Director’s Legend

Huang Yuetai and Huang Jiahui were filming the horse team nervously. The crew played with equipment on the ancient road in the distance. A crane boom was lying flat on the ground, and Lu Le and Shao Shuaijun circled a cool camera on the boom.

"Panavision camera, Suha lens, wow, what a big baby!" Lu Le felt excitedly.

It was also the first time that Shao Shuaijun saw this kind of professional luxury video camera. Digital photography began to emerge around 2000, which had a big impact on film cameras. But true professional photographers still like film. Only films made on film have that unique movie taste.

Panavision is synonymous with high-definition. It is widely used in North America, but few people have played it in Asia, because this guy is too expensive. In the mainland, only directors like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang have used Panavision to shoot movies.

"Painted Skin" uses 35mm film, and ordinary cameras are enough to shoot colorful images. In order to pursue a more accurate and stable picture, this camera is the best choice. This camera was specially rented from Hong Kong and transported by air. It is extremely precious.

"Lao Lu, do you use a famous hand for this thing?" Shao Shuaijun's research on cameras is more about digital cameras. When he had the opportunity to hold the camera in his previous life, it was already in the future. Digital movies were widely emerging and the shooting cost was low. Many directors used digital cameras.

Lu Le rubbed his palms fiercely: "Why don't you feel good? I have played this big baby a few times. When I went to Hong Kong, I used it a few times, and the shots were of great texture. And when I think of this big baby being expensive and terribly expensive, I get excited, and I am not happy. It's like some people like to drive good cars, and we photographers like to play with good cameras."

"Haha, don't break your music. If you get the IMAX camera, you won't have a heart attack." Shao Shuaijun looked at Lu Le's anxious look and couldn't help but laugh.

"If you really get the director, I can resist it firmly."

"Blow it, you can crush you with a small body." Li Chaofeng, the second group of photography assistants, said despisingly, he is Lu Le's old assistant.

"You know a fart, if you can bring it, I can carry it."

"You don't have to be with me. I can't get it anyway. There are only a few in the world. Just blow it away."

The two bickered, but Shao Shuaijun's heart moved: "IMAX? Why is "Painted Skin" not shown on IMAX?"

The full name of IMAX is Image-Maximum, which means the largest image. It is a film projection system that can project larger and higher resolution than traditional negatives. The IMAX screen is very huge, and the impact it gives is huge. Normal IMAX movies are transformed into 70mm film by DMR technology before they can be shown.

70mm film is ten times the size of normal 35mm film, and its sensitivity will be several times that of normal film, which means that the sharpness is greatly improved.

Shao Shuaijun is a rebirth. Of course, I know that in future movies, IMAX has begun to develop steadily and has a tendency to replace traditional movies. It’s just that the digital IMAX projector has not yet appeared. It uses film for projection. The cost of a single IMAX projection copy is at least US$30,000, a sheer luxury.

More importantly, in China, apart from the establishment of an IMAX theater in Heping Film City in 2003, only a few science and technology museums have IMAX projection systems. In other words, if "Painted Skin" is made into an IMAX movie, it can only serve as a gimmick, unless it is released in developed countries such as Europe and the United States.

"The script of "Painted Skin" was simplified by me, and the scenes began to turn to a real big production. The actual investment amount of 200 million yuan was actually set. Why can't I make an attempt in Europe and the United States? China's first IMAX movie, why can't it be "Painted Skin"!" Shao Shuaijun At this moment, my heart was beating wildly, and I couldn't stop throbbing.

This year is only 2005. It is not realistic to shoot IMAX movies, but it is completely possible to use DMR technology to transform into IMAX movies after regular shooting. IMAX’s greatest enjoyment is the audio-visual effect. Isn’t this the pursuit of "Painted Skin", Shao Shuaijun suddenly felt that as long as he shoots "Painted Skin" perfectly, with some of the reputation he has accumulated in North America, it is not difficult to land in North America, and then it is logical. Launched the IMAX-DMR version of "Painted Skin".

The first IMAX-DMR movie in China, created by Shao Shuaijun.

Thinking about it makes people excited.

"It seems that I have to pay extra attention to "Painted Skin"!"

Shao Shuaijun has always been a fan of commercial movies. The so-called commercial, if there is no high-tech, can it be called a commercial movie. IMAX, 3D, and 3D-MAX are all knowledge that Shao Shuaijun wants to learn, and they are also the future movie trends. If you don't take advantage of the good opportunity of "Painted Skin", you are too sorry to be familiar with IMAX.

With this thought in his heart, Shao Shuaijun was full of fighting spirit.

The scene of March in the Desert was filmed very quickly. In order to simplify the movie, Shao Shuaijun abandoned the original scene of fortune-telling with copper coins. This paragraph in the original version is so mysterious that even the Chinese may not understand it, let alone the old beauty. After marching in the desert for half an hour, the actors were in a panic. After refreshing their spirits, they had a weather-beaten experience and a strong atmosphere on the battlefield.

So it passed almost once.

Through the digital camera to send the monitor picture, Shao Shuaijun was very addicted to Panavision's shooting effect. It is worthy of being a global professional camera. The texture of the picture seems to be blown away. Moreover, there is still a slight difference between the digital camera and the real lens, and the picture actually recorded on film must be more textured.

After the marching scene is over, the martial arts part of shooting real bullets. This part is not so easy to shoot.

Dong Wei designed three sets of martial arts scenes for Zhen Bullet back and forth. The rehearsals were wonderful before, but there were always some flaws after shooting. There is a lack of rhythm in the cooperation between the actors and the camera, which is always a bit slow.

"card!"

Shao Shuaijun called to stop the crew and beckoned for the photographers, action directors, and actors to come over: "The cooperation just now was very good, the play was wonderful, but there was a problem with the rhythm, and there was a noticeable pause after one move. This should be two. One reason is that the actor has to switch to the next action after performing an action, and there must be a pause in the middle. The second is that the design of the action is too angular and loses its naturalness."

I looked at Dong Wei: "Director Dong, you can arrange this movement again. My requirements are simple and fast. It seems that you are really fighting, not deliberately being cool." In fact, Shao Shuaijun didn't say the subtext, Dong Wei's. The action is good-looking, but it just feels a little contrived, losing the original hard-core taste and not having a good soft feeling.

Dong Wei frowned and nodded, pondering how to change the general manager. Shao Shuaijun directly asked Zhen Bullet: "Does parkour know?"

"Parkour? The city is walking?"

"Yes, that's it. You must have watched the "violent block 13" of the past year. The parkour action in it is very clean and neat. I hope you can join this style in the next martial arts. Simple, fast and neat. , Just like Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, lightning is too fast to hide..."