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Chapter 546 Newton's coffin can't be held down anymore! (A 6000-word chapter please subscribe!)
The Vatnajökull near the town of Hofn in the southeast of Iceland is the second largest glacier in the world. Yesterday Tang An and the actors arrived in the town of Hofn in the south, which is also the location of the crew.

After getting over the jet lag, I went to the glacier early this morning under the leadership of the guide sent by the local area.

"Wow, it's so spectacular, how can there be such a place on earth!"

As soon as he approached the glacier, Yang Mi couldn't help exclaiming while looking out the window, his face was full of excitement.

"What's the fuss, go to Antarctica some other day." Tang An, who was looking down at the script, replied angrily.

"But you can't see this kind of scenery in China. It is much more beautiful than those glaciers in China."

Yang Mi didn't take it seriously, the closer he got to the glacier, the more excited he got, until the car drove on the third largest glacier in the world at a height of 1500 meters.

"It's really a glacier. Most of the glaciers in China are snow-capped mountains. None of them are like this."

Yang Mi got out of the car and took two steps, stomped and jumped twice.

"It's true. I've been to the big glacier that seals the Tanggula Mountains. It's a big snow mountain. There really isn't such a thick ice layer, and it's said that there are volcanoes everywhere on this glacier." Liu Ye continued.

Yang Mi suddenly said, "No wonder I don't feel cold at all."

"The volcano is one reason, mainly due to the influence of the warm Atlantic Current, which flows from the south, and the northern part of Iceland is the frigid zone. In many places, grass can't even grow, only moss can grow." Liu Ye explained.

"Brother Ye, how do you know?"

"I checked this glacier before coming here. It is a famous summer resort in Iceland."

Tang An ignored their small talk and reached out to call the production director Zhao Lei over.

"Old Zhao, please take someone to move all the equipment down, adjust it first, and get ready."

"Alright Director Tang."

Zhao Lei tightened his scarf and nodded in response.

Seeing that old Zhao shrank his head, Yang Mi teased, "Director Zhao, you are so afraid of the cold. I don't think this glacier is too cold. It's not as cold as our capital's winter."

Zhao Lei sighed, "Hey, aren't you too old, you can't compare with Miss Yang and you young people?"

While talking, Zhao Lei came to his senses and said quickly, "That's why I need to exercise well. I have been swimming in Yuyuantan last winter. Many young people can't swim as fast as me."

"Then don't say anything, I have to watch them work, these boys are lazy when no one is watching."

After speaking, he pulled the scarf, trotted and yelled at the field manager who was moving the equipment.

He glanced down and took a deep breath. Fortunately, he could still see his feet.

I'm only in my 40s, and I'm in my prime, so old!

All parts of the crew are preparing for the first scene that is about to start shooting. The tents are set up on the scene, and the actors are all going in to make up and get ready.

Tang An came to the huge spaceship that had already been assembled. Although it was a little different from the original one, it was full of high technology and metal texture, which was definitely far beyond this era.

Of course, it is a fake, and a crane and a wire rope should be used to shoot together.

After checking around, even though Tang An came here two months ago to confirm the location of the location, seeing it again now still makes him amazed.

The uncanny workmanship of nature is too great, and I don't know how many magnificent and magnificent places on the earth have not been discovered.

But now is not the time to lament, and there is no way to copy a poem on the spot.

Came to photographers Zhang Li and Zhou Jixun, they were leading a few photographers to play with the new guy.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhou, are you familiar with the new machine?"

"Director Tang, it's just a bit heavy. They are all cameras. It's not a problem to get started for more than a month." Zhang Li smiled.

Zhou Jixun sighed, "I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to use 70MM film to shoot movies. This is the real art. I will be satisfied if I can shoot this once in a lifetime."

Zhang Li also said, "It's the first time Director Tang has filmed in decades. There was an opportunity for a 15-minute documentary from the Geological Bureau, but it's a pity that I still don't have the opportunity."

Isn't it? IMAX film movies are the only ones in the country.

