After greeting the staff of the studio, Zhang Ran looked at the computers of several employees and saw that everyone was doing construction. Turning his head to look at Chen Ningyu, he asked, "How much has Previz done?"

"It's more than two minutes! Look at the effect, I don't know if you're satisfied!" Chen Ningyu didn't know what Previz was before, and Zhang Ran told him this concept. In the past half a month, he has brought five people to work on this, and his eyes are a little dark, and he hasn't slept for a few days.

Zhang Ran was not too satisfied with the speed, and only did it for more than two minutes for half a month, which was a bit slow. But there's no way that the software iclone hasn't come out yet, so you can only use Maya to do it. If there is iclone, it is much easier to do. Zhang Ran nodded, looked at Chen Zhenghong and asked, "Brother Chen, let's go and have a look?"

When Chen Zhenghong heard Previz for the first time, he didn't know what it was and was quite curious: "Okay, I also want to see the advanced things you guys are tinkering with!"

The three of them walked to the screening room together, and Zhang Ran explained to Chen Ningyu what Previz was as he walked.

Previz is called previs by some people, and some people call it "dynamic storyboard", "3D storyboard", and "director's electronic sandbox". To put it simply, when preparing for the movie, the whole movie is made with animation and made into a simple 3D cartoon, which is used to show the general direction of the actor's movement, framing, camera angle, camera movement, etc., for the director, camera director and other people to refer to when shooting.

Hollywood commercial blockbusters will produce 3D storyboards, and there are a lot of big scenes, which are not carefully designed in advance. Once the shooting is wrong, the loss is huge. With 3D storyboards, everyone knows what they have to do. What to do reduces the possibility of error.

Meantime. Blockbusters often have a lot of special effects, and they can't be completed by one company alone. With 3D storyboards, VFX producers can use them as tools for bidding. They send out 3D storyboards to a lot of VFX outsourcing companies. Each VFX studio can start by looking at a 3D storyboard to get a clear idea of what the challenges are. In this way, the quotation of manpower and resources will be much more accurate by these outsourcing companies. In addition, with a 3D storyboard, the director has an accurate idea of the entire film, and there is less possibility of changing the special effects shots, which can save a lot of costs.

Of course. Independent filmmakers like Zhang Ran can use a trailer or a prototype to raise funds for the entire film. There is no need to make a desperate bet like Peter Jackson when he made "The Lord of the Rings", and recruited actors to shoot dozens of minutes of dailies to attract investment.

Chen Zhenghong has been in the film and television industry for many years, and has seen many crews and directors. In China, only big directors like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang can draw storyboards, and other directors are often textual storyboards. Zhang Ran is now playing 3D, which is really in line with international standards! He couldn't help asking: "This costs a lot of money, right?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "About more than 1 million!"

Chen Zhenghong shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect this thing to be so expensive, no wonder no one in China did it, and couldn't help asking: "What is your budget for this movie?"

Zhang Ran said: "90 million US dollars!"

Chen Zhenghong's jaw almost dropped. 90 million, or dollars! He looked at Zhang Ran like an alien, and he really couldn't figure out where this money came from, even Zhang Yimou didn't have such a big face, right? This guy is really a demon!

Then. Chen Ningyu started the projector and clicked on the playback file.

In the picture, huge high-rise buildings. On the wall are huge crosses. In the middle of the cross there is a crater formed by the impact, and a man is embedded in the wall. It's not far from the big pit. A grim-looking man was suspended in mid-air, holding a huge iron nail in one hand. With a hammer in one hand, he looked at the man in the pit.

In the pit is the villain Alexander, and in mid-air is the protagonist Jason.

He Xi is extremely narcissistic, most of the male protagonists of his novels are called He Xi, and the male protagonists of "Six Beings of the Six Realms" are also called He Xi. Zhang Ran was going to use a Hollywood star as the leading actor, so naturally he couldn't be called He Xi, so he changed it to Jason, and the same villain couldn't be called Hao Nancun, so he changed it to Alexander.

Now it's the finale that Jason saves the world by fighting fiercely, trapping Alexander with Skynet and then crucifying him.

At this moment, Jason pointed the nail at Alexander, and the hammer in his hand was raised high: "You have nowhere to escape, today is your death!"

Alexander was completely paralyzed, his body trembled violently, and sweat rolled down his face in big drops: "You let me go." He pleaded: "I'm not human, don't kill me." ”

Jason interrupted him in a higher voice, "It's too late to say this now. There were faint tears in his eyes: "Think of the people who died for you, think of the place where you will lead the world!

"Accept your life, devil, in the name of the Holy Spirit!" Jason shouted as he struck the nail.

Blood splattered, and Alexander screamed. The believers who were blinded by Alexander and regarded him as a god exclaimed, how could God scream and bleed?

"In the name of the Son!" Jason's face was covered in blood, but he didn't stop and continued to swing the hammer.

There was a gurgling sound in Alexander's throat, blood bubbles pouring out of his mouth, and he was speechless.

"In the name of the victims!" Jason continued to swing the hammer.

Alexander's body twisted and flickered, he ran left and right in the six worlds but there was no way to escape, his eyes were wide as if they were about to burst out. Black blood trickled down the nails.

"In the name of justice!" Jason's expression was already extremely excited, and a bloodthirsty pleasure rose in his heart.

Alexander twitched, blood pouring from his mouth.

Jason paused, but immediately added, "In my name!"

