Special effects are an indispensable department of Hollywood blockbusters, and they are also the highest genre.

The economic crisis four years ago directly led to the closure of many special effects companies and layoffs, thousands of special effects engineers lost their jobs, and many contracted special effects artists who used to be important in the industry were reduced to short-term contract workers, and even a stable income was a luxury.

Although almost all Hollywood blockbusters now have special effects shots, the final profit of the special effects department is only about 5%, far less than the more than 20% of other departments. This industry, which was once the most superior, gradually began to export cheap labor.

On the contrary, few domestic special effects companies and studios have closed down in the past two years.

Although the special effects of domestic blockbusters are generally given to Hollywood or Nanbang, and the only films left for domestic companies are films that do not have much special effects budget, they are still alive and well.

Mainly relying on Hollywood's orders, a large number of low-tech special effects are outsourced to large domestic companies, such as Sky Brilliant and Base FX.

Larger companies will outsource some of the business they have received to smaller companies and studios.

Special effects companies are generally busy for four or five months a year, and if they recruit too many people, they won't be able to make a difference, so it's better to outsource some simple business and make a difference from it.

This is the status quo of the industry, and if you take on some TV dramas, cartoons, games, and advertising, it's no problem for special effects companies to eat with their mouths.

However, the digital field is a Hollywood company, and even if it is acquired, it cannot be moved back to China, and there is little hope that those special effects engineers will come to work in China.

Moreover, the top special effects experts are not employed by any company, as long as they have money, they can set up a special effects company at any time, and there is no shortage of special effects engineers in Hollywood now.

The acquisition of the digital field is not a big deal, after all, the bankruptcy auction does not involve debt, and it is estimated that it will not exceed the current market value, more than $20 million is enough.

But the question is, what to do after the acquisition, stay in Hollywood, it may be smashed.

However, there are also benefits to acquisitions, and the box office ceiling that the market can accommodate is getting higher and higher, and film investment will naturally be higher and higher.

All kinds of blockbusters must emerge in an endless stream in the future, which will definitely involve special effects.

A film and television company in Xiangjiang is currently filming "Havoc in Heaven", with a production cost of more than 400 million.

Guo Fan also wants to shoot "The Wandering Earth", and "Ghost Blows the Lamp" also has a large number of special effects, Li Qian simply asked Zhong Lifang to set up an acquisition team and investigate the digital field first, anyway, it's still early.

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Until the end of July, Li Qian led the crew back to Jiangning again and re-filmed the panorama of the whole search for Truman.

Although it is a night scene, and there are many actors dispatched, but it can be done in one night, after all, the close-up scene has been filmed before, as long as you shoot a panorama of the whole city for a few seconds, all the people in the city will come out, and the whole city will be densely packed with people.

After filming, he returned to the capital the next day, and "Truman's World" completed all the shots.

After returning to Beijing, Li Qian also continued to be busy with the editing of the movie.

The time has entered August, and "Jaws 3" is still leading the summer file, and new films are constantly being released.

The comedy "Get Your Father-in-law" starring Xu Zheng was released on the third day, and this film was filmed last year.

A decent comedy is the kind of movie that wants to amuse the audience, and the shooting is okay, mainly because the scene where the father-in-law catches rape is funny.

The girlfriend wants to do something, and the father-in-law hides under the bed, which is funny when he thinks about it.

The movie was basically supported by Xu Zheng, and the box office was okay, with 6 million on the first day.

And on the 4th, that is, Saturday, another TV series "Celebrating More Than Years" invested and produced by Future Pictures also started.

Directed by Gao Xixi, led by Hu Ge and Chen Daoming, this lineup is enough to make people look forward to it.

In addition, Jiangning Satellite TV is also a first-line TV station, and the premiere ratings are second only to the upcoming ending of "The Legend of Lu Zhen".

itself has the first ratings, and it is about to finale, which is not so easy to surpass.

The second in the ratings is also expected, after all, this lineup and platform are here, and the specific situation depends on the follow-up ratings.

Although only two episodes have been broadcast, and the plot has not yet unfolded, there is still a lot of discussion about the TV series.

However, the most striking thing is not the plot of the TV series, but the story of "Truman's World" told by Xiao Fan Xian to his friends in the first episode.

Although Li Qian kept it secret, Xiao Fan Xian didn't say anything, just said a word, and finally Truman left that world.

Then the other friends around him chattered that "Truman's World" was not good, and asked him to tell the story of "Journey to the West".

Although this is also a spoiler, the spoiler ending Truman left that world.

But this is unavoidable, and when the time comes, after the premiere, the audience will know sooner or later.

Spoilers for the ending are not important, the key is the content of the movie.

However, even if it is just one or two sentences, it has also aroused heated discussions among the audience.

"Has anyone watched "Celebrating More Than Years", and "Truman's World" was mentioned at the beginning!"

"What is "Truman's World"? I watched "The Legend of Lu Zhen", and it is almost the finale. ”

"I'm rubbing, I watched it last night, Li Qian's advertisement is so frustrating, playing his own movie advertisement on his own TV series!"

Don't forget, he said before that the commercials in "Truman's World" are the key to the movie. ”

That little Fan Xian didn't actually say anything, just said that Truman finally escaped from that world, and he couldn't figure out what it meant. ”

"In fact, it is very clear by now, Truman is the male protagonist in "Truman's World", the world is the real world, and now I know that Truman escaped from this world, that is, Truman finally left the real world!"

