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Chapter 331 Fifty Shades of Blue

Among the world's top music festivals, there are many famous brands that use real-life stages. The internationally renowned Tomorrowland Electronic Music Festival in Belgium builds a spectacular rave world according to the theme every year - the theme of 2015 is "Melodia" "Secret Kingdom", so the stage was designed into an imperial castle that blended ancient Roman style, Gothic style, and even steampunk style. The theme of 2016 is "Elixir of Life", so the stage has also changed accordingly, transforming into an elven forest that can only be seen in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The artist lineup of electronic music festivals is highly homogeneous, and there are only a dozen or so artists who can take on the important role of headline guests. Therefore, performance companies like ID&T will try their best to innovate in terms of stage design effects, striving to bring participants a completely different event experience at every music festival with the same music content.

On the other hand, in recent years, with the continuous advancement of technology, more and more concerts and music venues have completely used screen matrices to create light and shadow effects. The most representative of them are those that have not yet been built in this time and space. Fantasy magic ball Las Vegas Sphere. There is not an inch of actual built scenery in the venue, which can accommodate 87.5 people. Inside the world's largest spherical building with an area of ​​16 square feet, there is a 16 square foot 58K resolution surround LED screen. In addition, there is a full square feet of LED display space outside the sphere, which can be used to display this giant venue. , instantly painted into any pattern or color that humans can imagine.

When the prelude of "Where the Streets Have No Name" sounded and U2 brought viewers into the boundless western wilderness, a new chapter in human live entertainment experience opened.

Both methods of realizing visual wonders have their irreplaceable advantages, and both are still being explored by pioneers.

So, why not combine the live stage with the giant screen stage and let them function and shine at the same time?

This was Han Yi’s original intention to sign a check worth tens of millions of dollars to bring the artistic fantasies of Ace Devlin and Simon Carroll into reality.

The Mad City awards ceremony-style artist lineup is rare in the world, and in order to match these music superstars who will not easily appear at the show, the stage behind them must also be a stunning set that is unique in thousands.

Thirty-five minutes after the opening, Han Yi, who saw this magnificent scene in the booth area, knew that he had succeeded.

On both sides of the central stage are pure American street scenes, with Compton on the left and the Bronx on the right. Although the low-rise residences and street shops that are common on the North American continent are depicted, Ai's unique and ingenious Silk Devlin still carved out distinct architectural beauty and humanistic qualities for these two parts.

Compton on the left is a single-story building with light-colored walls, ocher red eaves, and a strong California style. The walls are graffitied with city icons of Los Angeles, a bust of 2Pac, the Mexican flag with the Virgin Mary in the center, and the hand gestures and slogans of the Bloods and Crips. Between the single-family houses, there are three or four shops that look like they are open for business. There is a Mexican grocery store with a yellow "La Michoacana" sign. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, etc. are painted on the door of the store. The "Hub City Auto Repair Center" with portraits of West Coast rappers, and the "Compton Beauty and Hair Salon" with gaudy posters from the s in front of the windows... While avoiding large chain commercial brands, Es-De Flynn captures the chaotic yet vibrant spirit of Compton's community.

As for the Bronx on the right, it seems like a completely different world, with narrow and dirty bus stops, subway station entrances wrapped in faded stainless steel shells, and red brick three-story buildings with mobile phone icons of various brands plastered on them. , with the sentence "Please go to the second floor for repairs" written in bold red characters on the far right, with just a few strokes, it outlines the busy scene on the east coast of New York that has remained unchanged for a century. Further back, there are row upon row of monotonous public housing projects with uniform brown-red stone brick exteriors, which blend organically with the Manhattan skyline replicated from above.

The most impressive visual elements of the two major cities on the east and west coasts appeared on the same stage.

And there is only one avenue between the two.

An avenue composed of a matrix of LED screens.

Due to time constraints, Mad City's visual team was unable to use a 16K resolution screen like the Las Vegas Arena. After all, this technology would have to wait another three years for commercial products to appear. However, the next best thing is to achieve an 8K UHD ultra-high definition matrix. Although the area is only one-eighth of the size of the Las Vegas Sphere, the 2-square-foot semi-curved LED giant screen can be regarded as a magnificent man-made wonder even if it is pitch dark.

Let alone now.

Now, 390 individual screens are cleverly spliced ​​together to outline a scene - the picture quietly cuts in, starting from an abandoned warehouse, slowly zooming out, and gradually revealing a wide street, like the Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. It seems to blend into the magnificent scene of New York's Fifth Avenue. The asphalt cracks on the road, the pedestrians passing by, and the food carts selling food are all presented in ultra-high resolution, as if they were reproduced in the real world.

If there were no buildings on both sides, few people would be able to realize that this is actually a VFX created by visual art director Android Jones, which blended the street shapes of New York and Los Angeles into one place using Motionbuilder. Android-Jones' team shot hours of street footage on each of the two cities' most iconic thoroughfares, then deftly combined them to create this fantastic work.

On the left are the bustling bars of Sunset Boulevard, and on the right are the tall and cold skyscrapers of Fifth Avenue. The streets in the middle continue until they appear on the ground screen at the feet of Madison Beale and Machine Gun Kelly, making them feel as if they are really in the middle of the night. In this bizarre puzzle city.

