The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 85 Party A in the Dream

In theory, post-production special effects should be part of film production, and in fact it is true in some mature film industry systems.

However, in the current production of film and television dramas in Huaguo, these two links are relatively separated, and post-production visual effects are often independent of normal film shooting.

The production company bought a fixed amount of work from the post-production visual effects company for a fixed price.

However, in the process of film creation, changes are happening all the time, and no matter how rigorous the production process is, it cannot be avoided. The actor's schedule will change, the editing will be postponed, the art setting plan will change, the director will change the script and plan, and there will even be some changes. A leading actor asked the post-production company to shave his face and hair, which caused 99% of the visual effects production plan to be disrupted, which would bring additional time and labor costs.

From the perspective of the producer, as long as the total workload of the company in the later stage does not change too much, it is impossible to give you additional funds.

This makes the visual effects company's already tight production costs and fast production schedules more tense.

In the end, the visual effects company was forced to muddle along, and even a very responsible person would become muddled after a long time.

The method that Chen Jingxing wants to use is equivalent to directly taking care of the special effects production, and bringing it into the crew to eat a big pot.

This method is not without problems. First of all, the producer must have a producer who understands the post-production workload of visual effects. The visual effects company must also be honest and trustworthy. It also needs a strong producer that can only be possessed by a mature film industry. system and scheduling system.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to promote this model at this stage, and Chen Jingxing is not a film and television boss, and he does not have the strength to promote it.

He just wanted to make his own movies well. Although the technical level of Huaguo's visual effects industry was far behind the developed film industry, it was definitely not as bad as most film and television dramas showed.

Moreover, the movie Source Code is not a sci-fi blockbuster. In fact, as long as the excellent special effects companies in China can play their due level, they will be able to cope with it.

The problem is how to stimulate their upper limit. Chen Jingxing believes that a tolerant production cycle and production funds are the first step.

Xu Sheng felt that he might be suffering from auditory hallucinations: "You mean, I can issue a list of personnel according to the work needs, and DreamWorks can pay the bills according to the number and level of the monthly number, just like the crew pays the salary of the art department?"

Yang Dairong thought in his heart that something was going on, and said with a smile: "It's only limited to the films produced by DreamWorks. We don't have the ability to get other companies to agree to adopt such a cooperation model."

Xu Sheng was still a little suspicious: "In this case, the post-production cost of visual effects will definitely be higher than before."

What, is DreamWorks a philanthropist?
Li Huicheng, who was sitting next to Yang Dairong, said: "Mr. Xu, Director Chen values ​​quality. If you can spend 1000 million more to bring better results, DreamWorks will definitely not hesitate, and DreamWorks will be A sci-fi film project is expected to invest at least 4000 million in post-production visual effects!"

4000?
Xu Sheng couldn't hold it anymore, this was almost equivalent to Mo's annual turnover.

Li Huicheng continued: "Of course, Director Chen has very high standards for special effects production. Your schedule must follow the film throughout the whole process. Special effects artists have to intervene in film design during preparation, and you even have to participate in the design of shot scripts. If this If this cooperation can be reached, DreamWorks will hire you as the special effects director of this film, and the production cycle may take as long as half a year."

this one?Just this request?
His team takes 007 to [-] orders a year, and only earns so much money by working overtime all night. Now that he is producing such a work, he can still eat a big pot with the crew, without [-] or overnight, tens of millions.

This is too beautiful.

Yang Dairong felt that the heat was almost ready: "Mr. Xu, please believe in the sincerity of DreamWorks and Director Chen. I would like to invite you to come to Beijing in person. The two companies can have a frank exchange of your vision for the future of Mo. What is DreamWorks' position on Mo?"

Xu Sheng suppressed his beating heart: "I'm sorry, I still have some work to do here. After I go back, I will discuss it with the other three shareholders and I will reply to you. What do you think?" He was afraid of the meal If he ate any more, he would sign the agreement on the spot.

Xu Sheng returned to the studio and convened a meeting with several high-level members of the team to tell the whole story of DreamWorks.

"Is there such a good thing?" Wang Yibing, the chief concept artist in the team, asked in disbelief. Wang Yibing is also one of the founders of Mo, and his shares are second only to Xu Sheng.

Wang Yibing is actually not that excited about someone paying huge sums of money to buy their shares.

Mo's four founders all came from production backgrounds. Some studied oil painting, some studied animation, and some studied digital media. They all have strong aesthetic skills and technical pursuits. The common thing is that they are not so economical. needs and goals.

If they really want to make a lot of money, it is impossible to maintain such a team all the time. The money earned over the years has basically been invested in the improvement of technology and the polishing of craftsmanship. For Wang Yibing, the challenge of production is more technically difficult. The picture is the pursuit and goal of his career.

What really made him lose his composure was the new cooperation model proposed by DreamWorks, except that DreamWorks supported them in building their own rendering farms and purchasing some related software from foreign manufacturers.

If possible, he would not allow unqualified or even perfunctory special effects shots to be handed over from himself, but the skinny reality made him have to learn and even get used to compromise.

In his eyes, these requirements put forward by DreamWorks are simply Party A in his dream.

Xu Sheng said in a deep voice: "They agreed that these terms can be written in the agreement."

Xiang Xuan, another founder and animation team leader, pondered: "The director Chen Jingxing is indeed very imaginative and ambitious. He dares to break through the framework and explore the themes of these fringe genre films. I think he can come up with such a model. I think it is more credible." , which is clearly learning from Hollywood."

Everyone else nodded. Mo had taken over the outsourcing of some Hollywood studios, so he was no stranger to the production process of the film industry across the ocean, especially the production process of special effects.

In Hollywood, special effects production is an inseparable part of film production. Generally, they will enter the film during the preparatory stage, and even directly participate in the adaptation of the script and the design of the shot script.

Because in the process of writing the script, the screenwriter or director generally does not consider the difficulty and cost of special effects.

(End of this chapter)