Many of the personnel in Weta Studio have been mobilized to the "Avatar" project department, and the special effects personnel brought by James Cameron himself are more coordinated and collaborative work, rather than directly responsible for special effects production.

The young Neil Blomcampnier still holds the position of associate VFX supervisor on the set.

At the end of the day, James Cameron was in a good mood and revealed to several of his cronies that investor Ronan Anderson would soon come to Wellington, New Zealand, with him a second investment of up to $50 million in the project.

If "Avatar" wants to achieve the ideal shooting effect, there is only one way to burn money.

Hearing that Ronan Anderson was coming to Wellington, Neil Blomcampnier couldn't help but have some thoughts, but when he saw James Cameron, he remembered how kind he knew him, and felt that it was best to say hello to James Cameron in advance.

James Cameron has never restricted the people under him from starting businesses, and if he can get his support and introduction, Ronan Anderson will also pay attention to it.

Seeing James Cameron out of the office and ready to return to the hotel after work, Neil Blomcampnier hurriedly followed.

"What's wrong, Neil?" James Cameron looked behind him curiously, "Is there something wrong with you?"

Neil Blomkampnier scratched his head and said, "It's something. ”

James Cameron admired Neil Blomcampnier, otherwise he wouldn't have made a young man under thirty years old a deputy in the VFX department of the set.

He stopped: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

Neil Blomkampnier smiled embarrassedly and said, "I mentioned to you last time that last year I made a sci-fi short film about aliens. ”

James Cameron remembers, saying, "That 'Aliens in Johannesburg'?"

Unexpectedly, James Cameron remembered, and Neil Blomkampnier hurriedly said: "Yes, that's it." He knew that James Cameron was short on time, and asked directly: "Boss, can you take a little time to help me watch this film?"

"Yes. James Cameron admires Neil Blomcampnier, and his own experience makes him naturally support his subordinates to start their own businesses: "Neil, do you have other ideas?"

Neil Blomcampnier doesn't hide either: "After making a short film, I had the urge to make a feature film, and once the idea came up, I couldn't suppress it anymore, and I finished the script and some related design before you called us into the crew. ”

Speaking of this, he scratched his head embarrassedly again: "Just now you said that Ronan Anderson would come, I thought, can I find a chance for him to see my short film and script......"

James Cameron's serious face showed a kinder smile, after all, this is the young man he single-handedly discovered: "Let's go, let's find a place to watch your short film." ”

The disc loaded with the short film, Neil Blomkampnier carried it with him, and here is Weta Studios, and the last thing that is missing is the playback equipment.

In less than ten minutes, James Cameron finished watching Neil Blomcampnier's sci-fi short.

"Although it was rough and not very finished, the short film was well shot and very thoughtful. James Cameron asked directly, "Are you mapping South Africa's segregation policy?"

Neil-Blomcampnier said: "Yes, it's not just South Africa, I think the racial segregation that exists within human society is a cancer. ”

James Cameron patted him on the shoulder: "Ronan will come tomorrow afternoon, and you will follow me then." ”

Neil Blomcampnir was instantly ecstatic and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay......"

"Bring your script and proposal. James Cameron considers that Neil Blomcampnier has been following him since the post-production of "Titanic" and has served him for seven or eight years in the blink of an eye, this kind of little thing is just a passing recommendation for him, and it is nothing: "Neil, be prepared, if you want to impress Ronan Anderson, it is not as easy as the outside world rumores." ”

People in the outside world are rumored that Ronan Anderson appreciates and likes to promote newcomers, but James Cameron has dealt with Ronan Anderson a lot, and he sees this so-called rumor very clearly: that newcomer and new project can impress Ronan Anderson for only one reason, Ronan Anderson can see profit prospects in it.

Otherwise, not to mention that it was him who recommended it, even Ronan Anderson's nemesis Tom Cruise recommended it.

The next afternoon, Ronan arrived at Wellington on time, put his luggage at the hotel, and immediately came to Weta Studios with the relevant finance and assistant staff to meet James Cameron.

Weta Studios is more of a big factory than a company, and most of the studio is a special effects studio converted from a factory, and the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the remake of King Kong, which will be released this year, are all related to special effects production here.

