Chapter 421 Returning to China and the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday

The character played by Qin Hao has been on this planet for many years. Because all his companions have died, now that someone from Earth has finally arrived, he suddenly becomes talkative.

"Do you know why we don't send robots to explore? Robots are nothing like humans. They don't have the fear of death.

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

At this time, Qin Hao stopped and turned to Liu Ye and continued:

“For example, as a father, you extend your desire for survival to your children. Do you know what the last picture a person sees at the moment of death is?

It’s the face of a child. When a person is dying, they will subconsciously struggle to survive and can’t let go.”

"Okay! Go!"

Although it is a simple shot, it still requires good control of the details.

Both of them are movie emperor-level actors and their performances were perfect, especially the role of Qin Hao.

This character is not just a simple coward. He was the most outstanding one among his group of people. He was full of passion and risked his life to save mankind. He went to the vast space alone with a spirit of dedication.

But as the Buddhists say, there is great terror between life and death.

So when facing death, especially waiting to die, he couldn't face it calmly, so he lied.

In fact, what he said to Liu Ye along the way was not only said to Liu Ye, but also to himself, as a comfort to himself.

There are different understandings about this role. Some think that he wants to kill the male protagonist because the male protagonist will return to Earth after learning that this planet is not suitable for living, and he will take away some supplies and fuel, while he will continue to implement plan B and look for another habitable planet.

Everyone has their own opinions, and the movie also gives the audience ample room for imagination.

Qin Hao performed these details very well, and it can be seen that he has a deep understanding of this role.

Liu Ye's performance was also remarkable. Liu Zhou was too lazy to protect one and just shouted it over.

The two are classmates, but this is the first time in such a long time that they have acted together in the same crew.

Friends are friends, but neither of them is willing to give in to the other in terms of professional ability, so when they act against each other, both of them try their best to outdo the other.

Both of them felt like they were performing above their normal level, which made Liu Zhou very happy.

Not only because they contributed high-quality performances together, but also because their silky and smooth performances greatly improved the efficiency of filming.

It took them two days to prepare for the filming of their rivalry scene with Liu Zhou, but now it seems that it can be completed in one day.

The first day of shooting went very smoothly. Before we finished work, only one aerial shot was left to be completed.

The next day, Liu Zhou handed over the aerial photography to the assistant director and went to check the preparations for the spacecraft.

The filming of the spacecraft taking off and landing is rather troublesome and requires the use of a large crane. If it fails in one go, it needs to be re-prepared, which is very time-consuming.

The crew stayed on the glacier for a week before they finished filming all the scenes there, including an explosion scene.

The crew then moved to the glacial Brunasandu Lake to shoot the thousand-meter-high waves in the movie.

Of course, this thousand-meter-high wave cannot be real. The surface of Lake Brunashandu is very wide, giving people a boundless feeling, but the water is not deep, and the deepest point is only more than 20 meters.

With this lake depth, as long as we are on Earth, no matter what props you use, it is impossible to create a thousand-meter wave, otherwise Newton would jump out of his grave.

We all know that the earth's tides are caused by the tidal forces of the sun and the moon on the earth's oceans, but the moon is much closer to the earth than the sun.

So even though the Sun is much more massive, the Moon's tidal forces are still greater.

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

The huge waves were synthesized using special effects. The huge waves and the spaceship were reduced in proportion, and then the final clip was obtained through visual difference and miniature models, combined with filming.

In fact, the scenes of huge waves had been completed in the early stages, and the reason why the crew moved here was to shoot some exterior shots.

It took a whole day to finish shooting the scenes at Lake Brunasandu, and the only scene left in Iceland was the one of escaping from the planet.

This scene had to be filmed in a studio. The spaceship had to make an extreme escape from the huge waves. During the filming, a huge water tank was actually pouring towards the spaceship.

Even so, filming on the scene was not easy, as everyone was soaked in water, and there was also a robot that was even more difficult to film.

When the robot is filming, the actor operates it with a joystick behind him, and he also has to read the lines, talk with other actors, and record the sound directly on the spot.

At the same time, an arm was made for the robot to support the heroine Fan Xiaopang while running.

