After all the scenes were concentrated and prioritized for filming, Lin Yuan had already filmed all the scenes in "Love Through the Millennium" on May 27.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are still a few days to join the group of "Wolf Warrior 2", Lin Yuan finally has time to go to Jiaodong International Cinema to take a look at the layout of the studio.

In addition, the full version of the animation demo has also been produced, as long as Lin Yuan does not make any changes on a whim during the filming process, watching the animation demo is basically equivalent to watching the whole film of "Pacific Rim".

After watching the demo, Zhang Zhening, the producer sent by Penguin Films, felt that this idea was particularly good, although the cost of 132 minutes of simple animation was as high as more than 12 million, which made Zhang Zhening feel that [Source Project] was not reporting false accounts.

But see that this contains the day? After the team's design fee, Zhang Zhening instantly felt that it was worth it! And if the production and post-production can be carried out strictly according to this demo, the time and money saved will definitely be ten times the money spent!

Such a good idea, why don't other crews adopt it?

As soon as this doubt surfaced in Zhang Zhening's mind, he shook his head and cleared it up.

That's right, not that director is as "strange" as Lin Yuan who cooperated with him this time, before the movie started, he could figure out what the effect he wanted was, and then use animation to make it.

Before Zhang Zhening was poached by Penguin Pictures, he worked at Bona Film for many years and participated in the production of as many as 12 films.

One of the most tortuous movies is "The Grandmaster" by the Magic Mirror King.

After nearly 10 years of preparation, the Magic Mirror King was officially launched at the end of 09. Zhang Zhening, who was a production assistant at the time, originally thought that "The Grandmaster" could be completed in May 10.

As a result, the Magic Mirror King is worthy of being a god, and the scenes that were originally filmed very smoothly were not filmed, and there was no problem with the actors' performances, but the Magic Mirror King would sometimes suddenly sit there in a daze without saying a word, and after half an hour, he announced that today's filming was suspended and that he would go back to change the script.

A movie was filmed from the end of 09 to the end of 12, during which the crew changed one after another, if Bona didn't allow it, Zhang Zhening would probably have gone on strike.

After that, Zhang Zhening decided that he would never cooperate with this kind of god-man director again.

Although most directors are far from being as chatty as the Magic Mirror King, it would be unrealistic for them to determine the picture of the movie before filming started.

And the proportion of special effects in most domestic movies is not high, and it seems that there is no need to make a demo in advance.

...

When Lin Yuan came to the International Studio, a large group of staff were unloading from a large truck parked at the entrance of the studio.

"What's this?"

Lin Yuan looked at Wang Xuebo, who was standing at the door of the studio and didn't know what he was thinking, pointed to the cardboard box placed on the ground, and asked curiously.

"Boss, here!"

Wang Xuebo was woken up by Lin Yuan from his daze, looked at the cardboard boxes in one place, and said with a smile:

"It's all second-hand monitors, and there is an Internet café in the city to update the equipment, so I bought all the monitors they eliminated, and it only cost 50,000 yuan for 200 monitors."

"Good comrade!"

Lin Yuan patted Wang Xuebo's shoulder and sighed.

Although even if you buy a brand new monitor, because the monitor doesn't need to be too high-definition, 1000 yuan is enough for one piece.

200 monitors are only 200,000, and the remaining 150,000 is insignificant in the face of the production cost of 600 million.

But this way of saving starts little by little, Lin Yuan agrees. On the premise of not affecting the quality of the whole film, save a little here and there, maybe a little bit can save two or three million.

Isn't it fragrant to save money for publicity and ticket compensation?

No matter how rich Lin Yuan is, he can't do it without putting two or three million in his eyes.

It has been two years since he returned to China, and Lin Yuan has spent more than two million dollars on clothing and food.

"By the way, boss, there is another piece of news that you need to decide."

"What?"

"Penguin Pictures' producer Zhang said that he could help rent the [ArriAlexa65IMAX Special Edition] that just came out last year..."

"Holy! So fierce? ”

The news that Wang Xuebo said directly frightened Lin Yuan!

It's a huge gimmick to be able to shoot movies with IMAX cameras these days!

Don't look at the IMAX concept has appeared for so many years, there are more than 600 IMAX theaters in China.

But up to now, the vast majority of movies have been shot with other cameras and then converted into IMAX format through post-production methods.

There are only nine movies that are actually shot with IMAX film cameras: "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Transformers 2", "Mission Impossible 4", "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", "Star Trek: Dark", "The Hunger Games: Spark in the Plains", "Interstellar", "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and "Batman v Superman".

Due to the high production cost of IMAX film cameras, IMAX has only built two of them, which are only rented but not sold, and even the film can only use special [IMAX15/65mm film].

The daily rent of the IMAX film machine is far from clear, but after making a movie, the price of film alone will cost more than 10 million.

Moreover, if you want to really see the effect of the film shot by the film machine, you must use film copy when projecting, not digital copy.

A [15/65] film copy costs as much as 170,000 yuan, while a digital copy costs only 8,000 yuan.

So even if he gave Lin Yuan ten dares, he didn't dare to think that he would be able to make a movie with an IMAX film camera in his life.

When Lin Yuan filmed "You from the Star", "Langya Bang" and "Love Through the Millennium", the cameras used Panasonic AK series high-definition cameras purchased by Great Aim Uniformly.

When filming "No Man's Land" and "Living Together in Time and Space", three REDONE were rented through light.

IN FACT, WHETHER IT IS IN CHINA OR LOOKING AT THE WORLD, REDONE IS ALREADY A VERY TOP-LEVEL EQUIPMENT, AND MANY SMALL AND MEDIUM-COST MOVIES CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO SHOOT REDONE.

Not to mention like Lin Yuan, he used three red dots at a time.

For the filming of "Pacific Rim" this time, Lin Yuan originally planned to use REDONE for machines, but it was enough to take the lens to a higher level as a whole, and then rent a set of fourth-generation [MOCO] with industrial multi-axis interpolation technology.

Even with such specifications, plus lighting, recording and other equipment, the daily equipment rent of the crew is as high as 390,000, and judging from the estimated 70-day actual filming period, the equipment rental expenditure alone is close to 30 million.

The ArriAlexa65 IMAX Special Edition is the only IMAX2D digital camera jointly developed by IMAX and Arri last year, and it is currently the only movie in the world that uses this camera in the "Captain America 3" movie.

Lin Yuan doesn't know how much the rental of this equipment is, but if you use an IMAX camera to shoot, the 26% more picture after the aspect ratio is expanded, which will improve the visual effect of the picture and give the audience a stronger and greater visual impact, while it will also increase the overall budget of the film.

But "Pacific Rim", a commercial blockbuster that focuses on visual effects, can be on IMAX but not on it, let alone the audience, Lin Yuan himself will not forgive himself!

"The producer of Penguin Pictures is called Zhang Zhening, right?"

Lin Yuan tried his best to suppress his excitement, and after stabilizing his breath, he said:

"Is he in Jiaodong now?"

"Yes, I was still in the shed just now."

"Quick, take me to him."

Lin Yuan pushed Wang Xuebo and said as he walked into the studio.