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Chapter 228 The diligent Li Mu

Li Mu has already planned it. In the first week or two, he will finish shooting the group scenes of the movie. Only Jiang Wen's scenes will be left later. It is estimated that it will take about 3 weeks to shoot alone.

In this way, when he goes to the Oscars in mid-March, the delay cost of the script shutdown will not be that high.

These actors have all signed agreements. An extra day will increase the production cost.

"I didn't expect to end up spending three weeks with a group of big men. It makes me sad just thinking about it!" Li Mu said jokingly.

Guo Fan was also on the side and smiled when he heard it, but thinking about it, it seemed to be the same.

After the others left, there were only a bunch of men left in the crew, and only Jiang Wen was left as an actor.

All joking aside, Li Mu then thought of another movie in his script library, which happened to be the opposite of "The Martian". This movie was a one-woman show with a female astronaut.

For example, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is actually a history of survival, a half-realistic and half-fictional path to growth. An individual's journey becomes a lonely journey that spans a hundred years.

This female epic space movie is the call of the big background to the small individual, and the return of the small individual to the big background.

Li Mu looked at the huge base around him and thought to himself: "If the filming of Mars is finished, this base will not be vacant for a while? Guo Fan will have to find a small science fiction department to practice his skills first."

"Waste is shameful!" Li Mu slapped himself hard, then picked up his phone and walked out.

Guo Fan was stunned for a moment, "Director Li is so cruel to me, but what do you mean this waste is shameful?"

Guo Fan looked at the half of the orange flesh in his hand, and hesitantly stuffed it into his mouth. It was so sour that he couldn't speak clearly.
"Can't waste it."

"Boss, since when have you been so diligent and still plan to start projects continuously?" David was still a little surprised.

"I'll let you set up the project first. As for when to shoot, we can wait until "The Martian" is finished filming."

Li Mu still plans not to put too much pressure on himself. It's good to be able to continue with new projects.

"The investment for this film is larger than that of "The Martian."

After hanging up the phone from David, Li Mu remembered the message Xue Xiaolu sent him. After thinking about it, he gave Tian Zhuangzhuang a call.

"Teacher, I have something to ask you."

Tian Zhuangzhuang stopped smoking halfway through his cigarette.

"You can give it a try! If it succeeds, it will be a good story." Tian Zhuangzhuang responded with a smile.

After the break, the crew was about to start work again. Li Mu went to the photographer to give special instructions.

“When shooting, the subjective and objective perspectives are captured at the same time, which can be integrated in post-production.”

The crew of Li Mu has worked together many times, and the photographer quickly understood what he meant.

"Old Jiang, have you gone to see the place where you are going to plant potatoes?" Li Mu saw Jiang Wen walking out of the small studio and probably guessed what he was going to see.

"You're doing real potatoes!"

"Nonsense, otherwise why do you think the crew takes so long to prepare?"

The crew actually planted potatoes in the studio and relied entirely on their natural growth to film the scene where Jiang Wen grew food to survive on Mars.

"Every unit is ready!" Li Mu summoned the personnel.

The crew is preparing to shoot in the main studio. The 65-foot-tall studio here is larger than the Bond studio in Pinewood. It can completely build the surface of Mars, place a full-size human center, and even drive a Mars rover.

The huge green screen in the studio was only used to add the distant CG mountains and the panoramic material shot in Gansu Shabo during the preparation stage.

The film's magnificent Martian scene was completed by real-life shooting and CG.

This is much more realistic than shooting entirely in front of a green screen.

Desert tones, landscapes, lighting effects - 5 Arrimax 18K and 12K HMI Par lights plus Rosco 1/2 Soft Frost soft cloth were used in the studio to simulate the sun, so that there was only one shadow.

Of course, due to the limited height of the studio, the height of the daylight is limited, but this keeps the plot between 9:11 and [-]:[-] in the morning on Mars.

Li Mu likes multiple cameras. There are usually three sets of 3D stands on the set. The shooting perspective is also relatively objective. He likes to pull the camera back slightly to bring more events into the environment.

This also allows actors to improvise because you can capture a wider range of activities.

There were multiple sets of cameras on the set, even on the actors’ spacesuits and helmets.

Perspective is an important part of film narrative, and the camera acts as a bystander to capture the actor's monologue.

