Chapter 384: You're the Big Cow!!
I made an appointment with Spike Lee in the evening, and there was plenty of time.
In the afternoon, Xuluo was going to see his cash cow first, the crew of "Jurassic Park".
James Cameron is a workaholic, and it is said that he has arrested everyone since he started preparing.
The training that the actor should train, the preparation that the staff should prepare, he himself is either staring at the production of those dinosaur models, or staring at the CGI production of the computer.
Usually some people confuse GI, but the two actually look at the name, and it is the relationship between the general category and the classification.
puterGraphs, which essentially translates to "computer graphics", but many people like to call them "computer animation" or "computer animation" or "computer stunts".
CG generally includes all image fields of computer applications, such as design, graphics, procedural graphics, as well as various medical physics simulation evolution, as well as AI artificial intelligence fields, etc., can be covered in the field of CG.
puterGeedIges, translated as "computer-generated images", is generally referred to as "computer imaging", basically all the pictures we watch about the images are more or less CGI technology, not to mention blockbusters.
Of course, now if you want to say how advanced these two technologies are, that's nonsense.
Many computer programmers are still working hard, and progress is very slow.
Some professional special effects studios even have exclusive software design and talent, so as to ensure that computer CGI can barely keep up with the times.
In general, it's not widely used, and it's still a labor-intensive industry - don't laugh, it really takes hundreds of computer crews to work together to make a CGI rendering.
James Cameron was a pioneer in this regard.
His robot killer in "Terminator" and liquid robot killer in "Terminator 2" were all done through a large number of models and computer CGI technology.
Therefore, Xuluo chose him, and he really chose the right person.
Of course, Spielberg is not bad.
《. The CGI shot of a little boy flying to the moon on a bicycle must be forever in history.
James Cameron chose to shoot on a small island in Hawaii, where his assistants are now doing some of the necessary infrastructure.
Including equipment handling, site construction, etc., it will take at least two months.
As for why you chose a place so far away from Hawaii instead of the Caribbean Sea near Mi Country.
The reason is actually very simple, Hawaii has a lot of discounts and subsidies for crews who shoot like this.
James Cameron himself took advantage of the time it took to build the location to prepare himself in Los Angeles, in a huge industrial shed in the suburbs.
This is where the special effects company does all kinds of dinosaur shapes, and it is also where he trains the actors.
When Xuluo came over, he saw hundreds of people busy working.
Just as he was about to ask James where Cameron was, he heard the sound of the horn being enlarged.
"You, get this shit out of me! Bastard, what are you doing here?"
"And you, Hank! How many times have I told you, you can't do this, hurry up and restore me, FK!"
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"Yellow, you're doing a good job, but can't you make this mouth bigger when you step on the horse? Isn't it a dinosaur called XX?"
"Jason, I'm going to kill you! I swear I'm going to kill you...... What about my plaster? Where's my paint?"
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All right.
You don't have to look for it, just follow the sound.
James Cameron and others are now outside.
Xuluo saw dozens of dinosaur models of various sizes around him.
These dinosaur models are very realistic, except that they are not painted with color, and the stones
They are made of anointment, including Tyrannosaurus rex with a body length of more than ten meters, and pterosaurs with wings of more than ten meters...... Wait a minute.
Next to the model there are large and small shelves and ladders.
James Cameron and the others stood next to them, like little ants.
Xu Luo also took the time to see that dozens of meters away from here, there were still many actors and crews, doing various training.
It's too far away, and I can't see clearly whether Hui Yinghong is here.
Hui Yinghong's attitude is very correct, she has already carried out physical strengthening training before coming, and after arriving in Mi Country in June, she also trained by herself while waiting for James Cameron's call.
Although she plays a female scientist, and humans and dinosaurs have no ability to fight at all, so fitness is useless.
But after Hui Yinghong read the outline of the script written by Xuluo, she thought that since she wanted to escape to the limit, the necessary actions had to be done by herself, so she actively started training.
Xuluo ignored this, but felt that Hui Yinghong's attitude was very good, and it was what a real actor should do.
Compared to her, her thirteenth aunt is as lazy as a puppy, and she can lie down and never stand.
"Hey, James!"
Chen Xiyue greeted James Cameron loudly.
James Cameron, whose face was originally full of anger and impatience, finally became less tense after seeing Chen Xiyue.
"Hey, Sendy!" James Cameron said, "You better tell me that you have good news for me!"
Chen Xiyue nodded with a smile, approached and pointed at Xuluo and said, "Oh, I brought the screenwriter of "Jurassic Park", what can you communicate with him."
"Void?"
James Cameron's eyes lit up, "Hey! Boss, did you bring me the money I desperately need?"
Xuluo: "......"
He felt like his face was pumping.
Although I know that you have wasted more than 10 million, you don't have to be so blatant and unscrupulous, right? Don't take your budget seriously?
However, thinking of the most important purpose of his visit, Xuluo still smiled and stretched out his hand: "Hello, James, I'm Xuluo, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"There's no need to be so polite."
James Cameron shrugged, but still reached out: "Hello......
