Chapter 338 Optimization and Filming
After the goal was officially set, the entire crew was full of energy.
The first meeting lasted half a day, and then various optimizations were made.
First, three editing points were reduced, that is, four scenes were reduced.
Some shots that were not very meaningful and time-consuming in the original plan were cut, and several bloody, anti-human and other extremely intense scenes were weakened, such as changing close-ups to medium and long shots.
Overall, it actually does not affect the sense of cruelty conveyed in the film events, and it can also add a layer of artistic sense, which can increase the success rate of winning awards such as the best visual effects.
After all, the purpose of this film is not to be realistic, restore, or expose, but to let the film stand on the international stage through technical performance and then expose historical events to the global vision.
So everyone agreed with this optimization.
With three fewer editing points, the overall length will be much shorter, because the film is shot from beginning to end, and the average shot is about 6 minutes.
In order to keep the amount of information in the film, the remaining shots have been increased in length.
After calculation, the final film will be about 110 minutes, about 10 minutes less than the original.
In addition, in terms of lens usage, Lu Pingan also borrowed from the 2014 Oscar-winning film Birdman, which is also a one-shot film. The camera movements in it can be borrowed, which can reduce the editing points and increase the amount of information in 1937.
This is the case in terms of editing, and there are compromises in other aspects.
For example, in several departments in the later stage, the names of Chinese people have to be placed at the end, and the names of Hollywood staff members are used as the first authors.
There is no way.
Because if you want to use the Oscars and impact other awards besides the "Best Foreign Language Film", there must be Hollywood locals behind the scenes.
You are not a local working in Hollywood, this is the original sin.
Like Ning Hao, who has registered with the Hollywood Photographers Association, this time he was used as the main photographer. This method can be used, but not too much, because Hollywood also has limits.
A movie made entirely by Chinese people, only the capital is Hollywood, and it is not all the capital. If you want to get various nominations in Hollywood, you are challenging some kind of "heavenly rules"!
In the final analysis, the Oscars are still a local award.
Lu Pingan is naturally not naive enough to think that his fame is so big that he can shake something.
So for the sake of the overall situation, we can only compromise.
So if "1937" is nominated for 10 awards like the original time and space, there will probably be only three or four Chinese names.
This is already the limit.
But everyone didn't feel wronged.
In addition to knowing the nature of the Oscars.
First of all, this movie is not for individuals, but for a lofty goal, so it's not a big deal for everyone to sacrifice.
On the other hand, everyone actually knows their own weight.
Although everyone is a first-class figure in the relevant field in China, compared with Hollywood, many people do feel that they still need to learn a lot.
For everyone's mentality, Lu Ping'an still gave enough compensation.
At least in the future promotion, especially in China, our own people must stand in front.
In order to make the filming and the awards go smoothly, the movie made compromises, and there were also further steps.
For example, in the scene, many scenes were originally planned to be dry ground, but just in case, the ground in this scene was replaced with muddy ground with high humidity.
In this way, the workload will be much greater, and water trucks will be used to water every day to maintain humidity.
The difficulty of filming for actors will also increase, and the test of costumes and props will also increase a lot.
But in fact, this is the most appropriate way.
Because if it rains one day, there is no need to wait for the ground to dry before filming.
At the same time, the muddy feeling is more textured, which can greatly enhance the audience's sense of immersion. Combined with the era background in the movie, the feeling of struggling in the mud can also be more in place.
In addition to the ground, the weather effect has also been changed.
This time, some fog effects will be added like the original film.
The white fog in the distance can be made with special effects, which can increase the tension and the artistic sense of the picture.
And during filming, this can also reduce the rate of mistakes.
If there are any intrusive elements that are difficult to deal with, just use fog to cover them, perfect!
In terms of actors, in order to increase the real effect, the crew also invited several veterans of the National Army who participated in the Anti-Japanese War.
This was invited by Hengdian Lao Xu himself.
After the crew's blaster incident, Lao Xu felt very sorry for Lu Ping'an, so he kept saying that he would compensate him and asked him to help him if he needed any help.
So after some discussion, Lao Xu finally decided to cover the expenses related to the crew's props and meals. Lu Ping'an had no choice but to do so. He also helped Lu Ping'an find a few veterans.
After the veterans came, they quickly made many optimizations to many actual scenes.
What did the soldiers say, wear, use, eat, etc. during the war?
Although the team had already conducted an investigation at the beginning, compared with these real experiences of fighting, there would naturally be many details missing.
The crew collected and digested them one by one, and then added roles to each soldier who appeared on the screen, so that they would have their own scenes in the camera.
The original version seems to be the same.
The camera sweeps across the trenches, and every soldier has his own things to do and his own words to say.
The main point is to make it more real.
Of course, this will also add a lot of work to the extras.
Not every extra is willing to add scenes for nothing.
Especially this kind of shot that just flashes by.
The same money, no opportunities, bad environment, and more work.
The key is that the requirements are still very high, one shot to the end, no flaws are allowed.
If mistakes are made over and over again, and the extras have problems, the crew will still be the one who suffers.
Lu Pingan is not stingy about this.
Anyway, if money can be used to solve things, use money.
And if you want to increase it, increase it in place.
It’s better to increase wages than chicken legs.
There’s no point in adding a few dozen yuan. Lu Pingan said directly that the basic salary will be doubled. If the filming can be completed as planned, each person will be given an additional 100 yuan per day. If everyone performs well and finishes the filming ahead of schedule, then increase it again! Give a big red envelope!
In this day and age, the most that extras in Hengdian can get is no more than 100 yuan a day, and that's without middlemen.
Lu Ping'an started by adding 100 yuan at a time, and this kind of lucrative job is rare in Hengdian a few times a year!
So for a while, the extras all clamored to compete for the title of Best Actor
According to the current situation, it takes only about four days to shoot a scene on average.
If everyone can really make every scene faster than expected and perfect.
The extra salary of hundreds of thousands of extras is simply worth it!
After everything is done, the next step is rehearsal.
There are currently 18 editing points in the whole film, involving a total of 6 large scenes, of which there are 19 small scenes.
Among the 19 small scenes, the simplest three have been completed, and the first one has been rehearsed for a day.
Lu Ping'an did not hesitate and directly ordered to start shooting.
On the 16th, the first scene and the first shot officially started shooting.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the light was in place.
After Lu Ping'an said "start".
Ning Hao was fully armed, with a stabilizer and camera on his body, and four or five people were around him, either recording or helping Ning Hao to stabilize his body.
Zhou Yiwei and Baoqiang, who were dressed in military uniforms but very shabby, were in the picture in front. They seemed to have experienced a severe destruction. They pushed open a broken door with a tense mind. The camera moved, and in front of them was a garden of plum blossoms that were cut off but still blooming, and a corpse not far away.
The garden was full of pink and white plum blossoms, defeated soldiers, broken walls and tiles, corpses, and a sky that could not be told whether it was sunrise or sunset.
Warm colors and beautiful things were mixed between cruel blood and fire.
This picture, a chilling sense of art came to the face
Outside the monitor, Hu Qingquan and Jiang Wen who had just arrived nodded.