The stability of the object
As a native American who grew up watching superhero animations, Director George has been fascinated by superheroes since he was a child. Even when he grew up to become a world-renowned top director, this fascination did not disappear with age.
Relying on the continuous development of technology and more and more advanced and rich filming methods, George also tried to shoot several superhero films, but he was never able to fully satisfy himself, even though each of them had a very high reputation at home and abroad.
Live-action movies are different from animations. Animations allow the creators to freely give play to their imaginations. The characters are highly malleable, and all the character qualities that the director and screenwriter want can be created with a brush.
But live-action movies are different. The actors' acting skills are naturally excellent, but it is really difficult to expect them to be as experienced in combat as the protagonists in the animations and to have cool superpowers when they raise their hands.
Therefore, over the years, George has increasingly tended to use CG special effects as the core of film production, with actors becoming auxiliary.
Things didn't take a turn for the better until the American government invited him to shoot this superhero film.
From what the officials said, his understanding of the world was completely overturned, and the fantasy that had been hidden in his heart for many years finally had the possibility of coming true.
——America has always used "freedom" and "democracy" as slogans and political core, but the politicians who claim "freedom" know clearly what can be "free" and what are the minefields that must not be touched.
"Freedom" has given their people extremely high self-confidence and a strong sense of national identity, making it a powerful weapon for them to attack other countries. However, it has also made the people of this country overly extreme in their belief in "freedom".
For the sake of "freedom", they will even give up thinking and abandon everything.
Guns are still within the controllable range, and the authorities can rely on the differences in weapons, equipment and combat experience to control them.
But "magic", a power that everyone can access and everyone will have to access in the future, is different. At least before the authorities have enough power and have thoroughly figured out a control plan for "magic", they must not let it spread among the people and become a weapon that the people can use.
Even though the Chinese people have strong trust and obedience to their own officials, believe in "collectivism" and are willing to protect "collective interests", the Chinese officials dare not easily try to disclose the existence of "magic", not to mention America, which has low trust in the government and is overly "free".
Magic is a double-edged sword. It can be an opportunity and a strength for the Earth, but it can also cause terrible chaos.
Everything they are doing now is to better face the coming doomsday, but if it is not controlled, the entire earth will be thrown into chaos because of the sudden third-party force of "magic" before the doomsday comes.
But control is necessary, and the people cannot be left completely ignorant of magic and without any preparation before contact.
After much consideration, the American government chose the most effective and simplest option - superhero movies.
The core idea is bound to be the old Hollywood blockbuster, but the fundamental purpose this time is to create a new round of "personality cult", integrating everything that may happen in the future: the disclosure of "magic", the chaos of the world, and the coming of the end of the world into the movie, so that the people can accept this "present world" and various concepts about magic imperceptibly.
At the same time, they also have to create several "superheroes" and make them the spiritual beliefs of the people.
——In the future, when the people stir up chaos because of their power, these superheroes will become the new order managers, just like the "Avengers" in Marvel, solving one danger after another for the government, and transforming the people's fear of disasters into worship or even "hatred" of superheroes, using an entertaining way to divert their worries about the future, in order to cover up the real core conflicts and achieve temporary social balance and stability.
To this end, every actor has been carefully selected by them.
Movies are naturally not shot in batches, but the first one is often the most important. Therefore, the authorities gave up the initial selection of suitable actors from the "travelers" to allow them to absorb the "power of faith" and quickly develop their strength, and instead chose actors with high recognition.
For example, the female lead Rebecca is one of the most popular actresses in the United States and even the world. She is young and beautiful, has an extraordinary family, is highly connected to the core political circle, is kind and easy to control. Most importantly, she has a talent for practicing magic.
The same is true for the other three leading actors. In order to better extend the personality cult in the movie to the actors themselves, they even directly choose to use the actors' real names as the names of the characters, and incorporate each person's personal experience into the character design to blur the audience's perception.
Choosing Lin Shen was a risky move by the American authorities.
The endless "prophecies" of the "time travelers" made them set their sights on the person who frequently appeared in the "prophecies": Lin Shen.
Regardless of whether the prophecy is true or false, at least Lin Shen will definitely play an important role in the future.
There are "travelers" all over the world, and the Chinese authorities naturally know the importance of Lin Shen. Therefore, although the American authorities wanted to recruit Lin Shen, they also knew that the Chinese authorities would not let him go easily, so they chose a compromise plan.
Let Lin Shen become the "protagonist" of the movie, and actively let him obtain the power of faith from America and even the whole world to help him gain power quickly, in order to show goodwill to Lin Shen and the Chinese officials.
