Chapter 1615

"Gravity" and "interstellar crossing" are two very different works. Although they both involve the shooting work of space gravity free environment, the plot of the story is very different.

Gravity is weightless in the whole process, so how to present this weightless environment has become a problem for the whole crew. Alfonso Caron spent many years exploring the effects created by lighting and moving mirrors, and finally built a light box to complete an impossible shooting task.

"Interstellar crossing" is almost always in the state of gravity. No matter the spaceship or the two planets in space, they all simulate the gravity environment of the earth - because the task is to find earth like planets suitable for human survival, which makes the special effects team more focused on the visual effect production of interstellar crossing.

In the latter's whole idea, the only weightlessness state appears in the five dimensional space-time

Cooper floats in the tunnel of time and space and completely loses himself. If he does not find a solution, he will be lost in the five dimensional space and time forever; Then Cooper finds the timeline, finds Murphy's room, and sends a signal through gravitational wave, hoping Murphy can read the code.

For such an important part of the shooting work, Christopher Nolan naturally completed the idea ahead of time.

Because of the particularity of the five dimensional space-time hypercube, the light and shadow coming from all directions are always changing. Furthermore, the light changes in different spaces will further affect the light floating of Cooper's three-dimensional surface, which is bound to become an important task of the computer visual effects group; But at the same time, it also means that the audience's attention will be focused on the hypercube, and the attention to the weightlessness effect will be diverted.

Before "gravity", Hollywood has formed a relatively stable system for weightlessness shooting, which mainly uses green screen and via technology to create the effect of characters floating in the air, and then creates the overall atmosphere through special effects. Although it is not perfect, it is better than simple and convenient; And for non professionals, the flaw is not big.

In the five dimensional space-time, the light fluctuation is very intense and special, which can virtually weaken the audience's attention to the weightlessness state, and focus more on the hypercube, which also makes Weiya technology more effectively present the effect required by the weightlessness environment.

That's Christopher's original plan.

The lighting problem put forward by Langley is still within the scope of Christopher's idea. Compared with the director, the actor obviously has more say in the lighting problem; However, another problem mentioned in Langley's words is "the sense of body heaviness", which is a part that the director and lighting engineer can't feel personally, which gives Christopher more inspiration.

In a nutshell, Langley's question is based on Christopher's other ideas.

Then he realized that he had opened the Pandora's Box - just like his dedication to performance and Christopher's dedication to pictures.

It was less than 30 minutes before lanli arrived at the crew, and he didn't even take a walk around the entire studio 18, and then he was caught as a mouse: Weiya experiment and lighting experiment.

This could have been done by a double, but in Christopher's original words, "since Langley has just raised the question about the sense of bulkiness, if Langley can play in person, let's adjust Weiya's weight and understand Langley's sense of balance and state, that's the best, isn't it?"

Christopher is serious. Lanli didn't refuse either.

So, lanli put on Weiya equipment, was suspended in mid air, entered the square box in the center, and began to adjust.

Emma Thomas immediately contacted the more professional Weiya stunt team to come to the studio scene, joined the original stunt team, and discussed with Christopher, lighting group and visual effects group about specific solutions. Now they are trying to add Weiya, just like a puppet, to hang Weiya for lanli's two ankles, and then use Weiya technician's guidance to control lanli's floating trajectory.

It's not easy.

The main Weiya is tied at the waist and crotch to ensure the stability of the main body; The auxiliary Weiya is tied to the ankle to ensure the freedom of limbs movement.

When the body moves, the main trunk moves, and the auxiliary Weiya needs to relax and return the control of the limbs to lanli; When the body is still, because the whole person is suspended in midair, the control force of the limbs can not find the power point, which will inevitably lead to the clumsiness described by lanli. At this time, auxiliary Weiya needs to pull up the legs to cooperate with lanli's action, showing the state of floating in midair.

In short, actors and technicians need to cooperate with each other to find a relatively stable rhythm and way to make the shooting more smoothly.

