The lights came on and the theater suddenly lit up.
The terrifying atmosphere exaggerated by "The Ring" dissipated, and the eardrum-piercing screams gradually disappeared.
However, the fear that remains in the hearts of the audience may not be erased for a long time.
Many people sat in their seats blankly, with chills running down their spines, not yet awake from the fear.
Xu Ke looked around and congratulated the movie on its good start. If this movie was released in Hong Kong, it would definitely be a box office hit.
Shi Nansheng deeply felt the same, "But Teacher Fang, how did you achieve this special effect of 'Sadako crawling out of the TV'?"
"This is something that E Film Factory and Guixi Factory have been studying for a long time. What a clever idea I just came up with.”
Fang. To put it bluntly, the basic technique is to take a shot, set the actors, props and scenery in the appropriate position, and then shoot from different angles. During the camera movement, try to make the composition relationship between the foreground and the background as close as possible, that is, let the The two scenes of Sadako and the TV are merged together.
In addition, there is also the principle of clever use of mirrors.
"Mirror?"
Suzuki Yoko, Gong Zhen and others became more and more curious.
"I wonder if you have ever heard of a trick or scam called 'Vase Girl'."
Fang Yan smiled and said "Vase Girl", as the name suggests, is a girl who has grown up in The girl in the vase often performs street tricks, and circus people will say that this kind of vase girl has been taking a special drug since she was a child, which makes their bones soft enough to be placed in a vase.
Although he has no hands or legs, he can sing and answer questions. This gimmick can easily arouse the curiosity of the audience.
Actually, the principle is very simple. There are two mirrors placed next to the vase girl. They use the principle of light refraction to refract the surrounding scenery at a clever angle, so that the audience directly in front of them can only see The vase and the girl's head create an optical illusion.
"That's it!"
Xu Ke was shocked, "I didn't expect that it also involves the principles of physics and space."
Shi Nansheng said in disbelief: "Yeah, I thought you used We used computer special effects to create this scene.”
“Not to mention computer special effects, we don’t even have a computer.”
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed, "If you can use digital special effects like Hollywood, you don't have to rack your brains so much. You only need to put a TV casing, hang a curtain in place of the screen, and let the actors pass through the curtain from behind. Climb to the front and process the green curtain into an ordinary TV screen on the computer.”
He said with a hint of regret in his tone, "How convenient, but unfortunately, the mainland does not have such technology yet."
"But no matter what, compared to computer special effects, this kind of physical special effects is more realistic , more natural and not easy to wear. ”
Xu Kedao: "If the computer special effects technology is not strong enough, it will be counterproductive, and there will be no visual impact like it is now."
Gong Qie, Suzuki Yoko and other tasks all agree, they just really I thought Sadako crawled out of the TV.
After chatting for a while, everyone’s tense heartstrings relaxed slightly, and like the audience around them, they stood up and left.
A mass of black people all poured into the corridor.
Fang Yan protected Gong Xie, Zhao Jing and others behind him, and heard the conversations of frightened passers-by:
"Is this a horror movie? I will never touch this movie again. Something! Kill me! I don’t watch horror movies either!”
“Do you think there are really ghosts crawling out of TV?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, it’s so scary that I can’t watch it at night. TV.”
"What's so scary about this? The scene where Sadako crawled out of the TV was just scary, nothing more."
"Really? I don't know who was scared enough to take out the little red book just now "
"I was reminding myself, I am an atheist and never believe that there are ghosts in this world."
"...""No! I can't be the only one who is scared. I will recommend "Midnight Ring" to others tomorrow. .”
Along the way, there was a lot of chatter and excitement.
Fang Yan and others walked out of the cinema, waved goodbye to Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng, and then stopped three tricycles known as "turtle cars".
These days, Santana has not yet been introduced to the Shanghai market, and taxis are generally still trolleys that look like turtles and can protect themselves from wind and rain.
Fang Yan showed a playful smile, "How many people do you think will be too scared to sleep tonight?"
Gong Qiao punched him, "And he said! You are simply a So bad!”
"How can it be bad? This is their blessing. They can watch the first horror movie in the mainland for the first time."
Fang Yan smiled evilly, "It is estimated that from now on, many of our genre films will There will soon be a new type of horror film.”
Gong Qie joked, “If the future is full of horror like this. "That's why it scares people to death."
Fang Yan put his arm around her shoulders, "That's why I just said, 'Don't watch this for cowards.'"
Gong Xi was about to lean his head over when he was suddenly startled, "Do you think that if the visiting group watched "The Ring", would they..."
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"The Ring" was released for two days, setting off a movie-watching frenzy across the country. The one-cent ticket price continued to rise, but it was still hard to get a ticket.
Horror is horror, scary is scary, but for movie fans who have never seen horror movies, most of them are fresh.
The official media did not report it in a big way, but more and more rumors spread. Some were children who were frightened to the point of wetting the bed, some were parents of frightened children who called to complain, and many others popped up The rumors of hauntings are becoming more and more pervasive and weird.
Indeed, it was a tough job for the film runners.
Riding a bicycle, he carried copies all over the city to attend events. The copies at that time were divided into three specifications: 8.75mm, 16mm and 35mm.
For example, "The Wrangler", even in the highest specification 35mm, sold more than 400 copies, and "Shaolin Temple" set a record of more than 270 million 35mm copies screened. This record has always been It was not broken until 1991.
The "Midnight Ring" sold more than 300 copies in 8.75mm and 16mm specifications at a rapid speed. I was so happy that E Film Factory and Guixi Factory called Dialect one after another, except In addition to expressing my feelings, I was also urged to write the script for the second part as soon as possible.
Stop running around and write "Confinement 2" quickly. There is no paper in the village toilet!
The whole factory is looking forward to filming the "Midnight Ring" series!
Dialect did not have this time at this time. On September 24, the first members of the Japanese delegation arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.
Gong Qie, Suzuki Yoko and others arrived at the tarmac early. Looking around, there were flowers and smiling faces of the reception team members everywhere.
Many people around me have not learned how to tie a tie. They all ask someone to help them tie it a day in advance, and they dare not take it off when they go to bed at night.
As the deputy leader of the reception group, Fang Yan stood at the front of the crowd, and in the middle was the leader of the reception group, Hu.
Although the two met only a few times, they hit it off immediately, and they made an appointment to find a close friend in the mountains and rivers, watch the sea and listen to the waves, and talk about literature.
"Kongnijiwa."
"Kongnijiwa."
The members of the Japanese delegation were basically strangers as they greeted each other in dialect. After all, they were mainly invited this time. It's young people.
At this moment, Komaki Awara and Keiko Matsuzaka, representatives of the entertainment industry, appeared in front of him with smiles on their faces.
"Saxibuli (Long time no see), Mr. Fangyan!" (End of this chapter)