The Greatest Showman

Remember in one second [End of the God Station] Mobile phone user input address: m.xinwanben.com

The light gray clouds are laid out in layers, and the sparse sunlight vaguely outlines golden lines between the clouds and the clouds. Between the changes of the weather, I stole a moment of peace, so I pulled the collar of my trench coat closer, put my feet down, and enjoyed a cup of coffee.

"Is your health okay?" Renly was not polite or restrained, holding a knife and fork in both hands, enjoying his breakfast in an orderly manner.

Although it is said that the real aristocrats still pay attention to eating and sleeping, and the rest between each dish is the time for conversation, so the meal time of French cuisine is so long; but after advancing with the times, this way The shackles of the people are already in vain, and the real emphasis lies in the manners.

For example, a closer look reveals that there is no sound between Renly's knife and fork and the china plate, everything is just right.

"Ah?" Alfonso was sorting out his thoughts, thinking about how to speak and how to cut into the topic. He was caught off guard and didn't understand Renly's question at all.

There was a smile in Renly's eyes, "I mean, after Friday night, did you have a cold or other discomfort?"

"No, I'm fine." Alfonso waved his hands again and again, looking a little embarrassed, and repeated, "I'm fine! I'm sorry, I mean, thank you. Until now, I haven't officially thanked you. "

Renly swallowed the food slowly, then smiled back in a friendly signal, "Why don't you talk about the movie project in the works? I'm ready and listening."

After two short meetings, it can be seen that Alfonso is not a social type. So, Renly neatly dropped all the greetings and courtesies and went straight to the topic.

Hearing Renly say this, you can clearly feel that Alfonso breathed a sigh of relief, the burden on his shoulders seemed to be relieved in an instant, his eyes and expressions showed excitement, "That's it, I'm preparing a Project. To be precise, I have been preparing for five years, and all technical difficulties have been solved.

Ideally, we would need to go into space to shoot the entire production, and if we had the opportunity to do that, I would like to capture the level of quality that our film can achieve. So, over the years, we've been trying to solve the problem of weightless shooting, but also the problems of lighting, reflections, perspective, and astronomical phenomena.

Now the traditional technology is green screen plus Weiya, and finally assist the computer special effects in the later stage to simulate the situation of space, but the biggest disadvantage of this method is that it is not realistic enough. Those weightless effects are too cheap and too fake, and the light simulated by the computer effects is far from reality.

We visited NASA, we did live simulations, we interviewed astronauts, we put together an entire visual effects team, and for five years, we were trying to be able to capture a real space scene.

Now, we have solved most of the technical difficulties, and some specific implementation effects, which are all small problems, but the premise is that we need actors to really integrate into it, test our ideas, whether they can work, and the effects presented. Can it be approved by NASA? so……"

Talking incessantly, in the true sense of talking, a large number of special words fill the entire conversation paragraph, professional and esoteric, tedious and complicated.

For a layman, it is probably confusing, as if a liberal arts student is sitting in a pile of physics doctors, which is no different from a book from heaven; for Renly, it is not impossible to understand, and physics, chemistry and biology are also indistinguishable. They are all categories of knowledge that he usually dabbles in, but he can understand it, but it does not mean that he can participate in the discussion - just understanding, which is extremely rare.

Brief summary: To simulate the effect of weightlessness, it is difficult enough just to be weightless. At the same time, it is even more difficult to take into account the effects of light, changes in the position of celestial bodies, and the relationship between the actor and outer space. Relying solely on computer special effects, the wonderful is wonderful, but it is not real enough.

In the history of film, among the countless space works, only the weightless effect of two works can be called classics.

One is "2001 A Space Odyssey". In 1968, Stanley Kubrick came up with a brilliant way to fix a camera in a ring-shaped room, and then let the actors run and the camera recorded it. , it looks like the actor is running along the roof.

This method, which was born in the 1960s, has to admire Stanley's imagination. Unfortunately, the problem it solves is very limited, it can only express a few shots, and it can't solve the weightless effect of objects other than people.

One is "Apollo 13", directed by Ron Howard in 1995 and starring Tom Hanks. Their solution is simple and clear. They pay directly and complete the shooting in NASA's training device "Vomit Comet", which can completely simulate the effect of weightlessness.

