This article mainly analyzes the editing and special effects of the last chase scene on the Mekong River in "Operation Mekong", and compares the last Suzhou River fight scene in "Super Express" for analysis and learning.
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The chase scene of "Mekong River" has a total of 7 minutes, about 230 shots, and an average of 32 shots per minute. Among them, there are 23 aerial shots showing large scenes, 153 visual shots (without green screen, but with special effects), especially 43 GoPro shots, and 77 green screen keying shots.
"Super Express" Suzhou River speedboat fighting scene is about 4 minutes, a total of about 193 shots, an average of 48 shots per minute. There are 11 large panorama shots, 79 live shots, and 114 green screen keying shots.
Observed:
"Operation Mekong" is more than half of the live action, including many action-packed GoPro shots. Although it sacrificed image quality and depth of field, it brought a lot of realism. Actual shots and oral shots appeared in the middle of the plum blossoms, and the requirements for the reception work such as costumes, makeup, and props were very high. The editing rhythm of "Super Express" is high. Among them, there are many green screen keying shots, and all of them appear after the real shots.
There are many concerns in this chase section of "Operation Mekong", including Zhang Hanyu's speedboat, Peng Yuyan's speedboat, drug dealer's speedboat, and the helicopter that appeared later. The camera shuttles between these points of interest, narrating 1) the pursuit, 2) saving the drowning, 3) saving the hostage speedboat, 4) helicopter rescue and 5) dying with the drug dealer. In addition to the motorcycle chase at the beginning, the main focus of "Super Express" is on the speedboat. It mainly tells the three plot points of 1) the motorcycle chases the speedboat, 2) the speedboat fight and 3) the fight for the god cat.
In terms of picture style, "Operation Mekong" runs through the style of restoring the real sense of presence, while "Super Express" has undergone a major transition from simulation to surreal style.
In terms of green screen keying shots, both films have unrealistic composite effects, such as sharp composite edges and two skins in the foreground and background.
According to the end credits, the VFX of "Operation Mekong" was jointly completed by Herbgarden Limited (Hong Kong), FreeD Workshop (Hong Kong), and Studios Macro Graph (South Korea). According to their website introduction, I judged that the keying part should be done by FreeD Workshop, and the 3D modeling should be done by Macro. The company's film list also has "Three-Body Problem" on it.
Others: Try to analyze the reasons for the success of "Operation Mekong" at the box office
- Adapted from real events: The real events of the death of 13 Chinese compatriots ten years ago have a solid influence on social public opinion; - Infectious characters: Zhang Hanyu's character is heroic and hate-relieving "burn"; Peng Yuyan's character There are many points of dramatic conflict;
- Star partner: The combination of "tough guy + idol" has many highlights, attracting both male and female audiences at the same time; - Sophisticated production: service, visual effects, and atmosphere creation all highlight the seriousness of the main creators.
Yu Dong: Movies have regrets. Lin Chaoxian has done a very good job, and I have full respect for him. He is desperate, creating challenges for himself every day. The scenes are rich and complex, and the requirements for actors are extremely strict. Some directors get tired by the end and want to give up, but he has filmed all the action scenes in the sky, into the sea, in the jungle, in the shopping mall, and at the train station. At the beginning, 150 million was prepared and it could be filmed, but in time for the release of "Fast and Furious" , the box office was 360 million on the first day. I just told the director that "The Fast and the Furious" has been filmed like this. We will push each scene to the extreme and add 50 million. The director was very excited and said, "Boss Yu, you are so supportive of me, I will find a way". So we postponed preparations for another three months, and finally started in September. So the director is amazing.
Because this achievement is still a good encouragement to the film industry, I work hard on scripts, shape characters, and actors earnestly devote themselves to performances, rather than running around to do commercial performances. Zhang Hanyu insisted on shooting for more than 4 months under the high temperature of minus 40 degrees. The train station in Thailand was rented by us, and the whole place was cleared. Including the shopping mall battle in Malaysia, we filmed for half a month and smashed the mall. After the smashing, the shops were counted one by one and compensated one by one.
- Release schedule: The main theme movies with breakthroughs will be released on the National Day schedule, and there will be surprises in the situation.
Yu Dong: I think it should be directly related to the present. You shoot history for today's young people to see, and the target audience must be them, not by documents, by chartered venues, by unit organization, and this is the first thing to distinguish. The second is to be very clear that this is a movie shown in a movie theater, so production, special effects, and technology are indispensable.
Yu Dong on "Operation Mekong": At the beginning, only I believed that the box office could exceed 800 million
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