Zhou Shaoming clearly knows that the reason why "Spartan 300 Warriors" in the previous life was able to sell well was because the battle itself was very famous in the memory of Western audiences, and the degree of familiarity was similar to our Chinese's understanding of "grass boats borrowing arrows" and "flooding the Seventh Army".

As for the second point, it is because the movie itself adopts a unique dark comic-style approach, which shocked the world and greatly attracted the attention of fans.

Zach, the great director of the year? According to the original novel, Schneider used the dark comic style to perfectly present the cruel and bloody Battle of Hot Springs on the big screen, which is a technique that many directors can't think of, or dare not adopt, after all, this method, if the lens control is strong, is naturally a new continent in the history of film, creating a new way for world cinema again, and bringing green cloth technology visual effects films to the world.

But if the imagination is not rich enough, and the lens language and actor skills cannot be controlled, it is likely to draw tigers and anti-dogs, attract complaints, and the box office will definitely fail.

As a person who has crossed over, Zhou Shaoming will not be afraid of this kind of risk, whether it is the Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta or the later Sin City, they all rely on the special style that is very different from other movies to win, which is its biggest selling point, and it is also the direction that must be adhered to.

What's more, now his box office appeal is irresistible to fans in the United States!

At this moment, Zhou Shaoming watched his three hundred slowly come to the world, happy and at the same time had enough reason to believe that as long as there were no major mistakes. The Spartan warriors can at least meet the standards of their previous lives, and even more so than their previous lives!

Director Smith Chow's fifth work is about to come out, and the domineering and ability of the director, coupled with the extremely rigorous work attitude, the success of Spartan 300 can be expected!

After explaining the general background setting up with the two special effects producers in detail, Zhou Shaoming stood aside, clasped his hands to his chest, tilted his head and looked at the work of these two people seriously.

Actually, for a complete movie. Visual effects are just a key point in post-production, and the components of the film include editing and soundtrack, etc., but these two problems are not difficult for Zhou Shaoming, because many things can be based on the three hundred Spartan warriors in the previous life, and only need to be slightly improved, and Supernova Pictures has a lot of professionals who are working hard and ready to amaze the world.

Only this visual effect is a real production, and it is much more difficult than in 2005.

Squinting his eyes, Zhou Shaoming lit a cigar. Swallowing clouds and spitting fog watched as the two men struggled on the keyboard and manipulated the mouse. Zhou Shaoming humbly learned on the side, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he asked the industrial light and magic personnel accompanying him on the side.

As a director, he can be unprofessional in some ways, but at least he needs to know a little bit about all aspects of the film.

At this time, both of them had the intention of comparing with each other, and quickly switched the computer screen and rendered it into a dark comic-style form.

Although the two men had different views, they both followed a fixed set of color values in the actual production. All the elements are guaranteed to be in 32-bit, avoiding any distortion because not only the ILM and Supernova teams, but also four or five VFX companies are working hard to turn the film into a movie.

The benefits of this are obvious, and the standardized manipulation will not make the bull's head go wrong with the horse's mouth.

The CG grain is set to a suitable point for the CG grain to match the film footage, and then fine-tuned for each shot.

One after another, the visual effects of the movie are so complex and troublesome.

Because it's just a matter of removing the background behind you. The job was very simple, and soon the two of them replaced the shooting scenes with the backdrop of a stage play, which made the characters seem abrupt, as if the center of the whole movie was on these Spartan warriors.

See the rough background after sketching out. Characters that have not been processed with special effects just look monotonous, so at this time, George also began to process the characters with 3D special effects.

Right now, Zhou Shaoming was next to him, so George asked directly: "Boss, what kind of effects do you need in terms of fighting special effects?" ”

Zhou Shaoming thought for a while, stared at the Spartan warriors on the screen and said: "I need the perfect Spartan warriors, they are experienced in a hundred battles and invincible, so the effect I want is to be able to highlight the bravery of the Spartan warriors as much as possible." ”

"So what should I do? Boss, I'm not a director, I can only make effects for you, but I can't figure out how to arrange the picture. George looked at Zhou Shaoming helplessly and said.

There is a specialization in the art industry, which is why there are so many departments in the crew, Zhou Shaoming can easily conceive a plot, but it is difficult for him to plump up the whole picture, so he needs to use the hands of other people.

