Chapter 1002 Combination of Virtual and Real
Logically speaking, villains also need to be uniformed. This is the characteristic of superhero comics.
Although people have been complaining about Superman's tights, they also have to admit that Superman's style has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even if "Man of Steel" later redesigned the uniform, the traditional underwear style is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. So engraved in popular culture that superhero uniforms have become a vital part.
However, not everyone is suitable for tights.
Alfred's body shape was not suitable. Not only was he pear-shaped, but his 50/50 body proportions also looked particularly strange in tight clothes.
In the end, Doctor Octopus's look was not matched with a special tights. Instead, the crew's styling team designed a windbreaker look for him, using long lines to cover up his soft, chubby and loose figure, which can still show off the villain's grace.
At least, from a plot level, Doctor Octopus's mutation was an accident, and he himself was not prepared to become an evil villain, so he did not prepare or need to prepare a special tights uniform.
Alfred, who looked honest and honest, raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "Thank God, otherwise, I don't know if I would be able to work happily; but I am 100% sure that you may not be able to." ”
The laughter became more cheerful.
The little James immediately covered his eyes with both hands and yelled like Phoebe in "Friends", "My eyes, my eyes?"
The atmosphere is extremely harmonious.
Until the appearance of the staff interrupted the after-dinner chat, "Anson, sorry, excuse me, we may need to confirm the route and location, as well as the movement trajectory of the camera."
Anson nodded crisply, "No problem."
The work started again.
At the New Jersey studio, the crew of "Spider-Man 2" is preparing to shoot the most exciting fight in the entire movie, which is also carefully choreographed by Sam Raimi:
Train battle,
Generally speaking, the final battle at the end of the third act of a movie is the pinnacle. "Spider-Man 2" also needs to conceive such a scene, but at the same time it needs to be slightly different from the previous movie, presenting a different style and Different textures.
For now, the sequels of Hollywood-type movies still have their own "shackles". The sequels must be grander and larger. Therefore, superhero movies are often the first to save the city, the second to save the earth, and the second to save the earth. The third part saves the universe until the story can no longer be compiled.
Sony Columbia naturally expects the same, and the sequel movie is to go further.
But Sam had a slightly different opinion.
The special thing about "Spider-Man" is that he is a city hero, has a deep brand of New York, and is also the image of a good neighbor in the city. If he simply continues to make the scene bigger, he will lose his own characteristics.
So, after careful consideration and weighing the ambitions of Sony Columbia and the positioning of the director, Sam decided that the final battle will be mainly based on visual special effects, which is the big explosion in the popularity of commercial movies now, to save a potential The crisis of urban destruction satisfies the film company's obsession with big scenes.
At the same time, Sam advanced the close-up hand-to-hand combat between superheroes and villains, which lasted until the bayonets turned red. In the name of warming up for the ultimate decisive battle, Sam placed it on the most ordinary and ordinary city train in New York. Design a peak showdown between two people.
In Sam's opinion, those explosions, gun battles and high-tech confrontations are indeed dazzling and wonderful, but they are always cold, lacking the sense of reality and the smell of blood. After all, there is no way to arouse emotions. Bombing can pin the audience down in their seats, but it can never make the audience's blood boil like close combat.
At least, this is Sam's insistence. The horror movie director still can't give up his love for plasma. For this reason, Sam was particularly excited. He not only designed the entire story framework, but also designed the split shots and many details of the fight and confrontation.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is Sam's biggest motivation for filming the sequel.
For him, this was the real climax.
It is precisely because of this that Sam decided to complete the filming of this scene ahead of schedule shortly after the filming started, while the actors and crew maintained their creative energy, and before they were tortured by the long shooting inside and outside the crew, they concentrated on Focus on completing the core climax of this sequel movie.
So, ten days after filming started, the crew arrived at the New Jersey studio to shoot the penultimate key plot of the film——
This is the movie.
In this plot, in order to continue his research, the obsessed Doctor Octopus needs to obtain tritium elements from the group company controlled by Harry; Harry asks Doctor Octopus to bring Spider-Man in exchange .
Because Spider-Man could not be found, Peter, who had been taking photos of Spider-Man, became a target. Doctor Octopus captured Mary Jane, who was about to confess to Peter, and asked Peter to summon Spider-Man to appear to complete the exchange. .
So, Spider-Man appeared.
Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus started fighting from high-rise buildings in New York to high-speed trains, and involved ordinary people in the train carriages.
The furious Doctor Octopus used ordinary passengers as weapons to attack regardless, but Spider-Man couldn't just ignore them, which put him in trouble.
There is no doubt that the difficulty of shooting this scene is from virtual to real, from real to virtual, virtual and real, breaking the boundaries. It requires real martial arts movements, and it also requires a lot of computer special effects; it requires actors Going into battle in person also requires the expertise of a stuntman, which is extremely difficult.
In the movie, Doctor Octopus has a total of four robotic arms, fixed behind his back. Such three heads and six arms make Spider-Man at a disadvantage in the confrontation.
In the actual shooting, it was obvious that the crew was unable to produce four flexible and powerful robotic arms; at the same time, there was no way to completely rely on computer special effects to complete the post-production work, because the robotic arms needed to be in contact with Spider-Man. Control or even attack, without any contact, it is difficult for an actor to complete a performance by imagining it in the air -
Although Anson said, "I can try and see, but I don't think I can deceive." Anyone.”
Moreover, in Hollywood in 2003, computer special effects had been fully developed and had the ability to create fake and real pictures on the big screen, but they were still not fully mature, and there was still room for continued growth and exploration.
Ten years later, when I look back at the special effects of "Spider-Man 2", I can clearly see the flaws in the connections and details. The overall plastic feel lingers, and the existence of those later truly superb computer special effects. Obvious difference.
In other words, current computer special effects are still unable to create images 100% out of thin air and then give the audience a perfect viewing effect.
So, how to combine reality and reality to complete shooting, and how to perfectly combine live shooting with computer special effects, has also become a test for the film production industry.
(End of this chapter)