It is also only available to government units when they shoot a dozen or two or three 10-minute documentaries, or scientific and educational films.

Tang An gently caressed the only four MSM 980 cameras in the world. This is art. It represents the limit of the film industry. Those bullshit movies are an insult to the word art.

In theory, the ultimate resolution of 18K can be shot, and the master tape can reach 8K after production, even after copying, it still has a resolution of 6K.

If 70mm film is converted into digital IAMX, it will look like 5K at most.

Even if there is an 8K camera in the future, it will be 4K when it is screened.

Tang An sighed, "There is no place to show the film after it is shot. There are only 5 commercial IMAX in China, plus the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum generally does not need to be used for commercial screenings, that is, 6 screens can achieve a perfect projection effect. And it is said that 4 of them plan to replace IMAX digital projection equipment, and it is estimated that in a few years, all the domestic IMAX film halls will disappear."

"Maybe at that time, digital cameras can also achieve the effect of 70MM film."

"It's difficult. Even if the digital IMAX is well shot now, it is still necessary to manually add digital grain to imitate film grain in the later stage."

Originally talking about work, it turned into emotion while talking, and Tang An also stopped this topic.

The general trend cannot be changed. Unless the cost of IMAX film projection equipment is 10 times lower, cinemas will abandon digital IMAX and Chinese giant screens and replace them with film IMAX.

Otherwise, there is no screening room, and it is useless.

The cost of a Chinese giant screen hall is only 300 million or so, and there is no need to pay more than 40 copyright fees per year, while the cost of digital IMAX is 800 million, and the cost of film IMAX hall is nearly 1500 million.

1500 million for a hall, more than 40 copyright fees per year, and a lot of maintenance fees and operating costs.

An hour later, when the actors came out after putting on their makeup and space suits, Tang An started filming the scene between Liu Ye and Fu Dalong, and waited until they were ready for the other scenes in the afternoon.

Bringing a group of people to the shooting location, the assistant director took the two actors to try out the scene and move.

After 30 minutes, the cameramen, lighting, and special effects crews were all ready.

Tang An sat back on his chair, looked around with the loudspeaker and shouted loudly, "Today is the first scene of "Interstellar", everyone cheer up and have a good start!"

"All departments prepare!"

"The actors are in place!"

"Scene 72, one shot at a time!"

"start!"

The first shot is a long shot. Liu Ye and Fu Dalong are only walking on the glacier. The shot slowly zooms in from a high altitude in the distance, basically no problem.

The first shot was shot with 70mm film, and then the second close-up, the close-up of the two, was replaced with 35mm film.

"Okay! Next shot!"

"start!"

An electric fan was blowing in front of them, and snowflakes kept coming.

Liu Ye walked behind Fu Dalong while chatting with him.

"I am honored to be part of this great project, but after the camp is built and the safety of the spacecraft is confirmed, I should call it a day and go home."

Fu Dalong walked in front and said, "I know you have concerns in your heart. Even if you don't have family members, you still miss other people very strongly. This is a deep-rooted human feeling, and no one can avoid it."

Liu Ye answered, "Don't underestimate this kind of feeling."

"Crack!"

At the end of one, Tang An yelled to stop, and told the props team, "Turn down the electric fan, and the snowflakes don't need to be too big."

Then he looked at the two actors wearing spacesuits and helmets, and warned, "Speak at a normal speed when speaking, don't deliberately increase your voice, speed up your breathing rate a little bit, and slow down your pace."

After 5 minutes of prep, start again.

The second pass was successfully completed.

Then the second scene.

The two used the air pressure device on their arms to jump down the valley.

"Do you know why we don't send robots to explore? Robots are incomparable to humans. They have no fear of death."

The character played by Fu Dalong has been sleeping on this planet for many years, and finally got a companion, and suddenly he talked more.

"Human survival instinct allows us to create miracles when we are on the verge of death."

He stopped Liu Ye and continued, "Just say you, as a father, extend your desire for survival to your children. Do you know what is the last picture a person sees at the moment of death?"