"Boom~~"
Countless images and sounds followed.
"Life is a matter of luck."
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"If you jump, I'll jump!"
"Win a ticket and get on this ship...... It's the best thing of my life. It allows me to meet you."
"You're going to get out of danger, you're going to live, you're going to have a lot of children, and you're going to watch them grow up. You will live in peace in your old age, resting in a warm bed / instead of being here tonight, not dying like this."
"I don't even have a picture of him, he only lives in my memory."
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With the melodious sound of Scottish bagpipes in the movie, as well as the high-pitched, ethereal and mournful song, all the images and sounds in front of Xuluo's eyes converge into a movie - "Titan".
Chinese name - "Titanic".
If you want to say how touching the love between Jack and Ruth is, it may not be.
But when they saw that they knew each other and fell in love, and then escaped together, Jack could only stuff Ruth into it because the ambulance boat was not enough, and he sank to the bottom of the sea, Xuluo still couldn't help but be moved.
In the words of their Westerners, this kind of love has nothing to do with life and death, but is higher than life and death.
Jack's kind qualities tell everyone what true selfless love is.
love
Love, coupled with the unprecedented disaster - the scene of the Titanic hitting the iceberg and gradually sinking, can be called a heroic scene that Xuluo has never seen.
For a moment, he thought he had seen what was happening in real history.
No doubt.
He didn't need to be prompted to know that it was James Cameron's work.
There is no other person other than him who has the courage and expense to do such a magnificent and huge scene.
It's amazing!
Previously, Xuluo thought that James Cameron was only suitable for science fiction films, including "The Terminator", "Ultimate2" and "True Lies".
But I didn't expect him to make a romance movie, which was also so good and so heart-wrenching.
"Titanic" is not only a good movie, but also the soundtrack and the theme song are very good.
Such a good movie is made, I can't believe it if I don't kill the Quartet at the Oscars!
Oh yes.
In fact, Xuluo still knows a person.
That's Hornjack.
It just so happened that "Growing Pains" was recorded and broadcast in China, and the little boy in it, Luke Ball, grew up to be this Jack.
Compared to the heroine who is not very good-looking, Jack is really handsome and handsome.
It's a pity that this is a romance movie, and he is too handsome and handsome, I'm afraid he won't get a bonus in awards.
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My mind turned, only to hear James Cameron continue to say, "Boss, you know that making a good movie is the key! Money isn't an issue at all, right? Movies like "Jurassic Park", we have to do our best! Isn't it?"
Xuluo didn't know when he was involved in the funds again.
But "saw" James Cameron's production in "Titanic", and Xuluo immediately woke up, and James Cameron was more important than money.
The genius who can create a movie like "Titanic", will there be fewer good works in the future?
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James Cameron is only 37 years old this year!!
Even if the film was made six or seven years later - judging by Jack's age and appearance, James Cameron was only forty-four or five years old at that time!
He has at least twenty more years to be at his peak!
Investing in such a super director is definitely a big profit.
So Xuluo pretended to think about it, looked at him a few more times, and nodded slowly, "You know, James. Long before Terminator 2 came out, I knew you were a genius!"
Speaking of this, James Cameron remembered that when Chen Xiyue negotiated with him, he deliberately emphasized this point, saying that Xuluo thought he was a film genius who was not inferior to Spielberg.
He was happy then, more than he is now when he hears so many praises.
Because at that time, he was just a second-rate director, far from the level of a first-class director now.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Xuluo is "discerning talents".
James Cameron's expression slowly softened: "Yes, I appreciate your attention, boss...... In addition, you are also a genius, a genius deservedly!"
He is talking about screenwriting, but this also proves Xuluo's achievements in screenwriting.
"So a genius should understand a genius." Xuluo laughed, "How much money do you need? Tell me all at once!"
James Cameron thought that Xuluo would play an emotional offensive, and then he would complain and try to give himself as little money as possible.
But I never expected that Xuluo would have such a generous attitude.
He said tentatively, "Do you think a $60 million budget is too expensive?"
Xuluo looked at him again and shook his head, "If James Cameron thinks it's worth the money, then it's worth it!"
James Cameron was overjoyed: "What do you mean......"
"I agree to dial again
30 million to the crew's account, but don't be happy first...... Xuluo raised his hand and said, "This money still has to be managed by Ms. Chen Xiyue, otherwise I will give it to you, and you will have to spend it again before the filming is finished."
"No! It won't!"
James Cameron smiled from ear to ear.
Although the money is not directly managed by him, but it is all on the crew's account, will it fly away?
Now it's good!
That's a full 60 million dollars, enough for your own fine experiments!
Chen Xiyue listened to the two of them talking next to him, but he didn't stop Xuluo from adding money to James Cameron.
The two of them came today to add money to James Cameron.
The budget of 30 million is not enough, and it is normal to need to add a little more.
The reason why Chen Xiyue didn't agree before was not because she was unwilling, but because she wanted to give this opportunity to Xuluo to do.
It's the same as when he had to wait until Xuluo came, and let him give bonuses to the whole company.