Coincidentally, it was also raining lightly in the virtual city on the giant screen. But when Madison sang the passage "So complicated and so beautiful", the dark clouds quickly dispersed, and the water droplets falling on the screen disappeared in an instant.

Yes, when the first ray of sunlight at dusk passes softly through the cumulonimbus clouds lingering over Las Vegas, the city on the screen also ushered in its first rainy day and clear sky.

The glow of the setting sun spreads on the stage, coating Compton and the Bronx on the left and right with a layer of holy gold foil. The city on the giant screen also perfectly resonates with the masterpieces of nature, bathed in the golden brilliance of rebirth. .

"This is insane!"

"Oh my fucking god, wow!"

"How's this possible?"

The exclamations on the dance floor came one after another, and finally converged into a raging and boiling river of excitement, setting off one wave of emotional tide after another.

Human happiness is sometimes so simple. We can scream loudly for a crowd during a school game, or we can be moved by the silver-haired couple kissing each other in the Kiss Cam at the concert, or even more so for a certain bird. The puppy broke into the green field and took away the ball and cheered.

Since these simple and ordinary details can move us, how can this almost miraculous scene not move us?

At first, Madison Beal couldn't figure out what the fuss was about. She suppressed her curiosity, and only after she finished her song did she quickly look back.

This time, even her eyes were filled with light.

"Did you...we deliberately plan this?" Ori Blistan looked away from the monitor, approached Android Jones who was sitting in front of the VJ stage, pressed the walkie-talkie to his chest, and asked quietly .

"What's the plan for this thing?" Android Jones grinned helplessly and raised his hand to point to the warm sun in the sky.

"I know." Ori smiled nonchalantly, "But this is indeed a very amazing coincidence."

"Yes." Android took a deep breath, "I have been doing Burning Man for so many years, and I feel that no scene of burning sculptures can even compare to this... Although it is equally spectacular, it is man-made. This is, This is……"

"God gave it." Ori summed it up succinctly.

"Yeah." Android nodded in agreement.

"This can only show that our Maddie is a favored girl."

After saying this with emotion, Oli Blistan raised the walkie-talkie again and pressed the call button.

"Maddie, Colson, it seems like the whole world is spinning around you... enjoy this moment."

"Second verse, 2, 3, 4..."

Hearing Ori's poetic encouragement, Madison Beer couldn't help but turn her head and look at Machine Gun Kelly beside her. From the latter's slightly shrugged shoulders and smile of surprise and joy, she read the same emotions as her own. The two young musicians have never experienced such a simple yet passionate scene.

Even God was there to help.

"No reason,

I love this pain.

I love the way you breathe,

Melting me like an anesthetic.

We are always at the peak of bliss,

Always be unique..."

Everything was so perfect. When the sun began to shine, this love song also entered the most beautiful stage in Madison's opinion.

"Yes, I'm crazy,

But isn’t it also true for you?

Let me paint this picture in my mind -

On the sofa next to the kitchen,

You are naked except for high heels.

Leave the shackles of religion behind,

I only have eyes for you, this cute little elf.

I am the voice echoing in your mind,

I keep telling you to listen carefully to the love words I am whispering to you,

And you, respond to me like this..."

In fact, Madison doesn’t like Machine Gun Kelly’s lyrics at all. She didn’t like the ones they released in the past, and she doesn’t like this one they collaborated on this time. Vacant, pretentious, and without any deep insight. But it was only this second verse that struck a chord with her.

The first time she heard this rap in the recording studio, Madison Beer, who was stuck on the sofa, could only lower the brim of her hat to cover up the strange flush on her cheeks.

Because it’s so graphic.

In Maddie's imagination, this kitchen was the open kitchen at No. 864 Stradella Road. The sofas are the ones in the sitting area next to the kitchen. The time might be late at night, or early in the morning, but it had to be a quiet time when no one was around. She and Han Yi were rubbing their temples to the accompaniment of soft R&B music. He was wearing a silk pajamas whose buttons had been bitten open by her teeth. And she...

Just like what the lyrics describe.

Nothing but her heels on.

"I want to have you forever,

Even when we are apart.

The scars on the body,

It means you can accompany me anywhere..."

There is no need to understand music, or even understand the lyrics. Anyone can read the hot and sweet passion in Madison’s voice at this moment, like marshmallows slowly melting by the fire on Christmas Eve. Pisces is very good at constructing plots with their own imagination, and what is playing out in Madison Beer's mind right now is "Fifty Shades of Blue."

Every degree is the sexual tension of indigo.

“The way we love each other is unique.

The heat of our embrace made me tremble.

No need for others to understand,

Just you and me.

Because we only live in,

Between the sheets..."

Madison's eyes wandered in front of the booth area, and she easily caught Han Yi's figure leaning on the railing, looking towards her, listening carefully. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes became deeper, and her voice became softer on the basis of being dense enough.

Did he like my performance?

Was he thinking what I was thinking too?

Will he also...

What the fuck? !

Suddenly, the pink bubbles that kept popping up in Maddie's eyes were replaced by red warning lights.

Because, she noticed that a hot girl wearing a bra and a thong bottom, casually wearing a hollow skirt made of metal pendants, basically equivalent to wearing nothing, walked towards Han Yi. .

That bitch…

What is she going to do?

Where do you put your hands? ?

Don't want to die? ? !

(End of this chapter)