The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 89: Building a real world in movies!
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Hot Barbie Zhang Tianai thinks smarter.

Before lunch, she went straight to Lu Zhiyuan's house and knocked on the door.

The person who opened the door was Jing Tian.

Seeing Jing Tian actually watching TV at home, and it was a funny variety show, it was obvious that she was disturbing Lu Zhiyuan's creative work.

Anger flashed in Reba's eyes.

Immediately, she glanced inside and smiled sweetly: "Sister Tiantian, are you watching TV?"

"Ah."

Jing Tian replied indifferently, then invited Reba into the house.

She wanted to see what this damn girl wanted to do.
"Sister Tiantian, Sister Xiaoai is in high spirits today and has cooked a large table of dishes. She specially asked me to invite you to have lunch with us."

While dealing with Jing Tian, ​​Reba secretly glanced at Lu Zhiyuan's room.

The door was closed and Lu Zhiyuan didn't know what he was doing.

I guess he's working?

The male god was still the workaholic in her memory, and was not obsessed with beauty, which made Reba feel relieved.

"There's no need to go to your place for dinner. Ayuan is drawing concept art. I don't know when he'll be done."

Jing Tian first explained why she didn't want to go, then refused indifferently: "I've ordered food from the big hotel on the next street, and it will be delivered later."

Row!
You have money!
You eat at big hotels and look down on our home-cooked dishes!
"Reba, do you want to stay for dinner?"

Jing Tian made a few polite remarks.

Reba of course refused: "No, Sister Xiao Ai is still waiting for me."

"Sister Tiantian, you have a great figure, fair skin, and big eyes."

Turning around, Reba first complimented Jingtian.

Jing Tian was stunned for a moment, feeling something was wrong. Out of politeness, she smiled and nodded: "It's okay."

You have a good figure, but are you better than me?

Your skin is quite white, but I have racial advantages, and I will definitely be whiter than you in the future!
As for being bigger than my eyes... what a joke! I'm invincible!
Haha!

The future is mine!
Reba added in her heart and left with full confidence.

"Tiantian, come and look at this..."

Not long after Reba left, Lu Zhiyuan finished drawing the concept map and came out to show off his work results to Jing Tian.

"what is this?"

Jing Tian saw that Lu Zhiyuan drew a ruin with a mess of parts behind it, such as armor fragments and rusty molds.

She was a little confused.

The main thing is that I don’t understand.

"This is a mechanical ruin, the graveyard of AI-powered cyborgs. These scattered parts, combined with the cyborgs' death, aesthetically symbolize the 'poetry of decay,' a beauty of withering."

"I added a lot of parts here, and through visual effects, I hinted to the audience that this was once a laboratory. It was glorious, but it's over...Humanity has better technology!"

This scene is the background added by Lu Zhiyuan for the cyborg villain [Tom Hiddleston].

This will be the end of his death.

However, this is actually also the laboratory where he was born.

AI transforms humans, just like a software program, with continuous iterations of versions.

[Tom Hiddleston] The villain looks powerful, but he is nothing in front of the new version of AI Keanu.

Because the times no longer belong to him.

This is the poetry of decay.

With such visual images, only a few lines of dialogue are needed and the audience will naturally accept this background setting.

Adding appropriate dialogues will make the whole story more credible.

In addition, such a background also gives the villain [Tom Hiddleston] a arc.

Otherwise, he is just a tool used by AI.

"You draw so well."

"Ayuan, you really have a lot of imagination and are super talented. I just like that about you."

Although Lu Zhiyuan is a useless person with almost zero hands-on ability in life, he is really charming when he is doing art.

It's like there's a halo around him.

Full of artistic flavor.

"Tiantian, calm down. What are you doing? Don't take off my clothes! I'm not done yet!"

Lu Zhiyuan regretted it.

I should have known not to come out and show off to Jingtian.

He didn't know how charming he was at this moment.

In the past, Jing Tian had no choice but to watch him from afar and drool silently... Now, he is taking advantage of her openly!

"Don't blame me for this. You'll be gone in two days, and you'll be gone for two months. I'm sure I'll miss you a lot."

It is natural to miss someone.

Jing Tian was mainly worried that without her watching over him, Lu Zhiyuan would easily get involved with the actresses in the crew.

Aren’t all directors like that?
Not to mention Lu Zhiyuan who is so handsome... Feng Xiaogang is so ugly, but there are still actresses rushing to be his man!
……

Lu Zhiyuan felt a little tired in the next two days.

It is not something that can be told to outsiders.

But fortunately, time flies by like water.

Two days later, Lu Zhiyuan boarded a plane to Bulgaria and began his busy directorial work.

