Chapter 711 Action Blockbuster
Mark They shoot special effects shots after shooting the location, and this movie has as many as 800 special effects shots, which can be called a special effects blockbuster, and at the beginning of production, special effects artists join the production team to guide the production of special effects shots.
John, the special effects director of "The Avengers", commands a special effects team of more than 200 people to provide them with technical support, and he has worked with Mark many times, such as "Iron Man 1", Mark is a person with a variety of styles, among the movies he has released, "Iron Man" is the movie with the most special effects shots, and the highest-grossing "Dark Knight", many shots are shot with real models.
Mark's films "Iron Man" and "No Country for Old Men" and then "The Dark Knight", there is no similarity and repetition, even "Time to War" and "The Dark Knight" are different styles but excellent, this kind of weightlessness, never repeating his own style, made the academy excited, which is one of the reasons why he won the best director.
But now, special effects blockbusters are the mainstream, and computer special effects are indeed money-burning, but the actual shooting of this model is more money-burning and time-consuming, and this computer special effects will inevitably become the mainstream.
ILM promises to provide technical support to all film companies, but if MM also launches this project, of course, it will give priority to itself, and now there are many special effects companies, each with its own strengths, but in terms of comprehensiveness, it is still ILM that is the strongest, followed by Weta Digital and the digital field.
Although they are competitors, they are also partners, Vita is famous for the "Lord of the Rings" series, which successfully built Middle-earth, but if this "Hobbit" is not handed over to them, I am afraid that they will be hit by a huge blow, just like Cameron's masterpiece "Avatar" let Weta do it, which will cause a huge blow to the digital field, almost bankrupt, although Weta will not go bankrupt, but the stock price will fall sharply.
And the pinnacle of the digital field, "Transformers" is also MM's, if MM cancels the order, it is enough to make the digital field fail, but Mai copy and David Ellison, so good that they wear a pair of pants, they almost cut off the chicken head and burn yellow paper, and there is often news that they go to have fun together, and Mai copy is the person who has entered the MM Hall of Fame, this is the fifth person to enter the Hall of Fame in addition to the MM Big Four, and the relationship between the two sides is so iron that it can't be more iron, so naturally it will not come to this hand.
Since DreamWorks was put into the arms of Paramount, this copy is to vote for MM, and Lao Si is not satisfactory in Paramount, but Miles is like a fish in water in MM, and his good relationship with David has made his influence reach the top.
Born in Los Angeles and a graduate of Wesleyan University, in his twenties, he worked primarily on commercials and music videos, and his first job after graduating from film school was video production. His music videos have been recognized and he has been nominated for a series of MTV Awards. In addition to music videos, Michael has created commercials for world-famous brands such as Nike, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Corona, for which he has won several annual commercial awards.
At the Cannes International Film Festival in France, Michael took home the Golden Lion for Best Beer Advertising for his campaign for Corona and the Silver Lion for his film for Got Milk.
In addition, in 1995, Mai Bao also won the Commercial Director of the Year Award from the Directors Association of the United States. In 1995, he began to make films, and produced his first films, "Jedi Men" and "Jedi Men", which starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, were recognized by audiences and earned more than 160 million US dollars. His second film, Death Island, was also a huge success, starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, which eventually established Mai as a film director.
Since then, Mai has directed many blockbuster commercial blockbusters, including "Armageddon", "Pearl Harbor", "Jedi Men 2", and so on. 2005's "Escape from Clone Island" failed to achieve the expected success, attracting bad reviews and a box office failure. In 2007, he directed the sci-fi action blockbuster "Transformers" to become the highest-grossing film of the year, earning 708 million dollars in the global market. Jin then went on to direct the sequel to the "Transformers" movie, becoming a billion-dollar director, and after entering the MM Hall of Fame, he left a star on the Avenue of Fame and a handprint at the China Grand Theater, which is a proper thing.
He is often associated with another business director, Roland Emmerich.
Originally from Germany, Roland Emmerich was born in Stuttgart, studied painting and sculpture at the Stuttgart University of the Arts, educated in West Germany, studied sculpture, and worked in an advertising agency after graduating from school in charge of planning.
In 1977, he returned to school to study production and directing at the Munich School of Film and Television, where his graduation project was selected for the opening film of the Berlinale in 1983, the most expensive student film ever produced in Germany.
