This star’s style is wrong - Chapter 684

c684 Film preparation, storyboard production, props and scenery started

While auditioning, the filming team and director team took the time to create storyboards and design shooting plans.

Since “The Wandering Earth” is a science fiction film, there are many shots that require post-production special effects to clearly see what is being filmed.

For space shots, it is impossible for actors to actually go to space to shoot, so it can only be shot in a studio.

In the movie, the characters play in space, but in fact, during filming, the actors may just lie on the ground and perform.

After the filming is completed and post-production is added, you can see what is being done.

Therefore, when shooting in the special effects studio, the machine was shooting an actor lying on the ground, and the walls and ground were all green.

The actors were tinkering on the ground with strange movements. If you had not read the script, you would have no idea what you were doing.

Therefore, when shooting, you need strong logical skills to connect these shots to form a complete story.

In order to save shooting time, the more detailed the storyboards are, the better.

The shooting plan must also be designed in advance, including where the machine will shoot from and how to arrange the advancement angle. If you wait until after the machine is turned on to carry out these plans, you will encounter a lot of trouble.

Once a temporarily considered shooting plan does not work, the time wasted in changing the shooting plan will eventually lead to an increase in shooting costs.

After the crew started working, they were burning money every day. Delays in the shooting schedule due to problems with the design of the shooting plan would only increase costs.

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Outside of auditions.

The crew also needs to talk to the Hua Dao team.

Since I have never made a science fiction film before, I needed to find a team with Fu Huadao who had experience in making science fiction films to work with.

In fact, domestic science fiction movies have always been tepid.

Occasionally, there are one or two science fiction films with high box office, but strictly speaking, they are all comedies with a science fiction background.

Therefore, there are not many Fuhuadao teams in China that have experience in shooting science fiction movies.

Fang Xing personally met with He Youliang, who had the most experience in making props for sci-fi movies in China, and relied on his reputation as the Golden Bottle Award winner to win over He Youliang’s service team and sign two contracts at once.

One is from “The Wandering Earth” and the other is from “The Three-Body Problem”.

“The Three-Body Problem” is a TV series, and the project has already begun preparations.

Both works have science fiction themes, so we discussed them together.

As for whether Fu Huadao, who is in charge of two dramas at once, might not be able to handle both, Fang Xing is not worried.

Because the two dramas were not started together.

Moreover, the Fu Huadao team does not need everyone to stay on the set. After the props are completed, only a few people need to be left on the set to be responsible for communication and modifying the props.

Moreover, most of the plot of “The Three-Body Problem” is based on literary drama, and it is not difficult to obey the Taoism.

Fang Xing also finalized the decision after talking with He Youliang and making sure that they could take both things into consideration.

In addition to the Fuhua Tao team, there is also astronomy knowledge. Fang Xing specially invited professors majoring in astronomy to serve as consultants to ensure that the plot of the movie has a scientific basis.

Of course, science fiction movies are not scientific papers. We can only say that they are as scientific as possible, but not 100% scientific.

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After starting preparations for “The Wandering Earth”, Fang Xing was very busy.

There is so much work to be involved in, including auditioning actors, making shot scripts, developing shooting plans, and revising and adjusting the script.

Sometimes I have to work overtime until eight or nine in the evening before I can go home.

She spent less time with her daughter, which led to Qianqian losing her temper when she couldn’t see her father on the weekends.

When Fang Xing came back in the evening, it took him a long time to coax him.

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After the Fu Hua Dao team was finalized, He Youliang’s Fu Hua Dao team began to design props and scenery according to Fang Xing’s requirements.

These props and scenery include carrier vehicles, dungeons, space stations, sleep chambers, etc.

In order to strive for authenticity, real scenes should be used wherever possible.

Of course, these sets were all set up in the studio, and the props were real, but the background of the studio was still green screen.

After the shots are taken, special effects and backgrounds must be added in the end.

Of course, real-life props will have a stronger sense of reality when photographed.

Moreover, many of the same props need to be made.

For example, the delivery vehicle in the movie uses different props and scenery for the shots outside the car and the shots inside the car.

The set of the dungeon is also a big project, and the dungeon set captured in the split shots must be built.

Of all the props and sets, the most difficult was the space station.

There is a scene in which “Liu Peiqiang” and his Russian colleague “Makarov” are going from outside the space station to the main control room. The process is very thrilling.

This scene in space was very difficult to shoot.

Fang Xing, the filming team, and He Youliang’s Fuhua Road team discussed various options, and finally chose the one with better presentation effect.

After the shooting plan was determined, He Youliang’s team began to design the space station, everything was to coordinate with the shooting.

The preparation process for the film was tedious.

