At present, the food can always be thoughtful, or hungry, observe before eating, think in the middle of eating, and taste after tasting.
The food documentary "Flavor of the World", produced by Chen Xiaoqing, director of "China on the Tip of the Tongue", once broadcast, attracted the attention of everyone. The douban score of the first and second seasons of this column is as high as 9.1 points.
The People's Daily commented on this column: The film expands the shooting scope on the basis of showing Chinese cuisine, and uses food as a messenger to show the customs and national cultures of different regions.
The creator uses cutting-edge photography methods such as micro photography and ultra-microscopic photography to enlarge the texture and details of food, and then skillfully integrates secular life and humanistic feelings through explanatory words, so that the audience can feel the simple emotions and life philosophy contained in food.
I think this is also the most apt summary of this column.
Just the day before yesterday, oppo joined hands with the production team of Tencent Video's "Flavor of the World" to grandly launch the "Fireworks in the World" food documentary short film.
Continuing the lens language style of "Flavor of the World", the story of the characters and the expression of life, this short film also uses ultra-wide angle, macro, close-up and other methods to record the story of qiu Xike, a fisherman in Xiangshan, Zhejiang Province, riding the wind and waves, working hard and looking for food.
In the video, we see the daily life: the hero's hard work to get a delicious yellow mud snail; the joy of the grandchildren going to the mountains and picking wormwood to make mochi; the man going out to sea to catch mackerel and sharing the happy moment of fresh and sweet fish with his family.
This film uses a very simple story to tell the relationship between food and people, food and life, food and nature.
In addition to the integrity of the story, the picture color of this short film is fresh and moving, and the picture quality is delicate. This is not a pure food documentary, which is also interspersed with a lot of life stories and seaside scenery, bringing the audience into the life of the protagonist.
After watching the whole film, we can deeply feel the warmth of life emanating from food. Those simple ingredients taken from mountains and seas show a real and seductive side in different shooting angles of static, dynamic, long-range, close-up, and macro, and are the taste of a happy life.
What's even more surprising is that this short film was shot with oppo find x3 pro throughout. We know that in the record of gastronomy, color is paramount. The success of this film is not only the superb shooting skills of the creative team, but also related to the excellent color performance of find x3. In every frame of the video, we can feel the visual impact of real colors.
So, we can't help but ask: how exactly did the "Flavor of the World" team shoot with the oppo find x3 pro? Next, the uncle will reveal them for you one by one.
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Use the ultra-wide angle to reflect the magnificent scene
In food documentaries, the role of the "empty mirror" can explain the production environment of the ingredients, and at the same time, it can also transition the rhythm of the video to make the whole documentary look more plump.
In the food documentary "Fireworks in the World", the excellent natural scenery such as "clouds, seashores, and mountains" shot with oppo find x3 pro ultra-wide angle can be seen from the bottom of the eyes, making the video look majestic!
For example, the above two clips, aerial photography of mountain scenery, ultra-wide angle framing, including the sky, clouds, windmills, vegetation, etc., is a kind of pristine natural beauty, so I have a good feeling for the food produced here.
At sunset, fishing boats pass through the reflections, not only shooting vast scenes, but also aesthetically pleasing. Find x3's 1 billion-color dual main camera performance is evident.
We will also find that although there are a lot of ultra-wide angle framing in the picture, there is almost no distortion. Oppo find x3 pro native 110.3° large field of view and flagship freeform lens, to achieve almost distortion-free ultra-wide angle framing, which makes the entire video look magnificent, the sense of atmosphere of the picture enhanced.
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The microscope embodies the details of the ingredients
In addition to "wide", food films should also be "fine". The detail capture of the color, texture and texture of the food can further narrow the distance between the viewer and the food.
During the filming of "Fireworks in the World", the creative team used the oppo find x3 pro's 60x microscope to shoot the details of the ingredients and explore the unknown side of the ingredients. For example, a small clip of a mackerel (anchovy) filmed in the video:
Mackerel (catfish) scales
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The mackerel under the microscope, exuding a metallic luster, the picture is colorful, its details are clear and clear, following the lens, the viewer enters a magical microscopic world.
Without the microscope, we might never have been able to see the beauty of such subtle colors on the scales so close.
Video clips like this abound in this documentary. The oppo find x3 pro's microscope head not only takes pictures, but also supports HD video shooting, which also provides creators with a special perspective to explore the ingredients. In the video, the crab yellow magnified by the microscope reveals a mottled texture in the golden light and shadow.
It is worth mentioning that the very user-friendly design in the mobile phone: the microscope head has its own ring of light around the microscope, which provides a fill light for close-up shooting of food details, solves the problem of inability to light at close range, improves the overall texture of the picture, and also enhances the content expression of the video.
