"Andrew wants you to have time to go and see it, after all, the whole film is made according to your design, and Andrew feels that you need to see it more."

After Daniel acquired a 20% stake in Weta Digital, he began to think about the animation department, as far as he was concerned, talents, funds, opportunities, etc., all need to wait, but the film, he can take it out of his head, so in fact, he started writing this film very early, and the script was of course the first to come out. And then there are some picture scripts that resemble storyboards - his attainments in oil painting make these scripts actually very ornamental. On and off until Jean Andrew. Stanton joined, and he took out the things, formed the people and started doing it. Animal Logic and Weta Digital are all involved in the new project, and in addition, Andrew also brought a few people from Pixar to form a team of 18 people, with Andrew himself as the director.

In the end, the script was still with Andrew. Stanton came together, which made Daniel also sigh inexplicably.

The film "Robot Story", which was made by Andrew, is now back in his hands after going around and around, and Daniel can't help but sigh secretly, although others don't know.

When Daniel handed Andrew the story of Vali the robot, he looked at him like a madman.

Daniel wrote the script and even drew the storyboard, basically doing more than half of what an animation director does.

A cartoon can be as little as one or two years or as much as four or five years. Blue Sky Works' famous "Ice Age" took more than three years, and if it weren't for the defeat of Fox's "Frozen World" and the elimination of their animation department, they might not have been able to make it to the end. That is, like animal logic, Blue Sky may be taken over by another company, or simply resell half of the film to Disney or DreamWorks. Both Fox and Blue Sky are lucky, so there will be new forces in the field of animation.

The reason why cartoons take so much time, on the one hand, of course, a lot of computer work takes a long time, and it doesn't go well. Often, it takes a week to render a picture, and an ordinary action may require dozens of special effects shots, which is very time-consuming, which basically takes about one-third or two-fifths of the overall time. The other half lies in the fact that there is a lot of useless work - to say that they are useless jobs means that these jobs will not eventually be reflected in the finished film, but they are inevitable for the formation of the film.

For example, when you do this plot, you find that there is a bug, or there is a better way. Then overturn and redo, sometimes this overthrow is from the main line to make changes, and then half of the past, or even more than half of the work is in vain. This is also the difference between animation and live-action films, you find that the live-action film is wrong when editing, you can't ask everyone to reshoot it once, even if it is halfway through the shooting, you don't think it's good, and the investors and producers won't allow you to reshoot. Cartoons are not, before they are produced. It's all changeable, as long as there's enough money, and all the staff members reserve all their time for the project – unlike actors who have schedules and self-will.

Therefore, Daniel provided Andrew with a mature script, as well as a storyboard that was incomplete, but the main line was extremely clear, which was enough to reduce the time and cost of "Robot Story" by more than half.

The total cost of the whole film is about $55 million, and it lasted a year.

In Hollywood cartoons, it can be regarded as a typical example of affordable and time-consuming.

However, this operation method is not very repeatable. First of all, Daniel is very familiar with Vali's previous life, and he likes this work very much. But he rarely watches cartoons like research, so maybe he can give scripts and styles for other projects. But I couldn't draw a detailed storyboard. In this way, the cost and time savings are much more limited, and 20% to 30% can be skyrocketing.

But everything went well with "Robot Story", which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he had a successful work and a good start. A lot of times it's half the battle.

"Preparations were made for the establishment of the animation department of DD Pictures."

Kusa nodded, this is an inevitable move, and it is definitely not possible to be so unclear now. Now DD Pictures has taken MGM, and the animation department has also completed a work, and both sides are ready. This time is considered the most suitable time, not to mention, Daniel has his own considerations.

……

Before his first college summer break, Daniel took the time to visit Heath. Ledger's class. This is definitely a very, very sincere move, first of all, he is really busy, and secondly, he has no special friendship with An Li and Focus Pictures, the company that was born last year was reorganized by Good Machine Pictures, which was responsible for the North American distribution of "The Pianist", but "The Pianist" was not invested by DD Pictures.

