Epic films are a kind of temperament, and creators need to have a deep accumulation of knowledge, and examine the breadth and compassion of historical legends. Proyas, who hasn't released a new film for seven years, comes prepared this time. In terms of visual effects, the whole film is like a CCI feast, with huge sums of money. The exterior scenery of the Australian desert area was transformed into an ancient Egyptian city full of golden armor. Looking around, it is full of magnificent tall buildings, blending with the spiritual rule of Seth.
In addition, the gold armor of the god of war and the blood of the god are also golden. The height ratio between gods and humans, such as the cutest height difference between humans and hobbits in "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." The overall atmosphere created by Meizhi makes these settings both reasonable and pleasing to the eye. The reason is that the special effects serve the foundation of the mythology—taken from the Egyptian myth "The Controversy of Horus and Set". Most of the art settings are well-founded: the god of the dead who guides the dead to the underworld. Nubis, in the legend is a dog head;
Anubis
After Horus was born, his father was killed by his brother. When he grew up, he lost an eye to avenge his father and killed his uncle to win the throne;
giant snake in the film is also the incarnation of Apep in Egyptian mythology, etc. , Which is the snakes in ancient Egyptian murals that we often see.
Apep
The art has a foundation, the special effects are metaphysical, and the overwhelming special effects are magnificent, and it is the inheritance of the predecessor of the epic film Xixi Dimir. The stylized pure gold images, coupled with the golden armor transformation like "Saint Seiya", also opened up a new possibility for the mythical epic film of the new era.
The golden armor of the sky god Horus and the golden saint clothing
The setting of Baker's character is very similar to the 1940 version of "Moon Palace Treasure Box" adapted from the myth of Aladdin, helping the little god Abu of King Amer. And he stolen the "Eye of Horus" to cross the three-level stage, and also referred to the plot of "Indiana Jones 3" at the end of Dr. Jones's three levels to obtain the Holy Grail, including the clearing map is also based on the "Capture". The Holy Grail Diary of Old Doctor Jones. The design of the organ is quite imaginative. Judging from the underground scenes and mysterious organs in "Looking for the Dragon", it still relies on the extension of the landscape to create a huge sense of space in the underground world, and there are many organs. It is a real carrier built on the basis of real scenes, and then further enriched by CG. The organs in "War of Gods" are all produced by CG, and there are two plots that are most expressive. One is the "Eye of Horus", and the three levels are trapped, sword-bladed, and broken bridge; The second is the moving steps of the Rubik's Cube, revealing the true and false holes. The mechanism produced by CG looks complicated and delicate, with unique aesthetics.
Baker in "War of Gods" and Apu in "Moon Palace Treasure Box"
The sphinx who came up with the puzzle is largely a tribute to the British stop-motion animation master, Ray Harryhausen, who is known as the "father of contemporary visual effects". The Cyclops designed by Lei Lao in "Sinbad's Seven Sailing Demon Island" (1956) and the old version of "War of the Gods" (1981) are very similar to the North Sea giant monster. However, stop-motion animations were used to shoot pre-made miniatures. Now, with CG technology, these mythical creatures can become lifelike.
Sphinx in "War of Gods"; "Moon Palace Treasure Box", "War of the Gods", "Sinbad's Seven Sailors"
Horus's one-eyed look is suspected of paying tribute to "Seven Seas King" (1958)
The one-eyed protagonist in "War of Gods" and "Seven Seas Overlord"
It is worth mentioning that, because this film is the first feature film in film history shot with the new primo70 series lens, its every move will attract the attention of all filmmakers, especially cinematographers. Like the anamorphic lens, the 70 series is very sleek, but it does not have the very strong feeling of space compression that the anamorphic lens has. Therefore, for the action scenes in "War of Gods", photographers especially like to use the lens zoom, rotation and tilt shooting methods, which are the advantages given by this lens. And using the 70 series lens can also have the look and feel of 70 mm film, which is also more conducive to the presentation of the IMAX format.
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