The filming process or tidbits of Titanic

"National Geographic Return to Titanic" (Return. To. Titanic) [TVRip]:

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Chinese name: National Geographic returns to Titanic.

English name: Return. To Titanic.

Resource type: TVRip

Release date: 2005

Region: USA

Language: English

Introduction: With the lens of underwater camera, 93 years after the ship of dreams sank, I visited again: the dark and silent world, 4600M above sea level, is peaceful, with more than 1500 souls with dreams and hopes. However, on that night 93 years ago, death struck, and no matter how rich or poor, this 1500 people did not escape the clutches of death. In that night full of chaos and fear, no amount of money can buy opportunities. ...

Through the layers of plankton in front of us, the bow of the Titanic suddenly appeared in front of us. Even after years of seawater erosion, it failed to make her fade away from the magnificent atmosphere at that time. Jack and Ross seem to be able to see happy smiles on the still-standing white railing, and everything seems to have solidified in an instant. ...

Unfortunately, however, due to the destruction, the watchtower of that year has disappeared, and only the iron piece with the bronze bell seems to tell us how the watchers at that time saw the iceberg floating in front of us like a ghost. ...

Remember the cargo hold where Jack and Ross stayed? Unfortunately, it collapsed with the main control room long ago, and there is no trace. All that remains is an abyss-like hole. ...

After the former steel giant sank to the bottom of the sea, the distance from head to tail reached more than 800 meters, which was the most shocking place.

A little lady's shoe lay there quietly, as if waiting for the owner's return. We can't imagine whether its owner is a beautiful lady or an ordinary C3 girl. Maybe she escaped the disaster at that time, or maybe she didn't survive ... The broken mirror was inserted obliquely in the sand, and the owner's pretty face could no longer be reflected, and the messy comb could no longer comb the hair of the owner ... The razor in the bathroom looked out from the rotating window, looking forward to seeing the light of day again. I don't know if the dedicated first mate is lying in the mud under the man-made windbreaker. Whoever he is, he did his duty and survived with the boat ... everything became eternal in an instant. ...

Back at the bow, the Titanic was more solemn than at any other moment. This ship carries the hopes and dreams of countless people, but it is heading for hell. It seems to be moving slowly, copying the United States and trying to sail. The bustling crowd on the deck never seems to leave, reaching out their hands as if they could touch their once fresh souls. ...

Titanic: the birth of legend [dvdrip];

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English name: BBC Titanic-the birth of a myth

Chinese Name: Titanic: The Birth of Legend

Resource type: DVDRip

Release date: 2005

Region: USA

Language: English

Brief introduction: Titanic (RMS Titanic), called Titanic in Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong, is the largest luxury passenger ship made in Britain in the early 20th century. It was called an unsinkable ship at that time, but it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to new york on April 19 12 and sank in the North Atlantic.

work progress

Titanic was built at Hanand Wolf Shipyard in Belfast, the largest city in Northern Ireland. Hull launching may 3 19 1 1. She is also the second Olympic-class steamboat built by White Star Company in the same shipyard. It was the largest and most prestigious manned cruise ship at that time. Titanic is 260 meters long and 28 meters wide, with a total weight of 46,329 tons (net weight of 2 1, 83 1 ton), power of 3,000 horsepower and speed of 23-24 miles per hour. Although it contains more space, it leads to a larger gross tonnage. Her hull is still as big as her sister ship, the Olympic. The ship has 899 crew members and can carry 3300 passengers. Because she also delivers mail, it is also called the Royal Mail steamship Titanic. Only three of the four huge chimneys can work normally. The other is foil, whose only practical use is as a chimney in the main kitchen.

Titanic was an unparalleled luxury at that time. Although she was not the first ship to provide deck swimming pool, gym, bathroom and elevator, she tried her best to provide a level of service that she had never seen before. For first-class passengers, she provided three elevators; As an innovation, she provided an elevator for second-class passengers. Economy class passengers still need to climb stairs. One of her most famous features is her luxurious stairs. James Cameron faithfully reproduced this staircase in his film.

Titanic is a fixed-point work of technological achievements. 16 watertight cabin in case she sinks. During the voyage, a crew member said to Sylvia Caldwell, a second-class female passenger, "Even if God comes himself, he can't sink this ship. 」

(of a ship) making its first voyage.

