Hollywood Hunter

At the command of Brian de Palma, the staff picked out one of the copies of the "Roller Run" samples and put them into the viewer, pressed to play, and everyone looked at the wall together Big screen.

On the screen, after playing the board, the first thing that appeared in the picture was an empty shot.

In the fixed point of view, the bright golden sunlight projected from the window with two strings of half-open bamboo curtains,

Under the strong light, the patterns on the bamboo curtains, the Barbie dolls in the corners, and the withered bouquets on the window sills all give a quiet and perfect sense of harmony.

The criteria for the pros and cons of movie lenses are basically the excellence of several elements such as composition, color, and mirror.

The lens in front of me clearly reached an impeccable level in composition, color and light application.

There is no outsider in the studio who does not understand the movie. Therefore, although there is no first time to see the performance of the actor, it is just such a simple empty shot, everyone can't help but secretly praise: beautiful.

The fixed-point empty mirror with a length of about 5 seconds lasted three times.

Immediately after that, the second lens was still an empty mirror.

However, this time it is no longer a fixed point, but a slow push forward.

In the picture, Laura's photo with her boyfriend, with a red card with a radial heart shape, scattered debris on the table, the light and composition are also very good.

Subsequently, the third lens, although still empty, began to move.

Laura's green checked trousers are on the left, a black beer bottle is on the right, and a small turtle crawling slowly in the middle.Compared with the first two empty mirrors, this lens is more interesting and vaguely conveys a restless mood

Everyone also realized at this time that this should be a continuous set of empty shots.

However, the three lenses and three completely different compositions are all full of imagination, showing the creator's profound aesthetic skills.

After a series of empty shots, Laura finally appeared in the picture.

Seeing Laura's intense color style with a combination of fiery red hair, blue vest and green trousers, the first person in the studio who was exposed to the movie was slightly surprised. This avant-garde image of a cartoon character It is rare in Hollywood movies.However, because of the set of perfect empty shots just now, these people can't help but think of this alternative as innovation.

The samples printed from the original film are naturally silent.

The silent picture continued to play for more than two minutes, and everyone in the studio also responded differently.

Ron McMillan, the producer of "Rola Run", is completely relieved.After being in Hollywood for so many years, Ron was still able to easily determine whether the samples in front of him were good or bad. Simon’s shots were countless times stronger than the best he had imagined.

So, obviously, Simon's directing style is different from other directors' directing styles in the past few days, and it is not a mystery at all. This is a young man with a very high talent for film production.

Catherine Bigelow has seen Simon's extraordinary talents more than once. Therefore, she has had enough confidence in Simon from the beginning. At this time, she just enjoys the samples with everyone.

There was only a thought flashing in David Giller's heart. Sure enough, he didn't misunderstand the little guy.

As for Brian de Palma.

In the whole room, he should be the one with the highest professional quality.

Although Robert Redford and Catherine Bigelow have some previous experience in directing, both have very shallow qualifications in this area.

Due to the professionalism, Brian de Palma was more and more surprised as the samples were played.

After Simon gave up his cooperation with Orion, Brian de Palma did not withdraw his promise to be the executive producer of "Rola Run",

However, Brian de Palma is not without worry.

In the film and television industry, the phenomenon of screenwriter to director is very common, but this is often a gradual process.

Simon's screenwriter qualification has just caught Hollywood's attention, and he can't wait to switch to directorship. Brian de Palma thinks this is definitely an unwise choice.

Therefore, although promises have been made, Brian de Palma will never allow his name to appear in the subtitle list of this movie if the future film of "Rola Run" is too horrible to watch. .

But now, Brian de Palma has completely let go of the original worries.

The first empty shot that appeared on the screen gave Brian de Palma a very high rating.

From a technical point of view alone, strong backlit scenes are not handled well, and defects such as glare and fog will appear in the picture, but these problems are not found in Simon's lens.

If only this lens is perfect, it's nothing.Then a series of backlit lenses that Laura called in front of the window appeared impeccable in all technical aspects, which was very rare.

