I really can't act

Chapter 335 "Mermaid Empire"

Fang Yi and Guo Fan went to visit Lao Ke's base company again, and this time they were going to do it for real.

China Film's film and television bases are now only reliable for him with the large-scale hardware equipment in the early stage. Those things are dead and will not be bad.

At first, Fang Yi thought that the scale of China Film Group is large, and there are good nails for bad ships, but he didn't expect that the later stage of "Let the Bullets Fly" turned out to be done with the help of Huairou Film and Television Base.Jiang Wen made a literary film, he didn't think there was a big problem with that part, or he thought it could be compromised, but Fang Yi couldn't stand it.

In his vision, the special effects are as good as the lines and the camera language.If the film is a commercial film, this status will be even higher. If "Love Letter" didn't have the scene of riding a bicycle and the shocking tower collapse, the score would be at least 0.5 to 1 point lower.

For example, "Transformers 2" was released last year with a lot of bugs in the plot, and the camera language is not worth mentioning. The IMDB score is 6.2, almost below the passing line. The evaluation is "the scene is grand but the content is empty, the logic is chaotic, and the editing is blunt. "

When this film was released in China, many theaters did not have 3D laser halls, but only 2D screens. However, the audience was still fascinated by it. After it came out, they didn’t know what they saw, but it was very cool.

This film won the Zhou crown in China and the United States at the same time.

Obviously, "Let the Bullets Fly" could have had a better box office performance, but Jiang Wen is not very sensitive to special effects. The environment in which he grew up prevented him from being exposed to these, and he did not put big scenes in a high position.

In the film "Let the Bullets Fly", there is a scene where Mr. Huang and the bunker are blown up together.When Jiang Wen shot here, he had planned to add a huge roar and then give a black plain picture. The combination of the two means that Master Huang died and the tower collapsed.

It is equivalent to fooling around in order to save costs.

Although Mark, who is proficient in distribution and marketing, has no idea about film shooting, he urged Jiang Wen at that time, "Just blow it up... Do you want a few million? It doesn't matter, just blow it up, this is not a place for you to save money. "

On the contrary, in the scene of the Hongmen Banquet of the Three Shadow Emperors, a certain Lao Baigan gave 3000 million yuan to Jiang Wen as a sponsor, and the sign asking for Lao Baigan was clearly displayed.

Jiang Wen didn't compromise at all, and had a big fight with Mark.

Today, Old Ke of Base released the news at the right time. Even if someone bought shares in Base, he would continue to be a foreign expert as one of the founders, instead of cashing out and leaving.

Fang Yi wore a baseball cap and had no other disguise.Lao Ke picked up his two core disciples, saw Fang Yi from a distance, and made New Year greetings, "Gong Xi Fa Cai, Fang."

He greeted Guo Fan again, "And you, Guo Fang."

"Old Ke, my name is Guo Fan, second voice, Fan."

"Guo Fang."

"Fan, Fanfan, Fanfan."

"Guo Fang?"

"Okay, I'm fine, just admit that my surname is Guo."

Lao Ke introduced his two apprentices, "This is the first group of apprentices I brought up. Some of them left and went to my hometown, and some switched to other industries in your country... It is always difficult to persevere. In 07, the entire base team only had 20 people, but now it has expanded to 170 people!"

"China's special effects market will definitely take off like your economy!" Old Ke made a gesture of superman flying into the sky, and laughed, "We are also taking off. The cost invested now will be earned back a hundred times in the future."

Fang Yi chuckled, "Old Ke, you are a technician, so don't come here for cake painting. I have met a professional responsible for cake painting. He will resign next year, and let him contact you in the future."

"Your investment manager?"

Fang Yi nodded.

After Lao Ke was found out, he didn't care about shame, "What I said is true, please believe in my business reputation." The first floor of the base has densely packed cubicles, and the lights are turned on to the brightest, which makes the people inside very energetic .

Old Ke whispered, "Don't disturb them."

Soon, several people entered the office, and Lao Ke's apprentice made tea for them.Fang Yi and Guo Fan looked at each other and said directly:
"I have seen the strength of base. You can handle general special effects. Now I have a problem. I plan to make me 20 years later. The expressions and movements must be delicate. Can base do it?"

Lao Ke analyzed with him, "You have shot a lot of shots like this in Hollywood, so it's not a big deal. Usually it's a very special dress... dress up, decoration..."

"Special makeup."

"Yes, Fang, that's special makeup. On this basis, I will repair the places you may have worn frame by frame. You may not know... This thing is not difficult technically, but the cost is not low. Now There is no one to do it in North America, because it is very labor-intensive, and we have done similar things before, and the principle is the same. But it is very difficult because it requires responsibility and patience.”

Fang Yi: "In principle."

"Yes, in principle, in principle. I have the source of the film at that time, you can watch it."

On the screen is a very common video, a few Yankees are talking there, you say something to each other, and then they fight for no reason.

Old Ke asked, "Is there any trick?"

Fang Yi, "Play it again."

"OK, let me remind you, pay attention to the person in the upper left corner."

The video was played again.

Guo Fan couldn't help but said, "Is it because the screen is too small and there are gaps, but we can't see it."

Fang Yi shook his head, "This frame is a TV series, not a movie. It's enough that we can't see it now-Old Ke, don't play charades."

Old Ke then released the source material, which is now obvious.In the upper left corner, there is a watermark from a home DV shoot, covering the character's hair.

He said: "This is the first time HBO has given us the task. We need to cut out the time mark in the upper left corner frame by frame, and fill in the personnel lost due to erasing the time mark frame by frame. hair image. It’s a bad job, a stinky job, and no one else is going to take it but us.”

Fang Yi: "So you have a long-term cooperation with HBO because of this, so you have a big list of "Pacific War"?"

Lao Ke said sincerely, "HBO didn't entrust us with the most core special effects, they gave us a higher level of dirty work, tiring work. Because of the schedule of the series, HBO can only give us two months to produce samples, and the usual sample production cycle is several months or even half a year."

"However, I believe that in the future, it will be two levels higher, three levels higher, until we completely catch up. I don't want to deceive you, the key to base's survival is these dirty and tiring jobs that no one wants. We must Overtime, we have to do what others do for a month in a week, otherwise no one will ask us to come.”

He brought a few people to the second floor. Here, the employees below could be seen busy in silence. It seemed that there was only the sound of the server and the monotonous sound of the machinery.

Fang Yi said, "After the filming starts, you can first make a special effect and send it to me. If it is suitable, we will sign a long-term contract and pay you according to the market price."

"Fang, did you come here just for this? I can't support so many people anymore. I'm tired. I shouldn't be a technical training teacher. I've been doing it for seven years."

"I'm definitely investing more in you than HBO. The bigger the investment, the more cautious it is."

Old Ke heard that he was willing to pay for it, and waved his fist silently. He said excitedly, "We are still working on many projects, and one of them is said to have your Chinese actors participating in it. I think you can take a look."

"what is it call?"

"Empires of the Deep."

"Underwater Empire?"

"You call it "Mermaid Empire" here."

(End of this chapter)