Jurassic Theme Park in Tung Chung, Lantau Island.

On the flat grass surrounded by clumps of big trees, a huge Triceratops model was lying there, as if it was sick.

This disease, of course, refers to the sick look created by a special makeup artist.

Zhang Guorong, Naomi Watts, Bruce Willis, Zhou Huimin, Li Jiaxin and others gathered around the triceratops model, all with excited expressions.

"Such a big Triceratops? Is it bigger than an elephant? This is just a Triceratops. I heard that Tyrannosaurus Rex and Brachiosaurus were much bigger!"

"I think I'm not short, but standing next to a lying Triceratops, I clearly feel how small I am!"

"It had such a huge impact during our filming. I can't imagine what an amazing viewing experience it will be when these are put on the big screen."

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How big is a Triceratops? Generally, an adult Triceratops is seven to nine meters long. The model that plays the sick Triceratops in Jurassic Park 1 is more than eight meters long, while the African elephant is only 6 to 7.5 meters long.

The African elephant is already among the largest extant terrestrial mammals.

Of course, when it comes to the shoulder height when standing upright, this Triceratops is only 2.6 meters, which is not comparable to the African elephant.

While everyone was talking about it, Zhao Donghuai picked up the speaker and said, "Okay, let's rehearse for a while and wait for a real shot. This real shot is based on the mechanical equipment installed in the model, using electronic control to make the abdominal cavity of the Triceratops breathe up and down. Occasionally,

Can do leg lifts.”

"There are also small actions such as opening eyes, breathing, etc..."

"Although this is not our only shooting method, there will be green screen, blue screen and super CGI production in the future, but we must try our best to shoot as well as possible!"

A group of people immediately cheered up and stopped staring at the dinosaurs. Instead, they started to move around and rehearse.

The way Jurassic Park was produced, with eight supercomputers capable of 1 billion operations per second, CGI production was of course the top priority, which would coordinate with the actors' blue-screen and green-screen performances.

But real photography is also essential.

It is a large model that is a one-to-one replica of a real dinosaur. There are some mechanical devices installed in the body. Pressing the electronic switch makes the model's chest rise and fall so that it can breathe realistically. This is not difficult.

It is similar to the ordinary toys of later generations. It has a mechanical structure inside the body and can be wound up to run on its own. How difficult is it? Ordinary toy dogs are not lifelike and look fake compared with real dogs, but that is the quality and craftsmanship of the production.

Problem.

Don’t forget that Zhao Donghuai spent more than 100 million yuan to have this made by countless great masters from the Mainland after completing the super-body special effects in April 1985.

Before the Plaza Accord was signed, the more than 100 million yuan you spent paid for it, which was equivalent to the global depreciation of the U.S. dollar to the current 200-300 million yuan.

All dinosaur models, before being covered with realistic skin, not only have ordinary skeletons inside, but also have certain mechanical equipment in various relevant parts.

If you really wanted to make the Triceratops run around, it would not be enough to just rely on its internal mechanical equipment. It would still be too rigid and mechanized. You would also need to use external mechanical arms and let professionals manually operate them to make up for it.

However, several archaeological and biological experts, and the two granddaughters of Guan Shan, the owner of the park, discovered a set of footage of a sick Triceratops. Throughout the footage, the sick Triceratops made small movements, with its chest rising and falling, raising its legs slightly, and shaking slightly.

Head, eyes open and closed, including waving the tip of the tongue.

These actions do not require external mechanical arms to assist operations.

This part of the model was actually shot. After rehearsing the positioning and shooting, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Stuck, next one!"

I distributed the script to everyone in early August, and it was already late October. In more than two months, whether it was Zhang Guorong, Bruce Willis or Naomi Watts, their acting skills were really up to par. They did a great job.

There is still enough homework.

I made one or two mistakes when rehearsing without turning on the camera, but after rehearsing three times, it was a smooth process when I started filming.

next……

When the crew came to several large piles of animal excrement props, including one that was taller than the genius mathematician played by Bruce Willis, even though everyone knew it was fake.

The props were decorated like that, but in fact they didn’t smell bad and weren’t too dirty. Naomi Watts couldn’t help but screamed, “Oh my God, this is too exaggerated. I feel

You can bury me easily."

The female botanist she plays is trying to analyze the causes of the disease through the plants that the Triceratops eats and by observing its excrement.

Before putting on the plastic arm gauntlet, Naomi looked like she was facing an enemy.

Of course, there is no need to use supercomputer to create CGI special effects when filming these scenes of searching for the cause of the disease. It is just real shooting, and it is the most simple and ordinary literary drama.

After filming the scene about the Triceratops disease dragon during the day, Zhao Donghuai signaled the staff to transport the large model of the Triceratops and store it in the warehouse.

In a continuous plot, the scene of checking the condition of the Triceratops will be linked to the storm coming, heavy rain amidst lightning and thunder, waves crashing on the island, etc., and at night there will be two or five operators from Jurassic Park,

Steal the company's dinosaur genes and run out to sell them for money.

It can be said that there will be big dramas in the future.

But we won’t shoot those things today... First, we will shoot the relevant scenes of the drama, the action scene on the rainy night, the Tyrannosaurus attack, Zhou Huimin and Li Jiaxin in danger, those are all planned for a few days later.

Similarly, the scene where Amin and Li Jiaxin were in danger was shot in two ways. One was to manually control the Tyrannosaurus rex model to do some simple actions with the help of a mechanical arm externally.