As for other changes like the robot changing into wheels, CG is needed to produce them.

Regarding the robot scenes, we use a combination of digital and physical special effects, which will make the presentation more realistic.

Liu Zhou originally thought that robots would be the most difficult to shoot, but he did not expect that humans would be the most difficult to shoot. Machines are inanimate objects after all, and humans are the most difficult to control.

Everyone else was fine, but the biggest difficulty in shooting in the lake was Fan Xiaopang’s performance.

This scene was filmed for several days. Everyone else had finished their scenes, leaving only hers. It wasn't because her acting skills were not good enough, but because she had more scenes and was more difficult to shoot.

After soaking in the water for another morning, Liu Zhou still felt unsatisfied with the photos he had taken, so he had to call it a day and have a meal and rest.

Liu Zhou finished his meal, then took a lunch box and walked into the tent. At this time, Fat Fan had already finished taking a hot bath and was wrapped in a thick coat.

He touched Fan Xiaopang's forehead and asked with concern:
"How do you feel, are you feeling better?"

Soaking in water for several consecutive days can easily cause hypothermia, especially for Fan Xiaopang, who soaked in the water the longest. The lowest temperature in the deep water was almost close to the critical point of 35 degrees.

If the human body temperature drops below 35 degrees, it is life-threatening.

"It's okay, I feel much better." Fat Fan's smile was a little forced, and he obviously looked a little tired.

"Did you take the temperature?"

"I just took it, 35.8 degrees."

"Measure again after dinner. You just finished taking a bath, so you can't be careless. Eat first."

"I can't eat. I have no appetite."

"How can you not eat? If it doesn't suit your taste, I'll ask someone to make another one."

"No, I'll just eat this."

Fan Xiaopang thought that filming was very physically demanding, so even though he had no appetite, he still forced himself to finish the lunch box. Liu Zhou poured her a cup of hot water, then pulled her into his arms and explained the scene to her.

“Although your character is an astronaut, there are no real astronauts in the era on Earth. You have never been to space, and at most you have trained in a simulation cabin.

So you are not mature and stable, you are ignorant and fearless, and at the same time you are shouldering the future of the entire earth and your father's lifelong expectations, which also allows you to disregard your own safety. "

Although the entire movie does not spend too much time describing various emotions, the emotions between the protagonist and his children, the heroine and her father, and the hero and heroine all play a very important role.

This also echoes what Qin Hao's character said, that most humans are unable to give up everything for their group.

A big part of the reason why the male protagonist is so brave and fearless of death is that he is thinking about his children.

The reason why the heroine works so hard is not only for the future of the people on Earth, but more for her father's lifelong hope.

In this scene, in addition to body language and voice, Liu Zhou also added a nearly two-second close-up of Fan Xiaopang.

It was this close-up. Liu Zhou had actually told Fan Xiaopang about the scene many times, but when it came to shooting, all kinds of problems arose and the expressions produced were always a little off.

Fan Xiaopang was also very distressed about this. She thought she had performed well, but Liu Zhou was always dissatisfied and always pointed out her flaws, which made her very angry.

"Why don't we remove this close-up shot? I'm worried that if I keep acting poorly it will delay the filming progress and waste everyone's time."

Liu Zhou pondered for a while and replied:

"Let's shoot for another day and a half. If you really can't get into the mood by then, then cancel this shot."

After all, this is happening overseas. If it were in China, we could have continued to work on it for a few more days. But the expenses overseas are too high, hundreds of thousands a day.

But for Liu Zhou, spending money is a small matter, what cannot be wasted the most is time.

After finishing "Interstellar", he will start filming "Aftershock", and "Aftershock" must be ensured to be released the year after next, that is, in 2011.

So Liu Zhou's schedule was very tight, and he also made a strict shooting plan for "Interstellar", arranging the shooting time in Iceland to be no more than twenty days, and now half a month has passed.

"alright."

Seeing that Fan Xiaopang seemed a little discouraged, Liu Zhou said to her:
"I'll call Liu Ye over later, and you two can rehearse your scenes."

