Chapter 135: Director at work

"Well, this design is good, but" looking at the drawings on the round table with guns and weapons, Wang Yang frowned slightly and thought for a while, he looked at the props at the table Division Drew Petrotta, art design Kevin Wanaf and others, said: "I think it can be bolder, I mean its outline, you know that it is not necessarily the shape of a human gun, let it be designed ! "
Since the acquisition of the image engine has been completed in mid-June, he has formally invested in the formation of the "Ninth District" crew. (Reading novels)
After the achievements of "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" and "Junuo", he created an Emperor O'Skar shadow, a 19-year-old O'Skar shadow nomination, and a 21-year-old youngest Golden Globe Award. Nominated as a good director, the title of the magical director continues, but not many people still think that he is an insignificant little baby, plus a generous salary, the attitude of Recheng, he spent more than half a month to go Looking for, finally completed the whole crew of the crew.
In terms of actors, in addition to Robert Downey Jr., several other important actors like father-in-law, wife, army colonel, etc. have found suitable candidates; as for others, those who will not get the full script, or special role scripts, will only get Some of the small characters in the live script were handed over to the casting director for selection and auditioning. He didn't have so much time to do it with his hands and details, and only needed the final review.
The photographer is still an old partner, Vale-Fest. Although he has no experience in shooting large-scale films, Wang Yang himself does not have "and the" director photographer "tacit understanding between the two has reached a very high level. It can almost be said that the communication is completed with the eyes, of course, this is an exaggerated statement, the specific effect, how to shoot, or language communication.
Shortly before Wang Yang ’s invitation, Varefist had just finished handing over another movie. It is said that the first assistant Harry-George was also responsible for shooting a lot of group shots, and their hands were all hot. This time Joining a big production like "The Ninth District" is very exciting and full of confidence. The set designer of the crew is also a familiar face, and Gordon Yixin, who has collaborated with Wang Yang twice: Art Director Patrick Tate Pros ( Representative works "Independence Day", "Mechanical Enemies"); art design David I Krasson (representative works "Yihai Xiongfeng", "Perky Beauty", "Iron Man" series), Kevin Kawanav (representative "in the disc" Spyrophenol, "Transformers", "Dark Knight"); costume design Shanna Hayes (representative work "Star Trek 9", "War of the Lost Alum"); and the props division is by Drew Petrotta ( Representative works "Big Fish", "Transformers" series).
Coupled with a "genius ruined by drugs" starring Robert Downey Jr., although this is not the top lineup in Hollywood, it is also luxurious: if you push it back for a few years, it is definitely an All-Star. line-up.
After all the crews in the filming stage were assembled, Wang Yang brought the members who needed to make preliminary preparations, and their assistants, employees and other team members to the mighty Vancouver.
"Ninth District" will take the order of the first interior, the exterior of the street of Luofan, and the exterior of the slums in Africa. There are many scenes in the interior that need to be specially built, such as the secret research room of the MUN headquarters, the home of Christopher-Fuchen, Inside the spaceship, etc. The reason why I came to Vancouver is because the fire movie studio was built here. Although it is still some time away from the completion of the first phase, the original merchants have built a lot of factory sheds. The new scene is originally a brand new construction, so it is not Delay things.
In addition to Gordon Sheen ’s setting, Shana Hayes designed the costumes of the characters; Drew Petrotta also designed the props needed to organize the movies.
The 33-year-old Drew is a well-known Hollywood prop master. He is also the third-generation successor of the Petrotta family. His grandfather Vic Petrotta and father Bel Petrotta (representative works "Great White Shark", " Scissors Edward ") are very famous top masters. When Wang Yang invited him, he asked him "Are you good at science fiction movies?", He said: "At that time I was 12 years old" You are still a newborn baby, but I have antique props on Santa Monica Boulevard The shop is busy looking for things. Young director, I am good at everything! "
And when he became an adult, he officially started to do this business, which has been more than ten years. The work of the props engineer is very hard and trivial. Basically, every thing that can be seen in every scene in the film, the prop team must pre-conceive, list and make a list, as if to say Guns and weapons, and a small ring on the hand where the actor took the weapon, nothing appeared out of thin air.
After getting the script, Drew Petrotta used a family-like method similar to cold reading, splitting each place in the script that he felt needed prop support, and slowly observing each character and In each scene, to experience the martial arts, the Holy King, the Holy King, the night killing the god, the throne, the throne, and the night, the strongest abandonment The imperial family martial Qiankun will kill the gods and seals the throne in the night to seek the devil Ao Ninth Heaven's strongest abandon the young Dazhou week. Dressing, dressing, decorating, decorating the scene ... This is a process of interpretation that can easily make people crumble. But the job of a props engineer is not to build a car behind closed doors. His personal imagination and understanding cannot decide things. He needs to contact and negotiate with various departments, what props are needed for the scene, what is needed for clothing, and the requirements for art direction ... … But the most horrible person is called the
director
and it is also the one with the longest time that a propsist has been in the crew.
