Chapter 311: Five Mao Special Effects
Some viewers even feel that films with this level of production can no longer be listed in the category of animated films. Although it still moves the film, it has a realistic painting style and a storyline aimed at adult audiences. Everyone involuntarily extracted it from the genre of cartoons and classified it as an online drama.
In fact, with the development of technology, the boundaries or definitions of animation and film and television have become very blurred.
In the past, animation was actually a moving painting. As for film and television, it is actually a moving picture. It's just that one is drawn and the other is photographed.
With the development of computer CG technology, more and more special effects have been added to more and more film and television dramas, and these special effects are actually animations.
As an example, let's talk about MAYA, a 3D software. It is not only the mainstream software for making cartoons, but also the main software for making film and television special effects.
If you have to classify it, then it may be that the production style is different. The film and television are more realistic, while the animation is more cartoonish.
However, it can't be so absolute, some cartoons tend to be realistic, and some film and television dramas have more cartoon characters.
Therefore, it makes sense for some viewers to say this. But judging from Han Li's definition, this is still a realistic three-dimensional cartoon.
For the amazing word-of-mouth that broke out of this film, in fact, there are also professional film critics who have made relevant summaries.
First of all, this is a military, realistic modern cartoon with a science fiction theme, and it is very pleasing in terms of subject matter and style.
Domestic films about science fiction themes are rare, basically most of them are ancient, martial arts style, or urban dramas, and it is rare to see this kind of science fiction films. Even though it's a cartoon, it's also a magnet for a lot of people to watch.
Regarding the lack of science fiction films in China, on the one hand, it is caused by our culture. No way, the history and culture are so thick that we have always been immersed in this thick and splendid history and culture.
Secondly, it is this kind of historical-themed film, which is easy to shoot and produce. And relatively, the cost is much lower.
Another is that in China, whether it is a cultural circle or a film and television circle, there are very few people engaged in science fiction creation or science fiction film shooting and production, so there are relatively few science fiction themes created.
This has led to a relatively small domestic sci-fi circle, and there are relatively few sci-fi fans. Therefore, many investors and producers are reluctant to take risks to invest in this theme.
In addition, there is a gap in the production level, in terms of technology, there is still a big gap between domestic and foreign countries, especially Hollywood.
Therefore, even if a science fiction film is released in China, it will still be due to insufficient production level, so the market response will be mediocre, resulting in the inability to recover the cost in the end.
So much so that in order to ridicule this inferior special effect, the domestic audience also specially invented a term called "Wumao special effect".
The so-called five-cent special effect, simply explained, is the special effect made by painting five cents.
Of course, it cannot be said that the domestic special effects production technology is so unbearable, in fact, it is still a matter of capital investment.
There's no way, this is the situation in China, and I want to invite big stars to come to any film. So much so that the cost of hiring a star accounts for more than 80% of the cost of the entire film, and the rest of the money is the money for making this film. And in the end, it was very little assigned to the special effects.
So it can only be how much money you have, how much special effects you make.
As for cartoons, this is even more so, some films even spend a lot of money to invite celebrities to dub in order to chew their heads, and are unwilling to invest money in production.
Therefore, the quality of this type of film produced in this way can be imagined.
So at this time, Han Li's cartoon came out, which can be said to be very special, and it attracted the attention and enthusiasm of many audiences at once.
Sometimes the popularity of a film or a person may be overnight.
is also because of the popularity of these people, the cartoon "War Era" has just been updated for two weeks, and it has become popular on the Internet directly. And it is called by some good deeds, one of the most unmissable films in the new year.
is also driven by the word-of-mouth of so many netizens, and the number of views of this film on the three major video websites has also soared.
In just two weeks, all three major video sites claimed that the film had more than 200 million views on their respective platforms. In this way, the total number of views on the whole network has exceeded 600 million, and on average, each episode has 300 million clicks.
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this data must have been watered.
However, through network activity and surveys of related companies, the comprehensive number of hits on the Internet for this film has also exceeded 300 million, which is definitely a good data.
Because of this proud achievement, Han Li's company PS-CC Zhige, as well as Han Li's company owner Zhige, who has always been reluctant to show up, have once again become a hot topic among the people.
Some venture capital companies have evaluated their company, PS-CC Zhige. According to the company's inherent property, such as the newly purchased land, as well as the company's fixed assets, work IP, and development potential.
The final valuation given by the venture capital company was about 800 million, compared with the previous valuation of 500 million yuan given by the venture capital company, and the valuation rose by 300 million in less than half a year.
Since investment companies are optimistic about the development of their companies, many well-known venture capital firms and funds have come to the door again. In addition to venture capital, there are some other companies that are also very interested in them, such as a certain news, for whom they have never given up the acquisition of Han Li's company.
However, Han Li refused one by one. Only he knows the company's development prospects, so it is impossible for him to let these foreign funds tie his hands and feet.
So just when the War Era began to be released, Han Li began to be anxious, and the members of the animation project department began to lay out the company's new animation projects in the new year.
That's right, the release date of "Age of War" is December 25 of the year 10, which is Christmas in the West.
So after two weeks of updates, the time has come to 2011.
The new year means a new beginning, so for this new year's works, Han Li attaches great importance to it.
In addition, this new year is also the most critical year for the development of their company. If this year develops well, then they can really gain a firm foothold in the industry and consolidate their current leading position.
If there is any deviation that hinders development, then they are likely to be like some animation companies, like a popular star across the sky.
And there are too many such examples, such as companies that make sheep, companies that make red cats. It's all from the infinite limelight to the disappearance of the back.