Chapter 414: Avatar Press Conference!
Modu TV.
"Morning News" - "Now broadcast the latest news for you, I just received the news from the Tianwang Building, the base of the Magic Capital Film and Television Alliance, at 7:10 this morning, nearly 1,000 guests gathered under the Tianwang Building, as you can see from the photo screen, most of them are holding interview microphones or cameras, most of them are reporters from all over the world......"
As reported on the morning news, when the red sun had just risen, there were already a lot of people under the Tianwang Building.
The press conference is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. By 8:00 a.m., the reporters and guests who had passed the review and obtained the permission to participate in the meeting had already arrived.
Wang Shang looked down from his office and could see the ant-like people below. The morning in the magic capital in October seemed very refreshing, so those reporters and guests did not feel hot and lined up in an orderly manner to enter the scene.
Because the number of people is so large, more than the estimated 7,000 people, the Tianwang Building built a huge canopy in the fitness and sports plaza behind the building last night to block the sun, and the press conference will be held here.
As for the air-conditioning and refrigeration facilities, they were also done last night to ensure that the guests would not feel hot. Above the ceiling, 10 huge screens are also hung for real-time live broadcasts to ensure that the guests in the back can see the situation in front.
Similarly, because there were too many media reporters who came to interview, there were more than 1,000, so there was no way for a reporter to ask a question, and finally Wang Shang directly decided to use computer lottery software to 'draw lots', and the selected reporters could get a chance to ask questions.
At 8:30, everyone entered the press conference. There was a commotion inside, and the black pressed a head, which was spectacular. Fortunately, everyone is a quality person, so there is an orderly inside.
Wang Shang, several assistant directors and other main creative staff only appeared on the stage of the press conference at 8:40.
Xie Tingfeng followed Wang Shang to the stage. Looking at the black press of reporters and guests below, Rao is still excited after the baptism of the Oscars. He knows that most of these media reporters are the world's most mainstream entertainment media, including the North American "Los Angeles Times", "Variety", "Hollywood Reporter", and "Los Angeles Times". There are Reuters, Le Monde, and The Times in the European Union, as well as The Star, Associated Press, and other countries......
These media have a good influence in their own country and neighboring countries and even the world, and through this opportunity and platform, their fame will surely rise to another height. Star level 18? Star level 19? It shouldn't be too difficult.
Thinking of this, Xie Tingfeng felt that his whole body was trembling.
Like Xie Tingfeng, the main creators who appeared here were full of excitement. After today, I will be famous all over the world.
It was soon 9:00 a.m., and the press conference officially began.
Wang Shang first got up to welcome all the guests, and then briefly introduced "Avatar", and then officially entered the interview link that reporters paid the most attention to. The computer-based lottery was not contested by the majority of journalists. On the contrary, it is very supportive.
Soon a foreign reporter was selected, and he went straight to the topic without any thought: "Hello Director Wang, I want to ask a thing that many fans and filmmakers are very concerned about, as far as we know, the movie "Avatar" has been launched since August 2011. Then in March 2012, it was completed, only about 7 months, may I ask Director Wang, why can a movie with an investment of 440 million US dollars be made so quickly? Is there a problem of cutting corners? ”
As soon as this question came out, many filmmakers present were shocked.
Wang Shang had already had a draft, and replied unhurriedly: "Regarding the question of cutting corners, I can answer with certainty that you don't." The proof is in the movie, and when you see the movie, you don't think so. And I'm not going to joke about my 440 million RMB, right? ”
Wang Shang seems to be very confident in his films. "As for why it was filmed so fast? Why did it only take about 7 months? I'm going to give you the answer -- 75% of the Avatar movie is computer special effects, and only 25% of the rest. That's why the shooting time is so short. ”
As soon as this answer came out, the scene was full of thunder.
"Wow! No way? ”
"Computer special effects account for 75 percent. The other is only 25%??!! ”
"It's a cartoon??"
But at this time, another reporter was drawn out by lot, and they hurriedly put aside this surprise and focused on the next question.
"I hope this reporter's question is a little more technical." That's what they thought.
The reporter was obviously smart and thought of a key question: "According to what Director Wang just said, computer special effects account for 75%. So why did the post-production of Avatar only take a short 7 months? Even if I started working on special effects from the time I started the camera, it was only 14 months. This time is about the same as the production time of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Transformers", and according to this reasoning, the effect of "Avatar" should not be as great as we think, but only about or worse than "The Lord of the Rings" and "Transformers". Will this be the case? ”
All the guests looked at Wang Shang and wanted to hear Wang Shang's answer, and they were also very concerned about this question.
"Absolutely not!" Wang Shang looked around, his face was calm and waveless, "In 2002, I already had an idea about "Avatar" when I was filming his film and television works, but the special effects at that time could not support such a movie, so this film plan has been shelved. At the end of 2010, I asked the VFX department to follow my manuscript to complete some Pandora creatures, but I wasn't very satisfied. At the beginning of 2011, I invited famous biological, physicist, and linguistic scientists at home and abroad to design this film, and the ecology, biology, technology, and even extraterrestrial languages in it were all designed by those scientists, not ...... I made out of thin air."
Before Wang Shang finished speaking, the reporters and guests below were shocked by Wang Shang's words.
"I've been thinking about it since 2002?"
"Biology, physics, linguists are also invited??"
The scene was chaotic......
Someone couldn't help but stand up and ask: "May I ask Director Wang, this movie really invited ......"
Before he finished speaking, the other reporters also stood up and asked nonsense, and the order just now was suddenly broken.
"Everyone, be quiet! Be still!! Wang Shangxu pressed his hand, and after ten seconds, he finally calmed their emotions.
"You don't have to be in such a hurry, because there is still a lot of time, and the problems will be ...... one by one" Wang Shang just did it on purpose, just to make the scene chaotic.
After seeing that the scene was quiet, Wang Shang continued: "Back to the question just now, the special effects production time of "Avatar" began at the beginning of 2011, and when the production started in August, the progress of special effects production had been completed by a quarter. So the real production time of "Avatar" is as long as 22 months, which is longer than the production time of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Transformers", so there will be no possibility of cutting corners? ”
I see~~
Now everyone understands!
Greg gets it too!!
He was the assistant director of "Harry Potter" back then, and he was also sent here by the company today, when he heard Wang Shang's words, he suddenly thought that when they were filming "Harry Potter", they originally thought that "Transformers" could not pose a threat to "Harry Potter" due to its short production time, and only "The Lord of the Rings" could threaten "Harry Potter". And the result? At the time of its release, "Transformers" was released even faster than "Harry Potter!!
At that time, "Harry Potter" Greg and the rest of the crew suddenly Spartan ~~~~
"I see!! It's so obscene!! Greg looked at Wang Shang with resentment