Mark, Wally, Kevin, Tom, and Little Plum enjoyed the science and education documentary on the IMAX screen of the Los Angeles Academy of Sciences.

IMAX is known as the "ultimate experience of movies", because when watching IMAX movies, you are not only watching with your eyes, but indulging the senses of the whole body to deceive yourself. With crystal-clear images, highly realistic six-channel and subwoofer sounds, you will feel like you are in the scene, the line between real and unreal is blurred, you are floating in a person's body with all kinds of huge cells, you are standing on the top of the snow-covered Antarctica blowing the cold wind with penguins, you have just dived into the deep blue seabed and a dolphin swims past you, you are walking in the Cretaceous primeval forest, the tongue of a dinosaur with teeth and claws almost licks your face.

As early as the preparation of the film, Mark decided to shoot on IMXA film to sketch out the operatic grandeur he wanted.

IMAX is a kind of giant screen film developed by the IMAX group of Canada, the general commercial 35 cm film is four perforations for a picture, the IMAX film area is ten times larger than the traditional 35 cm film, the shelf life is also longer, the IMAX film resolution is high, the image quality performance projected to the screen is also exceptionally clear and natural, even if it is ten times larger than the screen of the general 35 cm film, it can still present perfect projection, and the vivid image without rough grain makes the situation closer to reality。

This IMXA picture is perfect, but the shooting cost is huge, requiring a complex projection system, there are only more than 60 such giant screens in the country, although this technology has appeared for more than 30 years, but it has always existed in museums, science and technology museums, planetariums, aquariums, theme parks and other popular science education institutions, failed to enter the film market.

Now that IMXA has developed digital bracing technology that converts ordinary 35mm film into an IMAX version of 70mm film, it is possible to bring Hollywood blockbusters to unrivaled large screens without compromising their "crystal-like" image quality.

However, Mark did not completely use the conversion technology, and the main big scenes were shot directly on IMXA film, and the other scenes were shot with the conversion technology, which cost 2 million US dollars alone, and the IMXA film shot those big scenes required an additional 5 million US dollars.

IMAX film refers to the shooting of films, and only IMAX films are taken with 70mm cameras

This is too expensive and requires special filming, and at present, only Robert Zemeckis's "Polar Express" has some clips in IMAX film, except for 70mm film, and most of the film is post-conversion, so even 70mm film is actually equivalent to an interpolation of 6k resolution, which is not much better than the interpolation of 4K in digital IMAX.

Because the size is much larger than ordinary film, the speed of IMAX film is also three times that of ordinary film, one frame is projected every six milliseconds, and the film shown every second is 1.7 meters long, and every minute is 1003 meters, so the length of the film of the two-hour IMAX film is 12.3 kilometers, which is the reason why it is expensive.

Kevin was also shocked by its grand and realistic scenes, but it was a pit to add seven million dollars before filming started, which is very pitiful, this is challenging the authority of the producer, as a producer, he hates James the most who breaks the rules and destroys tradition, he must be stuck in the cost, control the budget, and never add it unless he has to, it is only the beginning, not a last resort, he said: "The current cost has risen from 80 million to 120 million, and the board of directors has a big opinion on this." ”

Mark said: "If you follow the plan I started, 80 million can be produced, but you think the cast lineup is low, which increases the cost, which has nothing to do with me." ”

Xiao Lizi knew that he was talking about him, and he was unhappy, he said: "The movie-watching experience of IMXA theaters is the ultimate, but how many such giant screen theaters are there in the country? Around 60, even if the attendance rate is 100% and the screenings are non-stop day and night, how much box office can be provided? Is it worth investing a huge amount of money to experiment? "Time to War" is more like a feature film, touching people's hearts with stories and performances, rather than a dazzling special effects show like fireworks. ”

"You're just an actor, but you seem to know more about movies than directors and producers," Mark said. ”

Xiao Lizi was not angry, and said: "This technology has appeared for more than 30 years, but it has not made great progress? It can't enter the film market? It's a big enterprise like AMC and National Entertainment, and there are only one or two giant screen halls under it? That is, the investment is too large, the output is too low, and the return is disproportionate, we make movies, especially hundreds of millions of productions, and the return is the key, if it is an experimental movie, it is better to engage in some small cost, Robert's "Polar Express" With an investment of $170 million, it has three versions of 2D, 3D and IMXA, but judging from the current auditions, the prospects are bleak, and Barry must have regretted investing so much money in an experimental film. ”

"The Polar Express" is an animated film released by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Josh Hutcherson, etc. This revolutionary technology, the live-action performance footage is digitized, and it also uses IMXA film shooting and post-production, as well as a 3D version, which is why it is so amazing.

