Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 426 New film special effects, want to improve

After the celebration party, the invited guests went home.

Zhang Yimou called Li An as agreed.

After listening to this, Li An smiled bitterly, but finally agreed.

This was quite embarrassing for him.

Because the rules and regulations are clearly stated, films shot abroad do not count.

What he came into contact with the most was foreign capital.

Li An thought about it and felt that he couldn’t interrupt his rhythm because of such a thing.

In this competition between directors, some people wanted to give up from the beginning.

In addition to these contestants, people in the industry are very enthusiastic about this matter.

Most of the people who attended the celebration party talked about this competition between the great directors with their friends after returning home.

Some people who like gossip even start talking about it on the phone with their friends on the way home before they even get home.

For the acting community, competition among big directors is a good thing.

Apart from anything else, the directors may become more diligent and speed up the preparation and shooting due to the sense of urgency.

This will give actors more overall opportunities.

Some actors are already watching the new moves of these big directors.

After Chen Linfeng set the fire, he did not feel too much pressure and continued to proceed at his own pace.

During the release of "The Ugly Duckling" this month, he only occasionally participated in some promotional activities with Liu Qianqian.

Most of the rest of the time is at your disposal.

Naturally, he focused on the post-production of "Your Name".

The finishing touches of the previous filming were done by Lu Yang, Guo Fan and others.

Judging from the results, it’s pretty good.

Chen Linfeng did not come up with anything new in the subsequent editing work.

Unlike Taken, Your Name’s narrative rhythm is perfect and doesn’t need to be adjusted.

In his opinion, this work is Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece.

Just follow it.

Chen Linfeng’s ability as a director has improved now, and he often makes targeted changes to “borrowed” works.

In most cases, it will take the work to a higher level.

After all, it was designed to address the shortcomings of the original work in the previous life.

It may be because of the author’s ignorance or other reasons.

These shortcomings are the result of a large number of viewers' observations after a long period of time.

Very representative.

If we make changes on this basis, the effect will be extremely obvious.

This is also one of the reasons why his works always have better results and higher evaluations than his previous works.

To a certain extent, this highly targeted change may even correct the bad works of the previous life.

After all, some works are not bad in themselves, but are not done well in certain aspects, so there may be room for improvement.

A typical example is "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty", the plot in the first half is really good.

This kind of work can naturally become a good work by simply cutting out the second half of the plot and making slight changes to the first half.

Furthermore, in a drama like Ever Night, if Da Chen’s son is replaced by another actor, it might turn out well.

However, this novel has not been written yet, and Chen Linfeng is not interested in getting it out in advance.

On the contrary, he has already obtained the copyright for "Joy of Life", a 07 work.

This TV series, which has gained great fame in later generations, can be tried to be launched later.

After all, most of the main characters in the play can be played directly nowadays.

"Director Chen, do you think this effect is okay?" Qu Zhining asked, pointing at the picture playing on the computer.

Chen Linfeng's thoughts were interrupted and he looked forward.

On the screen, a meteorite broke through the clouds like a shooting star and rushed straight downwards.

He asked the people at the Shenshou Special Effects Studio to create images that combined beauty and realism as much as possible.

For this purpose, he also drew some original paintings based on the original works of his previous life.

Chen Linfeng's painting skills have not improved much, but are still at a sufficient level.

It's pretty good if you take it slow.

Just converting the two-dimensional painting style to 3D effects will give people a big change in perception.

At least the meteor in the painting that draws a long tail across the night sky is difficult to convert into real special effects.

The visual aftermath of the meteor's movement track in the atmosphere cannot be made that long, otherwise it will easily be distorted.

In particular, Chen Linfeng also drew a scene where the male protagonist looked up at a shooting star.

Almost half of the sky was infected by these meteor trails.

This kind of shot is indeed beautiful, but in reality, it would be a headache for special effects artists to make it into special effects scenes.

Qu Zhining scratched his head for a long time before he made a version that was somewhat similar.

As a result, he was killed without mercy by Chen Linfeng.

Now this is the second edition.

Chen Linfeng looked at it carefully for a while, but still felt that it was not good enough.

The problem with the previous version was that it was too realistic and lacked any aesthetic appeal.

This version still has this problem. It did try to take into account the ideas in Chen Linfeng's paintings as much as possible, but the sense of incongruity is too strong.

“The overall color should have a dreamlike and strange feeling, so that the audience can ignore the parts that are inconsistent with reality as much as possible. Other parts are fine, and the direction of effort is correct.” Chen Linfeng praised.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I got it. We'll make another version as soon as possible." Qu Zhining said with a bitter face. As the person with the best technical skills in the studio, he was assigned to be responsible for this special effects shot and the work of connecting with the boss.