His father Bel Petrotta said: "You never know what will happen, it's like the directors go to bed, they are dreaming all night, and then in the morning, they will suddenly tell you: I Thinking of something new, I need a girl who jumps out of the cake! "But no matter how ingenious the director's idea is, the propsman must find a way to do it. Bell said:" It feels like walking in at that moment. in.
When working as a propsman for "Great White Shark", Steven Spielberg was still very young, very good and demanding. There was a scene. He said: "Tomorrow ’s scene, I need some crabs. The crabs had to climb from the seaweed to the actor ’s arm.
So Bell got the crabs, but when it was time to shoot, Spielberg pointed to the crabs and said to him,
They did n’t move, they just stood there. Hmm Let them move, I want them to crawl around! "Then Bell immediately thought of a solution, and when the camera was ready, he picked up a cup of hot coffee and poured it on the crab. They quickly crawled up, and Spielberg did it. satisfaction.
This is the wisdom and function of the prop master. "No matter how many ideas and requirements the director puts into their design, they must follow suit and do it well. This is the motto of an excellent prop master family.
Therefore, in these days, Drew-Petrotta has no more than half of the vertebrae and complaints about Wang Yang's requirements. He looked at some of the weapons on the drawings that borrowed from the German rifle gun style, and heard Wang Yang continue to say: "We need guns, but not all of them are guns, I mean, it is too much" guns, After we try to add some insect-style decoration? "
"Yes, this is it!" Wang Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, and the weapons of aliens should have their national characteristics! He clicked on some drawings and said happily: "More features of their national characteristics! Let the audience see that" this is definitely a gun of another civilization "is not from the earth! Not now. Humans are not humans after hundreds of years, no! We have to jump out of the shadow of human civilization in the future. This is the mex civilization! "Mex (Bug) is the name given to that alien by humans.
Hearing Wang Yang ’s new ideas, Drew-Petrotta and Kevin-Kawanaf could n’t help but also smiled at the Inn to the problem! Then it is not difficult to solve. Drew immediately picked up the pencil and drew it on the drawing paper, and said with a smile: "Yang I understand what you mean, give me a day." Tomorrow you will see several new violence. Kevin Cavanav also smiled: "I have no problem here, mex style mecha, I know." "
"OK!" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, watched them draw for a while, and said some comments. At this time, assistant Ian Murphy came in and said: "Director" Gordon called you over the night a bit. Wang Yang glanced at him and patted Drew Petrotta's shoulder: "Brother, remember, cool!" "Finally, he and his assistant left the art design room and went to the side of the scene.
In fact, it ’s inside the studio.
Through the busy departments, the distance of more than 100 meters was immediately reached. The scene that Gordon Sim and his set team now build is the secret research room of N headquarters. The scene has completed the three-sided moving set, and also placed some tables, chairs, instruments, etc. What kind of scene to build, Wang Yang and Gordon Sim have already drawn in advance to determine, but when it is actually built, often There will be many details that need to be discussed and resolved again.
"Gordon, what's wrong?" Wang Yang walked to Gordon's side. He saw his arms around his chest and looked at the scene in front of him, frowning tightly, as if he couldn't figure out anything.
Hearing the director ’s voice, Gordon Hinton suddenly recovered. He pointed at the setting board and said,
I just think this wall is empty, only this MUN. …,
He scratched his hair in distress, and said,
I ca n’t think of the problem now, so I call you over.

"Well, it's really empty." Wang Yang nodded, holding his right hand to mold the chin's fibrous roots. "He also thought slowly into the gods. This wall will be the first one after Wiggs escaped from the small room. The scene staring at the front of his eyes ... He suddenly thought of something, he could not help but snapped his fingers, laughing: "Yes! "
In the eyes of several set designers such as Gordon Yixin, he walked to the side of the set and planned with his fingers, saying, "Beside this MUN logo, add another one that can represent all humanity. Everything, the flag of the United Nations is good; then on these walls on the left and right sides, they will add some aliens with special broadcasts, and they will be hanging here. "
Gordon Sim and others all smiled in agreement. Wang Yangyue said more and more eagerly, circled the position of the scene and said, "The one here is only half-length, and the intestines sway like that; here "There are no hands" and the eyeballs here have been dug away. "Gordon Yixin nodded his head" smiled: "This is cruel and disgusting, but it is very impactful!"
"There is also Chuan Wangyang who is completely absorbed in looking at the messy tables and chairs that have not been set up, but the scenes in front of him are all divided shots. He walked to the side of the table and knocked on the table:" There is a The big eyeballs are round and round, and there is a little alien sitting next to them. "He suddenly laughed a few voices in a low voice:" When Vigers came out, he saw the wall, and then saw these eyeballs and the eyes of the little alien, dazed to the eyes without fear ... ………

Everyone was silent, but the image and the director's strange laughter made them feel hairy. Gordon Sim couldn't help but shuddered and shouted with a thumbs up, "Yang!"
