Chapter 64: Animated Films
Either way, this world is so wonderful. Lin Yan sometimes feels like he's fueling the fire, but sometimes he feels as if he should have done it.
If you don't make video games yourself, someone else will do it. There are no video games in this world, and those who should be addicted will be addicted to something else. The whole world is inherently moving according to a wonderful law, which is not transferred by human will.
Even if Lin Yan experienced rebirth, something that is difficult to explain with modern technology, the difference between him and others is not as great as he imagined.
He is now like a machine, spitting out all the games he knows, one game after another. As for what he looks like in the eyes of others, he doesn't care. Besides, I can't manage it.
There are a lot of first-party games on the new super red and white machines now, to what extent, and there are several games online almost every day. You know, there are 365 days a year, three games a day, and there are almost more than 1,000 games a year.
Of course, among these games, there are not many games that can really stand out and sell more than 10,000 copies. Because, for various reasons, the quality of these games is actually not very good.
Lin Yan sometimes likes to play these indie games, although these indie games generally have a low degree of completion. However, some of these shining points are not what those commercial masterpieces can bring.
In fact, the masterpieces of Japanese game manufacturers now have their own problems. For example, even though the game's characters are very well modeled, to be honest, the scene modeling is too vague.
Such a question. Japanese game manufacturers are not unaware. But they don't care. Because, they have no incentive to change. Now the game. It's already popular enough.
For every delicate character, there will be enough players to like. And whether the map is fine or not, will there be players who will specially powder a grass in the map?
This is of course impossible.
Also, the map textures are finer, which has an impact on the overall structure of the game. You know, the storage capacity of game discs is limited. Although, in the early days of the game console's launch, the disc capacity seemed to be running out. However, which generation of consoles is not like this, the more you use it, the less you use it. At first, you have to understand the function. At that time, their technology was the bottleneck, and in the later stage, the performance of the machine was the bottleneck.
There is usually such a process, and the game in the early and late life cycle of a game console looks like a game of two worlds.
This is how the game progresses bit by bit. In fact, if you are in the middle of it, you will not notice that the game has changed a lot. It's like a two-dimensional game to a three-dimensional game, and the kind of change that makes it difficult for everyone to adapt to it, there are really not a few times in this world.
It has been since Hayashi established the animation project. It's been three years. Because the hair is not easy to simulate, the animation with ants as the protagonist has just been completed, and the name is "Bug Squad".
Investment in this film. It's almost equivalent to the investment of five top masterpieces. On average, every picture has to be rendered on the supercomputer of Chiba Games, which can be ranked among the best in the world, and it takes about an hour.
The finished product of the entire animation. It can be said that it is very experienced, and it is a masterpiece than the current mainstream game. The picture is a few notches higher.
However, even the picture is very good. But inside Chiba Games, it's very unsure if this animation will pay for itself.
Because, in recent years, the Japanese film market has actually been shrinking. The era that belongs to Akira Kurosawa has come to an end, and Takeshi Kitano, who is the successor of Akira Kurosawa, is just a successor. Although the movie is okay, it is unlikely to be as popular in the world as it used to be.
In the entire Japanese film industry, the highest-grossing film of the year, does not exceed five billion yen. Converted to dollars, it's not even $50 million.
This is the Japanese film market, and in Japan it is as if it were a sunset industry.
The situation in Japan is also different from that of other developing countries, where the box office is not good because there is a possibility that pirated CDs are sold in front of the cinema.
Japan's copyright system is well developed, but movies are on the decline. The expected income is small, and it is impossible to make large-budget movies, so most of the movies are romance films, suspense films, etc., which do not require special effects or large-scale productions. I don't know when Japanese movies will be reduced to only one scene, one room, one bed, and single-digit actors.
However, fortunately, Chiba Games Global Entertainment is quite enjoyable all over the world. In addition, in recent years, with the popularization of 3D technology, the acceptance of 3D movies has also increased.
Therefore, "Bug Squad" can face the world market to charge, if it successfully enters the world market, this movie will not only be a technical test field, but a product that can make real money.
In fact, this time was a time when traditional animation companies, such as Disney, were at a low ebb. Because, their 2D animation can't be sold. The animation of the prince and princess can't be sold.
The new era requires 3D animation, and they don't have the technology to do so, so this is also an opportunity for Chiba Games.
In fact, the film is also a family movie, in other words, a popcorn movie. Although there is a very main theme of environmental protection, it is actually pleasing children.
It's not like almost all Japanese movies, where you like to discuss some in-depth topics and then enter a niche circle.
The public, only the public can make money. Those luxury goods, products that only a small number of people can enjoy, although the unit price is high, but the total price of the sale will never dare to be on the mass brand.
The movie "Bug Squad" has talked about a lot of screens because of Chiba Games' global entertainment capabilities. There are 10,000 pieces in total.
You know, that's an exaggerated number.
Many Japanese film companies are watching Chiba game jokes. You are a newcomer to the film industry, and you have played so big first-hand. When the time comes, you won't be able to end it, and you will know that the film industry is not so simple.
Of course. They say they don't want it, but they actually hope that Chiba Games has so much money. Don't toss around blindly, it's better to cast it on those who know how to do it.
The thought that one day they might be able to broadcast 10,000 screens simultaneously around the world, they couldn't help themselves.
In such anticipation, "Bug Squad" was released. The idea of observing the familiar world from a tiny point of view, from another angle, was a success, as Lin Yan expected.
