Chapter 566: Difficult R&D

Today is the day when Zhang Ran went to the hospital for a reexamination, Zhang Jingchu got up early in the morning to be busy, making breakfast, preparing clothes to go out, and then helping him to go out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When he came to the hospital, Zhang Ran took a film first, and then found the doctor to ask about the results. After carefully reviewing the X-rays, the doctor confirmed that Zhang Ran's bones had completely healed, and helped him remove the cast on his leg.

After the plaster was removed, the exposed calf was noticeably thinner. Zhang Jingchu was frightened and hurriedly asked, "Doctor, what's wrong with his legs, how did they become so thin?"

"Don't worry, because the leg is in a cast, the movement is limited, the muscle tissue and adipose tissue are disuse, and the leg becomes thinner," the doctor explained. But this atrophy is reversible, and after the cast is removed, it can be restored by moving slowly and increasing the amount of activity. Zhang Ran's leg has only been wrapped in a plaster cast for a month, and he recovers quickly, so don't worry. ”

Zhang Jingchu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "Is there anything to pay attention to?"

The doctor said, "After the cast is removed, you can do rehabilitation exercises, such as swimming, and it is best to continue rehabilitation exercises for more than 4 weeks, wait until you no longer feel pain, and then gradually transition from brisk walking to running." Until then, avoid strenuous exercise, such as brisk walking, heavy lifting, and less sexual intercourse!"

After remembering the doctor's instructions, Zhang Ran stood up and tried to take two steps, but found that he couldn't walk steadily at all. He knew that it was walking that had given his muscles memory, that it would take some time to get back to normal, and that he would have to use crutches for a while. However, getting rid of the heavy and clumsy plaster, Zhang Ran is still a lot more comfortable.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ran, accompanied by Zhang Jingchu, came to Tiangong Chongcai to see the preparation of the special effects of "Tangshan Earthquake".

Walking into the company, under the leadership of Secretary Chen Ningyu, Zhang Ran and they came to the post-production studio.

In the room, Chen Ningyu and Zhao Fei were discussing technical issues, and when they saw Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu standing up, they greeted with a smile and said, "Zhang Ran, Jingchu, you are here!" Then he got up, pulled two chairs over, and asked them to sit down.

Zhang Ran glanced at the screen of the display, knew that he was testing the post-production picture of Red-One, and asked: "This picture effect is really good, what software is used to process it?"

Chen Ningyu said with a smile: "We have tried to directly use Da Vinci to transcode before, but the effect is not good, when we have a headache, RED company launched a special transcoding software, and the effect is very good." After transcoding, we used a wide Pablo tone. The graphics are very flexible, and there is no noise in raising shadows or lowering highlights. ”

Zhang Ran remembered that "Avatar" was processed with Kuantai Pablo, stared at the picture carefully, it was indeed a good thing, and asked, "How is the camera situation?"

Zhao Fei said: "Sometimes the picture will be out of focus, which is more troublesome. But it's not the machine itself, it's the software, RED is already debugging the program, and they promise to solve the problem completely by September. And there are some small problems in the rest, just pay attention to it when shooting, it's not a big problem!"

ZHANG RAN ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PICTURE AGAIN, AND THE ANSWER WAS,ON THE POST-PRODUCTION PLATFORM,RED'S SKIN TONE IS SMOOTHER AND MORE NATURAL;IN TERMS OF TOLERANCE,REDCODE ENCODING PERFORMANCE IS ALSO VERY GOOD,SOME HIGHLIGHT DETAILS THAT MAY BE OVEREXPOSED IN THE EARLY STAGE,CAN BE EASILY RETRIEVED IN THE LATER STAGE。

Zhang Ran was completely relieved, since Tiangong Chongcai could handle it, there was no need to go to Peter Jackson's post-production studio.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Ran got up and came to the special effects team in charge of "Tangshan Earthquake" and asked about the development progress of the earthquake collapse plug-in. The development of this plug-in was originally for the needs of film shooting, but recently Zhang Ran suddenly realized that if it can really be developed, then this plug-in is unique, and other companies do not have it, so it may become a sign of heavenly craftsmanship.

Sun Kewang, who is in charge of software research and development, briefly introduced the situation, and then played the collapse special effects made during the development process.

The picture shown on the screen is relatively rough, and it is a rough 3D model, but you can see that the buildings in the picture are falling one after another, and you can see that there are various things in the collapsed buildings, benches, beds, wardrobes, dishes and chopsticks......

This special effect looks very good, but the details can't stand scrutiny, and it doesn't conform to the physical reaction, it's like making a scene of 10,000 people, if your 10,000 people are all one action, and even the fluttering of your clothes is the same, it will look fake. Because the seismic waves are shaking, bumping, and shaking, and in different states, different materials and different objects react differently, and this detail has not been made.

However, to be able to achieve this level is already a great progress, Zhang Ran encouraged: "Don't worry, we have enough time to do research and development." Even if the movie about the earthquake is not useful, it must be developed. In the future, we will participate in many Hollywood projects, and with the current strength of Tiangong Chongcai, it is impossible to dominate the special effects of these big projects. We don't have our own strengths, we don't have superior technology. The kind of earthquake special effects we do now have never been done in Hollywood, and if we do it, then we are the best in this area, and we have our own advantages. It's going to be our signature!"

