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A miserable cry that tore through the silence of the theater sounded in the theater, and the strong and realistic effect made Xiao Ran come back to his senses from his own thoughts and stare at the screen carefully. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOn the screen, there is no scene of dinosaurs killing people, but only the attack has just begun.

The filming location of this film was chosen on an island, which has a great environment. At this point, Xiao Ran, as the art director, naturally instructed Liang Jun to play as big as possible.

It's hard to describe whether this special effect can be compared to the original "Jurassic Park", after all, it is already a deep memory. But Xiao Ran can completely judge that this is already extremely true. In fact, the makeup artists and special effects masters of Infinite Vision spent a lot of effort to make this dinosaur skin, and then spread it on the dinosaur skeleton made by top mechanics, and finally remotely controlled its movements, so as to get a more perfect model.

By the time it came to post-production, with the model, computer effects could be modified more flexibly in some places, which evolved into the hideous dinosaur with sharp teeth on screen. In fact, there is no shortage of top-notch computer technology talents in the Hong Kong film industry, but there is a lack of talents in special effects such as models and makeup.

Without the support of this aspect, the computer special effects often have no texture, and they look very virtual and floating, which is the feeling that the special effects in Hong Kong films often look weird.

At the level of technique, Liang Jun's cooperation with Liu Mei is obviously very powerful. Liu Mei is quite talented in humanistic care, and a kind of discussion and reflection began at the moment when the dinosaurs attacked people. And Liang Jun also has a set of action scenes, perhaps the master's approach is similar, he and Lao Si's methods are very similar, both use the gradual release of fear. In the process, a sense of fear is gradually created, and a more intense ** is created in the middle and at the end, which makes people satisfied.

This film is 120 minutes long, and under normal circumstances, Hong Kong films are only 90 minutes. Because a 90-minute film can be played one more time, and a 120-minute film will definitely be played up because of time. One more game means one more game, and on the face of it, it's very reasonable.

It's just that people tend to overlook that some stories that would have taken two or three hours to tell are far more complete than those that take only 90 minutes. Xiao Ran has the impression that the four-hour version of "Underworld" in 2005 is a classic, but the two-hour version is edited, which is too bad.

Only if there is a good film, people will be willing to go to the theater again and again. This is not Xiao Ran's speculation, but the result of the investigation by the planning department. Historically, the box office of Hong Kong films mainly focused on the local market with a weak market, so it was necessary to race against time for quick success, but now it is not needed. The 100-minute film gradually became mainstream.

Xiao Ran didn't finish watching it, he didn't think he needed to watch it anymore, the constant screams and fear from the audience were enough to prove the success of the film. Leaving the theater, Xiao Ran was a little distressed.

He was distressed that there were no directors in Hong Kong who were interested in horror and thrillers, resulting in many creative ideas that could not be filmed. If he was to shoot it himself, he wasn't sure he could do it. It's a pity that Zheng Baorui, who is very good at horror and thriller themes in the future, has not yet debuted, and even if he debuts, he also needs experience.

It's not the first time he's thinking about this issue, the film industry currently lacks horror and thriller directors, and this is not the most critical, the most important thing is the lack of directors who are good at big scenes, the lack of directors who are good at epic themes, and directors who are good at science fiction and war.

Again, it was because he realized this that he was frustrated. Directors seem reluctant to direct horror themes, and Xu Anhua's "Hit the Front" is a classic ghost film, but after this film, she did not direct and produce "Ghost World" until the end of the 20th century, and that was after "Seeing Ghosts" became popular.

Horror films and ghost films in Hong Kong films are often made into slapstick comedies, which is also one of the problems of Hong Kong films. The first is because the thinking of Hong Kong filmmakers can be described as imaginative, and the second is because the subject matter is too simple, and they have nothing to choose from except these themes.

A famous director once said that there is no such thing as a pure subject matter in Hong Kong. There is love in comedy, and there can also be science fiction in love, this kind of free creative school Xiao Ran really likes it. It's just that as he gets bigger and bigger, he realizes that it is necessary for the subject matter to be clear and pure.

If it's a slapstick comedy, it doesn't matter how the director and screenwriter want to play it. But in other subjects, it needs to be a little purer. Fortunately, Xiao Ran's approach at the beginning was faintly in line with the road of purifying the subject matter, and gradually guided Hong Kong films on the right path. It's just that filmmakers still don't like some themes very much, because they are limited by geography, so it is difficult to control certain themes.

Xiao Ran has never tried the horror theme, but I want to try it with themes such as war and science fiction. There are absolutely no more than three large-scale productions like this that Hong Kong can successfully control. And Xiao Ran can be called the ancestor of the big scene of Hong Kong films, after such a huge development of special effects, "Spy Change" still beat "Mechanical Warrior" to become the most courageous action movie in Hong Kong history, which is not in vain.

As Li Zhuotao analyzed Xiao Ran's directing ability: From the current point of view, Director Xiao is best at action themes, and in addition to fluency and overall control, his other style lies in spirit. He thinks that even if Xiao Ran directs a small-scale film, he can also show an amazing spirit, and it is only Xiao Ran who is most likely to direct the first epic movie.

In this regard, Xiao Ran doesn't know what to say except for a wry smile, his directing experience and experience can allow him to quickly judge the best treatment plan. However, he didn't think it was all his own. In fact, he is arrogant, if there are still a lot of imitations in the first one or two films, then there are basically none now, and he completely absorbs the essence of future movies to do it.

In these themes, Xiao Ran has not tried with other directors, and has also given many newcomers opportunities. But it's basically all smashed, or it's bland. This is the reason for his frustration, the talent has not been excavated, then it can still be dug, but without this talent, it will be bleak.