“... Doesn't this mean that he didn't say anything, leaving this world, is it possible for Truman to go to other worlds?"

"It's always whet people's appetites, if you want to keep it secret, just don't say it, and after a while, you will make an advertisement to reveal something!"

"Run away after flirting, scumbag!"

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The line in "Celebrating More Than Years" attracted fans to pay attention to "Truman's World" again.

However, there is still no useful information, and fans are still confused about the plot.

The industry is also amazed by Li Qian's approach, this advertisement is really amazing.

The basic purpose was achieved, and Li Qian was still quite satisfied.

Jiangning Satellite TV was also very satisfied with the second place in the premiere ratings, and Hong Tao, the general manager of Happy Blue Ocean, also called Li Qian to congratulate.

"The promotion in the future will be more troublesome to Mr. Hong. ”

Li Qian also expressed his gratitude to Jiangning Satellite TV for its promotion and hung up the phone.

Tong Liya swiped the news and said with a smile, "Using TV series to promote movies, your way of advertising is outrageous enough." ”

"The main thing is not to promote "Truman's World", this is all incidental, and whether it is publicized or not will not affect the big sales of the movie at that time. Li Qian shook his head, "As long as it is a film directed by me, even if there is no publicity, the audience and the media will spontaneously pay attention." ”

"Look at your narcissism, I didn't see that the audience scolded you for being a scumbag and deceived them about their feelings. Tong Liya smiled and asked again, "Then why are you advertising in the TV series?" ”

Promoting movies on TV dramas is unprecedented, let alone promoting movies, TV series generally have no advertising placement.

Dozens of episodes of TV are mainly plot-based, and advertising has no effect.

And TV series are implanted with advertisements, so who is the TV station's advertisement sold to, isn't this a job grab.

Li Qian smiled indifferently, "Scolding is better than saying fast gunman, but I didn't advertise "Truman's World" in "Celebrating More Than Years", I used "Truman's World" to advertise "Celebrating More Than Years". ”

"Oh!"

Saying this, Tong Liya suddenly said, "Because everyone is interested in "Truman's World", this is also a disguised promotion of "Celebrating More Than Years", and those who haven't watched it will be curious to watch the first episode." ”

"That's right, I'm on the second floor. Li Qian smiled quite proudly, "It is estimated that in less than two days, the ratings of "Celebrating More Than Years" will reach the top." ”

For the sake of the company's drama, Li Qian is heartbroken!

The current ratings and popularity have also met expectations.

There is no need to worry about it later, for Li Qian, it is already over.

Continue to be busy with his own work, making an edit for "Truman's World".

Guo Fan helped finish it before the rough cut, and from late July to now, after half a month, meticulous editing and correction were carried out, so that the characters' language, actions, film structure, and rhythm were close to finalization, that is, the re-cut was completed.

The key is the fine editing, if "Truman's World" makes sense, this is a show, and the story is actually very simple.

But because it's a show, editing is also difficult.

The biggest difficulty is not how to cut a smooth story, this couldn't be easier.

The editing between shots is simple for "Truman's World", the key is the structure inside the shot.

In this movie, most of the plot is that a group of actors around Truman want to express this fact through the lens itself.

The relationships, characteristics, and purpose of the characters are the key to the interior of the shot.

From the beginning, the scene where Truman went out.

Go out, say hello, and be scared by the neighbor's dog.

Most of the time in this life, people are like running accounts, repeating the same things day after day, no matter who they are.

From the top 100 richest people in the country to the ordinary people who are running around for life, they are all like this.

Get up at 6 a.m., catch the bus, squeeze the subway, go to work, get off work to catch the bus, base train, go home to play games, sleep, and then continue to repeat this life.

It's the same with the plutocrats, who are repeating the same thing, only differently and in more ways of having fun.

Although Truman lives in a utopian world, he cannot avoid repeating his life every day.

So, at the beginning, I got up early and talked to myself in the mirror, then went out, greeted the neighbor's family with a smile, and then pushed the camera to the middle and close up of Truman, saying "If I can't see you again, I wish you good morning, good afternoon, good night." ”

After saying hello to another neighbor with a dog, he was frightened by the dog, and then drove to work, buying newspapers and fashion magazines at a newsstand, and meeting his twin brothers on the way.

followed by the shot of Truman working in the company, and finally the scene of him building his yard at home after work.

It's an ordinary day for an average man.

In this series of shots, Li Qian didn't use any clever skills, except for the two twin brothers, who used a close-up view from an overlook to show their insignificance and funny.

What is cut out is a running account.

And this series of ledger-like shots is repeated in the back of the film, and even the characters and costumes, dialogues, sequence of events, and the use of the camera have changed very little.

In addition to expressing Truman's utopian world and ordinary people, it also reflects the producer's control over him.

After watching the movie, there will definitely be some people whose lives are not satisfactory and think that it is better for Truman not to go out.

But just like the previous clip, Truman is also like ordinary people in this life, living like a daily account.

The only difference is that he doesn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

However, also due to the control of the program team, it also stifled the possibility of a better life for Truman.

In the movie, Truman proposed to save some money to travel, and his wife said a word, and then he was as unlucky as last time.

Obviously, the program team will suppress Truman's economic conditions, let him keep this life, run around for mortgages and car loans, or if he has money, he will think about going out to travel and leave here.

In fact, no matter how you look at it, leaving is the best option.

Most of the people who say they stay in it are people who don't have hope for reality.

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