"With a large Chinese-language cast, "Never End" features all-stars, including Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Carina Lau, Anthony Wong, and Ng Chun-yu, a great gathering of movie kings and queens!" "Wan Xiaohu and the Chinese-language stars will hit the science fiction classic!" "This newspaper News On April 28, the US$20 million science fiction film "Never Ended" co-produced by Sasha Entertainment and Golden Harvest Entertainment held a grand opening ceremony in Shanghai. All the star actors and actresses were present. This was Wan Xiaohu's first film. Ten movies, and the third science fiction film. At the opening ceremony, Chen Liangyu, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, expressed welcome on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government" Chen Liangyu wanted to attend the opening ceremony, and Wan Xiaohu could not stop it. However, Wan Xiaohu still insisted on Chen Liangyu. a certain distance. Ya, this secretary, is about to reach the end of his career. In my memory, in 2006, something happened to Chen Liangyu. Then after a lot of games, President Xi¡¯s short term was ushered in. Of course, Wan Xiaohu has no intention of interfering with these political matters. He just makes movies with peace of mind. "Never Ending" is called a science fiction film. In fact, like "The Butterfly Effect" and "Source Code", there are almost no special effects shots. It is a story-based science fiction film rather than a scene-based science fiction film. However, this does not mean that "Never Ending" does not pursue pictures. On the contrary, Wan Xiaohu was very pursuing the look of this movie and hired the famous Hollywood photographer Darius Conji who shot "Seven Deadly Sins". "Darris, before shooting, I need to explain my lens requirements to you." "Please tell me." Wan Xiaohu opened the storyboard script and introduced in detail: ""Never Ending" does not require too many special effects. In fact, I have prepared a special effects shot, which is a CG special effect swooping down from a building. Therefore, the use of photography will be the key to whether the film can meet the requirements. I hope to pay attention to the following aspects. " "First, I hope to change the color between light and dark. This effect is reflected when the hero is taking drugs and not taking drugs. When he is taking drugs, I need a bright, natural yellow color. , The color should not be too strong, and it should show the spirit of the whole atmosphere. When not taking drugs, the color will be lifeless and unnaturally dark. " "The second one is the conversion of the wide-angle scene. I hope that the world view in the eyes of the male protagonist will not change in a normalized manner. For example, when the front view is taken, his back is a bedroom, but when it is turned to the front, the camera should be seamlessly transformed into a bridge. " " The third is the distorted mirror image of the fisheye lens, which is a manifestation of drug addiction. The angle of view must be recorded in 360 degrees to reflect the powerful effect of the drug.¡± "The fourth one is multiple exposures. There are many scenes where multiple male protagonists are shown on the screen doing various actions." "The last, most important and troublesome thing is the Zoom-in shot. To use it, I need to create two sections, one is an 85-second descent from the Oriental Pearl Tower, and then passes through the cars, streets and subways of the Magic City to reach the hero's home, and the other is in the middle, the side effects of drug abuse. From the nightclub to the Huangpu Bridge.¡± After hearing Wan Xiaohu¡¯s words, Darius Kangji was slightly surprised: ¡°Wow, this is a big project. If we can do it all, we will have toyed with the camera movements. However, I like this kind of challenge. "The film camera is nothing more than pushing, pulling, shaking, moving, following and throwing, but these simple methods can create a classic that is awesome. lens. Bullet time was promoted in "The Matrix" and time freezing was talked about in "Source Code". This time, Wan Xiaohu wants to challenge more lens aesthetics. Changes in color light and shade, lens capacity, dreamy scene changes, multiple image overlays, and Zoom-in shots that are destined to make people excited. The so-called Zoom-in is an English word, which means infinite magnification. The Zoom-in lens is an extra-long follow-up lens, or it is called infinite zoom. The specific way it is displayed is as if a camera is constantly moving forward, and can pass through walls and iron, and cross various things without being blocked. In "Never Ending", Wan Xiaohu's design is that the male protagonist plans to jump off the building on the Oriental Pearl Tower, and then first connects a special effects falling shot, and then starts to advance along the street, passing over cars, over pedestrians, over underground tunnels, directly A shot that advances several kilometers in length. The effect is absolutely unparalleled and makes people¡¯s blood rush. ??It is very difficult to shoot such a lens, because it involves perfect zoom, superimposing images without losing the picture quality, and how to make a fuss about the focal length requires a lot of experiments. "Tiger, I think everything else is easy to do, but this Zoom-in may require a lot of work." Darius Conji is a so-called veteran and well-known photographer. It is easy to judge which tasks are easy and which are difficult. big. "It's precisely because it's not easy that I asked you