As a director, Duke's understanding of space will directly affect the final effect of the film. He and his scientific consultants have always maintained close contact with the Aerospace Administration. During the entire preliminary preparations, Duke kept asking experts from the Aerospace Administration for space scenes, but as the communication deepened, the result was that he felt like a fool and had no knowledge of space at all. If he was really shot in real space completely, the film might not be able to start until this time next year.

After all kinds of painful modifications, Duke made a decision to calculate the accuracy of the thing, so he would not be nitpicious.

Duke turned his main energy back to the improvement of the key prop "Lightbox" for special effects design and shooting gravity imbalanced scenes.

The crew's simulation of space light effects requires unprecedented efficiency and precision, and the large number of G-production of the film will inevitably bring another problem, which is how to make the real-life scene and G-environment synthesis seamless.

The lighting of an actor during performance is usually different from that of a g environment. If the lighting is not right, the effect after synthesis will look unnatural, which requires finding a way to match the actual lighting and g environment light.

Duke's photography director John Schwartzman and visual effects director Tim Webber finally came up with a bold solution - making a fuss on the LED screen of the light box.

The four walls of the light box are all composed of LED screens. Videos or pictures that simulate the surrounding environment are played during shooting. The lens controlled by the robotic arm rotates flexibly in this space. The visual effects team is responsible for making the pattern of the virtual scene on the LED screen to match the actor's subjective perspective...

In this way, the screen displayed on the LED screen will illuminate the actors and put the actors in the environment, which is like space surrounding the actors.

Duke originally planned to only half of the lenses be shot in the light box, and the other half relied on mechanical movement to light up. However, in actual tests, the device was effective and efficient. The image quality of the shot was also quite good, which completely solved the lighting problem in space during shooting.

These LED screens can produce unprecedentedly realistic light effects. When Scarlett is doing test shots in this space, he can directly obtain reflective effects on his body, solving the problems of diffuse reflection and lighting on all clothes.

To get a shot of an astronaut rotating in space, setting up a light under green screen conditions is very troublesome, but in the light box, you only need to adjust the content on the LED screen. Each pixel of the LED screen is a light, with about 1.8 million. Each crew can control it separately.

However, everything has two sides. For post-production, it is much more troublesome to pinch all these LED screens than green screens.

In today's Hollywood, it is rare to produce so many large-scale G-environment shots without using green screen shots, but Duke still decided that many shots will be shot with light boxes. What is better than green screen is that the environment created in the "light boxes" can provide actors with some assistance, so that they can know what the environment they were in at that time and make corresponding performances.

"Gravity" is undoubtedly a very complex project. It needs to integrate virtual and real-life images in a very creative way, and the tension of time has further increased its complexity.

In addition to the contact between the professional team he was involved in and Lucasfilm, Duke threw all his other work to Tina Fei and transferred all his remaining energy to the preparations for the film.

All kinds of jobs are waiting for him.

Duke worked with the team of Industrial Light and Magic to develop the movement trajectory above the Earth in the film, which will determine the appearance of the Earth in the film; he worked with John Schwartzman and a group of animators to create a low-resolution preview version of the video animation to determine the movement trajectory of the virtual camera; he also designed the lighting effects of each virtual scene in the film with a set of technical guidance, so that existing g assets can be optimized so that the completed shots can be quickly rendered and feedback during shooting.

In addition to these, Duke also needs to communicate with the two actors, which is the only thing he deserves to be grateful for. The film does not require a huge cast like "Inception", and only three actors actually appear. He will make guest appearances as one of them himself, and Scarlett Johnson, who has the most roles, has actually started preparing for this film since the Cannes Film Festival and has had many communications with Duke.

In order to play the role of astronaut, George Clooney, like Scarlett Johnson, is also practicing yoga to make the body more flexible.

“It’s all worth it.”

In the Warner Studios training hall, George Clooney said to Duke, "Although my character died very early..."

Instead of answering his words, Duke looked at Scarlett who was walking towards the locker room and asked, "I heard Scarlett say, are you going to invite her to an event?"

"Yes, I have similar ideas to her." George Clooney also looked over there.

