Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 320 Special Effects Problem
Chen Hao felt that it would be the best choice to edit "The Man Without a Surname" into two versions.

He has just become the third mainland director with a box office of more than 3 million yuan. If his new film fails at the box office, it will be troublesome.

(Actually, the media thinks that Chen Hao should be the second mainland director with a box office of more than 2 million yuan, because the box office of "Life and Death" is reserved, which is not worthy of the name)
Now the confrontation between Huayi and Haotian has become a trend. As an established film company, Huayi has relatively strong strength and qualifications.

As for Haotian, speaking of it, Chen Hao was the one supporting it. Ning Hao was still filming the literary film "Green Grassland" at this time, and Xu Shanzheng, who was intended to be cultivated, had not yet enlightened.

If Chen Hao's movie fails at the box office now, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to Haotian.

Moreover, this is Chen Hao's first summer campaign in the Mainland, and it would be too miserable to suffer a box office loss during the hottest period.

Therefore, the box office of "No Surname" should not be missed, this is true for Chen Hao, and it is even more true for Haotian.

Editing an award-winning version will not only benefit Chen Hao's international reputation, but if he wins the award, it will also benefit the mainland box office.

It is already May, and among the three major European film festivals, the Berlin International Film Festival ended in February.

It was too late to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, so Chen Hao aimed at the Venice International Film Festival.

The influence of the three major European companies in the country is huge, and they have also contributed to Chen Hao's fame and box office.

Of course, there are also the Golden Globes and Oscars in the United States, but that will have to wait until next year.

As long as "Man Without a Surname" is released in the mainland before the end of October this year, it can apply for the Oscars.

Of course, each country can only have one film for the Olympics each year, and the main competitor of "No Surname" is undoubtedly the National Teacher's "House of Flying Daggers".

As for which film can become the Olympic film in mainland China this year, there will be a battle between dragons and tigers.

As for the North American box office of "The Man With No Surname", Chen Hao is not very sure, after all, this is a completely Chinese film, and the leading actors are all Chinese.

With Yankee's face blindness and habit of not reading subtitles, it is still very unfavorable for the box office.

Of course, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is not worth looking forward to, because Chen Hao already has a good reputation in North America, and "The Ninth District" even broke 1.5 million US dollars at the box office and won an Oscar.

Now Americans also know that Chen Hao is good at shooting sci-fi films, and many film critics are looking forward to Chen Hao's sci-fi films.

After all, "Moon" was named the best sci-fi movie of 2002 by American media and film critics, and "District Ninth" was one of the best sci-fi movies of 2003!

Being able to do this for two consecutive years, Chen Hao's sci-fi films naturally made them look forward to it.

After thinking clearly, Chen Hao immediately took action and started editing.

However, the editing this time is much more laborious than before, many of which require Chen Hao to re-create on the basis of the original work, and there are two versions, so the editing speed may not be so fast.

At the same time, in order to increase the entertainment and viewability of the film, special effects will become one of the trump cards. For the special effects of "No Surname", Chen Hao has to go one step further.

The original "Invisible Man" special effects shots are not too many, and none of them are too shocking.

Except for the disintegration of the future city in the end, which is reasonable, and some meanings of the dream-making scenes in "Inception", others are relatively ordinary in Chen Hao's opinion.

It's too late for reshoots now, so Chen Hao can only ask for higher special effects, so he has to find Chang Hongsong.

"Mr. Chang, how are the special effects of "Man Without a Surname" going?" Chen Hao asked.

The special effects team led by Chang Hongsong was stationed in the crew before the filming started, in order to better combine the film's plot with special effects.

So when "No Surname" was finished, the special effects team should have actually made a lot of special effects shots.

"Mr. Chen, a lot of special effects shots for the movie have been made, why don't you take a look?" Chang Hongsong said nervously.

Because the special effects shots of "No Surname" were completely handed over to Haotian Special Effects. Without the support of European and American special effects companies, this is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Haotian Special Effects.

Chang Hongsong was also a little worried about not being able to meet Chen Hao's requirements, especially when the production time given by Chen Hao was relatively short.

"Okay, I'll come down immediately." Chen Hao hung up the phone immediately after hearing this, and then went straight to Haotian Special Effects.

When Chen Hao came downstairs, Chang Hongsong was already waiting, "Mr. Chen."

"Well, show me the finished clip first." Chen Hao said.

"Tian Xiaopeng, hurry up and show Mr. Chen the finished special effects shot." Chang Hongsong shouted.

"Okay, boss."

Then, Chen Hao looked at the special effects that had been made, and some of the shots were pretty good, after all, the requirements were not high.

Moreover, Haotian Special Effects not only gathered a lot of special effects talents from Xiangjiang, but also absorbed a lot of special effects elites from the mainland.

Chen Hao's recruitment advertisement at the Haotian Holdings press conference was obviously effective. In addition, Haotian Special Effects was born out of Xiangjiang's new visual effects studio, so it attracted many special effects talents from the mainland.

Coupled with Chen Hao's generous investment and the purchase of sufficiently advanced software and hardware, the current Haotian Special Effects is definitely the best special effects company in the mainland, and it can also be compared to the top special effects company in Xiangjiang.

"Have you made the scene of the disintegration of the city at the end of the film? Or the scene of the spaceship being destroyed." Chen Hao asked.

"I did a part of it." Chang Hongsong felt tense when he heard this, and nodded.

"Just show me!" Chen Hao said.

Tian Xiaopeng glanced at Chang Hongsong after hearing the words, and then turned on the special effects lens of the city's disintegration.

Chen Hao frowned slightly after taking a look. This effect is not good, even compared with the original version, it is still worse.

Seeing Chen Hao frowning, Chang Hongsong hurriedly said, "We haven't finished it yet, and the time is really tight."

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, "I know, and I don't mean to blame you, but I want better results now, and the time will not change, what can I do?"

Chang Hongsong felt bitter when he heard the words, "Then we can only find special effects companies in Europe and America."

Seeing this, Chen Hao patted Chang Hongsong's shoulder and said, "That's the only way to go, but you have already performed very well, don't feel pressured, and leave the most difficult few minutes of shooting to them."

Chang Hongsong laughed self-deprecatingly when he heard the words, "That's right, we just happen to be able to steal the teacher."

"I look forward to the day when you can completely independently produce a blockbuster special effects movie." Chen Hao patted Chang Hongsong's shoulder again and said.

"Yeah!" Chang Hongsong nodded fiercely upon hearing this.

Afterwards, Chen Hao returned to the editing room to continue editing the film.

(End of this chapter)