January 18, 2009.

Los Angeles, in the Globe post-production data center.

Three or five blonde bearded men were chatting as they stared at the rendering progress on their computers.

"Cameron is such a genius!"

"Avatar is crazy, and now all major companies in Hollywood are predicting that it is not a problem for the North American box office of this film to break 600 million, and 700 million may also be possible."

"What's even more amazing is that the box office performance of this film overseas is even better than that of North America."

"God, I really don't understand, there are few IMAX theaters in other countries, and they can't see the full version of "Avatar", how can they be so popular with this movie?"

"Maybe that's the charm of Cameron, and the charm of the world's first 3DIMAX movie."

"Twentieth Century Fox was so lucky."

"It can't be said that "Avatar" has been preparing for several years just in preparation, spending a lot of money, and overspending many times during filming, but Fox still made additional investments, and they have the courage to get a good return."

"I've heard that Cameron's virtual camera is the first of its kind in a space where actors perform in an open space without physical objects, but on the images presented by the monitors, the actors are already in a gorgeous alien world."

"In addition, motion capture technology and expression capture technology are new breakthroughs in the technical field of "Avatar".

"I heard from a friend in the later stage of "Avatar" that "Avatar" consumes an average of 40,000 man-hours per frame, and 60% of the content is synthesized by CG."

"There are so many new technologies and new equipment used in this movie, and Cameron is really bold!"

Everyone is getting more and more excited about the discussion, and "Avatar" is definitely a feast for people who do film technology.

The film uses innovative facial capture headsets, innovative motion capture technology, new camera systems, and newly developed virtual cameras, and each breakthrough is a new precedent.

Even if "Interstellar" was also shot with a 3DIMAX camera, Wu Yuan did not have the kind of virtual camera developed by Cameron, when he was shooting, all he could see in the monitor was the green screen, and he had to rely on his own imagination to make up for it, and then paste CG synthesis in the later stage.

This kind of scene can be displayed on the monitor while shooting after the special effects are composited, and only Cameron's "Avatar" has done it in the whole world.

This technology eventually became the cornerstone of Hollywood's series of superhero movies.

"Although 'Interstellar' doesn't use as much new technology as 'Avatar', I believe that this film can win by its depth."

The two special effects artists in charge of CG synthesis looked at each other and smiled.

As we all know, Cameron is not very good at storytelling, and his film stories are just how simple they are, and they can only do a single-line narrative.

In terms of the movie's story line and artistic depth, Wu Yuan's "Interstellar" is indeed beating Avatar, and the degree of hard science fiction of this movie is also higher than that of "Avatar".

"However, if the story is too deep, it will not sell well at the box office."

"yes, the simpler the story, the higher the commercial value."

Two knocks on the door interrupted the discussion.

Wu Yuan walked in from outside with the coffee box in both hands, "Guys, drink some coffee to refresh yourself." ”

He served each post-production staff a cup of hot coffee, and then sat down and asked, "How's it going, how long will it take to render it?" ”

"It's almost there, and you should be able to see the results in two hours."

Everyone stopped discussing "Avatar" with interest, and began to devote themselves to work one by one.

In fact, when he was outside the door, Wu Yuan also heard their chat.

There's no way, now the whole Haolaiwu, as long as it's someone who has something to do with film work, no one doesn't talk about "Avatar".

This movie is really crazy.

At the same time, domestic.

Liu Yifei, who had returned to China, did not rest, but rushed to Star City with Yang Mi and Li Dongxu non-stop to participate in the recording of Mango Channel's "Happy Camp".

As the leading variety show of Mango Channel, "Happy Camp" is currently at the peak of this show, and it can be said to be the hottest variety show in the country with the highest ratings, and it dominates the list all year round.

Even Brother Cheng Long, Dong Chou and others took the initiative to come to this show to promote their new movies or albums.

Of course, the age of light and shadow is not avoidable.

Whether it is Zhang Guorong or Chen Kaige, when "Walking with God" and "Painted Skin 2" were released, they all brought the crew to be guests to promote their new movies.

"Ghost", as a TV series broadcast exclusively on Mango Channel, of course, also got the opportunity to promote an issue of "Happy Camp", and as their own TV drama, they also got a whole issue of publicity, and they don't need to platter with other crews or artists.

"Teacher He, it's been a long time."

"Sissi, welcome to the Happy Camp again!"

Backstage, as soon as he arrived at the scene, He Jiong, who came to greet him with other hosts, hugged Liu Yifei.

When Liu Yifei starred in "Dragon Babu" and "Fairy Sword One", he came to participate in "Happy Camp", but the hosts at that time were He Jiong and Li Xiang, and they were not the current happy family.

Teacher He, he is well-known in the circle.

The reason why he is popular is because of his high emotional intelligence.

In a few words, the happy family and the leading actors of "Ghosts", who were not familiar with each other, talked together.

At this time, Teacher He stretched out his head and deliberately glanced at Liu Yifei's back, and then said, "Qianqian, didn't Director Wu come with you?" ”

"Ah, he doesn't like variety shows very much." Liu Yifei waved his hand and explained for Wu Yuan: "You know, those of them who are behind-the-scenes directors are not very suitable for this kind of work in front of the stage. ”

"In addition, he still has things to do in the United States, so he really can't take a break, so only a few of us are here."

"That's a shame." Nana on the side said exaggeratedly: "I haven't seen Director Wu for a long time, and I thought I could see him today." ”

Xie Na has really seen Wu Yuan.

When she and Liu Ye were still talking, once Liu Ye took her to Wu Yuan's courtyard to participate in a gathering of their group.

At that time, Wu Yuan was not as international as he is now, and Xie Na was not a host, but a young actor.

It's a pity that the relationship between her and Liu Ye still didn't come to the end, and after the two parted ways, Xie never had the opportunity to contact Wu Yuan again.

"Come on, let's go to the script first." Teacher He diverted the topic with interest, and smiled and beckoned the leading actors of "Ghosts" to sit down before asking Liu Yifei.

"Sissi, since Director Wu is not available, can we call him on the show at that time?"

"After all, he is the male protagonist of "Ghost", since you are here to do publicity together, it is always inappropriate to lack someone, so let him say hello to the audience and friends."

What to say hello, it's all false, the program team is mainly interested in Wu Yuan's popularity, Wu Yuan has never participated in a variety show at present, if his variety show debut can be in "Happy Camp", it will bring an incomparably huge amount of popularity to the show.

Even if it's just a voice.

The reason given by Mr. He is very legitimate, and I am really embarrassed to refuse.

As the leading actor, Wu Yuanren will not be able to make a phone connection.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Yifei still agreed: "It should be no problem, but I have to talk to him first, in case he is busy, he may not be able to receive the phone." ”

"It should be, it should be." Teacher He nodded with a smile. (End of chapter)