Special effects? Don't! Take stock of the real shots in the movie.

Film is an art from life, which condenses all kinds of sentient beings, extends the true meaning of life and prolongs our life span by more than three times.

When the scientific and technological revolution and photography technology merge with each other, the form and form of movies are endowed with more possibilities. Special effects have become a magic weapon for filmmakers to win. It satisfies people's curiosity, creates imaginative scenes, and makes us linger in the endless light and shadow.

The so-called extremes meet, when all kinds of special effects appear in various movies, they become excessive and boring, causing aesthetic fatigue. Some aspiring filmmakers began to try to get rid of excessive dependence on special effects. They tried to substitute real scenes and render them with images, thus giving the audience a "special effect" impression of flesh and blood.

Today I'm going to talk about some real shots. How realistic is it? If it is not disclosed, most viewers will think that this is a scene of computer special effects production.

Filmed in 1937, the black-and-white suspense movie "Shh! And octopus! ""shh! Octopus uses special shooting techniques to bring a thrilling viewing experience to the audience. Even now, this lens is still impeccable, and the black-and-white image is distorted and ferocious, which can still bring us the thrill of that year.

In the play, the actor Elspeth Dudgeon completed the image transformation from a normal old woman to an evil ugly woman without editing, which was extremely horrible. How did director William Megan do it before special effects technology was born 1937?

It turned out that before the camera shooting, the makeup artist put red makeup on the actors and gave them a red light when shooting. In view of the fact that color film is not popular, black and white cameras can't display red. In the process of shooting, the red light turns into blue light, and at this time, the red light on the actor's face turns into black, and the lens is born.

In fact, this shooting technique was used as early as 1932' s Hollywood classics dr. jekyll and mr. hyde and Mr. Hyde.

With the rapid development of film technology, there have been more substantial breakthroughs and innovations in shooting techniques, and a number of classic films with realistic model props and miniature landscape photography have been born.

The film "200 1 A Space Odyssey" made by legendary director stanley kubrick in 1968 is undoubtedly a classic in film history. This film is of great significance, which has influenced the creative ideas and shooting techniques of many sci-fi films in the future, and has a milestone significance.

In the 1960s, film special effects were still in its infancy. Kubrick created this sci-fi textbook film by using a large number of realistic and meticulous models and advanced photography technology full of experiments.

The scene of astronauts floating in space and running in artificial gravity ring in the film has become one of the most representative scenes in the history of science fiction movies. This surreal setting has also influenced the creative thinking of outstanding directors from generation to generation, including Christopher Nolan, whom I will talk about later.

This scene, which many viewers mistakenly thought was made by computer special effects, is actually a large rotating ring built by stanley kubrick's team brick by brick. Although the workload is large, it does not affect the presentation of details at all. The lens can stand scrutiny everywhere and I have to admire it!

What's even more amazing is the montage roaming effect that lasts for several minutes in the second half of the film. In an era when there is no computer special effects software or even drawing software, Kubrick presents us with such a beautiful and psychedelic space roaming, which is amazing!

How did he do it? The answer is "slit scanning method".

This technology was developed by Chuang Bohr. It not only realizes the front and back focusing of the camera, but also realizes the synchronous motion of the subject and the camera. It is also the prototype of motion control of modern industrial film equipment. In the film "200 1 Space Roaming", it repeatedly exposes the light spot through the slit length shot at different distances, so that the light spot spreads outward from the center and retreats continuously, thus creating a magical surreal space through the scene.

Stanley kubrick's 200 1 A Space Odyssey also influenced Christopher Nolan's creative thinking. Like Kubrick, Nolan inherited the craftsman spirit of his predecessors who pursued the limit. He is also very cautious in the use of prop models and shooting techniques, and he is also very restrained in the use of special effects. This responsible artistic attitude not only brought details worthy of scrutiny to his works, but also won him a world-renowned reputation.

Inception, the film released on 20 10, won numerous praises for Nolan. In this brain-burning sci-fi film, in addition to the superb acting skills of Xiaolizi and Yusuf, the unconstrained scenes are even more addictive. Between reality and dreams, let the audience believe again and again, turn upside down and confuse again and again.

This kind of hearty corridor fight in the film, accompanied by the space of repeated rotation and change, makes the visual stimulation reach the extreme and becomes one of many classic fragments in Nolan's works. The double-layer dynamic setting of characters and scenes does not increase the sense of confusion, but strengthens the coherence and extensibility of the action, which is quite advanced.

Most viewers will think that this is made by computer special effects, but it is not.

