Chapter 110: Computer Special Effects Studio
As soon as the video was uploaded, it immediately brought a topic effect within a few hours, and people who watched it were asking, what kind of movie trailer is this, and why is it so novel and unique?
What's more, what is shown in the video is undoubtedly a martial arts film, and when did the martial arts films in the mainland learn to work on the details?
As we all know, several big directors, including Lao Mouzi, actually prefer to shoot the so-called big scenes and big scenes, but the shots shown in the video are so delicate that at a glance you know that it is not a technique that mainland directors are good at.
But it can be said that it is from the Xiangjiang River...... Who can have such a big deal and shoot so many computer special effects shots in a martial arts film?
What is the film market like in 05, filmmakers know it best in their hearts, everyone has an account in their stomachs, they know what to make a small profit, what to shoot without losing money, and what to shoot ironclad to hit the street!
Counting the video half a month ago, there are more than 30 CG special effects shots in these two videos alone, which are converted into dollars, which is almost two million.
Many insiders are secretly sneering, thinking that this is probably some company that has found a big dog and made a movie that is destined to lose money and make money.
Judging from this method, I'm afraid that the video matter is not over yet, and there will definitely be new ones in the future.
As these people expected, in early August, a third video appeared in public again.
With the brewing and stimulation of the first two times, among the hundreds of millions of netizens in the mainland, about 10% of them have watched the first two videos, and these people have more expectations and attention for the next new videos.
The third video did not disappoint!
Compared with the first two videos, the third video has a new change, that is, the change in the shape of the main character.
A long hair fluttering in the wind, a robe close to his side, a long sword clenched in his hand, and enemies on all sides as far as the eye can see!
At the beginning of the third video, the protagonist is standing on top of a mountain peak, the top of which is in the shape of an awl, and there is almost no place to stand, but the protagonist raises his head and looks up at the sky, and his feet are unconsciously off the ground and slowly emerge in midair.
At this time, the sky was full of dark clouds, and the sound of muffled thunder was incessant, as if a torrential rain was about to pour down.
But the protagonist in the first two videos still did not flinch this time, but "danced" against the mountain wind, and played a sword dance on the top of the mountain peak hundreds of meters high.
It should be noted that this is definitely carried out in a state of detachment from the ground.
Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and thunder in the sky, and a bucket-thick lightning poured down, instantly hitting a mountain peak hundreds of meters away from the protagonist of the video, directly blowing up the mountain peak on the spot!
And the protagonist who was playing the sword dance saw it, but he was interested, and a set of sword dance performances were like flowers, as if he didn't realize that thunder was thundering overhead.
At the moment when a set of sword dances was about to be finished, the protagonist of the video suddenly shouted: The sword qi spans 30,000 miles, and one sword light is cold in 19 states!
With that, he threw out the long sword in his hand, turned around halfway, spun around, and kicked the hilt of the sword fiercely, and the long sword suddenly turned into a flying sword and flew straight into the distance.
Rumble!
There was another thunderstorm in the sky, and the long sword was struck by immortality, how could mortal iron in the world be able to resist the divine thunder above the nine heavens? The long sword broke into several pieces on the spot, connecting the huge energy attached to it by lightning, and splitting a small mountain into chaos.
From beginning to end, this group of shots has not changed its position or angle, but it is precisely because of this that this set of shots is particularly shocking!
It's true that no one will take this seriously, but after watching the video, more people are calling for the film company behind the scenes to announce more news about the film as soon as possible.
Three videos, more than 50 CG special effects shots, and an estimate by someone who cares - yes, three million dollars!
The cost of more than 20 million is worth it just for these three videos?
Not to mention netizens who have watched the video, even Bao Minxing is also drumming in his heart at this moment.
The video was shot by Yue Song, and the post-production is said to have been handed over to the United States, according to Yue Song's words, the cost is not high at all, but how it works, Bao Minxing has no idea.
Asked a little more detailed, this kid immediately gave her a kick, as the vice president of the company, she didn't even dare to say a heavy word, thinking about it is really aggrieved.
However, Bao Minxing knew that Yue Song's kid now had money in his pocket, since he wanted to toss, then toss as much as he wanted, anyway, in addition to the 50 million, he also had 10 million himself, and the total was 60 million.
This money is used to make a martial arts movie, which is really extravagant.
Bao Minxing is even wondering if these three videos are the only computer special effects shots in the movie, right?
It's no wonder that she thinks so, the three videos are estimated by professionals, and one-third of the budget is used at once, and even if the rest of the money is still very rich, it can't withstand the appearance of the fourth and fifth videos.
To this day, she didn't know that Yue Song was planning to shoot a trilogy, and thought that there was only one movie, and it wasn't until the eve of the release of Hurricane Rescue a month later that Dai Wentao mentioned it to her.
In fact, these three videos did cost a small amount of money - not much, only a few hundred thousand.
In order to shoot these three videos, Yue Song used all the cameras of the crew, and urgently dispatched a few spare ones, especially when shooting the third video, three cameras were damaged by lightning in a row.
As for the budget of 60 million, Yue Song did use one-third of it in one go.
A full three million dollars, Liu Xin was in charge, and went to North America to acquire a computer special effects studio.
Within two days of the crew being established, this matter had been determined by Yue Song, and Liu Xin was quickly sent out.
Because he had an official passport, he could stay there for at least three months.
However, Liu Xin was also conscientious, and in less than a week, he inquired about all the large and small studios in Hollywood.
The large, top-notch computer special effects studio, of course, is not for Yue Song, he only needs a small studio with all kinds of organs, in addition to finding a place for Liu Xin to study, another purpose is to hide people's eyes.
Liu Xin is worthy of being a person who aspires to become the chief computer special effects master in Huaxia, at least in terms of English proficiency, he can definitely throw off the little fat man Tang Xiaosong more than two streets.
The search in the United States soon came to an end, and at the end of July, Yue Song had sent a power of attorney to Los Angeles and commissioned Liu Xin to buy a studio at a total cost of about $2.7 million, plus $300,000 in daily expenses.
This studio is indeed a little capable, and the three videos sent by Yue Song have been modified and revised one by one, and the video effect after their hands is even better, definitely far beyond the original state.
If the edited version of the video is released, it will definitely be better than the previous three videos, but Yue Song does not plan to do this.
In Yue Song's plan, the new version of these three videos will be officially launched after the release of Hurricane Rescue, and it will also be the best time for him to promote the martial arts trilogy!
In this regard, the head of the studio, a Mexican-American named Mario, praised the computer special effects studios in China as well as the United States, so that he could not find the places that needed to be modified in the original video.
Liu Xin is nominally the supervisor of the studio, but in fact he is a student who came to steal the teacher, and the studio has only a dozen people in total, plus a group of raunchy technomaniac are not very old, he quickly integrated into the environment here.
Compared with Liu Xin, who is at ease in the United States, the little fat man Tang Xiaosong really knows his own suffering.
Tang Xiaosong is also very busy, and it is not an ordinary busy, his workload is several times more than that of other peers.
The reason for this is mainly to keep Yue Song secret.
If Tang Xiaosong only played a role in soy sauce when shooting the first video, then in the second video, he suffered a lot.
(I'm afraid I'll have to make it up tomorrow, but it doesn't matter, the storyline will usher in a small ** from tomorrow, and it's cool to read more chapters together.) Finally asked for a ticket, I haven't asked for a few days~)