I lost quite a few hairs.

Fortunately, the boss didn’t say anything else and his requirements were very clear. He even drew a rendering of the effect and didn’t say anything like “colorful black”.

But that's where the trouble lies.

The boss’s aesthetic requirements are too high, so it’s very difficult to do.

Seeing that he looked very distressed, Chen Linfeng comforted him, "Don't worry, let's take our time. Ensuring the effect is the first priority."

"That sounds nice. If you don't limit the time, I can spend a year to make it for you. I guarantee it will be perfect." Qu Zhining complained in his heart.

But he also knew that their level was not good enough.

It would be very difficult to develop and produce materials on your own if they are not available abroad.

This kind of special effects picture with a two-dimensional meaning is completely different from the Western special effects style. It is another style of painting.

There is no reference to follow, so we have to take detours.

Similar to the oriental mythology style, everything has to start from the beginning.

However, Eastern mythology had some real-life buildings and materials as references, but nowadays there is nothing.

The difficulty is indeed not low.

Chen Linfeng had just finished reviewing here and went to see the explosion scene that another group was doing.

This went much more smoothly.

After all, similar shots are not uncommon in various film and television works, and a lot of materials can be applied.

In the original work of the previous life, the explosion scene was not highlighted, but Chen Linfeng added it.

The movie version of "Your Name" is still about the emotional drama of body swapping.

But in terms of special effects, Chen Linfeng tried to make it as big as possible.

This is a preparation for future science fiction films and is also one of the gimmicks of the new film.

We can’t always make urban films; science fiction blockbusters are the preserve of big directors.

After the filming of "Your Name", Chen Linfeng most often visited the special effects studio.

Only in this way can we ensure that the final picture meets his requirements.

In fact, many domestic directors lack this link and think that they can just leave the special effects to the special effects company.

I don’t know if they are just careless or just don’t care at all.

Special effects artists are also workers. They roughly meet the requirements. Who would study it carefully when it is not their own thing?

If you don't take it seriously, people will just be perfunctory with you.

The one who suffers then is the director himself.

Chen Linfeng clearly remembered the mentality of a worker in his previous life, so he kept paying attention and communicating about the special effects throughout the whole process.

In September, there is another important thing.

That is to participate in various activities organized by the Cultural Association.

Starting this year, various organizations under the Writers Association will gradually change their leadership.

With his current level of development, he has the opportunity to rise to the top in various associations and organizations such as movies and TV series, actors, writers, directors, and screenwriters.

Of course not, although these organizations are not purely official organizations, they are at least semi-official.

Age is a factor that must be taken into consideration.

Even Chen Linfeng's achievements, to some extent, have been able to escape age considerations.

The organizations themselves will still pay attention to the impact.

Therefore, most organizations consider positions such as deputy chairman or important director.

Of course, the most important ones are the Literary Association and the Writers Association.

What Chen Linfeng needs to strive for is the local deputy position in these two institutions.

Judging from the current situation, the leadership of these organizations, especially the top leaders, are very happy to see him increase his efforts and lean towards the organizations.

After all, his reputation is so great that as long as the procedures are met, he can be selected and turned into a mascot.

It is a great benefit to raise the reputation of these institutions and gain attention, and it can be a very profitable business.

Chen Linfeng himself thought the same. Even if you asked me to be a mascot, I would be willing to do so.

This way at least you have an identity when you speak. The words you say will be different if you have an identity or if you don't.

Especially when it comes to non-public areas, where the channels for receiving information are different from those of ordinary people, the influence of the Internet is not that effective.

In fact, whether it is a mascot depends on the place.

For example, in the case of couplet writing, as long as he can speak, he cannot be a mascot.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the most famous international writer expressed his views on the direction of literature or literature-related matters. Who dares to ignore it? Who can ignore it?

The same principle applies to the film and television industry.

Therefore, there are also a large number of old guys who are not very willing.

This has caused quite a bit of conflict.

What Chen Linfeng needs to do is to eliminate such conflicts as much as possible.

Therefore, since he was almost done with the work on "Taken", he began to actively participate in various activities organized by the old guys.

At least on the surface, we respect tradition and our predecessors.

This attitude won the hearts of some people.

Even though many people knew that Xiao Chen was just pretending.

But the fact that a nationally renowned person is willing to do the same is itself a form of respect.

Who wouldn't be confused when seeing Xiao Chen being polite to him/her and even saying a few compliments?

Therefore, once you have achieved certain results and status, it is not that difficult to win people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)