Titanic's sinking place Titanic set out from Southampton, England on April 19 12 for new york, USA. The captain's name is edward smith. He left Southampton Port at noon on April 12, and planned to cross the North Atlantic and go straight to new york. When she was about to set sail, another regular ship "New York" moved in the water because of its huge size, which caused the attraction of a large amount of backfill water to almost hit her hull, delaying for an hour. After the departure, Titanic first docked in Cherbourg, France, across the English Channel to accept more passengers, and then docked in Queenstown, Ireland. Finally, she arrived in new york with 65,438+0,324 passengers and 892 deck workers. Titanic divided passengers into three classes. Third-class cabins are also the cheapest in the lower hull. Most of these passengers are immigrants who plan to build a new life across the Atlantic. The decoration of the second-class cabin and the general guest room was actually the same as that of the first-class cabin of other general ships at that time. Many second-class passengers originally positioned their first class on other ships, but gave up because of the voyage of Titanic and transferred coal energy to Titanic. The first class is the most expensive and luxurious part of the whole ship, and some of the richest celebrities in the world were on this journey at that time. More famous are john jacob astor, a millionaire (theoretically in pounds or dollars), and his wife, entrepreneur benjamin guggenheim. The owners of Macy's Department Store are ador and Iddas Toth. The unsinkable Molly Brown and others. J. Bruce Ismay, director of White Star Cruises, and Thomas Andrews, chief designer, also traveled first class on this ship. /kloc-On the night of April, 0/4, she hit an iceberg. In the process of colliding with an iceberg, due to misjudgment, he made an emergency turn at high speed, leading to turning forward. At the same time, the iceberg made a long crack in the bottom of the ship, which not only loosened the rivets under the starboard waterline, but also caused the water in six watertight compartments. Finally, due to too much water, the hull tilted to an amazing state close to the hull vertical (vertical to the horizontal plane), because the tilting can continue to pour water. Finally, the hull could not support the weight, and half of the hull on the water broke off, and then sank to the bottom of the sea with 1522 people.

On the port side of the ship, lifeboats only carry women and children. On the starboard side, men are allowed to board the ship only after women have the priority to escape. So more people were rescued on the starboard side than on the port side.

Consequences and effects of the accident

The schematic diagram of the impact of Titanic is inconsistent with the popular view: when the Titanic sank, it did use the internationally used Morse code SOS, but it was not the earliest example of SOS. 1906 SOS signal was first put forward by the international radiocommunication conference off Berlin. 1908, the international community recognized this proposal and gradually began to use it widely, four years before the sinking of the Titanic. However, British radio operators rarely use SOS signals, and they prefer the old CQD distress signals. John George Philip, the chief radio officer of Titanic, kept sending CQD distress signals until Harold Brad, a junior radio operator, suggested him to send SOS, which is a new call signal. This may be your last chance to send it! Then Philip mixed the sos signal with the traditional CQD distress signal. Because there was no 24-hour radio, the California ship finally received a distress signal the next morning.

The disaster shocked the international community. Because it proves to some people that people and their scientific and technological achievements cannot be compared with the forces of nature.

At that time, the steelmaking technology was not very mature, and the steel produced was not made by modern standards. The steel plate used in Titanic contains many chemical impurities, such as zinc sulfide, which is more fragile because it is soaked in cold seawater.

Even today, after 1 century, several absurd stories about Titanic and its sinking still exist. One is that her rudder is too small, and a bigger rudder can avoid this disaster. A bigger rudder may have saved her, when the size of her rudder is not small for the size of her hull. In fact, according to today's regulations on ships, the size of the rudder of Titanic is still qualified. Another way of saying this is that there were not enough lifeboats on the Titanic. In fact, the number of her lifeboats complies with British law. The number of people stipulated by law is not based on the number of passengers, but on the tonnage of the ship. At that time, the number of lifeboats on all ships was far below the required number, and the purpose of lifeboats at that time was not to hold all passengers; They are only used to transfer passengers from sunken ships to another rescue ship. The sinking of the Titanic changed this life-saving strategy forever. In fact, even if she can load more lifeboats to carry all the passengers, there may still be no guarantee that more people will be rescued, because when she sank, the crew had not had time to put down all the lifeboats! There is also a saying that the crew of the mechanical group stick to their posts until the end. A book published by 1988 also mentioned this point and made it immortal. The fact is that 1: 15am machinery cabin is flooded. At the last moment of sinking, mechanics and furnace workers stood on the stern deck like hundreds of others, trapped in the ship, without any hope of being rescued.

On the other hand, there are many sayings about the sinking of Titanic, including the sinking of the whole ship; The hull folds near the middle of the second and third chimneys and then sinks vertically; The hull was folded near the middle of the third and fourth chimneys, and then the front of the hull dragged the stern, and the stern sank vertically. Until 1985, the famous scientist Ballard found the wreckage of Titanic in the sea about 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland, which was the bow part of the first two chimneys and the stern part behind the fourth chimney. The third theory has been preliminarily proved. This theory was later experienced in the film Titanic directed by James Cameron. At that time, everyone thought that the hull part of the third chimney had been blown to pieces and could never be found again. However, in August 2005, the archaeological team sponsored by the History Channel found this part of the hull 500 meters behind the wreckage of the stern, about 12 meters by 27 meters, and the red paint on the bottom of the hull was still clearly visible.

