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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:55:33 AM


Chapter 961: 961

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Light gray clouds are laid out one after another. The sparse sunlight faintly outlines golden lines between clouds. The gentle breeze reveals a tranquility and leisure that is unique to London, as if in a storm and rain. As the weather changed, a moment of peace was stolen, so he pulled the collar of the windbreaker jacket closer, put down his steps, and enjoyed the idleness of a cup of coffee.

"Is your health okay?" Lan Li was not polite and formal, holding the knife and fork in both hands, enjoying his breakfast methodically.

Although true aristocrats still pay attention to food and sleep, the break between each dish and the cooking is the time for conversation, so the meal time of French cuisine is so long; but after advancing with the times, this The **** of is no longer in effect, the real emphasis is on manners.

For example, if you observe carefully, you can find that there is no sound between Lanly's knife and fork and the porcelain plate, and everything is just right.

"Huh?" Alfonso was sorting out his thoughts, thinking about how to speak, how to cut into the topic, before he was caught off guard, he didn't understand the meaning of Lan Li's question at all.

A smile appeared in Lan Li's eyes, "I mean, after Friday night, there is no cold or other physical discomfort, right?"

"No, I'm fine." Alfonso waved his hand again and again, with a look of embarrassment, and repeated, "I'm fine! Sorry, I mean, thank you. Until now, I haven't officially thanked you. "

Lan Li slowly swallowed the food, then responded with a smile and released a friendly signal, "Why don't you talk about the movie project in preparation? I'm ready and listened carefully."

In just two short meetings, it can be seen that Alfonso is not a social type. Therefore, Lan Li simply discarded all the greetings and politeness and went directly to the theme.

Hearing what Lan Li said, I could clearly feel that Alfonso breathed a sigh of relief. The burden on his shoulders seemed to be relieved instantly, his eyes and expressions showed excitement, "That's it, I'm preparing for one. Project. To be precise, I have been preparing for five years, and all technical problems have been resolved.

In an ideal situation, we need to go into space to complete the shooting of the entire work. If we have the opportunity to do so, I hope that the captured image is the level that our film can reach. Therefore, over the years, we have been trying to solve the problem of weightless shooting, as well as the problems of lighting, reflection, viewing angle, and astronomical phenomena.

Now the traditional technology is green screen plus Wia, and finally assisted with late-stage computer special effects to simulate the situation in space, but the biggest disadvantage of this method is that it is not realistic enough. Those weightless effects are too cheap and too false, and the light simulated by the computer special effects is far from the actual situation.

We visited NASA, we simulated the real situation, we interviewed the astronauts, and we formed the entire visual effects team, in five years, trying to be able to shoot real space scenes.

Now, we have solved most of the technical problems, and there are some specific implementation effects. These are all small problems, but the premise is that we need actors to truly integrate into them, to test our ideas, whether they can be achieved, and the effects presented. Whether it can be recognized by NASA. and so……"

Talking endlessly, the real meaning is endless, a large number of special words fill the entire conversation paragraph, professional and esoteric, cumbersome and complicated.

For the layman, it is estimated that it sounds like a humanities student sitting in a pile of doctors of physics, no different from the heavenly book; for Lan Li, it is not difficult to understand, physics, chemistry and biology are also They are all the knowledge classifications that are usually studied, but he can understand, but it does not mean that he can participate in the discussion-just to understand, this is already extremely rare.

Brief summary: It is difficult enough to simulate the effect of weightlessness in shooting with the weightlessness of the body alone. At the same time, the influence of light, changes in the position of celestial bodies, and the relationship between actors and outer space must be considered, which is even more difficult. Relying solely on computer special effects is wonderful, but not real enough.

In the history of film, among countless space works, only two works whose weightlessness effect can be called a classic.

One is "2001 A Space Odyssey". In 1968, Stanley Kubrick came up with a wonderful way to fix a camera in a circular room, then let the actors run, and the camera recorded it. The picture looks like actors are running along the roof.

This method, which was born in the 1960s, has to admire Stanley's imagination. Unfortunately, the problem it solves is very limited, it can only express a few shots, and it can't solve the weightless effect of objects other than people.

One is "Apollo 13", directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks in 1995. Their solution was simple and straightforward. They paid directly and shot them in NASA's training device "Vomiting Comet", which can completely simulate the effect of weightlessness.

