The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 162 "Source Code" Postponed

There is a lot of speculation on the Internet about Chen Jingxing's new movie. Although most netizens, including Chen Jingxing's fans, hold a cautious attitude towards seeing the bad news, and there are indeed some friends who fish in troubled waters, and even shift the focus from "Gravity". When it comes to the "Signal" TV series that is being filmed.

However, DreamWorks internally assessed that there is no need for public relations.

As long as it is not particularly negative, it is still a popularity, which is beneficial and harmless to the "Signal" TV series.

Even if you don't like it any more, if the TV series starring Sun Li is broadcast on TV, can the audience still not watch it?
And on the Internet, there is the first TV series produced by Chen Jingxing, and the fame bonus of the "Signal" movie, even if you think he is a piece of shit, you can't help but take a look - the first episode of the webcast is definitely It's free, so you won't lose money if you look at it.

Chen Jingxing is confident that as long as the audience clicks in to watch, he will be attracted by the quality of the TV series.

After the "Gravity" project was officially approved, DreamWorks and several production partners devoted themselves to the preparatory work non-stop.

Similar to what Chen Jingxing had expected before, Tianrun Pictures and United Cinemas still withdrew from the production of the film despite many communications.

What surprised him was that Huanshiwang and Penguin Video, although the two Internet companies did not understand this project at first, they were quite active in investing.

In the end, DreamWorks, as the main producer, invested 4 million yuan in the production share, accounting for 50%.

Penguin Video and Huanshi.com each invested 1.5 million yuan; while China Film Group invested 1 million yuan, becoming the fourth largest producer of the film.

Of course, the money is not paid out at one time. The 8 million budget is also paid in stages. If it exceeds the budget, the four producers need to discuss and agree to increase the capital proportionally.

The chief producer of the film is Qin Zhonghe, and DreamWorks Fantasy World and Penguin Video each send a producer.

As the chief producer, Qin Zhonghe was in charge of contacting the aviation department. After all, the large space station Tiangong and the small space station Tiangong-[-] involved in the film needed information and guidance from the aviation department.

Especially at the beginning of the movie, the protagonist is repairing the Sky Survey telescope. According to Chen Jingxing's idea, it is best for the core module, experimental module, and optical module of a large space station to be close to reality. Of course, if it really involves leaks, it can also be changed. After all, it must be considered that the main special effects contractor for this film is an American company.

However, because the large space station Tiangong will be destroyed by satellite debris at the beginning of the film, it does not actually involve too many internal details, as long as the appearance is not bad.

What really touches on the interior details is the protagonist's second springboard, the International Space Station, and the final springboard, Tiangong-[-].

A large amount of information about the International Space Station is currently public. After all, it is a multi-national cooperation. It has been built for many years, but there are still many details that are kept confidential. Chen Jingxing even plans to contact the Russian space department and invite a consultant.

Of course, Huaguo's space department must also hire a consultant to control the design and modeling scale of the space station, as well as some scientific facts involved in the movie.

Chen Jingxing's principle for the "Gravity" project is to try to be as realistic as possible and conform to science. Even his positioning of "Gravity" is not a science fiction film, but harder than hard science fiction. It is a space disaster film in the near future .

For example, in the original version, the plot design of relying on a fire extinguisher to change the protagonist's orbit close to the Tiangong, he plans to consult a scientific consultant to see if it can be changed more reasonably.

However, he still prefers the setting of the fire extinguisher, not because it is scientific or not, but because it seems reasonable and imaginative to ordinary audiences, and it also adds some romance to the film.

Chen Jingxing's current main job is to connect with Legacy, a special effects studio under Universal.

Legacy has sent a team of more than 20 people to Huaguo in advance. This group of people is mainly special effects artists, scheme design and problem-solving experts, and more people will come in the future.

Originally, Universal wanted "Gravity" to come directly to the United States for filming, but Chen Jingxing directly rejected this seemingly reasonable request.

It is reasonable because the plan to shoot in the United States is the most economical, because there is Legacy's ready-made special effects studio there, and all kinds of machines and shooting conditions are also very perfect.

If you just want to shoot a blockbuster with special effects, this is undoubtedly the best choice.

But Chen Jingxing doesn't just want to shoot a heavy industry movie, what he wants is long-term benefits. Through this movie, he wants to establish special effects production capabilities that are close to international standards. DreamWorks will shoot more heavy industry movies in the future. He needs Mo can take on larger and more special effects tasks.

This kind of consideration does not require any high-profile training of domestic special effects talents, and the word "benefits" is enough to make it clear. If "Gravity" is produced by a domestic special effects studio, the shooting budget can even be cut in half.

An investment of 8 million yuan can save 12 to 4 million yuan. How much benefit is this?The saved cost can be used to make several medium-production movies, and the [-] billion box office can only earn back the [-] million cost.

Chen Jingxing wants to build Mo's own high-standard special effects studio. At this stage, he is shooting "Gravity", so I will buy what equipment he needs.

There is no obstacle for the domestic special effects industry to purchase foreign special effects equipment. The only obstacle is money. In many cases, you don’t have this demand at all. Naturally, you don’t need these machines. Simple.

In addition, even if you buy these equipment, you will not use it without professional personnel.

Legacy's special effects team first evaluated what kind of shooting plan was needed to achieve the shooting effect of "Gravity", what kind of special effects shooting booth was to be built, and what kind of equipment was needed.

The solution was not achieved overnight, because Legacy has never met many of the shooting effect requirements of "Gravity". For example, the effect of weightlessness in the simplest movie has never happened in Hollywood movies.

It’s been a long time since Hollywood has had a space hard sci-fi movie. “Star Wars” doesn’t need a weightless effect.

In addition to Legacy's expert Cheng Rili communicating with Chen Jingxing and Xu Sheng to design the shooting plan, Mo's working team was not idle.

Xu Sheng mobilized most of the staff to concentrate on the CG preview of "Gravity", that is to say, to present the whole movie with rough CG, and Chen Jingxing, as the director, naturally had to participate.

The cg preview can be used as a reference for Chen Jingxing to achieve the final film effect. The preliminary work of Legacy experts is to design special effects and shooting implementation plans for each shot of the entire 90-minute cg preview.

Also because most of Mo's manpower was transferred to produce the CG preview of "Gravity", the post-production of "Source Code" could not be completed on schedule.

The consequence of this is that "Source Code" may not be released during the Spring Festival.

Although many people objected, Chen Jingxing didn't have much regret about it, he was confident in the quality of the movie.

Whether it is released in May [-]st or summer, he doesn't think it will affect the film's performance too much. If you can't go short-term, you can go long-term, and a good movie can drive the market. "Source Code" is not designed for An appropriate movie shot during the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)