"Well, when are you coming?"

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Wang Lai quickly hung up the phone.

"Sorry for my brother's call, let's continue. ”

"It's okay, Mr. Wang, let's continue. ”

"I'll tell you a story," Wang Lai said with a smile.

There is a director who made a movie, but it has influenced the world and changed the development of films for decades, I have to say that the movies made by this person can hardly see any so-called artistic things in traditional films, and the best director is not even nominated, but it has achieved unprecedented success, guiding the trend of the film in the next few decades, do you say he is a successful director or a failed director?

In 1975, a young director went around looking for investment with a film plan, and Universal and other companies closed the door to him, thinking that the plan was inexplicable and stupid.

Only 20th Century Fox agreed to invest $10 million, and the young directors of the time, although they knew exactly what they wanted to achieve, were almost impossible to achieve with the antiquated film technology of Hollywood at the time.

In that year, he set up his own special effects company, due to the large number of special effects shots, the film budget was overrun, and the young director gave up the director's salary in order to complete the special effects in his mind, he only needed the final editing rights of the film, 40% of the box office profits, the sequel shooting rights and the production rights of all peripheral products. As it turned out, this risky choice of his was undoubtedly the wisest choice.

In 1977, the film was released with unprecedented success, and the special effects company, the main force of the young director's film empire, revolutionized the entire world's concept of filmmaking. In the following ten years, a series of film history wonders have been created.

The success of the film has allowed Hollywood to see the huge impact of visual effects, and it has also allowed Hollywood films to find a way out of TV competition.

The Oscars set up a separate Oscar for Best Visual Effects for this film, and it was the film's success that had a decisive impact on Hollywood cinema that made the Oscars unable to ignore the achievements of this new field, and from 1977 to 1994, the special effects films produced by the special effects company won 14 of them, and only 4 times were missed.

Wang Lai looked at the young man in front of him and asked: "Single-handedly changed the future pattern of films, the great significance is no less than the transformation of movies from the silent film era to sound films, do you know which director, which movie, which special effects company this is?"

"Of course, this young director is George Lucas, and the film is Star Wars Series of movies, the special effects company is industrial light and magic, the greatness of industrial light and magic is not only in the movie special effects, but also indirectly gave birth to another field of overlords, that is, Pixar is now in the top position in the field of 3D animation, more than 20 years ago, Pixar was only part of the computer painting department under the industrial light and magic, there was no name at that time, the job was to help the Jedi draw the beam on the lightsaber, help the spaceship paint the sparks that come out when the engine is started, and so on. ”

"Under George Lucas's leadership, ILM has elevated the status of film special effects in the overall film production industry, and over the past decade, film studios have seen a significant increase in their budgets for special effects, and the role of their employees in film production has become increasingly important, with major film studios offering high prices to compete for the best special effects masters. Of course, the master will not live under the people for a long time, and if the wings are stiff, he will fly solo, so that there is a saying in Hollywood that half of the founders of all the first-line digital special effects companies on the West Coast of the United States today have worked for him. ”

"Do you think he has a lot of influence?" Wang Lai said excitedly.

"Star Wars" not only changed the entire Hollywood film production method, but also influenced a number of famous directors who later became loyal fans of technology, such as Cameron, Spielberg and Peter Jackson. ”

"Liu Chen, do you know why I'm telling you this?" Wang Lai stared at Liu Chen, his expression was very serious, and there was a look of expectation on his face.

Liu Chen nodded, shook his head again, he now understood why the future of film is a combination of art and technology.

Wang Lai looked at Liu Chen seriously, and said solemnly: "You are the best science score I have ever seen in the drama academy, it is no exaggeration to say that it should be the first person before and since, the students who took the exam for our drama academy have very poor science scores, and they don't even take the math test." ”

"These liberal arts students entered the film academy, all of them were seriously ill, and they could win some awards at international film festivals, but this was far from enough, and relying on self-taught directors, except for Feng Xiaogang, there was no one else, it was still a few years ago, and now they are not from a professional class, and they have no chance in this circle at all. And you're the one I've ever met, the most likely to be the Peter Jackson of China. ”

Liu Chen didn't expect Wang Lai to have such high hopes, the two had only met a few times and had known each other for a short time.

"I believe in my eyes. Wang Lai said.

Liu Chen really wanted to tell the truth, and he was very ashamed in his heart.

Wang Lai has been teaching step by step for so many years, and he has not been able to say what is in his heart, but today he opened the conversation box, couldn't stop, and continued: "New Zealand, originally a country without a film industry, this New Zealand fat man has single-handedly driven the entire country's film industry, and established a Weta special effects company that can challenge industrial light and magic. ”

"The greatest thing is not the movie itself, but the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is all filmed in New Zealand, New Zealand's beautiful scenes are perfectly presented in his films, allowing audiences all over the world to appreciate the magnificent scenery of this country, so that New Zealand and Middle-earth are equated, completely driving the tourism economy, but also becoming a business card of this country, aside from the movie itself, "The Lord of the Rings" can be regarded as a promotional film of Tourism New Zealand, but in the form of a story. ”

"Some people say that we will never be able to shoot "The Lord of the Rings" in China, I don't agree with this concept at all, the stories of "Fengshen" and "Journey to the West" are more mature than "The Lord of the Rings", "The Lord of the Rings" can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the process of resisting the temptation to send the ring, which is thinner than the structure of "Journey to the West", where is the art and depth?"

Wang Lai kept looking at Liu Chen after he finished speaking, and Liu Chen raised his head to meet her gaze.

Wang Lai nodded with satisfaction, she felt that the blood that had been silent in her heart for many years seemed to be hot again, and she really wanted to tell this young man all her views and perceptions about the movie, so that he could grow up at the fastest speed, but she also knew that this kind of education method was undoubtedly fueled by seedlings, and the gains outweighed the losses.