Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 232 Explosion Scene

For the Loli Island part, Zhang Chen originally planned to find a ready-made island to shoot, but after asking around for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable one. Many of these islands are private, and they don't have the connections to rent them.

In the end, I had no choice but to find a bay in Marseille to shoot, and then add a few helicopter aerial shots of the island in later stages.

5 month 12 number.

"Taken" has reached its last day of filming.

Sitting in the director's chair, Zhang Chen was checking the shooting schedule. During the time he was away a few days ago, Lu Yang and Guan Hu shot a lot of trivial details. After he came back, he checked the content of the shooting and was very satisfied.

These two people, one is a scholar and the other is a warrior, and they work together very well.

Most of the literary dramas were shot by Guan Hu.

I originally thought that Zhang Chen's character would make the film a bit slow, but it wasn't. The shots were very concise and completely continued his fast-paced style, which was very good.

The fighting scenes were shot by Lu Yang.

This guy is worthy of being the one who later made "The Blade of the Assassin". He has a set of skills for martial arts scenes and filmed them very well.

Before leaving, Zhang Chen asked them to continue with their style, and the boy executed it well.

He filmed two fight scenes in total, and Zhang Chen watched them both. The style was consistent and it was impossible to tell that they were filmed by another person.

I didn't expect that I had figured out the correct way to use the two people after being away for two days. Not bad, I can keep these two people by my side in the future and have them as my two generals.

There is only one scene left today, but it is the most difficult one to shoot. Liang Jiahui rescues his daughter, completely blows up the Loli Island, and then leaves in the helicopter that arrives.

This scene was not in the original novel; it was added by Zhang Chen on purpose.

To make a blockbuster movie, of course it has to have explosions, otherwise how can it be presented as a blockbuster movie.

And with this scene, the audience's emotions can be vented well.

Evil places like Loli Island should be destroyed~
The reason why it was put at the end was because this scene was shot on location. The villa was of course built temporarily, but there was only one chance for the explosion.

At first he was going to use a model, like in Titanic.

The model was used by Cameron for the scene in Titanic where seawater poured into the cabin and rushed through the aisles.

Many shots are not created by computers. Sometimes the same effect can be achieved using models, and it is more economical.

Zhang Chen tried to shoot with the model once, but later gave up because he felt the effect was not very good.

The moment when the villa was blown to pieces was not real.

Details determine success or failure, and finally Zhang Chen decided to shoot it for real.

"The director, pyrotechnician and prop master checked it three times in total, and there are no problems. We can shoot at any time."

When everything was ready, Lu Yang came to report.

This kid is very proactive and curious about everything on the set, especially today's big scene of blowing up a villa. Although it is fake, it is also exciting.

In comparison, Guan Hu is much more stable, which may be related to his age and the fact that he is not a rookie as he has already filmed many TV series.

"Okay, let's go through the positions again..."

There is only one chance to shoot, so it is never too careful. The crew conducts a final rehearsal.

The rehearsal went smoothly. Everyone knew that there was only one chance for this shot and it had to succeed and not fail. Such rehearsals had been conducted countless times before.

"Get ready for the actual shooting~" Zhang Chen sat down in the director's chair.

"Scene 44, one shot, one time!"

"Action!"

Following the script supervisor's heavy shout of "Action", the crew immediately started to operate.

It was quiet all around and the show began.

The villa was in chaos, with crying and shouting everywhere.

Zhang Chen pursed his lips and watched the camera move.

Accompanied by the sound of gunfire, a large crowd of people poured out from the entrance of the villa, followed by the figures of Liang Jiahui and Jing Tian.

Raising their guns to kill the enemies coming from outside, the father and daughter quickly ran away.

Zhang Chen in front of the monitor nodded unconsciously. Liang Jiahui and Jing Tian's performances were fine, the extras were also very qualified, and everyone's performance was impeccable.

After they ran for a while, the villa behind them exploded with a bang, flames shot up into the sky, and the whole villa was blown into powder, and the scattered debris flew everywhere. For this scene, the crew spent three days to build the villa and filled the key positions inside with more than 1200 liters of gasoline and a lot of cardboard.

That’s right, the explosions in the explosion scenes were not caused by dynamite, but gasoline.

Gunpowder is simply not capable of producing the effect of flames shooting up into the sky, and the cardboard is used to simulate the fragments of a building after it has been blown up.

Have you ever noticed that after the explosions in movies, there are always all kinds of debris falling in the air. Do you think those are debris from nearby objects destroyed by the explosion?

wrong.

They are all cardboards that have been pre-filled near the explosives.

Because this not only will not hurt people, but also looks better visually.

The shot was finished, the villa was still burning, and the pieces of paper had basically fallen to the ground.

Zhang Chen sat behind the monitor and watched the replay. He watched it over and over again. After making sure there was no problem, he stood up and shouted at everyone with a loud speaker.

"I declare that the filming of Taken has officially wrapped!"

Amid cheers, the crew began to clean up the scene, put out the fire, and move equipment, props, etc. onto the car.

"No one can be left out of the wrap-up party tonight~"

Zhang Chen waved his hand and everyone responded with a roar.

Zhang Chen told Lu Yang to take a few people to stay and finish the scene. The scene was finished, but the props needed to be removed. He didn't want the Marseille media to report that the Chinese crew destroyed the environment after they left the next day.

One poet is enough for Chen, he doesn't want to be the second one.

The rest of the people packed up their equipment and props and loaded them into the car, then returned to their hotel.

Zhang Chen packed up the films, and Guan Hu went to contact the venue for the wrap-up party. There was a wrap-up party for the start of filming, and there would naturally be a wrap-up party for the end of filming.

Two hours later, Lu Yang also came back.

"Is everything done?"

"Done." Lu Yang made an 'OK' gesture.

They don't have to do the work themselves, it is contracted out to outsiders. Lu Yang and his team just have to make sure the third-party company dismantles the props.

The wrap party is scheduled for 6pm, which is still a few hours away.

Zhang Chen locked himself in the room and took a hot bath.

The bathroom was filled with thick mist. Ten minutes later, the bathroom door opened and Zhang Chen walked out, steaming.

While I was drying my hair, my cell phone suddenly rang. It was Dong Jianqiang.

"Finished?"

"Well, it's finished."

"That's great, we'll be there just in time."

"what?"

Zhang Chen's hair was very short, so he dried it quickly and threw the towel on the bed.

"You were nominated for three awards at this year's Beijing University Student Film Festival, the Best Debut Award, the Most Popular Director Award among University Students, and Fan Binbin was also nominated for the Most Popular Actress Award among University Students for The Shallows.

I originally thought that since Taken hasn’t been finished filming yet, you probably wouldn’t come back to receive the award, but since it’s already finished filming, you can definitely attend in person.”

“Oh, when will the awards be given?”

"The day after tomorrow, the evening of the 15th."

"That should be no problem. Please reply to the organizing committee. I will definitely be there."

Zhang Chen actually doesn't have much interest in awards. He never participates in domestic Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

Because he really doesn't like this stuff.

A bunch of old scholars are dividing the cake, but he may not get a share if he goes there, so why should he flatter them?
The three major European film companies are worth considering, because whether it is winning awards or being screened, it will be beneficial for sales overseas.

It’s just that his previous films didn’t involve this at all, and all the foreign films were sold to Columbia.

But this time with "Taken", he plans to go abroad. It's already May, and it's too late for Cannes, but isn't there still Venice in August?

(End of this chapter)