As filming progressed, the crew used GoPro more and more to get new perspectives and some interesting footage.

GoPro is designed for extreme sports, and usually it is played back after shooting, but for film production, you must know what the camera captured, so it took some time to set up a wireless video system and a backup recorder.

"Come here, hang up Old Jiang!" Li Mu directed the crew.

The bosses of the crew were all very happy and quickly provided Jiang Wen'an with various props. This was a rare opportunity. If he missed it, there would be no store in this village.

It was a bit dangerous to film the scene where the male protagonist was thrown away, so Jiang Wen was tied with a steel wire just in case.

"Props, put on Lao Jiang a helmet without a hood! Photographers and lights, please pay attention, this is a single-directional light!" Li Mu ordered.

Because the helmet worn by Jiang Wen would reflect all kinds of unwanted light in the movie, Li Mu chose a single directional light, and would also use a helmet without a cover when shooting close-up shots. He would add a cover in the later stage because the cover would Reflection of the camera's shadow.

These are all the hard-earned experiences of shooting.

"Old Jiang, take good photos, the equipment you are wearing may be more expensive than you!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

There was a burst of laughter on the set. As for Jiang Wen's expression, he couldn't see clearly because he was wearing a helmet.

Just like that, the scene where Jiang Wen was smashed away began.

This is the trigger for the protagonist to be "abandoned" on Mars. The team must evacuate Mars, otherwise the return capsule will collapse and everyone will be trapped on Mars. As a result, the protagonist will be abandoned on Mars.

"I'm totally fucking done. This is what I've come to after careful consideration. Completely fucked!"

"When I woke up, I found good news and bad news: the habitat module was fine (yay!), and the return capsule was missing (woo)."

When Jiang Wen said these lines, he had a sense of joy. Fortunately, the people in the crew were all professionals and they couldn't hold back their laughter.

"Ka, that's pretty good. Lao Jiang, your acting skills are really good!"

The crew immediately relaxed and everyone was talking about it.

In this way, the filming of the group scene has been completed, and these supporting actors only had a few minutes of scenes.

"Director Li, Tian Tian and I will leave first!"

Lu Zheng said hello to Li Mu when he left, and he also hurriedly took Jingtian back to promote "My Beautiful Boss".

Jing Tian politely said goodbye to Li Mu and the crew.

Jingtian's movie was filmed last year and is still in post-production.

Lu Zheng's brilliant star spent tens of millions to support her. In addition to the popular idol star He Rundong, the supporting actors in the film are all big names, acting as green leaves for Jingtian, creating a modern Sex and the City love-hate entanglement.

"Actually, if this girl is willing to study more in school, she may have a wider acting career in the future!" Jiang Wen has also seen Jingtian's performances these days. It cannot be said that he has no talent or hard work, but his foundation is not solid enough.

Jiang Wen thought there were some scenes that should have been shot in one go, but they were shot several times. "I gave this suggestion to Mr. Lu a few years ago, but he was so eager to get it done!"

Jiang Wen smiled: "Isn't this a characteristic of Nortel? You have to become famous as early as possible!"

"Each one has its own pros and cons. Let's not talk about it. Let's get ready!"

It's Jiang Wen's one-man show.

Jiang Wen saw Li Mu playing with the Red Epic Dragon 6K, a 3D real-life shooting device, from time to time. In his spare time, he was also very curious.

The two also occasionally discuss the issue of converting 2D into 3D.

"Converting 2D to 3D is not impossible. If your 2D shooting is very careful and the design is very precise, the converted 3D effect will be great. Post-production conversion can also provide a greater sense of depth than real shooting, but most movies It cannot reach this transformation level.”

"Old Jiang, I suspect that you stole this from me." After Li Mu talked a lot, he noticed that Jiang Wen seemed to be memorizing silently, so he joked.

Guo Fan was on the side, listening more carefully and wanting to take a notebook and write it down.

"Tsk, you're not shabby! You are now the second-largest director in the box-office rankings! Yes, you are already second!"

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The global box office of "2012" stopped at US$19.8 billion.

"Avatar" has exceeded 20 billion US dollars, and Li Mu fell to second place on the global film history rankings.

He only sat on the throne for half a year before it changed hands.

