Chapter 706: Five-Cent Special Effects

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"A true hero needs more than just combat effectiveness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Duke raised his right hand and pointed to his chest, "and a determined mind. ”

According to the setting of the script, Ferrosa is a man of action, and behind a series of actions, there is an incomparably strong heart.

After so many years of bombardment of superhero movies, topics such as "Batman and Iron Man fight each other, who will win" seem to never go out of style, and for superheroes, everyone's focus seems to be on combat effectiveness. The rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutations, those with superpowers, and those without superpowers have to spend money, in short, superheroes are a group of guys who can fight better than ordinary people.

However, don't forget, supervillains are also a group of guys with money and superpowers, even more awesome than the protagonist, whether it's a ninja master, a bald man, a hydra, or Ultron, which one isn't spending money to catch up with the protagonist's team?

Heroes become heroes not only because of their combat effectiveness, but also because they have a strong heart.

Although this sentence is clichΓ©, it is precisely this that makes Iron Man give up his identity as a weapons dealer and put on iron armor, let Batman unmask Playboy and become a dark knight, and let Spider-Man be so poor that he still works in class to save the world.

It is not because they are stronger than ordinary people that they want to protect the world, but because they have strong faith and determination to fight for it, they strive to become stronger.

Hear this, Charlize? Theron showed a thoughtful look and thought for a few minutes before saying, "Ferrosa can be said to be one of the best female characters I have ever met, and it is true that as you said, the role is outstanding not because she is more combative, but because she is in the movie, first of all, as an independent. It's not a person who appears to fall in love with the male protagonist, and secondly, it's a woman. ”

"Fury Road" is definitely the opposite of today's popular sci-fi movies, even Duke has to admit that even Natasha, who has appeared in the Marvel series continuously and is extremely important to the entire series? Agent Normanoff, in fact, is also a foil to the men. In the two movies she appears in, the world is saved without Black Widow.

And the image of Black Widow is also quite simple and "beautiful and sexy" - the audience's impression of Black Widow is that "convex and backward, with a good figure, superior combat power and cool personality", is such a stereotype, and does not consider the practical problem of whether it will be inconvenient for people to dress like this on the battlefield.

However, Ferrosa is different, Duke has already planned for it, although she has a beautiful face throughout the film. but cut a big bald head; Although he has long legs, he is wrapped in pants and does not show it once.

Basically, her treatment and Tom, who has a muscular body but never bursts his shirt? Cruise is the same, and the plot line basically has nothing to do with whether she is a girl or not, and she cooperates tacitly with the male protagonist, even more brilliant, and it is very reasonable not to fall in love at the critical moment of the war.

In the last few years of Duke, why do countless fans like the male characters in YY superhero movies? Because of the tacit understanding of only handing over your back to you for protection at the moment of life and death, and you charging into battle and my long-range sniping, it is much more touching than the heroes saving the princess and then pretending to come with a shot!

Subsequently. Duke vs. Charlize? Theron went to the stunt department together, and the robotic arm designed specifically for Charlize in proportions was ready.

With the help of two staff members, Charlize? Theron put on the mechanical prosthetic hand.

She flipped her prosthetic arm and looked at it, and said to Duke, "I'm not just bald, I'm going to have a broken arm." ”

Duke shrugged. But she didn't answer her words, in fact, the truth is very simple, a woman can climb to such a high position in the apocalyptic world, and she must pay more than a man.

These settings are also very much in line with the usual path of Hollywood movies. In Hollywood movies, the future is either a rosy mess or a post-apocalyptic madness.

Send Charlize away? Theron, Duke summoned Anna again? Prinz and the others went to the film room, watched the video of the second audition together, and determined the remaining main actors.

The five angels from Victoria's Secret were unanimously approved first, and the biggest role of these characters in the film is embellishment.

The personnel of the remaining two important roles are also basically determined, James? Franco starred in 'Sons of War' Nux, Anthony? Hopkins plays the villain boss Immortal Old Joe.

Of course, all of this has to be in Charles? Rowan negotiated with their agent before it could be determined.

There are almost so few literary scenes in this film that they can be ignored, and almost all the preliminary work is in preparation for action scenes.

