Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 71 Special Effects Problem
After receiving 300 million investment from Huaying, Chen Hao has already started to think about the role candidates for the movie and the post-production special effects.

As for the filming funds, Chen Hao plans to invest another 200 million by himself, and a total of 500 million is enough for filming and production.

The sci-fi film that Chen Hao wants to shoot is still a small budget. The production cost of this film in 2009 in his previous life was only 500 million US dollars.

Considering the inflation in the past eight years, the cost of manpower and special effects in the United States are higher than those in the mainland, the film was produced in the mainland in 2001, and the cost of this film was actually less than 500 million.

But just in case, Chen Hao decided to prepare 200 million first. If it is really not necessary, then of course it is the best.

However, Chen Hao felt that he still had to declare the shooting cost to be 1000 million. In that case, Haotian Studio could have about 20% of the box office share.

As for how the finances will be handled, Chen Hao is naturally very clear after filming for so many years.

It's also because I'm so poor now that I have no choice but to do the same thing that costs 1 yuan for a straw hat.

At the same time, Chen Hao is not going to seek investment from Davis of Columbia, otherwise the money will be diluted when it is sold to Columbia in the future.

As for joining Huaying, on the one hand, it is to express the sincerity of their cooperation and establish a cooperative relationship between them. On the other hand, because Huaying's distribution capabilities are the best in the country, it will be of great benefit to the movie box office.

The next step is the choice of roles, among which the selection of the male lead is undoubtedly the top priority, because this movie is basically a one-man show by the male lead alone.

Around the age of 30, not long after becoming a father, one person still needs to play two roles, and he must have excellent acting skills.

As for the heroine, it's not so much a heroine, but in fact she doesn't have many roles, not much different from a supporting role.

There are not many other roles and there are fewer scenes, but the requirements are not high.

Therefore, the role problem is mainly to find a suitable actor first.

However, Chen Hao already has a suitable candidate in his mind, so he can invite him to have a try first, and it shouldn't be a big problem.

The biggest problem facing Chen Hao now is actually the problem of special effects.

Due to the downturn in the mainland film market, Chen Hao could only choose to make low-cost sci-fi films, and the low cost meant that Chen Hao did not have enough money to go to the United States to do special effects.

Fortunately, the special effects of this movie are not very difficult. There is no dazzling magic, no volcanic eruption, flooded golden mountains, and no tall buildings collapsing.

The special effects requirements of movies are relatively simple, so Chen Hao decided to do special effects in China.

But when it comes to domestic special effects blockbusters, everyone's first reaction may be Wumao special effects.

How should I put it, special effects are actually what you get for what you pay for, and the film studio pays less, so naturally they can only make special effects for [-] cents.

If the film studio is willing to invest, even before the filming starts, the special effects production project will be booked at the beginning of the script preparation, and the script and director preparation will be entered from the very beginning. The more money the film studio pays, the more exquisite the special effects will be.

Therefore, film and television special effects are a business that burns money to make money from works, and you can't make money without burning money.

Of course, if you burn money, you can't burn it legally and you can't make money.

Film and television special effects are an industrial production line, and it starts to burn money from the film preparation stage. Do you think it is easy?
In Hollywood, the special effects production budget of a blockbuster generally accounts for 1/3 of the entire film investment, and "Transformers" even accounts for 80%.

But in China, most of the movies with special effects, the special effects budget is 10%-15%, and some movies are even less than 1%.

The production of domestic film and television special effects is often squeezed by the pre-production. Most of the funds are paid to star actors as film salaries, so the investment in special effects is naturally less, so it is no wonder that so many special effects are produced.

But in fact, the development of domestic special effects is still good. Thanks to the golden age of the film market, more and more international special effects companies have entered China.

In addition, local special effects companies have also sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and there have been many well-known special effects companies with first-class technology, such as Tiangong Yicai, MORE VFX, and Didu Weichik.

These have brought the mainland into the era of special effects. Although it is more than 20 years later than Hollywood, special effects technology has been developing rapidly.

Later, many domestic CG and animation companies have actually been doing overseas OEM work, and some even directly joined the production of Hollywood movies.

However, most of the special effects companies in mainland China were established in 2006 and later. Now in 2001, there are really no special effects companies in the mainland.

In fact, if you look at the box office of movies in the mainland, you can probably know why.

To say that the current Chinese special effects, and even the best special effects in Asia, should be in Xiangjiang!
After all, since the mid-80s, Xiangjiang Films has dominated the entire Asia and is known as the Hollywood of the East. It is also because Xiangjiang Films are always able to sell well that they can support their own special effects company.

If "Star Wars" in 1977 ushered in the era of heavy industrial special effects for Hollywood, then it should be "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" in 1998 that used a lot of CG special effects to represent China's official entry into the era of special effects!

Now Xiangjiang's special effects level is steadily suppressing South Korea, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the number one in Asia!

Therefore, Chen Hao is going to go to Xiangjiang to talk about the production of special effects for movies in person.

Although the special effects of the movie are not difficult, in order to be able to better shoot realistic special effects movies, Chen Hao decided to let the special effects team enter the crew from the beginning.

From the preparatory stage of the crew, we will discuss the special effects production plan together, and tailor special effects for the film, so that every penny can be spent wisely and big things can be done with small money.

However, Chen Hao is not familiar with the current Xiangjiang Special Effects Company.

If you want to know, you know the new visual effects company of the special effects madman Xu Ke.

Fortunately, Chen Hao doesn't know him, but Yu Dong should be familiar with him. He has already established a relationship with Xiangjiang filmmakers, and even won the distribution rights of "Legend of Tianmai" by virtue of the guarantee and split accounts.

"Hey, Brother Dong, what are you up to?" Chen Hao called Yu Dong.

"Busy about the release of "Legend of Tianmai"." Yu Dong smiled happily, snatching "Legend of Tianmai" from Hua Ying, which obviously made him very happy, "What's the matter, brother?"

Obviously, Yu Dong also knows Chen Hao very well, and he goes to the Three Treasures Palace for everything!
"That's it. My second movie needs special effects. I'm going to ask Xiangjiang's special effects company to help with the production, but I'm not familiar with it. Can I trouble Brother Dong to contact you?" Chen Hao said.

"No problem, just wait a moment, I'll help you ask now." After finishing speaking, Yu Dong hung up the phone and acted vigorously.

　Thanks to "China Entertainment Little Reporter" for the 500 rewards and "Storm Scarlet" for the 100 rewards!

　　
　
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