For Wan Xiaohu and Su Ya, on New Year's Eve, they were just taking their children to meet with relatives and friends, asking for some New Year's money. The next day, the activity the couple discussed was to take Xiao Yangyang to invite their younger brothers and sisters to go to the cinema to watch "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Boss' Aura of the Sky".

This Spring Festival, for children, the most hope is to go to the cinema to watch Xiyangyang with their parents.

Wan Chengyang may not know any movie, and even his eyes have not developed completely and cannot see objects clearly. But Wan Xiaohu and Su Ya hope to take their son to the cinema every Spring Festival to watch a cartoon until their son grows up.

Wan Xiaohu is definitely not a qualified husband, and there are many women and a busy career. He doesn’t have much time to spend on several children. Then it is particularly important to be able to persist in accompanying the children every year and do one or two meaningful things.

On the third day of the Chinese New Year after the Spring Festival, Wan Xiaohu left the capital and returned to Banff National Park in Calgary, Canada to continue filming "Inception".

At the same time, the 36th Anne Award was awarded in Los Angeles.

The second animated feature film "Robot Movement" produced by Abao Animation, without any surprise, copied the miracle of "Kung Fu Panda" and won most of the Annie Awards related to animated films, becoming the number one popular Oscars. In addition, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" directed by Wan Xiaohu also won the award.

The winner was the Best Live-Actor Character Animation Award, which recognized the success of the chimpanzee Caesar in the movie.

Shortly after the Anne Awards, the 81st Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theater. Sasha Entertainment became the biggest winner again after winning the Best Picture of "The Walker" in 2007. "The Millionaire in the Slums", released last year, with a special theme, the legendary story of the wealth of the poor boy. It fits the current thoughts of Americans affected by the subprime mortgage crisis.

The Little Golden Man, who won the Oscar for Best Picture for Sasha Entertainment for the second time, also brought eight awards in total with Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Song, Best Soundtrack, Best Soundtrack, Best Photography and Best Director. In fact, throughout the awards season, "The Millionaire in the Slums" won a total of 105 nominations and 79 awards.

The veritable awards season "Millionaire".

It is conceivable that the day after the Oscar ended, Sasha Entertainment was praised by the media.

An independent film company that has been involved in film production for less than six years has won the Oscars twice in 2007 and 2009. This is the rhythm of becoming the next Miramax. Miramax Film was once a Hollywood legend. Under the leadership of the Weinstein brothers, it has led the Oscars and has produced countless award-winning films.

Compared to his expertise in releasing art films, Sasha Entertainment has taken making money as its mission. In just a few years, it has sold one blockbuster movie after another.

A rising company.

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Codington is a suburb of north London, England. From the last world, it was London's airport. Later, due to urban planning, some airports have been abandoned. Now it has been converted into a photography base, which contains the world's largest photography stage.

Any set can be modified on the stage. Since the old airport has enough space, all-round testing can be conducted at will to ensure that all angles up, down, left and right can meet the shooting requirements. The crew of "Inception" is attracted by such benefits.

Clang, clang. clang. clang.

The sound of the mechanical operation sounded throughout the set.

In the greenhouse on the stage, there was a very strange equipment, and the workers were debugging it.

"What is the material selection for the set? Can it be guaranteed to be safe?" Standing under the steel bar equipment, Wan Xiaohu touched the material inside with his hand. The set is actually a hotel corridor, wrapped in a steel frame and placed in the pulley brush system.

After the filming in Canada, the crew officially switched to London's Cardington.

Now in front of Wan Xiaohu, there is a huge pulley brushing system.

As the name suggests, the pulley brush system is a large support frame that can rotate, like a huge barbecue grill. The hotel corridor built inside is a weightless fight scene in the movie. In the second floor dream, the impact of the previous dream leads to gravity disorder and upside down. In order to create a scene where the actors stand on the roof to fight, they have to constantly change the center of gravity, and can only build a rotating corridor here.

We also need to build a 30-degree inclined bar and upside-down hotel room.

"Originally, we had a 40-foot-long corridor, but due to the angle and depth, we finally built a 100-foot-long one. Outside the corridor wall, eight rings concentric with the corridor were placed at equal distances, so that the corridor could be suspended and rotated. Outside the corridor wall, these rings were operated by two huge engines."

Special effects guide Tris Cobbard explained: "The speed of this rotating set can basically reach a speed of 1 minute and 8 weeks. It can ideally create weightless effects. However, to ensure the actor's actions, we need a lot of wires to fix and lift."

Even in the pulley brushing system, the actor's movement stability is not guaranteed. Although computer special effects can be compensated, it is better to use a wire to fix the body and bring more realism.

What "Inception" wants is real audio-visual shock. It can reduce this unnecessary special effects and minimize them.