"Old Jiang, have you forgotten about organic fertilizers? I think this thing is best shot in real life. I will go and give the order. Tsk, think about the excrement of you and your colleagues for several months. "

"Brother, oh, no, Director Li, I was wrong!"

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While Li Mu was still filming "The Martian," Chen Kaige's new film "The Orphan of Zhao" held a grand first press conference and will start shooting in the near future.

"Avatar", which originally bid farewell to domestic screens on February 2, has to renew its contract for another half month and will officially withdraw on March 28.

The film's domestic box office currently exceeds 12 billion, breaking the record of "2012" and topping the domestic box office list.

Everyone does not feel that this record is as unbreakable as before. With the growth of box office in recent years, domestic movies will always break this record again.

This is also the consensus of many film companies.

On the set of "The Martian."

Jiang Wen endured the severe pain and slowly walked back to the human base. When he closed the hatch, there was a very obvious pause.

Because the abdomen is being severely injured, using too much force may cause the wound to split. In this regard, Jiang Wen's performance is good in terms of details.

Astronauts all have willpower that ordinary people cannot imagine, even if they are seriously injured.

Stay calm in times of crisis, just four words.

Then he pulled out the antenna pierced into his abdomen very decisively. He took a deep breath, and before the antenna could react, he quickly pulled it out and threw it aside.

Inside the base, he takes off his space suit, and there is a close-up of his face and hands, medium shot, and close shot.

He sat down half-lying and moved a small mirror to face the wound on his abdomen.

Jiang Wen took a few deep breaths and used a dilator to slowly expand the wound. His breathing became louder and louder.

Without hesitation, he inserted the tweezers with his other hand into the expanded wound and found the remaining foreign objects and small stones inside.

The camera gave a close-up of the wound, the reflection in the mirror, and Jiang Wen's facial expression.

Under the live radio, there was only the ever-changing sound of breathing.

It doesn't sound that serious, but coupled with this picture, it makes people's hair stand on end.

The wound was cleaned and then sutured.

Jiang Wen picked up something that looked like a stapler. Without any complicated movements, but his body was trembling a little, he directly stapled the wound.

"Crack!"

A subtle voice, nothing special, but Jiang Wen's body and face were already covered in sweat at this time, and even his hair was wet.

The face that was constantly twitching slightly and the eyelids that were trembling were enough to show how exciting this suture surgery was.

One, two, three.

There was a slight click, but no sound was made at the scene. Everyone was staring closely at Jiang Wen who was sewing the wound on himself with a stapler.

A series of shots are connected together, creating a very tense atmosphere for the plot.

"Okay, click!"

"Lao Jiang, this figure can be trained! The little girls were very envious when it was released, don't you think so?"

Jiang Wen's hormonal feeling is very suitable for this movie.

"That's for sure. Director Jiang's figure is so slim!"

"The little girl is licking the screen!"

The crew members also saw Jiang Wen's results after training, and they all agreed and joked about it!

Anyway, we are all big men now, so there is nothing we can’t let go of.

"Director Li, you must make a cameo in my next movie!"

"Farewell, Lao Jiang, what's our relationship? There's no need to be so polite! You're being hypocritical!"

"This is not polite, you must come!"

"I'm not going!"

"You are cowardly!"

"It's a joke, how could I be a coward!"

Li Mu didn't even think about making a cameo in Jiang Wen's movie, and he would have been tricked.

"Guo Fan, do you know why I asked the lighting engineer to use two completely different lights in the human center and outdoors?" Li Mu was also teaching Guo Fan some skills intentionally or unintentionally while filming.

Otherwise, just relying on him to grow like this would be too slow.

Guo Fan was on the side, listening silently and asking a few questions from time to time. The lighting engineer was also stealing the show. He got Li Mu's order, but he didn't quite understand why the director had to do this.

“The Human Center uses entirely set-building indoor lighting, which also allows us to differentiate between interior and exterior scenes. The indoor scenes tend to be monochromatic, clean, and modern, while the outdoor scenes are full of fantasy. Even the light that shines on the translucent dome of the Human Center” "Mars Daylight" also uses neutral colors because we believe the dome should filter out red light. This contrast between interior and exterior scenes prevents the audience from getting bored with the earthy red color of the Martian surface."

The lighting in movies is actually very particular. If it is not done well, the audience will feel bored when watching it.

(End of this chapter)