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The portability of the mobile phone, the framing is more unique
We all know that the portability of mobile phones provides more special shooting angles for video shooting. It can play a variety of creative angles infinitely, not only lower, but also closer.
In the film, we also see a variety of unique angles:
Take the yellow mud snail at a low angle~
Close to the yellow mud snail shooting~
Close to the water, shooting in a hot pot~
Move the phone basket to follow the subject, or move the phone close to the subject...
It is precisely because of this portability of the mobile phone that the creators open their minds and dare to try different shooting angles, thus bringing a fresh visual perception to every audience.
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High-quality color output with fine detail
The general director of "Fireworks in the World" once said in the tidbit video: When making food films, the performance of color and details is particularly demanding. In fact, this is a very big challenge for mobile phones to shoot food documentaries.
From the perspective of the entire film, as the latest product of the find series, oppo find x3 pro is equipped with a full-link 10bit color engine, 1 billion color dual main camera, 1 billion color perfect color screen, and did not disappoint when shooting "Human Fireworks". Every shot is not redundant, and in a variety of shooting environments, it presents a high degree of tolerance and great detail.
Oppo find x3 pro upgrades the new movie mode, through the 10bit hdr video full link, support 4k resolution + bt2020 color gamut + 10bit color depth HDR video shooting, which is undoubtedly the icing on the cake for food shooting, we can observe the color change of food details:
For example, in the short film, the colors of yellow mud snails, green onions, minced garlic, and peppers are intertwined, and the aroma flows...
Among them, high-quality color performance is easy to stimulate the viewer's desire to explore food, and then taste food and understand the cultural story behind food.
(Mochi in backlit color details)
In addition, the 4K resolution picture is more delicate. Compared to the traditional srgb color gamut, the bt2020 color gamut can retain more captured colors, and the 10bit color depth color transition is more natural and fault-free. These features are presented in the video.
(The seductive color of different foods under the lens ~)
In the close-up of some food in the picture, we can really feel the color charm of the food itself, and also feel the importance of color to appetite.
The creators pursue the true color of food, want to retain the audience's memory of food through excellent picture color, and also want to make the mood of the video more infectious.
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More creative shooting gameplay
In addition to some of the shooting methods mentioned above, we will find that the creators combined the functional characteristics of find x3 and added some creative shooting methods to "Human Fireworks", which makes the video content more interesting.
For example, the waterproof function added by oppo find x3 pro can also lower the shooting angle when encountering some scenes with water during shooting.
Of course, you can also boldly put your phone in the water for filming, which can bring a new perspective to the audience.
Like in the video, shooting a small clip of peppers in the water is to place the mobile phone in an iron basin filled with water, creating a visual perception of the "underwater world", and the sense of substitution is enhanced.
(The peppers put into the water stir up layers of ripples, which is very dynamic and beautiful~)
Another creative way to shoot is to hang the mobile phone on the drone for a high-angle overhead shot, so as to capture the desired camera picture from God's point of view.
Looking at the entire food documentary, the length of the video is only 6 minutes, from the slow rhythm of capturing the yellow mud snail to the fast rhythm of collecting wormwood and making mochi, and then back to the slow rhythm of cooking mackerel, the video rhythm from slow to fast, and then from fast to slow, interspersed with the emotion of the story. The plots such as catching mud snails, fishing, preparing ingredients, making food, and communicating with the family's life are very cleverly interspersed, compact and coherent.
The audience not only enjoyed the visual feast of food, but also felt the true, warm and harmonious emotions of an ordinary fisherman.
Jiang Wen once said in oppo's documentary short film: "100 years ago, if you want to take a photo, it is difficult, now it is different, just such a small gadget, anytime, anywhere, you want to shoot what you want." ”
Just like this "Fireworks in the World" food documentary, the creators let us feel the taste of a new type of food documentary through rich mirror movement (pushing, pulling, moving, throwing, rising, falling) and novel shooting techniques, breaking our understanding of traditional "food documentaries".
The most valuable thing is that the disclosure of this film and tidbits also allows us to see the possibility of shooting food documentaries on mobile phones. Equipment is no longer the biggest threshold for our video creation, the perception of life, the capture of emotions, the pursuit of real color, is the biggest threshold for excellent content.
Nowadays, when we pick up our phones, it is possible for each of us to become the director of life. It is small, portable, and creative, like an eye that grows on us, taking us to appreciate the human flavor of this world.
Here, too, I have good news for you!
The "2121 Future Image Project" jointly organized by oppo and Tencent Charity has officially opened!
The two major submission units, "Retaining the Disappearing Colors", leave no end in sight for the future; [Retain the fireworks in the world], and retain a tasteful life.
Believe in the power of images to keep today for tomorrow. Every authentic and warm video record deserves to be seen! Now, use your work to leave precious image memories for people 100 years from now!