Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 449 Dare to Be a Pioneer
"Gravity" is still being filmed in full swing, and Liu Tianxian has been filmed entering the International Space Station and surviving back to Earth.

And she just entered a cabin at random.

The International Space Station does not belong to any one country; it was jointly built by 16 countries.

It is mainly operated jointly by NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.

Every country has its own space laboratory, it’s just a matter of how many.

Of course, Russia and the United States definitely have the most, and it is said that this thing is mainly Russian technology.

In any case, in order to avoid conflicts and ideological issues and not offend anyone, the script chose the French section.

In other words, the heroine can just enter the French space capsule. The heroine happens to be annoyed when she sees a screen full of French operation buttons.

The setting is that the character knows Chinese and English but not French.

Of course, when designing the International Space Station on the computer, we also looked at public drawings to get a rough idea of ​​what it would look like when rendered. This is no secret.

This play has been filmed for almost two months. This time is very long without changing locations and staying in one place every day.

But there is no other way. The shooting method, movement and special effects in space require repeated consideration.

However, the scene had to be changed because the heroine fell into the sea when she returned to Earth, so it was necessary to go outside in the sea to shoot the real scene.

It is still cold in the north in April, so you need to go to the south to take pictures. The temperature in the south has warmed up by then.

This play was basically shot by Guo Fan, so Fang Hong would look at the shooting materials and compare them with the movies he had seen in the plot, and point out any inappropriateness.

For example, Fang Hong now pointed out: "The International Space Station is falling towards the Earth. It is not intact, nor is it stationary, but it has been attacked by space debris.

So when you were shooting this scene, you captured in the light box the thrill of the characters falling to the earth along with the space station, and the grand feeling of the earth being right in front of you.”

"The space station was falling. How did the heroine catch up with it while wearing a space suit and holding a jet?" Guo Fan was curious.

The plot is somewhat illogical. The heroine no longer has her spaceship, so she just holds something like a fire extinguisher and sprays it onto the falling space station.

After listening to it, it seems somewhat unreasonable.

There was a loophole before. In order to let the heroine go to the space station, the character played by Guo Jingfei took the initiative to give up the rope and floated away.

Logically speaking, there is no gravity in outer space, and in the absence of other factors, it should be still.

"Don't worry too much about logic. If the logic is strict, you won't be able to make a good movie." Fang Hong waved his hand.

This movie has many bugs that are difficult to justify. Even the original creative team of the film said that many plots of this movie cannot be explained by science.

It serves the plot.

The reason why it is regarded as a masterpiece is that this movie is a "technical masterpiece". The dynamic long shots not only allow the audience to understand the working conditions of astronauts.

It also presents the vast outer space to the audience.

"Okay, I understand!" Guo Fan understood what he said.

If there is a conflict between the plot and logic, then the plot should be served first, because the plot is what allows the audience to feel involved.

Even if you explain the logic, the audience may not understand it.

If you're too logical, you might as well make a documentary.

After understanding what Fang Hong wanted to express, the play continued to be filmed step by step, that is, polished.

It won't work without polishing. Sometimes it's not that Liu Tianxian's acting skills are bad, but the sense of movement in outer space and the sense of camera are difficult to grasp.

It is not enough to just fix a person on a rack; sometimes some specific movements are required.

For example, in outer space, how to move when supported by objects requires research.

After the Oscars, "Moonlight" was released for another ten days or half a month before being withdrawn from theaters. It grossed 6530 million worldwide. It only grossed this little after being released for more than half a year.

But it’s okay. The copyright of this movie has been sold a lot, and the copyrights of streaming media, discs, TV, etc. have brought in considerable income.

After this movie was taken off the screen, the global box office of "Don't Breathe" has reached 1.07 million US dollars and is still in theaters.

However, the second phase of the Jade Rabbit Film and Television Base has been in arrears of construction payment, and the flower growers have paid more than 3 million dollars, a total of million yuan.

Yutu contributed 4 million, for a total of 7 million, which means 1 million US dollars was raised to pay for the second phase of the project.

Payment should be made in installments, not in one go!

This film and television base has been under construction for a year. Construction started in April last year, but progress has been very fast since the start, and it will be completed in the second half of the year.

Because the equipment and materials were ordered and continuously shipped in, the construction work was hardly stopped except during the Chinese New Year.

It’s just that many debts are still owed and have not been paid off.

This has drained the box office revenue of the flower-growing company again, but it’s okay, the copyright fees from the sales have not been touched.

I will give part of this fee to Yu Xian and invest the rest. Overseas copyright fees are expensive and the system is more mature.

The annual May Day period is here again, but there are basically no blockbusters this May Day period, just some unknown small films.

For example, there are several animated series such as "Letting Go of Love", "Hypnotist", "The Wise One-Hoku", etc.

None of these films made a splash in the market.

For a time, no domestic blockbusters were released during the May Day period, simply because there were too many Hollywood blockbusters during this period.

