After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 245 Popular special effects, breast enhancement method

Shishi has a very manly side, which forms a sharp contrast with her well-behaved and gentle appearance.

The male-female contrast of Sanye, which was originally the most difficult to deal with, was easily portrayed by Shishi, without any trace of acting...

Everyone in the practice room was stunned, it looked so natural.

Liu Shishi can play the male side of Sanye, and Jing Tian can copy from the book.

All the scenes of the Sanye line were activated at once, and all the problems were no longer problems.

After the filming of Your Name was on track, Li Mingyang did not speed up, but followed the original plan and finished work early as soon as the filming was completed.

Never shoot an extra scene.

Sometimes... we would even finish shooting at noon and call it a day.

Li Mingyang had the original film in his mind, as well as a complete set of storyboards that Zhang Zhao had customized for him. Once the crew was on track, he could control the crew's progress at will.

It’s not easy to account if the shooting is completed ahead of time.

Every extra day of delay means hundreds of thousands of dollars in deposits...

In order to buy time, Li Mingyang even took out money to organize some activities in the inn.

We also encourage everyone to sightsee in Dali.

Most people in the crew knew what Li Mingyang was doing, especially those behind the scenes in the Hong Kong circle, but no one would interfere with Li Mingyang.

Because generally delaying the filming process means raising the requirements for the filming, causing trouble for the actors and behind the scenes, and thus justifying the delay.

Li Mingyang gave everyone a holiday and everyone was very happy.

Of course, there are also people who are unhappy, and that is the producer Chen Jiashang.

The supervising producer usually represents the producer.

The producer is mainly responsible for the total budget of the crew's expenditures and preparing the specific shooting schedule for the film.

On behalf of the producer, he supervises the director's artistic creation and financial expenditure, and also assists the director in arranging specific daily affairs.

It is one of the two most important positions in the crew.

Li Mingyang blatantly embezzled the crew's money. As the producer, Chen Jiashang would have to take responsibility, and bear the main responsibility, if he did not do anything about it, even if he did not embezzle a penny.

He first talked to Li Mingyang, and Li Mingyang agreed to it. But when it came to what to do next, he refused to listen to any advice.

He had no choice but to call two producers, Wang Changtian and Zuo Shandiao.

The attitudes of the two made Chen Jiashang feel chilled.

One told him to mind his own business.

Another one asked him to change the shooting schedule and extend the shooting time in Dali.

Chen Jiashang finally discovered it.

The two of them were just being indulgent towards Li Mingyang... Anyway, the money wasn't his own, it was the company's...

Chen Jiashang went back to the room sighing and started to change the shooting plan. As he was changing it, he suddenly thought of something and became furious.

"Fuck! I don't seem to get any money. I'm working for nothing..."

Chen Jiashang scratched his head and complained in his room.

Li Mingyang was video chatting with Zhang Zhao in his room to discuss the progress of special effects.

Industrial Light & Magic has already completed some special effects, but the results are so-so...not at all on par with the world's top special effects company.

In Li Mingyang's opinion, the money was not worth spending.

But Zhang Zhao thought it was pretty good...

All I can say is that the two people's aesthetic tastes are from different eras.

"I have given feedback from the Industrial Light & Magic headquarters. If you are not satisfied, you can terminate the cooperation. It would be best if you can give a reply today..."

"This store is big and it bullies customers!"

"That's not the case. They are very sincere. Your job is a big project, worth 60 million. They sent a team of ten people to provide technical guidance. They produced more than 20 drafts of the meteor design. Their attitude is really amazing, much better than in previous years."

Special effects are notoriously high-cost and low-profit...of course, the premise is to create beautiful and realistic effects.

The special effects in Life of Pi are so awesome that it even won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

However, on the day of the award ceremony,
The special effects company Rhythm Effects, which helped Ang Lee win the Best Visual Effects award, is facing bankruptcy. Nearly 500 special effects production staff protested against the company's bankruptcy filing and layoffs without warning outside the Oscars ceremony.

Why do special effects iterate so quickly?
Because the labor cost of special effects production is too high, at least 60% in Hollywood and at least 70% in China.

The labor cost of special effects production remains high.

In this case, if there is no strong cash flow support, the special effects company will inevitably face considerable risks in its operations. Once the balance cannot be collected and the capital chain is broken, it will not even be able to pay wages.

In Hollywood, special effects companies generally serve film companies, and then the funny ones come.

The movie box office was a bloody flop, the movie studios were bankrupt, and the special effects companies were counting on the face to collect the final payment.

In the next few years, the American film market will be sluggish and special effects companies will go bankrupt frequently.

Even the world's number one Industrial Light & Magic is no exception.

Finally, Industrial Light & Magic chose to cling to Disney, otherwise it would not survive...

After their peak, a large number of Hollywood special effects companies went bankrupt.

Good times will come after bad times. The surviving special effects companies changed their strategies, streamlined their staff, and placed the focus of special effects production on software development, ushering in crazy iterations. The pictures are getting better and better, while the production costs are getting lower and lower!
"I've already drawn the storyboard for the meteor special effects, but you made it look like that. You still have the nerve to call yourself the best in the world. Change it for me. If you can't do it well, don't do the rest!"