"It's a child's face. At the moment of death, people will struggle to survive completely subconsciously, and they can't let it go."

"Good! Over!"

They are all actor-level actors, and their acting skills are absolutely excellent.

Fu Dalong's understanding of the role is also deep enough. This role is not just a simple coward. He was the best one among them back then. In order to avoid the risk, he went to the vast space alone with the spirit of dedication.

But facing death, especially waiting for death, he couldn't face it calmly, so he lied.

What he said along the way was more like comforting himself.

And the words just woke up, about the plan A immigration is not feasible, only plan B can be implemented, the old professor lied to everyone's explanation.

It is more difficult for human beings to join hands to sacrifice themselves to save the group than to save themselves.

Human beings have not been able to overcome this barrier and sacrifice everything for others.

He didn't do it himself.

But other astronauts did.

There are different understandings about this character. Some think that he wants to kill the actor because the actor will return to Earth after learning that this planet is not suitable for habitation, so he will take some supplies and fuel with him, and he will continue to implement Plan B. , to find another habitable planet.

Both interpretations are fine, everyone has their own opinions, and the movie also gives the audience plenty of room for imagination.

The first day of filming went smoothly. The scenes between the two of them took half a day and aerial photography was also used.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, preparations for the spaceship were completed, and the take-off and landing scenes were filmed with the help of a large crane.

Filming on the glacier lasted six days, including an explosion scene.

Then the crew moved to the glacier's Bruna Cinder Lagoon, which is vast and boundless, but not deep.

Of course, the gigantic wave of thousands of meters cannot be real. With this depth of water, it is impossible on earth no matter what, no matter what props are used.

Otherwise, Newton's coffin board will not be able to hold it down, even with a big stone.

The earth's rising and falling tides are caused by the tidal force of the sun and the moon on the earth's oceans. Since the moon is closer to the earth, although the mass of the sun is much larger than that of the moon, the tidal force of the moon is still greater.

The planet in the movie is near the black hole, and the tidal force generated is many times greater than that on the earth, so water less than one meter deep can cause huge waves thousands of meters high.

The scene of Julang has been completed in the early stage, and the final clips are obtained through visual difference and miniature models, and then cooperate with shooting.

The huge waves and spaceships were scaled down, and numerous simulations were performed to obtain detailed data.

Every data of the spray, the curl of the wave top, the bubbles, the waves, etc. has been accurately calculated and then modified on the computer.

The scene of escaping the planet was filmed on set, with huge water tanks pouring towards the spaceship.

Even so, it was not easy to shoot on set, everyone was in the water, and the robot.

When the robot is filming, it is operated by the actor behind the scenes with a joystick, and it also needs to read the lines and talk to other actors, without waiting for the post-recording.

There was no way to shoot the scene of changing the wheel, so we used a combination of real shooting and CG, and got a water bike to shoot the water splashes while driving.

In addition, a robot hand was made to support Yang Mi to run, and the other parts were made with CG, using a combination of digital and physical effects to make it more realistic.

After all, machines are dead things, and human beings are the most difficult to control.

The biggest difficulty in filming in the lake was Yang Mi's performance. It took a few days to shoot a scene.

The other scenes were all filmed, and she was the only one left.

After soaking in the water for another morning, the pictures were almost interesting, so Tang An could only let everyone have dinner first.

"Go ashore, change your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold, take a rest after eating."

Soaking in water for several days in a row may even cause hypothermia.

Fortunately, other people said that Yang Mi was soaked in the water for the longest time, and the temperature in the deep part was the lowest when it was close to the critical point of 35 degrees.

Tang An went into the tent after eating, while Yang Mi had already taken a hot bath and was wrapped in a thick coat and just started eating.

He touched Yang Mi's forehead, and asked with concern, "How is it, is it better?"

"It's okay, I feel much better." Yang Mi smiled forcedly, obviously lacking in energy.

"Did you take the temperature?"

"Just measured, 35.7 degrees."

