Chapter 299: Exquisite Finished Product
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For this finished product, not only Su Li himself feels full of a sense of accomplishment, but the hard work of such a close to a year is also valuable, that is, Li Xian and Yao Qi's master and apprentice, when they see "Inception", they are also full of heartfelt satisfaction, this is the movie with the highest level of special effects they have ever made, there is no doubt about it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Watching this high-level movie start from scratch, and finally put it in front of everyone, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in their hearts made them feel comfortable, the level of this movie is quite high, and they are confident that this movie can fully represent the advanced level of special effects in the world in terms of special effects.
Su Li watched it himself, from April last year to now, for nearly a year, he has been working hard to shoot this "Inception", and now, the finished product is in hand, and the excitement is indescribable.
He even immersed his eyes in several shots for a long time, repeatedly pulling a few scenes to watch, and under such concentration, he was still able to see a few flaws occasionally, let the post-production there be a little modification, and the production stage of the film was officially over! Then came the propaganda phase.
The production stage is the moment of formation for a film, and the promotion stage is the final charge between releases, and whether the publicity can succeed or not is quite important to whether a film can succeed or not. Now, "Inception" has a well-made finished product, and then it will be sent to the relevant departments for approval, and then the film will be sent to foreign countries for approval...... Then came the release with a bang.
The release of "Inception" may be selected in mid-May, and the official date for the finished product of "Inception" is March 3rd, on this day, as long as the flaws in "Inception" can be found and solved, they have been solved, and in the hands of Su Li, it is already a finished product.
From beginning to end, there is an atmosphere of excellent production, and every minute and every second is condensed with bright red RMB, as well as the hard work of the crew.
When the movie really takes shape, a lot of information about "Inception" will be displayed in front of you.
"Inception" has been produced from the preparation of the filming location to the completion of production, with a total investment of 310 million yuan in filming and some relationships and other dots, and 100 million yuan spent on post-production and special effects, so far, 50 million yuan has been used in publicity, and the total cost of publicity is expected to be 200 million yuan.
The total investment in the entire film will reach 610 million yuan...... This investment has exceeded Su Li's prediction of nearly 400 million, which is too much...... 610 million yuan is already almost 100 million yuan, even in Hollywood, this is a big investment film.
If it is placed in the domestic film market, 610 million is enough to make 10 so-called Chinese blockbusters.
The total investment in "Inception", which is known to the outside world, has exceeded 1 billion...... As a result, everyone is worried about the problem of "Inception" - what exactly does Su Li plan to use to recover the cost? 1 billion yuan, this number is too big.
The cost of "Inception" really scared many people, some people knew the inside information, and after knowing that "Inception" was really spending 600 million, they all felt that Su Li was really a little unreasonable, how could a twenty-two-year-old young man dare to do this? Everyone couldn't even think about what Su Li was planning.
After Su Li and they added publicity, they will let "Inception" spend 610 million yuan, and there are very few places to recover the cost so far, at most there are some implanted surname advertisements, which have recovered nearly 20 million costs, and the rest are basically not earned.
When "Inception" officially came out of the finished product, many people in the outside world knew about it, and many people were looking forward to this movie even more.
So far, the expected release date of "Inception" is May 16, which has been released, and most Chinese fans are looking forward to Su Li's film that has spent 1 billion yuan to sharpen his sword a year, waiting for the release of this movie, and want to know the specific situation.
The outside propaganda offensive has begun.
When "Inception" had just been released, Su Li received a call from Zhang Yimou, hoping to see what Su Li's movie with an investment of 600 million was like.
Su Li naturally agreed quickly, Zhang Yimou was in a depressed period at this time, and his confident "Three Guns", although it still rushed to more than 200 million at the box office, the reputation of this movie was really low, and the overseas box office with high hopes also suffered Waterloo.
Su Li knew at the time that he was going to be tragic in this movie, but it was not easy to remind him, and now that the cup was really up, he also hoped that he could try his best to make him feel better.
Since making his own films, Su Li has received too much help from him, from "Nightclub. From Supermarket to Source Code, he has received a lot of help, and he hopes to find something that can help him. Of course, even if he didn't help him, in the movie "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", Zhang Yimou's reputation returned again, although "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was also scolded by some people, but in fact it was a good movie, but everyone's expectations for him were too great, and the movie couldn't catch up with the expectations.
Su Li agreed with him that it was March 10, and on this day Su Li saw Zhang Yimou in the cinema.
Now Zhang Yimou has completely regarded Su Li as a very close person, and he doesn't care about revealing his tiredness and old state in front of him. Zhang Yimou that Su Li saw before was often a heroic person, no matter what it was, the sharpness in his eyes was still there, but now it was different, he could feel a kind of exhaustion all over his body.
Su Li didn't feel very comfortable when he saw Zhang Yimou like this, but he didn't know what he was suitable to say for a while, and after thinking about it, he could only say, "Teacher...... Every film is a thing of the past, whether it succeeds or fails...... Don't keep it in your heart. ”
Zhang Yimou smiled tiredly, and then said: "It's not in the way, you don't have to persuade me, I'm just a little tired." After saying this, he began to care about Su Li and said, "Your movie is really too risky...... The 1 billion investment rumored by the outside world is water, but the real investment of 600 million, are you really the same as the media said, just to make a good movie, and you don't care about recovering the cost? ”
Su Li smiled bitterly: "That's naturally impossible...... Movies are expensive stuff, I still have a lot of plans for the future, I need this movie......"
"Are you confident? That's really 600 million ...... Sometimes your imagination may not come true. He waved his hand: "Okay...... It's too late to say anything now, I choose to believe you and hope that your movies don't disappoint me...... With an investment of 600 million in the movie, you are still a twenty-two-year-old person, your courage is really beyond everyone's expectations......"