Most of the post-Hollywood blockbuster special effects are basically distributed to different companies, and no movie is packaged by one company from start to finish. However, the companies that can participate in these projects often have their own technology, for example, the horses in the movie "The Lord of the Rings" are all made by a British company, and they have developed horse-related software, which is their strength, and Weta has to hire them.

Now Tiangong Chongcai is the top level in China, and even in Asia, but it is not good in the world, the United States, Canada, Australia many famous companies are generally above them, the biggest problem is that there is no own technology.

Even if a company without a technological advantage participates in a big Hollywood project, it is often a small number of leftovers and very few simple shots.

Sun Kewang knew about the cooperation between Zhang Ran and Fox, and also knew that it was an opportunity for Tiangong Chongcai, so he said categorically: "We won't let you down, even if you work hard, you will do it!"

Just this week, the movie "Dance Out of My Life" produced by Summit Entertainment was officially released. Even though the evaluation given by the media is one-sided, the handsome and beautiful combination of Channing Tatum and Jenna Diwan, coupled with enthusiastic music and the most popular hip-hop dance at the moment, still makes "Dance Out of My Life" dazzling sweep the streets. The film opened with 2467 halls and achieved a box office of 2958, ranking second only to "Night in Radgar". And the cost of "Dance Out of My Life" is only 12 million, even if the box office is zero, it is still a big profit.

In the second week, "Dance Out of My Life" achieved a box office of 14.65 million, ranking fourth. According to this trend, the final box office is more than 60 million, and Summit Entertainment must have made a lot of money. Although the film is a joint investment of four companies, it is not distributed by Summit Entertainment itself, and it needs to share the revenue with other companies. However, the copyright of "Dance Out of My Life" is in the hands of Summit Entertainment, and when the sequel is launched, other companies can be completely excluded from doing it alone.

After Zhang Ran's acquisition of Summit Entertainment, various experts and industry insiders thought that Zhang Ran spent 120 million to acquire Summit Entertainment, and Summit Entertainment was not worth the price at all, but now they are all dumbfounded, no one expected that "Dance Out of My Life" would be so successful.

As long as two or three sequels of "Dance Out of My Life" are launched, 120 million will basically be earned, and more importantly, when the sequel is launched, Summit Entertainment will be qualified to negotiate with the theater. If the next "Twilight" can be successful, then Summit Entertainment may move towards mainstream studios.

It is a Hollywood tradition to strike while the iron is hot after the success of a work, and peak entertainment is not exempt from vulgarity. After the box office was released in the second week, Summit Entertainment immediately announced on its official website that it would launch a sequel to "Dance Out of My Life" and launch it in the summer of 08.

Zhang Ran didn't care about the sequel to "Dance Out of My Life", he always believed that professional things should be done by professional people, and Freyman, the CEO of Summit Entertainment, was professional enough that he didn't need to point fingers at all.

But even so, Zhang Ran is still very busy. The idea of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the preparation of "Tangshan Earthquake", and the opening of the Asian Film Academy are completely impossible for him to lose to others. Especially the Asian Film Academy, this year is the first year, and it is impossible for him, as the dean, to be the shopkeeper.

On September 1st, at the entrance of Nortel School, various teaching buildings, male and female dormitory buildings, banners of "Welcome New Students" have been hung, and some old students have set up booths to welcome new students at the school gate.

Looking at the slightly immature new faces dragging suitcases into the school gate, looking at them with curious eyes, the old students were all boiling with beast blood, and they came forward to greet each other very familiarly: "You are a freshman in the acting department, right? You must not be familiar with the campus situation, let me take you over to report!"

The most asked questions by the freshmen were: "Senior brother, do you know Teacher Zhang Ran?"

And the answer is almost unanimous: "Do you think Nortel's students don't know Teacher Zhang Ran?"

At the door of the guide building, Yang Fan stretched his neck and couldn't stop looking, and complained in his mouth: "Why hasn't Teacher Zhang come yet, isn't it an interview today? Why are you so procrastinating?"

Yuan Shanshan looked at the time and said, "Little fox, there is still half an hour!"

At this moment, Yang Fan saw a foreigner coming over and hurriedly greeted him: "Teacher Amamba!"

Alejandro Amamba recognized Yang Mi and asked, "Hello, have you arrived?"

Yang Fan led Amamba into the table guide building, and said, "It will be there soon." Teacher Amamba, please go this way!"

In fact, Zhang Ran has been at the school for a while, but he is in the principal's office at this time, reporting to Zhang Huijun on the preparations for the Asian Film Academy and the arrangements for the opening ceremony.

Today, the school has a simple interview with 12 students, mainly to see if there is cheating. Of course, this is unlikely, most of the students' names, Zhang Ran has heard of them, and they are powerful. However, there is still a process to go, and after passing the interview, students can register and officially become a member of the Asian Film Academy.

In addition, this year is the first year of the Asian Film Academy, and the opening ceremony is also the founding ceremony of the academy, which must be grand and enthusiastic, so Zhang Ran invited many guests to attend. He took out a list from his bag, handed it to Zhang Huijun, and said, "This is the list of guests present, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Huijun took it lightly, but when he saw the names of the people on the list clearly, his face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ran, these people on the list will come over?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "As long as there is no accident, I will come over!"

Zhang Huijun couldn't even know how Zhang Ran did it, so he laughed and said, "Zhang Ran, you have done a good job." As soon as these people come, they will definitely attract a lot of attention, and the momentum of the Asian Film Academy can be regarded as a hit!"