"Wait until you finish eating and measure again. You just finished taking a bath, so you can't be sloppy."

"It's okay, Brother An, just take a hot bath."

Tang An sat down next to her, "It's okay, if it's lower than 35 degrees, your life will be in danger, let you measure it with an accurate method, but don't measure it."

"Cough cough."

As soon as Tang An finished speaking, Yang Mi almost spit out the rice in his mouth.

"What's wrong?"

Tang An quickly patted her on the back, and put the hot water to his mouth.

It took Yang Mi a while to recover, and complained, "Don't say such disgusting things while eating, okay?"

"Okay, okay, don't talk, don't talk." Tang An said quickly.

The doctors of the film crew had to take Yang Mi's temperature several times a day. Originally, the method of measuring the deep body temperature was to measure the temperature of the work.

Once it almost reached 35.1 degrees, Tang An persuaded her once just to be on the safe side, but she still didn't do it. There was no way to rest for the whole afternoon for safety.

"I can't eat it!"

After taking a breath, Yang Mi no longer had the appetite to move his chopsticks, so he pushed them aside angrily.

"Okay, don't eat, don't eat, I'll ask someone to make another delicious one and send it over."

"Hmph, no appetite!" Yang Mi rolled her eyes over her.

"Okay, is it that serious, hurry up and take this shot, and then you can leave this place."

Tang An took her over and leaned into his arms, telling her about the play.

"Although your character is an astronaut, there are no real astronauts in the era of the earth. You have never been to the sky, at most you have been trained in a simulation cabin.

So you are immature, ignorant, and fearless, and at the same time shoulder the future of the entire earth, as well as your father's lifelong expectations, and you can disregard your own safety."

Although the whole film doesn't spend too much space to express various emotions, the emotions between the protagonist and his children, the heroine and his father, the hero and the heroine, and even the heroine and the astronaut who did not appear all play a very important role. role.

In response to what the character Fu Dalong said, most human beings are unable to give everything for the ethnic group.

The heroine is so desperate and not afraid of death, not only for the future of the people on earth, but also for her father's lifelong hope.

That's why his father told the truth about Fu Dalong's character but not her.

It is because she is afraid that she will not be able to let go of her family affection, and that she cannot give up "little love" for the sake of "big love".

Tang An has talked to Yang Mi many times in the past few days, but when it comes to filming, there are problems.

"Brother An, I understand everything you said, but the expressions you make are always a bit off." Yang Mi said distressedly.

"Wait another day and a half. If it doesn't work, cancel these two close-ups."

Tang An had no choice but to shoot as originally, without any facial expressions, and more expressed through body and voice.

Tang Anduo added two close-up shots of nearly one second, and less than one second is enough. If the close-up shots are too long, it will easily disrupt the atmosphere and rhythm of the entire crisis.

Like in those garbage TV shows, there is a close-up of the face for a few seconds at every turn, the male lead for three seconds, the female lead for three seconds, and then change the expression for a few seconds, and look at each other for a few seconds.If the mood changes again, this shot can last more than 10 seconds.

A shot of more than 10 seconds, an episode can be two or three minutes longer, and then use a little slow motion, repeated flashbacks, pauses and music, and an episode can be five or six minutes longer.

For 40 episodes of TV, one episode is more than 5 minutes, that is 200 minutes, and another six or seven episodes can be made up.

Tang An thought for a while, and asked Liu Ye to be called in.

"Liu Ye, come and confront Mi Mi about this scene."

Liu Ye took the script and looked at it, "Yes, director Tang."

"Mimi, pay attention to your emotions, mobilize your emotions, and your facial expressions will naturally change accordingly."

This is a shot where the hero and heroine clash and question each other after temporarily escaping from danger.

"I said leave me alone!"

"I also told you to come back quickly!"

"Why don't you listen!"

"At this time, we should be thinking about characters, do you understand!"

"But all you can think about is going home, I'm just doing what I have to do!"

"That's what you think you should do!"

"This is the essence of life, how long will it take?"