Duke knew very well that George Clooney was talking about political ideas, and thought about it, "The White House wanted to invite me to a formal dinner next year, but I don't have the time, I recommend you to them."

"Recommended me?" George Clooney was a little surprised at first, and then smiled. Such an opportunity was what he dreamed of, "Thank you, Duke, I really don't know what to say."

"You're welcome." Duke just smiled.

George Clooney has always wanted to copy Ronald Reagan's life trajectory, and he was very thoughtful, and then he said, "If you have something to do, just open your mouth."

Duke reached out and patted his arm lightly, "I will call you if you need it."

The sound of high heels falling on the floor sounded, and Scarlett Johnson walked over with a clatter, looking at Duke and George Clooney with tacit smiles, and couldn't help asking, "What are you talking about, it seems to be very speculative."

Before George Clooney could speak, Duke said, "I just told George that if he participated in the presidential election, I would definitely vote for him."

George Clooney couldn't help but laugh. If there was really a day, he would also need the support of people like Duke.

The three of them jokingly and left Warner Studio one after another. Duke and Scarlett returned to their home in Malibu. As soon as they walked into the hall of the eye-shaped villa, Scarlett turned on the audio and peaceful classical music floated in the entire living room.

This is a habit that Scarlett forced herself to develop since the establishment of the project of "Gravity". Her role needs to explode in silence, and her performance also needs to be in line with the extremely quiet atmosphere of outer space.

In fact, Duke knew very well that although Scarlett's personality changed a lot after the family changes, from the root, she was not a person who likes quietness. She was like all young girls, and was full of enthusiasm.

Listening to classical music is a way for Scarlett to adjust himself.

In addition, she is also practicing some slow dance as amateur relaxation. Scarlett was originally a person who could do whatever he wanted. In her words, these could make her more relaxed and closer to the state of an astronaut.

In fact, although Duke never said that, Scarlett knew that she would go through an extremely tormented shooting process, and she knew that Duke would be very strict and even strict with her.

But she has confidence in herself and is sure that she will not lose to anyone, even if that person is the best acting Natalie Portman among the actors born after the 1980s who are recognized by inside and outside the circle!

The other party's "Black Swan" is about to debut at the Venice Film Festival, targeting Oscars. Although influenced by Duke, she doesn't like Oscars too much, and she won't become an Oscar like Leonardo DiCaprio, but becoming the first post-80s best actress, seems to be very good.

And she also heard Tina Fee say about the actress who also came from New York targeting Duke at the Cannes Film Festival, Duke's enemy, that is her Scarlett Johnson's enemy.

Scarlett asked Tina Fee to inquire, and Natalie Portman had already gone to Venice.

Venice in August has not yet begun the opening time of the film festival, but many filmmakers from all over the world have already arrived here. Natalie Portman and her mother Shelley came to Venice early. The movie "Black Swan" brings together countless efforts and is also the hope for her to achieve a major goal in her life.

The film was previously previewed in a very small range in Los Angeles. Her performance has received praise from many people in the academy who have heavyweight voice. According to her mother's words and the consensus within the Hollywood Jewish Club, as long as the timing and work are right, what belongs to her will definitely fall on her.

But sitting on the balcony of the hotel, Natalie Portman looked at the water view of the streets of Venice, and his thick eyebrows were always slightly frowned. He didn't seem to be happy because of these, but instead was not in a good mood.

"Honey……"

Mother Xie Li walked up to the balcony and placed a glass of juice in front of her, "Come from the airport, you haven't eaten yet, so hurry up and drink this glass."

Holding the cup, Natalie just took a sip, then put the cup back on the table in front of her, leaning against the rattan chair, looking absent-minded.

Before coming to New York, she received a notice from her agent Martin Miller that Duke Rosenberg's new film was almost finished and filming was about to begin, and there was news in the circle that this intensely prepared film is likely to help Scarlett Johnson win the Oscar for Best Actress.

After hearing this news, Natalie Portman's heart sank. With her intelligence, she could naturally think of something.

Natalie knew very well what she had to do to win an Oscar. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!