Jason runs through Alexander's body up to the cross behind him. Alexander tried to dominate the world and become a "god", but now he was crucified by Jason.

End of video.

Zhang Ran looked at Chen Zhenghong, who was a bystander and the boss of a film and television company. His opinion is indicative: "What do you think? If you were a film company, would you be willing to buy this film?"

Chen Zhenghong nodded. Although he didn't know what the story was about, he was still shocked. Camera cuts are fast. The visual impact is very strong, and Jason's righteous and stern voice makes people feel a strong impact inside. "It's really good," he affirmed. If I were a film company, I would definitely be willing to buy it, but the footage is a bit bloody, and it will definitely be cut when it is released in China!"

Zhang Ran knows this, the scene of Chen Wei slapping Zhou Xu in "Bursting Drummer" was asked to delete it when it was submitted for review. Zhang Ran didn't delete it when he participated in the competition in Tokyo, and he would definitely have to delete it when it was released in China. The slapping shots are still like this, not to mention the nailing shots: "This film is mainly overseas, and these shots must be filmed." Just cut it out when it's released in China!"

Chen Zhenghong nodded, now the national box office is only more than 100 million US dollars a year, and the investment of 90 million US dollars will definitely go bankrupt in China: "To be honest, after watching this animation, I am looking forward to this movie!"

Hearing Chen Zhenghong say this, Zhang Ran smiled: "I'm a lot relieved to have your words!" He turned his head to Chen Ningyu and said, "The lens is no problem, it's according to the design." But the picture is still too rough, and it doesn't matter if the other parts are rough, everyone can see what's going on. But this fight scene must be exquisite. In February, we will take this part of the play to Berlin for pre-sale, and the better the effect, the more favorable we will be during the pre-sale. ”

When Chen Ningyu heard that he was going to take this scene to Berlin for pre-sale, his expression was a little solemn. It's okay to make the shots that have been made so good now. But in the front, the part of Jason and Alexander's fight requires the action director and the director to design the action, and now there is no action director. They can't do it: "You have to work with the action director to design the action and the shots, and come up with the specific content, so that we can do it." ”

Zhang Ran nodded solemnly. Fight scenes must be designed by a martial arts instructor. He has asked Liang Jiahui to contact Yuan Heping, but there is no news from the other party: "I will contact as soon as possible." When I come back from the United States, I will bring back all the relevant personnel and materials! The fight scene in front of me lasted more than 20 minutes. The Berlinale is in mid-February, so it's just over a month away, so I'm going to have to work hard for you then!"

"It's okay, that's what we're supposed to do. Chen Ningyu smiled, then looked at Zhang Ran and said, "But we will definitely not be able to rely on our current people, we need to recruit a lot of people, and the cost will increase a lot." ”

"We have to spend the money that should be spent, our special effects budget is quite sufficient, don't worry!" Zhang Ran prepared 50 million US dollars for the post-production and special effects expenses for the movie, and didn't care about this little money at all. Now the key is time, if you can't make it to Berlin, you can only wait until the Cannes Film Festival to go to the pre-sale, and you have to wait three more months.

Coming out of the screening room, Zhang Ran continued to take Chen Zhenghong to visit the studio, introduced him to the role of various departments, and made corresponding demonstrations, which opened Chen Zhenghong's eyes. However, Chen Zhenghong also knew that Zhang Ran was busy, and after the visit, he chatted with Zhang Ran for a while and left.

Zhang Ran chatted with Chen Ningyu for a while, then called Ning Hao, Zhao Fei and Qiu Yuanxu and summoned them all to the studio. Zhang Ran plans to take the students out of Beiping tomorrow night and go to the magic capital for survival experience. After staying in the magic capital for a week, I went to the United States and started preparations on the American side. It is estimated that he will not return until the end of December, and the arrangement must be properly arranged.

Ning Hao's project "Heartbreaker" was invested by Zhang Ran, and he definitely asked about the preparations. Ning Hao originally wanted Zhang Jingchu to be the heroine, but Zhang Ran didn't agree at that time, and now he can let Zhang Jingchu try. The release of the movie "Bursting Drummer" has long been finalized and distributed by China Film. The marketing strategy has also been formulated for a long time. It only takes Qiu Yuanxu to keep an eye on the whole project and ensure that there are no accidents. Zhao Fei is the cinematographer of the next film, and the existing hand-drawn storyboards are all finalized after discussion with Zhang Ran. During Zhang Ran's absence, he must have to keep an eye on the production of the 3D storyboard.

By the time Zhang Ran had arranged everything, it was almost twelve o'clock when he returned to the dormitory. He sat at the table and groaned slightly, picked up his mobile phone and dialed Liu Yifei's number. Compared with the students in the class, Liu Yifei needs to receive survival training, and what she lacks most is life.

As soon as the phone was connected, Liu Yifei shouted happily: "Master, are you back?" Master, your movie is very popular in Japan! Master, when are you looking for me to make a movie?"

Zhang Ran shook his head lightly, just your poor acting skills, you have been practicing for ten years! Wait for Liu Yifei to finish speaking, and then said: "Where are you filming, have you been filming in the past few days?"

Liu Yifei said happily: "In Tianlong Babu Film and Television City, there has been no drama for me in the past few days. Master, why don't you come to see me, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Zhang Ran nodded, since she had no drama to shoot recently, she happened to catch it for training, and immediately said: "Give your mother the phone, I have something to say to her!" (To be continued.) )