Spielberg and Martin Scorsese weren't the only ones who came to visit.

This summer, the abnormal box office of "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin" has taught the entire Hollywood a deep lesson. Even if you are an arrogant movie predecessor, you have to admit that the era of movies has changed.

The movie tastes of the past no longer meet the psychological expectations of movie fans.

And precisely, the one who understands the minds of fans the most is Donne!

"Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin" was released two months ago, with a North American box office of $440 million and a global box office of $1.07 billion! The movie has not yet been released, and it is completely possible to break through $1.1 billion!

From a professional point of view, the camera movement and composition of this film are very jerky, and director Gore Wibinski is a novice at first glance.

However, the producer of this film is Donne!

He made this movie a billion-dollar box office masterpiece!

I have to admit that Donn created the movie myth of New Hollywood.

Especially during this time, Tang En's popularization and publicity of the film and television special effects production process has been more and more valued by industry insiders. The standard production process of special effects blockbusters seems to have begun to take shape.

Now, Don is going to shoot a special effects sci-fi blockbuster, "The Avengers," which is said to be using state-of-the-art digital technology. Such a good opportunity to observe and learn, how can people in the industry miss it?

After Spielberg, George Lucas came, Zack Schneider came, Roland Emmerich came, Gore Wiebinski came, and James Cameron also made a special trip.

However, unlike the other directors who were amazed by the application of real-time preview technology, Cameron pouted and disdained the real-time preview applied in "The Avengers".

Tang En explained to him, saying that when shooting on location, the hardware performance of the laptop could not keep up, so naturally he could not make high-standard picture effects. However, it would be much better to wait for next year's green screen shooting.

First, equipment upgrades and software updates.

Second, green screen shooting can be fixed in the studio, which eliminates the need for laptops, and can be used to move the highest performance desktop computers and put dozens of them together. When the time comes, the real-time preview will definitely have a qualitative leap!

This time, it was Ann Lee who came to visit.

"Brokeback Mountain is finished?"

Don was pleasantly surprised to see Ann Lee, much happier than Spielberg and George Lucas.

Anyway, today's Ann Lee ...... can also be regarded as Done's descendant.

Ann Lee smiled, "I finished work in mid-August. ”

"How's it going?"

With Donn's current status, it is impossible for him to personally follow the progress of "Brokeback Mountain".

Ann Lee paused for a moment, her face was not very good, "When we were filming in Texas, there were quite a few people in the local area who organized a protest. The controversy of "Brokeback Mountain" is very big, and the movie ...... It's even bigger. ”

Tang En said disappreciably: "Don't care about them, a group of outdated 'western cowboys' have long been eliminated by the times." Don't worry, as long as the artistic standard of "Brokeback Mountain" is okay, the movie will not be a problem!"

Ann Lee said, "I can guarantee this!"

Don is also confident.

Ann Lee's Movie ...... There will never be a shortage of artistic, philosophical, and humanistic reflections.

Next, as in the past few days, Tang En introduced the working mode of the DIT digital workstation to Ann Lee step by step, and briefly introduced the application effect of real-time preview technology.

"Can I take a look at the Previz script?"

"Huh?"

Ann Lee said with a smile: "It is the concept of pre-special effects and dynamic storyboard that you popularized in the theory of film and television special effects process. During this time, you are busy making movies and may not know much about the situation outside. The Hollywood industry, including USC, has launched a very in-depth academic discussion on your film and television special effects theory. In particular, USC has launched more than a dozen forums and lectures and theoretical debates on this issue, which is very popular! However, they feel that the term dynamic storyboard is not accurate enough, after all, there is also the concept of dynamic storyboard in traditional movies. When you explained the concept of dynamic storyboarding, you used the term Previsualization, and the industry thought it was very good, so you created a term for this purpose - Previz. ”

Tang En was slightly stunned.

What's going on?

's own film theory, and thus gave birth to a professional term for film?

That's kind of amazing!

Don was very proud, and on the surface he didn't care, "It's just a name! Previz, dynamic storyboard, or even a 3D story version, it's no problem." As long as you understand the meaning, it doesn't matter what you call it. ”

Ann Lee admired Donne's attitude of seeing fame and fortune as a cloud.

If he can create a terminology for cinema and influence filmmakers all over the world, he will feel that his life will be worth it!

Look at Tang En, it's really a high wind and bright festival!

It's really rain and rain and don't move like a mountain!