"Decades."

During the whole noon, a scene was correct for two hours, and after saying "decades" countless times, the stubbornness on Yang Mi's face finally showed some signs.

"Okay, drink more hot water, and start filming in half an hour."

Tang An breathed a sigh of relief, and went out after telling Wan.

The shooting in the afternoon did not go well, and the two close-up shots were completed near five o'clock.

Tang An shouted to the crowd with a loudspeaker, "The shooting in Iceland is over, everyone pack up all your things, go back to the station to rest for the night, and we will go home tomorrow!"

Everyone in the production team also breathed a sigh of relief. After going abroad for only half a month, and still in such an environment, they no longer have the mentality of traveling in the past.

"Hannes, we are leaving tomorrow. I hope you can become an excellent director, but I still think you should put all your experience in football. I believe that there will be opportunities to see you in the World Cup in the future. " Tang An bid farewell to a big white man next to him and shook hands.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, I have learned a lot by your side these days." The white man said sincerely.

Hannes Tor Halldosson, an amateur director and part-time football player.

At this time, his main job is still directing, but he has become a monk halfway, and he will not put his main job on football players until next year.

He was going to shoot a promotional film for Iceland Air, and he heard that there was a film crew here, so he came to study.

Tang An sighed. Iceland, a small country, could qualify for the World Cup. It also drew against Spain in the European Cup in 15, eliminated England in the quarter-finals, and finally reached the quarter-finals.

The 2018 World Cup has become the country with the smallest population ever to participate in the World Cup, with a population of only 34.

How many people are there in Huaguo?

At least 13 billion!
The World Cup is probably within a lifetime, unless you encounter a systematic protagonist.

Shaking his head, not thinking about this sad question, after packing up, he went down the mountain and returned to the station in the small town.

On the last night, Tang An rewarded the crew with a ton of feasts, and went to the hot springs after dinner.

There are hot springs everywhere in Iceland, and there are many in small towns.

A dozen or so other people had a drink together, but Tang An occupied one of them alone, and took Yang Mi with him to have a good time.

After a dip, the hard work of the past few days has passed, and the whole person is much more energetic.

Yang Mi, who was leaning in his arms, kept silent and sighed from time to time, which made Tang An baffled.

He hugged her tightly to his side and asked, "What's the matter, what's wrong?"

Yang Mi shook her head, "No."

"What's the matter?"

"Hey, the box office of "Little Times" has exceeded 5 million, I would have followed it if I knew it!" Yang Mi said with some regret.

This is the case, "Little Times" was released in China for a month, and the total box office reached 5.1 million amidst a wave of scolding

Tang An persuaded, "5 million is 5 million. What's the big deal? Isn't "Detective Chinatown" breaking 11 billion? You still have "The Stolen Five Years" in November. The box office of "The Breakup Master" by North Korea will not be lower than that of "Little Times", and the box office of those big stars is not as good as yours."

""Detective Chinatown" is a film by Deng Chao and Liu Haoran, and "The Breakup Master" is definitely not as good as Deng Chao." Yang Mi was not very interested.

"Then "Little Times" is still Guo Jinming's film, and don't look at the box office so high. With the current word-of-mouth, the next two films will probably not be higher than this. By then, there will be no high box office to suppress the criticism. In addition, After three years of accumulation, it might ruin Guo Jinming's career as a director, and the girl you put out will definitely be scolded."

Yang Mi heard the same thing, thought for a while and said, "Then I have to take advantage of these two years to provide her with some TV dramas and commercial endorsements. Now her salary is inflated."

Tang An looked a little funny at her shrewd look, she was sullen just now, but now she changed her face in a blink of an eye.

"It hasn't been two years, and he has become a black-hearted capitalist. Is there anyone who squeezes artists like you?"

"What's the matter, it's too late for her to be happy with the resources of the artists under her banner. If I want to protect her from letting her take on the show, I might hate me." Yang Mi curled her lips.

"You can still see clearly."

(End of this chapter)