The third round of screenings of the movie "Decryption" has been launched and released. The special dreamy photography series reveals the quality of an international blockbuster

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The release of the film "decryption" is also true and illusory-the dream photography special, which analyzes the unique photography style of the film from the perspectives of texture, color, and the use of light and shadow, whether it is the careful selection of photography and lighting equipment, or the combination of color and light into the creative details of the narrative, we can see the professionalism and ingenuity of the photography team. The film "decryption", a major literary and artistic creation project funded by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation, is adapted according to the novel of the same name by Mai Jia, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, written and directed by Chen Sicheng, starred by Liu Haoran and John Cusack, specially starred by Chen Daoming, Wu Yanzu and Yu Feihong, starred Ren Luyao, Chen Yustrontium, Wang Yutian, Zhou you and Zhu Zhu, and was specially filmed by IMAX. Since its premiere and release, the film has been hit by word of mouth, which has been praised as "the unprecedented attempt of domestic films", "Aesthetic highlights of the film industry" and "shocking works that hit the soul". The third round of time-limited release will begin from July 29 to August 1 and will be released nationwide on August 3.

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photography director Cao Yu reveals that the film image style is true and superimposed poetic to create a realistic sense of dream.

The film "decryption" is specially shot by IMAX throughout the whole process, whether it is a strange dream, or the true texture of the picture and the use of light and shadow all show a strong image style. The newly released photography special provides an in-depth analysis of the creative story behind the scenes of photography. In the view of Cao Yu, director of photography, the story of "declassification" is very unique, and for photographers, it is a very rare personal fate epic that is especially worth photographing. There are many dreams, but they must be very real. Balancing dreams with reality is a major challenge for photography.

In order to create a realistic sense of dream, the photography team has made no less efforts than shaping the dream itself. They use the ALEXA 65 IMAX camera with high definition and high color restoration, which can not only capture the true texture of the character's skin, but also shoot the character with a wide-angle lens without distortion like 65mm film, bringing a sense of psychological closeness and magnification to the audience. In addition, the ARRI DNA lens chosen by the photography team gives the picture a lot of glare, bringing a sense of romantic beauty. The unique use of light and shadow in photography is more integrated into the narrative. Cao Yu, director of photography, said that light is like a consciousness, darkness is like a subconscious, thick black, throughout Rong Jinzhen's life. For example, in the movie, Zheng, played by Chen Daoming, takes Rong Jinzhen down to the basement of the last 701 floor for the first time. In the long aisle, red lights and the darkness of blockbusters create infinite mystery and imagination. In the light part, in order to make the audience believe the story more, the photography team used real light sources in the real scene. On the one hand, working hard on the lighting, almost all the prop lights and hidden wires in the film have been modified to make their power meet the shooting requirements. For example, in the scene in which Xiao Li, played by Daniel Wu, finds Xiao Rong Jinzhen, except for a very soft background light, there is only the lamp held by Xiao Li and the light source of the pony lamp in the background. On the other hand, professional software for predicting the trajectory of the sun is used to prepare in advance to shoot important shots with natural skylight of a specific period of time and a specific angle, so as to increase the sense of poetry on the basis of reality.

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Dream of Light and Shadow to create Chinese Film Vision "ceiling" dimming console to accurately control light to switch between reality and dreams

Director Chen Sicheng believes that the design of the concept of dream can give the audience endless imagination, and to some extent determines the height of the visual "ceiling" of the film. In the image style of the film "decryption", what echoes the dream sense of reality is the reality of the dream. In order to achieve the real sunset effect in the dream of the red beach, the crew achieved the technological breakthrough of artificial sun for the first time in China's film industrialization system, using 75 LED lights to form a lamp array to produce a very uniform and intense light in a 5000 square meter studio. The light of the real sun amazed the original author, Mai Jia, "beyond my imagination." In addition, all the prop lights are programmed by the crew, and the photographer distributes the light through the dimmer just like DJ, so that he can control each lamp individually, and he can also use the dimmer to switch between reality and dream.

The unique image style of the film connects reality with dreams without a sense of separation. At the beginning of each dream, the audience can not see the difference from reality, but with the change of light, the sense of dream gradually deepens. For example, in the dream of Rong Jinzhen meeting hippies and walruses on the train, the scene of Rong Jinzhen's writing is very real at first, and then you can see the gradual transformation of light from realism to ideography. until the subjective highlight of the moment she met the walrus, she felt very surreal. Cao Yu, director of photography, said: "the art of film is like a dream. It may be more like a dream than anything else." Photography is an important part of the film's "deciphering" dream creation. Director Chen Sicheng laments: "Cao Yu's pursuit of color and light and shadow has made these dreams even more magnificent, gorgeous and magnificent than I first imagined." I believe that every audience will also feel this wonderful visual experience of light and shadow, real and illusory, on the big screen.

The film "decryption" is produced by Shanghai Chinese Film Co., Ltd., Shanghai Yitong Film and Television production Co., Ltd., Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Co., Ltd., Shanghai Chinese Film Co., Ltd. Beijing Taobaopiao Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., Beijing Le Kaihua Film Co., Ltd., Atlantis New Film (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., it is listed as a major literary and artistic creation funding project of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation. The film will be released for a limited time from July 29 to August 1, will be released nationwide on August 3, and is in hot pre-sale.