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    Sberg learned a lesson this time. His new film "War" is similar to "Transformers" in terms of scene scale and special effects. However, all the actors in it are big names. As a result, Sberg was heartbroken.  It spent 250 million US dollars, but did not get the expected market response.

    In fact, for movies that focus on special effects, the role of stars is minimal.  Now looking back at the movie "War", if Thomas had not been used as the protagonist and some first-tier stars were used as other actors, but some second- and third-tier stars were used instead, the box office would not have a big impact, and the investment would have been reduced by US$15 million.  about.

    So this time, Sberg focused on the new actors as early as three years ago, especially those who are on the rise in DreamWorks. The asking price is not high, the acting skills are good, the popularity is not low, and they are actually special effects.  The go-to actor for blockbusters.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off Chen Feng fully meets this condition. Although his worth has already joined the ranks of DreamWorks' first-line movie stars, compared with his popularity and box office appeal, every penny spent on him is definitely worth it.

    ※But Chen Feng won the Best Actor trophy in Mesno the year before last. This sudden change caught Sperger off guard.  After repeated consideration, he decided to continue to let Chen Feng, whose net worth has risen a lot, to play the leading role.  The two parties quickly reached an agreement, and Chen Feng agreed to star in the film for a salary of 17 million US dollars, and this price ranked among the top three among all male actors.

    The media have speculated that Chen Feng starred in the film at such a "low price", and Sberg's "face" played an important role.

    With a budget of US$180 million, Sberg asked Michael Bay to control the total salary of all actors within US$25 million.  Chen Feng alone has already taken up the first part. Of the remaining 8 million US dollars, the heroine Wells spent another 4 million US dollars. With the remaining money, Michael Bay can only be careful with the remaining 8 million US dollars in the film.  Among the characters below, the audience basically sees very unfamiliar faces.

    Chen Feng joins.  The on-screen duo of "High School Musical" and "Twilight" are reunited, and Transformers fans have been speculating about the film since the producers announced the production plan for the film.  Discussions on hot topics related to "Transformers" have never stopped in the media.

    Although there are constant speculations from the outside world, the tone within the crew is very tight.  Michael Bay and all the crew signed demanding non-disclosure agreements as the film's two stars.  Chen Feng and Wells rarely talked about the film in public.

    Strictly speaking, "Transformers" should be an action film with a science fiction nature, and Michael Bay is famous for his wonderful presentation of live special effects.  He was so dedicated and adept at on-set special effects that the best sequence in his sci-fi film "Escape", which failed at the box office, was actually a traditional street car chase.

    When filming this film, Michael Bay did not intend to give up his own style. He believed that live special effects and science fiction content are not contradictory, because the former actually adds to the realism of the film.  During the filming of "Transformers", Michael Bay still insisted on not using digital special effects if he could, and instead relied on traditional explosions and models to achieve the same goal.

    ? Explosion scenes are definitely indispensable in Michael Bay＊s movies.  Although DreamWorks has a relatively mature set of digital special effects production technologies such as flames, sparks, shock waves, gravity engines, debris, and smoke, and is fully capable of creating relatively realistic images, it is difficult to perfect on the one hand, and it must be pushed infinitely on the other.  Perfection requires unlimited spending.  As the saying goes, "Every step of the way is always better", and it is not a problem for Industrial Light and Magic to produce special effects images that are above the standard.  But to create a first-class dreamlike picture that breaks people's imagination, the cost will increase exponentially.

    By comparison, in traditional on-site special effects, the controllability of explosion effects has been greatly improved, enough to complete various effects according to the director's requirements.  [*You] From the perspective of his own style, Michael Bay＊s choice was wise.

    In order to maximize the realistic effect of the film.  In this movie, which uses digital special effects technology to synthesize the "Transformers" scenes, Michael Bay still used models in the shooting of some scenes.

    knb, the senior model special effects and makeup special effects studio of DreamWorks, produced 10 large-scale models of the King Kong for "Transformers". In addition to the "Bumblebee" as a whole, it also includes the head of Optimus Prime and the legs of Megatron.  head, and dizzy soles of the feet.  Large and detailed physical models are mainly prepared for close-ups, especially when there are not many animated scenes. It can save the trouble of "virtual background drawing" and "digital synthesis" while delivering more tangible reality.  feel.

