Coquettish Rebirth

Although the Little House "lied about the military situation" it was disappointing, but an hour later, when the Little House called again, it was really good news. ▲∴ It turned out that when the Little House lied about the military situation, Lin Fengjiao called Cheng Long, and after the two chatted for a while, although they didn't know how or what they were talking about, Anyway, in the end, Cheng Long nodded and said that as long as Jia Hongjian was willing to change, he could take the time to come and play a cameo.In this way, Jia Hongjian can save even playing the side drums!What a wonderful thing!But the next day, after Jia Hongjian called Cheng Long and said that he could change the script, Cheng Long said that he would take a look at the script after it was changed.

Jia Hongjian readily agreed to this. He didn't feel any distrust from Cheng Long or anything else. On the contrary, he could see Cheng Long's participation.Why?Because looking back at the life of a star and director in Little House Dreams, wouldn’t Cheng Long design any stunts to be filmed on the set?Such a gimmick!Although it is possible to arrange the Little House to shoot climbing skyscrapers in a studio full of green cloth in the dream, but how boring is that?Besides, in the dream of such a small house, how could one be so sensible to know that filming should be done in a studio?How can the dream of a character like Little House not dream of him doing dangerous stunts on the spot like Cheng Long in the real world?

At that time, wouldn't Cheng Long, a martial arts and stunt director, need to arrange and conceive all these dangerous scenes?He, Jia Hongjian, is not particularly professional in this area. Although he can do it, but after all, there is a professional Cheng Long and a relative in a small house to worry about, so why doesn't he let Xian?But in such a phone call, Jia Hongjian also mentioned his opinion and idea-"I said how about letting your son climb the Burj Khalifa?" Jia Hongjian had just finished speaking.Hearing Cheng Long suddenly ask: "The Burj Khalifa? The world's tallest building under construction? That hasn't been completed yet? Isn't it built in 04, and it is expected to be completed in 10 years?"

Hey!As a reborn Jia Hongjian really messed up the time all of a sudden!He hasn't been to the Middle East or Dubai much, so he really doesn't know how the tower is built.In his impression, the Burj Khalifa seems to have been built quite early, and then it will be the tallest tower in the world.Like "Mission: Impossible 12" released in China in early 4, a movie played by Uncle Tom, wouldn't he climb the Burj Khalifa?So when Jia Hongjian raised his opinion, he subconsciously thought that the Burj Khalifa had already been built!Now that I think about it, that seems to be the case.When such a Burj Khalifa was first built, it was always advertised as the tallest building in the world. At that time, the whole world knew about it, so it gave people the impression that it should have been built very early, but after all, the construction time of this kind of skyscraper It is relatively long, and in addition to the environment in the Middle East, the temperature may be 50 degrees during the day, so the progress of the construction will definitely be slow, and finally it will be normal in 2010.Even Jia Hongjian remembered it.In 2010, there seemed to be a news saying that some high-ranking government official in Dubai changed the name of this building. Jia Hongjian couldn’t remember what it was called, but now he vaguely remembers that such a name change was in It was renamed when it was launched after it was built!So it is estimated that it will not be completed until 2010?

But it doesn't matter if it can't be built until 2010! "That's okay. We can talk to them. How interesting is it to shoot directly on the unfinished Burj Khalifa? If they don't agree, it's okay. We will lend you the Huaxia Hi-Tech Building. At least until now I remember that the height they built has not exceeded 520 meters? It should not even reach 500 meters? Then our Huaxia Hi-Tech Building is the tallest man-made building in the world so far! Come to us to take pictures when the time comes. It doesn’t matter how long you want to shoot How are you?" Jia Hongjian meant enough?He really wanted to create a special effect that could shock people all over the world.He believed that Cheng Long would definitely not be able to bear this temptation!Although Cheng Long is old now, the soul in his bones that wants to make progress and take risks will never grow old!Maybe he can't do all kinds of dangerous things anymore, but can his son inherit his stunts half-truthfully, at least in such a movie?

And at such a time, Jia Hongjian took advantage of the heat and took out various special effects scenes in "Mission: Impossible 4" for Cheng Long's reference-"For example, we can let the little house go to Moscow to shoot the location, Then let the little house be chased by bad guys just like you. Then when you escaped from the Kremlin, the Kremlin was completely blown up behind you... How amazing and beautiful is that scene? Or we can let your son live in In our Huaxia High-tech Building, first smashed a glass exterior wall, and then he climbed up the exterior wall with his bare hands... How shocking is this? When the camera takes a picture, why don't people all over the world be stunned? At that time, you are afraid that your son will not be able to do it. Can we shoot half-truths? We can hang him on the outer wall to take a few shots in real scene, and then shoot some close-ups in the indoor studio, and then edit them together later. Can't the audience see it?"

