Huaguo, Qingyun Mountain.

According to Han Lan's request, the crew actually found such a mountain in reality.

The county under the jurisdiction of Rongcheng in the south is really called Qingyun Mountain.

Of course, there is no Qingyun Gate on top, nor is it divided into seven peaks to continue the incense. It is just a little-known 4A tourist attraction. The crew came here to capture the scenery at the bottom of the mountain and build a Caomiao Village.

The Qingyun Mountain in the movie can only be synthesized through computer 3D modeling and various special effects.

According to Han Lan's dictation, Qingyun Mountain should actually be a mountain range, "stretching for hundreds of miles, with undulating peaks, the highest of which has seven peaks, towering into the clouds."

If you have to find a real scene for such a big scene in reality, it is not impossible to find it. You can consider Shennongjia. However, people are not allowed to go in to take photos there. At most, they can only take aerial shots to capture distant views.

And basically these deep mountains have become protected areas. If a large number of crews and various large equipment enter, they will definitely damage the environment, no matter how careful they are, it will be useless.

Then there is Heyang City, an important mortal town on the south side of the Qingyun Mountains. Since it is an important town, it must not be small. It is difficult to find such a complete ancient city in reality. If there is one, various gangs will appear in basic aerial photography.

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In addition, a few seconds of overhead shots of Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley will appear along with the narration at the beginning of the movie, to at least give movie fans a general view of the world.

Therefore, it is more convenient to use computer synthesis in the later stage, and the effect will be better and more shocking.

In fact, basically all non-mundane scenes can only be synthesized in post-production. You can save it for later and go back to Lin'an Studio to shoot slowly, and shoot the shots you want to shoot in real scenes first.

After these real-life scenes are filmed, the acting skills and experience of the students on the crew should be improved a lot, and it will be better to return to the studio for filming.

The Caomiao Village that the crew found was an abandoned ruined temple and wasteland. After consultation with the scenic spot manager, it was renovated and expanded into Caomiao Village. If the movie becomes popular in the future, it will have an additional attraction.

The plot of Caomiao Village mainly tells the story of the events of the protagonist Zhang Xiaofan and his friend Lin Jingyu when they were teenagers——

During a frolic, the two chased to the Cao Temple next to the village and met Master Puzhi of Tianyin Temple. That night, Lin Jingyu was abducted by a strange black air. He was rescued by Master Puzhi when passing near the Cao Temple.

Black Qi transformed into an evil man and used Lin Jingyu as a hostage to force Master Puzhi to hand over a treasure he had on him, the "blood-devouring bead." This process naturally followed a fierce battle between the two.

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This fight was also caught by Zhang Xiaofan who was delivering food to Master Puzhi, and he was accidentally knocked unconscious while watching the battle. When Zhang Xiaofan woke up, Master Puzhi had beaten away the evil demon, but he was not dead.

, he entrusted Zhang Xiaofan to discard a dark purple bead on his behalf and passed on the Buddhist Dharma Brahma Prajna to him.

After this accident, the two young men returned to the village, but were shocked to find that the entire village had been massacred, leaving only the two of them and a woodcutter alive. The three people who had no place to stay were discovered by Qingyun Sect disciples who were passing by and took Qingyun with them.

Mountain, and from then on began the long road of spiritual practice...

It was such a small plot at the beginning, and less than three minutes after it was finished, it was already burning money like crazy.

The scene construction is not a big deal. After all, Caomiao Village is dilapidated and consists of low wooden and thatched houses. It doesn't cost much to build it. What really costs money is the special effects!

Ever since Lin Jingyu was abducted by a strange black energy, he started burning money like crazy. Normally when other crews shoot this kind of scene, a man in black would be used as the black energy, and he would just run away with the young Lin Jingyu in his arms.

. But if it were really photographed like this, it would feel like it was too cheap. How can a majestic evil demon look like a human trafficker?

There must still be men in black. When running with young Lin Jingyu in his arms, he has to hang on wires. The whole process can't just be running, it's called "ground flying"! In the later stage, weird black gas special effects will be added. Look.

It looked like a black mist when you went up, and you could only vaguely see the figures of people in it, and then the people were swept away by leaving behind their shadows.

From now on, the battle between the evil demon and Master Pu Zhi is really costing you money every second! Whether it’s the Poisonous Blood Flag, the Buddhist Lion Seal, the Six-Word Ming Dynasty Mantra, or the Divine Sword’s Thunder Control Technique, it’s all worth it.

Even Master Puzhi's words "My Buddha is compassionate" at the end of the fight have to be added with the special protective effect of the Golden Buddha.

If the special effects were not good enough, this kind of fighting scene would be like a dance between two people.

In addition, the introduction of the world view of the movie at the beginning, such as the continent, the fairy mountain, the important town, and the three major sects, are all expensive special effects.

In total, it lasts for more than three minutes and less than four minutes, and the special effects budget is enough for someone else to shoot an entire movie.

For a good Xianxia movie, the investment in special effects will definitely not be lower than that of a hard science fiction blockbuster.

The most famous movies of the Lighthouse Country, in addition to science fiction blockbusters, are also fantasy and magic movies, which also use various special effects, including epic scenes of monsters charging and burning down several villas in one second.

In Han Lan's view, China's fairy tale movies are meant to compete with the magical blockbusters of Lighthouse Kingdom! Special effects, scenes, props, and makeup must not be different!

Isn’t it just money? Let’s burn it, let alone 650 million. Even if it burns to 1 billion in the end, we still have to make this movie!

Of course, the actors can't be too bad either.

Even though it is now being suppressed by several major companies, the crew has selected a group of very outstanding young actors from several major academies, although they have not graduated yet.

The teenagers Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu in the movie were set to be twelve or thirteen years old. Han Lan could not play the roles himself, and the academy could not find such young actors. Therefore, Han Lan could only cast his second batch of actors

The trainees were transferred over and the two youngest people with the most similar facial features were selected to make guest appearances.

If you are 14 or 15 years old and put on a little makeup, you can achieve the effect of 12 or 13 years old. Your height can also be reduced by dressing, as long as you don't stand with other actors for full-body shots. And children in ancient times were relatively tall.

It's normal to mature early and look a little older.

This is also the first time Han Lan has used other young actors to star in his own movie.

The crew is really out of recruits. It's definitely not possible to find two teenagers with acting skills. Young actors with such acting skills have been banned by several major film companies and dare not take their roles.

Fortunately, although he is still a young actor, as the successor of the boy band "Xia", he had opera performance experience before becoming a trainee. With a little training, he can barely reach the standard. At least better than most young actors on the market.

Reliable.

And it doesn’t cost any money.

As for the Puzhi master, the evil demon man, and other elders and middle-aged people who will appear in the subsequent plot, director Zhao Chengwen also sold a lot of favors from several major colleges and invited their teachers to participate in the show. There are really not enough people.
Chapter completed!