And the protagonist, the child who always floods the ant's nest with a kettle, also understands how difficult the life of ants is. In fact, the whole film is telling a story of empathy.
In the eyes of tiny ants. Almost any natural phenomenon in this world, or a man-made phenomenon, is fatal to them.
As far as rain is concerned, people think that rain is nothing, the rain particles are so small, as long as there is no flood, it can rain as much as you want.
However, it's a different story for ants. Each raindrop is a large balloon of water the size of several times their body.
Once hit by a drop of water. Drifting down the rain, there are almost no survivors. Ants moving are also often encountered. From low to high.
In fact, there is a place in "Bug Agent" that Lin Yan doesn't like very much. It's that in the whole film, all the human characters are basically white.
It can't be helped. Because the world is now a world dominated by white people. If you really use the yellow race as the protagonist. Those white people may just not look at it.
It's sad to compare. As a yellow person, the protagonist who looks white doesn't feel awkward at all.
However, Lin Yan knows that this is only the first step in the animated film, and he can't be in a hurry, if there is still a chance to continue making animated films in the future, then the protagonist will adopt a more diversified design.
Now it's just to open things up.
When "Bug Squad" was first released, it was not very popular, in fact, many people came to the cinema to watch it with a skeptical attitude.
Although they know that this movie is made by Chiba Games, the brand Chiba Games is also a very influential brand in the world.
However, they are very unsure whether the movie is good or not. Because, Chiba Games has never made a movie before, and their games are not known for the beauty of the cutscenes.
According to the above, they are more in a state of apprehension and go to the cinema to have a look. After all, Chiba games have been advertised for so long.
So many stars from the talent show have advertised for this movie, and they can't help but see if it's right.
However, this look is addictive.
Advanced animation technology vividly shows a world from the perspective of ants. Fortunately for the adults, the children were directly immersed in this sea of fantasy.
Some children don't even have to watch it once, they have to watch it a second time.
In fact, this movie is not said to be put in ten years, but even in five years, this picture cannot be said to be very good.
In fact, although Chiba Games is indeed world-class in terms of game technology. However, the United States is still not left behind.
And, most frighteningly, the United States only needs to see that it is profitable to do so. They will immediately have a large amount of capital invested in it, and then the technical level will quickly catch up.
This is the most terrifying place in the United States, and in many ways, they have amazing technical reserves. In other words, as long as you want to do it, you can develop it in minutes.
Because, they have almost all the world's resources at their disposal. As long as they want, they can pay for it. And, for people all over the world in the United States, there is a yearning.
Therefore, outstanding talents in all kinds of fields are gathered in the United States to build a country like the United States. In fact, from another point of view, the United States can be seen as a vampire lying on the body of other countries in the world, using the blood of others to grow itself, which is the most powerful thing about the United States.
The North American first-day box office was $3 million, which can only be described as a mediocre result. However, the North American box office reached more than $6 million the next day.
The box office results of nearly 10 million US dollars in two days frightened Naxi who wanted to see the lively Japanese film company. They swallowed their old wild words back into their stomachs.
I began to think about whether I could take advantage of this shareholder wind to rush into the international market and make a lot of money.
Chiba Gamingren discovered that in addition to making video games, it turned out that making movies was also very profitable. Before Lin Yan said that he wanted to make an animated movie, in fact, there has always been resistance.
After all, it's really not normal for a company to be established for seven or eight years without factions or anything.
There are those who support Lin Yan, and there are naturally those who fall Lin Yan.
However, "Bug Squad" once again proved Lin Yan.
However, it's a pity that this movie is popular, and Chiba Games, as a game company, did not launch a game of the same name in a timely manner.
You know, you don't even need to buy a license, you can grow your own vegetables and make them yourself. After all, no one thought that this cartoon would be so popular before. 、
Just two weeks after the movie aired, Chiba Games internally decided on the plan for the next movie. Lin Yan decided to make the next movie "Toy Story".
The first is the theme of toys, which can cut into the children and make those children who have grown up nostalgic.
The second is that there is still not much hair on the toy. Plastic toys are no different from ants, and those ragdoll toys will not be like real dogs, with hair all over their bodies and no way to deal with them.
Of course, the characters in the movie still use a more cartoon approach.
After all, there's a theory of the uncanny valley, which is that when something is just anthropomorphic, people think it's cute. However, when he is more than ninety percent similar, he will suddenly feel that this thing is so terrifying.
In fact, there have been some dolls in history who failed miserably because they were too much like real people. Instead, it's like a Barbie doll, a princess who doesn't want to be a real person at all. But it has been a hot seller for decades.
Chiba Games is making an animated film this time, and it is suitable for other companies to cooperate, which is a large consortium that makes toys. The image rights of the toy were purchased from this consortium, in fact, and it did not cost much money, just an exchange of interests. Because, for sure, after the anime is broadcast, it will definitely bring a toy sales boom.
Lin Yan was also happy to do this, and in this way, many toys began to be scanned and modeled. And Lin Yan began to use motion capture technology for the first time in this animated film.
In other words, this time there are actors to play it. Although, what the actors look like, the audience can't see.
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I'm really convinced that I'm up.,I typed the password for seven minutes before twelve o'clock and couldn't get in.,The preliminary estimate is that this month's full attendance is gone.,Good routine.。 If it's gone, this chapter is the last chapter of the month, so be it. (To be continued.) )