Chapter 244: Special Effects Strategy
Coming to the newly established Dream Special Effects Company, when Wang Meng came in, everyone was still busy.
Today's movies are using more and more special effects.
In film and television, artificially created illusions and illusions are called film and television special effects.
Filmmakers use them to avoid putting actors in dangerous situations, reduce the production cost of the film, or, for simpler reasons, simply use them to make the film more gripping.
Due to Wang Meng's great investment in the special effects of the dream, coupled with the accumulation of previous technologies, the special effects of the dream can now complete a lot of special effects processing independently.
The only shortcoming is modeling, but our people are not stupid, but they have not been contacted, as long as you give him certain resources, there will always be talents who stand out.
Gu Gaoyi is such a talent, this person is a bit legendary, when he was a child, he loved to tinker with some puppet clay figures, and when he was in his twenties, he saw the special effects produced by modeling from Hollywood movies.
At that time, he was simply ecstatic, but after many inquiries, there was no such company in China at that time, and Gu Gaoyi went to Hollywood for his ideals.
The beginning of the semester was miserable, and the first two years were trying to fill my stomach.
Until an opportunity, he luckily joined the special effects company in the digital field, and learned step by step, it took nearly ten years, Gu Gaoyi has become a very top modeler in the digital field,
Not only that, this person has dabbled in green cloth keying, dunking, etc., but the best thing is modeling.
Gu Gaoyi had also thought about returning to China and teaching the skills he had learned to domestic special effects companies, but he was disappointed, many mainland film and television companies and even directors were not interested in what he said at all, and they didn't know what he was for.
By chance, Ji Fei heard about this person, and at first Gu Gaoyi didn't care, thinking that he was another person who didn't know how to work blindly.
It wasn't until the two talked about their views that Gu Gaoyi found that there were really people in China who were interested in special effects, and Ji Fei was not good at green cloth keying or dunking, but he didn't know much about modeling.
After reporting to Wang Meng, Wang Meng attached great importance to it, and called Gu Gaoyi many times to invite him to return to China, and he funded the establishment of a top special effects company in China.
At first, Gu Gaoyi didn't care, he knew that special effects, especially modeling, cost a lot.
However, as I got to know Wang Meng, I found that this person is not only a genius director, but also an expert in making money, and his value has appreciated quickly.
But these still didn't impress Gu Gaoyi, Gu Gaoyi knew that even if you had money, it was useless if you didn't really understand modeling or special effects, and besides, it was useless if you just understood.
Can you still shoot special effects blockbusters?
However, Wang Meng said two plans, which completely made Gu Gaoyi excited.
Wang Mengna came out of "Transformers" and "Jurassic Park" and told him that in the future, the modeling or dunk green cloth and other work of these two movies, as long as you promise, it will be yours.
In this way, Gu Gaoyi, who was deeply shocked, quit his job in the digital field and returned to China.
Hutchison Fei took the lead in establishing the Dream Fulfillment special effect.
Talent is talent, with the support of Wang Meng's funds, the two of them led a group of people to pull up a simple team in less than three months.
And Wang Meng's promise was also fulfilled, and the first work to conquer was "Painted Skin".
When it came to the dream special effect, Ji Fei and Gu Gaoyi were making a silicone that looked like human skin.
If you have watched "Painted Skin", you know that this is Xiao Wei's human skin in "Painted Skin".
The director of the original version, for this skin in the previous life, spent nearly a million dollars to get it from the Hollywood special effects company, and with the special effects, it is said that the version of the previous life gave tens of millions to the Hollywood special effects company alone.
In this life, the domestic technology is very powerful, plus the talent is not lagging behind, coupled with Wang Meng's advance layout, as long as you are careful, you don't need to spend a lot of money to buy it from Hollywood, and your own dream special effects can be produced.
And in order to make a big animated movie, Wang Meng spent a lot of money to buy a supercomputer that was retired by the state.
Don't look at it as retired, but its computing ability is also counted in China, not to mention that this is working for special effects, and at present, even the world's top special effects companies do not have them in China.
This supercomputer is the favorite of Ji Fei and Gu Gaoyi, I like it so much, this computing ability is very different from ordinary computers.
"How's it going?" Seeing that everyone was busy and no one found out, Wang Meng asked.
A group of people were surrounding the workbench to carefully examine the skins and animal models.
"Don't be noisy...... Ah, Director Wang is here. Ji Fei turned his head and yelled, but it turned out to be Wang Meng.
"Director Wang."
"Director Wang, don't say anything when you come."
"Leave me alone, you're busy with you, I'm just here to take a look."
Wang Meng saw that everyone wanted to put down their work and greet him, so he hurriedly stopped it, this group of people are good employees, for the sake of unnecessary politeness, it is completely useless.
"Director Wang, don't worry, it's not a big problem, I've made such a simple model many times in Hollywood before. The reason why it is so slow now is that our industrial chain is not perfect. There are very few equipment and materials for the corresponding use in China, and some do not, all of which are ordered from the United States. Now in the deployment, no more than a month, about the "Painted Skin" used models and dunks, green cloth, etc. will be prepared, can not delay your plan. Gu Gaoyi explained to Wang Meng.
"Well, that's good, I'm just here to see how you are preparing, the live-action shooting of "Painted Skin" can be completed in three months at most, but the studio takes nearly two months, because there are many plots of special effects, it can't be delayed." Wang Meng explained.
