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Cao Fang was already a little tired, and Miao Yingsong gave similar feedback, and the quotations of the special effects companies were similar, so he wanted to give up trying to increase the quality of the film from the special effects.

When people have impulses, it's like writing an essay when they were in school, and they could have gotten 500 words, but thinking of the teacher's praise for themselves, and the envy, jealousy and hatred of their classmates, they invisibly put pressure on themselves to write to the best of their ability.

What was done in ten minutes was done in two hours.

There is a saying about decreasing marginal effect in economics, for example, Cao Fangfang worked hard to help the actors improve their on-the-spot acting skills, write their own scripts, improve the texture of martial arts actions, and find a way to make the fairy and chivalrous parts of Xianxia combine as naturally as possible in the fight, this series of actions can quickly make the whole drama from 30 points to 60 points with 50% of the energy.

That's efficiency.

But further, the marginal effect is decreasing, and you have to use 200% of your energy to increase the score from 60 to 65 points, and the effort and the benefit are not proportional at all, and he feels a headache.

The special effects themselves are a system project, and it is even more difficult for him to promote this system engineering.

To do the effects well, you'll have to increase your budget, and it's a big budget.

To increase the budget, you have to convince the producers and investors, but no one is going to increase the budget of a TV series for no reason...... If you want to invest on your own, you don't care whether you have money or not, and you have to solve a series of problems, including whether people are willing to agree.

Or the problem of marginal effect, even if you are willing to increase the investment of 100 million, will TV stations and online video platforms be willing to double your broadcast rights?

Originally, the investor assumed that there was a 20% profit, and if you joined in, the profit was diluted to 10%, who could agree to such an unreasonable demand.

The whole thing can get incredibly complicated and difficult to move forward. To put it bluntly, Cao Fangfang is a starring actor, this is not an Olympic movie, it is enough to spend so much energy, and no matter how much it is, it can't be worth it at all.

Now it's all basic politeness and intellectual curiosity, and let him sit here and listen to this cool woman talk about special effects.

"You shouldn't take on this kind of fantasy special effects drama, it's very simple, because if you can't shoot it well now, your reputation will definitely drop. ”

Zhou Yuelong picked up the teacup, drank more than half of it in one bite, and wiped his mouth heroically, "The reason why American dramas can invest so much is entirely because someone pays for it, the average production cost of American dramas has reached 2.5 million US dollars per episode, and the cost of special effects dramas like Game of Thrones is nearly 7 million US dollars per episode, and the cost of one episode is enough for us to shoot two shoddy 70-episode serials......"

"I know that. Cao Fangfang nodded depressedly: "American dramas are originally paid on demand in China, and we don't have this soil for the time being, it seems that there are very few members of the online video platform now, and their copyrights can be sold all over the world...... Let's not talk about this, this topic is too pragmatic, and our film industry, copyright law, payment habits, and so on will have to go forward for many years to reach that level. ”

"I'm not here to talk to you. Zhou Yuelong can't tell her age from her appearance, she looks like she is in her thirties, but she has a kind of arrogance unique to technical talents.

She looked out the window at the sky, frameless glasses reflected the sunlight, a white glow, "Cats have cat paths, rats have mouse paths, and special effects also have cost-effective gameplay, but domestic film and television people have not yet found a way." ”

Cao Yifang didn't feel new at all when he heard it, "No matter how the Xianxia drama adjusts the script and uses the special effects on the blade, it also needs tens of thousands of special effects shots, and this theme is decided, this money can't be saved too much, and the overall quality of the special effects won't be improved much." ”

"Your show, it is estimated that 30,000 special effects shots are about the same. Zhou Yuelong was disdainful: "You are an actor, you don't understand technology, it's useless to tell you, directly introduce me to talk to the person in charge, and I will try to explain it to you clearly when the time comes." ”

Cao Fang lifted his eyelids and looked at her coldly.

Zhou Yuelong frowned, feeling a little allergic to the boy's eyes.

The young man is a little fierce......

"Ahem. Clearing his throat, Zhou Yuelong rolled up his sleeves, revealing a green dragon tattoo, Cao Fang saw it, and he even saw the faint tattoo color in the shadow of the woman's collar.

It's hard to imagine, could it be that this woman has a big green dragon tattooed on her entire front body?

Cao Fang was amused by her childish actions, and his face suddenly dispersed, "Why are you going to beat me?"

The father-in-law smiled, the world is wonderful, Zhou Yuelong felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and he also found that his defensive countermeasures were a bit two, so he lowered his head and smiled: "No, I just ...... Hey, I was a little rude just now, don't worry about it, I'm used to being straightforward. ”

Cao Fang got up, "Okay, I'll help you say something, but I don't guarantee that they are willing to meet with you." ”

Zhou Yuelong also stood up and said confidently: "You just tell them that now Yuanmen has hired two special effects companies to do the post-production, and we can do it alone, at the same price, our special effects can do better, and the cycle is shorter...... I'll show them the footage. ”

Cao Fang can feel this strong self-confidence, and people with this kind of self-confidence, excluding mental illness, often have real skills.

He himself is such a person.

Although he still didn't have much hope, he was still a little serious: "Okay, with your words, I will tie them up in front of you." ”

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Now the progress of Immortal Sin has entered the stage of green screen shooting, and at this stage, the personnel of the special effects team need to work on the scene, after all, even if it is a five-cent special effect, it needs to be closely integrated with the plot, not just a picture in the later stage.

It only took Cao Yifang half a day to convince Mr. Wang of Yuanmen that Zhou Yuelong's special effects company was in Dongsheng Film and Television City, including director Lu Jingzhen, and their group came to this special effects company called the Kingdom of God Painting.

In the multimedia room, Mr. Wang and the others have a very leisurely attitude, in fact, including Cao Yifang, they don't know much about the field of special effects, only Lu Jingzhen and a visual effects director brought by Mr. Wang are technical personnel.

Lu Jingzhen studied directing, naturally not a layman, and as a new generation of young directors, there are few people who are not fascinated by special effects technology, but the more he knows about this industry, the cooler his heart becomes.

"The cost can't be reduced. He said to Cao Yifang on the side: "Even if the labor cost is a little less, the hardware and software cost will account for half of the special effects production cost......

At this time, Zhou Yuelong walked in with two team members, dimmed the lights, and then started playing video footage on the big screen.

"I know that there is no basis for words, through the comparison of materials, I will briefly explain our company's plan for the special effects of domestic Xianxia dramas. ”

"VFX production is a game of quality, cost and cycle...... Let's look at the quality first. ”

Part of the plot of three TV series was played on the screen one after another, namely the Legend of Sword and Fairy, and the Sword of the Immortals who followed the trend later, as well as the Tianjun directed by Liu Yuanqi.

"You see, this is a common special effect in Xianxia dramas today, and it is jokingly called Wumao special effects on the Internet. Zhou Yuelong said with a mocking smile: "The picture flashed, a light, or a smoke, this person flew, or transformed, or some magic weapon suddenly appeared, the instantaneous light effect, we call this the end of one shot." ”

"It's done with a rough special effects shot, which is very cheap, but domestic audiences are fed by Hollywood blockbusters, and this kind of special effects will definitely not satisfy them. ”

Then she plays the next video.

"This is part of the special effects scene we made for a Hanguo film......"