Moreover, Brian de Palma is also very sure of the warm yellow tone of Simon’s film. Warm yellow can be said to be the most relaxing and comfortable tone. This color scheme also looks more film-like. .

In addition, in the sample from a box of four-and-a-half-length film, the use of various shooting techniques also shows Simon's excellent lens scheduling ability.In particular, the last shot in the sample, after rushing out of the room with the camera, turned all the way to the mother’s bedroom and turned to the TV screen again.

however.

None of this is what surprised Brian de Palma most.

The quarter and a half of the sample had just been broadcast, and Brian de Palma immediately asked Ron McMillan, who was sitting on the other side, with some uncertainty: "Ron, is this sample already available? Has it gone?"

In the film era, due to the differences in lighting, scenery, and even the quality of the film during the shooting of the original film, the effect of each lens in color exposure is different.Therefore, after a movie is edited, the samples must be processed by a professional colorist for each lens one by one, a special color scheme is set for each lens, and then handed over to the printing plant staff to process one by one according to the corresponding scheme.

Moreover, most films generally have to go through at least three color combinations to achieve the screen effect that the audience finally sees.

It is not difficult to imagine how complicated the color matching would be for a film with thousands of lenses.However, even in the digital age many years later, no movie can escape the complicated color matching process.

but.

Just now.

Brian de Palma found out that in the four-and-a-half-quarter sample shots of "Laura Run", there were not many obvious differences in exposure, color tone, etc. between different shots.

You should know that although they all belong to the same scene, the color and lighting of each lens in the sample are completely different.Therefore, in terms of repetition, it is a miracle that a total of more than twenty lenses can achieve this uniformity of color and exposure without color matching at all.

Ron McMillan was stunned when he heard Brian de Palma’s sudden question: “Mr. Palma, shouldn’t color matching be the work that will be done after editing?”

Hearing the conversation between the two, David Giller, who was originally discussing with Robert Redford the last shot-taking technique in the just sample, also reacted suddenly, looked at the darkened screen, and immediately turned to The staff next to the filming machine: "Quick, put the sample just now."

The screen in the room soon turned on again.

Everyone who has basically realized what they are looking at is the big screen on the wall.

Due to the shift of attention, after playing again, everyone also found that there are still some color differences between the different shots of the sample.

However, everyone has to admit that this difference is actually very small.

If it weren’t for the beginning of each shot, the entire sample would feel basically the same as watching a movie.

It is conceivable that if all the future shots of the film can reach the current level, this means that after the editing in the future, the film may only need to go through a very simple color matching to achieve a perfect film effect.

Has a regular commercial movie in Hollywood seen such a situation where it only takes one color match to reach a film?

That's right.

Appeared.

The name of the movie is "The Godfather".

However, Gordon Willis, the top Hollywood photographer who was well-versed in both lighting and setting, was responsible for the filming of The Godfather.Moreover, the reason why "The Godfather" will only match colors once, in addition to the excellent quality of the lens itself, is actually forced to meet the deadline.

Now, a newcomer with a production cost of only a few hundred thousand dollars, just relying on the quality of the sample lens, can make people feel that this film may only need a simple color matching to achieve the film effect.

How can this not be said to be a miracle?

After four and a half samples were put in place, David Giller immediately ordered the staff to play a few other samples.

After more than twenty minutes.

As the screen in the viewing room dimmed again, everyone was silent for a moment.

Then, Robert Redford turned directly to Ron McMillan, with a slightly obvious urgency in his tone, saying: "Ron, this movie, the photographer, the lighting engineer, the set designer, all introduced to me, I must invite them to participate in my next movie."

Hearing Robert Redford, David Giller and Brian De Palma also looked at Ron McMillan at the same time.

Such outstanding behind-the-scenes talents, they are also unwilling to miss.Both were busy with "Butterfly Effect" during this time, and they were not very clear about some issues of the "Rola Run" crew.

Ron McMillan was stared at by the three gangsters, but he couldn't help smoking.

This requirement.

The difficulty is a bit big.

The photographer is the director himself.

The set seems to have been made by the director himself.

As for the lighting engineer.

Ok.

This one.

Who is the lighting engineer?