While auditioning, the filming team and director team took the time to create storyboards and design shooting plans.

Since "The Wandering Earth" is a science fiction film, there are many shots that require post-production special effects to clearly see what is being filmed.

Like space shots, it's impossible for actors to actually go to space to shoot, so they can only be shot in a studio.

In the movie, the characters play in space, but in fact, during filming, the actors may just perform on the ground.

After the filming is completed and post-production is added, you can see what is being done.

Therefore, when shooting in the special effects studio, the machine was shooting an actor lying on the ground, and the walls and ground were all green.

The actors were messing around on the ground in strange ways. If you hadn't read the script, you wouldn't know what they were doing.

Therefore, when shooting, you need strong logical skills to connect these shots to form a complete story.

In order to save shooting time, the more detailed the storyboards are, the better.

The shooting plan must also be designed in advance, including where the machine will shoot from and how to arrange the advancement angle. If you wait until after the machine is turned on to carry out these plans, you will encounter a lot of trouble.

Once a temporarily considered shooting plan does not work, the time wasted in changing the shooting plan will eventually lead to an increase in shooting costs.

After the crew started working, they were burning money every day. Delays in the shooting schedule due to problems with the shooting plan design would only increase costs.

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After the audition.

The crew also needs to talk to the Hua Dao team.

Since I have never made a science fiction film before, I needed to find a team with Fu Huadao who had experience in making science fiction films to work with.

In fact, domestic science fiction movies have always been tepid.

Occasionally, there are one or two science fiction films with high box office, but strictly speaking, they are all comedies with a science fiction background.

Therefore, there are not many Fuhuadao teams in China that have experience in shooting science fiction movies.

Fang Xing personally met with He Youliang, who had the most experience in making props for sci-fi movies in China, and relied on his reputation as the Golden Bottle Award winner to win over He Youliang's service team and sign two contracts at once.

One is from "The Wandering Earth" and the other is from "The Three-Body Problem".

"The Three-Body Problem" is a TV series, and the project has already begun preparations.

Both works have science fiction themes, so we discussed them together.

Fang Xing is not worried about whether Fu Huadao, who is responsible for two dramas at once, will not be able to handle both.

Because the two dramas were not started at the same time.

Moreover, the Fu Huadao team does not need everyone to stay on the set. After the props are completed, only a few people need to be left on the set to communicate and modify the props.

Moreover, most of the plot of "The Three-Body Problem" is based on literary drama, so it is not difficult to obey the Taoism.

Fang Xing also finalized the decision after talking with He Youliang and confirming that they could take both things into consideration.

In addition to the Fuhua Tao team, there is also astronomy knowledge. Fang Xing specially invited professors majoring in astronomy to serve as consultants to ensure that the plot of the movie has a scientific basis.

Of course, science fiction movies are not scientific papers. They can only be as scientific as possible, but not 100% scientific.

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After starting preparations for "The Wandering Earth", Fang Xing was very busy.

There is so much work to be involved in, including auditioning actors, making shot scripts, formulating shooting plans, and revising and adjusting the script.

Sometimes I have to work overtime until eight or nine in the evening before I can go home.

She spent less time with her daughter, which led to Qian Qian losing her temper when she couldn't see her father on weekends.

When Fang Xing came back in the evening, it took him a long time to coax him.

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After the Fu Hua Dao team was finalized, He Youliang's Fu Hua Dao team began to design props and scenery according to Fang Xing's requirements.

These props and scenery include carrier vehicles, dungeons, space stations, sleep chambers, etc.

In order to strive for authenticity, real scenes should be used wherever possible.

Of course, these sets were all set up in the studio, and the props were real, but the background of the studio was still green screen.

After shooting the shot, you still have to use special effects and add a background.

Of course, real-life props will have a stronger sense of reality when photographed.

Moreover, many of the same props need to be made.

For example, the delivery vehicle in the movie uses different props and scenery for the shots outside the vehicle and the shots inside the vehicle.

The set of the dungeon is also a big project, and the dungeon set captured in the split shots must be built.

Of all the props and scenery, the most difficult was the space station.

There is a scene in which "Liu Peiqiang" and his Russian colleague "Makarov" are going from outside the space station to the main control room. The process is very thrilling.

This scene in space was very difficult to shoot.

Fang Xing and the filming team, as well as He Youliang's Fuhua Road team, discussed various options and finally chose the one with better presentation effect.

After the shooting plan was determined, He Youliang's team began to design the space station, everything was to coordinate with the shooting.

The preparation process for a movie is very tedious.

Ark Culture built twelve studios directly in the Donghai Film and Television Base and set up scenes in the studios.

Some studios are mainly used to shoot carrier vehicles, some studios are used to shoot underground cities, and some studios are used to shoot space stations.

In short, each studio will arrange an independent set, and sets such as dungeons and space stations cannot be moved after they are completed, so they will always occupy the recording studio.

If an ordinary film and television company wants to embark on such a large project, it may take a year in the preparation stage.

However, Ark Culture is already a giant company in the film and television industry.

Moreover, when it comes to movie investment, I am willing to spend money.

In fact, any industry is inseparable from interests.

A capable shooting team and a service team all cost money. The better the team, the higher the cost.

Of course, you get what you pay for.

If you give enough money, you will naturally achieve the best results.

"The Wandering Earth" planned to invest 500 million from the beginning, so the budget is relatively sufficient.

Moreover, Fang Xing does not rule out the possibility of additional investment in the later stage, so the production team will be more relaxed when approving the budget and try to get the best.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the preparation stage alone, more than a thousand people were working on the set of "The Wandering Earth".

Most of it is making props, costumes and scenery.

After two months of preparation, the sets of three recording studios have been completed first.

The casting for the movie has also been completed.

In fact.

The casting process for "The Wandering Earth" is not that difficult. After all, it is a science fiction film, and the focus of the film is not on the acting skills of the actors.

Of course, it's not that acting is unimportant, but compared to dramas like "Infernal Affairs", the pressure on acting is not that exaggerated.

The highlight of "Infernal Affairs" lies in the rivalry scenes between actors, which need to be so exciting that the audience's adrenaline is soaring.

Most of the adrenaline-soaking scenes in "The Wandering Earth" are not on the actors, but on the planetary engines, on the space station, on the Earth and Jupiter.

When the little breaking ball with ten thousand blue planet engine engine flames appeared, that was the hottest moment.

Wait until the fourth video studio is built.

The crew discussed and determined the start time.

After turning on the camera, Fang Xing began busy shooting work.

"The Wandering Earth" was launched with an investment of 500 million.

In this entertainment topic, most people focus on the 500 million investment.

Because in the impression of most moviegoers, there are few good science fiction movies in China, and even fewer hard science fiction movies.

This also leads to the audience not having confidence in domestic science fiction movies.

When a science fiction movie is released, it is naturally difficult to become a hot topic.

However, "The Wandering Earth" was still on the hot search list after it was released.

It can be on the hot search because of two reasons, one is "500 million investment" and the other is Fang Xing's name.

Who is Fang Xing?

The annual box-office champion director and the new Golden Bottle Award winner.

If you add "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", the combined box office of the three movies will exceed 10 billion.

Moreover, this is not the same as those two top twin stars in the film industry.
To be continued...