But Chen Xiyue didn't expect that Xuluo actually agreed to increase James Cameron's budget by $30 million in one go.
But at the same time, she also saw that Xuluo valued James Cameron more than she imagined.
Otherwise, with Xuluo's character, he would definitely not increase his money because of the director's complaints.
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Think about it, what harsh treatment Xuluo gave to the actors of "Friends"? What harsh treatment was given to the actors of "The Plastic Surgery Room"?
Such a person can't stop other people's crying, so he adds money?
Therefore, now Chen Xiyue did not have any objection, but chose to respect Xuluo's decision.
James Cameron, who got the money, was in a better mood all of a sudden.
He instructed the staff to rest for fifteen minutes first, and then take Xuluo around to have a look.
It's not just these dinosaur models outside, but also the dinosaur models in the greenhouse.
As a result, there are dozens of workers working on dinosaur models inside.
Looking at these huge models, Xuluo was already imagining the shocking power they would show in the movie.
"Actually, it's because the computer is not advanced enough." While introducing, James Cameron said: "If the computer is advanced enough, we can design and outline dynamic dinosaur models on the computer, and we don't have to be so troublesome."
"Isn't there a special effects studio doing CGI?" Xuluo said about the knowledge he had just learned.
"That's all very basic, and you need to install sensors on these big dinosaurs so that you can capture them in a computer program and then make them." James Cameron said, "As far as I just said, George Lucas's industrial light and magic can't be done alone, you have to add Winston's digital realm, and five or six medium-sized special effects companies to barely be enough, otherwise why am I asking you for so much money?"
Hollywood's No. 1 special effects company is Industrial Light & Magic, and the second is the digital field.
And Winston in the digital field is James Cameron's friend for many years, and the first "Terminator" was the special effect he made, and now "Terminator 2" is still made by him.
James Cameron didn't just ask him to do the special effects of "Jurassic Park", which shows that the special effects envisioned by James Cameron are more dazzling and complex.
This made Xuluo very excited.
Although I don't know if the original "Jurassic Park" was created by James Cameron, even him, the support he received can't compare to what he gave.
That's a $60 million cost!
It may be the most expensive blockbuster cost in Hollywood right now, right?
"The whole shooting time should not be long, after all, the story is not that complicated." James Cameron said as he walked, "It could be done in more than two months!" But the post-production of compositing and special effects will take at least four or five months, and I don't know if I can catch up with next year's summer season."
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It's okay."
Xuluo decompressed him, "If you can't do it in the summer next year, you will have a Christmas file, and if you can't do it in the Christmas file, you will go to the summer file in the future, James, you feel that you have done a good job before giving it to me, I'm not in a hurry!"
James Cameron smiled, "Boss, you're such a good talker! But don't worry, I'm just strict, and I'm not crazy, and the movie should be released on time."
After a pause, he added, "I don't want to spend too much time on a movie, although Jurassic Park is interesting, it should be enough for more than half a year."
"Okay."
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Xuluo didn't say much, anyway, after having the expectation of "Titanic", he also had more patience with James Cameron.
Just like the emperor, Liu Xuande has to look at the thatched house three times, and treat Zhuge Kongming like a teacher.
What if I treat a migrant worker who can earn a lot of money for me, what if I have a slightly better attitude?
The two happened to walk to the place where the actors trained.
In addition to the normal training equipment, there is also a sand field, a water depression, some obstacle traps, and so on.
There are more than a dozen actors in training, and the rest are staff and instructors.
Seeing James Cameron coming, everyone stopped for a while.
"Oh, this is our protagonists, Dr. Grant, Dr. Setler, and Dr. Malcolm...... Dr. Setler, you know." James Cameron introduced, "It's no exaggeration to say that Ms. Megumi is the most capable actress I've ever met! Thank you for introducing her, and I would like to work with her again when I have the opportunity in the future."
Xuluo smiled and hugged Hui Yinghong, and then hurriedly went to shake hands with the two corners.
There was no reaction.
Perhaps because of the butterfly's wings, these two horns are not the previous two at all, not even the original Samuel L. L. Jackson.
This is also from a certain point of view, the original "Jurassic Park" should not be directed and produced by James Cameron.
Everyone heard James Cameron's approval, and no one had jealous eyes on Hui Yinghong, but they all praised and admired.
Thinking about it, Hui Yinghong relied on her desperate spirit to win everyone's recognition.
What a pity!
The actress is not suitable for charging for Chinese movies, otherwise this martial arts actress is also very worthy of Xuluo's praise!
What he can give Hui Yinghong is to build such a platform for her, and let Chen Xiyue pay attention to it in the future, and give her all the roles he can give her, and he has done his best.
So you see!
Xuluo is not a woman who gives all her good roles!
There is Jiang Shan in the front, Lin Qingxia in the front, and Hui Yinghong in the back, they all have nothing to do with Xuluo!
As long as the role fit is high, Xuluo is naturally willing to use them.
After all, this kind of thing is much less important than Xuluo's achievement of wanting to go down in history by relying on movies.
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