Chapter 29 Wire Elimination Technique
The crew of "Shaolin Temple" returned to Taipei soon.
In the China Film Cultural City, Yang Ye summoned more than 300 extras to shoot the scene where Li Shimin led the army into the Luoyang Palace.
Yang Ye arranged a wide-angle lens from a high place. In the lens, an army with a Tang banner was chasing an army with a Wang banner.
Subsequently, Li Shimin, fully armored, rushed up the steps of the palace first, brandishing his sword and shouting: "Kill!"
The Tang army poured in like a tide, and it was considered complete.
It is not easy to arrange so many people. Fortunately, the assistant director of the crew is an old man hired by Xia Meng from Phoenix Film Company. He has rich experience, so Yang Ye leaves full responsibility to him.
When Yang Ye becomes a director, it is somewhat similar to how people like Han Er and Guo Si became directors in later generations.
He is more like a project manager, convening a group of elite talents in the industry, and then he makes requests, and these people are responsible for implementation.
The assistant director directed more than 300 extras to shoot for several days, and finally it was done!
As Yang Ye closed the camera in person, the staff on the scene shouted loudly: "It's done!"
It took a full nine months from the beginning of preparation to the shutdown now. This is the highest-invested film in the history of Hong Kong. The movie is finally finished.
How can we not be excited when so many people have gathered together and worked together for nine months?
Yang Ye said: "We will go back to Hong Kong tomorrow. Aaron, you guys, get ready and reshoot as soon as you get back. Time is tight, I will only give you one week to reshoot. If you can't finish it, we will cancel it."
Chen Yuanlong, Yuan Biao and others immediately expressed their understanding.
After coming to Taiwan, Yang Ye suddenly proposed using wires to assist in shooting some difficult shots, and said there was a way to eliminate the traces of wires.
So the previous battle in Shaolin Temple was a little dull. Hong Jingbao proposed reshoots, and Yang Ye thought about it and agreed.
Jue Yuan was not present at the Shaolin Temple battle. He asked Li Shimin to move reinforcements. This was the highlight moment for the other stick monks.
So, Chen Yuanlong, Yuan Biao and others who had outstanding performances in that scene racked their brains to design an awesome scene for themselves.
What Yang Ye means is, since you want to show off, then go ahead and show off!
After all, they have already spent so much money, so they don’t care about taking a few more shots, just let them worry about it.
......
Yang Ye stayed in Taiwan for one more day before leaving. He met with Lijun Deng.
Teng Lijun said with a smile: "Your crew has left, why did you stay alone to meet me? You don't want to chase me, do you?"
"I chase you, Do you dare to agree? ”
"Dare you!"
"Uh... let's get down to business, I wrote a few songs, do you want to listen to them."
Deng Lijun's eyes lit up and she said, "Of course I will. I didn’t expect that you would be busy making movies every day and still have time to write songs.”
Yang Ye said: “One day when I was tired from filming, I was sitting by the river to rest and saw a few shepherd boys playing happily. Inspired by it, I came up with a new tune."
Deng Lijun became energetic: "Then I will listen with all my ears."
Yang Ye strummed the guitar and sang the song "Country Road".
After singing, Yang Ye pressed the strings and asked: "How was it?"
Deng Lijun closed her eyes and said: "It's beautiful, I seem to see the sunset, the sunset, the memories of childhood That path is surrounded by weeds. Sometimes there are yellow leaves and sometimes there are not. There is me who is carefree, or there is no one, only the wind..."
She suddenly opened her eyes and said : "It sounds so good!"
"Um, don't rush to praise me, I just want to ask, what do you think of the style of this song?"
Lijun Teng pondered for a while and asked: "This is the only song? Is there any more?"
"Yes, then I will sing another one."
"Okay!"
Yang Ye sang another song "Four Rhymes of Nostalgia":
Give me a ladle of Yangtze River water, Yangtze River water
The wine-like Yangtze River water, the drunken taste is the taste of nostalgia
Give me a ladle of Yangtze River water, Yangtze River water
……
“ Is this Yu Guangzhong’s poem? ”
"Yeah!"
Teng Lijun hummed a few words softly, and said with an admiring look: "Your two songs have broken the previous limitations of old Shanghai and traditional folk songs musically, and highlighted the simplicity of the works. The style is plain and catchy. It also draws on some characteristics of Western folk songs. My God, you have created a new style of music."
Yang Ye said calmly, "I want to promote it. I wonder if you are interested in participating in this kind of music."
"Of course I do. Does this style of music you create have a name?"
"Yes, my name is. It...Chinese folk song!”
"Chinese folk songs... Well, I have fallen in love with this style of music. Please write more songs and listen to them."
Deng Lijun grabbed Yang Ye's arm and shook it, and Yang Ye immediately Begging for mercy: "Stop, stop, write, write, write, stop shaking."
Yang Ye touched his bald head and said: "I'm busy! I have to do the post-production of the movie when I return to Hong Kong, and I'm busy with the release of the movie. Things have happened, and I have no time to write songs until next year.”
Deng Lijun thought for a moment and said, “That’s just right. Anyway, I’m going to Japan next, and I won’t be back until the end of the year.”
In 1974, Lijun Teng became the third Chinese singer to enter the Japanese music scene. She successfully opened the Japanese market with her song "Airport", selling 700,000 copies, and won the annual "Japanese Record Awards New Singer Award" ". So this year, she has to fly frequently to Japan to participate in various activities.
"When will your movie be released?"
Yang Ye thought for a while: "I hope it will be released on New Year's Day."
"Then I'll go over and watch it then! I'm especially curious about 3 million What does a movie made with Hong Kong dollars look like?"
"That's great, I'm going to have a premiere, and I'll invite you to attend."
"Okay, one. The word is final!”
...
After returning to Hong Kong, Yang Ye took Chen Yuanlong and others to complete the reshoots in less than ten days, and then re-edited the film.
Since most parts of this film are copied from the original version and there are no useless shots, the editing work is very simple and fast.
After the movie was re-edited, everyone watched it together. This movie can be described in one word: It’s awesome!
Now there is only one question left: there are nine lenses, and traces of Wia can be clearly seen.
Yang Ye said at the beginning that he had a way to eliminate Wi-A, so when Yuan Heping and Hong Jingbao designed the Wi-A lens, the strategy they adopted was to hide it as much as possible. If it couldn't be hidden, then don't hide it.
Everyone looked at Yang Ye, who solemnly said: "Give me a month."
How can Yang Ye eliminate the traces of Wia?
He is going to... write a set of software.
In this era, integrated circuit computers have appeared and are relatively advanced. The external memory uses large-capacity soft and hard disks, and optical disks have begun to be introduced.
In terms of software, the operating system continues to develop and improve, and has entered the field of text and graphics processing.
In addition to having his own brain, Yang Ye also owns a computer. With "Shenwei" providing technical support, it is not difficult for Yang Ye to write a graphics processing software using existing equipment.
Therefore, Yang Ye’s way to eliminate the traces of Wire is very simple, that is... P out.
Yang Ye spent a lot of money to purchase a 470V/6 large-scale integrated circuit computer developed by the American Amul Company.
Using telemagnetic interconversion technology, a TV movie machine is first used to convert the film image into a video electronic signal and input it into the computer.
Then use the programmed P-picture software to remove the places where the wire traces are exposed.
After P is completed, use a film image recorder to convert the video electrical signal into an optical signal, sensitize the film, and then convert it into a movie film again, and you're done!
(End of this chapter)