Previz, in fact, is to make the shooting content simply before the official shooting of the movie, and use simple animation to show the general direction of the actors' movements, framing, camera angles, camera movements, etc., for the production team, director team, camera crew and other crew members to refer to when shooting.

Of course, Hollywood is not yet popular, but in 5 years, it will become a must-have element for Hollywood blockbusters!

Even Christopher Nolan, who has always been shy away from digital technology, also used the method of drawing Previz dynamic storyboards first when filming "Tomb Robbery Space".

In the past, films relied on storyboards, conceptual heads, and physical models to plan visual presentations. But it's too abstract, and it's all in fantasy.

Previz is different, it uses computer technology to produce a version of 3D animation storyboard, and the whole movie is made.

Experienced producers, through the Previz script, can accurately judge what the film will look like after it is made.

If it meets expectations, it will be auctioned.

Falling short of expectations, or modifying, or giving up.

This will greatly reduce the production risk of commercial blockbusters!

Several movies such as "King Arthur", "Catwoman", and "80 Days of Universal World" this summer are really terrible. Such a bad movie, the producer will not know? There is nothing they can do. A huge amount of money has been invested, and it is too late to regret it.

The filmmaker had no choice but to go up.

If you have the concept of Previz, you may be able to avoid serious losses by doing a good job of risk management in advance.

There are also a large number of commercial blockbusters, and a large part of the reason for the failure is the inconsistency of the director and the special effects team.

The director is a mind, the special effects team is a mind, and of course the things made will be nondescript.

It's much easier to have Previz storyboards.

Previz allows the director to see the effect early and make decisions early, while the post-production VFX team can start the real VFX production based on the director's revisions.

This will greatly save the production cost!

The post-production of special effects for a commercial blockbuster often requires a special effects team of more than 1,000 people, which takes more than half a year to complete, and the investment is too large. Previz, on the other hand, is very simple, with three or five people, it takes two or three months, and it can be done.

Don hesitated a little about Ann Lee's request.

Ann Lee suddenly realized and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I ...... I just wanted to learn, and I forgot that the film was still in a state of high secrecy. ”

Tang En was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, and said with a smile: "You misunderstood, I really didn't hide it, mainly ...... the movie "The Avengers", I didn't make a dynamic storyboard at all, oh, that's what you call Previz." ”

Ann Lee was shocked, "Huh?

What is the concept of Previz?

If a movie is like a building, then Previz is the drawings! Although the person who buys the house ends up living in the house, the drawing plays an important role in the process of building the house.

After Tang En's detailed popularization of the film and television special effects process to filmmakers all over the world, everyone felt that Tang En's theory was very reasonable!

Isn't it nonsense to build a house without drawings?

It's just that Ann Lee couldn't have imagined that Don didn't draw drawings for "The Avengers"!

That's fake, isn't it?!

Don smiled: "No way, you know, this summer...... I was really too busy to have the energy to prepare for the film. Fortunately, this is a Marvel movie, and many styles, formats and rhythms are fixed, and it will be easier to shoot compared to other original movies. ”

"It can't be without Previz, can ......it? Isn't that the film theory you're proposing?" Ann Lee was a little broken, and it felt like values were a little bit broken.

Donn worked hard to promote the concept of cinema to the filmmakers, but he ended up playing a different game himself.

Which one is true? Which one is false?

Tang En saw his thoughts, and said: "An, the concept of dynamic storyboarding is an essential element of commercial blockbusters......! I'm proposing a standardized process, but for some special people, you can play cards out of common sense, you know what I mean?"

In the previous life, as soon as the concept of Previz was launched, it immediately became popular in Hollywood, and almost all Hollywood commercial films were produced relying on this set of standards.

There are always exceptions, though.

For example, Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy, such as Roland Emmerich's "2012", all use the traditional filmmaking process.

The director's ability is too strong, even if he jumps out of the standardized process, he can still make classics.

Donne's meaning is obvious, his film level is too high, far ahead of his peers in the industry!

He popularized the film and television special effects production process to Hollywood, but he was just lecturing to "students".

There are often many solutions to a problem, and the teacher usually picks out the easiest way for everyone to understand and teach it. But it doesn't mean that this method is the only way.

Ann Lee's eyes showed unconcealed adoration.

For this director who is younger than him, he is convinced.

It's really amazing!

Build a house without drawings?

It's too fierce!

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