The next two months will be the real challenge.

Whether he can become a big commercial film director, gain a foothold in Hollywood, and carve out a new world of his own depends on this one move!
"Brother, do you regret it?"

Xin Yukun is here too.

As Lu Zhiyuan's gold medal assistant, he must not be absent.

Seeing Lu Zhiyuan's tired face, Xin Yukun made a few jokes.

"I don't regret it. I knew from the beginning what it would be like to be in a relationship with Jing Tian, ​​so I was very hesitant."

"However, after experiencing it carefully, she is actually quite good."

Although there were some bumps in the road, we are still happy after all.

A playboy like Brother Kun wouldn't understand.

"Just be tough."

Xin Yukun smiled and didn't believe what Lu Zhiyuan said at all.

He expertly asked the flight attendant for a drink, then continued, "I've had everyone arrange the concept art you sent me. Once we get to Bulgaria, check it out. As long as there aren't any major issues, we'll start filming."

"Try to complete this scene within two days!"

These special effects shots are actually not difficult to shoot. All you have to do is have the actors wear motion capture suits and shoot the necessary fighting moves.

The main thing is that the rendering of post-production special effects strives to achieve realism, which is very difficult and requires a lot of effort and the application of various simulated physical interaction technologies.

The requirements in these aspects are very stringent.

Xin Yukun also did a lot of work to make this movie.

Lu Zhiyuan was flying so fast that he had to try his best to barely keep up with him.

For this reason, he has recently reduced his visits to nightclubs by more than half.

"Brother, after this movie, we'll be able to gain a foothold in Hollywood. Even if you break up with the eldest lady, it doesn't matter."

Xin Yukun doesn't think highly of Lu Zhiyuan and Jing Tian anyway.

The main thing is that these two people are useless in life, and there is no question of who takes care of whom... Jing Tian will never give in, how good is his family background?
Lu Zhiyuan could only bow his head.

But Lu Zhiyuan is wholeheartedly devoted to art, so how could he have the time to care about those things in life?
If Lu Zhiyuan is willing to distract himself to take care of things in life, his artistic achievements will not be very high... Doesn't Jing Tian like his art?

He stopped doing art, and his appeal to Jing Tian plummeted.

So, this problem has no solution.

"Brother Kun, it's a 10-hour flight. I took melatonin and am ready to go to sleep. Call me when we get to Qatar."

Life and love, locked away for now. Next, it's time for him to work on his art!

"Just run away!"

Xin Yukun felt that Lu Zhiyuan couldn't argue with him and felt guilty.

Lu Zhiyuan took melatonin and fell asleep quickly. He covered his eyes with a mask, lay on a chair, and snored softly.

Xin Yukun was not sleepy at all. Seeing Reba in front of him, he looked back repeatedly and probably didn't want to sleep either.

"Hey, Reba, wanna chat for a minute?"

"Brother Kun, I don't want to chat with you. If we chat, we'll disturb Brother Yuan's sleep. You don't know how hard he's been working these days."

Reba rolled her eyes at Xin Yukun and told him to speak more quietly.

Then he secretly told Xin Yukun that since he left, Lu Zhiyuan and Jing Tian have been eating takeout every day.

Lu Zhiyuan's lonely back as he went down to take out the trash looked extremely pitiful.

Reba was hinting to Xin Yukun to say a few more words and let Lu Zhiyuan and Jing Tian take the blame.

"I know him. He will finish the path he chooses even if he has to kneel down. No matter how hard it is, he won't complain to anyone."

Xin Yukun looked at Lu Zhiyuan with a sigh.

Reba suddenly became nervous and asked sincerely, "Brother Kun, do you have any way to make him change his mind? I don't want to see him suffer!"

Xin Yukun chuckled and winked at Reba. "Unless he meets a beautiful, gentle, caring woman with huge eyes. She's willing to be with him day and night, give birth to three children for him, and make him unable to refuse her."

Hey!
Reba felt that Xin Yukun was talking about her.

When they were chatting before, Reba deliberately said loudly that she wanted to get married early and then have three children, two brothers and a sister.

……

The plane landed in Qatar.

An hour later, we took a connecting flight to Bulgaria.

After arriving in Bulgaria, Focus Features had already arranged staff to take Lu Zhiyuan and his group to the hotel.

That night, Lu Zhiyuan called all the crew members to a meeting to assign tasks.

As for the specific implementation work, it will be left to Xin Yukun.

Because he is the production director.

In Bulgaria, Reba did not have any role, she came there with the goal of studying.

"Reba, Ayuan has high hopes for you. This scene actually has nothing to do with you, but you're still a newcomer and have never acted before. During this time, you need to learn more and observe other people's performances."