The most perfect result is naturally that Lin Shen feels their sincerity and takes the initiative to choose the America camp.
However, the possibility of this result is extremely low. Therefore, the most likely and best result at present is that the Chinese government uses Lin Shen to reach a cooperation with the American government to jointly enhance Lin Shen's strength and use him as the core to deal with the future doomsday.
This is also a test from the American government to the Chinese government: do you want absolute control and power, or do you choose to face the end of the world?
——But they don’t know that due to the appearance of Lin Yuan and others, the focus of the Chinese government’s response to the doomsday has already shifted from Lin Shen to the people of Class 9.
Even if Lin Yuan and the others did not reveal their identities, the Chinese government still regarded Lin Shen as the core of the disaster. The Chinese government would never be so narrow-minded when facing the end of the world. They did not even "hint" to Lin Shen in a roundabout way, and completely let Lin Shen make his own choice.
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Although the leading actors in his hands will all become real "superheroes" in the future, George is more demanding on the performance of the actors because of this.
He hopes that his actors can immerse themselves in the role of "superhero" from the inside out and show the true spirit and feeling of a superhero.
But actors don’t have this kind of experience, they can only rely on their own feelings or imitate the performances in similar movies.
Fortunately, because Lin Shen had started practicing, he had more experience in temperament and perception than other actors, and he was able to help others get into the role faster, which barely ensured the continuous progress of the shooting.
Compared to the leading role, George was more ambitious to portray the villain "Black Robe" in the movie. Unfortunately, it was harder to find a suitable villain than the leading role, so George had to give up the idea and chose to use CG instead of real people.
Since it was a villain, the official did not have too many requirements for the role selection and just followed George's arrangement.
The CG production of the villain is almost completed, but George never expected that he would encounter such an unexpected surprise as Xiao Shichuan today.
It’s not that Xiao Shichuan looks like a villain, but his sense of mystery, sense of story, and the aura he inadvertently reveals are really too suitable - especially since he is dressed in a black robe and shrouded in shadows, he is simply a villain given to him by God.
After just shooting for a while, George started to feel dissatisfied again.
Lin Shen and Belica's performances were fine, and Xiao Shichuan as the boss was a perfect match for the feeling he wanted. But the extras in the background were a little off, and the studio used for post-production special effects was more and more annoying, without any sense of reality.
It would be great if they could film the scene directly. Let Lin Shen's "brother" play the villain BOSS and shuttle between high-rise buildings. The citizens who know nothing about this will show real reactions that even the best extras can't imitate.
George is a man who always does what he says. After thinking about this, he called the official office. He didn't expect much, but he didn't expect that he would actually get official approval.
After that, it was the scene that Gao Shu saw in the short video.
The darkness and neon lights made Xiao Shichuan's trick not obvious. Men and women who came out of the bar at midnight or were about to enter the nightclub looked up and saw a mysterious man in a black cloak moving between high-rise buildings.
The next moment, police cars roared past with sirens blaring, separating the dense crowd.
The masses who were unaware of the truth contributed the most real and perfect shots to George's film career.
"Great! Great!" George, sitting behind the monitor, shouted excitedly.
He really didn't expect that Xiao Shichuan could perform the action so well.
Although there are wires and safety ropes to assist, just jumping between buildings hundreds of meters high is enough to require courage, not to mention the technical difficulty of each move.
But none of these were a problem for Xiao Shichuan. He seemed to be free from gravity, not afraid of the fear brought by heights, and every movement was easy and natural. Even in the later stages, Xiao Shichuan, who was crazy about the crowd, even deliberately made his movements more and more cool and fancy. Except for the action director who almost suffocated on the spot, everyone thought it was the original design and was very excited to watch.
As for the police cars in the underground, they were not used for filming, but were official off-site support. However, they were not used to chase the villains as in the plot, but to disperse the crowds on both sides of the road, maintain order on the scene, and at the same time, to inform everyone that this was just a movie shooting scene.
Everything is so perfect, so in line with the director's wishes.
"Alas, it would be great if the costume design could be more perfect." George watched Xiao Shichuan's performance over and over again, and couldn't help but say, "The fabric feels like a burning flame when it dances, and Rebecca's skirt seems to be woven like light..."
The staff around: "......"
The staff in charge of makeup were almost crying: How could they possibly realize such an unrealistic idea?
But Lin Shen stared at the monitor, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Maybe I have a way."
Everyone: “???”
Half an hour later, Zhang Jiajia, who was playing games at home, received a call from the other side of the ocean.
"It's time to get started." Xiao Shichuan said.
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