The sinking of Titanic greatly affected shipbuilding and radio and telegraph communication. 19131February 12 Therefore, the first international conference on the safety of life at sea was held in London, England. The treaty reached at the meeting contributed to the establishment and capital investment of the international iceberg inspection organization. To this day, she is still detecting and reporting icebergs in the North Atlantic that may threaten ships. The treaty also unanimously reached a new regulation: all manned ships must have enough lifeboats to carry all the people on board, and appropriate related training should be carried out. In addition, the radio communication should be open 24 hours a day, plus the secondary standby power supply, so that the distress signal will not be missed. The treaty also agreed that any rocket launched from a ship must be interpreted as a distress signal.

The ghost of the Titanic abyss [dvdrip]:

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March 4(th), 2004

The original title is Ghosts. Abyss (Extended Edition)

Chinese name abyss ghost

Walt Disney Film Company, a production company.

Production year 2003

Premiere date: April 2003 1 1.

IMDB link /title/tt0297 144

IMDB score 6.8/ 10 (402 votes)

American countryside

Category documentary/historical theme

Director James Cameron

The hero James Cameron James Cameron

Bill Paxton

Lewis Abernathy, Reeves Abernathy

Professor Rory Johnston

Instructor Qi Lin Don Lynch

File format XviD+MP3

File size 1CD 49x 15MB.

Video size 608 x 336

The length of the film is 9 1 minute.

White language English

Subtitle Language Chinese/English Subtitles

brief Introduction of the content

Ghost of the Abyss is a documentary released by Disney in 2003. This is a 3D film directed by James Cameron.

After directing Titanic in 1997, James Cameron, the director of the Academy Awards, aroused his interest in Titanic and decided to direct this documentary about Titanic again. 200 1 James Cameron returned to the Atlantic Ocean with the film crew and the most famous shipwreck in history. He used a lot of specially developed shooting techniques to complete the hard shooting work of this film, and then cooperated with computer technology to complete the post-production of this film. Among them, many scenes from the original Titanic were used to restore the elegance of the ship, and the film was made into a 3D movie.

James Cameron is the producer and director of this film. He has directed such famous films as Alien and Terminator, and Titanic with 1997 is the peak of his career. This film won the current Academy Awards 1 1 awards, including the best film and the best director he directed. In the movie Titanic, bill paxton played the role of an explorer who explored the mystery of Titanic, but now in the documentary Ghost of Titanic, bill paxton really changed from fake to real! He acted as a quotation in the film and took part in the adventure himself. Bill paxton has starred in Disney movies, including The Legend of the Giant of the Nine Yang. Joel McNeely is the soundtrack of this movie, and the soundtrack of this movie is released by Hollywood Records.

In the United States, "The Ghost of Titanic Abyss" was arranged to be shown in IMAX and some three-dimensional cinemas with special equipment.

Back to Titanic

Speaking of the movie Titanic, I'm afraid everyone knows it. This film about the most legendary shipwreck in history, which was shot in 1997, is a legend in itself. It is the highest-grossing movie in history, reaching $600 million, 65.438+0.5 billion higher than the second-place Star Wars. After many years, fans of Titanic now have another chance to feast their eyes: the sequel to Titanic will be released in the United States on April 1 1.

The "sequel" here is quoted because it is not a sequel in the traditional sense. Director James Cameron doesn't intend to tell the love story between Ross and Jack at this time, but he is ambitiously preparing to be a tour guide, leading the audience to visit the sunken ship in person, and see what the seabed looks like thousands of meters below, and completely reappear the feeling of walking in the dark sunken ship with 3D virtual reality technology. So, this is actually a 45-minute documentary called Ghost of the Abyss.

Do you feel a little disappointed? Then you are wrong. This documentary is called "the most spectacular documentary ever", and Cameron is a screenwriter, director and producer. For this reason, this documentary should not be missed. You know, Cameron's movies never disappoint. In his name, he is a landmark work in the history of film, such as Terminator (1984), Alien (1986), True Lies (199 1) and The Famous.

Cameron is not interested in the storyline in the movie, but in technology. His university degree is physics. This time, I want to go to the bottom of the sea and tell the world what the great ship that sank nearly a century ago looks like now and what the bottom of the sea looks like. Undoubtedly, there are great technical difficulties, such as how to solve the lighting, how to penetrate the hull by the camera and so on. But these difficulties will only inspire Cameron to meet the challenge. He thought it was a rare opportunity to bring the Titanic back to life. He said: "For me, Titanic is a legend and a myth. Only when I saw her with my own eyes did I realize that it was true. This is a true story that happened to real people. "

Shooting itself is an adventure.

