It was an event organized by the USC Film School, or rather, a name change ceremony.

The USC Film School is the abbreviation, originally called the USC School of Film and Television, and now it is officially renamed the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

With such an event, how could the USC Film School forget to invite many famous alumni to participate?

As the closest college to Hollywood and the film industry in the United States, graduates of the USC Film School basically go to work in Hollywood.

Compared with the related majors of New York University and Columbia University, the style of the USC Film School is more inclined to Hollywood commercial films, aiming to train students to produce industrial masterpieces.

The USC Film School has won far more Oscars than other schools.

There are many famous alumni.

At the banquet after the name change, in addition to George Lucas, Ronan also saw the sound effects masterclass Bout, the director of "Life is Beautiful" Ron Howard, the director of "Forrest Gump" Robert Zemeckis, the director of "The Chocolate Factory" David Volpe, and so on.

Most of them are like directors or behind-the-scenes makers like Jessica Felton, and rarely get to see the stars in front of the camera.

Because the USC Film School does not have an acting major.

Ronan was introduced by George Lucas and smoothly entered the inner circle of USC Film School alumni.

Although he dropped out of school halfway and did not graduate, he was also an alumnus.

After Robert Zemeckis, who is the president of the alumni association, sent out an invitation, Ronan also agreed to join the UCA Film School Alumni Association.

He came to participate in this gathering because he already had the indelible brand of the USC Film School, and secondly, he used alumni to further expand his network.

Many of the alumni who attended the event were members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In other words, the Oscar judges.

In this society, there are circles everywhere, and alumni are relatively reliable.

And at the banquet, Ronan also met Johnson, his mentor at school.

Professor Johnson retired three years ago and returned to Washington, D.C., and Ronan hadn't seen him for a while.

Although there is no such thing as the four irons of life, valuing mothers is a universal social value.

This is a special existence that you can scold it a thousand or even ten thousand times in your heart, but never allow outsiders to scold it.

In the second half of the banquet, Ronan asked Professor Johnson to accompany the current top administrators of the film school and directly announced that he would donate $8 million to his alma mater.

Professor Johnson is retired with a very high pension, but he has always been interested in the USC Film School.

Ronan was well aware of this, and deliberately met the current administrators of the college under the introduction of Professor Johnson, not George Lucas, in order to leave more fame and imprint on Professor Johnson.

It's also a kind of reward, and Professor Johnson helped him a lot when Ronan was just starting out, and Jessica Felton was introduced to him by Professor Johnson.

It's a pity that Jessica Filton went to Mexico to inspect the location of "Fast and Furious 3" and didn't have time to come over and participate.

But Ronan can also introduce her to the alumni association later.

The eight million dollar donation, Ronan is completely personally funded, of course, he will not write a blank check, and he will definitely cash it out.

There are too many examples of Hollywood stars talking empty words when they engage in charity, claiming how much they donate, and then turning around and denying it.

Also, many celebrities have their own charitable foundations, and the promised charitable donations claim to be donated to their foundations......

No matter what the purpose of charitable donations, as long as they are really done, it is better than not doing it at all, and it is a hundred times better than those keyboard warriors who ridicule them for their ulterior purpose in donating.

Ronan once had a colleague who donated 100 yuan to an incident, but he was ridiculed by many people for being stingy and stingy.

And those people's wallets are always tightly covered.

Of course, it is another case to publicly declare a large donation of money in order to gain fame, but then it is a dime a dime.

There are many such people in Hollywood, and the more typical ones are Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey, who are not only famous iron roosters, but have also done more than once after publicly announcing their donations but turning their heads away.

Ronan will have the accountant come over tomorrow to handle the donation.

Tonight, he didn't give the most money, with George Lucas donating $20 million in one lump sum and another $10 million on behalf of Spielberg, who was filming in the field.

Spielberg is not an alumnus of the USC Film School, but he is a well-known supporter of the USC Film School.

Perhaps, this has something to do with the fact that he was heavily promoted by George Lucas in his early years.

According to Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas is also preparing to donate a state-of-the-art academic building and post-production studio to the USC Film School.

For most of the banquet, Ronan spent most of the time chatting with USC alumni, and because of his status as the owner of the film company and the gold medal producer, he quickly became one of the focal points of the alumni.

In short, Ronan gained a lot from this day's activities.

