Chapter 258: The Ambition of Animated Films

What exactly is love? 100 pairs of lovers bathed in love can say 100 feelings: romantic, obsessive, gorgeous, sad, timeless and elegant, of course, there are also people and ghosts with different paths......

The vicissitudes of the world, the crowds are surging, and there are fewer and fewer people who believe in love.

However, after watching the movie "Ghost Love", do you still think so? At the end of the film, when Sam's soul is about to ascend to heaven, his original form is revealed, "Sam! Molly called out to her lover with tears in her eyes, and now she could see Sam so truly. This is the beauty of God, and it is their unswerving love that touches God. Sam kissed Molly affectionately, and now he was no longer shy to confess his love, he finally said "I love you", and then his body was destroyed, and his soul soared into a body of light......

In the editing room, the three big men looked at them with tears in their eyes and their moods fluctuated.

Since people have souls, then the waiting of life and life becomes the continuation of the vows of lovers, the love between people and ghosts, and the covenant of the soul. This movie embodies the highest level of love, where men and women are affectionately in love, but in the blink of an eye, they are both life and death. Surreal love stories are not uncommon, but no film of its kind has ever been so deeply and evocatively. The warm atmosphere of love completely dispels people's horror of ghosts, and people can only feel tenderness that transcends life and death.

Kidd slapped the table excitedly: "Great, great!" God, how can there be such a touching love story? The plot is good, the acting is good, and the filming is better. Oh, my God! I already have a feeling that this movie is going to shine, haha, success is already beckoning! ”

Don't blame Kidd for being so excited. Because the movie unfolded in front of his eyes, he was too unexpected.

He had read the script of "The Love of People and Ghosts", and he admitted that it was a very good and touching story, but he was not very optimistic about the film directed by Yang Lin at the beginning. It's not that he doubts Yang Lin's ability, on the contrary, if he doesn't have enough confidence in Yang Lin, why would he still run over? He just thought. Coming to Hollywood from Hong Kong, Yang Lin will inevitably carry the breath of Hong Kong, and he needs time to integrate into the system and culture of Hollywood.

But now. He was surprised to find that this was a complete Hollywood movie, with a strong Hollywood flavor throughout. How did he do it?

In the editing room, Pan Hengsheng and Zhang Shuping carried out the final production of this film. Holding the "Uninhibited Melody" song tape sung by Michael Jackson. Give the final soundtrack to the movie. Don't think that these two non-professional personnel will not understand, Yang Lin has already written down the start time of each soundtrack just now, and they just need to draw the scoop according to the gourd.

Everything has been arranged, Bruce Willis and Brooke Whispers flew directly to Hong Kong, while Yang Lin took Du Qingshan and Li Kaijun to Japan.

"Castle in the Sky", the first work produced by "Red Star Animation Studio" since its establishment, has been released.

"Castle in the Sky" was released on February 9. The box office on the first and second day of the premiere reached 600 million yen, which was quite a shock.

When Yang Lin arrived in Tokyo. "Castle in the Sky" has been in theaters for a week and has accumulated 1.5 billion yen at the box office.

In the conference room of the "Red Star Animation Studio", Jiro Matsuoka and Jun Miyazaki smiled from ear to ear, and complimented Yang Lin vigorously for his "good leadership" and everyone's "immeasurable money".

Yang Lin smiled, according to the current box office and momentum, the total box office of "Castle in the Sky" should be about 3 billion yen, that is, about 15 million US dollars, which is nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars. After deducting the share of the theater chain and the production cost, the profit is about more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

It can be said that "Red Star Animation Studio" has a successful start.

"Now that the general trend has been decided, you need to put your energy back into work. Next year will be a period of transition, a very important period. As you probably know, I've had enough of a computer effects company in the United States called Industrial Light & Magic. ILM has a group called Computer Animation Group, and I plan to combine it with our studio and create a separate department dedicated to 3D animation. ”

Yang Lin said his thoughts just to tell Miyazaki Jun and put a little pressure on him. You're not the only one under me, so work hard.

"3D animation?" Not to mention the second ancestor like Jiro Matsuoka, even Jun Miyazaki doesn't know what 3D animation is.

3D animation, also known as 3D animation. The first 3D animation in history was "Toy Story" filmed and produced by Pixar in 1995, and since then, it has marked the beginning of the 3D era of animation. At this stage, Pixar and Disney were the main players in the 3D animated film market.

