Chapter 323 This Is Not Sparta

(I owe this chapter for several days. I stayed up until more than one o'clock last night, and then I got today's code out. Another leader and Jia Geng in the group will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.)

In the temporary dressing room of the studio, Matthew put on his metallic combat boots, walked back and forth, feeling very fit, nodded to the costumer, and then stood in front of the vanity mirror. His stylist temporarily acted as a makeup artist today. Teacher, immediately walked over with the assistant and applied some grease to his hard muscles to make the muscle lines clearer.

In addition to the boots on his feet, Matthew only wore a pair of dark red shorts, standing here with a peculiar sculptural beauty.

Plus, with a fake beard on his face, he looks much older than his actual age.

After applying the grease, the stylist checked it carefully from top to bottom. After confirming that there was no problem, he stepped aside. The costumer came over with a red cloak and put it on Matthew.

Then, the costumer took the short sword that Zach Snyder borrowed and gave it to Matthew. Matthew took it and hung it on his waist. He looked in the mirror and felt that there should be no problem.

"Is that all right?" he asked the stylist.

"It's great!" The stylist lifted his chin, walked around Matthew, and said, "Matthew, this movie doesn't need a plot or action design at all. If you walk in front of the camera like this, you will fascinate a female audience. ."

The stylist is a woman who has been working with Matthew for several years. They are very familiar with each other, and they don't have so many politenesses. She looked down on Matthew's vigorous upper body and said with admiration, "You don't. What a waste to advertise for a top men's underwear brand!"

Matthew shrugged, "The main reason is that my coffee position is too low, and no one can see it."

He didn't care, because the female stylist was famously gay in the circle.

After finishing the styling, Matthew didn't stop there, left the dressing room, and came to the studio. The small studio is now surrounded by green screens, and even the ground under his feet is covered with green. Zach Schneider has many jobs. Standing behind the camera at the moment, I am discussing the lighting with the lighting engineer.

When Matthew passed by, he did not disturb the two, but went around the shooting location twice. Although it was all green screen, it was necessary to familiarize himself with the shooting environment.

At the very center of this small piece of green screen, there is a large pit less than one meter deep, and the pothole is also covered by a green screen.

The footsteps sounded, and a black man as strong as an iron tower came over. Matthew turned his head and glanced, making sure that he did not know him.

Zach Snyder finished explaining the lighting engineer at this time, came to Matthew's side, and said, "This is the actor I borrowed from your agency."

Matthew nodded. The two communicated when Zach Snyder informed him to come a few days ago. Today, the filming is of a Persian waiter who came to Sparta to demonstrate, asking Leonidas to submit to Xerxes, Oneida directly kills the role of the messenger.

Since the filming was only a preview clip, Zack Snyder could not have called so many actors, and there would be no other characters in the scene, only Matthew and the black actors.

To be precise, the black actor is a decoration. According to Zack Snyder's request, the black actor does not need to speak the lines, as long as the cooperation is enough to let Matthew kill.

"Kenneth!" Zach Snyder called the black actor over,

He greeted Matthew to come to the green screen pit together, and said, "Matthew, finish your lines first, and then kick Kenneth head-on."

He also said to the black actor, "You have filmed a lot of action scenes, and you can match Matthew's actions well."

The black actors were dressed in thick suits and had metal rings on their faces and noses, giving them a ferocious look.

"I know how to do it." The black man nodded.

Zach Snyder explained to Matthew and the black actors the precautions for standing and walking, and went to the camera. Matthew also took advantage of his free time to exchange a few words with the black actors in order to have the most basic tacit understanding.

Especially in action scenes, cooperation is very important. He can't really kick the black actor down with one kick. With his current strength, if the kick is solid, the black actor probably won't be able to get up for a long time.

On the camera side, Zach Snyder raised a hand and his assistant, operating another camera, turned to Matthew's side.

In special circumstances, we can only keep things simple.

"Start!" Zach Snyder's voice came over.

Matthew looked down at the ground and said softly, "Water and soil..."

"stop!"

As soon as the first line was finished, Zach Snyder stopped and reminded Matthew, "British accent! Classical English accent, Matthew!"

Matthew raised his hand and said, "I ignored it."

He forgot that in most of Hollywood's costume epic movies, no matter where the actors come from, they basically say a British emphasis full of classical meaning.

"Wait a minute!" Matthew has received professional training in this area, but he has not used it recently, and said to Zach Snyder, "Give me a few minutes, I will find out."

