The Making of the Wandering Earth: A Film Production Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781032072166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 258 str.

Jiaren Wang; John Shanahan; Guo Qi

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This handbook takes us through the making of The Wandering Earth, one of the highest grossing non-English films of all time. It is a rare, in-depth, behind-the-scenes study of the making of a masterpiece, taking the reader through the entire production process of a landmark Chinese science fiction film.

Spis treści

1.Call of adventure 2. Stepping over limi Act I Calling for Adventures Chapter 1 Summoning the Heroes Chapter 2 “Worldbuilding”: Creating the Blueprint for a World Chapter 3 Screenplay: Not Simply Science Fiction, But Character Creation Chapter 4 Aesthetics: A Taste of Soviet Industrial Style Chapter 5 Conceptual Design: More than Concepts Chapter 6 Previewing: The PreViz Dynamic Storyboard Chapter 7 Photography: A Symphony of Light and Shadow Chapter 8 “The Four Big Shots” Act II Exceeding Limits Chapter 9 Director Panel: Growing Wildly Chapter 10 Camera Crew: Striving for Texture Chapter 11 Art Department: Realizing the Imagination with Chinese Characteristics Chapter 12 The Challenge of Industrialization, Science Fiction’s Calling Chapter 13 Ideal Actors & Actors’ Ideals Act III: Trials Along the Way Chapter 14 Editing: A Second Creation through Simplification Chapter 15 Visual Effects in Post-Production: Technology and Beauty Chapter 16 Sound Effects: An Acoustic Feast to Arouse Chinese Memory Chapter 17 Post-production: The Life and Death Choices of a VFX-heavy Film Conclusion: Voices from Film Crew Members. The Creators’ Favorite Parts. Difficulties and Challenges. If I could do it again… . Expectations for Chinese Science Fiction Films and for The Wandering Earth. Wishes from the Director. Appendix Brief Introduction to the “Worldbuilding” in The Wandering Earth. The Character Traits in The Wandering Earth. The Terms of Scenes in The Wandering Earth. The Terms of Props in The Wandering Earth. The Terms of Natural Phenomenon in The Wandering Earth. Special Terms in The Wandering Earth. Chronicle in The Wandering Earth. CAST. Essays Like a God, Creates a World, Then Describes It” – The Aesthetics of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction Mingwei Song. The Reality and Myth of Science Fiction: Science Fiction Landscape as a Cultural Phenomenon. Editorial Note of the English Version