Chapter 469: Old Monster Xu and "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers"

"Director Wu is really amazing."

In Hall 1 of the Beijing Cinema of the Light and Shadow Times, Yu Yi, Yuan Hong, Zhu Yawen, Jinsha, Tang Yan, Yang Mi and other artists signed by the Light and Shadow Times sat together, watching "Interstellar" being shown on the big screen, and couldn't help but exclaimed with emotion.

The experience of IMAX 3D movies is indeed extraordinary.

Even if everyone is an industry insider and has experienced this novel movie in the cinema when "Avatar" was popular, when they see "Interstellar" again, they will still be shocked by this novel viewing experience.

The touching story, the sci-fi future world, the beautiful Anne Hathaway and Liu Yifei, each of them can trigger a lot of discussion among them.

Of course, no matter how these topics are developed, they will always end up with the company's next two movies.

"Hey, will Soul Ferry: Huangquan and The Legend of Shushan be filmed in IMAX 3D?"

"I don't know, the company hasn't released any news about this."

"It would be great if it was filmed in IMAX 3D, the audience would definitely want to go to the cinema to watch it!"

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin chatted in private.

After Avatar set off the 3D wave, 3D movies and IMAX movies have been produced relatively quickly in China, such as The Monkey King and Aftershock

But IMAX 3D movies have not yet appeared.

The most talked-about one at the moment is the 3D blockbuster New Dragon Inn made by Xu Ke.

As the annual blockbuster of Bona Film Group, New Dragon Inn has been highly concerned by the industry and the media since its preparation.

Xu Ke is very courageous and likes to try new things. He can be said to be the James Cameron of the Chinese film industry.

When the domestic special effects technology was still immature, he boldly tried the mature special effects in Hollywood and made a movie called "The Legend of Zu".

Before "The Legend of Zu" was completed, Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer" was said to have used more than 400 special effects shots, making it the most in Hong Kong movies.

Compared with "The Legend of Zu", "Shaolin Soccer" is obviously a small witch compared to the big witch. Xu Laoguai's "The Legend of Zu" used more than 1,600 special effects shots in total, which can definitely be called "unprecedented" in Hong Kong movies.

Last year, Xu Laoguai shot another more mature special effects blockbuster "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", which premiered in Venice on September 5th and was scheduled to be released in the mainland on September 29th, barely staggering the schedule of "Interstellar" by half a month.

There is no way. The release date of "The Empire of the Sky" was set before "Interstellar". After "Interstellar" was set, Huayi once considered changing the release date, but because "Interstellar" was set too late, it was hastily set half a month before the release. At this time, it was a bit too hasty to withdraw "The Empire of the Sky".

Sometimes, the release of a movie is to gain momentum. Once the momentum is lost, the follow-up may not be able to pick up again, so Huayi can only bite the bullet and not withdraw the release date, just betting that "Interstellar" can take off even if it is released two weeks later!

But Xu Ke didn't worry about this, his mind was already on his new movie.

On July 7, it was reported that the 2010 version of the 3D martial arts blockbuster "New Dragon Inn" directed by him was officially named "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers", and the original start time of June was changed to October.

As soon as this news came out, it caused quite a stir.

Faced with various speculations, Yu Dong, president of Bona Film Group, had to stand up and said that the delay was mainly for 3D.

This time, Xu Laoguai's "Dragon Gate Flying Dagger" will not only be made into a 3D movie, but also shot with IMAX stereo cameras, and made into IMAX 3D!

In order to establish a mature 3D team and base in China, Xu Laoguai has spent two years learning from overseas teams, challenging the major problems of 3D technology, and finding scientific and reasonable solutions.

Therefore, the test time of 3D shooting was extended from the original 1 month to 3 months, plus a month was reserved for Xu Laoguai to promote "The Empire of the Sky", so it was postponed to October.

As soon as this news came out, it exploded on the mainland Internet.

It took three months to test the 3D shooting effect with real swords and guns. This is the first case in China.

Even Wu Yuan did not do this when shooting "Interstellar". He only tried shooting for three or five days and then started shooting directly.

Of course, this is also because Wu Yuan has shot many 3D movies in his dreams and has accumulated experience long ago.

Although it is called a "test shoot", the workload and human and material resources invested in the test shoot are almost the same as those of shooting a real 3D movie. He is reluctant to spend 3 months on the test shoot, which is equivalent to double the shooting cost.

In other words, Xu Laoguai really has no experience in shooting 3D movies, so he can only use money to exchange for experience, burn money to run-in the 3D team, and spend real money and time to master and skillfully use the IMAX stereo camera.

However, even Xu Laoguai is afraid that he will mess up due to his lack of experience. Regardless of the fact that "The Empire of the Sky" and "Interstellar" are half competitors of the same period, he also came to the premiere today, and asked Cheng Long and Chen Kun to match him up to ask Wu Yuan how to shoot IMAX 3D movies.

Of course, Wu Yuan recognized that a great director like Xu Laoguai was brave enough to try new things. He did not hide anything. He sat with him and discussed the movie scenes with Xu Laoguai while watching the premiere.

How to use IMAX stereo cameras to maximize their advantages, some differences in the shooting techniques of 3D movies and 2D movies, how actors stand when walking in the play, can better show the 3D stereo effect...

"Director Wu, there are so many directors in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and only you have the experience of shooting IMAX 3D movies."

After listening to Wu Yuan's unreserved tips and details on shooting 3D movies, Xu Laoguai said with lingering feelings: "If you have time, you can come to the crew of "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers" to visit the class and give me some pointers on the spot."

"Well, it's not a matter of pointing out." Wu Yuan waved his hand and said modestly: "I only shot one movie, learn from each other, learn from each other."

"You mainland directors love to be humble." Xu Laoguai said nonchalantly: "Being behind is backward. In terms of 3D movie shooting, you are a top director in Hollywood."

"Except for Cameron, your "Interstellar" is now IMAX 3D movies, it's not wrong to say that you are the second best in this field."

"I will definitely learn from you humbly."

Xu Laoguai was very open and generous, and said whatever he wanted, which once again won Wu Yuan's favor.

This is much more pleasant than chatting with those hypocritical directors who pretend to be profound.

Wu Yuan also said generously: "I will definitely visit the set if I have the chance."

"Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are both good friends I knew before I became a director. If I have time, I will definitely visit your set."

"Then I will wait for Director Wu to come." When Xu Laoguai heard this, his wrinkles on his face were all smiling.