Before Zhou Shaoming could speak, Ciro on the side patted George's shoulder and said with a smile: "As a producer, you can't just listen to people's arrangements to do your job, you must have your own ideas, and give the director more professional suggestions and ideas!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shaoming also nodded, indeed, even a small producer needs some creative thinking.

At this point, Supernova Pictures' own team can't compare to the industry's long-established super visual effects company - Industrial Light & Magic, but Zhou Shaoming is not discouraged, but confidently believes that it is only a matter of time before he catches up with it!

Although he also invited Industrial Light & Magic this time, he actually wanted to let his special effects team run in in actual combat and train it out quickly.

Spending money on industrial light and magic, ostensibly to improve Sparta, but in fact, it is to be able to let their company's team learn from each other's experience in teamwork, and better collaborate and cooperate.

You must know that these visual effects artists are all masters with eyes above the top, and they are full of personality, and they must have an industry benchmark like Industrial Light and Magic on their heads, so that they can honestly carry out the first run-in.

Zhou Shaoming's mind played the blood-boiling picture of the three hundred Spartans in the original time and space:

When the spear covered in blood stains and no longer sharp persistently penetrated the opponent's body, struggling to die, the blood splattered was like spring coming, blooming wantonly. And the scimitar slashed through the opponent's body, making the flesh bloom helplessly, the head soared into the sky, and the lifeless corpse fell heavily to the ground, the sound of tearing and killing on the battlefield, the sound of death, making ordinary spears and scimitars look like the scythe of death howling and rushing in the dark abyss, more like a murderous weapon that vainly tries to harvest everything after enchantment.

While thinking, Zhou Shaoming explained the scene in his mind in detail to all the leaders of the design team, and then carried out his thoughts.

"Okay, let's work together and try it according to the boss's wishes!" Ciro quickly set the task.

A whole bunch of people began to work hard.

The picture shows the Persian warriors fighting the Spartan warriors, and the special effects crew's manipulation quickly smooths the Spartan warriors' otherwise sluggish movements.

"Remember, overlapping the direction of the blood gushing out with the trajectory of the scimitar, don't slash to the left, but the blood is spurting to the right, it's a very childish effect." Ciro next to him reminded.

Soon, the picture was adjusted, this scene was the battle picture of Astino played by Christian before, which was also one of the most exciting battle scenes among the three hundred warriors of Sparta, after the adjustment, George moved his body to give up a little space for Zhou Shaoming to see, and said: "Boss, come and see, this is a picture I captured." ”

As he spoke, George clicked the play button, and in an instant, the whole picture moved.

Zhou Shaoming looked at the screen carefully, at this moment, the entire background was rendered yellow-gray, not far from the ground, lying full of the corpses of many Persian soldiers, as for the farther away, it was a vague environment of yellow sand flying in the sky, making it difficult to see what was inside, as if there were thousands of troops hidden, this is the real simulation of the terrain of the battlefield.

Although the real battlefield is not such a simple piece of flat land, the modification to this highlights the dark comic style and gives the audience a more intuitive feeling.

The audience will not deliberately imagine what it looks like to be a battlefield, what Zhou Shaoming needs is to let the audience have no other time to think about anything else when watching the film, just wide-eyed, excited, and overwhelmed from beginning to end, engrossed in the movie that even his girlfriend's hand forgot to hold.

According to the previous shooting scene, Christian's scimitar danced rapidly, and a series of attacks fell on the opponent's body, and compared to the gray and dull sword of the Persian warrior, Christian's scimitar seemed to be particularly bright and powerful.

I saw Christian's perfect flipped in the air, his body twisted greatly, and when he turned around again, the scimitar had already cut the opponent's body horizontally, and dark red blood immediately gushed out, like a blood-colored waterfall towards the screen.

After seeing such a picture, Zhou Shaoming took a few puffs of his cigar, but he fell into deep thought, seeing the appearance of his boss, Xi Luo asked carefully: "What's wrong, boss, do you think this shot is not handled well?" ”

After listening to Xiluo's words, Zhou Shaoming came back to his senses and said to George with a smile: "Very good." ”

Hearing this, Xi Luo obviously showed a happy expression on his face, but unexpectedly, Zhou Shaoming's words were not finished at all.

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