Chapter 420 Liu Ye's Confidence and Filming
In the afternoon, Liu Zhou asked the driver to drive him to the filming location.

Seeing this, Fat Fan also wanted to follow and sat next to him.

As they approached the glacier, Fat Fan looked out the window and couldn't help but exclaimed, his face full of excitement:
"Wow, this is so spectacular, how on earth can there be a place like this!"

Seeing that she looked like she had never seen the world, Liu Zhou said with some disdain:
"What's the big deal? Go to Antarctica someday. It's even more spectacular there."

"But you can't see this kind of scenery in China. There are many glaciers in China, most of them are snow-capped mountains, and there is none like this."

As the car got closer and closer to the glacier, we finally reached the world's third largest glacier at an altitude of 1500 meters.

Liu Zhou got out of the car, stomped his feet hard, nodded with satisfaction, and said:
“Yes, this glacier is indeed thick. The most famous glacier in China is the big glacier at the mouth of Tanggula Mountain, but it is actually a big snow mountain.

Do you know why we don’t feel cold when we stand on this glacier? Doesn’t it feel as cold here as in Beijing in winter? "

"It seems so. Why?"

"Because there are volcanoes everywhere under this glacier." Liu Zhou said with a smile.

"Volcano? It won't erupt, will it?" Fat Fan said worriedly.

In her opinion, volcanoes are more dangerous.

“Don’t worry, this volcano hasn’t erupted for hundreds of years. If there was a real risk of eruption, we wouldn’t be able to come here to film.

In addition to the volcano below, another reason is that this place is mainly affected by the Atlantic warm current, which flows from the south. The north of Iceland is the frigid zone, and many places cannot even grow grass, only moss and other things. The south of Iceland is a famous summer resort. "

"How do you know so much?"

"I also read the information before boarding the plane, haha!"

After hearing Liu Zhou's words, Fan Xiaopang was filled with black lines in his mind. He had just admired his profound knowledge, but he didn't expect that he was just cramming at the last minute and then pretending to be good in front of him.

Later, seeing Liu Zhou carefully observing the terrain and writing and drawing, Fan Xiaopang didn't want to disturb him and just followed him.

Seeing how focused and focused he was on his work, Fat Fan suddenly felt that he was quite attractive.

It was almost dark when Liu Zhou had a rough idea of ​​what was going on, and then he and Fan Xiaopang returned to the camp.

It was time for dinner to be served. Liu Zhou saw Liu Ye eating happily, so he ordered some food and sat next to him.

"Ye Zi, are you ready?"

Liu Ye was chewing a corn cob. When he saw that it was Liu Zhou, he chewed the food in his mouth and swallowed it before replying slowly:
"Of course. When have I ever failed to deliver? Besides, this is the first time I've filmed your movie. I've been waiting for this day for ten years. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

Hearing Liu Ye's words, Liu Zhou couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, it has been almost ten years since the two of them graduated.

After Liu Zhou finished shooting the short film "The Tuner", he promised Liu Ye that he would make a movie specifically for him in the future.

But later, after graduation, Liu Ye met Chang Jihong because of the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", and then joined Hairun Film and Television with her, while Liu Zhou started to run his own studio.

During this nearly ten-year period, although the two had frequent private contacts, they had almost no business cooperation, so the original agreement was never fulfilled.

It was not until last year that Liu Ye left Hai Run and joined Golden Harvest, and it was not until the current "Interstellar" that the two collaborated for the first time.

In fact, Liu Ye also attaches great importance to this cooperation.

Putting aside Liu Zhou's identity as a famous director and the reputation of the big-budget science fiction movie "Interstellar", just for the friendship between the two, he has to go all out and not let down.

After joining Jiahe, the resources he obtained were vastly different from before. Needless to say, he knew the reason for this was because of Liu Zhou.

Because the role he could play, in fact, both Qin Hao and Huang Xiaoming could play it, and their fame was slightly better than his.

But now Zhang Yimou's first science fiction film has given him the leading role, and Liu Zhou has also let him play the leading role in his second science fiction production.

Especially the latter, Liu Ye knew that Liu Zhou chose him between him and Qin Hao.

He also knew how much Liu Zhou and the entire Golden Harvest Group valued the movie "Interstellar", which was to be promoted globally.