to take charge of the camera. I believe you will do it all brilliantly." "OK, I will overcome it." Darius Conji's method of overcoming it is very simple. That is, after finishing work every day, I work overtime and experiment. Theoretically speaking, the difficulty of the Zoom-in lens is not that great, but it is difficult for non-master photographers to accurately grasp the zoom image and speed. Darius Conji and his team worked overtime for two hours every day to study, and finally found that using the RED-Camera shooting system with short, medium and long focal lengths to shoot 4K resolution footage can be well combined. mosaic. The environment captured by the RED-Camera system can make the picture in the center of the telephoto lens very clear. There is no need to move the camera when shooting. You only need to control the focal length movement speed of the telephoto lens, and then combine many lenses together by zooming in and out. When editing, add the second scene when the first scene reaches its end, and so on. Photographed using a telephoto lens. There is no problem of loss of picture quality. "This is the Zoom-in lens we made based on the Nuke synthesizer in the Final-Cut-Pro software environment. Are you satisfied with the effect?" Final-Cut-Pro is a professional video non-linear developed by Google Editing software, non-linear editing is editing pictures online instead of traditional film editing. Nowadays, the times are developing, and high-definition digital cameras have gradually replaced film photography. Of course, in order to pursue the feeling, Wan Xiaohu only used high-definition cameras in some of the shots, and mostly used film. Nuke is a digital node-based synthesis software developed by The-Foundry Company. Most movies use Nuke to synthesize images, such as "The Day After Tomorrow", "XXX", "Titanic", "True Lies", "X-Men", "King Kong", etc. When the filming entered mid-May, the first set of Zoom-in shots were tinkered with by Darius and his team. Through the screening, Wan Xiaohu watched it back and forth, and the effect was very good, without too much picture loss. The connection is seamless. "Very good, this is the effect I want. I think Davis, we should start shooting the official shots." "Of course, we have already started setting up and make sure to shoot the Zoom-in shots before finalizing." After solving the camera problem, Wan Xiaohu concentrated more on his role as an actor. Every day I work overtime filming. ¡°Privately, he can be brothers with the actors, but when it comes to work, he just doesn¡¯t recognize his relatives. "Hua Zai, this shot doesn't work. Try it again." "Hua Zai, what did you do? You're not in any shape at all." "Liu Dehua. Are you a pig? You can't even show such an expression! Kaka Kaka, give it a try again. "Come on!" This is a shot of the police arriving after Wang Jun was shot and Li wanted to call the police and began searching for NZT-48 in Wang Jun's house. Wan Xiaohu hoped that Liu Dehua could perform a mixture of emotions such as fear, excitement, excitement and uneasiness, but it was obvious that Liu Dehua's expression was not up to standard. Liu Dehua is a little embarrassed. In terms of age, he is a bit older than Wan Xiaohu. In terms of qualifications, he is also a veteran star in the Chinese film industry. In any crew, the director has to accommodate him. But when it comes to Wan Xiaohu, no identity matters. Among all Chinese celebrities, there are few people who can show off in front of Wan Xiaohu. Besides, Andy Lau and Wan Xiaohu are good friends in private. "Director, I think I can do it if I try it again." "Are you in good shape? Can you guarantee that you can pass next time? Nothing is guaranteed, why do you say you can do it! Stop talking nonsense, here you go Take ten minutes to reflect and figure out how to act in front of the mirror. Film on time in ten minutes. You won¡¯t be allowed to eat until the filming is over. " Wan Xiaohu is like a tyrant, giving a death order without any reason at all. He is the only one in the crew who can lose his temper loudly and make trouble unreasonably. Fortunately, he also had a director team. The assistant director, who was responsible for the acting requirements of the actors, took Liu Dehua aside and started talking about the drama. Wan Xiaohu threw aside the storyboard script in his hand and shouted to his assistant: "Call Zhang Ziyi and film her scene tomorrow. Don't run any more commercials today. Keep me energetic. If the filming doesn't go well, she will suffer." It¡¯s time!¡± ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°If you continue to inform me, from today onwards, reporters will be banned from doing interviews! It¡¯s so annoying.??, please go into seclusion and film for me, and show off your acting skills 100%, do you understand? " Several producers agreed solemnly: "Okay, I will inform you now. " "Also, any news from the crew in the future will not be released to the outside world without my permission, do you know? " "I know, I know. " His temper came and went quickly. After roaring twice, Wan Xiaohu felt that his anger was beginning to flow smoothly, and he picked up the storyboard script again. He began to study how to show the shots one by one. In the end, it lasted until eleven o'clock in the evening After finishing the work, Wan Xiaohu arranged for someone to transport the copy back. Wan Xiaohu walked up to Andy Lau who was taking off his makeup and patted him: "Hua Zai, let's have a late night snack together. I'll treat you." "