"Terminator 2" is a milestone in the history of world cinema and a key leader in Hollywood's global dominance.
Cameron challenged the limits of film production and successfully ushered in the era of blockbusters.
It was his vision and the success of his films that led to the effects that would follow in the "Jurassic Park" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogies.
Before this, the ratio of domestic box office to overseas box office for Hollywood movies was about 6:4, with the local market being the largest market.
After the blockbuster era began, the ratio reversed to 4:6, with overseas box office taking the lead!
However, this can be achieved mainly because the local market in North America is strong enough, allowing Hollywood production companies to dare to burn money and constantly innovate technology.
The production cost of "Terminator 2" was US$100 million, which was unimaginable in any other market in the 1990s.
With this kind of money, it would be enough to make a hundred movies in Hong Kong, so Hong Kong movies did not die unjustly.
This is actually a crime other than war. They have already used Star Destroyers, but you still use rifles.
This is one of the reasons why Yang Ye must try his best to help the mainland rise, even if he does not hesitate to use his own plug-ins.
Overseas markets are unreliable and there are too many variables.
Yang Ye needs a strong local market to support his entertainment career.
Otherwise, despite the fierce commotion now, after Hollywood is completely formed, it will be nothing more than a chicken and a dog!
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Yang Ye's version of "Terminator 2" was launched in the United States. There was no press conference, but it attracted some colleagues to watch, including James Cameron. , and Yang Ye’s old friend Ridley Scott.
Both of them are technology geeks. When they heard that Yang Ye's movie would use the latest technology, they couldn't sit still.
Especially Cameron, after watching "Terminator", he felt empty in his heart, as if something important was missing in his life.
This time the filming of "Terminator 2" started, I couldn't wait to come over to find out.
As usual, Yang Ye led a group of people to worship God. When he was done, he took off the red cloth and officially announced the start-up.
This time for "Terminator 2", Yang Ye shot it scene by scene.
There are four main sub-scenes: mental hospital, Skynet Company, highway and scrap steel factory. These four sub-scenes involve many big scenes and are very difficult to shoot.
Once these four major divisions are taken care of, everything else is out of the question.
The first location that Yang Ye’s team shot was the mental hospital.
This scene is very important. The three protagonists gather here, and the various magical abilities of T1000 are fully demonstrated here.
It is impossible and unnecessary for the crew of "Terminator 2" to go to a real mental hospital for filming. The crew only needs to scan the exterior scene at the entrance of the hospital.
The interior of the mental hospital was built on Paramount's set.
United Artists is one of the eight major companies. It is actually the largest independent film company. It does not have its own studios and usually rents other people's studios for filming.
After Yang Ye and Xie Yi took over United Artists, their performance was good. However, they were still in the stage of accumulating strength. They had been strictly controlling output and did not expand blindly.
Since the output is not high, there is no need to build a studio, so to this day, we are still fighting guerrilla.
In addition to being used for their own use, the studios and office buildings of the eight major companies are actually a rental business.
The North American film industry is extremely prosperous and there are so many film companies. If they want to make films, the easiest way is to rent the studios and office buildings of the eight major companies.
Well, although United Artists does not have a studio, it still has an office building.
In Hollywood, if you want to make a movie, you just need to show your script to the eight major companies, and after they agree, you can move in.
No need to bring anything except money!
Office, studio, photographic equipment, performance props, actors, behind-the-scenes talents... everything can be rented to you.
We also have specially equipped secretaries to provide services for you!
As soon as the sessions are announced, the timetable will be proposed. How many sessions will be shot in a day and how long it will take to complete the shooting? Charges will be based on this.
If you don’t finish shooting when the time is up, you will be delayed for up to one day, and then the charge will be doubled.
If you finally can't stand it anymore, they will buy your movie at a bargain price. Control it yourself!
Looks shameless? But in business, the studios and office buildings of the eight major companies cannot be left empty.
After you leave, other crew members will come in immediately.
If you don't leave when the time is up, you will delay others' business.
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In an aisle, Zhang Yimou has already set up a plane.
He added blue color temperature paper to the lamp and used cold light to illuminate the Terminator, making it look less human.
Zhang Yimou is a true master in the use of color, light and shadow. Looking around the world, there are not many who are better than him.
Among his counterparts in the mainland, only Brother Kaizi could barely compete with Lao Mouzi.
The difference is that Lao Mouzi is an oriental aesthetics and is good at using the freehand style of traditional Chinese painting to create the artistic conception of the picture.
