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Tang Yan finally defeated everyone and ascended to the throne of the Golden Eagle Goddess.

Liu Yifei does not canvass votes for anyone, but when Tang Yan wins, she still sends her blessings.

But there is a saying, the golden dress of the Golden Eagle Goddess, from Liu Yifei's time to now, the dress has become more and more luxurious, but the previous goddesses have not been able to hold the golden dress.

10 years ago, Liu Yifei’s clothes didn’t look very good either.

In late October, the November film began to be promoted.

Among them, the most popular one is "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk". This foreign monk's battle is bigger than "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" and "Redemption" combined.

Li An promotes his 120-frame technology all over the world.

Since "Pi", Li An has become a god in China, as if he is the talker of Chinese-language directors.

Even Li An himself is not sure about the 120-frame technology. Domestic movie fans have already praised this technology to the sky.

"Director Li An is broadening the boundaries of film language. He is the only Chinese director who can do this."

"Li An is 62 years old, and he is still exploring innovations in film language. Unlike some domestic directors who just rest on their laurels."

The respective media have already regarded it as a divine film before even watching the film.

But within two days, the word-of-mouth of "Billy Lynn"'s New York premiere spread back to China.

After the New York premiere, there were 11 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, only 4 of which gave positive reviews, and MetaCritic gave the film a score of 58.

The 4K/3D/120 frames used by Li An is naturally the focus of debate. Film critics all admit that this technological innovation has brought a new viewing experience, but this experience is not necessarily a good thing.

The "Hollywood Reporter" believes that technology has indeed "broadened the boundaries of movies", but at the same time said that this technology sometimes makes one immersed in it, but sometimes it makes oneself out of drama. Moreover, because the movie is too clear, the actors' strengths and weaknesses will be exaggerated, which is especially unfriendly to older actors.

"The Guardian" believes that this is a movie that has not found its foundation. This problem can be noticed by everyone regardless of whether the frame rate of the film has been improved or not, but technological innovation has made the story problem more serious.

Film School Rejects also shared the same view as The Guardian, saying that “the images on the screen have no grain and the tones are very cold. They look transparent and smooth. For nearly two hours, they constantly give those who are eager to connect with the story Emotionally connected viewers throw cold water on it.”

The Collider website even bluntly stated that the visual effects shown in the movie are "fake".

Li An is sure to come to the mainland early next month to promote the film. The 120-frame technology is also being discussed by many people in China.

Yes, there are many people, many of whom are a bit abnormal.

This is a high-end new technology, and Li An is the only one in the world who has used this technology to make movies.

But the domestic discussion on this technology is as lively as if everyone knows 120 frames.

Those who understand photography are asking for popular science about what frame number is and why mainstream movies use 24 frames...

This is obviously someone pushing, not pushing movies, but pushing 120-frame technology.

"Billy Lynn" is just a product of 120-frame technology. Li An is a salesperson, promoting 120-frame technology all over the world.

The technology company behind "Billy Lynn" is trying to replicate James Cameron's success in promoting 3D technology with Li An, who is now at the peak of his fame. If "Billy Lynn" is successful and theaters around the world follow suit and switch to 120-frame projection technology, technology companies will make a lot of money.

Needless to say, Truck Driver also traveled all over the world to promote his company's 3D technology, and even came to the Beijing Film Festival specifically for this purpose.

But the negative reviews from the New York premiere clearly caught the technology company by surprise.

Zhang Yuanjun didn't watch the film, but his American manager Eddie was at the New York Film Festival at the time. Eddie was very interested in this technology and wanted to see what Li An would do.

In the past few days, I have been exchanging my views on 120 frames and "Billy Lynn" with Zhang Yuanjun.

Although Zhang Yuanjun has not watched the movie, he has watched "The Hobbit" in 48 frames. At that time, he already felt uncomfortable. It is conceivable that it was 120 frames.

Eddie has no objection to this technology, but he is not optimistic about Li An's experiment: "I don't understand why the technology company would give this task to Li An." In Eddie's view, Li An is not engaged in film technology. Expand the living person.

"To replicate the success of "Avatar" in promoting 3D, the first choice must be commercial blockbusters. It would be better for Marvel to make "Avengers" at 120 frames than to leave it to Li An. But Li An chose to use this technology to film The psychological trauma of an American soldier.”

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "The Avengers is Marvel's chicken that lays golden eggs. They will not use such high-risk technology on it." That's it.

"I was watching it at the premiere," Eddie reported to his boss. "It was clear, extremely clear, and then there was a strong discomfort. This was different from all the movies I had seen before. It was very uncomfortable to sit there. I will never I like 24 frames.” Eddie didn’t even accept the 48 frames of “The Hobbit” and once cursed Peter Jackson in front of Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun is an actor. He has never performed in a 120-frame lens, but he has consulted some directors and photographers in the past few days, and even called Li An to find out about the changes in the actors' performances while he was filming.

Li An took some time out of his busy schedule to share his experience on the set with him, telling Zhang Yuanjun that in the 120-frame shot, makeup was abandoned.

"Because it is so clear, the audience can tell at a glance that you are wearing makeup. In order to ensure authenticity, actors must appear without makeup."

"We also encountered a lot of difficulties in performance. Some performances that are very good in 24 frames will go to two extremes when viewed in 120 frames. They are too exaggerated and too superficial. So I asked the actors to reduce the exaggeration of their performances. But once performed like this, the whole scene seems too boring, so rich details must be used to harmonize the whole scene.”

In the end, Li An said to Zhang Yuanjun sincerely: "I'm actually not very sure about how the actors' performances will change dramatically at 120 frames. I've only shot this one movie, and I don't have enough experience. If you have time in the future, you can come to the laboratory here and let’s take a look.”

Zhang Yuanjun was very interested in Li An's invitation. He did not agree with the use of 120 frames in feature films for the time being, but he was curious about the impact of high frame rates on performance, so he verbally agreed to find an opportunity to shoot an experimental short film with 120 frames.

Liu Yifei was also very interested in the 120-frame performance and pestered her husband to tell him about it.

"Listen to Director Li An, first of all, you can't wear makeup."

"Huh?!" Liu Yifei's first point was a bit confusing.

"The second thing is to do subtraction first, and then enrich the performance with details. Li An didn't make it very clear at the time. It was quite mysterious. He said that at 120 frames, the audience no longer watches the play, but feels the play. The actor's The performance also needs to go deeper.”

Liu Yifei heard it with little understanding, and decided to go see the movie in person next month when it is released.

"Actually, I've been thinking about it these past few days. 120 frames is really not suitable for shooting feature films. It should be used for shooting documentaries and games. The immersion is so good."

"Do you understand?" Liu Yifei asked.

Zhang Yuanjun rolled his eyes and ignored her. (End of chapter)