Is Don a filmmaker?

So to speak.

But he is by no means an artist, at least not an artist in mind.

For him, movies are a tool to make money and realize his ambitions, far from the belief concepts of "ideals", "pursuits", and "not crazy demons and not become Buddhas".

Hollywood is home to some of the world's best film artists, and there are so many people here who believe in cinema as their life.

Old-school directors, nothing more than that.

Clint Eastwood, who is over 90 years old and still insists on making a movie once a year, for what?

Money?

Apparently not.

His money has long been spent.

Master directors have a faith-like pursuit in their hearts, and even ...... Including the young Christopher Nolan.

Don't look at Nolan's youth, but his "conservative" view of film creation is also quite famous in the industry - insisting on film shooting, insisting on "scissor" editing, insisting on live location shooting, and insisting on traditional physical stunts......

This kind of loyalty and adherence to the "film system" will seem out of place in the digital age.

Of course, whether it's a new school or an old school, there is no high or low.

The old school has Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, ......

The new faction has George Lucas, James Cameron, Ann Lee, Peter Jackson, Zack Schneider......

No one is bad!

Don did not cultivate film beliefs since he was a child, and like Cameron, he was born in the wild and had a "Taoism" for movies...... It's really not that strong to defend.

Especially from the perspective of investors and producers, he really hopes that commercial blockbusters can be shot on a green screen!

It's simple, save money!

Today's green screen technology is so mature that it's good enough to be real.

Not to mention ordinary audiences, even professionals are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

For example, in "Ghost Rider", half of the shots are shot on a green screen, who can tell?

Roland Emmerich's disaster blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow", even 80% of the footage was done in front of a green screen.

No way, the new technology of the film now...... Still being promoted.

Don is promoting the imax format, George Lucas is promoting digital shooting, James Cameron is promoting 3D films, and Robert Zemeckis is promoting motion capture technology......

However, the mainstream is still the traditional old-school directors.

Even New Universal, in the face of this group of old forces, had to back down and offered a sky-high production cost of $150 million to direct "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to Tim Burton.

If it's a green screen shot...... $100 million is enough!

Who called him Tim Burton?

Rushed!

Don didn't give money, so he was robbed by someone else.

Anyway, the movies created by "Iron Triangle" have no possibility of losing money.

If the production cost is high, it will be high.

In contrast, Donn still prefers to work with directors like Cameron.

Although this force is also a waste of money, the money he wastes is all in the presentation of film content and the development of new technologies, rather than in the pursuit of film concepts.

……

A week after the release of "Ghost Rider", it will encounter a market blockade from Warner Bros.'s epic "Troy".

But Donn didn't take it to heart.

Although the film invested $175 million and brought together stars such as Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger, it is still very difficult to replace the magical action blockbuster "Ghost Rider" with this old-fashioned plot and become a market hit.

Now Donn is meeting with an important person - James Cameron!

"After a three-year vacation to the underwater world, you're finally going out of the mountains?"

Don laughed and teased him, opened his arms, and gave him a big hug.

Cameron had disappeared for a long time, and followed Don to the reception room, looking left and right as he walked, and said with emotion: "Yes, it's been three years." I really didn't expect that in three years, there would be such a big change!"

Don said stinkily: "It's okay, that is, the richest man in the world, hehe." ”

Cameron was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but smile: "I'm not talking about you, but about today's movie situation." ”

"Huh?"

Don blinked, his heart pounding, and suddenly something came to mind.

After Cameron sat down, he did not shy away from Donne's secretary Ira Fisher, and said bluntly: "Done, I think the time is ripe, that project ...... It's time to start. ”

"Avatar?"

"That's right!"

Don took a deep breath.

I couldn't help but feel a touch of excitement in my heart.

What a marvel!

The script of "Avatar" was written as early as 1994. This was limited by computer technology at the time, and there was no way to shoot it, so Cameron retreated to the next best thing and filmed "Titanic".

It's a pity that it was snatched away by the born Don.

Later, Cameron filmed "Unsinkable" again, which was a huge success. Then he handed the script of "Avatar" to Don and told Don that he was going to the underwater world, when there was a breakthrough in film technology, and when he would come back.

Start filming "Avatar"!

"Is the technology okay?"

Don asked himself if he was a representative of a new school of directors, but when it came to new film technology, there was still a big gap compared to Cameron.

"Almost. ”

Cameron said confidently.

Tang En frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you want to make "Avatar" into a 3D movie?"