The other is to use a blue screen, without physical performances by Amin and Li Jiaxin, and then use supercomputer CGI to create a scene where the Tyrannosaurus rex destroys the car and almost kills Li Jiaxin.

Night scenes also require artificial rainfall to create an atmosphere. In that environment, a robotic arm with a relatively concealed color is used to control the action of multiple people to push the Tyrannosaurus rex into action, making it less likely to get sidetracked.

In the end, it all depends on which version is better, whether to choose the real-shot version and edit it into the movie, or use supercomputer-produced CGI shots.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Some scenes that are too dangerous do not need to be shot with a combination of models and robotic arms. This one directly uses supercomputer CGI technology. For example, let Zhang Guorong and Zhou Huimin, Li Jiaxin

The car we were riding in fell off a cliff...

Including people falling off cliffs, even if there were real shots, it would have to be a stand-in.

Fortunately, Zhao Films has strong appeal, and the most important thing is extras and supporting actors who want to contribute to the art.

In the original version, a male doctor and a pair of grandsons of the owner of the garden escaped from being chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex. After descending from the cliff, they climbed up a very large and exaggerated towering tree. The three of them nestled in the branches of the tree and hugged each other for a sleep.

I encountered a Brachiosaurus eating leaves early in the morning.

This version of the chase scene can be produced, where the three of them are sleeping on three different tree branches and are awakened by a brachiosaurus.

The original version was to express the theme of adults protecting children. Everyone here is basically an adult and does not need those themes.

After the day's shooting, when evening came, the crew returned to Tsim Sha Tsui on several yachts.

Of course, if you feel too tired and don’t want to run around, you can live in Tung Chung. It has been nearly three months of construction of the Tung Chung (Jurassic Park) themed community, and so far, not to mention the one-, two-, and two- and three-story buildings in the park.

It's in shape and ready for people to live in.

Outside the park, some first-floor holiday villas facing the sea, including those with their own swimming pools, have been completed and renovated. As for the Baijia 24-hour convenience store chain on the first floor, there are also several 24-hour convenience stores.

Only the Wanjia General Merchant Supermarket in Tung Chung is still under construction, with two floors underground and five floors above ground.

The reason is naturally that there are many people and sufficient team strength.

Zhao Donghuai and Amin returned to Tsim Sha Tsui, while Zhang Guorong, Naomi Watts and Bruce Willis lived in Tung Chung.

Facing the sea breeze on the deck and looking at the direction of Dongchong that was getting farther and farther away, Amin couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Huai, we are building a theme community by ourselves without relying on official planning. Everything is almost done from scratch."

It feels a bit strange to come from nothing.”

Zhao Donghuai laughed dumbly, "Do you feel a subtle sense of accomplishment??"

The entire Tung Chung theme park and the new community planning are all under the banner of Amin's Chinese Land and are projects of Chinese Land... The reason is that it will help push up the stock price in the future.

Zhou Huimin smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is quite different from achieving success in the music and film circles. I heard that in more than a dozen villages near Tung Chung, many young people who went to work in Hong Kong and Kowloon have returned...

…”

"We plan to plan Tung Chung community life in the future, mainly targeting Wanjia and Baijia branches."

A dozen or so villages, no matter how small, still have a population of at least three to four thousand people. However, if this population is to work, not to mention Baijia Xing and Wanjia, they can work as employees in other theme parks, hotels, restaurants, etc.

, full absorption is not a big deal.

Not to mention the Tung Chung area, as it develops more and more prosperously, many people from nearby Tai O, Mui Wo, and South Lantau will choose to leave Hong Kong and Kowloon to develop in Tung Chung.

There are more than 30 villages in Tai O, Mui Wo and South Lantau together, and these are all areas on Lantau Island.

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More than an hour later.

Zhao Donghuai just walked into the lobby on the first floor of Zhao's Financial Building and saw Mai Xunxiong and Li Dawei who were sitting in the reception area. They walked over together and said hello with a smile from a distance.

Zhao Donghuai asked Amin to give way to the building first and said with a smile, "What, Axiong, you have a new project?"

After the filming of "The Lame Hero" last year, the box office exploded, and Yongsheng of the Xiang family was attracted to start filming (The Legend of Five Billion Inspector Lei Luo). At this stage, Ah Xiong is no longer finished filming (Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldier 1)

What happened after that was so chaotic.

Countless film and television actors avoided the projects he prepared, and even wanted to hide on the road and beat him with a sack on Ah Xiong.

After hearing these words, Mai Xunxiong immediately nodded, "That's it, Zhao Sheng, Yongsheng wanted to ask me to direct a gangster movie a while ago, but I always felt that it was boring to keep filming, so I just wanted to save a good idea myself."

"Now that I have an idea for a biopic, I think it's quite promising, but..."

"Even I am not qualified to visit the tycoon who is the prototype of the biopic. I would like to ask Zhao Sheng for advice to see if there is any way?"

Zhao Donghuai said in surprise, "Who?"

Mai Xunxiong took out a script from his briefcase and handed it to him with both hands. Zhao Donghuai took it and read it, "The Biography of Wang Kuancheng". He really had no impression...

After a while, sitting in the big office, he flipped through the script and read it all the way. This really opened Zhao Donghuai's eyes. He had no impression of the name Wang Kuancheng before traveling through time.

I don’t know what the other party’s deeds are.
To be continued...