James Calomon swept the world with "Avatar", breaking his own global box office record in North America for more than ten years, making 3D and IMXA technology popular all over the world, in fact, this is not the most advanced technology, before that, Robert Zemeckis had already played 3D and IMXA technology, but the fiasco of "Polar Express" made these two technologies not promoted.

Xiao Lizi blocked the knife for Kevin, not only was he not happy, but annoyed, the big-name director and superstar starring couldn't pee in a pot, he, the producer, was a grinding stone, so he had to say more tactfully: "Cost, we must control the cost, until now, the board of directors will not agree to additional costs." ”

Mark said: "Persuade them, what you want to create is a classic blockbuster series, a bad movie like "Troy", you have all invested 170 million, "Batman" is reluctant to spend money, I can sign an agreement to add the 7 million, if the box office of Beimi does not exceed 150 million, the 7 million will be deducted from my share." ”

Wouldn't it be 0K if you said that earlier? A sure-fire deal, Kevin immediately agreed.

And Mark didn't see Tom's eyes, Tom sighed, this kid is better than a ghost when he is stupid, and he is more stupid than anyone else when he is stupid, this is the initiative to be the wrongdoer.

IMAX is the only company involved in pre-production, and the director also designs and creates celibatic custom scenes for IMAX.

After filming, the picture and sound of the film are re-recorded to provide unparalleled picture and sound quality to maximize the IMAX theater viewing experience.

IMAX works directly with directors to sharpen images, remove grain and imperfections, increase resolution, and more through unique Digital True Reproduction (DMR) technology to improve image quality and create the best possible image quality for playback in the world's best projection system. These techniques are just some of the reasons why IMAX achieves higher brightness, color saturation and contrast, but also remixes the channels during IMAX's digital backwork process, which takes advantage of the extensibility of the sound system's dynamic range.

Therefore, Kevin had to contact the people in the Hollywood office of IMXA immediately, fortunately they had a cooperative relationship with Warner, and they were immediately contacted, and the business came to their door, and they were very happy, and immediately sent the most professional team to join Mark's team to assist Mark in their filming and production.

IMXA technology has appeared for more than 30 years, and it has been only in science museums and museums, and can only play some high-definition documentaries, they know that the company must be bigger, and it must be commercialized.

The great director Robert has the courage to try and innovate, in his blockbuster tried this technology, they are very cooperative, sent the best team to cooperate with his filming and production, in order to promote this technology, they basically joined the production at a high price, there is nothing to make money, now the good news is coming, the second business is coming, there is also an internationally renowned director Qing Qing this technology, they seem to see the hope of promoting this technology.

Kevin suggested that he ask Robert for advice on this aspect of shooting skills, everyone is in the same vein as Warner, he can thread the needle on his behalf, Mark is not very interested in this, just have IMXA's professional and technical personnel to guide him, when encountering problems, Wally will provide solutions with the other party, and with Robert, everyone is peers, peers are like enemy countries, is Kevin really stupid or fake stupid?

Mark was upset when he saw Xiao Lizi: "Obviously, you haven't done any physical exercise. ”

Xiao Li said: "There are so many parties to attend, so many hot girl offers, I don't have time to stay in the fitness room." ”

Mark said: "You are not the actor I chose, just the appearance, you are very inconsistent, Bruce Wayne, who presides over justice and fights crime, is not an overly drunk waste, if you cause me trouble in the crew, I will not be polite." ”

Xiao Lizi said disappreciatively: "Fire me? Can you do this? Guy, I don't really care about this role. ”

Mark said, "I know, you're here to disgust me. ”

Xiao Lizi didn't deny it, and said, "Maybe, if Barrican does this, I won't care, I don't lack work." ”