras must be separated as far apart as a giant's eye. There is a formula to calculate the distance, but there is often a big gap between the calculated and the actual shot.

"How about. This video is made. How is the effect? ​​I have been groping for a month. It should be perfect, right?" In the set up studio, Shao Shuaijun and deputy director Josh McGrawlan are asking Special effects artist who makes 3D graphics in front of the computer.

The special effects artist has a flat mouth. Turn the screen around: "Look at it yourself."

On the screen is a puppy running, the picture is blurred and overlapping, Shao Shuaijun and Josh quickly put on 3D glasses to see the effect. The real 3D needs to be shown in the cinema. Now the left and right format contrast images on the computer screen, not to see the stereo effect, but to see if there is a synchronization between the images.

Looking through the glasses, Shao Shuaijun's face gradually darkened.

The overlapping images of the puppies on the screen are obviously inconsistent. Some time periods are coordinated, and some time periods are either advanced or backward. Such coordination makes it impossible to produce qualified 3D movies, not to mention showing 3D effects on the imax large screen.

"Shao, I'm sorry, we failed again." Josh took off his glasses, peeled off a toffee and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely, "Although I followed the director of Robert Zemigis, I filmed the imax-3d movie. "Polar Express", but it was a full digital painting. I just want to say that it is too early to shoot a live version of imax-3d movies. We do not have qualified 3D photography technology support."

Josh McGrallan is an associate director who has been in Hollywood for a long time. He was invited to join the crew of "The Night Watcher" because he followed Robert Zemigis, the director of "Forrest Gump". , And shot the world’s first imax-3d movie "Polar Express" together. His experience is exactly what Shao Shuaijun needs.

Shao Shuaijun messed his hair in annoyance and threw his glasses into the ground. He studied 3D shooting in the studio for a month, and the result was still a pile of shit. 3D movies have a long history. There have been many 3D movies in the last century, but now he can't even grasp the shot of a puppy running.

"Josh, how could this be, why 3d has been developed for so many years and still can't meet my requirements!"

"Maybe 3d shouldn't appear. This kind of three-dimensional effect is better in cartoons. The live-action version, that is, it is OK to scare people in horror movies."

"No, 3d movies are promising, and the future will be the world of 3d movies!" Shao Shuaijun shook his head.

Josh comforted and said, "Shao, why do we insist on 3D shooting? We can already produce excellent results with imax shooting. Give up the idea of ​​3D photography. It will only bring burden to "Night Watcher". Not helpful. Maybe one day 3D technology develops well, you can try again, right?"

"No, no, Josh, you have to understand that I want to create a blockbuster worthy of historical memory. When people later mention 3d movies and imax movies, they can’t avoid a movie. I want to put my name , Written into the history of film." Shao Shuaijun lifted his spirit and clapped his hands, "Josh, accompany me to Southern University, I am going to the Film and Television Academy to find technical support."

"It's useless, 3d film photography. The method we have done is the most advanced. Don't think about it unless you have a digital movie."

Shao Shuaijun turned around and said in a dazed tone: "There will be, just work hard to find it!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!

ps: The fourth episode is over. This is a 3000-word chapter. Recently, there have been waves of criticism from book reviews, and Lao Bai is under great pressure.

I can't help but look at it if I don't read it, but I will continue to write what I want to write.

Give up halfway, Lao Bai feels regret and regret, but it doesn't matter, what Lao Bai wants to write is absolutely wonderful! I see their criticisms in my eyes, and I can accept them and correct them one by one. However, I don't want to say more about the original movie. I never said that it is necessary to be original now, all for the plot.

Forget it, no spoiler.

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