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Recently, a succession of racing movies have been released or filmed, and now even Chen Tiandu has started filming a large-scale zuò racing movie, which can't help but make a wave of racing fever on the Internet.

The United States is a big car country, with a well-developed highway system, every student has a driving lesson in school, and most of the first gifts as adults are cars. Under such a developed automobile industry, there are many types of underground racing cars. Many racing videos are starting to appear on the Internet. Many people clicked in curiously, and when they saw it, they immediately conquered themselves—the thick and sonorous roar, the hissing of tires against the ground, the speed of the arrows...... One qiē one qiē is so exciting!

The atmosphere is heating up, and another upcoming racing movie "Life and Death" is also very surprised to feel this unusual racing fever, and happily cooperates with the hype. It's a pity that "Speed 60 Seconds", which is already on the verge of the limit, can't enjoy this belated racing fever, Angelina Jolie also said in an interview, "This racing fever is a bit late, obviously not for us ......"

In other words, complaining that the issuing company did not do a good job of publicity.

In 2000, there were not many video websites in the United States that could get their hands on it, and it was obvious that there were people behind the scenes involved in finding so many racing videos at the same time. Some careful companies checked and immediately knew that this was the promotional lineup of Matrix Film Studios that was secretly agitating publicity.

The crew of "Fast &Furious" began to assemble in a hurry, and the official website updated the content once a day.

The identities of the two assistant directors were also confirmed. One is McCoway, who is familiar to fans with the title of "Chen Tiandu's Left Hand", and the other is a little unfamiliar, his name is Lin Yibin, and he is a Chinese director. has made a movie that is not very good, I don't know where he was favored by Chen Tiandu, maybe it is the same skin color.

Most of the other staff members are old departments, and some people speculate that Chen Tian is a bit nostalgic, and even maliciously guesses that as long as there are no problems with a set of personnel, he can even use it for a lifetime.

Look all over Hollywood and let a huge film company revolve around him. Become a toy for him alone. Even before the film was filmed, he began to coordinate the screening and do a good job of advertising, and all the actors were selected according to their intentions, and the production cost was as much as they wanted...... It's still a handful.

Even at DreamWorks. Spielberg should also be concerned about the feelings of the other two giants.

No way. Who made Chen Tiandu not only the only director of the matrix. Or the only boss of the entire matrix! Of course, no one is upset about this, because everyone understands one thing. His films are the driving force and lubricant that sustains the entire matrix film studio. And to put it mildly, everyone else is a calf under his hundred-legged insect, and the main income of today's matrix movies is his movies.

In the sunny office of the chairman of the Matrix Film Studio, the computer screen on the table displayed lines of script text, and Chen Tiandu was still typing quickly, occasionally picking up a paintbrush and sketching something on the drawing board next to him, he was gradually perfecting his final script.

Writing a script is not a simple copy of the big screen, that can't be done, first of all, a script is to be read to many people in the crew, the actors must be able to understand, the art director must be able to understand, and the special effects engineer must be able to understand...... He wasn't the only one who understood.

Secondly, the length and content of a movie script are definitely not just what is expressed in tens or hundreds of minutes on the big screen.

In fact, what the story of any film will ultimately look like is decided and born in the editing room in the later stage, not in the early script text. Therefore, the film company has a mountain of good scripts and bad scripts, and the screenwriter has been ignored and suffered from unfair salaries.

And often a script will have a lot of branches and leaves, several endings, and even contradictory content. Maybe a thick script will only use the content of the final version to the height of the top added up.

Film editing requires plenty of material, and the more material you have, the more flexible it is. No one knows what this or that combination will look like, good or bad: and with enough material, editors and directors can be free to put together and find the best way to tell the story.

However, the more material there is, the higher the cost of the film.

So a blockbuster can burn 200 hours of film, cut it into a 2-hour movie, and often have a 3-hour or 4-hour director's cut: while a small-budget independent film can only be shot without film, and the storyboard script is rigorously controlled.

But these factors, he has not had this kind of trouble since he made his first movie "The Sixth Sense", and "Fast and Furious" has no problems even if he invests 200 million independently, as long as he has money. This is the confidence for the growth of the matrix company after the independent system of "Infernal Affairs".

Of course, these are just ordinary situations, and Chen Tiandu is obviously an exception. He is known for making few films, and in the rigorous environment of the film industry like Hollywood, Chen Tiandu has already restrained himself. In fact, his script is not written for himself, but for those actors, as long as you can understand the dialogue and the general plot, it is basically okay.

The whole picture is spinning in his head, and he will naturally explain the shooting one by one when he doesn't understand the shooting, otherwise why would he be the director.

The only thing I was worried about was that the special effects were different from the amount of work that "The Matrix" had to do on a computer. A lot of explosions and speeding scenes, which are obviously not what Matrix VFX Studios is good at.