Su Li nodded and said: "I believe it won't disappoint you, to be honest, this movie, I still have some confidence in recovering costs!" When he said this, his body involuntarily exuded a sharp momentum, like a roaring sword, which made people feel the chill that was breathtaking.
Zhang Yimou saw Su Li's confident appearance, and he didn't believe it in his heart.
Although he also knew that the script of "Inception" was quite good, although he also knew that Su Li spent a year making this movie, although he also knew that Su Li often surprised people...... However, when money is too involved, the suspicion of these things comes out.
However, he still sat on the chair in the screening room and said to Su Li: "Then let's start......
"Hmm." Su Li nodded, then turned on the projector, and then returned to Zhang Yimou's side and sat down, Su Li never got tired of watching the movie he had spent so much effort and time making.
After Zhang Yimou saw the start of the movie, his mind and eyes were completely focused on the big screen in front of him, and he didn't dare to miss a single bit. In this movie, since Su Li is so confident that he can recover the cost, although he doesn't believe it in his heart, he still has to take a closer look at where Su Li's confidence comes from.
At the beginning of the movie, Su Li appeared in the movie lens with water stains, Zhang Yimou knew everything about the protagonist in the script, and there was no suspense here, but he said with some sighs: "Mao Geping's makeup is really good...... It looks simply seamless. ”
Su Li nodded, waiting for him to continue looking.
The movie kept advancing, and when the first gunfight and action scene appeared, Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up and said to Su Li: "This scene is quite well grasped...... With your usual advantage in controlling the rhythm and atmosphere, the tension is completely laid out, and the suspense about the heroine is also about to come out......"
Yes, this shot was shot and produced quite well, the gunfights and hand-to-hand combat in the movie were very exciting, and when Chen Daoming in the movie found out that this was a dream, even if Zhang Yimou already knew the plot, the feeling of suspense to the extreme and absurdity also emerged in his heart.
The plot kept advancing, and then Zhang Yimou saw Su Li and Yang Mi walking on the street, and then the whole world suddenly turned upside down, and the scene was all disordered...... Now on the big screen, this scene is extremely shocking, as if the whole world is falling on itself! After that, several intersecting worlds gradually stabilized, and Su Li and Yang Mi stepped on another plane, this transition was quite natural and without obstacles, while the vehicles with different gravitational forces on both sides, the upside-down city and time, made people dazzled...... After watching this special effect, Zhang Yimou immediately asked Su Li to pause, Su Li adjusted according to what he said, and then Zhang Yimou's eyes were even a little fanatical: "These special effects of "Inception" ...... All of it was done by the Shadow Burning effect? ”
Su Li nodded.
Zhang Yimou's eyes fell into a momentary distraction, his mind was temporarily blank, and after relieving himself, he said to Su Li: "I really didn't expect that domestic special effects could reach such a level...... With such a level of special effects, you may not find a second one in the world at all...... Can you be honest with me about the level of your company's Incineration Special Effects Studio? ”
Su Li thought about it for a while and said, "Let's put it this way, the two main technologies of the Burning Shadow Special Effects Studio are really CG and motion capture technology...... These two technologies are completely leading in the world, and in these two, I can guarantee that movies like "Avatar" are not yet at the level of the current Burning Special Effects Studio. ”
Zhang Yimou also accidentally gasped, shocked by the news, and didn't know what to say for a while.
After a long while, he spoke again: "The news you said is really shocking...... I didn't expect you to be able to do that......"
Naturally, he has also suffered the losses of many foreigners, and those foreign special effects studios treat Chinese films as fat sheep to be slaughtered, and they are all lions open their mouths for special effects production. Every time the special effects are used, they have to suffer a lot of anger, and now, Su Li actually said that they already have the ability to surpass "Avatar", how can this not shock him?
Then he remembered other points and said to Su Li: "Are you talking about motion capture technology?" Doesn't think you need that yet, right? This technique is used to manipulate objects, at least not in Inception. ”
"Be prepared......" Su Li just said with a mysterious smile.
Zhang Yimou suddenly found that he and the one who spent millions to make a "Nightclub. Compared with the boy in Supermarket, Su Li in front of him has already grown to a point where it is difficult for him to estimate...... There are a lot of things about him that I can't guess anymore.
And it's only been two years.
"Let's continue watching the movie......" Zhang Yimou sighed a little dejectedly and said to Su Li.
"Okay." Su Li nodded, and then the movie started again, the plot was still advancing, and seeing those dazzling and blurry special effects really dazzled Lao Mouzi, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
On the contrary, in terms of plot, he doesn't pay much attention to it anymore, after all, he has read the script and knows the plot of this movie.
Now what he mainly looks at is the scene control of "Inception", as well as the rhythm control, and the structure of the whole movie, which is what he focuses on.
From the current point of view, these three can even be described in two words in his eyes...... When he saw the rain chase, he himself was frightened by the train that suddenly rushed out, and said, "You really filmed the train?" ”
Su Li nodded: "Yes, now this train has been left in Yunnan." ”
These chase scenes are compact in structure, the fighting action is beautiful, and it is quite refreshing to watch, from the beginning to the final snow-capped mountain duel, every place makes people's veins flow, and after Su Li's exquisite grasp of the atmosphere, this kind of fight makes people feel quite refreshing, and after watching it, it is as comfortable as taking a refreshing cool bath in summer.
and those dazzling special effects, which make the whole movie to the extreme, whether from the whole or from the part, "Inception" surprised Lao Mouzi beyond measure.
(To be continued)