As a result, Lang played 612 weightless flights extravagantly, and completed nearly four hours of shooting here. There is no doubt that this method completely solves the problem, but it cannot take weightless shots outside the cabin, and the price is really too expensive.

In addition to these two works, most of the other outer space works use the combination of Weiya and computer special effects to interpret the imaginary weightlessness effect.

Undoubtedly, in the 21st century, computer special effects are very realistic and wonderful; but the real effects of light, reflections and celestial motion are greatly

Discounts, in the final analysis, are still unable to truly present the environment and effects of outer space.

The content of all Alfonso's words just now is that they spent five years solving the problem of weightless shooting in outer space.

If true, this would be a technological breakthrough that would push the film industry even further, comparable to motion capture and 3D effects. Robert Zemeckis spent ten years researching motion capture technology, and Alfonso Cuaron spent five years researching weightless shooting. The world of tech nerds is full of countless mysteries.

Perhaps, the specific situation can be a good reference to the TV series "The Big Bang Theory".

"...Wait, I was stupid again just now, didn't I?" Alfonso closed his eyes tightly, raised his forehead in annoyance, and finally realized his mistake:

The long speeches just now were not only too professional, but also lacked focus, core, and even themes—he didn’t mention the name and content of the work at all, and he just said a lot of technical issues without thinking.

Renly didn't mind, and chuckled, "To sum up, this is a project that has been in preparation for five years. Before the official start of filming, the crew has spent countless efforts to solve technical problems. Now, everyone is It's all set to start shooting. Is that so?"

Like James Cameron's "Avatar".

Alfonso raised his head slightly, the palm supporting his head still kept the appearance of chicken feet, and looked at Ren Li with surprise, his eyes showed an incredible look, which made Ren Li nodded lightly, " It seems that my understanding is correct. So, for the project itself, such as the script, such as the performance, is there anything worth introducing? Because for now, the project seems to have limited appeal to the actors.”

"Of course! Of course!" said Alfonso hurriedly, "the story tells of a space station in the United States, a group of astronauts are walking in space to test the space station; but suddenly, an abandoned satellite was destroyed, and the debris was The speed of the super bullet spread out in the earth's orbit, and accidentally hit other satellites, causing a chain reaction. The protagonist and his party also suffered a devastating blow. In the end, only two astronauts were left, trying to survive in space. Well, that's all there is to it."

"Gravity", as expected, it was this famous "Gravity" that Alfonso found Renly.

This is not surprising. In 2006, after finishing the filming of "Son of Man", Alfonso focused all his energy on the filming of "Gravity", and after completing this work, until 2017, when Renly was reborn, Alfonso also did not come out with another new work, because he exhausted all his energy and devoted himself to the shooting of another work.

So, when Alfonso approached Renly, the first and only guess was "Gravity." Of course, there is also a small probability that Alfonso has been preparing for the project, but there was no project that could come out in the last life; however, the description of Alfonso's technical otaku just now further confirmed Renly's conjecture.

There is no doubt that "Gravity" released in 2013 was a successful work, with a comprehensive rating of 96 by the media, 96 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes freshness index, and a score of 7.8 by netizens on imdb. In terms of word of mouth, it has completely detonated the enthusiasm of all professionals and professional audiences, and is highly sought after.

After that, it captured a strong $270 million in North America and a global box office of $720 million.

A real big win. This work has achieved the most perfect balance between business and art after it was called "Avatar". At the Oscars ceremony that followed, "Gravity" won the heavyweight Best Director Award, as well as six technical trophies, with a total of seven statuettes, becoming the biggest winner of the night.

However, both word of mouth and box office, people don't really realize what's so good about this work: technological innovation. A group of technical controllers, including James Cameron, George Lucas, and Christopher Nolan, are full of praise for Alfonso Cuaron's exploration and transformation, which has established Alfonso in the industry in one fell swoop. Strong reputation among people.

With this "Gravity" alone, Alfonso has come home full of rewards. From a certain point of view, among the three Mexican heroes, his reputation in the industry is the best, even better than Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who won the best director for two consecutive years. .

But, knowing that it was "gravity", why was Renly still indifferent last night?

Because in the last life, the protagonist of "Gravity" was Sandra Bullock. Gender: Female.

Support (end this site) and share this site with those who need it! Can't find the book, please leave a message!