200 1 August 31official shooting. On that day, the whole film crew set out for the sea where the Titanic had an accident. And then work at sea for six weeks.

The whole investigation is divided into three parts: creative group, expert group and technical group. The creative team mainly includes director Cameron and expedition leader bill paxton. Paxton, a good friend of Cameron, played a diver in Titanic. This time, he really "returned to his old job". The expert group includes historians, archaeologists and scientists, and even columnists who specialize in Titanic. Many of them were the original crew when filming Titanic from 65438 to 0997. The technical team is mainly responsible for technical equipment and 3D picture production, and one of Cameron's younger brothers also works in it.

The expedition hired Keldysh, a research ship of the Russian Institute of Oceanography, as the base for the whole month and a half of exploration. This ship was also used to photograph the Titanic. "Keltie Xu" is equipped with two small submarines for deep-sea exploration, named Mir- 1 and Mir-2(Mir-Mir means peace in Russian). There are only four scientific submarines in the world that can dive to the depth of the Titanic, and Mir- 1 and Mir-2 are among them. It is 7.8m long, 3.6m wide and 2. 1 m in inner diameter. It is as big as a small domestic toilet. If three people ride at the same time, almost all of them will be next to the other two. It can work continuously on the seabed at one time 10 to 12 hours.

40 tons of high-tech equipment

It is not easy to make a documentary in the deep sea. Cameron alone brought 40 tons of all kinds of equipment, which is completely the specifications of Hollywood blockbusters. Of all the equipment, quite a few are specially made this time. For example, two small deep-sea remote-controlled robots, each weighing only 80 pounds, can reach places that were previously inaccessible. When the deep-sea submarines reached the bottom of the sea, they were released and slowly entered the sunken ship. For another example, this documentary is stereoscopic, so when shooting, two lenses are needed to shoot at the same time, one simulates human left eye vision and the other simulates right eye vision, and then overlapping playback will produce stereoscopic effect, so it is necessary to use a special stereoscopic camera when shooting, which is not only bulky, but also waterproof and compressive.

As for the lighting problem, the lighting inside the hull can be solved by the portable light source carried by the remote control robot, but what about the external lighting of the whole hull? This has to be solved by an external light source, so this time a huge light-emitting device with ten light-emitting points was specially made. It is too big and must be transported by special boat. When shooting, it was lowered to the bottom of the sea 2.5 miles deep and hung above the ruins of the Titanic, looking a bit like a huge dendritic decorative lamp.

The submarine uses wireless communication equipment to keep in touch with the maritime command center. This device uses low frequency band to transmit and receive sound waves in seawater and restore them to sound. Sound waves will inevitably be disturbed by other sounds in the ocean during their propagation, so through this equipment, you can sometimes hear various sounds, such as dolphins and whales.

Display through IMAX

After returning from the sea, the shooting work turned to the equally difficult post-production stage. In March 2002, Cameron edited a 20-minute sample for overseas publishers in Japan and Spain to watch. In May of the same year, Disney Company won the domestic distribution right of this film, which was originally scheduled to be released in the autumn of that year.

In June of the same year165438+1October, Disney announced that the official release date was postponed to April 1 1 day, 2003. At the same time, the TV version of this documentary was broadcast on the distribution channel, but the content was not Titanic, but another by-product of that deep-sea exploration-the German battleship Bismarck, which also sank in the Atlantic during World War II. June 5438 +2003 10, this documentary was shown on both sides of the United States, and the response was very enthusiastic.

Now this documentary is in IMAX format, also called big movie format. The biggest difference between it and traditional movies is that its screen is extremely huge, 30 meters high and 20 meters long, and the scene when it is shown is very spectacular. Its screen is large, so the film used for shooting is also very large, which is 70mm, while the general film is only 35 mm The photosensitive area of the former is 10 times that of the latter, which can accommodate more details. Of course, the price is that the shooting cost per unit time is much higher than that of ordinary films. Cameron uses this film format because it can produce a shocking effect. By the way, IMAX Cinema landed in China at the end of 200 1 and settled in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.

In addition to IMAX version, this documentary will also be released in 35mm 3D version and 35mm 2D version, which means that if you watch it in an ordinary cinema, you will not be able to enjoy its stereoscopic effect. Although the length of the whole documentary is 45 minutes, its DVD version will be 90 minutes, which is a little comfort for fans who can only watch DVD.