Kaizi Ge is a Western aesthetics person who is good at using highly saturated colors to create an oil painting-like texture.
Zhang Yimou was very uncomfortable with Yang Ye at the beginning because Yang Ye's movies had a lot of action scenes.
When a character moves quickly, it is easy for the photographer to lose focus if he cannot keep up with the rhythm.
The photographers before Yang Ye were all hard-working. They have developed good skills by shooting kung fu movies all year round, and they can run with the characters.
Zhang Yimou’s solution is simple: increase the aperture of the camera to create a deeper depth of field.
This way he can easily stay focused even when faced with fast-moving scenes!
Before the shooting of "Terminator 2" started, Yang Ye discussed the shooting method of the movie with Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou quickly came up with a shooting plan based on the direction of the plot.
I started with blue and cyan filters, and used overhead lighting to illuminate the Terminator, intensifying the shadows on the face to highlight the Terminator's ruthlessness.
As the plot progresses, the Terminator gradually develops "emotions" while getting along with the mother and son. He becomes less like a machine and more like a human being.
At this time, the lighting theme will change from cool blue to warm orange.
In the final steel factory battle, the color saturation will be directly maximized.
Yang Ye was very satisfied with Zhang Yimou's plan. He didn't need to say anything, he had already figured it out by himself, so he didn't have to worry.
Some people may question, Zhang Yimou has just come out of school, is he so awesome?
That's because... Zhang Yimou worked as a worker for eight years before going to college. During this period, he was self-taught and became a well-known photographer.
After the college entrance examination was resumed, Zhang Yimou was admitted because he was too old and exceeded Nortel's enrollment age limit. In the end, he was admitted under the exception because his photography was too awesome.
Zhang Yimou's first job after graduation was as a photographer in "Yellow Earth", and he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography. He also won the Best Cinematography at two small film festivals in France and the United States. .
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Now this shot captures the amazing scene of the T1000 crossing the fence.
Yang Ye drew two circles on the ground in front of a fence and said to Zunlong: "Guoliang, when you come over later, the location is here. After crossing the fence, the location is here. Don't go Wrong. "
How to call Zunlong is a troublesome thing. It's not kind to call him Zunlong directly.
Called Aaron or Brother Long... Yang Ye respected Di Long's age, so he called him Brother Long, but when he called Chen Long Aaron, he obviously couldn't call him Zunlong.
Calling them by their English names... John Lone and John Woo are both called John, and they are still on the same crew, so it's easy to get them confused.
Therefore, Yang Ye simply called him by his real name.
Zun Long nodded, he thought it was very interesting. He had never made such a movie before. A set of actions had to be shot several times.
The shooting officially started, Zhang Yimou first scanned a distant view. After Zunlong reached the pointed location, the staff immediately removed the fence.
Zunlong needs to perform a performance of crossing the fence without a real object. Of course, this is nonsense. He can't get through it even with a real object.
Since he has no experience in this area, Zunlong's movements are a bit stiff, but stiffness is the right thing, and this is what he wants.
After "passing" through, the staff immediately pushed the fence back.
A detail has been added here. Zunlong’s hand holding the gun is caught by the fence. He looked back expressionlessly, changed his angle, and took out his hand.
Yang Ye imagined the scene in the later stage, clapped his hands and said: "OK, the acting is very good, this is a good thing."
Sit aside and watch the excitement Lin Qingxia asked curiously: "Is this okay?"
Yang Ye nodded and said: "When the time comes, put the two images together and use CGI technology to create the spectacle of the human body directly crossing the fence!"
Lin Qingxia said with great anticipation: "When can we do it?" See?"
Yang Ye said: "It will take about half a month for them to render the layer. Get ready!"
Lin Qingxia nodded and shouted: "Ah. Jing, come here!”
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After Yang Ye, Lin Qingxia, and Wu Jing were in place, John Woo took on the responsibility of director.
After the score was recorded, Yang Ye shouted expressionlessly: "GO!"
Because the background of the story was set after the end of the first part, Yang Lisa came to the United States, and Yang Han I grew up in the United States, so most of the dialogue in the movie is in English.
Only when "a family of three" talks, there will be some Chinese.
For this reason, when filming "Boxing Fighter", Yang Ye told Xiao Wu Jing to practice English hard after returning home.
Yang Ye said, aiming at Zunlong with a shot. Lin Qingxia behind him immediately pulled Wu Jing and ran away.
When Yang Ye fired, Zunlong immediately made a gesture as if he had been shot and jerked his body back.