Accompanied by James Cameron and other crew members, Ronan, the investor, walked into the special effects studio that had been built.

As soon as he entered, Ronan saw a familiar figure, Jessica Alba in a motion capture suit, in front of the camera as Andy Serkis requested, making some strange movements.

Ronan is a layman for motion capture, and he can't see the doorway.

James Cameron explains: "The crew is working on a 3D model of the Na'vi. He saw Ronan looking at Jessica Alba curiously and said, "Jessica was found by me to help the crew test the 3D model of the motion capture system." ”

Ronan nodded slightly and asked, "Are you going to have Miss Alba play the heroine?"

James Cameron shook his head: "It's not decided yet, Jessica is just in charge of testing the model system." ”

Ronan didn't say more, James Cameron and Jessica Alba have a good relationship, which is not a secret in Hollywood, and it was once reported on the Internet that Jessica Alba, who is almost half-dead after getting married, will get together with James Cameron from time to time.

Even, when preparing for the sequel to "Avatar", the reunion of James Cameron and Jessica Alba also caused speculation about Jessica Alba starring in this series.

There are also rumors that there is no ambiguity between James Cameron and Jessica Alba or something.

This rumor Ronan was the first to not believe, and the possibility was infinitely close to zero.

Perhaps, in the eyes of most people, whether it is East or West, Jessica Alba is a very beautiful woman.

But in James Cameron's eyes, Jessica Alba is also commonplace.

It is not difficult for those who know a little bit of James Cameron to find that Jessica Alba does not fit James Cameron's usual aesthetic at all.

To put it simply, Jessica Alba's facial contours are too soft, not square enough, not strong enough, and her body is too slender and not thick enough......

After watching the crew around like a flower, and the people around him gradually dispersed, James Cameron suddenly said: "Ronan, do you have time? Show you a sci-fi short film." ”

Ronan wondered, "What sci-fi short film?"

Because of James Cameron's fame, Ronan naturally attaches great importance to it.

James Cameron beckoned to a young man and said, "This is my assistant Neil Blomcampnier, who made a sci-fi short film and out of it came up with a plan for a feature film, I wonder if you're interested?"

What can be recommended by James Cameron is definitely not rubbish, Ronan glanced at the very strange young man in front of him, and said: "What you recommend, I think it's not ordinary, of course I want to take a look." ”

Neil Blomcampnier got James Cameron's gesture and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce himself: "Hello, Mr. Anderson, I'm Neil Blomcampnier, from South Africa, and I'm currently assisting James with some work on VFX on the crew. ”

Ronan shook his hand and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Neil Blomcampnier was not verbose, closed the curtains in his office, opened the projection equipment he had prepared before, and put on his sci-fi short film shot last year.

James Cameron casually made an excuse and left here.

He is only responsible for referrals.

It's already hard to come by.

Ronan's attention was also on the short film played, especially when he saw the alien appear, he couldn't help frowning slightly, this is like a prawn or arthropod-like alien, naturally with an inexplicable sense of joy.

Where do you think you've seen it?

Of course, he has never seen aliens, but he may have seen aliens in human imagination through film and television works or other pictures and other materials.

In the United States, there are many rumors about Area 51, and a very large number of people have always believed that the American government is absolutely hiding the truth, and there must be a facility to hide the truth about aliens in a hidden area of a certain state......

The short film is very short, only a little over six minutes to finish, but the plot and theme are very clear, telling the story of a group of aliens who came to Earth because they were shipwrecked and were arranged to live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and as a result, they constantly clashed with the local residents, and the government finally had to impose a ban and quarantine on aliens and establish a special temporary alien settlement.

Even if you don't know much about South Africa, Ronan can see that this young man from South Africa is obviously mapping South Africa's apartheid policy through short films.

Then again, a country like South Africa is more bizarre than the United States.

Ronan hadn't been, but had heard Charlize Theron mention that, according to South African diamonds, her home country seemed to be worse off financially and socially than when she was a child.

At the end of the video, Ronan looks at Neil Blomcampnier and says, "A short film with a lot of ideas. ”

Neil Blomkampnier hurriedly delivered the prepared script and plan.