As a result, Lang played 612 weightless flights extravagantly, and took nearly four hours of shooting here. There is no doubt that this method has completely solved the problem, but it cannot shoot weightless lenses outside the cabin, and the price is too expensive.

In addition to these two works, most of the other outer space works use the combination of Avia and computer special effects to interpret the imaginary weightlessness effect.

Undoubtedly, in the 21st century, computer special effects are very realistic and wonderful; but the real effects of light, reflection, and celestial movement are greatly reduced. In the final analysis, it is still impossible to truly present the environment and effects of outer space.

The content of all Alfonso's words just now is: They spent five years solving the problem of weightless shooting in outer space.

If this is true, then this will be a further technological breakthrough to promote the film industry, which is completely comparable to motion capture technology and 3D effects. Robert Zemikis spent ten years researching motion capture technology, while Alfonso Cuarón spent five years researching weightless shooting. The world of technical otaku is full of mysteries.

Perhaps, the specific situation can be a good reference to the TV series "The Big Bang Theory".

"...Wait, I was stupid again, right?" Alfonso closed his eyes tightly and raised his forehead in annoyance. At this time, he finally realized his mistake:

Those long talks just now were not only too professional, but also lacking focus or core, not even the theme-he didn't mention the name and content of the work at all, and he talked about a lot of technical issues without thinking.

Lan Li didn't mind, and chuckled lightly. "To sum up, this is a project that has been prepared for five years. Before the filming officially started, the crew has spent countless efforts to solve technical problems. Now everyone is You are ready to start shooting. Is that right?"

It's like James Cameron's "Avatar".

Alfonso raised his head slightly, and the palms that supported his head still kept the appearance of chicken feet. He looked at Lan Li in surprise, with an incredible look in his eyes, which made Lan Li light his jaw. It seems that my understanding is not wrong. So, for the project itself, such as the script, such as the performance, is there anything worth introducing? Because at present, the project seems to have limited appeal to the actors."

"Of course! Of course!" Alfonso said hurriedly. "The story tells the story of a U.S. space station where a group of astronauts were walking in space to inspect the space station; but suddenly, an abandoned satellite was destroyed and the debris was destroyed. The speed of the super bullets dispersed in the earth's orbit, and accidentally hit other satellites, causing a chain reaction. The protagonist and his group also suffered a devastating blow. In the end, only two astronauts were left, trying to survive in space. . Well, that's all there is to it."

"Gravity", as expected, it was this famous "Gravity" that Alfonso found Lan Li.

This is not unexpected. In 2006, after finishing the shooting of "Son of Man", Alfonso concentrated all his energy on the shooting of "Gravity". After completing this work, it continued until 2017, when Lan Li was reborn. Alfonso did not have another new work, because he exhausted all his energy and devoted himself to the shooting of another work.

Therefore, when Alfonso went to Lanli, the first and only guess was "gravity." Of course, there is also a small probability event that Alfonso has been preparing for it, but there was no project that was able to come out in the previous life; however, the description of Alfonso's technical otaku just now further confirms Lan Li's conjecture.

Undoubtedly, "Gravity", released in 2013, is a successful work. The media review scores 96%, the Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Index is 96%, and IMDB netizens also score 7.8 points. In terms of word-of-mouth, it has completely detonated the enthusiasm of all professionals and professional audiences, and is highly sought after.

After that, it strongly captured US$270 million in North America~www.novelhall.com~ and the global box office reached US$720 million.

Really won. After this work is known as "Avatar", it achieves the most perfect balance between business and art. In the subsequent Oscar awards ceremony, "Gravity" won the heavyweight best director award, in addition to six technical trophies, a total of seven statuettes, became the biggest winner of the night.

However, whether it is word-of-mouth or box office, people have not really realized the outstanding feature of this work: technological innovation. A group of technical controllers, including James Cameron, George Lucas, and Christopher Nolan, were full of praise for Alfonso-Caron’s exploration and transformation, and established Alfonso’s presence in the industry in one fell swoop. Strong reputation among people.

With this "gravity" alone, Alfonso has returned with a full load. From a certain point of view, among the top three in Mexico, his reputation in the industry is the best, even better than Alessandro Gonzalez Inarito, who won two consecutive best directors. .

But, knowing it is "gravity", why was Lan Li still indifferent last night?

Because in the previous life, the protagonist of "Gravity" was Sandra Bullock. Gender: Female.




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