"X-Men Days of Future Past", "Captain America: Civil War", "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and other Hollywood blockbusters are sandwiched between the May Day period.

Few people dare to challenge such a film at this time, and the special effects are really a dimensionality reduction attack. And the audience has not yet reached the point of aesthetic fatigue.

After Zuoshandiao withdrew, the market trend changed. In previous years, there would be several domestic films occupying this time slot, but this year there are none.

In fact, it has nothing to do with him. The market has been liberalized and is not as particularly protected as before.

The more protection there is, the worse the films in this market will be.

Of course, the summer season still needs to be protected, otherwise it will be impossible to play.

Fang Hong returned to the company that day only because Chen Zhixi said that someone came to ask for a meeting, to seek investment, and asked him to come and see if he wanted to invest.

It's an animated film, so she can't guarantee whether it will make money or not.

In an office, Chen Zhixi introduced a chubby middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses.

Fang Hong saw that this person looked unfamiliar and had never seen him before, but he still greeted him out of politeness: "Hello!"

"Hello, Principal, my name is Tian Xiaopeng." Tian Xiaopeng said in a humble manner.

The name sounded familiar, but Fang Hong couldn't remember it for a moment.

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“It’s like this, he has an animated film called The Return of the Great Sage currently in production, which was invested by Guangguang Film Group. Now Guangguang Film Group has withdrawn its investment, causing them to be short of funds, so they came to seek our help.

I saw their trailer, it was pretty good.”

Chen Zhixi explained the situation. In fact, an animated film like this would only cost tens of millions and didn't need to go through Fang Hong at all, but she was not sure.

Because Fang Hong has been making her own animated film for several years and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars but has still not made any progress. She is afraid that this one will be the same, a bottomless pit.

In fact, she was worrying too much. What Fang Hong was doing was aimed at the European and American markets, not the domestic market.

European and American audiences watch a lot of animated films and have high requirements for quality, which is fundamentally different from animated films produced domestically.

Fang Hong didn't say anything, looking thoughtful, but in fact he already knew what was going on.

"The Return of the Great Sage" can be said to be the first successful animated film in China, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a milestone.

Chen Zhixi then continued, "There has not been a successful animated film in China yet, so I'm not sure if this animated film has market potential, but I think the trailer is pretty good."

She reiterated that the animated film was good and she was very optimistic about it.

"We have been polishing the plot of this animated film for 8 years and producing it for 2 years. It is almost finished now, but we are just short of funds," Tian Xiaopeng helped.

This is to let the principal know that as long as they invest some money, they can reap the rewards, and they have already gone through all the necessary steps.

In fact, he was quite nervous. Seeing that the principal didn't say anything, he didn't know whether the other party would vote or not, and what he was thinking.

If he has the support of Yutu, there will be basically no problem with his animated film.

"I want to ask, why did Guangxian withdraw its investment?" Fang Hong wanted to know some gossip.

"Let me answer this. Guangguang also has no confidence. After all, they are a listed company. Investing in an animated film is still very risky, and they have to be responsible to their shareholders." Chen Zhixi said.

"Oh." Fang Hong roughly understood.

Wang Changtian attaches great importance to the stock market value of Guangxian, which is different from Huayi, as it is a family company.

So you can see that the Guangguang stock market has been very stable.

However, the light of this life was basically cut off by Fang Hong, and many new generation directors and dark horse film projects were snatched away by Yutu.

Now he made another misjudgment on "The Return of the Great Sage" and pushed the project to him, which further led to his decline.

In the past, animated films were pretty awesome.

Just when Tian Xiaopeng was feeling anxious, Fang Hong made the decision: "Okay, we'll invest."

This surprised Tian Xiaopeng, it was so straightforward.

"Our company has been planning to enter the animation field and has always been optimistic about it. Since Mr. Chen said that your animation is good and you are confident, there is no reason for us not to invest."

Fang Hong paused and said to Chen Zhixi, "Leave the market to the market. We can't make that guarantee, but we can be more tolerant of animated films and dare to be the pioneer."

What he said was really nice. Anyway, Tian Xiaopeng felt that the principal was an extraordinary person with a broad vision.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Zhixi nodded.

This means that she can develop more other animated films, not just "The Return of the Great Sage".

She was originally optimistic about this animated film.

Animated films still have a future. There are many successful examples abroad, but they are still immature in China.

Audiences still prefer to watch live-action movies.

After talking to Tian Xiaopeng, Chen Zhixi can just take over. The investment won’t be much, just 20 to 30 million yuan.

Fang Hong went to watch his animated film "Big Hero 6" again.

After all, he had just invested another 100 million yuan, and the film and television base had withdrawn several hundred million yuan. He also had to invest in other film and television projects, so his funds were tight again.

"The animation is basically finished, and we are in the final editing and dubbing process," reported Shi Zhimao, the animation director.

The two were talking while watching the animation that was almost done. Fang Hong said, "I just want to know when it will be released?"

"October is definitely possible!" said Stone Spear.

(End of this chapter)