Chapter 218: Special Effects
The picture that Yingshuai showed to Lao Cui is the scene of the fight, don't look at this short dozens of seconds of footage, in fact, it took nearly a year before and after, in fact, Yingshuai has been planning and preparing since the acquisition of Industrial Light and Magic, and finally fulfilled his mission and completely calmed everyone, Yingshuai has begun to imagine the sensation when this film is released.
Yingshuai, Lasseter and Dennis, two technical maniacs, studied the compositional characteristics of oriental magic together, and finally studied that the film needed a large number of dynamic shots, which could only be achieved in an optical way.
One of them was a "clumsy" and time-consuming "stop-motion" technique: they made a detailed miniature, broke down the coherent movements of the miniatures into 24 frames per second, shot them separately, and then reprinted them onto film film.
Of course, no matter how detailed the stop-motion animation is, it is difficult to achieve a smooth flight effect when shooting the image of Edgeworth's flight. So they came up with a computer-programmed motion-controlled camera that would produce convincing relative motion between the lens and the miniature, and most importantly, that the computer would record the camera's motion data for multiple shots and accurate compositing of other images in post-production.
As a director who is accustomed to CG technology in the original time and space, Yingshuai also suggested that the Industrial Light & Magic team join the blue screen technology to shoot complex dynamic scenes, such as the chase between the old demon of Montenegro and Yan Chixia that Yingshuai took out this time.
This needs to shoot different moving objects in layers, but under the condition that this world's digital synthesis has not yet sprouted, they can only reprint the layered pictures many times, and then superimpose them, without mature CG technology, the required accuracy is unimaginable in any previous film, which is also the reason why Lao Cui and the others were dumbfounded.
"Ying Shao, just tell me how much money you are going to burn this film?" Li Xingyun, a capitalist, has already begun to consider the cost, and she believes that the cost of this kind of picture effect is not small.
"It's expected to be around 120 million," Ying Shuai smiled and said lightly, "Of course, this doesn't take into account the salaries of big-name actors, but I think I have to find Zhang Guorong for such a big production, I believe that after the success of the God of Gamblers, his box office influence will be revealed." ”
"Wouldn't the production cost alone go to more than 150 million?" Li Xingyun gave Yingshuai a roll of the eyes that you really dare to think.
However, she vented her dissatisfaction, but she also knew that with the expansion of the company's scale, it can no longer pursue small and large productions as before, and large-scale productions with large input and output are also necessary, but film companies that die on large-scale productions abound.
For example, the 1995 pirate movie "Cut Throat Island" brought down Carlock, an independent production company that once produced "Terminator 2" and "Instinct", after the previous box office success, the head spent 98 million yuan to create this failed pirate story, and the production of the pirate ship alone cost 5 million dollars.
The film was handed over to Renny Haring, who started making horror films, to direct, and all of them were shot on water, but the script was too rough, and the film had to find someone to rewrite the script soon after filming started, and the production period was delayed for 2 years and 10 months.
However, the box office of this film, which cost almost more than 100 million, was only 10 million, (this was 100 million moldy yuan in 95, and the house price in the magic capital was only a few hundred square meters at that time), so the company was completely rectified.
However, Li Xingyun didn't worry about bankruptcy, firstly, the investment is not large, 150 million plus Xuanfa is estimated to be more than 200 million, and secondly, the name of the handsome is worth 500 million at the box office, and I haven't seen that literary films like Fatal Gold are properly over 400 million.
And if this film is successful, the reputation it will bring to Yingshuai Pictures is far from being comparable to 200 million, this is an epoch-making special effects scene, and it may really be the same as Lao Cui said, this is a film that wants to create an era.
"Okay, you can just waste, just don't bankrupt the company. Although he agreed in his heart, Li Xingyun still had to scold him with two words on his mouth.
Yingshuai was happy, so he continued: "Next year, I plan to focus on shooting this book, and I promised Xinghe to help them direct a few films, maybe the focus will be on Europe, and when A Chinese Ghost Story is finished, I will go there." ”
This is something that everyone has known for a long time, Yingshuai's payment has been settled, and more than 200 cinemas in Galaxy have also been obtained, but these theaters will not be included in Yingshuai Pictures, but will establish a new company with the theaters divided from Yingshuai Pictures.
The cinema chain on the Galaxy side is delivered so neatly, and Li Xingyun's face is in it, it is not easy for Yingshuai to delay it for too long, and he also intends to open up outside, this world Hollywood is far less powerful than the original time and space. As the second largest economy, although the mold country regards Daming as an opponent, it has no resistance to the original time and space of Daming culture, so Yingshuai feels that this North American market can be engaged.
Of course, he will not directly let Yingshuai Pictures enter the moldy country, so the chances of winning are not great, so even if Li Changfeng does not mention it, he will find a breakthrough from the Euro Bar and seize the North American market in a roundabout way, after all, European and American races are close, and European films are more affinity in North America.
After talking about next year's movie layout, Yingshuai continued to talk about the TV series, and the third part of Condor Shooting naturally had to continue filming, but Lao Cui didn't have time to direct, so he recommended Liu Yun.
Yingshuai has not heard of the original time and space, but the second part of the later part of the Condor is directed by him alone, and his skills are passable, and he will not be superstitious about the memory of the original time and space, after all, the film and television industry actually attaches equal importance to strength and opportunity, and he knows many talented directors who are unknown because of lack of opportunities.
In addition to the Condor Shooting, Bao Qingtian has already filmed two units, and will also focus on promoting them next year.
After Wei Jiahui finished filming the big era, he also saved a script, which is also a fashion drama about the entanglement of two families, "Intolerable Love", which is now in the process of intense casting, and the two leading actors are naturally the company's two popular students, Huang Xuan and Hu Ge.
Xiao Xiaoyuan also wrote a TV series script "The Inside of the Law", which is still being improved, but Yingshuai doesn't mind letting newcomers practice.
"What do you think about variety shows and program production?"
Yingshuai remembered the big gold mine variety show in the original time and space, and the running man and the like were all in his head, this time and space Goryeo is just a province in the Ming Dynasty, and the plug-in of the first nation in the universe has not yet been developed, isn't it a waste if these variety shows are not excavated.
"Generally, TV stations produce their own products, and they rarely buy out, like the super boy you planned before, that kind of situation is different. Li Xingyun is not optimistic.
Yingshuai also remembered that the variety shows in this time and space are equivalent to the level of the original time and space in the nineties, and these shows are indeed a bit rushed, so they have to give up for the time being.
"Okay, next year's plan is these for the time being, then I'll take a leave of absence, and I'll come back when the God of Gamblers wants to publicize. Ying Shuai smiled.
"What! you're still going to play vanishing!" the six demon grabs grabbed at him together.