"Brokeback Mountain" originally invited Heath. Ledger and Daniel. Sandler, but the latter refused--when Jack. When Gyllenhaal took over, Daniel's decision was heavily praised. Because Jack's decision made many media assert that he made the most wrong decision in his career, which would ruin his future, relatively speaking, Daniel, who refused to star, of course, avoided a "trap" that ruined his future!

Moreover, since the filming of "Brokeback Mountain", it has been condemned by many groups, and the theme of homosexuality is not a taboo topic in the United States, but it is definitely not positive. Anti-gay groups, including religious groups, are very strong and vocal in their voices. Daniel is often talked about by them, which makes Daniel actually very uneasy.

He has no objection to "Brokeback Mountain", and he didn't act just because there was no need to challenge his image, and this was not an opportunity to change his acting skills, not for other reasons. But in reality, many people have given his decision some color, which he does not want to see. Because it may have caused more obstacles to the already difficult "Brokeback Mountain", his huge influence made it impossible for him to ignore it.

In addition to this, the original filming of "Brokeback Mountain" was planned for the second half of last year, but due to the hesitation of the focus and Daniel's decision, the project was delayed and is almost nearing the end.

Because of these myriad reasons, in his and Hiss. Ledger's occasional chance to call, he was sure he was going to visit the class.

It was also an opportunity for Daniel to explain to the outside world that he had no negative views of the gay community at all, and that as a director of the Equal Power Coalition, an affirmative action group, it was clear that he could not have kept himself in some kind of tendentious speculation.

Flying from Los Angeles to Canenaskis, Alberta, Canada, was not a short journey, and Daniel hadn't left around Los Angeles in months, and this time it was a deliberate gesture that made his message stronger.

Coincidentally, Daniel meets the brilliance of the whole play, and a scene where Jack and Ensny cross the taboo is being filmed in the mountains.

So he didn't get to the scene - it was already cleared.

"It's been a whole day."

Entertaining Daniel were the film's two leading actresses, Michelle. Williams and Anne. Hathaway, the former didn't know each other before, but the latter was more or less related, Anne had a foothold in Hollywood, trained in copper skin and iron bones, and was not shy about the previous proposal to have a man-made relationship with Daniel.

Heartily, Daniel began to wonder if he was too careful.

The climate of this small town in the Rocky Mountains is perfect for filming, even if there is still snow at the end of May, the clear blue sky makes Daniel, who has been in Los Angeles, feel relaxed for a long time.

The footage of "Brokeback Mountain" is very beautiful, which is of course related to the photographer and An Lee, but it is even more closely related to the beautiful Alberta.

The film's producer, CEO of Focus Pictures, James Brown. Shams drove around the town with Michelle, Hathaway, Daniel, and Miller.

"If you come a little later, in July, we can go to Calgary to see the Stampede, it's huge."

"Are you going to shoot until July?"

"......" James had to swallow his own words, which made the two ladies in the car laugh.

In fact, James is so enthusiastic, of course, because he also knows what Daniel's arrival means, and what good news it is for "Brokeback Mountain". Not just not opposed, but even turned to support.

After a walk through Alberta's grey mountains and deserted taiga, it was already dark when I returned to my accommodation.

Everyone gathered around and had a good meal, and people in the entertainment industry became familiar with it easily, and after eating this meal, everyone became friends.

Gyllenhaal is actually more well-known than Hiss, but Ennis's role has more room to play, so An Lee spent a little more time choosing Hiss and earlier. With the box office of 500 million in "The Day After Tomorrow", Gyllenhaal can be regarded as the top group of actors in Hollywood of this age.

Two people from Jennifer. Aniston began to talk about it, they have all worked with her, in Hollywood, two strangers chat, there are rarely times when they can't talk, because the circle above is actually not big, I have also worked with the actors you have worked with, and I may have filmed the directors you have filmed, so it can always be a topic.

But Daniel and Ann Lee talk a little more.

And it's about An Lee's not-so-pleasant experience - "Hulk". (To be continued.) )

PS: Third update.

Thank you, my new helmsman, for the eternal depravity and the grass that loves rabbits