In addition to Marco Müller's request, He Fang also talked freely with Luc Besson for a while.

He Fang had talked to Luc Besson about cooperation a few years ago, but it never happened. This time Luc Besson came with his new ideas, new projects.

That's right, he is going to make his first film in the "Star Agent" series "Star Agent: City of a Thousand Planets", in fact, this is a very cerebral movie, and it is also very sci-fi, it is actually a very good movie, but unfortunately the box office in another time and space is very average, I heard that the cost is 210 million US dollars, but the global box office is only 225 million US dollars.

It is clear that the film was losing money, and it was a serious loss, because the loss of this film caused Luc Besson's French Europa Film Company to not recover for several years.

Because the investment is so large, how can you save costs? First, he wanted to find the post-production department of Huying Group to help him produce post-production to save costs.

In fact, basically 70% of the cost of the movie "Star Agent: City of a Thousand Planets" is spent on special effects, and the special effects of "Star Agent: City of a Thousand Planets" are really awesome.

So, if Star Agent: City of a Thousand Planets can save 10% on special effects, that's $14.7 million, if it's 20%, it's $29.4 million, and if it's 30%......

For every money saved, Luc Besson is making pure money, and this temptation is very great.

Now the whole world knows that the post-production department of Lake Film Group is the cheapest, highest-quality and cost-effective place in the world, and even many top Hollywood movies come here to do post-production, not to mention that almost all the special effects of movies are done here.

Where is the special effects of the movie? Globally recognized as not bad.

So, here comes Luc Besson.

"Mr. Besson, you're doing the right thing here, if you have time, you can watch it in my crew for a few days, and now we're also working on Hollywood's most cutting-edge virtual production technology, I'm sure you'll love it."

This technique can no longer use green cloth to cut out the picture, and make the actor's performance more graspable, and there is no longer a need to use a green rod to give the actor a hint of the point of view as before. There are also many advantages, and this one can understand what is going on when he arrives on the set. ”

He Fang enthusiastically introduced Luc Besson.

"I know this technique, but I haven't had the opportunity to go to the site to check it, since you have it here, I must learn it carefully." Luc Besson was also ignited by where he sparked his enthusiasm.

"Well, this technology can not only save money and time, but the key is that it can realize many of the director's ideas......"

In fact, this virtual technology can not only virtual scenes but also virtual characters, for example, the supporting characters can be swept into the computer by scanning, and then modeled, through the projection of the LED screen to the background, and then some real scenery on the scene can make the protagonist feel as if he is in the real scene to perform, and you can also see countless supporting characters interacting with him.

Character scanning, scene and prop scanning have long been applied to the game industry, but the real application to the film industry has only emerged in the past few years.

Such advanced film technology, as long as it is used more and more proficiently, is actually a stimulus to the director's creative ideas, and can let go of a lot of the director's imagination.

This is something that literary directors who will only put the camera there and then start shooting long shots of literature and art will never want to contact and dare not touch. These directors are very pitiful, they have played with film technology all their lives, and in the end they may be eliminated by film technology, and when they suddenly look back on the day they are eliminated, they will feel how pathetic they are.

……

In addition to making films, he and a group of filmmakers discussed here for several days, all about the details of the film festival, as well as the discussion of filmmaking technology, and a small talk about the changes in the theme of future films.

Of course, there are also discussions about film art, which are divided into two types: literary and commercial, and it just so happens that He Fang is good at both.

The filmmakers stayed in Changsha for about three days, and then everyone left satisfied, and they all got the benefits. One of the benefits is that there is an annual income for the judges' work, and the second benefit is that I learned something from where I learned from here, and we discussed the purest cutting-edge technology of the film together.

April ended like this, and He Fang continued to shoot his films, and time felt particularly fast in May.

Because I am very busy every day, I am busy and the movie is almost halfway through the shooting.

At the end of May, the Organizing Committee of the Shanghai Film Festival sent an invitation to He Fang, inviting him to participate in several important forums of the Shanghai Film Festival.

These include "Opportunities and Challenges: A Dialogue on Chinese Film Policy", "The Next Stop of Chinese Films: Prosperity to the Left, Crisis to the Right", and "Where Do Film Talents Come From?" Mutual Learning of Chinese and Foreign Film Education".

Originally, there were two important forums on June 14th and 15th, but He Fang couldn't participate, because "Pacific Rim 2" couldn't be completed until the 15th, so He Fang could only participate in the forums on the 16th and 17th.

He Fang may not be very interested in what kind of judges, but if he is invited to participate in the forum, and he happens to have time, this can still give face, after all, they are all mixed in the circle, and it is not good to invite him if he is too high.

Filming on June 15 is equivalent to 73 days of official filming of "Pacific Rim 2", plus the reading of the previous script, the actors have a total of 95 days in the group.

Nearly 100 days into the group, which is very common in Hollywood crews, but not common in Chinese crews.

Because Hollywood crews are eight-hour a day, plus weekends off, it's normal for their movies to shoot for 100 days. Usually some special effects blockbusters have a shooting cycle of more than 120-150 days, of course, the shooting period of 150 days is already the most.

Some super such as "Avatar" were officially filmed after two years, not counting pre-preparation and post-production.

is still the same sentence, movies like "Pacific Rim 2" have no time loss on weekends, and it is neither fast nor slow to finish filming in 73 days.

"Pacific Rim 2" was completed at noon on June 15, mainly because everyone couldn't wait to go home, so the filming was a little faster.

After the last shot was filmed, the whole crew cheered at the moment when He Fang shouted out the finale.

"All departments pack up their things, and then go through the procedures for returning the rent in the afternoon, and after returning the things, go back to the room to take a good shower, get ready, and finish the banquet at seven o'clock in the evening, don't be late." The director shouted with a loudspeaker.

After He Fang also chatted with photographers and scene notes, someone sent flowers to the scene and launched a finishing cake.

The main creators received flowers and took a group photo in front of the finished cake, and He Fang cut the first knife of the cake, and then the production director began to cut and divide the cake.

……

After eating the cake at the scene, He Fang left the scene, and he went back to his room to rest.

It's just that before he returned to the room, there was a knock on the door, and He Fang looked at it and saw that it was Fan Bingbing.

"I don't know when we will get together again next time, let me eat first." Fan Bingbing said as he undressed.

“…… Well, eat, eat......"

(End of chapter)