Ark Culture directly built twelve studios in the Donghai Film and Television Base and set up scenes in the studios.

Some studios are mainly used to shoot carrier vehicles, some studios are used to shoot underground cities, and some studios are used to shoot space stations.

In short, each studio will arrange an independent set, and sets such as dungeons and space stations cannot be moved after they are completed, so they will always occupy the recording studio.

If an ordinary film and television company wants to embark on such a large project, it may take a year in the preparation stage.

However, Ark Culture is already a giant company in the film and television industry.

Moreover, when it comes to movie investment, I am willing to spend money.

In fact, any industry is inseparable from interests.

A capable shooting team and a service team all cost money. The better the team, the higher the cost.

Of course, you get what you pay for.

If you give enough money, you will naturally achieve the best results.

“The Wandering Earth” planned to invest 500 million from the beginning, so the budget is relatively sufficient.

Moreover, Fang Xing does not rule out the possibility of additional investment in the later stage, so the production team will be more relaxed when approving the budget and try to get the best.

In the preparation stage alone, more than a thousand people were working on the set of “The Wandering Earth”.

Most of it is making props, costumes and sets.

After two months of preparation, the sets of three recording studios have been completed first.

And the movie casting has also been completed.

In fact.

The casting for “The Wandering Earth” is not that difficult. After all, it is a science fiction film, and the focus of the film is not on the acting skills of the actors.

Of course, it’s not that acting is unimportant, but compared to dramas like “Infernal Affairs”, the pressure on acting is not that exaggerated.

The highlight of “Infernal Affairs” lies in the rivalry scenes between the actors, which have to deliver performances that make the audience’s adrenaline soar.

Most of the adrenaline-filled scenes in “The Wandering Earth” are not on the actors, but on the planetary engines, on the space station, on the Earth and Jupiter.

When the little breaking ball with ten thousand blue planet engine engine flames appeared, that was the hottest moment.

Wait until the fourth video studio is built.

The crew discussed and determined the start time.

After turning on the camera, Fang Xing began busy shooting work.

“The Wandering Earth” was launched with an investment of 500 million.

In this entertainment topic, most people focus on the 500 million investment.

Because in the impression of most moviegoers, there are few good science fiction movies in China, and even fewer hard science fiction movies.

This also leads to the audience not having confidence in domestic science fiction movies.

When a science fiction movie is launched, it is naturally difficult to become a hot topic.

However, “The Wandering Earth” was still on the hot search list after it was launched.

It can be on the hot search because of two reasons, one is “500 million investment” and the other is Fang Xing’s name.

Who is Fang Xing?

The annual box-office champion director and the new Golden Bottle Award winner.

If you add “Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World”, the combined box office of the three movies will exceed 10 billion.

Moreover, this is different from the two top twin stars in the film industry.

Jia Haochen has been marketing his character as “The Youngest Mr. Billionaire”.

It’s scary to say that, a movie actor with a box office of 10 billion.

However, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that among Jia Haochen’s tens of billions in box office, only one film, “The Frozen Warriors”, was a blockbuster.

The rest of the movies are add-ons.

It’s not that the role in the third series is not considered an achievement, but it cannot prove the ability to handle the box office.

The ability to handle box office sales is a very special topic in the film industry.

It is somewhat similar to the ability to carry drama in TV series.

However, carrying dramas and carrying box office are actually not on the same level.

Relatively speaking, it is much less difficult to carry a drama.

It often happens that a sweet pet online drama becomes popular, and then the lead actor becomes popular and becomes a new hot commodity.

Even one drama can be popular for three or four actors, and all of them can become traffic, and the fans are so crazy that they dominate the hot searches every day.

However, when these popular stars go to make movies, 99% of them will be splashed with nothing.

The reason is that to carry a drama, you only need to be popular and have fans. Fans don’t need to spend too much money. They can only open a membership.

However, movies are different. Audiences have to pay real money to buy tickets to watch them.

If a movie is too bad, it will consume the personal box office appeal of the director and actors.

TV dramas are different. If they are not good to watch, then watch another one. Anyway, the membership will not be wasted, and there will not be nothing to watch on the entire website.

Therefore, it is much more difficult to support the box office. It is simply impossible to support a few crazy fans.

The film industry has also seen clearly that if it relies solely on fans, the box office will basically be capped at 500 million.

If you want a higher box office, you have to work hard to gain box office appeal.

What is the box office appeal?

Fang Xing made two movies, “Crazy Stone” and “Infernal Affairs”, among which he won the Golden Cup Best Actor Award for “Infernal Affairs”.

Not only that, during the Spring Festival, an animated movie “Nezha” with a box office of 4.5 billion was released.

