If "Star Wars" wasn't screened, it wouldn't have been able to get the rights to another hit, "Midnight Love," which was almost a stab in the coffin for Lucas, given that Fox Films wasn't doing well at the time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But even so, there were only more than 30 movie theaters that agreed to release Star Wars at the time. Although the preview screening received an enthusiastic response, Lucas knew that he would have nightmares before the official release - if he lost money, would Fox cut his whole family?

So on the day of the official release of "Star Wars" on May 25, Lucas was not in the United States at all - exhausted, he hid in Hawaii, praying that the bad news would come as late as possible.

So he didn't see the scene - on the day of the premiere, the audience walked out of the cinema with the excited expressions that had not yet recovered, and the next action was to return to the ticket office window and line up again. That night, countless people watched the movie over and over again and then went crazy to recommend it to everyone they met.

Needless to say, no words can describe the storm that this movie has set off.

Just as the previous description of the "CSI Crime Scene Investigation" has a huge influence on American society. After the release of "Star Wars" in 1977, it ignited more than just American audiences. There are many more people who have been pierced by this movie, and they can't wait to do something to respond to the passion that has been ignited in their hearts.

Or to put it another way, before Sid's generation was even born, their world had already changed because of this movie.

Before Star Wars, science fiction had been second-rate in the film market, and the genre was often obsessed with exploring fate and reflecting on the human beg. Typical examples include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and A Clockwork Orange.

But the release of "Star Wars" changed all that, and everyone found that science fiction movies can also be made as passionate and majestic as war movies. We don't have to worry about what stupid things the earthlings or the U.S. government have done, we can just stuff what we want to express, justice, freedom, love, and other lofty things!

The first to act was the then 40-year-old director Ridley Scott, who made a living mainly by making commercials at the time, but after watching "Star Wars", this dude took the case: "Why didn't I shoot such an awesome thing!"

So the next year, he began to shoot "Alien", and after success, he couldn't get enough of filming "Blade Runner", and directly found Harrison Ford, the star of "Star Wars", to play the leading role.

We don't know if Ridley Scott would have turned into a film director without Star Wars, but it's certain that if there wasn't Ridley who was stimulated. We may not see the familiar "Gladiator", "Hannibal", "Heavenly Dynasty", "Black Hawk Down", ...... Oh, and the later The Martian.

That same year, a truck driver gave up his profession - it would be unfair to say that he was simply a truck driver. Because he has loved science fiction since he was a child, he wrote science fiction scripts when he was very young, he is also a fan of "2001: A Space Odyssey", and he also likes to use his father's camera to shoot some simple things.

After dropping out of college, he ended up driving a truck until he walked out of the Star Wars screening room, and the young truck driver finally realized what he was going to do: "Coach, I want to play basketball...... No, I want to be a director. ”

In 1984, "The Terminator", written and directed by the sci-fi fan truck driver, was released and swept $78 million at the global box office at a cost of $6.5 million.

Now we all know who he is.

Also in 1977, 15-year-old secondary school boy Peter Jackson was poured out by Lucas's chicken soup for the soul of "Star Wars", and after graduating the following year, he tried to apply for a film company, and after being rejected, he continued to insist on making his own personal films. It wasn't until 1987 that he directed "Cosmic Stranger" attracted attention, and since then it has been out of control, as for the ...... He is now building the immortal Lord of the Rings in New Zealand.

In fact, in addition to the movie itself, for Americans, they prefer to regard "Star Wars" as a symbol and a totem.

Before the release of "Star Wars", the United States had just ended the Vietnam War, the economy was in recession, the future was uncertain, and the crisis of faith was pervading the country, and even the government's propaganda machine did not know how to start reviving the people's hearts.

It was the appearance of "Star Wars" that allowed people to regain their spiritual sustenance, let the audience rediscover a dream, and found a hero they could trust.

Lucas has a quote that best represents what Star Wars means to the masses, "I want young people to get back to the honest and healthy fantasy life that my generation once had." ”

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"This is the latest depth-of-field light and shadow effect. One of ILM's VFX supervisors was demonstrating the latest VFX technology to Sid and others, while VFX Manager Livin Brightman was simultaneously explaining the details of the technology.

"It's a light and shadow software that was developed specifically to better blend between the actors and the actual set and the CGI background when shooting on a green screen. With this software, the final visual effect can be better and more realistic. Livin Brightman explained succinctly.

"Well, it's true that the fusion effect is much more realistic than that of some previous special effects movies. Sid touched his chin and nodded.

"Yes, this is our latest tweaked version, and it's a step up from the visual realism of what it did in Star Wars Episode 1. Livin Brightman nodded.

"Historically" "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released at the end of 2001, but whether it was from the perspective of the time or the level of later, Sid was particularly dissatisfied with the visual effects in the original film.

Both the scene effects and the 3D monsters in the film seem quite dull and stiff, especially when comparing "Harry Potter 1" with "The Matrix 1" and "The Lord of the Rings 1" at the same time, this gap is even more obvious.

So after Sid started the preliminary project of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the first thing he did was to contact ILM with the intention of reaching a close cooperation agreement.

Sid also took the initiative to ask ILM to provide 2 special effects directors and a corresponding team of concept designers to depict and design many scenes in "Harry Potter" according to Sid's script from the beginning of the preliminary work.

Then we had the set team, the costume team, and even the computer special effects team follow these conceptual designs to create the effects in the film.

It can be said that in the current era, with the exception of a few such as (George) Lucas and (James) Cameron. There will be no director who takes the initiative to ask for special effects artists and starts to participate in the production of the film from the early stage. So Sid's request made both ILM and MacGuff feel a little flattered.

So ILM was very positive and showed them the latest technological achievements.

"What do you guys think, Bhullar?" Sid looked back at MacGuff's head of VFX and the few VFX artists beside him.

"It's really better than the same kind of special effects we've been exposed to. Several of the special effects artists in the company nodded their heads, "But what I want to know is, if it's a translucent material, how can we adjust its contrast and light to achieve the effect we want?"

"Oh, that's like this......" The special effects artist of Industrial Light & Magic immediately explained to them when he heard this.

While the special effects artists were communicating, Sid turned to look at Levine Brightman: "So Levine, I don't know what I asked before, how did you think about it?"

Sid's request is to set up a special effects team of more than 100 people centered on industrial light and magic, in addition to the computer special effects link just negotiated, there are also fantasy creatures, makeup, costumes and staffs, miniatures, and scene construction. Although Sid has handed over the fantasy creatures and makeup to the team of his old partner, Ms. Vie Neal, the construction of the other half of the special effects team still has to rely on established manufacturers such as Industrial Light and Magic.

"What our CEO meant was that we could send two or three VFX supervisors to participate in these sessions, but because of the preparation of "Star Wars Prequel 2" now, four visual directors have been removed in one go, and "The Matrix 2" and other films are going on simultaneously, so ...... In a short period of time, we did not have enough manpower to fully assemble a large team of 100 people. Livin Brightman said with some embarrassment.

"That's ......" Sid frowned and muttered for a moment, he didn't expect that several blockbusters had just crashed together, and Hollywood now is far less than as many special effects studios later, "What if it's just a skeleton crew?" Sid asked.

"Key personnel?" Levine Brightman nodded, "If it's just a few dozen key personnel, it shouldn't be a problem. ”

"Okay, then let's sign a cooperation agreement for key personnel, and as for the rest of the personnel, we will hire them ourselves. Sid said as he looked at Justin Lin beside him, who quickly swiped down in his notebook.

"OK, no problem. Livin Brightman agreed.