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"Wings" (1927) is a film about the First World War. It has both spectacular battle scenes and romantic elements of emotional entanglement between two men and one woman.
We can clearly see those cool air combat scenes. These shots are not made with film stunts on the ground. Instead, the actors control the plane and use the camera on the plane to take the actual shooting. This is why these shots are used In terms of perception, there is a directness that cannot be achieved by special effects photography at that time.
At the beginning of the 1920s, the success of big-budget movies brought about a short-term mega-production craze in Hollywood. Epic, war, and religious films emerged one after another. Wall Street's investment enabled big studios to produce movies with larger budgets. In addition to the investment of 2 million yuan, "Wing" has also been supported by thousands of soldiers and more than 100 aircrafts from the military.
Another short but eye-catching point is the color. We can see the orange-red flames ejected from the fighter jets. This is because the crew used special technology to add the orange of the flames in order to enhance the visual effects of the air combat part.
Of course, this kind of effect is also due to the panchromatic film put into use in the Hollywood studio in 1927. These films were invented and made by Eastman Kodak Company in 1925. They are cheap, stable, more sensitive to light, panchromatic and sensitive. It can shoot clouds in outdoor scenes with strong fiber optics. Compared with the 10S positive color film which can only be sensitive to purple, blue and green, the red is no longer black and the sky is no longer pale.
Finally, it’s worth noting that the repaired version has clear and strong sound effects, such as those dramatic sound effects, machine gun sounds, bubble sounds, bottle breaking and fist punching sounds, etc. Added during the later repair process.
(Paramount began to invest in the production of sound films after bankruptcy and reorganization in 1935.)
"Wing" also became the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) due to its excellent photography and lighting, and the ingenious arrangement of coherent editing, which was later called the first best film of the Oscar. Winner.
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Characteristics of the three most powerful production companies at the time
1 Paramount: With abundant resources and a vertically integrated system to issue a one-stop "package rental" plan, there were more than 1,000 theaters in the golden age and many excellent directors, most of which were European directors, and their creative space was large. Paramount films European authors have a strong film color.
2 MGM: With a large number of movie stars, the film is romantic, lively, and luxurious, and later produced the most famous "Gone with the Wind".
3 Warner Bros.: In order to save costs, we often shoot outdoors in real scenes, and the film scenes are more authentic, and we are the first to launch a sound film.
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