Horror film is actually the style closest to the artistic characteristics of film. Because movies need to create suspense, only suspense can make the audience have strong expectations.
Horror movies are popular all over the world, and most of them are fairy tales or based on real life.
Horror films in 1930s all had serious themes and philosophical thinking, such as dr. jekyll and mr. hyde in the United States, Singing at Midnight in China and Haunted House No.13 in the 1940s.
The type of horror film development is no longer to attract the audience's attention with particularly horrible plots. Instead, direct plasma and blood are used to shock the audience's sight and achieve the feeling of carefree killing and transformation. To a large extent, the meaning of horror has shifted to thrillers.
In fact, it is not the patent of horror movies to make people feel scared and panic. In many other types of movies, there will also be many passages that make the adrenal gland surge and the breathing become rapid. A film critic used the words "deep sadness and fear" when talking about the scene of chopping fingers in piano class. This is probably because the meaning of the word "terror" itself is too vague, and it seems that all negative emotions can be related to it. What is terror? What is its core meaning, if any? How can we arouse people's fears?
Why do humans like pain? Just to enjoy the last moment of relief? No way. In the fear of death, in the complete loss of rational control, there must be irreparable temptation; It is as deeply rooted in instinct as lust, which is unreasonable. Maybe there has never been a real horror movie. No matter how many people died, the most damned hero, or the hero we want to die most, always escaped. The terror was dispelled, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued to live well.
Are actors who make horror movies afraid of themselves?
Generally speaking, there must be some psychological pressure when shooting a horror film. But the actors are much more relaxed than the audience.
Tell you responsibly, it depends on what kind of scene! ! ! Some scenes are terrible to us, but the actors are not like this when shooting, because there are many producers around, and there is no horrible music to create an atmosphere when shooting, and the lighting effect is not what we see. We just need them to make some frightened expressions or actions, so that the actors in this scene will not be afraid. But the shooting of some horror scenes is horrible. For example, in the new movie "Door", there is a place where the hero is in the cemetery. Originally, that place was horrible, and it was taken at night, which required the protagonist to go far away. Later, in an interview, he said that he was scared at that time, so the performances were all his real appearance, which was really scary.
Decipher how horror films are made;
In many horror movies, there will be such a scene: the big devil is chasing the innocent protagonist with a chainsaw, and a minute later, plasma splashes everywhere. Today, when everyone loves heavy taste, it is no longer possible to fool the audience with a few bags of ketchup. As a result, the scalp of passer-by A was cut open, the heart of passer-by B was dug out, the neck of passer-by C was cut into a river of blood, and the bodies were lying on the ground, and some of them were still dead, which often made the audience cry.
However, what did Liu Ji, a makeup artist with advanced props and special effects, create? Lying dead all over? The scene is similar? Basic skills? . In his studio, Tencent Entertainment reporters saw all kinds of broken hands and feet and cut heads, which were placed on the display shelf like exhibits. People who walked in for the first time felt cold in their backs.
Silicone prosthesis is indispensable for cutting throat, digging heart and tearing scalp.
Silica gel and plasma
Plasma is ejected through a catheter in silicone artificial skin.
Liu Ji told reporters: When shooting the throat-cutting scene, we first put a thin layer of silicone fake skin on the actor's neck, which contains many catheters and is filled with artificial plasma. As soon as the director called for action, the actor cut off the fake skin on his neck with a knife, and the staff hiding behind quickly squeezed out plasma through the catheter, resulting in the effect of blood spraying. ?
The same is true of the scene of digging your heart and tearing your scalp. When shooting, all the actors need to do is the ferocious and painful facial expression, and the rest is left to the silicone prosthesis, staff and post-editing. ? When shooting horror films, silicone prostheses are essential. The dismemberment and heartbreaking you see on the screen are all made of silicone. ?
But there are also some shots that rely on computer special effects. Like foreign funeral films, people will be eaten by zombies. This kind of play can't be done by silicone alone. You need to paint the actor's half body blue or green when shooting, and then use computer CG (computer graphics) to remove the blue and green parts later to create the effect of only half body. ?
The plasma color is exquisite, and the vomit is mashed potatoes with mung bean soup.
For horror movies, plasma is undoubtedly an indispensable prop. In Kubrick's horror classic The Shining, the bloodiest and scariest scene is the scene where blood rushes out of the elevator like a flood and floods the corridor.