At the same time, lighters and photographers need to cooperate with each other to find the lighting position, and use the light and shadow dislocation to further contrast the floating effect under weightlessness, so as to reduce the visual effect of body sinking as much as possible; Finally, through the later computer effects to complete the weightlessness of the whole five dimensional space-time.

This is a very difficult and tedious work.

However, Lan Li was not impatient at all. He worked hard to adjust his body position with Weiya technician. Sometimes, everyone stood at the bottom and had a fierce argument. Lan Li was just hanging in the air. Five minutes and ten minutes passed like this. It seemed that everyone had forgotten the existence of Lan Li.

Those who have really tried Weiya will know that it is extremely painful.

Because the whole body depends on a steel wire rope to maintain, which also means that all the weight is pressed on the waist and crotch. Even if there is no special action, the pressure will squeeze the muscles bit by bit, and there will be a lot of bruises on the waist and crotch. It's a small matter to grind the skin. In the most serious case, there may be problems with the muscles and bones, Directly lead to stand up; If you need to lift Weiya, then the pain will multiply.

On the screen of the movie, you can see the flying eaves and walls, the fairyland and the bones, which is absolutely a severe test of your body and will in the process of shooting.

In most of the cast groups, actors almost use doubles when they can, but they can't use doubles before they fight in person.

Now Jessica chastan and Timothy chalame looked up at the blue Li hanging in the air, and their expressions were worried.

Megan Xiangke, standing beside him, began to murmur, "what's the trouble with lanli? These jobs can be done by professional stand in actors. "

In fact, there is no stand in for the Star Trek crew. Because there are no martial arts scenes and no dangerous scenes, there is no need for doubles. But now there is a special situation. If there is a need, it's just a phone call to find a stand in actor in Burbank; But Lan Li still chose to fight in person.

"Lan Li is worth more than 100 million now. Isn't that embarrassing for the crew?" Megan worried and Tucao make complaints about the contradiction.

Jessica couldn't help laughing. "He just wanted to give the crew a headache. You know, all the expenses can be reimbursed by the insurance company."

Now the value of lanli is quite different, which is reflected in all aspects, not only the film pay, but also the treatment of the crew. The most important change is insurance.

When lanli joined the "Star Trek" crew, they had to provide enough security for lanli according to the contract. Warner Bros. has bought an insurance policy with a huge amount of compensation, which is rumored to have exceeded $100 million. This insurance policy will cover all the problems of lanli during his work in the crew, including illness, accidents, mental breakdown and so on.

As a reference, top stars like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks have regulations on insurance when they sign contracts. If the insurance amount is not high enough, dangerous actions should be performed by stand ins as far as possible.

In some special moments, it's not that actors are not professional enough, but film companies worry that actors are too professional because they don't want to pay high insurance. Film companies are more inclined to use doubles, which makes things much easier - their insurance may be only one tenth or one twentieth of that of the top actors, or even lower, which is much more cost-effective for film companies, which is the right business.

For example, when Tom Cruise was shooting "mission impossible 6", he jumped from a building with Wyatt hanging himself, but accidentally damaged his knee and ankle, which scared paramount out in a cold sweat. He not only delayed the shooting process, but also needed to worry about Tom's subsequent health. Paramount would rather Tom not work so hard if he could.

Of course, such a situation is very, very rare. Most of the time, the actor takes the initiative to give the stand in to complete the work. What's more special is that, like Van diesel, in order to show his true colors, he refuses to fight in person and puts everything on the stand in, which makes the actors in the same industry despise him even more.

Now, lanli's level has reached the level of a top star. It's not just "Star Trek". It's also a part of the contract that must be guaranteed when shooting other commercial films in the future.

However, Jessica's teasing is obviously a joke, and Megan is helpless.

At this time, behind him came several other staff members' low voice.

"... I don't understand. Maybe he just wanted to gain a reputation..."

"Che, why does he want to gain fame? If he doesn't, what do you think other people can say? Do you think other film companies don't want him? He doesn't need a reputation at all, OK? "

"Yes, he has a fortune of over 100 million now. Even for fame, it's unnecessary. Have you heard how much money he's paid for this' drunken folk song '