"Hoo! I'm a little bit sick." Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, breaking away from the world of split-screen pictures. He looked at Gordon and others and said with a smile: "But don't be afraid, I obviously won't take your eyes Let go. "Everyone smiled, and he thought again: & t; Well, I have to tell Drew that I need a big eye!"
But without waiting for him to go back to Drew-Petrota, assistant Ian-Murphy found him again: "Director, Shana has something to ask you to visit her!"
"Okay." Wang Yang responded. "He gave Gordon a beckoning look again and walked to the clothing design studio. When he came to the clothing design studio, he knocked on the door and walked in, watching Shanna Hayes, who was cutting clothes on the table in front, asked, "What's wrong with Shanna?"
Several long hangers in the room are covered with various clothes, including MUN District 9 managers, laboratory scientists, security teams, military uniforms, etc., as well as some clothes for main characters such as Vickers , Are all designed and produced here. The person in charge of this department is Shana Xie, Hayes. She heard the knock on the door, and she looked up at Wang Yang who came in. "She picked up her clothes and said," I have some new ideas, soldier. Look at this uniform? Wang Yang nodded and said: "Okay, let me see." "
Throughout the morning, "Wang Yang walked around the various departments of the studio" to communicate with everyone, solve their problems, and put forward their own opinions and ideas. These days he has become accustomed to this. This is one of the director's tasks, leading the crew to complete these preliminary preparations, but the workload of science fiction movies is particularly heavy. This is the beginning. There is too much work to be done in a movie or a big production.
In addition to these, he still has a lot of other work for the director to do, such as determining the shooting style and plan with Varey-Fest, buying or renting the necessary photography equipment: continue to improve the split-screen picture, and answer the actors ’questions about the role ...
Some directors will be unable to coordinate the various departments and thus mess up; some directors lose their temper because of cumbersomeness and pressure; some directors simply do not have the ability. Wang Yang does not want to be the director. No matter whether he is tired or not, he should keep letting himself release positive energy and drive the whole crew to actively and vigorously run; he should also keep learning and improve his knowledge in all aspects. And ability, so that we can better coordinate with everyone "and better be a director.
After eating lunch in the studio and resting for a while, Wang Yang left the studio and went outside. The weather in Vancouver was still very cool in the month, but Luo Jun's side was extremely hot. He smiled and ripped his jacket and walked quickly to the parking lot. He took Mou and went to Fifth Avenue in West Vancouver, where the image engine company was located.
After the acquisition of Flame Movies, within a few days Sean-Walsh officially joined the graphics engine as the visual effects supervisor, and also served as the computer production director and special effects team captain of the "Ninth District." Of course, the special effects team at that time was just an empty shell. For nearly a month, Sean-Walsh was forming this team. He ran many places around the world. "He called the experts from all over to join, and finally the last few days carry out.
The special effects team has been basically established, and the rest is whether the number of CG animators has increased. If you want to produce special effects fast, then add money and people; if you want to take it slowly, continue to maintain it. With the establishment of the sub-team, their work will begin. The first step is to transform the designed alien into a 3D image, and today is the director's acceptance date for the "alien head".
"Cool!" Wang Yang looked at the alien head on the computer screen, dragged the mouse to turn it around, and praised again: "It's cool." He turned his head to look at the side Sean-Walsh, modeler Brian-Mike, and Zhu Lì-Clerks, who is responsible for alien appearance development, said: "They look good, but they do n’t look high-quality or soft. Can the feeling of Huan be higher? "
A clay sculpture of a head is placed on the desk. This is exactly the masterpiece of modeler Brian Mac. He first squeezed the clay sculpture, and then performed a 3D scan. After another topology, he reran the software After completing the work of biological skeletalization, there was a prototype of the thin figure on the screen. Next, the work was handed over to the members responsible for texture mapping, such as Zhu Yikekes.
Hearing Wang Yang ’s question ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Sean-Walsh chuckled and nodded, "Yes, this is not actually done yet." He looked at Zhu Lì-Claix, Zhu lì explained afterwards:
We also need to do higher and more detailed texture mapping, this model will have 21 bitmap texture materials, each of which will have more than 4000 pixels, the more pixels you know, the more true Chalky. "
Wang Yang yelled and listened seriously with her face. She continued: "These textures will include color, bumps, displacement, various parameters, wetness, roughness ..." She took a few mouse clicks "Say:" There are also reactions to various substances, such as eyes, shells, skin, hair, wounds, blood, mud, dust, mucus ... it will become more and more chalky. "
"Okay, go ahead, I absolutely support" Wang Yang smiled happily and said seriously: "This head is very good, I have no opinion; of course my request is more textured and more chalky, no other "Zhu Lì-Klax laughed with a shrug:" This is already the highest demand. "Everyone laughed suddenly, Wang Yang smiled and touched the clay sculptured head, looked at Brian Mike, laughed Tao: "Will I take this artwork away later? It's beautiful."
Brian-Mike nodded happily and said, "No problem, its graphic values ​​have been scanned, and now it belongs to you." Wang Yang picked up the clay sculpture and raised his head, smiled: "Wow"