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Behind-the-scenes production of The Legend of Daming Palace

Hollywood photography team helped IMAX3D camera make its debut in Asia.

"The Legend of Daming Palace" is not only the first IMAX3D film in China, but also second to none in Asia. At the opening ceremony, IMAX3D camera made its debut in China, which attracted great surprises. There are no more than ten people in the world who can operate this camera. So "The Legend of Daming Palace" spent a lot of money to invite a first-class photography team in Hollywood. The photographer of "The Legend of Daming Palace" is Reed Philip Smoot, a leading figure in Hollywood IMAX3D movies. He participated in the shooting of half of the feature films shown in IMAX cinemas, including the Mysterious Nile, The Adventure of the Panda (China), The Exploitation of the American West, The Rainbow War and other famous works. Among them, Mysterious Nile won the best IMAX film in 2005, and American Wild West and Rainbow War were nominated for the best live-action short film at the Oscar.

In order to create a shocking visual spectacle, the Legend of Daming Palace also designed a large number of special effects scenes, and special effects director Peter William Anderson from Hollywood joined in. He used to be the photography director of Disney, leading the special effects department of Disney and Universal. His major works include Terminator 2》(4D), Star Trek-Revenge of the Borg (4D), Batman (3D) and Iron Man (3D).

In addition to Hollywood's photography and special effects team, the behind-the-scenes lineup of the film is also very strong. Art Lin Chaoxiang has served as Born and Nanjing! Production designer of Nanjing and Confucius; Screenwriter Mei Feng won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award for "A Night Intoxicated by Spring Breeze", which is the highest award won by a screenwriter in China at an international film festival. It was Cheng Chi who created touching music for this film. He composed music for Song Dynasty, Impression of Sanjie Liu and New Silk Road, and was also a first-class musician in film and television. Their joining also provided quality assurance for The Legend of Daming Palace.

Armed with science and technology, let the prosperous times reappear

Daming Palace National Heritage Park-Science and Technology Armed Forces Reappear Prosperity

The Legend of Daming Palace is an IMAX3D film invested by Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Daming Palace National Heritage Park is a major site protection project with world significance and an important part of the national cultural development strategy. Daming Palace Ruins Park not only reshaped the weather in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but also found that scientific and technological progress played a vital role in the protection and transformation of the site. For example, the use of three-dimensional imaging technology can restore the majestic spirit of the Tang Dynasty and let the audience truly feel the glory of the Tang Dynasty. After appreciating the unexpected effect of scientific and technological progress on the reconstruction of Daming Palace site, Zhou Mengsheng, deputy director of the Daming Palace site protection and reconstruction office in Qujiang, came up with the idea of shooting an IMAX3D film. Thus, the film "The Legend of Daming Palace" came into being. 20101kloc-0/,The Legend of Daming Palace will also be grandly premiered in Daming Palace National Heritage Park.

The Legend of Daming Palace will be broadcast for ten years.

This film, called "IMAX3D, the first Chinese language", is only 30 minutes long, but it is said that it costs 2 million dollars per minute. However, the founder said that it is not a problem to recover the investment, because it will be broadcast continuously for ten years.

The film tells a legendary story inspired by large ancient murals, and shows the beauty of the Tang Dynasty through a love story. The application of 3D technology made the costumes and palaces in the prosperous Tang Dynasty more gorgeous. At the press conference, the master revealed that this is the first film actually shot by IMAX3D camera in China, which is expensive. A movie that is only 30 minutes long is worrying and can only be played on a few IMAX giant screens. How can movies recover their costs? In this regard, the main creative introduction, in addition to screening in the theater, the film will also focus on playing for tourists in Xi' an Daming Palace Scenic Area for ten years, which is enough to recover the cost.

Apaerjiang: The 3D camera keeps shooting.

China's first IMAX 3D film "The Legend of Daming Palace" starring Apaerjiang and Zhu Yilong attended the media meeting that day, exchanged views with the Shanghai media after the film ended, and responded to the "First Gate" incident in the capital. Apaerjiang said, "The Legend of Daming Palace was shot directly with a 3D camera. Simply put, a 3D camera has two side-by-side lenses, which can fuse two images into a 3D image. Instead of the 3D movies that are mostly converted from 2D now. "

As early as the launch conference of the movie "The Legend of Daming Palace" in 2009, IMAX3D cameras were displayed at the event site. At that time, there were no more than ten people in the world who could operate this camera. Jin Tiemu's "China first" is well deserved.

United cinema issued its strength.

Starring Apaerjiang and Zhu Yilong also thanked Xi 'an Qujiang Film and Television Investment (Group) Co., Ltd., Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park and Shanghai United Cinema Line Co., Ltd. for their strong support to the film. As one of the largest cinema companies in more than 30 cinemas in China, Shanghai United Cinema Line Co., Ltd. not only has first-class facilities, but also jointly invested with Shanghai Daguangming Culture (Group) Co., Ltd. * * * in Peace Cinema, the first commercial IMAX giant screen cinema in China.

Filming

The Legend of Daming Palace, China's first 3D film jointly produced by China and the United States, was launched in the suburbs of Beijing a few days ago. Jin Tiemu, the famous director who directed the large-scale epic documentary Yuanmingyuan and used three-dimensional special effects for the first time in this documentary, will become the first person to make IMAX3D movies in China and even in Asia.

China's first 3D film was shot by Xi Daming Palace National Heritage Park. The story tells a legendary story inspired by a large mural, which is located in the prosperous Tang Dynasty when Wu Zetian was in power. The film fully shows the magnificent Tang Palace, colorful royal music and dance, superb hunting, riding and shooting, wonderful polo match and the prosperous Tang Dynasty in Wu Zetian period with 3D technology. It's a usable film.

In order to make China's first 3D film, Jin Tiemu made a special trip to Hollywood to study and inspect, and the producer hired a Hollywood photography team to enter China for the first time with a 3D camera.

The role of Wu Zetian in the film is played by Song Jia, with elegant temperament.