Due to the adaptation of the plot and the use of special effects, this time the shooting was only spent in the studio for nearly two months, which shows how much Wang Meng invested in special effects.
"Haha...... Director Wang won't tell you anything, I was really nervous at first, but the supercomputer you made was so powerful, I didn't have such a good equipment when I was in the digital field, you can rest assured with it. With such good equipment, if I can't complete the task, I will live in vain all these years. Gu Gaoyi patted his chest and said.
"Yes, Director Wang, with this supercomputer, whether it is the green cloth keying and dunk of "Painted Skin", as well as the post-production, it will save a lot of events, that is, our animated movie, with it, it will also save a lot of trouble, and the processing power is too powerful." Ji Fei said on the side.
After hearing this, Wang Meng found that the money he spent seemed to be spent correctly, and it was much easier to have this supercomputer, and he felt distressed for a while.
The three of them were talking, Wang Meng's phone rang, and it turned out to be Tsui Hark calling.
"Hey, Director Xu, what? You've arrived in the magic capital, why don't you say it in advance? ”
Tsui Hark on the phone said that he had arrived in the magic capital and was at the DreamWorks headquarters, which made Wang Meng stunned. Hurriedly asked.
Tsui Hark called for "Di Renjie". Wang Meng's movements were too big before, and Tsui Hark didn't come in a hurry, but now that the wind is quieter, and it's almost the New Year, Tsui Hark is here.
"I'm not at DreamWorks, I'm at Dream Fulfillment, I'll be back in a minute."
"What?" Tsui Hark on the phone heard that Wang Meng was dreaming of special effects, and it happened that he himself loved special effects very much, originally Wang Meng said to rush back as soon as possible, but Tsui Hark said-'No need, I'll go to your place to find you.' ’
"You want to come and see, okay, I'll wait for you. See you in a minute. ”
Tsui Hark was very direct, and after hanging up the phone, about ten minutes later, Tsui Hark, his agent and an assistant arrived, accompanied by a DreamWorks employee.
"Director Xu, you come to say hello in advance, I'm so prepared, you spread it out like this, embarrassing me." Wang Meng held Tsui Hark's hand and said sourly.
Tsui Hark is not tall, and he needs to look up when he stands in front of Wang Meng, and the two look funny when they stand together and shake hands.
"You're too busy, I'm afraid to disturb you. Besides, I'm embarrassed if you're prepared, it's better to be like this, if you're busy, I'll wait for two days, and I'll come to you if I'm not busy, I haven't had much to do lately. Tsui Hark said.
After speaking, he said: "Director Wang, I brought you to see your special effects company by the way, I'm very interested in this, how about taking me to see it?" ”
"It's an honor, just Director Xu pointed out." Wang Meng took Tsui Hark and turned around, and accompanied Jifei to make an introduction.
Ji Fei knows everything about the special effects company, and he is very proud of the current company. Don't look at the grass team that has just been erected, but it has real materials, plus it is the top in China, can you not be proud?
"Director Xu, this is a retired supercomputer that Director Wang bought from the national security department, with it, whether it is the processing of special effects or the keying of green cloth, it will be faster and more convenient......"
"This is a sensor capture equipment that only many top special effects companies in the United States are equipped with, and it ...... with it."
"This is a couple of professionals that we've brought in from Hollywood, and they're top talent in special effects processing and generation, as well as mapping......"
"This is the latest technology we get from several major technical institutions in China, and with it, my technology accumulation is no less than that of a big special effects company......"
"This is the researcher and student of several domestic special effects companies, and may be our employees in the future......"
With Ji Fei's introduction, Tsui Hark's eyes were opened, it seems that Wang Meng is not talking, he is indeed doing it, and he is doing it very well.
"I was looking forward to it, and I admired Director Wang very much, but I didn't expect seeing to be believing, Director Wang's hard work for special effects is much bigger than I expected, it's really amazing!!" After listening to Ji Fei's introduction, Tsui Hark said to Wang Meng very solemnly.
"A little fight, Director Xu is polite."
"Director Wang is modest, I can still see whether it is good or bad." Hark
Wang Meng seems to be modest, but like Ji Fei, he is very proud of his special effects company, how many people in China do this?
Not at the moment! That's the power!!
Coming to the workbench to prepare for "Painted Skin", Wang Meng took Ji Fei's words and introduced to Tsui Hark: "This is the prop I need for my new film "Painted Skin", the cost of this skin is nearly two million, plus these models and so on nearly three million, which seems to be a lot, but because of my own production, I have saved a lot of money, if I purchase and customize from Hollywood, at least nearly 10 million." ”
Tsui Hark looked at it very seriously, and he was also very curious about these things, and Ji Fei and Gu Gaoyi explained to him in terms of technology.
After watching it for more than an hour, Wang Meng and Tsui Hark returned to DreamWorks, after all, Tsui Hark came for the "Di Renjie" series this time, and the special effects company to realize their dreams is not a place to discuss things.
However, Tsui Hark, who finished watching, was in a good mood and seemed to be more confident in his cooperation with Wang Meng, and at the same time, he became more and more optimistic about Wang Meng, a young man.
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[PS: Thank you for the twins - withdraw the monthly pass of the book friend, and continue to ask for the monthly pass, take a break tomorrow for two changes, and the day after tomorrow three more for the twin book friends.] (To be continued.) )