China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 682: Unity and Preparation for "The Earth's Core" Completed [Two-in-One]

"Pacific Rim" received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards, including Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Editing, and Best Foreign Language Film.

"The Invisible Guest" received three nominations including Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup, and Best Cinematography.

There are quite a few nominations, a total of 8, but for Sun Yi, the only ones that can be considered valuable are the Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film.

He himself didn't even have any particularly high expectations for these nominations.

Sun Yi was safe, but the domestic media reporters were not calm.

This is the famous Oscar, right?

Hollywood's most prestigious award.

The most desirable place for film and television people all over the world.

Haven't you seen that that guy, a certain big director, is racking his brains to get closer to the Oscars and trying his best to cater to those old white men.

For a time, interview requests about Sun Yi piled up like a mountain, and everyone wanted to get an exclusive interview with him.

But Sun Yi didn't show up at all and declined all interview requests.

The reporters had no choice but to entertain themselves. After reporting on Sun Yi's nomination for several days, they began to make various analyses and predictions. Many experts in the industry also participated in the interpretation and predicted Sun Yi's chances of winning.

Sun Yi was left in tears and laughter. Even Liu Yifei, after reading the reports, was like a curious baby and kept asking questions.

"Brother, are you not happy at all? This is Oscar~"

Liu Yifei had just finished a set of physical training in the training room. After taking a shower, she snuggled up to Sun Yi and asked about this again.

Sun Yi was working on a short play plan in front of his computer. He replied while typing:

"What's there to be happy about? It's just a formality."

"Why do you say that? If you're nominated, you have the possibility of winning."

"You're right, but the probability is too low, almost zero."

Sun Yi stopped the work in his hands, turned to look at Liu Yifei, and answered with a little helplessness.

He didn't explain too much, as he didn't want Liu Yifei to face the cruel reality right now.

In this world, no matter how big an award is, as long as it is awarded by humans, there will definitely be off-field factors involved, and it is impossible to achieve absolute fairness.

Not to mention the Oscars, isn’t it the same for the Nobel Prize?

Who is most likely to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Beautiful President.

There are so many in history.

But this group of people has launched the most wars.

That's ironic.

Therefore, Sun Yi does not have high hopes for his Oscar journey this time.

As for why he received so many nominations, Sun Yi felt that it was probably because the old man Harvey was showing him his connections and status in the Academy of Oscars in order to maintain future cooperation between the two companies.

You know, this time "The Invisible Guest" made him a lot of money again.

The film grossed $1.03 million in North America and was subsequently distributed overseas by Weinstein Films, where it was a huge success in Europe.

Maybe Europeans just like this type of movie, which really made Harvey earn a lot of money, so he returned the favor at this year's Oscars by giving Sun Yi a lot of nominations that had little value.

He thought that Sun Yi was just like other Chinese directors, yearning for an Oscar.

Little did he know that the flattery hit the horse's leg.

Liu Yifei is still not very familiar with these tricks. Although she now knows that there are various insider operations in some awards, because it involves Sun Yi, she inevitably takes it seriously and very much hopes that he can win the award.

"What if? What if you really win the prize?"

just in case?
Sun Yi frowned slightly.

If this is mentioned, there is nothing he can do.

I don't dare to say it so sure.

After all, things in the world are unpredictable, and he doesn't dare to say that he has no chance at all, it's just that the probability is very low.

"If I win the prize, I'll treat it as winning the lottery and treat you to a delicious meal."

"If you win an Oscar, you just have to treat me to a meal, right?"

Liu Yifei stared with a look of dissatisfaction.

"Then what else do you want to do?"

"I want to go out and have fun! You promised me to take me on a trip, but you never kept your promise."

“Why not?”

"Don't make excuses, it's just not true~"

This woman is really hard to mess with. She changes her attitude at any time.

Liu Yifei had a stern face and her fingers were almost poking Sun Yi's nose.

"Oh, okay, okay."

Sun Yi quickly raised his hands in surrender, then quickly thought about it in his mind and found that it seemed that he had really wronged the girl.

Let’s count down these years.

I have never taken her out to play.

At most, I just took the opportunity of filming on the set to stroll around the area. No wonder I suddenly felt a little resentful.

At that moment, Sun Yi nodded solemnly and assured Liu Yifei:

"Whether I win the prize or not, I will definitely take you out for a trip this year."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei's mood immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and she almost jumped for joy.

