my crew is not human

Chapter 98

After finishing the matter of collecting ghosts, the next step is naturally to continue filming.

During this period of time, the results of Jiangui Shilu gradually stabilized.

A good word-of-mouth is still meaningful. Although the box office was mediocre at the beginning, good word-of-mouth brought about a slower rate of subsequent decline.

In less than two months of sales, it has successfully exceeded 400 million at the box office. Adding the next four months, it is estimated that 800 million is not a big problem.

Although it didn't have a big hit, at least one movie paid off the cost.

As for the Legend of the Dragon Tomb, the filming was completed in 45 days according to the expected plan.

The overall effect is good, even Li Xianyun himself is satisfied.

A production of tens of millions is a threshold. At this point, basically a crew has everything they should have.

In a sense, it is actually not much different from the hundreds of millions of crews.

A large crew with an investment of over [-] million is nothing more than more expensive actors, more expensive special effects, and more expensive art, scenery and costumes, and then various details are strengthened, such as professional dance teachers, professional other things, And time to prepare more fully, but in essence, there is not much difference.

A really good-looking movie, in a sense, 500 million can be done, ten million is enough grade, enough specifications, even if two movies are made.

For Li Xianyun, the completion of Legend of the Dragon Tomb is a milestone in his director career. From this day on, he really has the experience of controlling a large crew.

Of course, it's just the experience of controlling the crew and has nothing to do with the quality of the film.

The quality of a movie and the experience of the crew are two different concepts. It is normal in the film and television industry to invest tens of millions in shots that are not as effective as hundreds of thousands of shots.

To improve in this aspect, the only way is to improve one's own literary literacy, film and television literacy, and understanding of the market and the public, and these cannot be compensated by experience and technology.

No matter how many scenes you film, no matter how much experience you have, without this talent, it is useless.

This is the difference between the so-called bad director and a good director. A director who has been in the industry for decades, if you let him control the crew, may be better than some big directors, but he just can't make good movies.

So the improvement that experience can bring to Li Xianyun is negligible after playing here-the first few films have improved the most, and the later filming is just the experience of the crew, just to make the operation of the crew more convenient, and there will be no moths.

Li Xianyun used to think about how to become a qualified director.

But now, what he needs to consider is how to become a good director, even a top director, and at this point, even those ghosts can't help him, he can only rely on himself.

In the future, Li Xianyun will also pursue to become an excellent company leader.

For him, making a good movie is an artistic pursuit, while running a good business is the pursuit of the boss.

Both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be firm.

On this point, Li Xianyun and Jiang Zheng have done some discussions, and the final conclusion is: first money and then art.

Don't talk about art without money.

This is the case with Legend of the Dragon Tomb this time—the plot was sacrificed for the sake of the picture.

But this is exactly the experience brought by Jian Ghost Record.

The audience's appreciation point is here, and meeting the audience's needs comes first!

One day when the company is promoted to a higher level, a complete core team has been established, and the company can operate freely. If you are an old man, you can play art again. Now, it is better to find a way to make money.

Everything seems to be arranged by fate.

The legend of the Dragon Tomb has just been completed, and the reverse time hunting just happened to be online.

Not surprisingly, the grade is A grade.

Just launched is the homepage recommendation of the platform, and then there are all kinds of first-level and second-level recommendations. As for whether there are any recommendations later, it depends on the results.

Before that, Huayou had already activated their publicity resources, and quickly started the promotion of reverse time hunting.

At the same time, Li Xianyun also put the theme song that had been recorded long ago on the relevant music platform, and the music copyright is also an income, and according to the contract, this part belongs exclusively to Yisheng Media.But he is not a celebrity, so don't expect anything in the early stage.

That night, Li Xianyun heaved a sigh of relief as he watched the soaring data of chasing against time.

150 million.

Li Xianyun knew that this movie was a success!

Especially the word-of-mouth of this film is much better than that of Ghost War in the Chamber of Secrets, especially the part of Hundred Ghosts Knocking on the Door. Many people were hooked after watching it, and those who knew it just shouted that they couldn’t understand it. This special effect is definitely at the level of Lord of the Rings Avatar. How could it appear on a web site?