"It is a good idea to hang a wire, but you must ensure the safety of the actors and don't be injured!"

"Don't worry, the director, because the actors are going to be bounced around in our scenes, we use soft-name materials to build our sets. Fortunately, many modern hotels nowadays have walls covered with leather or textiles when decorating the interior. We just need to imitate this style of decoration and replace the bricks behind with soft-name filling materials."

Wan Xiaohu nodded with satisfaction: "Nevertheless, we should pay attention to whether the door handle and lamp belong to the 'fragile type' and whether it can be successfully destroyed under strong force. In short, we must ensure the safety of the actors."

“Ok.”

Filming of the hotel corridor began the next day.

Early on, the crew started to hang wires for the actors.

"Bob, when you push the gyroscope out of the rails, remember the lens depth I mentioned. Don't push it too fast. I will look at the monitor later to tell you to move forward and backward." Wan Xiaohu assigned tasks to the photography team. Because it was in the pulley brush system, in order to keep the shooting screen stable, the camera was still fixed with a gyroscope.

A gyroscope is a fixed camera device that can rotate. When the pulley brush pushes the top of the corridor facing down and the person stands on it, the gyroscope will invert the lens, changing the direction of gravity to present an inverted visual effect.

"So, let's use a fixed type for the placement of the second camera?"

"Yes, wait a moment to see the effect. If not, add a set of guide rails and gyroscopes."

Seeing that all the preparations were done, Wan Xiaohu stood under the pulley brush and confirmed again that the actors were in place. He shouted to start.

Kang, Kang, Kang!

The pulley brush starts to move, like a carousel, slowly turning around.

Woo woo, although the speed is very slow, the sound of the wind is quite loud. Coupled with the sound of the bearings, the roar of the machine echoes throughout the set.

Wan Xiaohu picked up the safety helmet on his head, rubbed his sweat, put it on again, and stared at the monitor and the far end of the corridor. The movement guide sat on a special seat, turning with the pulley, holding the walkie-talkie in his hand, constantly guiding the actors how to act.

The intercom is connected to the loudspeaker in the corridor, otherwise the actors would not hear it at all if it was so noisy.

"Ka! Gordon. Your position is wrong and your behavior is not natural. Put your arms more naturally and don't be affected by Wia!"

"Car! Leonardo, pay attention to the angle. I can't take a picture of your face!"

"Ka! Andy Lau, hurry back to your position and shoot!"

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Rearrange it, it's too messy!"

"Okay, do it again!"

"Stick! Don't bother you that you can't stand or stand. Complete the action first, and you can't fall down!"

"Very good, this set of shots has passed, replace the next one!"

The filming was stumbling at the beginning, but finally after a period of exploration, the actors adapted well, and the progress of the following was greatly accelerated. A month later, cheers came from the Cardington studio, and the shooting at this abandoned airport was all over.

The crew packed up and rushed to Paris, France the next day. After half a month of filming in Paris, the crew returned to Los Angeles and spent another half a month. When May, the crew of "Inception" came to the China Magic City. The final part of the movie will be completed on Chongming Island, the Magic City.

When the big-name superstars of the crew arrived in the Magic City, it is conceivable that the entire airport was surrounded by crowds, and countless fans and media waved slogans, flags or microphones to welcome the superstars. These Hollywood stars, except Natalie Portman, have come to China for the first time.

The most popular ones are naturally Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman, and Zhou Runfa and Liu Dehua, as Chinese stars, have no need to say the cheers. However, to the regret of reporters and fans, director Wan Xiaohu did not appear.

He didn't make this plane at all.

Instead, stay in the United States and seize the time to edit the completed "Time Planning Bureau" and then use it for publicity. The schedule of "Time Planning Bureau" has been finalized and will be released simultaneously in mainland China on July 10, 2009, in North America, competing for the summer season.

Needless to say, Wan Xiaohu can be released any time, but he is not so lucky in North America. This year's summer blockbusters are gathered. The first two weeks of "Time Planning Bureau" are "Transformers 2: The Fallen Revenge" and "Ice Age 3", and the next week is "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince".

Such a luxurious lineup is attacked, and even if Wan Xiaohu is famous for her, she can only rely on the tiger's mouth to grab the box office, depending on luck.

In fact, Wan Xiaohu didn't want to compete with special effects blockbusters during the summer season, but in August and September this year, several movies released in North America were very good and had strong box office abilities, such as "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobras" released in August.

There are very few viewers in the off-season and cannot accommodate too many movies to compete for box office, so Wan Xiaohu decided to try his luck in the summer season.

"Okay, I've edited the trailer, there are three versions in total, and you can post them on the media and the Internet in different periods."
Chapter completed!