"The biggest problem is financial pressure, because so much money is so much money. In Hollywood, it's acceptable to go a little too much, but too much is certainly not acceptable. ”

"In the eyes of investors, time is money, especially in terms of visual effects, try it once to see if it's not right, obviously it's right, but it's not quite right. ”

"You run again, and it's a lot. Especially like me, the 120-frame 4K, 3D, digital is 40 times more expensive than the average movie!"

Ding Cheng secretly said to himself, although he had heard that it was very expensive to create people by numbers, it was forty times ......

In the field of movie special effects, in fact, the most difficult thing is not the cool action and big scenes, but the human face.

Because the facial muscle expression is the most complex, not only the resolution and clarity, but also related to the human experience, the requirements will be higher.

In the later stages of production, flat things will be distorted and the numbers will become more accurate, but people are very smart, just like when we are chatting face-to-face, we don't just stare at a point, but after countless scans, we organize an impression.

In the past, the so-called rejuvenation was the use of makeup special effects, although it was troublesome, but the cost was not high, and it was a big deal for the actors to work hard.

Now it's not about playing with youthful makeup, changing your hairstyle, and erasing wrinkles, but it's a new character that has been recreated with digital technology.

It's very complicated to think about, from capturing muscle dynamic points to 100% restoring the production, in addition to requiring the actors to figure out the most subtle expressions of the characters, they also need to know that the old face and the tender face are actually not equal.

It's not enough to drive, but also to drive in different ways, and at the same time, when acting, you can only imagine what the future might be......

It's like crossing the river by feeling the stones!

Ding Cheng looked at the list of investors, 150 million US dollars, and the largest investors are Fuxing Group and Alibaba Pictures?

In his opinion, what Ang Lee is best at is the delicate expression full of humanistic atmosphere, and I wonder if his fascination with technology comes from the world's $600 million "Life of Pi" "Life of Pi"?

In the best box office work of his career, he worked with the CG team to create a lifelike Bengal tiger from 0 to 1 out of thin air.

This technique was later applied to Tsui Hark's "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", Jon Favreau's "Fantasy Forest", and the CG version of "The Lion King", which fetched $1.6 billion worldwide, and it was a huge success.

After "Life of Pi", he became obsessed with 120-frame blockbusters, and "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight" in 16 years became the second box office waterloo after "The Incredible Hulk".

The investment of 40 million US dollars finally won only 30.93 million US dollars at the global box office, which directly stung the folk tradition of ordinary American people with great respect for soldiers, and even did not release it on a large scale in North America at all.

Because of curiosity, I went to the midnight show to watch it once, and in order to experience the highest picture quality, a movie ticket is 170!

Indeed, the 120-frame blockbuster is very different from the regular viewing experience, which can be summed up in two words: realistic!

The picture is very bright, and it is rare to experience the high brightness in broad daylight, which is easy to produce an immersive sense of immersion.

In particular, the slow motion with high frame rate, the micro-expressions of the actors' faces, the shaking of the corners of their eyes, and the pores of their faces are all visible.

But the biggest problem is that as soon as the camera speed is fast, the picture will be blurry, so the action scenes rely on editing and borrowing to deceive the audience's eyes.

It can be said that Ang Lee's stubborn small step is a big leap for the film industry!

Of course, innovation also comes at a price, and I heard that there are many safety screening incidents in China. The 120-frame film not only challenged the cinema projection system, but also changed the film's pre-shooting, costumes, post-production, and performance.

In 120 frames, any subtle expressions on the faces of all the actors are accurately captured and magnified several times on the big screen.

Coupled with the high frame rate, it not only makes the entire image world more real and beautiful, but also makes the actors' performance traces heavier.

He challenged a well-established industry system that had been running for 124 years, and since 1895, when the Lumière brothers screened the short film "The Train Arrives" in a café in Paris, the film has become an aesthetic habit for everyone.

Want to subvert a century-old industry convention with one or two films?

Easier said than done!

After reading the script, on the surface it is a commercial action movie, but Ang Lee's treatment of it is still the tone of an independent art film, which is simply the opposite of Michael Bay.

The latter is pure popcorn, catering to the various desires of the audience, just seeking a refreshing look.

And he always wants to incorporate some philosophical myths, deliberately anti-climax in places that should make the audience hilarious, and make people fall into endless thinking?

Attempts to explore a lot of things about the nature of humanity: who I really am, the relationship between father and son, the ethics of cloning, whether it is necessary for the perfect soldier to exist......

For a film that is so radical in technology, there is no doubt that most of the focus is on how to tell the story, resulting in the story itself being full of flaws.

Even Ding Cheng didn't quite understand why he had to spend so much money to be a digital version of the young twins?

Can't just find a long one?

Isn't there still makeup technology?

Save at least tens of millions of dollars on investment!

Looking back at Ang Lee's past works, his sensationalism is forbearant and restrained. It will never give the audience tears to break the embankment, but it can bring you a lasting aftertaste.

In Douban 8.8's "Brokeback Mountain", when Enis, played by Heath Ledger, opened the closet and saw his and Jack's shirts.

His one was wrapped in Jack's and hung in the cupboard.

At this time, I whispered to the postcard of Brokeback Mountain: Jack, I Swear.

Douban 8.4's "Color?? In "Ring", when Wang Jiazhi played by Tang Wei was finally shot, she knelt there, and the audience was still expecting a miracle.

However, there was no miracle, the gunshots rang out, the people fell to the ground, it was over, there was no more.

My heart is empty, and I can't tell what it's like.

In Douban 9.0's "Life of Pi", Richard the Bengal Tiger, who has been drifting at sea with Pi for 200 days, stopped the moment he went ashore and walked into the jungle.

Pi thought he would say goodbye!

But no,

In this way, the Bengal tiger stepped into the jungle and disappeared from Pi's life......

A sense of loss came over me.

This is Ang Lee's cleverness:

He doesn't allow his films to make the audience lose their temper.

So, let everyone accompany him to hold back to the internal injury.

Now Ding Cheng is very embarrassed, in all fairness, this work is not optimistic, the script is old-fashioned, there is no creativity, even if the technology is too good......

But it was Ang Lee sitting in front of him, pondering for a moment, and he could only say tactfully: "As far as I know, American theaters don't seem to be willing to invest in upgrading the playback system, right?"