After the title, there is a description of the foreshadowing and the general background. Through the interactions between the young soldier Birmingham and his family and companions, it is pointed out that the world will often be attacked by demonic tides, and the main line of the movie is obviously to resist the demonic tides.

Seeing this, Professor Armitage's biggest feeling is that the characters' performances here are just so good.

He teaches at a film and television academy and has been to many film sets. He knows that the most troublesome thing during filming is not the performances of the star actors, but the lighting arrangements and extras.

Shooting with natural light is indeed realistic, but in fact, due to issues such as angle and light intensity, pictures shot with natural light are either dark or too bright, especially indoors. Without fill light, they are completely unwatchable, just like ordinary people taking selfies with their mobile phones while sitting in a room. The only thing they can do under the camera is kneeling in reality.

After the lighting is arranged, the actor's face sometimes becomes something that is limited by angle. It only looks good when photographed from this angle. Other angles are not suitable. Therefore, sometimes when shooting indoor shots, the lights have to be moved around, which wastes time.

But in this movie, Armitage did not feel the unnatural feeling of artificial fill lighting at all. It seemed that all the shots were made with natural light, but the brightness was just right, dark when it should be dark, and bright when it should be bright. It was as if he had been stationed for several days to present this picture, and only took this set of shots at the most correct time.

As for the extras, they shocked Armitage even more.

As for normal extras, not to mention their looks, most of them have very poor acting skills and their attitude is not serious enough. The extras in some movies who have to worry about how to fall down and talk to the director about the scene are almost non-existent.

So, the more people there are, the harder it is to coordinate.

Sometimes this extra is serious while another extra is slacking off, and sometimes both of them are slacking off. There is no world line where everyone is serious.

Therefore, if you watch movies with many extras carefully, you will feel that the passers-by are absent-minded, very fake, and there are often mistakes in the scenes.

But in "The Tides of Devil", the people from Birmingham's childhood town and the passers-by in the ranger corps all looked quite professional. Their performances were so flawless that Armitage could not find any flaws, as if they really lived in that world.

Armitage had heard before that in order to achieve the most realistic effects, some directors made the entire crew live in a small town for three months, so that the actors could adapt to the environment, become familiar with the streets, and integrate into the plot.

Is this what this movie does too?

After all, this is modern society, and Armitage probably won't be able to find any small town with the classical style seen in the movies.

“This movie is amazing.”

Armitage glanced at Rick beside him.

Rick was already stunned. Compared to the audio-visual experience brought by the movie, he was more surprised by the overall picture, the actors' condition, and the occasional shots that he couldn't tell whether they were special effects.

However, the only thing Rick could be sure of was that when those who used spells appeared, there must have been special effects added.

The first half of the film is spent in an atmosphere of impending storm. Through the description of Birmingham, a small character, the pattern of the entire world is revealed. The civilians are in awe and fear of the magic tide. The rangers are stationed on the front line, preparing for war for their families and land. The mages of the Grey Tower are observing the Black Forest and working hard for the coming of the magic tide. Even in the Grey Tower located in the rear, no one despises the magic tide. People all over the world are in a state of unity, just to resist this natural disaster.

This was a very novel experience for Rick.

Because there are many disaster movies with similar openings in Hollywood, but in most cases, these movies, either for the sake of political correctness, or to have ulterior motives, or for dramatic conflict, will portray the image of some stupid politicians who will obstruct the protagonists' actions to save the world, cause them trouble, or continue to intrigue before the disaster strikes.

Some movies will also create some extreme saints who act stupidly when faced with danger and kill their teammates because of their kindness. Of course, there must be black people in Hollywood, who either sacrifice themselves to save the protagonist or are the protagonist himself.

But in this movie, there are no twists and turns. Everyone is striving for the same goal, and there is a feeling of a community with a shared future for mankind.

In Rick's opinion, it seemed a bit fake, but also a bit longing.

More importantly, these plots don't seem boring.

With the emergence of eternal night and plague, the situation becomes more and more critical. The whole world seems to be in danger. The suspense is like a big stone hanging in the hearts of the viewers.

With the constant rendering, the increasing tension and the oppressive atmosphere, Rick had no time to think about anything else. He just hoped that time could go slower so that the people in the movie could prepare more.

That's why, when he heard the wolf howl, Rick felt like his heart and lungs stopped.

Of course, at this time, Rick still had some hope in his heart, hoping that "The Magic Tide" would fail.

Because so much has been rendered in the early stage, it means that the magic tide in the later stage must be a real big event, and the scene must be grand enough.

For some movies, the early rendering was very good, but the final battle scene ended up being poor and looked extremely shabby, and was criticized instead.

The current "Magic Tide" has the early rendering, but if it can't hold up in the later stages, it will definitely lower the overall viewing experience.

Just like some works, the suspense is full in the early stage, all kinds of people are serious as if hiding some shocking secret, and the situation is extremely critical and it seems that there is no way to solve it. However, the protagonist is confident and looks like he doesn't need to be afraid anymore. As a result, the story cannot be finished and becomes bad. Good works require a long time to polish, but it can be ruined by a stupid ending.

However, what Rick didn't expect was that once the demonic tide began, he could no longer think of these lucky thoughts.

Accompanied by a gust of wind, the camera soared up and arrived above the Black Forest.

At the top of the vast forest, the wind was raging, blowing the fallen leaves into a torrent, rising and falling like waves. This might be the reason why the Demonic Tide was called the Demonic Tide, because it was as unstoppable as a tide.

Along with the howling of wolves, clouds gathered in the sky and an unprecedented huge storm formed. Silver lightning flashed in the storm. With the sound effects, Rick felt as if a strong wind was blowing across his face. Amidst the lightning and thunder, a small hill appeared in the camera.

No, that was not a mountain, that was a wolf.