Zach Snyder reminds again, "It's better to have the stage voice of a Shakespeare play."

This is a bit difficult. Matthew turned around and muttered for five minutes before returning to his position and saying to Zach Snyder, "Let's try again."

Zach Snyder nodded slightly, and when Matthew was ready, he shouted, "Go!"

"Water and soil..."

Matthew changed into a classical British accent, his expression was quite deep, and he spoke in cadence, "Earth and water!"

He suddenly drew out his dagger, turned and pointed at the black actor, with a bit more sarcasm in his expression, pointed at the big hole behind the black actor, and said, "There's a lot of soil and water underneath, go get it yourself!"

The short sword was held tightly in his hand, the muscles on his arms were tensed, and Matthew instantly became more ferocious and terrifying than the black actor, shouting sharply, "You come with the head and crown of the king conquered by Xerxes, Before me! You insult my queen! You threaten my subjects with slavery and death! Persians!"

He put away the sword and took a step back, as if it was just a threat.

Matthew turned his head and looked at the camera behind him, his eyes were extremely firm!

"This.is.Sparta!" Matthew shouted angrily, turned around and raised his legs, and his long legs kicked out like lightning.

The black actor was ready for a long time, and just before Matthew's big foot kicked on him, he flew backwards and fell into the bottom of the pit.

"Stop!" Zach Snyder's voice sounded, "come here first."

The black actor who fell at the bottom of the pit struggled to stand up and wanted to climb up. Matthew reached out and pulled him. After he climbed up, he put away his short sword and came to Zach Snyder.

"How?" he asked.

Zach Snyder hooked up to the monitor next to him, adjusted it, started playing it on the monitor, and said, "The overall effect is okay."

Matthew stood next to him and looked at the picture on the monitor. Due to his lack of professionalism, his ability in this area was limited. He could only see that surrounded by a green screen, he and the black actors were playing in slow motion...

"This is high-speed slow motion..." Zach Snyder said at this time, "but there is no post-processing, high-speed slow motion can only be played at twenty-four frames per second."

"Yeah." Matthew nodded.

I know a little bit about this. Hollywood movies, especially slow motion in action movies, are mostly shot at high frame rates and screened at low frame rates.

For example, a normal movie is usually shown at 24 frames per second. When shooting, it is shot at 48 frames per second, and it is played at 24 frames per second when it is projected. What is presented is slow motion.

In Matthew's impression, Zach Snyder is a good player in this regard.

As an actor, he couldn't get involved in this kind of thing. After watching the broadcast, he went to another venue to prepare to shoot a one-man show of Leonidas.

Taking a spear, Matthew came to a green screen with undulating ground.

Zach Snyder had turned the camera on the slide, stopped five feet in front of Matthew's side, and said, "Are you ready?"

Ma Xiu was brewing his emotions, he didn't speak, just nodded.

Zach Snyder gestured to the other side, a fan turned on, and he exclaimed, "Go!"

The wind blew over, causing Matthew's cape to flutter. He stood on the green screen, holding a spear and looking up diagonally.

With the cape floating, Zach Snyder gradually zoomed out of the camera, only to feel that Matthew in the camera is as amazing as a sculpture under Michelangelo's carving knife, exuding sunshine, strength and wild beauty belonging to men.

When filming "Dawn of the Living Dead", he found that this is a very tough and tough actor, and now it seems that he is better than expected.

With such an excellent Leonidas, coupled with his highly restored illustration, Zach Snyder believes that he will be able to impress Frank Miller.

Zach Snyder manipulated the camera and took a 360-degree shot around Matthew, sighing in his heart, no matter from which perspective, this is a powerful and wild Spartan warrior!

The camera goes back to square one, and Zach Snyder exclaims, "Stop!" He gives Matthew a thumbs up. "Great, perfect!"

Matthew speared on the ground, threw his arm alive, and said, "If you don't stop, my joints will be stiff."

This kind of pose-style shooting looks simple, but it is not so easy to do.

Returning the spear to an assistant, Matthew went over to discuss it with Zach Snyder before shooting the next shot.

Overall, the shooting went smoothly. Zack Snyder prepared for a few months, and the trial shot was announced after only two days of shooting. However, the shooting can only be regarded as the beginning. If you want to achieve the effect expected by Zack Snyder, and Lots of post-production to do.

After Matthew's shooting, the follow-up contact with Zack Snyder was handed over to Helen Herman, who himself was preparing for the release of "National Treasure". 10) !!