"Yeah, brother is the best, love you~"

Sun Yi smiled and shook his head.

When it comes to playing, the little girl still has the mentality of a little girl.

However, this is exactly what I like.

This year's Spring Festival is on February 2nd. Basically, all major companies and units start their holidays one day in advance. However, Sun Yi is more willful and plans to give all employees a holiday three days in advance.

On the last day of working at Star Sky, Sun Yi went to the digital studio in Huairou again at the invitation of Han Sanping.

Han Sanping was still worried, so he wanted to take another look at the preparation progress of "Gravity" before the New Year, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to have a peaceful New Year.

On the way, the two rode in the same car, and Han Sanping talked about "New World".

It is no longer appropriate to describe Sun Yi's movie as a dark horse; it should be described as an overlord.

The champion of the annual Lunar New Year box office.

The second Chinese-language film to gross over 10 billion yuan.

"New World" has been released for four weeks and its box office performance is simply explosive. Including the box office figures in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the overall box office has exceeded 10 billion RMB, which is a good start for 11.

This is also the second film by Sun Yi with a box office of over 10 billion since his debut.

"I never thought you would quietly come up with another hit. Fortunately, this movie was released in 11. If it was released last year, your annual box office share would be a bit scary."

It’s no wonder that Han Sanping felt this way.

The total box office of the Chinese film market in 10 has just been released - 94 billion RMB. This is more than billion higher than the previous data, and it is almost enough to break the billion mark.

Among them, Star Sky alone accounts for nearly 20% of the box office.

This does not include the box office of "New World", otherwise it would be even higher, almost one-third.

"Third Master, this is scary, isn't it? It's all your achievement."

Hearing this, Han Sanping was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, pointing at Sun Yi and saying:
"Okay, you are still good at talking. I'll accept this flattery."

"Ha ha."

Sun Yi laughed. He no longer felt any restraint in front of Han Sanping. He was like an old friend and could joke with him freely.

Han Sanping never cared about it, and sometimes even cooperated with Sun Yi and showed off his sense of humor.

"By the way, what are your future plans for the film "New World"?"

What's the plan?
Sun Yi was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Han Sanping meant.

Han Sanping glanced at Sun Yi and asked with a smile:
"I know that you made this movie just to compete with those people in the Hong Kong circle. Now that you have gained both face and substance, what are your plans for the next step?"

"Master San, you can't just accuse me of something. It will affect our unity. I don't mean to be angry. I just want to challenge myself and try a new type of film."

Sun Yi waved his hands repeatedly, and his serious look made Han Sanping's mouth twitch.

Keep pretending, kid.

"Forget it, as long as you understand it yourself, what I want to tell you is that it's enough to be about the same. After all, we are a family now, and children don't understand. We as parents should be more tolerant."

Well, we have to consider the overall situation.

Sun Yi felt a little uncomfortable, but he had to admit that what Mr. Han said made some sense.

"Third Master, just tell me straight away, what do you want me to do?"

"You should take part in the Academy Awards in April and represent the film and television people in the mainland."

"That's it?"

"Ah."

"Ha, I thought it was something else. As long as they dare to accept it, I will go."

The qualifications for judging the Hong Kong Film Awards are quite special and have certain requirements.

First, the director must be a Hong Kong resident holding a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card;
The second requirement is that at least one of the film’s production or investment companies is a legally registered company in Hong Kong.

Third, at least six of the main creative personnel of the work projects must be Hong Kong Island residents holding Hong Kong Island permanent resident identity cards. The main creative personnel include producers, screenwriters, male and female protagonists, male and female supporting actors, photographers, action designers, art directors, costume designers and other crew members.

A film must meet two of the above conditions to be eligible for the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Although Sun Yi's "New World" uses an all-mainland cast and the director is also from the mainland, the investment companies involved in the production include Hong Kong's Yinghuang Pictures. The main creative staff of the crew, including photography, action design, costume design, art director, etc., are all from Hong Kong Island, which just makes up 6 positions.

Therefore, this "New World" meets the second and third criteria and is fully qualified to participate in the Academy Awards.

It depends on whether the organizing committee of the Academy Awards dares to accept him.

After all, those diehard Hong Kong people behind the scenes are the biggest bankers behind the Academy Awards.

"You still have to go, and be graceful. I believe they will see the reality."