Speaking of filming and smashing the pot, don't think that with Xiao Ran, the Phantom film will definitely be a hit. Even if it's the highlight of the year's production, there are times when it hits Waterloo. For example, "Groundhog Said", which was released last year, invested 50 million, and the director controlled it very well, but it was only at the artistic level, and the commercial level was completely ruined, and the box office was dismal and lost.

It's just that under Xiao Ran's strong control and the judgment of the planning department, situations like this often rarely happen. At least in terms of the proportion of smashing, it is much lower than Hollywood. It's just that there are very few examples of failure.

The huge success of "Jurassic Park" seems to need no specific description, and Hollywood relied on this "Terminator 2" to ring the alarm for the first time, and then kicked the door of the world film market with this one. Now, Xiao Ran quickly fought back with this piece.

Hollywood was stunned, all along, they thought they were the best in the world. Even though Hong Kong films have developed vigorously under the leadership of Phantom in recent years, and there are always more than one film that can get more than 50 million box office in North America every year, they still don't care too much, how can the emerging forces compare to the old film companies.

But now the launch of this film has really given Hollywood an extremely loud wake-up call. Coppola, who was good friends with Xiao Ran, was even more shocked, he didn't expect the movie to be like this.

Lucas was even more dizzy by this score, he always thought that the special effects of light and magic were the best in the world. However, he never expected that the Phantom's infinite special effects would be able to make computer special effects such a realistic effect.

This is inevitable, in terms of technology, the Phantom is a large amount of money, constantly recruiting masters from all walks of life from all over the world. Of course, Infinite Vision has also recruited a lot of talents, and it is only natural that the head office has abundant funds and rapid development.

In fact, it's not that Light & Magic doesn't have such technology, it's just that I didn't imagine that movies could do this. Sometimes the difference between things is often caused by the difference in thinking between people. Since then, Light and Devil have been catching up, and sure enough, they have been on a par with infinite special effects for many years to come, which is naturally not mentioned.

When Coppola and Lucas watched the film, they were shocked, and the first thought that came to mind was the extremely famous goddess symbol of the Phantom, and then they remembered Xiao Ran. After making a phone call immediately and confirming that it was made by computer special effects, both of them were even more shocked.

This time, because of the clever arrangement of the planning department in commercial elements, for example, the black buddies in the North American market are definitely one of the main forces. As a result, the Phantom added the role of a black buddy in "Jurassic Park", although in the end his surname was still in danger, but after balancing the trailer and so on, he still attracted the black buddies to contribute to the box office of the film.

There are countless commercial arrangements like this, and for example, in order to compete for the market for female surnames, the planning department specially replaced a character in the film who can last until the second half of the film with a woman. This is the extremely particular aspect of film production, otherwise where do you think those hundreds of millions of box office come from?

It took a lot of effort for Han Long and his subordinates to plan this film. Strive to strike a balance between trailers and posters, and even merchandise, so that men, women, and children can eat all of them. As a result, this project, which can be said to be the most successful project in Asia and even the world, is a great success, and it is definitely the credit of Xiao Ran's deliberate cultivation and years of such planning.

In the end, the North American box office reached 330 million US dollars, and the global box office reached more than 800 million US dollars. Immediately became the global all-time box office champion and became the third all-time box office in North America, listed below Star Wars and ET Aliens.

With such achievements, the Phantom is destined to be unnoticed. No one could have imagined that such a technical thing could be created by an Oriental film company. Needless to say, Phantom has become the most prestigious company in the world in one fell swoop, so it is needless to mention.

Infinite Vision and even the entire creative team have become world-famous figures, and Liang Jun and Liu Mei have been eligible for a share because of this. The two also received a reward of 10 million for this film, which is much higher than the salary.

But that's all for later. Because the Phantom needs to fight to win a Hollywood company before October, Warner is willing to pay a sky-high price of $50 million to buy out the North American rights (including the videotape), and the Phantom did nothing. Just kidding, Xiao Ran is not stupid, since he is talking about the acquisition, why let this money be made by Hollywood.

Not to mention the nearly $400 million box office of Jurassic in North America in history, in this figure, if the Phantom acquires Columbia or Universal to distribute it, it can get nearly 100 million profits. Moreover, there is also the right to broadcast TV, and in history, NBC bought the right to broadcast TV, and only broadcast it four times, and had to pay 70 million US dollars. Moreover, there are also huge profits such as video tapes.

Xiao Ran didn't deliberately pay attention to the box office and excellent reputation of this film, he was preparing a new work. His new film is an extremely interesting film, not so much funny as a completely personal stylized work, a very small production and experimental film.

The planning department did not pay much because Xiao Ran was the boss. Although Xiao Ran received tens of millions of dividends last time because of "The Legend of the Car God", it was a commercial film, and the planning department knew very well that the work in front of him was actually an experimental film.

So, in the negotiation between the planning department and Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran had to reduce half of his salary under the negotiation in order to make the film he wanted. But in this way, the highest-paid director in Hong Kong still earns as much as 2 million in this play. Xiao Ran didn't expect that because he took the initiative to reduce his salary, it later evolved into an unwritten rule, and most of the directors who wanted to shoot personal works with a strong personal style and basically no commercial elements had to reduce their salaries.

And the schedules of the two big supporting roles were particularly vacated for Xiao Ran, but the two only received a friendship price, but the total was still as high as five million. Among them, Liu Qingyun became a first-line red star worth 8 million because he starred in the first two big hits of "Die Hard", accounting for most of them.

The other staff members are all Xiao Ran's old partners, and they only accept friendship prices. However, the extremely funny thing happened, in addition to the online expenses (i.e., the remuneration of the actors and crew) of 10 million, the budget for offline expenses (including the technical expenses such as renting the venue) was actually less than 4 million.