In 2014, a film "Inverse World" was released, in which the film captured everyone's vision with a peculiar worldview concept. The movie tells about the two worlds that are upside down with each other and only rely on a giant tower for limited communication. In this twin world, people live and work independently as if they were in a parallel world, without interfering with each other. Until Adam, a boy from the lower world, met Ida, a girl from the upper world. In order to break through the shackles of the cold system for their feelings, Adam constantly shuttles between the upper class and the lower class, sticking to love. In the film, not only is the love legend of the two people moving, but the peculiar senses presented by the film brought about by technological progress also stimulate the audience's senses. "Reverse World" is known as a companion to "Inception". Director Juan Solana directed the film, which also co-wrote the screenplay with Santiago Amigrena. "Watchmen" art director Alex McDowell served as the film's art director, while "The Matrix" art designer Michelle McGahee designed the film's art and set design. These two experienced and imaginative people behind the scenes heighten the film's visually upside-down spectacle. In the film, the most striking is the scene design and shooting of the world upside down. Of course, this is also due to the development of 3D shooting to such a state, which brings innovations in film modes and story points. "To make the impossible possible, the wings of imagination are enough to spread." In the middle of the story, the double gravity makes the two worlds forbidden to each other, but the top of the holy mountain, which is the closest to the two worlds, is shrouded in clouds and full of the end times as sacred as Genesis. feel. Whether it is a chaotic nebula or an upside-down city, the 3D special effects make the scenes in "Reverse World" more realistic, and the immersive viewing experience will make the audience feel as if they are in the upside-down world of Adam and Ida. When originally designing this scene, Michelle McGassy wanted to add elements from the middle of the Bible. Therefore, in the design of the scene, the sense of fantasy and vibration is the most attractive. During the period, for example, at the beginning of the film, the two met on the cliff. The fantasy special effects composed of the beam of light and the sea of clouds need the special effects team to design at the very beginning, and then design. The first parts of the shoot were all done before the green screen, and the two parts were then combined using special effects software. At the same time, during the filming of this period, the film used the method of digital color correction to unify the colors of the clips, make up for the lack of shooting, and dye the scene of the cliff with a sacred effect. Juan Solana and his special effects team also relied on state-of-the-art 3D modeling techniques to calibrate the symmetry of the upside-down world, making the dual-gravity world as symmetrical as a reflection in water. In the film, the male protagonist came to the upper class In the upper-class society's symmetrical office, the characters walking in each compartment and the ornaments on the table have become the best props to make the space three-dimensional. The introduction of 3D modeling technology realizes the superposition of the three-dimensional sense of the opposite world, so that the two worlds with opposite gravity present a precise three-dimensional effect, and the "out-screen" effect is highlighted both vertically and horizontally. In a scene where the male protagonist Adam meets the director of the world above, Juan Solanna and the film crew built a ceiling set and a floor set, and filmed Adam's scene and the director's scene in different sets. The two scenes were not merged until post-production. "The camera must be in line with the actor's line of sight in order to present a subjective perspective of looking up or down, otherwise it will be easy to break through in post-compositing." Juan Solana said, "To make this film is to make two films, because in which There are a lot of scenes that have to have double gravity, and they need to be shot individually before they can be combined.” Juan Solanna used a lot of wide-angle and fisheye lenses to show the magnificent picture of the two worlds, so the characters are in the frame. appears particularly prominent. In the ballroom of the middle world, people dance on the ceiling and the floor at the same time, the director designed the inverted chandelier, and the strange way of drinking cocktails in the film, the blue cocktail has to be inverted to drink the wine into the mouth, also Floating in a wine glass because of gravity. The detailing makes the upside-down feel more real. In addition, Juan Solana also enabled the most advanced MOCO system (high-tech interactive photography control system) during the shooting process, operated the lens through the computer and recorded the movement trajectory of the real person, and then calculated its inverse movement, and then Teleport back to the MOCO system. Through this system, the director was able to preview the situation in which the world was reversed in real-time during the shooting, and ensured that the two worlds basically matched when shooting. What struck me in this movie was Adam's ability to change his gravity after wearing certain clothes. He was standing on the floor of the room, but now he was standing on the top of the room. Gravity is reversed at this time. This scene was not shot with computer effects and green screen composites, but spent time and experience building such a room. Turning this small space with a giant swingarm brings Adam's gravity-shifting scene to life in the film. This may seem so troublesome in the context of such an advanced green screen production, but it has to be said that this design is very necessary. In this film, the most detailed design is used to achieve the most realistic feel. After waking up, I realized it was going to be a love story. Through the film, I can tell a poetic story, and I can also express some things in the real world. There are indeed many morals in the film. I like those films that can provide imagination, just like leaving a bug in my mind.” Director Zhu Ann Solana.
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