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Chapter 343 Edge of Tomorrow! (The first update asks for a subscription and asks for a monthly pass!)

Early the next morning, Tang An came to Huayi. Today, he will discuss the pre-production of the movie, mainly the shooting location.

Choosing this movie, of course, Tang An made the decision after considering it for a long time.

The first is the issue of technology, which is the most important factor in science fiction films.

Mainly the aliens and the exoskeletons of the actors. There are not many scenes where aliens appear in the film and there are many repeated shots at the beginning.

The exoskeleton is not too difficult. The US military has long been researching this kind of individual combat weapon.

Civilian exoskeletons have been applied to medical treatment and other aspects.

Even after a few years, a technical nerd can make it by himself with a little time and money, it's just a show.

In a few years, the veteran exoskeleton power system supplier ReWalk Robotics will be listed on NASDAQ.

He just wants to use it for filming, not for real.

Although domestic special effects are much worse than Hollywood, but given time and money, they will be able to do well.

Those special effects companies in Hollywood have many domestic professionals in important positions.

You can buy hardware and software with money, but you can’t afford the top-tier ones, and the money you earn is not enough to buy equipment and software.

The other one is experience. Doing those shoddy special effects all day long, no matter how good the technology is, it will be wasted.

Furthermore, special effects are only a part of the movie, no matter how well it is done, it is useless if it is not enough in other aspects.

The special effects of "The Great Wall" are better than those of "Looking for the Dragon", the latter has become the benchmark for domestic special effects, and the former has been sprayed for nothing.

There is also "Havoc in Heaven", what is wrong is not the special effects, but the way of special effects.

90% of the backgrounds are made. If you ask Cameron to bring the "Avatar" team to do it, it won't be too strong.

If 90% of the background of "Avatar" does not use real scenes, it will not be much better.

Part of it is okay, all of it is made, and it will definitely be distorted.

Tang An doesn't expect to be able to achieve the special effects of "Avatar", but he can shoot real shots, which should be able to meet the standards of Hollywood blockbusters in this era.

The cost and time of real shooting must be more, but fortunately, there are many repeated shots in the movie, repeated again and again, and the total number of interior and exterior scenes is only about 40 sets, which saves some time and cost.

It was almost time, Tang An came to the conference room, Chen Guofu and Zhao Jun came first, Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun also arrived later.

"Wang Dong, everyone, I have already produced the script of the new film, and there are some conceptual drawings of the set, you all have a look."

"Boss Tang's efficiency is high. It only took a month and a half to finish the script." Wang Zhongjun praised and took over the script.

Tang An smiled and said, "I've already had an idea, so it will be done quickly."

They also stopped talking and looked at the script seriously.

"Edge of Tomorrow"?
The name is pretty good, but I don't know how serious it is.

After reading for half an hour, I put down the script in my hand.

Wang Zhonglei touched his chin and said, "This idea is somewhat similar to "Reincarnation of Terror"."

Chen Guofu said on the opposite side, "The brain hole is the same, but it is a completely different story. Even in Hollywood, it is a very creative science fiction film."

Chen Guofu, who has worked in Columbia, understands the excellence of this script. First of all, out of his imagination, this is the story of an ordinary alien who invaded the earth and was finally killed by the protagonist.

There are climaxes, laughs, excitement, pathos, and of course bloody love, the standard Hollywood blockbuster model.

The rhythm is also very good, without too many brain-intensive places, easy to understand, and there are many places worth aftertaste if you dig deeper.

The other one is brain holes. It’s not that Hollywood movies don’t need brain holes, but they can’t be too innovative, and the audience is not so easy to accept.

Wang Zhongjun didn't have anything to say, anyway, it was enough for Tang An to pay with his eyes closed.

He just had some doubts, "Mr. Tang, is this mech too simple?"

"It seems a bit crude, but we can't do "Transformers", at least four or five years." Tang An said.

Chen Guofu added, "But some scenes may not be discussed. At the beginning, the helicopter landed at the Ministry of National Defense, and the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven were also bombed."

Chen Guofu couldn't go on talking. If it was in the United States, it would be okay to say that the Pentagon and the White House would be bombed casually.

But in China, not to mention bombing, even if you go to the gate of Tiananmen Square to film a movie, you have to be reviewed by the upper levels, and you can't get out of it every month.

The movie "Tiananmen" was shot on location in Hengdian, not in Tiananmen.

"Do your best. If bombings are not allowed in places like Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven, then find some iconic buildings."

There are indeed too many restrictions in the country. Tang An even changed the background to show that the world has almost fallen, and only China is left. This time, we Hua people are here to save the earth.

In addition to domestic landmarks, every country has to bomb it again.

But it just flashed as two or three-second clips, the White House, the Louvre, the Kremlin, and the East Longitude Tower, and scaled-up scaled-down models exploded.

Then blur the picture a little bit, it has no effect at all.

After discussing some details and seeing if there is anything wrong with it, it comes to the set in the movie.

"This beach position should be surrounded by at least 60000 square meters of blue screen, about 200x300, and it should be selected in a dry and rainless place."

Originally, the film only used a green screen to enclose 30000 square meters of land for shooting, but the country is large, and 60000 square meters should not be a problem.

"There is no problem with 60000 square meters. When will this scene be filmed?" Chen Guofu asked.

The climate in each place and season is different. There may be little rain in these months, and continuous rainstorms in two months.

Tang An thought for a while and said, "The first war scene will be filmed later, maybe in May or June next year. The summer time will definitely not be able to catch up with it, and it will be released for the Lunar New Year."

Other settings, including the airport converted into a military base, the heroine's training ground, the interior of the base, and the arsenal are all explained one by one.

A copy of the script was also kept for the record at Optoelectronics, and then Wang Zhongjun asked Tang An if he had any actors he was interested in.

Tang An just said to wait until the exoskeleton mecha was built, after all, it still depends on whether the actor's appearance is suitable for this kind of mecha.

Chen Guofu and Zhao Jun led the production department to do the pre-production of the film. Tang An will make the final decision at that time, and now he has to make the storyboard script first.

On October 10, the 17th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held in Yuzhang City, Jiangnan Province.

"Chinese Partner" is the hottest nomination for the six awards of Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Newcomer, and Best Music. Tang An also took the crew to Henan chapter.

And as "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" has just exceeded 30 million in more than 4 days after its release, it is no longer expected to break the 4.275 million of "Chinese Partner", and the possibility of winning the grand prize is even greater.

After all, he is the box office champion of mainland film history, even if Tang An is young and makes commercial films, he deserves to win the award.

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