Cameron said, "yes. ”

"3D technology has broken through?" Don asked, his eyes wide and surprised.

Cameron said proudly: "Do you think I really went to the underwater world for a vacation? The year before last, I had a creative revolution in 3D technology and filmed the documentary "Return to the Bismarck". Last year, when the 3D direct shooting technology was basically taking shape, I filmed "Ghosts of the Deep" again. In the past two months, my team has finished filming "Deep Sea Alien" again, and the 3D direct shooting technology has been completely perfected!"

"Put two cameras side by side to dummy human eyes?"

"Almost, that's how it works. ”

"Awesome!"

Don took a deep breath.

Sure enough, it's a god of technology!

Cameron said disapprehantly: "It's not so godly, 3D movies appeared decades ago, and I'm just slightly improving." Among the six major technical problems of "Avatar", 3D shooting technology is the easiest. ”

"Isn't it?"

Don looked incredulous, and had a feeling that his worldview had been subverted.

Among the six technical problems of "Avatar", 3D shooting is the easiest?

3D movies have indeed been around for 50 years.

However, traditional 3D cameras are too large and can only shoot straight ahead, with little to no use other than fixed-angle documentaries.

Most of the 3D movies on the market use 3D conversion technology. It is to convert the movie in ordinary format into 3D format through technical means and watch it through 3D glasses.

The converted 3D movie has poor effect, dark color, low resolution, and strong dizziness discomfort after wearing the eyes.

Movie Viewing Experience...... It's not even as good as a regular movie.

This is also the reason why the imax conversion technology has become popular after the emergence of the 3D transformation technology, but the 3D transformation technology has been despised and abandoned by Hollywood.

In "Avatar", Cameron upgraded the traditional 3D camera into two smaller-sized high-definition digital cameras, which solved the problem that 3D movies could not be shot directly in one fell swoop.

This is definitely a world-class initiative!

But I didn't expect that the 3D direct shooting technology ...... In Cameron's eyes, it is only the easiest one to solve among the six technical problems of "Avatar".

So how many difficulties did you have to go through during the filming of "Avatar"?

No wonder the production cycle of Avatar is so long!

The project was established in 2004 and the preparation period was one year; (in fact, since 2003, Cameron has been preparing himself, looking for language experts to design languages, animal and plant experts to study animals and plants, anthropologists to design alien concepts, etc.)

It started in March 2005 and was completed in April 2007, with a filming period of two years;

Released at the end of December 2009...... Post-production, also up to two years.

Cameron smiled, "The unknown is difficult, and the solved problem is, of course, simple." ”

Tang En said angrily: "Okay, don't sell it, let's talk about it, what are the six major technical problems? Let's study and study, what has not been overcome must be overcome, and what has been solved must be upgraded." ”

Cameron then took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase, which was the detailed information, and said succinctly: "Six technical problems - 3D camera direct shooting, virtual camera design, full CGI character model construction, motion capture technology, expression capture technology, new digital photography system and digital technology. ”

You don't have to look at the 3D camera to shoot directly, this is a problem that has been solved.

This part of the information is as long as 25 pages.

On the last page, Donn's eyes narrowed, this is a "patent" report.

"You even got the patent?" Donn looked at him with a strange expression.

Cameron rightfully said, "Of course, it's my creation!"

Tang En said deeply, "If I'm not mistaken...... When you went to the underwater world, I also funded you a sum of money to explore 3D direct shooting technology. ”

Cameron said with an innocent face: "Didn't you say that it was a gratuitous donation?"

"Fart......! Have you paid the gift tax?" Don scolded very unceremoniously.

Cameron smiled and said, "I said, 3D direct shooting...... It's not a great technology. Traditional 3D cameras are equipped with film cameras, which are of course cumbersome. With the advancement of digital technology, 3D direct shooting technology will definitely get better and better. This patent of mine ...... That is, the past few years can be regarded as high-tech. ”

Tang En said angrily: "If New Universal wants to use this technology, it must be free. ”

"Of course!"

Cameron immediately agreed, and then sold well, saying, "Aren't you pushing for IMAX format movies? That IMAX film camera is too bulky, and if you want to be more popular, you have to launch a portable, lightweight digital version." ”

"Even digital video cameras are being boycotted by old-school filmmakers, let alone IMAX digital cameras?"

Don waved his hand, calmed down, and said, "Dolby Laboratories is still under development. Let's talk about "Avatar", the six major technical problems...... Like, what does this virtual camera mean?" (https:)

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