"Whether it's Keanu Reeves or that British guy named Tom Hiddleston, their acting skills are quite amazing."

Xin Yukun understood Lu Zhiyuan's favor and special love for Reba without Lu Zhiyuan's special explanation.

Reba should also know this.

"Brother Kun, I know everything."

"Don't worry, I won't miss these learning opportunities. I will definitely become a big star and make a lot of money."

"When the time comes, I'll open a hotel. I'll have a lot of cleaning staff, a restaurant with all kinds of delicious food, and a laundry room. I'll provide for your retirement and thank you for taking care of me."

Living in a residential complex is really troublesome.

You even have to take out the trash yourself?
Reba thought that when she became a rich woman, she would simply open a hotel and live in the hotel with her brother Ayuan every day.

In this way, there will be no problems, right?
Oops!

Jing Tian is so rich, he will think of it sooner or later!

It's over.

……

At the shooting location.

Keanu Reeves and Tom Hiddleston both wore motion capture suits.

Under the instruction of action director [Ahu], we are practicing fighting routines.

——[Ahu] is Keanu Reeves’ younger brother and the action director of “The Matrix” series. If nothing unexpected happens, he will also star in “Man of Tai Chi” next.

After Lu Zhiyuan arrived, everyone present stopped and looked at him seriously.

Obviously, he was going to give a speech.

"Before we start filming, let me say a few key words."

"The main feature of our film is the AI ​​robot battle."

"The ultimate goal of this type of film is to make the audience believe that [this machine can really exist]."

"So, we have to make the action models of all characters conform to known mechanical principles."

At this point, Lu Zhiyuan looked at the action director and said, "Ah Hu, please pay attention. When designing fighting moves for them, don't use overly exaggerated fighting patterns. Keep the physical logic."

“It is imperative to ensure authenticity while taking aesthetics into consideration!”

After saying that, Lu Zhiyuan asked Keanu Reeves and Tom Hiddleston to start a trial shoot to get a feel for it.

The real fighting effects in the movie cannot be produced by humans.

Because Lu Zhiyuan designed an anti-human action for them.

When [Cyborg·Tom Hiddleston] attacks, in his first move, his limb joints will go beyond the limits of the human body, and his arms will rotate 180 degrees and backwards.

Directly perform a counter-joint lock on AI Keanu and deliver a critical hit in one go!
Later on, this action will also be coordinated with the hydraulic sound effects of the titanium alloy skeleton.

Create strong physical discomfort and horror effects for the audience!
[Cyborg Tom Hiddleston], right from the start, launches a fatal attack on AI Keanu, rendering the oppressive force of the scene to the extreme.

Combined with sound effects and close-up lens effects.

This scene will definitely become a classic in AI mechanical action movies.

This action is completely impossible for humans to perform.

It still depends on post-production special effects!
However, during the early stages of filming, as a director, you have to consciously leave space for action, to allow for effective coordination of [body-cg] in the later stages, and to make technical preparations.

The more science fiction the movie is, the more it should pay attention to basic physical science.

Otherwise, the movie will be distorted.

Lu Zhiyuan felt like his head was about to explode every day, fearing that he might not have handled some details well and make the whole movie look cheap.

How great is the pressure on a director?

This is not a job for humans.

……

On the first day of filming, Lu Zhiyuan gave a show of force.

The staff who mistakenly thought he was young and easy to bully were all dumbfounded.

"Hey Tom, first day of filming, how's it going?"

During the break, Keanu Reeves smiled and asked Tom Hiddleston.

"feel good."

Tom Hiddleston nodded, then leaned over and whispered, "Our director is a crazy artist! But I have a feeling he's going to be a big shot."

"Our movie will definitely become a classic!"

"Has anyone filmed AI-powered robots and cyborg warriors before? Probably, but would those directors actually film them as if they were real warriors?"

"no!"

"Only a madman like him thinks that such a world really exists!"

"He constructed a complete real world in the movie!"

“It’s really charming!”

For most directors, when making commercial films, there is no need to talk about so much logic, as long as the story is easy to understand.

Unless this character becomes a key character in the next movie, it is necessary to dig deeper into the plot.

But Lu Zhiyuan is different. He created background personality, behavioral motivations, and ideal pursuits for each character.

It's not based on the lines, but on the exquisite visual effects and the messy mechanical structures in the background.

This way, it is more convincing!
To the audience, this is a completely real world!

Just like The Lord of the Rings.

There aren't many lines of dialogue, but the beautiful images and various fantasy adventures are enough to make the audience fall in love with that world.

(End of this chapter)