Nolan spent a lot of money to build a revolving cloister, where all the "special effects" shots were taken. This creation is inspired by the scene of astronauts running in an artificial gravity ring in stanley kubrick's 200 1 A Space Odyssey, which is also a tribute.

After Inception, let's talk about Interstellar.

Interstellar, like Inception, is also produced by Nolan, and is also a high-quality and high-rated film of the "Nine Points Club" camp.

As a science fiction film that relies on massive astronomical theory to support its framework, Nolan naturally wants to make it convincing. He invited Kip Thorne, a famous astrophysicist, as a consultant to discuss a series of celestial problems such as how black holes bend light and space, so as to make the film stand scrutiny.

At the end of the film, the scene of a man falling into a black hole "four-dimensional hypercube" is impressive, and this abstract and huge sci-fi scene is actually set in real life.

In addition, the space station floating in the vast space in the film is also made of real-life prop models through macro shooting and then rendering special effects.

Then talk about the grand scenery, and then talk about the essential core element of the film-character setting.

In the film and television works with rich themes, the characters are also varied and have their own characteristics. Among them, there is the Terminator, a doomsday artificial intelligence armed robot series created by the famous director James Cameron.

In the eyes of Terminator fans, the first two movies have always been unparalleled classics, no doubt. The two most impressive robots in the Terminator series are T-800 (Schwarzenegger version) and T- 1000 (robert patrick version), which are also the childhood shadows of many post-80s generations.

Classic T-800

Liquid T- 1000

The pure mechanical form T-800, with skin removed, is hand-made by a team of senior Hollywood models according to the true proportion of 1: 1. Many joints can move independently, and the simulation degree is extremely high.

The humanoid battle damage form T-800 benefits from the superb makeup technology of Hollywood visual team. Different from the behind-the-scenes special effects where the actor's body is covered with green, this treatment is more emotional.

The early liquid robot T- 1000 was even more rude and full of cult feelings-the workload of making a corresponding character model in every destroyed scene can be imagined!

In addition, in the sci-fi movie "Edge of Tomorrow" starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, the wearable all-metal mecha with a sense of science and technology is also built by the production team according to the proportion of real people.

With the development of film industry, props technology is not the same. They are more and more exquisite, close to reality, and have no contradiction with the plot of the characters. Compared with the illusory special effects, this sense of reality injects more soul into the film.

Handsome Tom Cruise wears it to fight monster upgrade. He is as light as a swallow, with infinite strength, and easily crosses the battlefield.

This coherent action with heavy all-metal mecha, the feeling of a blow is in place.

In addition to the gunfire behind him, this wearable mecha full of the aesthetic feeling of industrial machinery is really worn by Tom Cruise, just like the original.

It is this heavy and real burden that gives the audience a better viewing experience.

"Desperate Saburo" Tom cruise took his efforts to the extreme in the series of "Mission Impossible" movies-whether it was the steep descent of Burj Khalifa, the thrilling feat of scraping the plane at an altitude of 1500 meters with his bare hands, the anaerobic diving into a reactor with a capacity of 20,000 liters of water, or106 Hal under a three-minute long lens.

Scrape the plane by hand

Burj Khalifa downhill

In addition to these shocking scenes and impressive character settings, there are many interesting real shots that we still want to say after learning the truth.

For example, the squirrels mistaken for special effects on the walnut assembly line in Charlie and Chocolate Factory are all "excellent actors" selected by professional training.

In Sam Raimi's version of Spider-Man, peter parker catches the food thrown by Mary Jane in the restaurant. The coherent action in one go looks like computer special effects synthesis, but in fact, the director glued the plate to the hand of actor Toby Vincent Maguire and took several wonderful shots repeatedly. The expression of surprise on the heroine's face is also the true feeling of surprise.

In Chongqing Forest, Tony Leung Chiu Wai is drinking coffee and Faye Wong is watching him intently. Their movements are soothing and comfortable, while the pedestrians in the street are in a hurry and quietly, and the pictures are quite different. Many people think it's a special effect, but the fact is that Wong Kar-wai deliberately made Tony Leung Chiu Wai drink slowly, made Faye Wong stay still and watch him for a long time, and passers-by walked at a normal speed. After shooting this group of shots, the speed was accelerated later, and this effect was achieved.

There are countless such wonderful scenes, just waiting for the careful audience to discover them.

In the unique art of film, although special effects are indispensable technical means, there is no need to overflow them. I hope that in the future, there will be more filmmakers with the heart of artisans, adhering to the creative concept of Excellence, returning to nature, and leading us to stroll through the world of light and shadow with the most authentic attitude, so that the bad films will disappear and there will be no room.