Of course, there are also trolls who oppose it, and directly clamor how this kind of special effect can be compared with Lord of the Rings Avatar. Look at the ghost image, it is so blurry, the details are not clear enough, and the clothing is rough and simple. The blur effect is not valuable at all. special effects.

When the organ moves, there is also the gate of the underworld, and a hundred ghosts ascend, and you can see the traces of Wia if you look closely.

Traces of Wia...

My whole crew couldn't find Wia. Did you, the audience, see there?Besides, what does Wia need for special effects?Could it be that you want to say that ghosts are played by real people?
Li Xianyun was also happy reading the comments.

A large group of people pretend to understand and make random comments, but anyway, this is a good thing.

Where there are controversies, there will be hot spots, and it will attract people to watch.

Huayou's publicity is very good at seizing the opportunity, taking the opportunity to compare the special effects of the reverse time hunt with the Lord of the Rings and the like, not afraid of being blown away, but afraid that no one will pay attention.

Those who believe in it should come and see it, those who don't believe it should come and see it, and those who want to spray it should also come and see it.

Anyway, everyone is very interested in the special effects of this film, and there are various speculations.

But for real professionals, this film is undoubtedly another film that people can't understand after the ghost war in the secret room.

What I can't understand this time is no longer the language of the camera. Li Xianyun's camera sense this time is much better than before, but the cost of special effects.

Anyone with discerning eyes can tell that the ghost is definitely not a real person, so it can only be a special effect, and it is a top-notch special effect.

The problem is that with such top-level special effects, those spells are quite low-end.

Tianmeng Studio is a special effects company.

At this moment, Zhou Fanjin was sitting in front of the computer, looking at the picture on the screen, freezing the frame repeatedly, and muttering in his mouth: "Damn it! What's going on? Look at what these ghosts did, it's so realistic and natural, you can't see anything Traces of special effects. This is definitely a top-level special effect, how could it appear on the Internet? And what about these spells?"

The little girl at the front desk next to him came to bring him some water, she leaned over to have a look, and said, "That's fine, it's pretty gorgeous."

"You know what a fart, gorgeousness is just for nothing. These two special effects are not at the same level." Zhou Fanjin waved his hands and shouted.

"That may not be done by a company. It is estimated that the producer subcontracted to other companies."

"The problem is that they only subcontracted one." Zhou Fanjin looked at the subtitles, pointed to it and said, "Jiangyuan Studio, this is Laoqian's studio, I know them. I don't know about the few miscellaneous products. What level are they? I dare say that these spell special effects are similar to what they do."

"What about the ghost?" The little girl at the front desk was puzzled.

Zhou Fanjin thought for a while, and said: "There is only one explanation, and that is that Yisheng Media did it by itself. Let me go, isn't this a post-production company? Their special effects are not as good as Jiang Yuan's. This is so weird, they If you have the ability to make this kind of special effects yourself, then why outsource the special effects of spells to Jiang Yuan, it's better than doing it yourself."

"I don't care about that, as long as the movie is good. The theme song is also pretty good, but it's a bit sad." The little girl left without paying attention, turned on her phone, and went to download the theme song.

Zhou Fanjin was left to pluck his hair desperately, unable to figure out the logic behind it.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Huh? It seems that there is another movie they made too? Damn, ghost battle in the secret room? A true record of ghosts?"

After opening the Ghost War in the Secret Room and the Record of Appreciating Ghosts, it turns out that these three films are written by the same screenwriter, producer, director and producer.

Exactly the same number of ways, the only difference is the incomprehensible movie.

Like him, there were also a large number of film companies and special effects studios in China. The news spread quickly, and countless people from the same industry poured in.

Li Xianyun didn't know that the main audience of his movie was precisely his colleagues.

Countless professionals put their faces against the screen, eager to find out the problems with their special effects, and some professionals are constantly analyzing what kind of special effects software they are using...

Could it be that there is really some super special effects software that can greatly reduce the cost, so that Yisheng Media can use the top special effects on the Internet in such a luxurious manner.

But... this still can't explain the low-level spell effect.

This producer is weird!
(End of this chapter)