Chapter 319: Special Effects Problem
Chen Hao felt that editing "The Man Without a Name" into two versions should be the best choice.
has just become the third director in the mainland to break 100 million at the box office, and if the new film suffers a box office failure, it will be troublesome.
(In fact, the media thinks that Chen Hao should be the second director in the mainland to break 100 million at the box office, because the box office of "Life and Death Choice" is chartered, which is somewhat unworthy of the name)
Now the opposition between Huayi and Haotian has become a trend, and Huayi, as a veteran film company, has relatively strong strength and qualifications.
And Haotian, speaking of which, is completely supported by Chen Hao alone, Ning Hao is still filming the literary film "Green Meadow" at this time, and Xu Shanzheng, who is intentionally cultivated, has not yet opened his mind.
If Chen Hao's movie loses at the box office now, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to Haotian.
And this is Chen Hao's first summer file in the mainland, and he suffered a box office failure in the hottest schedule, which is too miserable.
Therefore, the box office of "The Man Without a Surname" cannot afford to lose, this is true for Chen Hao, and even more so for Haotian.
Editing another award-winning version will not only be beneficial to Chen Hao's international popularity, but if he wins the award, then it will also be able to feed back to the mainland box office.
It's already May, and among the three major in Europe, the Berlin International Film Festival will end in February.
It was too late to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, so Chen Hao set his sights on the Venice International Film Festival.
The three major European ones have a huge influence in China, and they also have a higher impact on Chen Hao's fame and box office.
Of course, there are the Golden Globes and Oscars in the United States, but that will have to wait until next year.
As long as "The Man Without a Name" is released in the mainland before the end of October this year, then you can apply for the Oscars.
Of course, each country can only have one film per year, and the main competitor of "The Man Without a Name" is undoubtedly "Ambush on All Sides" by the national teacher.
As for which film can become the Olympic film in the mainland of China this year, there will be a dragon and tiger battle at that time.
As for the North American box office of "The Man Without a Name", Chen Hao is not too sure, after all, this is a completely Chinese-language film, starring all Chinese.
With Yankee's face blindness and habit of not liking to read subtitles, it is still very bad for the box office.
Of course, it is not necessarily not worth looking forward to, because Chen Hao has a lot of fame in North America, and "District 9" broke $150 million at the box office and won the Oscar.
Now Americans also know that Chen Hao is good at shooting science fiction films, and many film critics are looking forward to Chen Hao's science fiction films.
After all, "Moon" was called the best sci-fi film of 2002 by the American press and film critics, and "District 9" was one of the best sci-fi films of 2003!
can do this for two consecutive years, Chen Hao's sci-fi films naturally make them look forward to it.
After thinking clearly, Chen Hao immediately took action and began editing.
However, this editing is a lot more laborious than in the past, and many of them require Chen Hao to recreate on the basis of the original, and there are two versions, so the editing speed is probably not so fast.
At the same time, in order to increase the entertainment and watchability of the film, special effects will become one of the killer features, and Chen Hao has to go one step further for the special effects of "The Man Without a Name".
The original "The Invisible Man" doesn't have a lot of special effects shots, and none of them are too shocking.
In addition to the disintegration of the future city in the end, it is reasonable to say, some of the meaning of the dream scene of "Inception", others are more general in Chen Hao's opinion.
It's too late to reshoot now, so Chen Hao can only ask for higher special effects, which has to find Chang Hongsong.
"Mr. Chang, how are the special effects of "The Man Without a Name" done?" asked Chen Hao.
The special effects team led by Chang Hongsong was stationed in the crew before the filming started, in order to better combine the plot of the film with special effects.
So when "The Man Without a Name" was completed, the special effects team should have actually made a lot of special effects shots.
"Mr. Chen, a lot of special effects shots have been made in the movie, do you want to take a look?" Chang Hongsong said a little nervously.
Because the special effects shots of "The Man Without a Name" this time were completely handed over to Haotian Special Effects, without the support of special effects companies in Europe and the United States, this is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Haotian Special Effects.
Chang Hongsong was also a little worried that he would not be able to meet Chen Hao's requirements, especially when the production time given by Chen Hao was relatively short.
"Okay, I'll come down right away. Chen Hao hung up the phone directly when he heard this, and then went straight to Haotian special effects.
When Chen Hao came downstairs, Chang Hongsong was already waiting, "Mr. Chen." ”
"Well, show me the finished clip first. Chen Hao said.
"Tian Xiaopeng, hurry up and show the finished special effects shots to Mr. Chen. Chang Hongsong shouted.
"Okay, Boss. ”
Then, Chen Hao looked at the special effects that had been made, and some of the shots were still good, after all, the requirements themselves were not high.
Moreover, Haotian Special Effects has gathered a lot of special effects talents from Xiangjiang, and has also absorbed many special effects elites from the mainland.
Chen Hao's recruitment advertisement at the press conference of Haotian Holdings obviously worked well, and Haotian Special Effects was born from the new visual effects studio in Xiangjiang, so it attracted many special effects talents from the mainland.
Coupled with Chen Hao's large investment and the purchase of sufficiently advanced software and hardware, the current Haotian special effects is definitely the best special effects company in the mainland, and it can also be compared to the top special effects companies in Hong Kong.
"Did you do the scene of the city disintegrating at the end of the film? or the destruction of the spaceship. Chen Hao asked.
"Partly done. Chang Hongsong's heart tightened when he heard this, and he nodded.
"Just show it to me!" Chen Hao said.
Tian Xiaopeng glanced at Chang Hongsong when he heard this, and then turned on the special effects lens of the city's disintegration.
Chen Hao glanced at the back and frowned slightly, this effect is not good, even if it is a little worse than the original.
Chang Hongsong saw Chen Hao frowning, and hurriedly said, "We haven't finished it yet, and time is indeed a little tight." ”
Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, "I know, and I don't blame you, but I want better results now, and the time remains the same, what can I do?"
Chang Hongsong's mouth was a little bitter when he heard this, "Then I can only find special effects companies in Europe and the United States." ”
Seeing this, Chen Hao patted Chang Hongsong's shoulder and said, "Then it can only be like this, but you have already behaved very well, don't be pressured, just hand over these most difficult minutes of footage to them." ”
Chang Hongsong smiled self-deprecatingly when he heard this, "Yes, we can also follow the stealing teacher." ”
"I'm looking forward to the day when you'll be able to make a special effects blockbuster completely on your own. Chen Hao patted Chang Hongsong's shoulder again and said.
"Hmm!" Chang Hongsong nodded fiercely when he heard this.
Afterwards, Chen Hao returned to the editing room to continue editing the film.