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Chapter 315 Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to control the barbarians [Please subscribe]

Of course, Sun Yi knew nothing about domestic affairs.

First of all, Huayi has not officially launched it yet, and secondly, he does not know that any photos from the party have leaked out.

I thought no one knew him here in the United States.

Of course, I really don’t know it, but I can’t stand there being something called the Internet.

As for Liu Yifei, although she generally knows that she has some issues with Huayi because of her participation in "The King of Kung Fu".

But in order to protect her, Liu's mother didn't tell her clearly at the time. Even when she came to the United States this time, she didn't come with her because she wanted to negotiate with Huayi.

In addition to her management matters, she basically does whatever her mother tells her to do, so she doesn't think much about it.

The two of them were like careless young lovers, living a leisurely cohabitation life while studying in school.

Every morning, Liu Yifei got up early and made breakfast for Sun Yi. After the two of them finished eating together, they went out at the same time.

Sun Yi's exchange meeting was relatively late, so he usually sent Liu Yifei to the film school first, and then went to the exchange meeting himself.

Now Sun Yi can no longer keep a low profile. When communicating with each other, everyone does not let him go at all. He is required to participate in the discussion every time.

Every day I wish I could end it early so I could pick up my girlfriend from get out of class.

During the lunch break, the two of them could find a place to have a sweet lunch together. They made a plan, starting from the first store in the commercial street, and eating whatever they wanted one by one to see if they could eat it. over.

In the evening, it was time for Sun Yi to show off his skills, buy food and cook.

Sun Yi had not left behind the skills of his previous life. Although they were all home-cooked dishes, Liu Yifei was still full of praise for them.

When it was time for dinner in the evening, she would sit obediently at the dinner table and wait for her brother to feed her, just like a piglet entering a trough.

After dinner, the two of them usually take a walk, hang out for a while, and then return to the villa.

Sun Yi began to take Liu Yifei to analyze the characters and watch various movies at the same time, suspenseful and sci-fi. While comparing the performance of the actors in the movies, he asked her to imitate and helped her hone her acting skills bit by bit.

Although there was some suspicion of talking on paper, she couldn't resist her low foundation, so after a few days, the progress she made was visible to the naked eye, and the results were very gratifying.

For Sun Yi's new movie, she almost meets the requirements. After all, this is a purely commercial movie, and the requirements for acting skills are not that advanced.

Next.

Here Liu Yifei is still taking her acting class, while Sun Yi's exchange meeting has begun with an outing.

It is to personally visit the entire filming process of Hollywood movies.

This exchange meeting may be fully sponsored by the Weinstein Films, so it was really not a waste at all. It was a full visit in one week.

From the selection of scripts in the early stage, project preparation, to the construction of scenes in the mid-term, actual shooting, and the final post-production of the film.

Although there was no in-depth experience, there was no opportunity to actually get started, and the time spent in each visit was not long, Sun Yi was still quite shocked by the Hollywood movie model.

In previous lives, people said that domestic movies were rubbish, no, the [-]-cent special effects could not compare with Hollywood blockbusters, but no one has ever analyzed the specific reasons why they cannot compare.

Even if it is mentioned, it is usually because the film industry cannot compare, and the special effects technology cannot compare. Simply put, that's it.

But in fact, is the reason really that simple?

This is what Sun Yi saw during this visit.

It's really not that he wants to boost the ambitions of outsiders and destroy his own prestige.

Objectively speaking, the gap is really huge. This is not something that cannot be compared with the so-called industrialization and technology. From systems to processes to concepts, they are all lagging behind.

Let’s talk about the system first. China has always been a “director-centered system”. This is not to say that this system is bad. On the contrary, under this system, it is easy to produce masters, just like the fifth generation directors who won awards internationally in those years. Soft-handed.

But this system also has limitations, that is, the times are developing, and once the director cannot keep up with the times, the film industry will inevitably collapse.

On the Hollywood side, it is a "producer-centered system". This system is a scientific co-ordination that concentrates the core control of the project in the hands of the producer, and fully integrates the marketing strategy and team throughout the film production process. The principle of collaboration, through rigorous research and scientific production process, maximizes the value of the film, especially suitable for commercial films.

Such a system is not without its disadvantages, because for the sake of the integrity of the project, the producer will ruthlessly kill the director's "eureka moment", leaving the film lacking in art and soul.

Both systems have their own advantages and disadvantages, but since Chinese films have begun commercialization, the "producer-centered system" is obviously more suitable.

Although Sun Yi is also a director, he obviously admires the Hollywood model more. Not everyone is a rebirth like him.

In the Hollywood film system, from directing, photography, and art production to special effects, it is a complete integrated production system that can form a closed loop and integrate industrialization and professionalism.

As for China, he has a deep understanding that it is director-centered and distributed, with the director taking the lead and communicating with photography, art, and special effects one by one. In this way, the director's will can be maximized.

But the director is also a human being, and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes. This situation is a great test of the director's personal ability. The result is that if he is awesome, he is really awesome, and if he is rubbish, he is really rubbish.

To put it bluntly, Hollywood has a lower limit, while China is free to play and look at the situation.

Now that we’ve talked about the system, let’s talk about the shooting process.

