This forest looks ordinary, but the deep feeling it has makes Rick unable to take his eyes away for a moment.

He was surprised to find that he couldn't tell whether it was a special effect or a real shot.

If this is a real shot, then the shapes of these trees are too strange. The cost of making such realistic props is not low, and this is such a large forest.

If this is a special effect, it is even more impossible, because in Rick's understanding, no special effects studio can undertake such a large amount of special effects production, and it may not be able to achieve the current effect.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of bagpipes, the camera moved in the forest and stopped on several patrollers. They were wearing leather armor mixed with cloaks, holding bows and crossbows, spears, daggers, etc., and were walking in a hurry.

"The props and costumes are of very high quality."

Director Justin commented.

The quality of a film can be seen from its costumes and props.

Watching those dramas where people wear ancient costumes but tie their laces incorrectly and wear sneakers, no matter how good the script is, it will be embarrassing.

But now these people’s clothes, makeup, and weapons look just like soldiers who have just come down from the battlefield.

What’s more important is the look in the soldiers’ eyes.

That kind of fatigue and alertness coexisting with numbness and indifference in the eyes cannot be acted out without more than ten years of acting experience.

Moreover, these actors were not the Eastern actors he was familiar with, and they looked like extras.

Are today's extras really of such a high standard?

Or did the director simply find veterans who had actually experienced the war and let them play these minor roles?

Justin knew that some directors in the past liked to find people with relevant experience to act in order to pursue realism, such as finding pregnant people to play pregnant women, and finding disabled people to play disabled people.

It can be said that in Justin's opinion, just these few scenes at the beginning made him feel that this movie was extraordinary.

On the screen, the group continued to move forward. Suddenly, a monster's roar was heard from a distance. The soldiers were obviously alert and raised their crossbows in the direction of the sound.

The silent and tense atmosphere was pushed to its climax as the music suddenly stopped. Justin felt as if he was in that deep and dark forest. He became one of the soldiers, facing the unknown monsters, aiming with bows and crossbows tremblingly.

He couldn't help but grab the armrest of the sofa.

The camera peeks into the depths of the forest from a first-person perspective, rising and falling slightly with the breathing, giving it a very realistic feel.

The forest scene is dim, but every detail of the picture can be seen clearly.

In the industry, many special effects shots are shot at night, such as monsters fighting and destroying cities, dazzling robots flying around in the sky, etc., most of which are shot at night.

This is mainly because special effects are easier to make at night because people can't see clearly at night, so the special effects don't need to be very detailed, and they will flash by without anyone pausing in the cinema, which can effectively reduce costs.

However, special effects in broad daylight are more troublesome, especially those involving real scenes, which are much more troublesome than pure green screen.

This results in many special effects shots in movies being very dark. In the cinema, the strong light and the pitch black surroundings make it barely visible, but at home it looks completely dark and you can't see anyone clearly.

But in the current picture, although the surroundings are dim, every blade of grass and every tree in the forest are clear. In Justin's words, it is just like observing with his own naked eyes.

This allows for the ultimate in immersion.

Just as Justin was trying to find the source of the sound in the forest, the soldier standing in the front suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned sideways to change the direction of the crossbow.

As the camera turned, he saw a giant silver-gray wolf with six legs and four eyes rushing towards him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh——

The crossbows of the others were shot out immediately and hit the body of the wolf, but it seemed as if it felt no pain and kept biting the unfortunate soldier. Only blood and flesh were seen flying everywhere, and half of the soldier's body was thrown away, with the remaining upper body still in the giant wolf's mouth, trying to struggle.

The battle was extremely brutal. Justin could clearly see the intestines and internal organs flowing out of the bodies bitten off by the giant wolf. The warm blood spilled on the ground covered with rotten leaves. Red and black, life and death, civilization and barbarism formed a tragic yet somewhat beautiful picture.

This series of shots has no signs of editing and is an astonishingly long shot. The fighting and cooperation of the soldiers, the ferocity and hideousness of the giant wolf, become more tense and more realistic against the backdrop of this breathtakingly long shot.

Just when this group of people finally dealt with the giant wolf and everyone was covered in wounds and exhausted, more howling sounds suddenly sounded from all directions.

The camera gave a close-up of the face of a surviving soldier. With his face covered in blood, he looked at his companions, his eyes full of despair.

As the camera zoomed out, overlooking the soldiers who hurriedly stood up to organize resistance, and the giant wolf that was gradually approaching, the whole picture of the forest appeared in the screen. It was an extremely vast forest with no end in sight. The dark trees were towering, blocking the earth. With a gust of wind, the treetops surged like a tide, and from time to time, the shouts of soldiers and the roars of giant wolves could be heard.

Finally, as everything came to an abrupt end, the title of "The Devil's Tide" appeared on the screen, which meant that the introduction just now was over and the movie officially began.

After watching this scene, everyone present forgot they were still holding beer.

"That was a special effect, right?"

Professor Armitage asked uncertainly.

The battle scene was extremely bloody, and the scenes of flying limbs were extremely realistic, giving people a great shock. Some directors are very good at showing the aesthetics of violence and like to put violent shots in front of the audience's faces, using extreme battles to make the audience feel refreshed, while some directors are good at using realistic wounds to stimulate the audience's instinctive fear, and using flesh-and-flesh impacts to make the audience feel as if they are in the scene.

The battle scenes in "Magic Tide" are extremely brutal, but they also contain a certain sense of tragedy and mission, just like the scenes of humans fighting against wild beasts in ancient times, which are thrilling and make people hold their breath.

Rick loosened his hands, which he had been clenching tightly, and found that his palms were full of sweat.

His initial conception of "The Demonic Tide" was completely shattered in the few minutes before the title of the film appeared.

Such movies, such pictures and scenes, are really not from Hollywood, but achieved by other countries through their own strength?

Whether it was the special effects, props, costumes, or the level of performance, they had all reached the top level in Hollywood. He was even reluctant to admit that this might have exceeded the level they knew.

How was this made?