This will also be an important opportunity for the male and female protagonists of the film to show their faces overseas.

Moreover, he also heard from his agent Zeng Jia that Golden Harvest's next step would be to promote himself and Fan Xiaopang overseas and make them into well-known Chinese superstars overseas.

This opportunity was not given to Qin Hao or Huang Xiaoming, but to himself, a newcomer who had just joined Jiahe.

Apart from Liu Zhou's strong support, Liu Ye really couldn't think of any other reason.

Fortunately, they are all good friends, and Qin Hao and Huang Xiaoming are far ahead of their peers in the country in terms of fame, status and commercial value, so the current situation also makes them satisfied.

Otherwise, they would definitely be unhappy to see the company giving such an important opportunity to a newcomer like Liu Ye.

Qin Hao is better, as he doesn't care too much about whether he can become famous overseas. Huang Xiaoming is more career-oriented.

In order to avoid a rift in their friendship due to this incident, not only Liu Ye but also Liu Zhou treated the two of them to several meals.

So Liu Ye is very grateful to Liu Zhou. He can have such good resources and such good opportunities only because he and Liu Zhou had the best relationship during their college years.

Therefore, no matter what, he couldn't let their first collaboration go wrong because of him.

This would not only embarrass himself, but also bring shame to Liu Zhou.

So even if the filming of "Moon" directed by Zhang Yimou was delayed, there will not be much time left before the filming of "Interstellar" starts after it is completed.

But Liu Ye still seized every available moment to memorize the lines of the "Interstellar" script and figure out the characters, and even wrote a biography of the character of more than 10,000 words.

During this period of time, he could be said to have put all his attention on the script.

By now, he finally had some confidence in his mind and could answer Liu Zhou's questions with full confidence.

"Don't talk big. If you can't meet my requirements during the filming, don't blame me for scolding you harshly."

"Don't worry, I won't give you the chance to scold me."

Seeing that Liu Ye was really capable of this, Liu Zhou couldn't help but put aside his slight worry about him.

He knew Liu Ye a little bit. He might brag a little bit at ordinary times, but he would not joke when it came to serious matters. Since he said he was ready, he should be really ready.

"Okay, let's see how you perform then."

In the following two days, thanks to Liu Zhou's arrival, the entire crew began to operate more efficiently and completed all the preparations before filming. On the third day, Interstellar officially began filming.

The entire crew arrived on the glacier, and each department was preparing for the first scene that was about to be filmed. Tents were set up on the scene, and the actors went in to put on makeup and get ready.

Liu Zhou came to the side of the huge assembled spaceship. Although it was a little different from the original one, it was full of high-tech and metallic texture, and it looked like something that was definitely beyond this era.

Of course, the spaceship is definitely fake, it is just a model, and it needs to be coordinated with cranes and steel cables during filming.

I looked around and although only two days had passed, I was still amazed by the spectacular scenery of this third largest glacier created by nature.

But now is not the time to sigh. Liu Zhou came to the side of the director of photography Lu Le, who was fiddling with the new stuff with a few photographers.

"Old Lu, are you familiar with the new machine?"

The two have collaborated many times, and Lui Lok has almost become his personal photographer. This time when filming "Interstellar", he still chose Lui Lok to be the director of photography.

"No problem. No matter how advanced it is, it is still a camera. I have been familiar with it for nearly half a month. It is just heavier than an ordinary camera." Lu Le replied with a smile.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Le couldn't help but sigh:
“I never thought I would have the opportunity to shoot a movie with 70mm film. This is true art. I would be satisfied if I could shoot this once in my life.

Director Liu, this is your first time shooting in decades. Previously, the Geological Bureau had an opportunity to make a 15-minute documentary, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance.”

Isn’t it true? IMAX film movies are the only ones in the country!

It is only sometimes used by government agencies when shooting documentaries or science and education films of ten to thirty minutes.

Liu Zhou gently stroked the 70mm imax film camera, of which there are only four in the world. This is art, art that represents the limits of the film industry.

Theoretically, it can shoot at an ultimate resolution of 18k, and after production is completed, the master tape can reach 8k, and even after copying it will still have a resolution of 6k.

If 70mm film is converted to digital IMAX, it will be at most 5K.