That's right, Jia Hongjian knew these techniques very well.In fact, he also knows that the stunts in Cheng Long's many films are not stupid, and he really shoots everything!It's like the scene in "Who Am I Remake" where he and his junior brother Yuen Biao jumped off the plane and fell into the water all the way, it was made up of several shots.In the beginning, two people jumped off the plane. It was not like in ordinary movies where two people jumped off the inside of the plane and let it go.At the time of filming, Cheng Long and the others hired a photographer to jump down together, and the 20-second long shot was to shoot Cheng Long and the others in free fall!At that time, we shot here, and everyone pulled the parachute again, and the filming of such a section was finished. Then, we turned around and shot a scene of falling from tens of meters at a low altitude, and then edited it together, it looked amazing, just like all the way from the sky. It's like falling down with a pause, but it's actually not that dangerous, is it?Although it was said that Cheng Long's balls were in pain when he dived into the water, but after all, there was no great danger. It can be said that he used a relatively safe method to produce amazing special effects, right?

The "Mission: Impossible" series of films spanned 15 years.Filming the 4th part, Tom Cruise, who played the male number one "Ethan Hunt", made a strong comeback this time to prove one thing to the global audience: Although he is already 50 years old, but Ah Tang Ge is still very skilled.This box-office hit Hollywood film has indeed brought room for discussion on various levels, and it is no exception from the perspective of filmmaking.There are a total of more than 4 special effects shots in "Mission: Impossible 700", but most of them are just repairs based on real shots, and the green screen is rarely used.There are basically no full CG shots.Therefore, for Brad Bird, the biggest difficulty brought by the film is the live-action shooting-sometimes you have to bow to the cruel reality. After all, when making an animated film, it is very difficult to deny a decision or change the plan. normal thing.As their photographer said: "If a picture is not good, then the animator can remake it and modify it repeatedly until the picture reaches the ideal state. But there is no such possibility when shooting a live-action movie. You only have yourself in hand." We shot those shots, so figuring out how to arrange those scenes is sometimes a very stressful thing.”

At the beginning of the first action scene in the film, the IMF agent calmly jumped off the roof.This is not shot in one shot, but composed of multiple shots, and the close-up of the face that jumped was shot by the actor in front of the green screen, and it didn't really fall.Through real shooting and a small amount of digital special effects, the illusion of agents jumping off is achieved.In a brilliant action sequence later, Ethan slips out of a fourth-floor window, with Russian agents waiting for him to give up, and he pulls out his belt.Jump off the edge of a building and use wires to slide from the roof to a moving van.Then roll safely into the street.The crew first rehearsed many times in the studio. During the actual filming, Cruise completed the filming with sufficient safety measures. One shot to the end and post-production retouching.Completed a wonderful action scene.

Speaking of the biggest highlight of "Mission: Impossible 4", it is the thrilling shot of Cruise climbing with his bare hands on the "world's tallest tower" Burj Khalifa in Dubai.I thought the film would perfunctorily use green screens and CG backgrounds to make climbing clips, but these shots were actually shot in an incredible way.You know, the world's tallest tower has 169 floors and a height of 828 meters.Not to mention shooting, even standing on it feels dizzy.In the film, Tom cruise climbed from the 118th floor to the 130th floor, which has made us terrified, but in fact, due to safety and production difficulty considerations, some overhead shots of Ethan climbing to a higher floor were not shot on the actual floor , but the film crew digitally modified the background of the picture on the original basis to "raise" the height, and the scene where the glove malfunctioned, which frightened us, was shot in front of a green screen, and then the background was synthesized.Tom Cruise does all the action with a terrific performance and doesn't use any doubles.The content of post-production special effects is also simpler, mainly including picture color correction, erasing wires and camera brackets.In the end, it presented the audience with a "dizzy sense of excitement" and a perfect combination of "live special effects" and "digital special effects".

Another eye-catching clip is the sandstorm racing scene in the movie.Anyone who has experienced sandstorms knows that it is difficult to even walk in such weather, and it is even more difficult to take pictures.In fact, Mission: Impossible only carried a small amount of dust during the actual filming, mainly to create the effect of sand falling on the cars and actors.And a lot of yellow sand is made using cg.But even those small amounts of sand have already prevented the vehicle from going fast.Of course, it is also very difficult to use special effects to achieve sandstorm weather, because too much yellow sand will not show any sense of movement and layering; too little yellow sand will expose the actual scene, and using digital special effects is not a simple matter.Of course, in the final film, the sandstorm that seemed so real to us even gave us the illusion that "Cruise Tom is a Superman and can still be handsome in such bad weather".

So, since Mission: Impossible 4 can be shot like this, why can't we shoot like this?Could it be that the 50-year-old Uncle Tom can shoot scenes that our small house in his 20s can't shoot? (To be continued..)