Chapter 1067

Standing in the same place, he raised his head and looked up and down at the behemoth in front of him. There are many puzzles that can't be solved

How is the shooting going on? How is the performance going? How to capture the lens?

Placed in the center of the right open space is a huge transparent box, about two stories high, but the space is not big, the width should be about three meters, like an enlarged version of the London street telephone booth; However, the walls around are not red. Strictly speaking, the adjective "transparent" is also wrong. It seems transparent, but in fact it is reticular.

After walking in, you can see clearly the entity of the wall: This is actually led screen! It is densely and neatly distributed with LED bulbs!

Light box, light box. Now Lan Li finally understands why this prop is called "light box".

"There are 1.8 million LED bulbs here." Timothy Weber stood at the entrance of the light box. "According to different shooting requirements, you can adjust the intensity and angle of the light at any time. During the official shooting, this folding door will be closed, and all the staff will stand outside. There is only one actor in it. The whole performance space belongs to you."

With Timothy's explanation, Langley approached the door, and the scene inside gradually became clear.

In the center is a simple white basket, just like the amusement park's exciting props, which can swing up and down; At the same time, the base of the white basket is also a turntable, which can rotate 360 degrees; Under the base is a simple cross shaped track, which is convenient for horizontal and vertical movement. Different positions of the whole equipment have left shelves for fixing cameras.

On the wall near the entrance, there are two huge mechanical arms hanging at the right and left corners, which are the same as the mechanical arm for shooting props on the left. The flexible joints and dense gears give the mechanical arm more room to rotate, and the top-down perspective gives the camera different angles.

In addition, outside the door of the light box, there are also several huge instruments.

One of them looks like a Russian turntable. There are several handles fixed on a circular turntable. Actors can stand on it and imitate the classic poster of "Da Vinci Code", showing a large font.

Lan Li's eyes showed a new look, as if he had come into contact with a new toy. Although he didn't know how to play with it, he couldn't wait to play with it.

In fact, Lan Li can guess that different appliances should be suitable for different scenes and pictures, simulate different conditions, and present the effect in space as truly as possible; LED light bulb is used to adjust the light, and the robot arm is used to adjust the shooting angle, so as to create the real feeling of weightlessness through the change of visual effect.

Last life, as an audience, lanli marveled at the reality and shock of "gravity"; In this life, as an actor, he will participate in the production personally.

"What kind of state is the actor's performance in the actual shooting?" It's not Langley, it's Rooney. Lan Li couldn't help looking back and casting his eyes. They exchanged a tacit understanding look. Obviously, both actors are concerned about the same topic“ I mean, can the basket turn and move? What about the spatial change between the actor and the camera? "

Lanli nodded and then added, "can that basket rotate at high speed? Or does the camera rotate? "

Motion is relative, when a unit displacement, can not produce enough high-speed motion effect, then two units in different directions at the same time displacement, can produce the effect of velocity superposition. It's like the moment when two cars meet head-on on the highway.

"The basket can't rotate at high speed." The explanation is Alfonso. Obviously, based on the design of these props, Alfonso also participated in all the work. "In the simulation of weightlessness, the basket can only be moved to 45 degrees at most. Once it exceeds this angle, the actor will be in danger of falling down. We can't take risks."

Alfonso two strides into the light box, shaking the basket, with gestures began to explain, "in the actual shooting process, the basket will move horizontally and vertically, and adjust the angle, 45 degrees on the left and 45 degrees on the right, shaking within 90 degrees, but on the whole, the speed will not be too fast, more is showing a change of perspective."

Then, Alfonso raised his hand and pointed to the two upper mechanical arms. "All the speed and impact are caused by the movement of the two iris mechanical arms, creating the effect of relative displacement. Moreover, if the actor's body angle rotation is too fierce, gravity can easily cause facial congestion, which will not only damage the picture, but also break the sense of space we create. "

Timothy's voice came from the left. He didn't say much. Instead, he stood at a console and began to control the remote.

All of a sudden, the robot arm started to move quickly and ran into the basket at an incredible speed. However, before it was about to break into pieces, it almost stopped again. This really surprised both lanli and Rooney.