The specific steps are actually very similar between the two films, including preparation, filming, post-production, and finally release.

But the granularity of the steps is very different.For example, early preparation.

Speaking of scripts alone, Hollywood has an organization that specializes in selecting scripts. The first step is to count the pages.

There is a standard number of pages for a script, and any script that exceeds this number will be passed directly, because a script that is too long means that the film time is also long, and there are not many directors who can control the rhythm.

Then we choose stories from these scripts with qualified pages. Hollywood has statistics on the audience's hearts, which points the audience likes and which points they don't like.The so-called good stories must have these points and factors.

Once the script is finalized, directors and actors will be approached.

There are also criteria for finding a director, and they will look at the box office performance of the films you have made in the past three years.

After the director has been chosen, we can then finalize the actors.But this time the money will not be all given to you, but half.There are also specialized agencies for this.I won't pay you the other half until the film is finished.The actors don't get paid in the early stage, and the later half only includes their salary.Therefore, no matter how big-name a star is in Hollywood, they will behave and act conscientiously, unless they are the kind who really don't care about money.

One thing that's bad about us here is that in order to attract celebrities, money is often given first, and even if it's not good enough, half of it is given. Then as soon as the big names get the money, they become the bosses.

The entire crew had to coax and support, but of course, most of the actors were pretty good, and no matter how big of a name they were, they wouldn't make random remarks.But those new traffic figures are not good enough. They have never endured hardship. They are so popular with media fans that they feel at ease when they act like big names.

No wonder teacher Chen Daoming commented, "Since when have actors endured hardships and deserved praise? That's what you do."

Finally, there is the concept of film.

Hollywood has strict standards for all aspects of movies.

All links are interconnected and orderly, equipped with a mature operating system and supervision system.

But China is currently a little worse.

Just like the difference between workshop-style production and industrial production.

Hollywood is like a bunch of standardized cars built on the family car production line, with high efficiency and high production capacity. Although they all look the same and get boring after seeing them too much, they are absolutely practical, usable and easy to use as a car.

But here in China, it's like it's made by hand. Today, if a group of level [-] fitters come in, they can make a Rolls-Royce for you, but tomorrow, if a group of apprentices come in, they can't even compare to a tractor.

There are also standards for the production of props and the construction of scenes.

You really don’t want to accept this thing.

For example, various armors, swords, axes and shields, and daily utensils in "Lord of the Rings".

Weta Workshop produced a total of 48000 pieces of armor, 500 bows and 10000 arrows.

They also made a large number of prosthetics, such as 1800 pairs of Hobbit legs, a large number of ears, noses, and heads for actors, and knitted nearly 19000 costumes.

Each prop is specially designed by the art team. Considering that it needs to be suitable for scenes of different proportions, many props are also made in two versions, one large and one small.

On our side, damn, the costumes and props are like heirlooms. When one crew is done, another one will take over.

Not to mention technically, let’s just talk about a motion capture system.

It's almost ruined here, and there are probably some directors in China who don't know about this stuff.

Not to mention that it is only 08. When Sun Yi visited, he discovered that they had already begun to develop the Previs preview system.

At first, Sun Yi didn't understand what this was. He didn't understand until the staff explained it.

To put it bluntly, the Previs preview system is the early preview of the movie. Before the filming of the movie starts, the shots to be shot are produced with 3D animation to show the actor's movements, sceneries, camera angles, camera movements and other scene arrangements for the director to use during filming. Guide the shooting during actual shooting.

Someone said, isn't this just a fool's errand?

Don't think this thing is useless. You know, the biggest expense of a movie is the uncertainty during shooting. Often because a shot is inappropriate, a lot of time has to be wasted on re-adjustment on set. If one link is delayed, the entire process will be completely ruined. Chaos will cause time costs to skyrocket.

You know, a crew of [-] people eat and drink, there are also actors' schedules, and the cost of venue equipment can easily reach millions in one day.

At that time, Sister Yu's "Love Has an Afterlife" would have cost her an additional 1000 million yuan to produce if Sun Yi had not helped her.

With this preview system, basically, before the shooting period, it is clear at a glance what the movie will look like and how to shoot it, which greatly saves time. After all, the early preparation only requires the director and a few staff members to drink in the office. Tea and water are enough, which saves a lot of money.

Let’s compare the special effects. Needless to say, everyone knows this.

In short, Sun Yi was really shocked by this one-week visit and felt that it was worth every penny.

He also found the future development direction of Starry Sky Image. He has no control over other companies currently. At least for his own Starry Sky, he is prepared to develop it according to the Hollywood model.

Therefore, he also made up his mind that through this movie shooting, he must learn and master the entire process and even technology of Hollywood.

Then we will make adjustments based on the actual situation in China to build Starry Sky into a benchmark, accelerate the commercialization process of Chinese films, lead the trend of the Chinese film industry in the future, change the situation of junk films flying all over the sky in future generations, and even be able to shoulder the responsibility in the future The important task of promoting Chinese culture.

After being reborn, if you don't do something earth-shattering, you'd still be called a reborn person.

But this is still Sun Yi's wishful thinking. Can the Yankees let him learn it so easily?
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