Chapter 302: The Visual Shock of 3D Movie Watching

The reporters felt a bit confused, not really understanding the terms Jiang Heng spoke.

The only feeling was that it seemed impressive.

Fortunately, it won't be long before we get to see it; if we don't understand, we just won't.

When we go in to watch the movie later, we'll surely have feelings of "Holy shit" and "Damn", then we'll replace them with slightly more cultured words, and an article will be done.

After Jiang Heng, a bunch of main creators went on stage; the reporters also did a quick interview, after all, at the whole event site, it can be said that besides Jiang Heng, even the actors wanted to see the film's final effect as soon as possible, and didn't want to waste time with small talk!

Thus, after the interview ended, Jing Tian, who plays one of the seven fairies, pulled Zhao Liying and hurried toward the cinema.

By rights she should be filming on the Warring States set right now, but she took leave to come see it early.

The other few girls were more steady, walking at a leisurely pace.

Kelala, who plays one of the seven fairies, deliberately lagged behind, giving Jiang Heng a sweet smile.

"Congratulations, Director Jiang, another epoch-making film is released!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "Do you even know what 'epoch-making' means?"

Kelala hurriedly said, "I've been studying Chinese hard lately!"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly, "I can feel it; study well, and the company will make several movies with you as the lead!"

"Thank you, Director Jiang, thank you, Director Jiang!"

Kelala was excited; she had no fame in Korea, and after joining Outstanding Rising Film Company, the roles she played were all supporting ones.

She naturally wanted to become famous, but she rarely had a chance to interact with Jiang Heng; this time she boldly spoke a couple of sentences, and indeed she gained a lot.

It would be even better if she could have two meals with Director Jiang!

What excuse would she find?

Kelala fell into contemplation, and in a daze felt an urge to trip and fall.

Everyone says Director Jiang is good at martial arts; he should be able to catch her, right?

But there are many guests and reporters on site; falling suddenly would be too deliberate; better to do it another day when there are fewer people.

However, under the escort of security staff, the main creators, guests, and reporters with movie tickets entered the movie city and stepped into the largest IMAX theater.

Before entering, there was a very strict security check, and 3D glasses were distributed to the audience members entering.

After receiving them, everyone was curious, unable to believe that putting on such a small pair of glasses would change what they saw.

After a while of noise, the latecomers finally found seats and sat down.

The lights in the theater dimmed, and the big screen lit up.

After the dragon emblem and Outstanding Rising Film Company's logo animation played, the big screen became even brighter, revealing mountains floating in midair, each mountain's edge a steep cliff, the rocks covered in plants, and even waterfalls flowing down.

Among them, the tallest and most majestic peak had a stone tablet at its base, inscribed with "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave"!

Seeing this, the audience's excited feelings could no longer be contained.

"Hiss!"

"Holy shit!"

"Damn awesome!"

"How did they do that?!"

"This image is too 3D, it feels like it's right before our eyes!"

Many people exclaimed excitedly, and some even took off their glasses to look at the big screen, discovering the image had double vision.

Putting the glasses back on, the image of the floating mountains appeared before their eyes, shocking beyond words.

It can be said that just the opening first shot held the entire audience in thrall.

At this moment, the film's first line of dialogue appeared.

"What's with talking about repaying kindness; as long as you don't mention your master if you cause trouble later, that's fine!"

Then saw on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Sun Wukong kneeling on the ground, kowtowing continuously, crying out sadly: "Master, Master!"

Not far ahead of him, Lan Tianye, who plays the Bodhi Patriarch, dressed in white robes, with an immortal aura.

He turned, flicked his sleeve, and said: "Go!"

Sun Wukong was then blown off the mountain by a gust of wind and fell into an endless abyss.

The light on the big screen dimmed; Sun Wukong fell into a pitch-black space, when suddenly a chain flew out of the darkness, looped around his neck, and dragged him away.

The Great Sage raised his eyes, but saw pitch-black monsters: one with an ox head, one with a horse head, each over two zhang tall, stalwart builds, their oppressive presence instantly maxed out.

A somewhat timid girl was frightened, quickly took off her 3D glasses, and whispered, "How scary."

Fans familiar with the original work couldn't help but say, "Holy shit, this part must still be a dream!"

"Yeah, following Director Jiang's filming style, it's undoubtedly a dream!"

"Monkey Brother must have fallen asleep, first thought of his master, then got his soul hooked!"

As they were discussing, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, having hooked Sun Wukong, arrived before an immensely imposing dark-black city.

They saw a couplet posted above: "The netherworld's ghost gate; the living who come here must not advance further," and on the city gate hung an iron plate bearing the three large characters "Netherworld".

Sun Wukong finally came to his senses, astonished: "The Netherworld? Isn't that where King Yama resides? How did I end up here?"

The Horse-Face shouted sternly: "Sun Wukong, your mortal lifespan is exhausted; naturally we must summon you here!"

Sun Wukong angrily replied: "I, the Old Monkey, have jumped beyond the Three Realms, not within the Five Elements, long since freed from the underworld's jurisdiction; you two ugly ghosts dare to come summon me!"

Hearing this, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face were both furious beyond restraint.

One took out a wolf-tooth club, the other raised a soul-striking banner, and they swung at him.

Sun Wukong grew even angrier, pulling out his golden cudgel from his ear.

At that moment, the stirring music swelled.

Amid the dark, muted tones on the big screen, a brilliant flash of gold appeared.

Sun Wukong lifted the golden cudgel and, with one strike each, beat the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to death.

Immediately they broke the city gate, rushed into the city, and fought their way through.

On the Forest Hall, the Jin dynasty extras playing King Yama sat enthroned above, when a ghost messenger ran in, shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, oh no, oh no, a hairy-faced thunder god mouth has barged in!"

The Jin dynasty extras portraying King Yama hastily tidied his official robes, rose, and went out to meet.

Then came the segment where Sun Wukong cancels the life-and-death register; compared to the TV version, it's slightly different: here the King Yama isn't very angry; seeing Sun Wukong leave, the corner of his mouth actually reveals a hint of a smile, appearing very eerie.

Ordinary viewers might not notice this small detail, but those big directors certainly do.

Many of them have experience "pulling film", they repeatedly watch a movie frame by frame, rewinding, while analyzing and recording what they see and summarize.

Deeply analyze the movie, then record the content of each shot, staging, camera movement, shot size, editing, sound, picture, rhythm, performance, camera position, etc., and finally summarize; only thus can one continuously improve one's professional film expertise.

So the rare scene of King Yama revealing a hint of a smile instantly provoked deep thought among the directors present.

Jiang Wen's train of thought has always been relatively rebellious and unconventional; he silently thought: "Jiang Heng filming like this surely has intention; the life-and-death register has been canceled, many things become muddled accounts; what is King Yama happy about?"

Damn, this train of thought, it works!

Could it be that they want to film Sun Wukong as the Great Sage who settles accounts?

Beside him, Zhang Yimou could also think of these, the corner of his mouth involuntarily curled into a smile, thinking: "He dares to film this!"

(End of chapter)