Now, Fang Xing is going to make his third movie.

When the audience saw Fang Xing’s name, they thought about it. With the reputation of “Crazy Stone” and “Infernal Affairs” and the Golden Boiler Award for Best Actor, they had to give it a try, right?

Even if the new movie is a science fiction film and is not favored by the industry, you still want to see it. Even if it doesn’t work, you will accept it.

This is box office appeal.

Box office appeal is a comprehensive reflection of the reputation of past works.

Not just movies.

Fang Xing also has more than a dozen TV series such as “White Nights”, “Mountains and Seas”, and “Nirvana in Fire”. Among the viewers of these TV series, many are potential movie viewers.

In addition to the general audience, there is another audience group that is the most difficult to attract, and that is science fiction fans.

Science fiction fans, as a group, have a more complete scientific worldview and stronger logical thinking skills than ordinary viewers. They will frown when they see plots that are not in line with science.

This audience group is the most difficult group for science fiction movies to attract.

A large part of the audience for science fiction movies is this group.

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After the official announcement of “The Wandering Earth”, there is a lot of relevant information on the Internet.

The movie setting and plot summary of “The Wandering Earth” can be found online.

Therefore, as long as netizens are willing to look it up, they can find out what kind of story “The Wandering Earth” is.

The most critical content is to use 10,000 planetary engines to push the earth out of the solar system.

Regarding this topic, the debate was very intense after the hot search on the topic “The Wandering Earth”.

[Use an engine to push the earth and fly out of the solar system? This is a good idea. I wanted to watch it immediately. 】

[As a science fiction fan, I finally came across a great idea. There is a question: Do humans really have the ability to push the earth out of the solar system? 】

[I wonder if the crew has calculated whether the earth can fly out of the solar system? 】

[Personally, I think it doesn’t matter whether it is possible or not. What science fiction requires is this kind of scientific fantasy thinking. 】

[Although it is Fang Xing’s new movie, and I liked the previous two movies, I still don’t like domestic science fiction movies. I have been deceived too many times. 】

[Indeed, what were the science fiction films of the past? It’s either a comedy disguised as science fiction, a superhero movie disguised as science fiction, or it’s just a bad movie. I’ve been tricked into entering movie theaters a few times before, so I think I’d better forget it. The Chinese cannot make science fiction films. 】

[I don’t understand why Fang Xing doesn’t continue to make comedies or suspense films. I think he is good at these two themes. Whether it is a direct sequel to “Crazy Stone” or “Infernal Affairs”, even if it is not as good as the previous one, I will still pay for it. 】

[Is it possible that it is actually a science fiction comedy? If you look at “Crazy Stone” and remake it into “Crazy Alien”, maybe it will be good. 】

[Can you guys stop being so pessimistic? What if Fang Xingxing can create a miracle? Anyway, so far, his movies and TV series have not been rushed. If he can really make a good science fiction film, it will be regarded as a milestone in the history of Chinese film. 】

[The people above are too optimistic. How about giving me an example, which domestic science fiction film can become a classic? 】

When netizens and audiences were discussing “The Wandering Earth”.

Ark Culture has officially announced another project, the TV series “The Three-Body Problem”.

It’s also a science fiction theme.

If science fiction movies are already an unpopular subject in China, then science fiction TV series simply…do not have this subject matter.

Excluding TV series that are not very science fiction, such as love through time and space, and suspense dramas about time and space, it is true that there are basically no science fiction TV series that can be named.

Therefore, when Ark Culture officially announced the science fiction TV series “The Three-Body Problem”, netizens were even more confused.

[Is Fang Xing out of his mind? Why did it get involved with science fiction? Even if it’s a science fiction movie, there’s at least a slight possibility of a miracle happening. Science fiction TV series, are there such themes in China? 】

[It’s really strange. Are there any domestic science fiction TV series with good ratings? 】

[“Finding You Through Time and Space”, and “My Love from the Sun”, a science fiction TV series. 】

[Upstairs, are you sure these two are not idol romance dramas? 】

[After reading the introduction to “The Three-Body Problem”, I can tell you that at least the introduction is science fiction. The term “three-body” refers only to the system of three stars. According to current scientific research, the three-body problem has no solution and the three stars move irregularly. If we only talk about this knowledge point, it is indeed science fiction. 】

[Starting two projects at the same time, both of which are science fiction themes, there should be something to it, right? 】

[Inside information, our professor of astronomy at Eastern University of Science and Technology has already gone to work as a consultant for Fang Xing, so it shouldn’t be too confusing. 】

【real or fake? Is it true that Fang Xingxing is looking for a professor majoring in astronomy as a consultant? 】