hollywood melon man

Chapter 799 It’s too expensive!!!
The production of "Avengers" has entered the fast lane. In addition to the actors' performances, the most important thing is the production of special effects.

The special effects are the top priority of superhero movies. If not enough money is spent on them, the special effects will look particularly rubbish, just like the low-quality films produced by Marvel in the later period.

As one of the top special effects companies in Hollywood today, Orange Studio took on this arduous task.

It is worth mentioning that Orange Studio has received many orders for Chinese-language films in recent years, such as "Red Cliff" directed by Baige Wu and "Robot" starring Wu Zhanlang.

But the special effects of these films are still considered to be of poor quality by veterans, and the reason is simple: not enough money was paid.

I don't know about other special effects companies, but Orange Special Effects Company doesn't have that kind of discrimination. After all, the boss's position is there, and it's impossible for him to go too far.

But Hollywood's labor costs are already among the highest in the world, and even if there is no discrimination, the prices can't be much lower.

The investment in Chinese-language films is basically not large. Even with the investment scale of "Red Cliff", even if the actors' pay is compressed, there is still not enough money to spend on special effects.

However, people don't just look for Hollywood companies because they know it's expensive. Instead, they tend to look for special effects companies in Japan and South Korea.

Although not as good as the top special effects companies in Hollywood, the price is cheaper.

During this period, some unknown and wonderful changes occurred. Chinese film directors did not notice that there were many more special effects companies in the country.

In recent years, due to Hollywood's high labor costs and technology research and development costs, the operating costs of many special effects companies are very high.

Special effects companies are different from directors, producers and actors. They cannot enjoy profits from box office and peripheral products, and their profit fluctuation room is very small.

Unless they are special effects companies supported by large companies, such as Industrial Light & Magic, it is difficult for independent special effects companies to operate.

James Cameron's Digital Domain is one of the best special effects production companies in the industry, but Digital Domain, which created the amazing special effects in "Terminator 2" and "Avatar", reported a loss in its 2009 financial report.

Even James Cameron couldn't hold on and wanted to sell it to 20th Century Fox or Universal Pictures.

Later, Gilbert Jr. invested money in Digital Domain and became a shareholder of Digital Domain, which prevented this special effects company from falling into the hands of other giants.

Therefore, Digital Domain was also responsible for some of the special effects production of The Avengers, especially the motion capture part, which was basically completed by Digital Domain.

James Cameron later told Gilbert Jr.: "This industry is too expensive. Only super-rich people like you can afford it."

Even James Cameron, the richest director, can't afford it, which shows how much money is burned in the special effects industry in North America.

What to do if they can’t afford it? Without investment, special effects companies have to find ways to survive on their own, outsourcing their work to lower costs.

The special effects production companies that have sprung up in China were established under this background. These special effects companies may seem insignificant, but in fact they are responsible for some unimportant outsourcing businesses.

To borrow a sentence from Collison Erwin of Orange Studios’ special effects studio: “Although these Chinese people lack experience, they are diligent and hardworking enough to produce high-quality and fast products.

This saves us a lot of energy and allows us to focus on more important tasks.”

Of course, in order to enable these Chinese counterparts to better complete their tasks, Hollywood special effects companies will also provide technical support to help their Chinese counterparts better familiarize themselves with the business.

If we look at it from the perspective of technological blockade, this is a crime.

But for businesses and capitalists, they only care about two issues, cost and profit.

If there is a place where costs can be greatly saved and huge profits can be brought in, nothing can stop capital.

This matter also involved another person, Guo Fan.

Since returning to China after completing his studies, Guo Fan has not rushed to launch major projects, but has calmly analyzed and summarized the current situation. He first shot other films to consolidate his position, and then looked for opportunities to start major projects.

Young Gilbert emphasized this to him when he returned home.

Movies have always been inseparable from the market, because movies themselves are products, they need flowers, applause, and audiences. But the current Chinese film market cannot give Guo Fan what he wants, so he needs to act cautiously.

Fortunately, he maintained this kind of patience very well, and it also saved his directorial career. Originally, there were a few people who agreed to stop Guo Fan.

As a result, after waiting for a year, they found that Guo Fan was running around but not making any movies. Those people thought that Guo Fan was useless and stopped paying attention to him.

It was not until he met Liu Cixin that Guo Fan had dinner with Liu Cixin and talked for a long time, and it was Liu Cixin who paid for the meal.

After returning to the capital, Guo Fan found Liu Ji and said, "Let's make a movie first!"

"You're finally willing to take action."

Liu Ji was overjoyed and asked, "Then what shall we shoot?"

"I've observed that comedy films are very popular in the film market recently, so let's make a youth love comedy!" Guo Fan said.
Liu Ji was stunned: "Aren't you going to make a science fiction film?"

"The timing is not right now. The company has to survive, right? Let's do something else first, and we'll do it when the timing is right."

In this way, Guo Fan started his business vigorously. He had just returned from Hollywood and the title of Gilbert's student was quite useful.

Not to mention mainland stars, even those from Hong Kong and Taiwan are willing to perform and have no problem taking a pay cut.

Especially a girl named Da Mi Mi, who looked for opportunities to chat up Guo Fan every day. If Guo Fan was not married, there would be a drama of a beautiful woman chasing after him.

However, when the two names of Da Mi Mi and Guo Fan are put together, they don't seem to be the same kind of people.

Little Gilbert is still unaware of the changes in his students.

Despite his busy schedule, Gilbert Jr. took time out to attend the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

The Harry Potter series has reached its final chapter. Although there will be a sequel next year, countless Harry Potter fans have gathered together to bid farewell to this film series that has accompanied them for ten years.

The Gryffindor Big Three showed up at the premiere and shed tears on the red carpet, causing great sadness at the scene.

For many Harry Potter fans, especially former teenagers, the Harry Potter movies are their youth.

"Harry Potter" is coming to an end, and youth is coming to an end.

Don’t think that only young Chinese people talk about youth. Americans also miss their youth.

But then the film's producer Gilbert Jr. and the original author J.K. Rowling appeared and brought everyone good news.

"Although Harry's story has ended, the wizarding world will exist forever."

Gilbert said, looking at J.K. Rowling, "I have discussed this with Ms. Rowling, and we both agree that there are still many, many stories to tell in the wizarding world.

In the future, everyone can continue to look forward to our follow-up developments.”

J.K. Rowling later confirmed this, saying: "I've received many letters from readers who are curious about the stories before Hogwarts and about Dumbledore's youth.

I myself feel that it is time to expand some boundaries.

Director Gilbert Jr. just happened to find me and gave me many interesting ideas, which made me want to create.

I think we’ll see how the story unfolds in the near future.”

(End of this chapter)