Actually, he could go a little bit further, but it will take time. According to his requirements, the matrix special effects studio is already working on motion capture technology and IMAX shooting technology, but they are not yet mature.

"Speed 6" is a 2013 movie, and the special effects technology of the movie at that time was far more than now. If you shoot with current technology, it will definitely be very distorted. Not as effective as he wanted.

He thought of using film to start, but was not sure if it was feasible, so he convened the director's special effects team to discuss it.

Today's motion picture film, the standard format is 35mm film width, there are perforations on both sides to roll the film, if you take a piece of film to see, it is a string of 35mm*24mm rectangles from top to bottom, the aspect ratio is 3:2, and the movie is what we often call the standard screen.

In addition to 35mm film, there is also 70mm ultra-wide film. It is usually used to shoot movies with large scenes on the ultra-wide screen. This is what Chen Tiandu wants. Only with this kind of ultra-wide screen projection will there be the hotness of a blockbuster explosion.

When Lin Yibin first joined the crew, he naturally wanted to show more and proposed: "Actually, we can use 65mm film." Anamorphic widescreen projection. The footage of 65 mm film is printed onto 70 mm film. Have the technician change the aspect ratio of the screen. In this form, it landed on the big screen of 70 mm. In contrast, a normal projection theater compresses 65 mm into 35 mm. We are doing the opposite. ”

Chen Tiandu nodded and said, "Good attention, you can shoot a section first to see how the picture quality is." I wanted to try a clearer picture quality to express the big scene. In addition, hundreds of cars are expected to be scrapped in the movie, and it is impossible for us to find real cars to blow them up. Special effects are also needed to slowly restore the scrap car into a prototype little by little. ”

Michael Singki nodded, "That's not a problem, I care more about the cost of those special effects." If you use 65mm film, the cost of making a film will also rise sharply, and the shooting cost of 65mm film is four times that of ordinary 35mm film, and this is not even the later conversion and copying. If it's just for big shots, we can make a compromise, how about using 65mm for some lenses? ”

Chen Tiandu shook his head, "No, the production cost is 120 million to 150 million US dollars, of which the total salary of the actors does not exceed 10 million US dollars, and the rest is all used for filming, I believe it is enough." ”

Now that Sony and other companies are developing digital cameras, once they come out, many producers will definitely choose low-definition digital shooting in order to save costs, and no one will use documentary film to make movies.

Peck was a little helpless, "Okay, the logistics are left to us." I think that the use of 65mm film, which is only used in documentaries, is a promotional highlight for viewers who are familiar with the inside story. Because we have better picture quality, we can better show high-tide scenes. ”

Chen Tiandu smiled, "Can the company's wealth support investment?" ”

Kong Yiji calculated: "The return on the cost of the periphery of "The Matrix" is very slow, the payment of "Infernal Affairs" has not been returned, and the company's property still has 80 million US dollars to use. In order to ensure the normal operation of the company, 50 million can be invested in the early stage. We don't have a loan, we don't have any debt, but for the investment in the sequel to The Matrix, we have to take out a loan. It's stressful to invest 150 million all at once right now, and it's not a healthy financial situation. ”

Chen Tiandu said: "I'll transfer 100 million US dollars in a few days, and independent investment is no problem." ”

Everyone turned their heads in unison, and Kong Yiji was surprised: "Where did you get 100 million?" ”

Chen Tiandu said casually: "Google has sold some shares, and there is a big money that wants to try the IT industry." ”

"Google?" Only Lin Yibin didn't know that this company was also Chen Tiandu's, and he was very surprised, "It turns out that this company is also yours, amazing!" He gave a thumbs up.

Peck also opened his mouth wide, "Google is developing very well, and it's a pity to sell it now." However, I didn't expect the Internet industry to be so profitable. ”

Kong Yiji opened his mouth, he was worried about Chen Tiandu, once such a lonely bet was not accomplished, it would be over. But he knows Chen Tiandu, who is more modest and stubborn than him on the surface, and it is impossible to change things once they are determined. In the end, he said helplessly: "In short, the risk is almost all in your account, and you can do it yourself." ”

Peck spread his hands without any opinion, now he really has no need, no reason to persuade anything, this young boss has proven his incredible ability to attract money many times, as long as the money is handed over to him, he can double it, and even an Internet website company that he invests in casually can make a big profit of 100 million in less than a year, what else can he do. "At present, eight car manufacturers have attracted a total of 30 million sponsorships, but as long as our global box office exceeds 500 million, we can get another 20 million advertising sponsorships." This is the top sponsorship contract in Hollywood, and the whole company is all on the table, it's up to you, boss. ”

"Well done!"

Chen Tiandu smiled and didn't explain much, "Then it's finalized, everyone can start making final preparations according to this version of the script." (To be continued......)