Han Sanping said with a serious face.

Mr. Han, you may be a little optimistic~~
"Not bad, not bad, very well done."

In Studio No. 1 of the Starry Sky Digital Studio, Han Sanping looked at the scenery in front of him and was amazed.

This was his second time to inspect the filming progress of "Gravity", and compared to two months ago when the entire filming site was simply divided out and only some relatively simple sets were completed, everything in front of him was already shocking enough.

The life-size Tiangong space station and the replica return landing capsule look exactly like the real ones.

The person in charge on site introduced to the two people: "Mr. Han, Mr. Sun, this is a scale model specially made according to the guidance of experts from the National Space Administration. A large part of the future filming will be completed in these two cabins."

Han Sanping nodded and went into the interior of the Tiangong. There were all kinds of buttons, display screens, control consoles, astronaut rest areas, and experimental areas, and there was no sign of any flaws at all.

Even the operating computer on the console is real and can switch screens.

“The details are very well done, good, very good.”

Han Sanping didn't know if it was the first time he praised, but he never closed his mouth since he came to the set of "Gravity".

"what is that?"

After leaving the Tiangong space station, Han Sanping pointed at the staff who were installing a large box on the second floor of the studio and asked.

"Third Master, it's a light box."

Light box?

Han Sanping looked up and saw that there was a wall on the second floor that was densely packed with such large boxes. There were also such boxes on the surrounding walls, but they were not yet full.

“Do you need so many light boxes?”

Hearing Mr. Han's question, Sun Yi smiled and nodded.

He knew that Mr. Han would definitely ask this question when he saw this.

"Master San, the most fundamental difficulty of our film is how to restore the real space environment."

"Of course, in real space, people can only see darkness, and at most can see the sun and part of the earth, but if that were the case, there would be no need to watch the entire movie."

"So, under the guidance of experts from the space agency, we designed a relatively realistic simulation environment for the space in the movie."

"To capture this kind of simulation, we need to deal with three light sources at the same time: the hard light of the distant sun, the soft light reflected from the earth, and the occasional cold light reflected from the moon."

“The three light sources need to change constantly according to the protagonist’s perspective and the film scene, and traditional lighting cannot meet this requirement. And if all special effects CG are used, the production cost will be several times higher, and the final effect will definitely not be as smooth as real light sources.”

“Moreover, using traditional tungsten lamps or HMI lamps with color filters can only produce a single color tone. At the same time, the light projected on the actor’s face may be dark on one side and bright on the other side, or there may be a bright spot of another color in the middle, which is not three-dimensional enough.”

"Faced with this situation, our special effects department developed a new mode, namely the adaptive combination of light sources for the entire scene."

"It's the same principle as the LED screen. We fill the entire shooting background with light boxes, making the background look like a whole screen, which can display different pictures according to our needs."

After hearing Sun Yi's introduction, Han Sanping opened his mouth wide, which, combined with his hairline that was almost rising to a fixed point, was quite funny.

"You mean, this whole wall is the background for your filming?"

Sun Yi nodded and replied:

"Yes, this entire wall is made up of 196 light boxes, each of which has 4096 LED lights inside. Each LED light can be individually controlled by a computer to display a variety of background images including the sun, the earth, the space station, and the interior of a spacecraft.

“Moreover, under the control of the computer program, no matter where the actors are or how fast they move, the light box can show their surrounding environment, allowing the actors to feel the space environment immersively during the performance, without the false feeling of performing in front of a green screen relying only on imagination.”

"well"

Han Sanping widened his eyes and nodded repeatedly in shock.

He used to be a director and had worked in the film industry for most of his life, but he had never seen a movie being shot like this.

If it weren't for his status, he would have burst out with the word "awesome" long ago.

Sun Yi looked at the masterpiece in front of him and felt somewhat pleased with himself.

The original novel also used this method during filming, but they used a temporary large light box, and the actors performed inside the light box.

But it is very difficult to change the scene, but the current Starry Sky is different. It is a light wall that can be moved at any time and even controlled individually.

This problem was taken into consideration when the studio was first designed, so the top floor is equipped with slide rails and crane arms to hang various shooting equipment. There are also various hangers on the wall, as well as a backdrop wall that can be moved at any time. After hanging the light box, it can fully cope with different scene switching.

This system of Starry Sky is many times more convenient than the one in the original book.

(End of this chapter)