Even if we have 8k cameras in the future, it will only be 4k when projected.

Liu Zhou sighed and said:
"Even after we made the film, we have no place to show it. There are only five commercial IMAX film screens in China, plus the one in the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum that is generally not used for commercial screenings, so six screens can achieve a perfect screening effect.

It is said that four of them are planning to replace the IMAX digital projection equipment. It is estimated that in a few years, there will be no IMAX film theaters in China. "

“Maybe by then, digital cameras will be able to achieve the same effects as 70mm film.”

"It's difficult. Even if you shoot on the best digital IMAX, you still have to add digital grain to simulate film grain in post-production."

Digital screening rooms are the general trend and are almost impossible to change. Unless the cost of IMAX film projection equipment can be reduced by 10 times, cinemas will abandon digital IMAX and China Giant Screen and switch to film IMAX.

Otherwise, without a screening room, no matter how well you shoot with film, it will be useless.

The cost of building a China Giant Screen Hall is only about two to three million yuan, and there is no need to pay more than 40 yuan in copyright fees each year. A digital IMAX hall costs seven to eight million yuan, and a film IMAX hall costs nearly 1500 million yuan.

With 1500 million yuan for one hall, more than 40 yuan in copyright fees each year, and a lot of maintenance and operating expenses, it will take a long time to make back the money.

Not to mention film IMAX theaters, due to cost issues, there are not even many digital IMAX theaters in domestic cinemas. The main theater promoted is still the China Giant Screen developed by China Film.

After expressing his feelings for a while and seeing that there was no problem with the photography team, Liu Zhou left to check on other departments.

An hour later, the actors finished their makeup and put on their space suits. Liu Zhou started filming the scenes between Liu Ye and Qin Hao, and the others would be filmed in the afternoon after they were ready.

Qin Hao's role is a special guest appearance and he doesn't have many scenes. He plays the role played by Matt Damon in the original version.

This character is considered a villain. He is the most outstanding among the group of astronauts who went before the male protagonist to explore a planet suitable for human habitation. However, the planet they found was not suitable for human habitation and their spacecraft was also damaged.

So he sent a false message to the Earth, saying that the planet he found was a planet suitable for human habitation, and deceived the male protagonist and others to come here.

When Liu Ye and his group arrived, they soon received the news that Plan A was actually a fake.

However, he had not yet seen through Qin Hao's lies and thought that this planet was habitable, so he wanted to leave others here to build a base, and he would drive the spaceship back to Earth to report.

It was for this reason that Qin Hao wanted to kill Liu Ye, who only wanted to return to Earth. If Liu Ye drove the spaceship away, he would never be able to go back.

Arriving at the shooting location, the assistant director took the two actors to rehearse the play and movement.

30 minutes later, the photographer, lighting and stunt team were all ready.

Liu Zhou sat back in his chair, looked around with a loud speaker and shouted:
"Today is the first scene of Interstellar. Everyone, please be serious and have a good start!"

"All departments prepare!"

"The actors are in place!"

"Scene 76, one take at a time!"

"start!"

The first shot was a long shot. Liu Ye and Qin Hao were just walking on the glacier. The camera slowly zoomed in from a high altitude in the distance. There was basically no problem.

This first shot was shot with 70mm film, and the next close-up of the two people was switched to 35mm film.

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

Liu Ye followed Qin Hao and the two chatted as they walked.

"I am honored to be part of this great project, but once the camp is built and the spacecraft is safe, it will be time for me to call it a day and go home."

Qin Hao walked in front and said:

"I know you have concerns in your heart. Even if you don't have family, you still miss others very much. This is a deep-rooted emotion of human beings, and no one can avoid it."

Liu Zhou looked at the images on the monitor. The two performed well, but there were still some flaws, so he called for a cut.

"When you two talk, just speak at a normal speed. Don't raise your voice too much. Speed ​​up your breathing a little bit and slow down your pace."

Then Liu Zhou said to the props team:
"Turn down the fan a little, and the snow won't be too big."

After waiting for five minutes, the filming continued. Both of them were talented actors with good acting skills, and they had made sufficient preparations, so the second shoot was completed very smoothly.

Then the second scene shows the two men using the air pressure devices on their arms to jump down into the valley and explore the valley.

(End of this chapter)