Chapter 896
The process of shooting the long shot was not smooth.
No, it should be said that it is very difficult.
The photographer’s walking position and angle, as well as the positions and angles of Jessica, Leon, and the other pilots who exited the cabin, all had to coordinate well.
This is the unsatisfactory thing about long lenses. Once something goes wrong at one point, the entire lens will be scrapped.
And Martin took this shot very seriously.
Martin’s requirement was that the shot must be impeccably realistic and every detail must be considered.
This shot was scheduled from two o’clock in the afternoon to six in the evening, a full four hours, and finally passed with Martin’s”good”. Everyone cheered.
In the original timeline, this shot took more than half a month to shoot..
It can be said that he made improvements while filming, and finally achieved the final results.
Who said that Martin was stepping on the shoulders of his”predecessors”?
…………
“Harrow, Martin.”
On this day, Martin’s crew had an unexpected visitor.
“Chris, why are you here?”
The person here is Christopher Nolan. Isn’t he filming”Interstellar”?
Wait,”Interstellar”?
Martin immediately understood Nolan’s intention.
“I heard that you have developed a device that perfectly reflects weightlessness?”Nolan asked.
Martin smiled in his heart. Sure enough, he came here just for this.
“That’s right, Chris”
“Can you take me to see it?”
“Haha, take it easy, Chris. The filming will start soon, you can see it in the next time”
“OK, I’ll wait a moment. Soon
, Nolan was met with the LED light box Martin had created.
Inside the LED light box, a CG environment spanned the entire wall and ceiling, simulating the reflected light of the earth to illuminate Jessica and provide her with a visual reference.
“Wow, this is such a great idea, even taking into account lighting. Nolan’s eyes lit up.
Martin explained to Nolan in a low voice while filming:”If you use traditional tungsten lamps or HMI lamps with color filters, you can only get a single tone.” If our LED is to display a virtual scene, the light projected on the actor’s face may be dark on one side and bright on the other, or there may be a bright spot of another color in the middle. This is very complicated and cannot be achieved with ordinary lighting methods.”
“What should I do if I need to use a moving light source during photography? Like sunlight?”Nolan asked
“We used a small Dolly, a jib, and a remote head to move Robin600ESpot lightweight lights around the actors. Equipment engineer Pat will move Dolly and the small crane according to the position of the sun in the virtual environment during each shot, while operator Nicoto controls the remote head to ensure that the light shines on the actors.”
Nolan simulated Martin’s idea in his mind and showed a look of amazement,”This method is very good. By the way, I saw that you are using the ArriAlexa classic version and the ArriMaster Prime wide-angle lens. How is the effect?
Martin smiled and said,”It’s better than expected.” Alexa allows me to shoot at native ASA800 sensitivity and it looks great even up to 1200, making LED light sources feasible. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
Martin then emphasized:”In addition, Alexa’s tolerance allows me to deal with hard-light overexposed parts without losing almost any detail.”
After Martin’s set of shots was completed, Nolan moved closer to the LED light box to observe.
In order to shoot the actors in the LED light box, the”Gravity” crew installed Alexa on a modified Mo-Sys remote control head and Attached to a large motion-controlled robotic arm, it can be filmed around the actor in a pre-designed trajectory.
“This system allows the production team to take full advantage of the relative motion between objects in space,” explained Martin. Because there is no distinction between top and bottom in a zero-gravity environment, shooting moving objects with a fixed camera will look the same as shooting fixed objects with an action camera, so we decided to let the camera do most of the movement.”
Nolan nodded and looked at the huge LED light box in front of him. There were a huge number of LED lights in the light box. It was basically like an oversized hanging TV screen.
It was a bit like the one hanging above the NBA court. The LED light box just has two more sides, and the screen is facing inward.
Technically it is not difficult to achieve, but no one has thought of it.
A simple idea greatly simplifies the difficulty of shooting. In the future, shooting space-themed movies will Directors should all thank Martin. This saves them so much work! It is also good for actors. With this device, actors no longer have to perform in front of the air and rely on their imagination, and the difficulty of performing has also been reduced a lot.
“Chris, how did you prepare to shoot the weightless state before?”Martin asked curiously.
Nolan smiled:”I originally had two plans: One was to follow the method used by director Ron Howard in”Apollo 13″ – the vomit comet, which is to bring all the staff involved in the filming.
When entering an airplane, the airplane suddenly free-falls for a period of time at a high altitude.
During this period, all objects and the environment in the cabin are relatively weightless.
A flight can achieve almost 25 seconds of weightlessness.
Another way is to rent the instrument at NASA headquarters that simulates weightlessness.
By the way, I heard that Jessica and Leonardo have both experienced it.
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“Yes, it feels bad.”Leonardo thought of the situation again and his face turned pale.
“whee!”Jessica chuckled a few times.[]
“In fact, NASA’s simulated weightlessness instrument and the vomiting comet are based on the same principle. It uses a huge circular high-drop orbit to complete the weightlessness simulation. However, that method is not very friendly to ordinary people. Leon has achieved the achievement of vomiting comets three times..”
(PS: The so-called”vomit comet” refers to intense vomiting that often occurs during training. The vomit spurts out like the tail of a comet. That scene… tsk tsk tsk tsk!!!)
Leonardo :”Hey, don’t always make fun of my embarrassing things, I’m helping you for free”
“Okay, okay, my bad.”Martin raised his hands and surrendered.
“Martin, your method is better.
In order to shoot the weightless scenes, director Ron Howard had the luxury of flying 612 times in weightlessness.
It is said that the main actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Gary Sinise were about to collapse..
Not to mention the instrument at the NASA headquarters that simulates weightlessness.
I was really afraid that any actor or staff member would have a heart attack during the filming process, including myself.
This device of yours is the best, and it can not only capture the weightlessness inside the cabin, but also the weightlessness outside the cabin.
It is perfect.
”
Nolan admired sincerely.
(Brothers, please take care of me, please give me some comments, flowers, collections, and rewards. Thank you.).
