In the production process of the film, in addition to the brilliant CGI technology used to fill the picture in the later stage, the most worth mentioning is the huge labor paid by the art team. Among them, the artist who designed the set for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" Qi Heinrichs made great contributions. The artist was known as the art director in Hollywood in the old days, but after years of development, this position became the head of all the art departments behind the film, working with the director and photographer to grasp the specific embodiment of the entire film on the screen. form. In other words, Heinrichs can be responsible for selecting people he is satisfied with to enter the design team, but in the end he is responsible for everyone’s work, including art directors, illustrators, and modelers. He said: “Like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 》This kind of large-scale action science fiction movie with screen-supported content is always a big challenge for me, because this kind of film always involves more refined and detailed setting, including location and The studio, and looking at all the scenes of the film, what I am most satisfied with is the part of Singapore in the film, because we did not go to Southeast Asia for on-site shooting, but completely rebuilt a "Singapore" in the studio."
"Singapore" designed by Rich Heinrichs is the most important new scene in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", but what should Singapore look like in the early 18th century? There are no real historical documents for the crew to refer to, and because modern Singapore has developed so fast, it is no longer what it looked like 300 years ago, so the stills can only be imagined out of thin air. Due to Singapore’s geographical location and historical changes, the stills went to some cities in China, and some real photos that could be used for comparison were taken, and then some influences that Southeast Asian culture might have on it were considered, and finally a little bit Recreating Singapore 300 years ago, Singapore in the final film will be a characteristic country with a style between China and Malaysia.
Rich Heinrichs arranged the "Singapore" scene in Universal's 12th studio. The art team arranged a huge water tank in the studio, because the island nation of Singapore is inherently inextricably linked with water. As for the architectural design, it combines the wooden house supported on water with brackets and the brick house based on ground and stone, which is a perfect fusion of the two styles. The most ridiculous setting in the studio is the bathhouse. The crew added mechanical principles to heat water and then use bamboo pipes to transport it into the bath. Director Gore Wibinski told Rich Heinrichs that because there is a gathering place for pirates, he hopes that the bathhouse will give people a sense of evil and immorality, and at the same time it is a reflection of the existing hot spring culture. Kind of mockery. So Rich Heinrichs designed that there are not only bathtubs, but also mushrooms around them, which is very ridiculous.
Since the second and third episodes are shot continuously, the convenient method of "location sharing" can be implemented in terms of setting. Therefore, the main location shooting of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was solved as early as "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". NS. In this way, the main shooting work of the third film was almost completely done in the studio. Rich Heinrichs also used a large pitcher to simulate the public seascape of the Bahamas, almost fake.