At the same time, the staff squatting outside the screen immediately pressed a switch device, and a small mechanism installed in Zunlong's clothes suddenly appeared.
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In the movie "Terminator 2", the various dented metal bullet marks on the T1000's body when he was shot were not made with special effects, but with props Photographed.
The costume team and the demolition team worked together to create a special costume for Zunlong.
The costume is equipped with cake cups of various sizes coated with aluminum foil. Each cake cup is actually a fried spot.
These explosion points are all electronically controlled. When needed, Luo Lixian pressed the switch, and a cake cup immediately exploded and popped out of his clothes, causing the effect of being shot.
He only needs to choose the cake cup of the right size according to the firearm he is using to create a shocking visual effect.
In later Terminator movies, the bullet wounds on the liquid robots healed at any time.
But in "Terminator 2", T1000 couldn't do this. He was shot multiple times and then healed as a whole.
It is also very simple to shoot the healing, just shoot the same shot twice.
First film T1000 falling to the ground after being shot, then change him into a good piece of clothing, lie down in the same place and film again.
Then combine them together, add two seconds of special effects in the middle, and you’re done!
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This sounds easy to say, but it is very troublesome to shoot, especially for Zunlong.
Not to mention the fact that his whole body was covered in explosive spots, he also had to put on a weird posture where he was thrown backward by the impact of the bullet after being shot.
Because the gun models are different, the strength of the bullets is naturally different, so the posture of Zunlong when he is shot must also be different.
Once Yang Ye feels something is wrong, he will ask to do it again.
It doesn't matter if you start over, the key clothes are already rotten, you have to change them and get bombed again.
Although Luo Lixian's medication was very precise and there was no danger, it was still a little painful since he was being bombed close to his body.
Zunlong is too difficult!
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Relatively speaking, Yang Ye’s performance is very simple.
All he needs to do is wear sunglasses and act expressionless.
Yang Lisa ran into the elevator with Yang Han. Yang Han pressed the elevator button fiercely, while Yang Lisa hugged her son and looked at the situation in front of her in confusion.
The appearance of T1000 was beyond her knowledge. She didn’t know what it was.
T800 acted as a human shield to block the bullets fired by T1000, and ran all the way into the elevator.
The elevator door closes at the critical moment. If you are watching the movie for the first time, you will probably be relieved to see this.
However, the next second, T1000's arm turned into a sharp blade, and with a "swipe" sound, it inserted through the crack of the door.
This is so sudden that the audience's worries, which they had just put down, will probably rise to their throats in an instant.
Then the sharp blade turned into two hooks and opened the elevator door. T800 took a shotgun and aimed it at T1000's head.
T1000's head was immediately blasted into two pieces.
The two heads twisted and twisted before returning to a human form.
This scene will probably shock audiences of this era for a whole year!
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It’s better to shoot it twice!
Let the dragon stand first. After the shooting is completed, change to a cyborg of equal proportions and continue shooting.
The head of this cyborg is made of latex, with aluminum foil coated inside and explosive points installed.
Luo Lixian pressed the switch, and with a "boom", his head exploded into two pieces.
In order to avoid confusion, montage editing was used when filming this scene.
The first shot is of Yang Ye shooting outside the elevator door.
The second shot is from behind the cyborg as it explodes.
The third shot cuts back to the front of the T1000.
The mechanism installed in the cyborg allows it to swing slightly, because at this time the head is divided into two parts, so even if the movement is very stiff, the audience will not feel any problem, and may even feel it. Very true.
Then, Zunlong returned to his position and photographed the T1000 after recovery.
As for the process of brain restoration, of course it can only rely on CGI technology.
In an era when computer stunts were not yet developed, Cameron and his team used all kinds of fantastic ideas to bring people a visual feast, which is really amazing!
The next shot can be described as simple and crude.
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Inside the hospital, a security guard stood in front of a vending machine to buy coffee.
He shouted to his colleagues in the distance: "Glen, do you want coffee?"
"No, thank you! Let's have a beer!"
"Okay !”
While the security guard was buying coffee, a human figure suddenly appeared on the floor. He slowly stood up and turned into a security guard!
When the security guard turned around and saw an identical version of himself, he was instantly stunned.
The later security guard was naturally transformed into T1000. He could transform into anything of similar size that came into contact with him.
Lie down on the ground and you are the floor. Stand up and you are the security guard.
The next second, T1000 stretched out a finger, a sharp blade suddenly came out, and stabbed the security guard to death.
So... how do you take a picture of two identical people, and then one of them stabs the other to death?
Just find a pair of twins to act! (End of this chapter)