Emmerich is good at stunt films, and in addition to the blockbuster "Godzilla", he is best known for "Independence Day" starring Will Smith. "Independence Day" tells the story of an alien invasion of Earth, and a team led by Will Smith defends the Earth. The story was shocking and used a lot of new stunts of the time, making it one of the most watched films in the world of the year, and the scenes of the destruction of the White House in the film still make fans talk about it today.
After entering the 90s, he moved to Hollywood, and in 1994, he directed the sci-fi action film "Star Raid", which attracted attention. Two years later, he directed "Independence Day" starring the famous black actor Will Smith, which was a huge hit and became the box office champion of the year. In 1998, he wrote and directed the sci-fi horror film "Godzilla", which won the Best Director Award in the 2012 Poster Stills Vote of the European Film Awards. The director's "The Patriot", starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, also received numerous critical acclaim. In 2004, the classic disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" was launched, in which the scene of human society on the verge of collapse is very thought-provoking. In 2008, he directed a new sci-fi epic film "10,000 Years Before History". "2012", directed by him, which was launched at the end of 2009, once again shocked the world.
Mai Copy and Emmerich are both top business directors, and they have been fighting inseparably, and after entering MM, they have continued this style and have been competing, but this year, there is finally a result.
Mai copy entered the MM Hall of Fame as a billion director and won by a big score, this Emmerich's 800 million "2012" is obviously inferior, and Mai copy has an excellent relationship with the giant, this Emmerich left MM in anger and switched to Twentieth Century Fox, the other party sincerely promised to spend a huge amount of money to let him shoot "Independence Day 2" and "Independence Day 3", Mark had to hand over "Shocking Crisis" to Mai Copy.
Mai Bao originally intended to continue the preparation of "Transformers 3", but Mark recommended "Shocking Crisis", and the theme and content of this movie completely matched his appetite, saying that this explosion shell blew up a lot of places, but this White House, that is really not bombed, the White House, Congress let him blow up, Mai copy agreed without thinking about it, he canceled all his vacations and immediately started the project.
This is because Mark was in a hurry and asked for a release in the summer of 2011.
The original "Shocking Crisis" was shot in 2012, the second fastest film Emmerich made, and his fastest film was "2012," which Columbia Pictures had originally planned to release in November 2013.
Who knew that in 2013, two films about the terrorist attack on the White House were released. This film is one of them, and the other is produced by Millennium Film Company called "The White House Has Fallen", although in the classification, "The White House Has Fallen" got an R rating, but he was released in April first, and made a lot of money, and the "Shocking Crisis" with an investment of 150 million was released in advance to the summer, but it was already suspected of fried cold rice, so the box office was dismal.
This was originally the idea of "The White House Has Fallen" borrowed from "Shocking Crisis", but they preemptively produced and released it first, and made a lot of money, but it made the owner suffer a big loss, and now that Mark is in charge, this will never happen, he will be released in 2011, and he must seize the beachhead.
The "Shocking Crisis" was bought by MM for $3 million from James Vanderbilt, MM asked the guy to sign a non-disclosure agreement, prohibiting any disclosure to any company, and the deal was called "the most expensive script deal in recent times" by The Hollywood Reporter.
In order to make the explosion and blow up, the crew built a White House, and in the process of building the "White House" scene, the behind-the-scenes team of the film worked hard. The design and set assignments were carried out by art director Kirk Patrusili, whose team of 300 carpenters, 45 plasterers, 32 set designers and 16 art directors were tasked with recreating the White House layout. The props team also scoured the world for decorations to replicate the sophistication and splendor of the White House.
To capture the huge South Lawn and South Portico surrounding the White House, Kirk Patrusili used a huge indoor golf driving range with a tank and a Navy One fighter jet to complete the set. The behind-the-scenes team recreated the hallways of the Capitol, the White House office suite, the attached newsroom, the streets that run through Washington, D.C., the Pentagon's fuel depot, the president's emergency command center, the Secret Service office, and more.
In order to maintain the authenticity of the film, Walker and his team replicated the city blocks around the White House, even as small as trees, fences, and guard houses, and carried out realistic restoration, so that the audience can feel the real thrill experience when watching the movie.