The movie "If Love Is God's Will" is quite suitable for Mu Qing's style, but if Li Yi was asked to film it, he would have no choice but to copy it.
It’s not that the original version is bad, but that the times are different. The success of the original version and being regarded as a classic of romance films also has a lot to do with the era in which it appeared.
But if Li Yilai were to shoot, he might not be able to achieve that effect.
It's different when Mu Qing comes to direct. Li Yi naturally won't copy the original version to Mu Qing. He just clicks and provides an outline of the story, allowing Mu Qing to fill it in according to her own ideas, how to shoot, How to use the lens and so on are all things she has to do.
Mu Qing probably rested too long earlier, so she was full of energy and quickly started to prepare for the new movie.
Of course, it will definitely not be that fast to start shooting. After all, the script must be perfected first, and then multiple versions of revisions must be made.
But Li Yi no longer paid attention to these.
"Wolf Warrior" has been delayed for a long time due to Wu Qianjun's injury.
Now that everything is ready and all we need is the east wind, it is naturally time to put it on the agenda.
The filming of "Wolf Warrior" is not a little bit more difficult than a low-budget art film. First of all, purely from the scale of the crew, it is very different. At the same time, in terms of the shooting location, it is not an art film. Comparable.
For "Wolf Warriors" abroad, Li Yi directly approached Dean Pictures for help. Although Dean Pictures did not invest in this movie, Li Yi never thought about what kind of results such a movie would achieve abroad, but with the help of The good cooperation between the two parties can save Li Yi more than half of his time and trouble.
The main thing is that there are some things that we still need to learn in China, such as underwater photography.
In the early stage, the filming of "Wolf Warrior" was mainly done in China, then went across the ocean, filmed at sea for a period of time, and finally went to a certain country in Africa to film.
The most stunning scene in Li Yi's memory in "Wolf Warrior 2" is the 6-minute shot of water and water in the opening scene of the movie.
But whether this shot is a shot to the end remains to be discussed.
Some people think that this lens is not as awesome as advertised. It is not a one-shot at all. At best, it is a longer spliced long lens. It cuts into another black scene with rapid panning, entering and exiting the water, and people blocking the lens. One shot.
Some people also say that in fact, this scene is not that exaggerated, and more of it was actually shot in an indoor pool.
However, Li Yi had no intention of going into details about this, but it was indeed a good publicity point.
In fact, do the audience really care whether the shot is shot to the end?
Which viewer would carefully analyze the shots when watching a movie?
Therefore, for the sake of publicity, exaggerating the difficulty is nothing, it is just a routine publicity routine.
However, there is one thing to say, even if it is not a shot to the end, this scene is definitely extremely difficult, at least for the current Li Yi.
The domestic shooting lasted about half a month. For this shot, Li Yi chose to make two preparations.
Try the possibility of one shot to the end, and at the same time, be prepared to start plan B at any time, and will not blindly pursue the so-called one shot to the end.
Because a movie is always a movie, it cannot be delayed for too long just because of one shot or one scene. In fact, the effect may be very different in the eyes of some professionals, but for the vast majority of viewers, it does not actually matter. You will feel there is no obvious difference.
Of course, in order to shoot this scene, Wu Qianjun did a lot of underwater training.
Many people don’t know that underwater shooting is difficult. First of all, there are too many factors that affect the shooting. This is not a one-man show, but there is fighting and a large number of actors participating. Therefore, it is really not that difficult to shoot. easy.
It is definitely impossible to actually shoot this scene at sea. In that case, there would be too many uncertain factors.
Therefore, in the end, Li Yi chose to shoot this scene in the Maritime University Survival Training Hall in China. Although it is an indoor pool, it can simulate the ocean environment.
In fact, filming is not as simple as everyone seems.
It is impossible to see the truth in one shot.
Many people most likely don’t understand what Yijing is all about, but they just have a feeling of uncertainty.
One shot to the end refers to the situation where there is no cut during shooting. It is like switching lenses and using certain techniques to shoot the work in one go. It is a contemporary film aesthetic.
If you explain it this way, many people will still be confused and subconsciously think that without CUT, it will be shot directly with one camera lens, which is simply impossible.
One shot to the end, no cuts, and one shot, which is a test for the actors, scheduling, and overall cooperation.
In fact, one-shot to the end is no longer new, and is generally based on pure scheduling. However, considering the cost of rehearsal and shooting, more and more crews choose to fake one-shot to the end, that is, to connect several scenes through special effects and the like. This lens creates the illusion of "one shot to the end".
Li Yi also watched the underwater scenes of the original "Wolf Warrior 2" repeatedly.
In fact, from his current perspective, this was actually a fake one-shot shot.
Of course, because the connection technology and lens switching are used very well, the shooting effect is still very good.
First, the pirate throws a fishing net to entangle the propeller, enter the underwater perspective, and use water splash to switch the lens. The underwater lens is a CG animation.
Then the camera is switched while still borrowing the water. The pirate throws the hook and the camera is thrown from the boat to the ship. With the help of the dark background on the side of the ship, the camera is switched. The cold front appears and is about to jump off the ship. During the filming, Wu Qianjun wants to run to the railing and stop. With the help of the blockbuster White Shirt switches the camera, and then Leng Feng jumps off the ship. During the filming, Wu Qianjun had to jump out of the railing again.
After that, the shot was cut while still in the water, but for the actual shooting, it was necessary to move into the indoor pool to shoot.
The fight under water is the most difficult part of this scene.
Because underwater shooting is different from water, it is a difficult problem for actors, photography, lighting, etc.
For this reason, Wu Qianjun and the actors who participated in this scene rehearsed and moved several times. They spent a lot of time constantly adjusting their positions, constantly adapting to the location, and adapting to underwater shooting.
When the filming actually started, there were frequent situations. Jumping too early or jumping late didn’t work. The fights in the water basically needed to be cut in less than ten seconds. First, the underwater action consumes too much oxygen. , it’s too difficult to hold on for 20 seconds, and underwater scheduling is still a bit difficult. It’s still difficult to ensure that everyone doesn’t make big mistakes throughout the whole process.
Therefore, this scene was indeed the longest one to shoot.
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