The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 86 George Lucas of China?

Usually, the Hollywood model is that every shot script designed by an industrial film director must be communicated with the special effects company, and some special effects companies even send visual effects artists to participate in the design of each shot.

Because the director doesn't know which shot he designed needs the participation of special effects, or how much it costs, and how to create such an effect.

It will not happen that the director shoots a barren mountain and tells the post-production to plant all the barren hills in the shot with trees after the shot is finished. This will not only increase the workload of the post-production, but also make it impossible to obtain satisfactory results.

Post-production visual effects should tell the director at the very beginning of lens design, what angle you want to shoot from, at which time period, and what auxiliary means you need to shoot, so that the post-production can provide the best effect at the lowest cost.

Therefore, after the shot script of an industrial film is determined, the director cannot delete it at will, because according to the designed shot script, the producer and special effects company have already calculated the workload and post-production cost.

On this basis, there is a foothold for the producer-centered system.

In this industrial process, the director's creative space is greatly compressed.

As a director, Chen Jingxing certainly doesn't like this kind of industrial process that treats directors purely as tools.

But it does not prevent him from learning from the advantages of the Hollywood film industry in post-production visual effects.

Xiang Xuan went on to say: "If DreamWorks really has such ambition and courage, this will be a rare opportunity. In the final analysis, the improvement of the technology and strength of the post-production visual effects company must be nurtured by excellent industrial films. Without "Star Wars", Weta's soaring to the sky is due to "Lord of the Rings", and the emergence of the digital field is due to "Terminator 2".

Without outstanding industrial film directors and great industrial film works, it is impossible to achieve a great special effects production company. "

Some people think that Xiang Xuan's words are too exaggerated: "Old Xiang, do you think Chen Jingxing can compare with George Lucas, Peter Jackson, James Cameron? I know you are his fan, but it's a bit outrageous for you to brag like that what!"

Cheerful laughter resounded in the conference room, and even Xu Sheng had a smile on his face.

Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital and Digital Field are all top special effects companies in the world, and all three companies have one thing in common.

Of course, Industrial Light & Magic rose through "Star Wars", and the director of "Star Wars", George Lucas, was also the boss of Industrial Light & Magic, and of course he was acquired later.

Weta Digital reached its peak by relying on the "Lord of the Rings" series, "King Kong" and "Avatar", and Peter Jackson, the director of "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong", is the founder and major shareholder of Weta Digital.

In the digital field that has also been acquired, the more well-known works are "Titanic" and "The Day After Tomorrow". In fact, the first film this company participated in was "Terminator 2", and "Terminator 2" and "Titan The Nick, director James Cameron, is also a shareholder in Digital Realm.

Rather than saying that these three world-renowned top special effects studios reached their pinnacle with a few well-known blockbusters, it is better to say that three great industrial film directors created these three special effects companies.

Reminiscent of Chen Jingxing's DreamWorks studio seeking to take a stake in Mo and become a major shareholder, Xiang Xuan's citing of these three examples is obviously meaningful.

Xiang Xuan was not affected by the laughter in the conference room, but instead looked at Xu Sheng: "Old Xu, when we first established the studio, didn't your dream be to make Mo a great special effects company like Industrial Light & Magic? "

Xu Sheng shook his head with a wry smile, probably laughing at his youthful vigor back then.

In 07, when he set up a studio with a few like-minded partners, Xu Sheng was less than [-] years old. He quit his job on impulse and wanted to start a great business. In the past few years, the edges and corners have gradually been smoothed by reality. , The rhetoric of wanting to be on par with Industrial Light and Magic back then makes people laugh when I think about it now.

"Even if Chen Jingxing can't achieve that kind of achievement, he can become the George Lucas of Huaguo, the James Cameron of Huaguo, and our country will definitely produce its own heavy industrial films and outstanding industrial film directors in the future. I think Chen Jingxing is the most likely candidate."

Xiang Xuan's serious expression made other people in the conference room hold back their smiles: "Even if you put aside these things, aren't these conditions of DreamWorks exactly what we want from Party A? And the valuation of 2 million is not too small, isn't it?" ?”

After Xu Sheng pondered, he swept across the meeting room. Everyone was thoughtful, or just smiled, or looked relieved, and said with a relieved smile: "Since Lao Xiang has brought out my big words from 07, I also I’m not afraid of stage fright. If you have any objections, you can raise them now. If you have no objections, I will leave for Beijing to go to DreamWorks tomorrow... Well, since there are no objections, then I wish us the best of luck in becoming Huaguo’s industry. Light Demon!"

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As February 2014 was about to pass, people who cared about the dynamics of Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks found that DreamWorks, which had just raised a huge amount of funds, made another big move without stopping for a moment.

DreamWorks took out 8200 million and obtained 40% of MoreVFX's shares to become its major shareholder.

DreamWorks only raised 1.8 million this time, and nearly half of it was spent on a special effects company, which made many people in the industry a little bit tongue-in-cheek.

Although special effects companies are an important part of the film and television industry, major studios and distributors rarely spend money to invest or even hold shares in special effects companies.

The competition in the domestic special effects industry is quite fierce at present. Not only many internationally renowned special effects studios have opened branches in Huaguo, but the Korean special effects industry has entered the Huaguo market in a large scale. A large piece of cake was placed.

Moreover, the profit level of special effects companies is generally mediocre. The hot money in the film and television industry is in the Huaguo film market that has been surging in recent years. Their vision has become so high that they even look down on the yield of the big A-shares that have entered the bull market. How can they look down on profits? The post-production special effects industry of Weibo.

Different from the bewilderment of people in the industry, ordinary netizens and marketing accounts have another interpretation.

Chen Jingxing may be making a sci-fi blockbuster next!
There are already fans asking about the next movie on Chen Jingxing's Weibo.

Chen Jingxing's Weibo fans have exceeded 150 million. At this time, Chen Jingxing is a bit like Ning Hao a few years ago. Although his status in the movie circle is not that high, his reputation is not as good as that of the fifth and sixth generations. Great director, artistic achievement is not to mention.

But they can make the audience have a strong sense of anticipation, which is even better than those big directors. With the help of the two movies in the crazy series, Ning Hao has almost formed fans' long wait for "No Man's Land". Substantial resentment.

Chen Jingxing relied on "Comet" and "Fatal Identity", two high-reputation and mind-boggling movies, so that movies appeared on Chen Jingxing's Weibo and post bars to urge a bigger army.

(End of this chapter)