But Timothy and Alfonso are calm. Alfonso explained, "all the controls are adjusted through the double insurance of computer and manual control. We can be accurate to within one millimeter. In the movie, we have many scenes of collision, collision and explosion. At this time, the actor basically does not move, and the basket will not move, but let the robot arm complete the collision. "

With that, Alfonso turned his head and looked at Lan Li, "in one of the scenes, the camera will crash at you at the speed of 40 kilometers per hour and stop at the position three centimeters away from you. In the process, you must keep still. How can you do it?"

Alfonso's eyes were full of eager light, and he faintly burst out a kind of extreme sports anger and boldness. However, he made Lan Li dumbfounded and turned his head. Then he saw the absurdity and joy emerging from the bottom of Lu Ni's eyes, and they both laughed at the same time.

"Well, I'll do my best. But physiological reactions still need to be used to and controlled. " It's like unarmed rock climbing. At the beginning, it's hard to avoid muscle shaking, but after getting used to it, adrenaline can overcome the body's instinct. "I want to ask about the displacement speed and range of motion of this mechanical arm."

"Iris manipulator." Timothy's voice came over, revealing a sense of dissatisfaction. After feeling the sight of lenley and Rooney, he emphasized again, "iris manipulator, she has a name."

She, not it.

Blue Li gently jaw head, expressed apology.

Timothy was satisfied with this, and then explained, "iris manipulator has a movement speed of four meters per second, a movement radius of three meters, an action accuracy of 0.04 mm, up to seven joint axes. At the same time, it is equipped with lateral movement Guidong on it, which is enough to complete all complex and delicate movements, and shoot any kind of tricky angle lens."

Lan Li didn't speak at once, but he digested it carefully, and then he said what he thought

"So, you mean, my job is to fix it in the basket, and then stay still, and all the rest of the movement and change is done by the camera, and I can concentrate on the performance.

There may even be extreme situations, just like Alfonso said, in order to create the effect of visual impact, the camera may tell me to hit me, but I can't move, and I can't reveal the horse's feet, so I have to show the feeling that I hit? "

Alfonso and Timothy exchanged a line of sight, and finally Alfonso nodded, "yes, that's basically it."

Lan Li pursed the corners of his mouth and closed his jaw in a meaningful way.

From this point of view, although the environment has changed, the technology and feeling of the whole shooting are basically the same as "buried alive". The actor is trapped in a narrow space, completing all the performances, leaving the rest to the photographer and director. That's all. The only difference is that "buried alive" is a simple wooden box, while "gravity" is a luxurious light box.

However, blue Li knows, this is certainly not all.

"Can I test it myself?" "I mean, I'll just sit in the basket and try the actual effect and feel. If you can, you can even schedule the camera and I'll look for the feeling of shooting?" he asked

Alfonso did not speak, Timothy did not speak, the two just exchanged eyes.

Lan Li couldn't help thinking of the 1.8 million light bulbs in front of him. Obviously, the cost of this appliance is not a small number. "Sorry, if I ask too much..."

"No, no, absolutely not." Alfonso waved his hand and laughed brightly. "In fact, we have been waiting for you to join us. We can do some experimental shooting and test the effect of the finished product. You need to look for the feeling of acting, we also need to look for the feeling of the picture, not only Timothy and I, but also Emmanuel, we have been waiting

"It's just..." Alfonso's words stopped and turned, "it's just, I'm not sure about your state, after all..."

This morning, Langley just arrived in London on a long flight. After getting off the plane, he arrived at Surrey directly from Heathrow airport without any rest adjustment.

"Ha, don't worry." Lan Li waved his hand. On the plane, he had been sleeping steadily, and the jet lag had been adjusted. "So, let's start now?"

"Of course, that would be the best." Timothy's voice was full of joy and he felt his initiative for the first time.

Turning her head, lanli noticed Rooney's cheering eyes. Without waiting for him to speak, she said directly, "you first, then it's my turn." The lively tone was obviously too much to bear.

"Maybe you need a cup of coffee." Subtext is to imply that it may take a long time for him to wait in line. This reply made Rooney turn a white eye, which made Lan Li laugh. Then she stepped into the light box.