After getting Duke's approval, various prop cars quickly transferred to the modification stage, but the huge amount of more than 150 vehicles is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, and Duke also left enough time for the props team and other departments, as long as it is completed before the start of filming in December.

"Fury Road" wants to catch up with the Cannes Film Festival next May, and the time is still a little tight, and Duke has reserved 80 days for the film, but many important stunts need to be filmed on location, and he is ready to shoot it on time.

Such a film is much more complicated to shoot than those green screen films.

Duke is not averse to green screen CG technology, and he is very supportive of this technology that streamlines the filming process, which also represents the future direction.

The development of film has always been closely related to the progress of science and technology, just like the progress of productivity, which no one can stop.

However, CG special effects that are good enough often cost more money than shooting on location.

As we all know, making CGI special effects for movies is a very money-burning thing, but specifically, where is all this money spent? How much does it cost a movie to make satisfying special effects?

There are many places where it costs money to make movie special effects, and the largest proportion of them is labor costs. For big productions like Pirates of the Caribbean and Spider-Man, post-production often uses teams of hundreds of people.

In Hollywood, many large-investment movie special effects are handled by ten, or even more than 20 special effects companies and studios, many of whom are animators and compositors with many years of work experience, and the salary will definitely not be low.

At the same time, the production cycle of quite a few films can be as long as several years, and the cost is naturally indispensable.

To put it simply, good special effects are piled up with money.

In the country where Duke once lived, countless movies and TV series were complained about as five-cent special effects, but in fact, the gap in the middle did not come entirely from technology.

Many of Hollywood's special effects companies outsource their projects to studios around the world, some of which are produced on the other side of the Pacific, and the technical factor is not the key.

Duke, who has worked in the industry on the other side of the strait, is well aware of two main sources of disparity.

The first is capital, looking at the world, it is impossible for any country's films to reach the investment level of mainstream Hollywood production, and the market and audience of these films also determine that it is impossible for film companies to invest so much money, and capital is the key to making special effects.

The second is the production concept, which has a greater impact than the funding.

In mainstream Hollywood productions, replacing live-action shooting with a green screen often means more money, post-production time, and the need for better images; In Duke's industry, when there was a problem of difficulty and cost a lot of money in the construction of the live action, the director or producer would use CGI special effects technology, which in their preconceived notion was just an alternative way to save time and money, and the final effect can be imagined.

One of the most interesting things about the special effects industry is that if you want to achieve 80% of the quality, 20% of the money and time may be enough, but often the final 20% of the quality will cost 80% of the time and money!

It can be said that filming only takes up a very short time in the production cycle of the film, even for people like Duke who can cheat, they have to consume several times the time of shooting in pre-preparation and post-production, and sometimes he also wants to know, how did the legendary directors who did not need to participate in pre-production and only had a few weeks of post-production succeed?

It's even more fantastic than a fantasy.

Where is it possible for a film like "Transformers" to have such excellent special effects without perfect preparation and a lot of time?

The film officially dropped off North America in early November, and after more than five months of screening, the film took $461.55 million from the North American market, which is good enough for a non-sequel film.

Although "Transformers" did not perform as well as "The Dark Knight" in the North American market, it was significantly more popular in overseas markets, and the film has earned $768.77 million overseas since its release, thus pushing the global box office over the $1.2 billion mark to $1,230.32 million, surpassing the global box office figure of "The Dark Knight" in one fell swoop.

And the overseas screening of "Transformers" is not over yet, and there is still room for further increase in global box office figures.

In terms of peripherals, the global popularity of "Transformers" has also completely exploded "The Dark Knight", and the different settings and types of the two films determine the treatment they can enjoy in the global market.

There's no denying that The Dark Knight is better and more exciting, and Transformers is heavily popcorn-skewed, but The Dark Knight's overseas box office proves that it is somewhat unaccustomed after leaving North America and the English-speaking region.

The commercial performance of a film is sometimes disproportionate to whether the quality of the film itself is good enough.

Duke is well aware that the commercial success of "Fury Road" will not be comparable to that of "Transformers" or "The Dark Knight", but the film can also find a sufficient audience, and making a profit is not a problem.

In December, he led a large convoy into New Mexico. (To be continued......)

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