Chapter 222: The First Banquet
Xu Ke is a director who understands special effects, and he also knows that the main selling point of the movie "Havoc in Heaven" is special effects, otherwise, why would Lu Yang invest so much money? Therefore, Xu Ke discussed with the members of the special effects team as soon as he had the opportunity to see if everyone had any better ideas.
For Xu Ke, directing such a play is a very different experience from the past. In terms of investment, he has also directed big investment dramas in the past, but it would be good if the real investment could have half of the publicity. And this time, Tianxin Pictures has really taken out 300 million, which has already arrived. In addition, Xu Ke's salary this time is also very generous, or rather, this is his highest salary. With so much investment and such a high salary, how can Xu Ke not work hard?
However, what attracted Xu Ke the most was the latest special effects technology displayed by Tianxin Pictures.
In Xu Ke's view, Tianxin Pictures is a strange company, as a film and television company, it has established a special effects department without signing actors, it is a big investment at the beginning, or this kind of old theme, this kind of approach, not to mention Xu Ke, even the outside world is speculating about what Lu Yang wants to do.
It wasn't until the special effects personnel of Tianxin Pictures showed Xu Ke their special effects technology that Xu Ke understood why Lu Yang dared to do this.
As the special effects supervisor of Tianxin Pictures, Ma Chengdong also came this time, after all, this is the company's opening drama, and the chairman has personally come out, and he can't be left behind.
Ma Dongcheng is in his fifties this year and has been doing film special effects since he was 20 years old, when he studied with his master Huang Jiansong, who is a well-known Chinese special effects artist. Ma Dongcheng is very studious, his brain is active, and he also taught himself computer technology, and later entered Industrial Light and Magic.
Before returning to China, Ma Dongcheng thought that the domestic special effects technology was very poor, which is not surprising, there are indeed no works famous for special effects technology in China. However, when he arrived at Tianxin Pictures, Ma Dongcheng discovered that this newly established film and television company actually had special effects technology that was difficult for industrial light and magic to achieve. In terms of computer CG technology, Ma Dongcheng has not yet found that it is stronger than Tianxin Pictures.
In this way, Ma Dongcheng put aside other concerns, worked hard in Tianxin Pictures, and established the special effects center of Tianxin Pictures, Oriental Light and Shadow.
"Director Ma, what is your opinion on framing?" Xu Ke asked.
Ma Dongcheng said: "The biggest selling point of this film is the special effects, and the best special effects are real, so I hope to collect as much material as possible, so that in our post-processing, we can present the real picture as much as possible." ”
Xu Ke nodded and said, "I think so too." ”
Ma Dongcheng said: "In addition, we also have to work the details. It's like the scene of the Demon King in Huaguo Mountain, the Seventy-two Demon Kings, many of them are just one shot, but in every shot, we have to be meticulous and realistic, so that the quality of the whole movie can be raised! ”
"I think there should be no problem." Xu Ke is very confident, "The special effects equipment provided by Tianxin Group is really incredible......
Xu Ke's incredible special effects technology is what Lu Yang prepared for Tianxin Pictures, which combines their latest character recognition, motion capture, micro-expression capture, holographic imaging, static dynamic simulation, etc., to be able to virtually edit the real video image to generate new videos. Just like the protagonist of the movie, Sun Wukong, Xu Ke collected video images of monkeys such as golden monkeys, and then combined them with several monkey characteristics to process them, so as to form the image of Sun Wukong, instead of using makeup technology. The image of the Monkey King formed through this method is very realistic, it can be said that it is complete, and there is no trace of natural processing at all, as if it were natural.
Xu Ke calculated that about half of the film was completed by the special effects department, and the other half needed to be physically shot, and then these video images were processed to form a complete movie. This is the first time Xu Ke has encountered this kind of shooting method, so there are many problems that need to be solved.
Lu Yuhan didn't know about Xu Ke's troubles, and she didn't care about them. In the crew, Lu Yuhan's role is more like a housekeeper. However, no one underestimates her because of this. Lu Yuhan is beautiful, has a good personality, and has a rich brother, who can get along with anyone, many times, when the crew is in trouble, they have to rely on her to open up the situation.