    求求求求

    In order to realize the vision of director Michael Bay, the actors in the film not only had to take great risks to shoot on location.?And the on-set special effects team of the crew was also racking their brains. They had to come up with various ways to help the director realize the crazy ideas in his mind.

    But when filming the scene where the Decepticon robot "Roadblock" chases the hero in the junkyard, the special effects team encountered a very difficult problem.  They spent three days without coming up with a feasible plan.  For this reason, Michael Bay lost his temper.

    Chen Feng was dragged to the scene as a "firefighter" by the assistant director.  Michael Bay's violent temper is well known to everyone in the crew, and he can still speak when he is angry. Except for the film's producer Sberg, only Chen Feng in the crew can do this.

    Michael Bay gradually calmed down after losing his temper. Chen Feng＊s timely appearance just gave him a step up.  After everyone sat calmly in the conference room, Chen Feng figured out the whole story.

    It turns out that when filming this scene, the "roadblock" accidentally overturned a car that was in the way while chasing the hero.  To achieve this shot of a car rolling in the air, the traditional method is to use a small pneumatic gun barrel, placed on one side of the car chassis. After being remotely detonated, the reaction force will push the car to roll in the air.

    "I heard that this kind of special effects technology was used in the recent filming of "Casino Royale". It made Bond's Aston Martin DBS sports car roll seven times at high speed. It is said that it also created a  A new stunt world record." Van Digan, the head of the special effects team, cited a recent example. Although "Casino Royale" is still being filmed, this technical method is not a secret in the circle.

    His explanation made Chen Feng increasingly puzzled. Since there was a solution to the problem, why had they been unable to come up with a shooting plan?  He asked doubtfully: "Then why don't we use this technology?"

    Michael Bay, who had been silent for a long time, gave the answer in his deep voice: "Because it is difficult to control."

    "So besides this 'pneumatic gun barrel', do we have no other technical means available?"

    "There is also a more traditional 'rollover' special effect" Van Diegan looked at Michael Bay, who was sitting diagonally across from him. "This technology uses a sloped roadblock to roll up the moving car from one side.  , and then a roll will occur. As far as I know, the black car doing a kite turn over Trinity and Morpheus in "The Matrix 2" was shot like this."

    "I also used this technique ten years ago when I was filming "The Island". Do you remember the scene where Sean Connery's black car flew into the air? That was shot using this method.  "." Before Chen Feng could ask, Michael Bay himself explained: "But in our current film, many cars are in a stationary state and are unfortunately ravaged by Decepticon robots for no reason, so the 'slope roadblock'  The skills are completely useless.§

    "These two methods are currently the most commonly used methods. Apart from this, we have not thought of a better solution," Van Diegan added.

    "I have a wayit might work." When everyone was at a loss, Chen Feng suddenly said this, and everyone in the conference room stared at him.

    Regarding special effects technology, Chen Feng is a complete layman, but it is precisely because of this reason that he can think of some unconventional means. For example, this time he mentioned the 'slope roadblock' when Van Digan just explained it.  Inspired by the movie "The Matrix".  Of course, what inspired him was not how the car rolled in the air in that movie, but how people rolled in the air in that movie.

    As we all know, "The Matrix" successfully used the "diao wiya" technique used in kung fu movies from Hangzhou and Hong Kong when filming character movements.  Since the wire can hang people, it can also "hang a flying car". Chen Feng's idea is to apply the "Hanging Wire" to the "flying car" scene.

    Based on the idea, Chen Feng further proposed specific operation steps: "We can use the steel cable of the overhead crane to buckle the roof of one side of the car, and use the huge pulling force generated by the high-speed hydraulic pump to roll the car over at the other end.  Pull it into the air."

    Michael Bay and Van Digan＊s eyes lit up at the same time. Chen Feng＊s idea opened up their minds, and his proposal was also highly practical.  Michael Bay stood up excitedly, "Chen Feng, you are simply a genius. How did you come up with this method?"

    Chen Feng shrugged, "I often did this on toy cars when I was a kid."

    求求求求

    Chen Feng＊s idea has been proven to be completely feasible in practice. Like the ※Diao Wia§, the ※Diao Flying Car§ has a more spectacular effect. The car rolls laterally in the air farther and stays in the air for a longer time.The central posture is also more graceful, which is very consistent with Michael Bay's aesthetic orientation for action shots.  (You are welcome to come. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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