But it has to be said that it was precisely because George Lucas was not interested in 3D animation that he sold the computer animation team of "Industrial Light & Magic" to Steve Jobs, which became the future overlord of 3D animation, Pixar Animation Studio, and Pixar changed the landscape of animated films since then.

Briefly explaining 3D animation, Yang Lin continued: "The production cycle of animated films is too long, and the pressure on funds is too great, and everyone knows the harm. Therefore, this year and next, I will greatly expand the company, invest no less than 50 million US dollars, and shorten the company's production cycle of animated films to one per year while enhancing the company's competitiveness. ”

Everyone gasped in unison. 50 million dollars? That's 10 billion yen! This guy is really generous!

The happiest is Jun Miyazaki, who is a relatively simple technical person, and the first thing he considers is that the addition of a large amount of money will make the company's capabilities to the next level. But he is cautious about adding new technologies.

The style of the background of Miyazaki's films is always fresh and romantic, and there is always a feeling that makes people want to return to nature. In particular, the sky background in the film gives people a sense of vastness, which makes people can't help but have a kind of reverie, as if they want to go to the background to find the freshness away from the dirty air of the city, to feel the beauty of nature. The large expanses of white clouds are like cotton candy, soft and full of happiness and sweet memories, setting off the beautiful ending of the protagonist in the film. Under the cover of green, a world full of life is re-presented in front of us. This adds to the beauty of the film.

However, Miyazaki was a staunch proponent of hand-painting, and at his peak, each work took 5 years to complete.

But Yang Lin said that the "computer animation team" will be an independent department, so there will be no conflict with his philosophy. So for the expansion of the company, he is happy to see it.

However, Matsuoka Jiro thought too much, and the company invested a lot of money to expand its scale, and the first thing was that his shares would be diluted. But thinking about it, it is impossible for Yang Lin to stay in Japan to preside over the daily work of "Red Star Animation Studio", and he still has to focus on himself here, and he is relieved. As for the shares, it doesn't matter, although the number is diluted, the value has not changed.

Yang Lin's ambition is to build the world's largest animation film studio. With the "Red Star Animation Studio" as the team and the "Computer Animation Group" from the United States to bring 3D technology, if Hong Kong's comic talents can be joined, then this huge group will be the most competitive animation film company in the world in the future.

After asking Miyazaki, I learned that he didn't have any good ideas in mind. For such creative talents, inspiration seems to be very important, and proper rest is the premise of bursting inspiration. Yang Lin decided to give all the creative staff a holiday, but before that, it was necessary to determine the production plan for this year.

Jun Miyazaki looked at an English plan that Yang Lin took out, and said strangely: "KikisDeliveryService"? ”

Yang Lin nodded: "This is the English name, and the Japanese name should be called "Witch Home Delivery Service". ”

"The Witch Courier Service" is the name of five novels written by Japanese fairy tale writer Eiko Kadono between 1985 and 2008. The first of these was made into an animated film by Ghibli in 1989, and Yang Lin's plan is to bring out this novel that has not yet been published. "The Witch Home Delivery Service" was the highest-grossing Japanese film of 1989.

Yang Lin asked Yu Yunhang about the situation, and learned that they were now filming in Hong Kong and Tokyo. The actors have all been selected, and the actress who plays "Sadako" is actually a name that Yang Lin is very familiar with: Shizuka Kudo!

The late 80s can be said to be the era of Shizuka Kudo, in 89 alone, her solo single album sales reached 5.4 billion yen, so Shizuka was once hailed as the last miracle of Japanese idols. In addition to idols, Kudo also has both strength and talent, and since the 90s, Kudo has gradually attached importance to his singing voice, and has participated in the work of writing lyrics and composing music and recording supervision. In addition, Kudo also likes to paint, and many film and record designs have her opinion in them, and the Japanese entertainment industry has gradually regarded her as a talented woman.

Such a Japanese national idol actually came to play "Sadako"? This result made Yang Lin a little crying and laughing, I don't know if this talented woman can successfully ask for the image of "Sadako" in the future and return to the track that originally belonged to her.

You must know that the image of "Sadako" is not so easy to please, she is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Think about it, if you get up in the middle of the night to put out the water, and when you come back, you see "Sadako" lying on her bed (to be continued......)