A few days later, Ronan called a gala dinner party on the grounds that he had recently joined the USC Film School Alumni Association.

A whole new network of contacts is gradually being built.

Most of them have a direct connection to relativistic entertainment.

For example, the sound effects masterclass - Bout accepted the invitation of Relativity Entertainment and was responsible for the sound effects processing for the "Transformers" series in the future.

In addition, USC Film School also has a steady stream of outstanding graduates who can join the filming and production teams of various crews of Shahai Entertainment.

Ronan is also naturally listed as one of the most influential alumni by the USC Film School.

Subsequently, the crew of "Transformers" officially signed a contract with ILM, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm, and the special effects production of this commercial masterpiece will be handled by ILM.

Relativity Entertainment and Lucasfilm are deepening their cooperation with each other, not counting those small and medium-sized investment projects, in terms of large-scale productions alone, Marvel Entertainment has reached a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with Industrial Light & Magic.

Shahai Entertainment has cooperated more with ILM, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Night at the Museum" and "Transformers" are all produced by ILM.

Also, the two sides have also reached a cooperation agreement on "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" directed by Zack Schneider.

Shahai Entertainment has leased the studio of Hughes Aircraft Factory for a long time, and large investment projects have been withdrawn from Warner Studios one after another, and post-production can be completed back to the Relativity Building.

However, Zack Schneider and the "Spartan 300 Warriors" project were left by Ronan to shoot at Warner Studios.

Zack Schneider is full of energy, and after less than a month of rest, he returned to Los Angeles from the United Kingdom and began to build a crew, intending to complete the preparation within half a year and complete the filming next year.

Ronan also gave Zack Schneider more power and even made him double as a second producer.

The film has a production budget of $60 million, and most of it will be invested in special effects.

As soon as Zack Schneider was preparing for the crew, he hired Larry Fang, a photographer he had worked with for many years to shoot commercials, so that his intention and style could be thoroughly implemented in the lens.

Zack Schneider often uses high-speed slow motion when shooting commercials, and Larry Fong is very good at this area.

Then, Zack Schneider put on hold of other work and went to determine the actors first.

In his words to Ronan, the shortest actor also needs half a year of preparation.

Because the movie footage should be a bodybuilding champion, not a white-faced student, Zack Schneider, after consulting fitness experts, believes that actors need at least four months of professional fitness training to achieve the desired muscle effect.

Then, there's the martial arts training.

This is a movie that rejects any sissies, and if you want to play a Spartan warrior in this film, you need to go through a devilish fitness journey.

Even so, after the crew announced the recruitment of actors, the Warner Studios where it was located was immediately surrounded by countless actors and their agents.

Although the salary is only $300,000 and he has to go through devilish fitness training, the candidate actor Leonida soon exceeded thirty.

Ronan only auditioned for the leading actor once, and finalized the supporting actor Gerard Butler, who starred in "Tomb Raider 2", as the leading actor.

Gerald Butler tried a few shots, and after Ronan was sure that he didn't recognize the wrong person, he told Zack Schneider directly: "This person is the Spartan madman king." ”

It's also a madman agent who goes wherever he goes, and the president will fall into bloody mold.

The White House has fallen, London has fallen, submarines have fallen, and Angels have fallen.

Wherever this man goes, order will collapse.

More than fifty male actors were quickly in place, and Zack Snyder would soon strip them naked, turning them into a pile of walking hormones after a few months.

Of course, the Spartan warriors in the historical records did not fight in red trousers.

According to historical records, the Spartan warriors wore heavy armor to fight, and some of their armor weighed as much as half their body weight, but the original author Frank Miller thought that such a costume would make the tragic and heroic Spartan warriors live like a tortoise army, so he changed the costumes of the characters in the original book, and the Spartan king Leonidas and his subordinates wore scarlet robes and strong bodies.

The robes designed by the crew based on the original book look like swimming trunks made of leather armor.

In ancient Greek works, the characters were usually naked, and for artistic and commercial reasons, the film did not hesitate to strip the soldiers of their clothes.

As for the real history, it doesn't matter at all, just like the Battle of Hot Springs Pass in the movie.

Besides, from the moment it happens, history loses its true appearance.

The plasma of the Spartan 300 strong men soaring will stimulate the emotions of the audience.

Similarly, the plasma of "Chainsaw" will also drive the enthusiasm of a large number of audiences.