"What exactly are we going to accomplish... Wait, the person in charge of Light Demon needs to communicate with me."

Zhang Zhao got up and left. About five or six minutes later, he came back with good news.

"They agreed to continue the changes, but they need you to give it a new style. It's hard to create dazzling special effects with a realistic style..."

Li Mingyang opened some previous special effects concept videos.

All videos are designed according to the same set of storyboards. They are very rough and you can only see a rough idea.

There are many styles of special effects, involving many different engines, each with a different focus.

Realism is the most expensive style. For example, in 2012, the production cost of the film was as high as 2 million US dollars.

Every shot is paved with thick dollars.

Almost 80% of all funds were spent on special effects.

All the actors are cheap guys who 'lowered their own pay'...

"Animation style..." Li Mingyang said after thinking for a while.

"Isn't this too much of a joke?" Zhang Zhao said.

"The audience is looking for the effect, so let's do it this way. Once the concept video is ready, send it to me."

After deciding on the animation style, I&M took only five days to create the concept video.

This concept video makes Li Mingyang feel like he is watching Life of Pi...

But it's too blurry, and the light and shadow performance is not magical enough.

Li Mingyang proposed new requirements to Zhang Zhao.
Since Light & Magic can create a starry sky effect close to Life of Pi, why not just create a Life of Pi!

Anyway, the other party didn't mention adding money...

Then, Li Mingyang was in trouble. After Guangmo found the direction, he worked very quickly. He had to take out more than two hours every day to communicate about the meteor special effects.

Li Mingyang, who originally didn't want to waste time on modifying special effects, still couldn't escape the fate of modifying special effects...

The only consolation is that there were no accidents on the crew and the filming of the Sanye Line went very smoothly.

Jing Tian even had a flash of inspiration and came up with new ideas and acting skills while filming the breast enhancement technique.

The same expressions are so vivid.

A total of five "breast enhancement methods".

In the last scene, Jing Tian was rubbing her chest and crying.

There is neither Jingtian’s feeling nor Sanye’s feeling.

But it was the feeling Lin Xing had after entering Sanye's body.

The feeling of finally finding the one you love again after traveling across time and space.

……

June 6th, the last day of June.

After revising more than seventy drafts, Guangmo finally achieved the feeling that Li Mingyang wanted.

Some shots were revised more than fifty times. Maybe after the 30th draft, ordinary audiences can no longer see the difference, but they still had to be revised.

For example, when it moves, whether there is a smooth arc, and whether it will bring an uncomfortable feeling to people's vision, these small things will be pondered for a long time.

There are many details like this, and Industrial Light & Magic is indeed the world's number one special effects company.

They really revise it for you bit by bit, and with each revision, the details will change, making the picture smoother, more magical, and more comfortable.

Until… no stiffness or discomfort at all!

Provide the audience with the highest visual enjoyment.

Meteor special effects, the rest of the special effects are not that complicated.

Industrial Light & Magic lost money on the meteor special effects.

This is easy to calculate. The meteor effect lasts for 160 seconds in total, and the price is $6 for 10 seconds.
The price is over $266 million.

According to the exchange rate, it is about 1800 million.

With 24 frames per second, it takes ten hours to render one frame.

The total rendering time was as high as 38400 hours.

This is just the rendering time after finalization.

The rendering time for the previous modifications has not been counted, because the image quality before the finalization was not very high. There were more than seventy revisions, which is almost 6 hours.

That’s almost 100,000 hours in total.

One hundred thousand hours and 1800 million, this price is almost the same as in China and far lower than the Hollywood price.

The reason why Industrial Light & Magic is willing to do it even at a loss is that they want the special effects left over from your name.

The remaining special effects are mainly aimed at beautifying the scenery with sunlight, water droplets, mist, flash, etc. Industrial Light & Magic has very mature technology and can make a lot of money.

"Huh...finally done." Li Mingyang stretched, lay back on the bed, and continued to sleep while holding Jing Tian.

It’s past four in the morning...it’s not even daybreak yet.

The guy who worked on the special effects really worked day and night. I called him at around 3 a.m. to ask him to see the results.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Jing Tian was awakened by the alarm clock.

I opened my eyes blearily and found a foreign object in my body.

Jingtian swung it skillfully, and when it became moist, she crawled away.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, Jing Tian changed into a bathrobe, opened the bedroom door, and walked into the living room yawning.

The makeup artist was already waiting there to do her makeup.

As a director, Li Mingyang naturally lives much better than others.

The large suite has three bedrooms, each with an independent bathroom, a large living room, a tatami dining room, an open kitchen, and a full set of supporting facilities.

Other people's rooms were cramped and crowded.

Li Mingyang and Jing Tian live in a spacious and comfortable house.

Jing Tian soon woke up while drinking coffee and putting on makeup. At this moment, she suddenly remembered something.

"I'm taking a rest today and not filming..." Jing Tian slapped his forehead.

(End of this chapter)