After saying that, Liu Zhou stood up and called Liu Ye over. He gave guidance from the side and asked the two of them to act well.

The whole afternoon, they rehearsed a scene for two hours, and the stubbornness on Fan Xiaopang's face finally took on some shape.

However, the afternoon shoot did not go very smoothly, and Fan Xiaopang still did not meet his requirements.

It was not until the next morning that Fan Xiaopang completed this close-up shot.

At this time, Liu Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the loud speaker and said to everyone:

"The filming in Iceland is over. Everyone, pack up your things and go back to the base to rest for the night. We will go home tomorrow!"

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, everyone couldn't help but smile.

When they first came, they were very excited and came with the mentality of traveling.

But after more than ten days, we have been staying on the glacier, and the daily work is not easy, so everyone has long lost the mentality of traveling.

Now they just want to return home.

On the last night, Liu Zhou prepared a big meal to reward everyone, and after dinner everyone went to the hot springs.

Although the name of Iceland gives people a chilly feeling, this place is full of hot springs, and there are many of them in small towns.

There were more than a dozen other people taking a bath together, but Liu Zhou occupied one alone and brought Fan Xiaopang with him to enjoy it.

After a soak, all the hard work of more than ten days is gone and I feel much more energetic.

In mid-November, Liu Zhou returned to China with the crew.

However, he did not stay in the capital. After returning to the country, he flew directly to Mohe with his men.

The domestic entertainment industry was relatively calm at this time, and the heat of the nationality incident in "The Founding of a Republic" had almost dissipated.

The only thing that can remind people of this incident is that Jiahe Group and Beijing News are still in a lawsuit, and the two sides occasionally engage in verbal battles.

At the same time, the popularity of the most deadly layer of Zhang Ziyi's triple door, the zj door, gradually subsided, but her popularity and reputation at this time directly fell to the bottom.

Fortunately, she had already got the leading role in Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster", so she was very low-key at this time and stayed with Wang Jiawei all the time.

This movie was filmed over several years. If it weren't for the Triple Door incident, Zhang Ziyi might not have been able to stay in the crew of "The Grandmaster".

However, every cloud has a silver lining. It was precisely because of her wholehearted dedication that she created another classic screen role, Gong Er, and also allowed her to make a complete comeback.

Although the domestic entertainment industry is calm, the film industry is not so calm.

First of all, it is mid-November and the Lunar New Year box office is about to begin, and major companies are gearing up.

However, Golden Harvest's presence was not high during this Lunar New Year holiday, with only one film, "Lost on Journey" directed by Xu Zheng.

Zhang Yimou's "Moon" was originally planned to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, but due to the postponement of the filming, it was too late in time, so "Moon" was finally released during the Spring Festival holiday.

Golden Harvest Group will have a stronger presence during next year's Spring Festival. In addition to Zhang Yimou's "Moon", there is also "Sword Rain" produced by Xu Ke.

Although they are in competition with each other, the overlap in the audiences of the two films is not high, so it will not have much impact on the box office.

Moreover, after three years of development, the box office potential of the Spring Festival period has been developed and is enough to accommodate two blockbusters to be released at the same time.

When other companies saw that Golden Harvest had actually released the combination of Zhang Yimou and Xu Ke during the Spring Festival, they did not dare to rush in.

Both Zhang Yimou and Xu Ke are big domestic directors. Let alone both of them, even if you meet one of them, you have to be extremely cautious.

Now facing these two people, major companies did not hesitate at all and directly gave up the Spring Festival period and instead focused their main efforts on the Lunar New Year period.

However, what they don’t know is that although Golden Harvest only has one low-budget movie in this year’s Lunar New Year holiday, the competition will be even more fierce.

In addition to the large number of domestic blockbusters, there will also be two blockbuster films from Hollywood.

One is "2012", which is beyond imagination popular in China. The box office is higher than "Transformers 2", with a box office of nearly million in the mainland.

The other is "Avatar", which took James Cameron ten years to prepare. Needless to say, this movie is the first domestic movie to gross over 1 billion yuan, and it once again set the domestic box office record.

(End of this chapter)