Chapter 345: Special Effects

As soon as Lu Lin's words came out, the reporters in the audience were all happy. If it is said that the most lively thing in the world is not afraid of big things, it belongs to the media.

For example, the divorce case of the bodyguard and the Wu Xiubo incident, various media and self-media jumped up and down to harvest traffic.

It is said that the divorce case of the bodyguard in another time and space is August 16, less than a year and a half ago. Even if he has no evidence for many things, he may have doubts in his heart. As one of the few people in the entertainment industry who has climbed from the dragon to the front line, his IQ and EQ will definitely not be low.

And "The Battle of the Deer" also invited the bodyguard, but he has not had his role recently and has not yet entered the group. After a while, when someone comes, he can mention it a little, and it's his business whether he listens or not.

The following reporter asked again: "Director Lu, Director Lu, how much will the total box office of "The Battle of the Deer" have? Can it exceed 4 billion?"

Lu Lin said in his heart: "Your sister, it's really a cabbage to be over 100 million! Even if 100 million is just a small goal, forty small goals add up, it is a difficult goal to surpass, right?"

said: "I just said that from this year onwards, it will be the year of the outbreak of Chinese films. There will be a lot of films with more than one billion yuan this year, and the competition for schedules is becoming more and more fierce, and the total box office is naturally the higher the better, but it's not as easy as in the past!"

Lu Lin's special effects blockbusters, almost every one of them is called against the box office, and the good shooting is one thing, but it also depends on the foil of peers. It's like a strong man rushing into a kindergarten, looking at the playground, how can there be an enemy.

can start from 15 years, but the good days of exclusive schedules are gone!

Seeing that Lu Lin was not blowing nonsense, and the reporters were not forced, they began to interview others. But non-traffic stars such as Chen Baowei and Wu Gang are not valued by reporters at all, and everyone's attention is still on the two beauties of Fat Di and Du Xiaorao.

"Fatty, uh, Miss Dilieba, may I ask who character you play in this play?" a reporter asked.

Fat Di smiled and said secretly: "It's finally the turn of the old lady, this Lu Dao is too popular with the media!" but said: "Well, this still needs to be kept secret for the time being!"

The reporters asked Du Xiaorao again, and the result was the same. But fortunately, some things have been revealed, that is, Fat Di and Du Xiaorao belong to the Yellow Emperor and Chi You respectively, who is the fairy who helps which party, keep the suspense for the audience to guess!

Another reporter asked, why did Zhao Liying not appear in this play, is it not popular with Lu Lin? Who is the first sister of Longlin Pictures?

Lu Lin explained that Zhao Liying is now filming a costume drama and has no time at all. As for the first sister, it doesn't exist.

After flickering for a while, the new film press conference ended, and then the start-up ceremony was held. After burning high incense and worshipping the God of Wealth, "The Battle of the Deer" was officially launched.

The first scene is the scene of the Yellow Emperor, Mr. Chen Baowei came first, and the reason why he was filmed first was because Mr. Chen Baowei's line skills were very good, and he had also pondered the script in advance, so it was not easy to go wrong. On the first day of start-up, Lu Lin also wanted to take a good omen.

said that Chen Baowei went to put on makeup, and Lu Lin discussed the design of some special effects scenes with visual effects supervisor Frank.

Frank is the CEO of the American special effects company controlled by the Cayman company set up by Lu Lin, and Dreamworld. In recent years, because of Lu Lin's movie orders, he has had a good life in Hollywood.

Don't look at the special effects company sounds lofty, but most of them are actually not doing well. Cameron's digital kingdoms were all bankrupt at one point, and the competition was so fierce that the bigger the company, the harder it was to survive.

Because they need to raise a large number of professional and technical personnel, they have important core technologies in their hands. For a long time, special effects hegemons such as Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Weta (eta), and Digital Domain have almost become monopolists in the industry by relying on their own core R&D technology and talents.

Unfortunately, times have changed, and the barriers between technologies have gradually weakened. Just like Frederick Taylor, the No. 1 wall-facing man in the book "The Three-Body Problem", the ultimate beneficiary of the technological explosion will be small countries. The same is true in the field of digital technology.

In recent years, special effects technology has made amazing progress, and special effects companies have sprung up around the world. Because CG technology is digital after all, no matter how advanced it is, it is data that can be copied. It is much easier to rise in this area than to train a master.

Moreover, there are only a few directors who are willing to achieve the ultimate in special effects, and many times the audience can't see the difference between 90 points and 95 points. Especially in the projection environment where the brightness of 3D xenon lamps in the Chinese market is obviously low.

How many people will notice whether the viscosity of the sludge is appropriate in the shot of Na'vi people applying the sludge in "Avatar"?

Who cares about the difference between the CG-produced alien "engineer" in Prometheus, the skin of the face and the skin of the lips?

There was no more powerful technology than there was today, and now there is more than enough special effects technology. More and more new companies can do quite well, and the gap between the original dominant company and the ordinary company is getting smaller and smaller.

Therefore, Lu Lin acquired two foreign companies as a cover, and every time the film was produced, he had to subcontract the special effects shots to more than 20 companies, but he never established a special effects company in China.

China's special effects companies are not bad in terms of technical strength, and there is no decent special effects film series except for Lu Lin, which is the result of the market, production companies and other aspects.

Frank, an American, couldn't guess Lu Lin's thoughts, and he didn't know that his so-called visual effects director was just a guise to bluff people, and he discussed the details of the "Battle of the Deer" with great interest.

"Lu, if there is really a regiment on the Jinling side, they will play the soldiers on both sides of the war, and then use digital technology to make a scene of tens of thousands of people, this scene will be absolutely shocking!"

After finishing speaking, he said with some emotion: "It's really helpful to be able to invite disciplined soldiers!"

Lu Lin smiled indifferently, the reason why he invited two TV art centers and refused to cooperate with Bona, Guangxian, etc., was because of this consideration!

During the filming of some domestic film and television dramas, the military can be invited to assist in the filming. Typical ones such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", according to legend, 400,000 troops were dispatched before and after.

According to the "Regulations on the Army's Mobilization of Troops and Equipment to Assist in the Filming of Films and Television Films," each military region can approve the dispatch of no more than one regiment or less than 1,000 troops.

Therefore, after filming in Huairou for a while, "The Battle of the Deer" had to be transferred to Jinling and asked the troops to assist in the filming.

"No problem, it has been negotiated, and when that big scene is filmed, the total number of troops and crew dispatched will be close to 2,000!"

Frank thought about it for a while, and said with emotion: "It's so shocking, so many people, even without special effects, it's shocking, China is a lot of people!"