Compared with new technical means such as computer special effects, making fake plasma can be regarded as a horror movie prop. Handmade for generations? Yes According to Liu Ji, the main raw materials for making fake plasma are pigment, honey, water or alcohol, among which honey is responsible for adjusting viscosity to make fake plasma look more real. If you shoot in winter, you should use alcohol to avoid false plasma coagulation too fast.
But the reporter noticed that Liu Ji's toolbox contained green, blue and Huang San pigments, which were used to prepare fake plasma. In this regard, Liu Ji explained that in fact, the color of plasma is also particular, because the color of blood will change after leaving the human body. Fresh blood will be a little pink, which is more fresh. It will gradually turn black after a long time. At this time, you need to add some green and brown to reconcile. ?
Liu Ji also introduced another prop that often appears in horror movies to reporters. Most of them are made of mashed potatoes or mung bean soup. ?
Liu Ji admits that it is not difficult to make special effects makeup for such a long time, and it is not difficult to make a shape like a ghost animal. What's the hardest part? Realism? . ? Whether it is a ghost or a beast, it is not as difficult as the realistic special effects of the characters. The former allows imagination to play without reference. But the realism is not good, others can see it at a glance. ? This is actually related to the art world? It's easier to draw ghosts than people. This is one thing.
So what kind of modeling is a realistic special effect? Liu Ji told reporters that things like scars and wound makeup that are common in horror movies belong to realism.
Is the makeup artist a reporter for Tencent Entertainment? Scratch makeup?
In order to better show us how special effect makeup is made, Liu Ji arranged a special effect makeup artist to make a scar makeup for the reporter.
The makeup artist said that the scar on the face requires a lot of makeup. Only one head should be divided into five parts: forehead, cheek, chin, nose and neck, and each part has different requirements. However, as I said before, the foundation should rely on silicone, but the silicone used for scars should be very, very thin, as much as possible like skin, and then the makeup artist should display his skills on this thin silicone.
The makeup artist is going to demonstrate a small piece on the reporter's cheek? Scratch makeup? . In order to achieve a realistic effect, the makeup artist keeps coloring the reporter's face with all kinds of paint pens, from the bruises on the periphery to the flesh and blood collapsed in the center. It takes more than a dozen times to scratch a thumb, up to half an hour. ? This is still a small wound. If we encounter a large area of scar makeup, we basically stand from dawn to dark and melt constantly. ?
Liu Ji also mentioned that in fact, the wound makeup is very different, and the reporter's wound dressing is relatively simple. Although wound makeup is a common special effect makeup, every time we receive this task, we must first ask under what circumstances the scar is formed. Gunshot wound, bayonet wound, air injury or burn, each wound is different, and different preparations need to be made according to different situations. ?
Scene: To go to the cemetery, kowtow after filming.
Horror movies have many night scenes, and many shooting places are in the middle of nowhere. Many places are afraid to think of it now. I remember once, the director arranged for me to run to a small slope, only to find out later that this slope was a small grave, so I have been kowtowing to this slope since the filming. ? Zach, who plays Xiaowu in Begging for Immortal Cry, has appeared in many horror films. The Silk of Curse, written and starring by him, will be released in summer.
Talking about the shooting location of horror films, Zak introduced: Apart from the wilderness, old houses, cemeteries and so on. Some places with strange smells are also necessary places to shoot horror movies. In fact, the main shooting sites chosen for "Curse Silk" are aging factories and subway stations at night. ?
The shooting location is actually a mountain morgue.
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Zach also told Tencent Entertainment reporters about the story that happened when he filmed another horror film "Evil Forest": there was a plot in the film that required five actors to shoot in the forest. At that time, I went to a small house on the mountain. It's broken, especially dirty, and there's blood. At first glance, no one lives there. At that time, I thought it might have been left by the residents who had killed chickens and ducks before. There is a table in the hut with a red box on it. I didn't touch the box, but an actress touched it, said what it was and opened it. Ashes, actually. Later, I learned that the owners of the hut had all passed away, and that room was specially used to put the bodies. ?
Bathroom, stairs, empty house, the same? Scare fruit? accidental
Besides the scenes shot in the wild, the scenes of daily life are also indispensable for horror movies? Scary? Land. For example, in "The Bell of Midnight", the telephone suddenly rang in a quiet room; Under the curse, Kayako climbed down from the corner of the stairs. In fact, telephone ringing, stairs, bathrooms and mirrors, which are so common that they can never be seen again, are only skillfully used by the director to compare the movement with the movement. With sound effects, lighting and scenery, it is easy to produce? Bring some meaning? , produce a feeling of fear in my heart.