With the efforts of more than 200 people in the crew, "Havoc in Heaven" slowly started. In addition to film production, Lu Yuhan is also very concerned about the promotion of the film, and from the establishment of the crew, the news of "Havoc in Heaven" has not stopped. Every few days, new news is exposed to the crew, including some actors joining.
Speaking of actors, "Havoc in Heaven" is also luxurious, although this movie is not about actors. Originally, Lu Yuhan hoped to invite Liu Tianwang, and gave him the role of Erlang God Yang Jian, but Liu Tianwang did not agree. There is more or less a factor of Xiang Jia, and Lu Yuhan is not reluctant.
Not only Liu Tianwang was influenced by Xiang's family, Tianxin Pictures sent invitations to many Hong Kong actors, all of whom were lost in the sea, including Nicholas Tse, which made Lu Yuhan angry, but also had no expectations for Hong Kong city actors, and all roles were handed over to mainland actors.
Mainland actors are no worse than Hong Kong city actors, and Lu Yuhan quickly assembled a luxurious lineup, all kinds of actors. Her good friend Zhang Meng also got a role, one of the Seven Fairies, and she played one of them herself. She also specially reserved the role of Chang'e for Liu Yifei, which can be regarded as painstaking.
Lu Yuhan's work is so busy that he doesn't have time to defend his graduation thesis. However, this is not a problem, the college can do special things. For alumni like Lu Yuhan, Communication University can only be wooed, how can it be turned away.
Lu Yuhan is busy with work, so she can not participate in the thesis defense, but she doesn't want to miss the graduation ceremony. For her, the four years of university life were a turning point in her life, as she not only learned a lot, made a lot of friends, but also established her goals for the future. The graduation ceremony of the university has a special significance.
Of course, Lu Yuhan is not the only one who attaches importance to the graduation ceremony, and Lu Yang also attaches great importance to his sister's graduation ceremony. He didn't have the opportunity to go to college himself, and he was naturally very happy to see his sister graduate successfully. Whether it is a commemoration or a blessing, Lu Yang hopes that his sister's college life can have a successful end. For this, he postponed the work at hand and came to the capital.
Not only did he come, but Lu Xinguang and Zhang Chunfang also came.
"Brother, aren't you going with me to the graduation ceremony?" Seeing that his relatives were here, Lu Yuhan was of course very happy. However, Lu Yang said that he would not go to the scene, which made Lu Yuhan a little disappointed. According to the school's tradition, parents of graduates can be present if they wish.
"No need, just go with your parents." Lu Yang shook his head, if the outside world knew that he appeared at the Communication University, I don't know how many media would come to block the door, and in this way, the graduation ceremony would be disturbed.
Lu Yuhan also understood Lu Yang's concerns, so he no longer insisted.
"Let's say goodbye to my classmates......," Lu Yang said to his sister, "This kind of classmate friendship is the purest and truest, and it is worth cherishing." Remember when I told you that when you graduate, I'm going to throw you a banquet? The specific time has been set, you can fill out these invitations by yourself, and then send them to teachers, classmates, friends......"
Holding a graduation banquet for her sister was promised by Lu Yang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, which was also promised by Lu Yang. Although Lu Yuhan felt that her brother was a bit extravagant in doing this, she was still very happy in her heart.
The news that Lu Yang was holding a banquet for his sister soon spread in the capital, and many people began to inquire about how to get an invitation to the banquet. It's no wonder that everyone is so excited, a private banquet like this is the best opportunity to have a relationship with Lu Yangla. Another point, this is the first time Lu Yang has held this kind of banquet, in the past, everyone couldn't find a chance to get to know him, but this time the opportunity came, and those who wanted to get to know Lu Yang naturally would not let go of the opportunity.
This is indeed the first time Lu Yang has held a banquet, he is a person who is reluctant to even participate in the banquet, and it is a little reluctant to let him hold a banquet. Lu Yang is not good at this kind of thing, so he simply handed it over to his subordinates. What Lu Yang has to do is to prepare a gift for his sister.