Chapter 57 The Current Status of Special Effects Development in China
Chapter 57 The Current Status of Special Effects Development in China
As a time traveler who has been reborn, even with the golden finger of super memory, Wang Hao never thought that he was following Long Aotian's script.
He always just smiled when he saw that at a young age he made some very thought-provoking art films, which won awards overseas, became famous all over the country, attracted various investors to invest, and many female stars threw themselves into his arms.
It’s not that he can’t make a movie like that.
It's not bad to plagiarize.
But what happens after the film is completed? What happens after the award is won?
Are you that material? Do you really have the ideas to make that kind of movie? Are the things you remember enough to keep you going?
Not to mention anything else, aren't there very few directors who rose to fame at a young age, but eventually became mediocre?
Like that famous poetry master, didn’t he spend his entire life trying to prove that he was the one who filmed "Farewell My Concubine"?
So if you don't have the skills, don't take on the job.
Instead of dreaming of taking advantage of one or two movies, it is better to work hard, step by step, to build a complete and sustainable film industry system.
Maybe this will be a little more difficult, a little more bitter, a little more tiring in the early stages, and you will earn less.
But for someone like him who has ordinary qualifications and no artistic talent, a complete and regular production system will help him go further and longer.
In this regard, Wang Hao even joked that he was "building high walls, storing up grain, and slowly becoming king", and that he was a "peasant director" and a "worker director".
But weren't our Chinese ancestors all down-to-earth and industrious, and that is how we created the brilliant and dazzling five thousand years of Chinese civilization?
Where are those ancient civilizations that existed in the same period as her now?
"Hey~~"
Lu Guotao looked into his nephew's eyes, and the words that were on his lips finally turned into a sigh.
He saw a fire in the child's eyes, a blazing flame.
He had seen that kind of fire in the eyes of his father, Wang Hao's grandfather.
Work hard, treat the factory as your home, contribute to the construction of the motherland, and dedicate yourself...
This even made Lu Guotao feel as if he had returned to that era again, and the heroic spirit of young people lingered in his heart again.
"Since you have already thought about it, I won't say anything more."
Lu Guotao finally decided to support his nephew. The spirit of a young person is more important than anything else.
If your career fails, you can start over, but if you lose your dreams from the beginning and just wait for death, then there is really no hope.
"Leave the script with me first. We'll discuss it later, and I'll try to get you more funding."
Lu Guotao took Wang Hao's new movie script in his hand and said solemnly.
Wang Hao's face immediately turned delighted and he thanked him repeatedly.
But it was too early for him to be happy, because there was an even bigger surprise waiting for him.
"In fact, in addition to financial support, the station may have other resources that can also help you." Lu Guotao looked at Wang Hao's puzzled expression and smiled complacently.
Maybe he is not as good as his nephew in making movies, but as a senior leader of the film channel, his connections are not comparable to those of a young boy like Wang Hao.
"Hualong Digital, have you heard of this company?" Lu Guotao asked Wang Hao.
Wang Hao pondered for a moment, recalled it in his mind, and finally shook his head.
"I've never heard of them. What do they do?"
“It is a film special effects company established in 2000 and is a subsidiary of Huaying Group.
As far as I know, they have the most advanced film digital processing equipment in the country, and it is very close to your school, in the Beijing Film Studio next to the Beijing Film Academy."
Special effects company? Computer digital special effects!
Wang Hao was immediately surprised when he heard this.
He originally wanted to use the movie "The Shallows" to cultivate his own special effects talents, but he didn't expect that his uncle actually told him that not far from him, there was a top digital special effects production company in the country.
It’s no wonder that Wang Hao is so ignorant. Compared to the glamorous entertainment industry, the behind-the-scenes of the movie industry is not that noticeable.
In fact, what Wang Hao didn’t know was.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, digital production technology has begun to be applied, and technologies such as computer image generation, digital synthesis, three-dimensional animation, non-linear editing, and motion control shooting systems have developed rapidly.
By the mid-1990s, Hollywood films had made extensive use of digital production technology, and Europe, Japan and other countries followed suit.
Against this backdrop, my country also put the new technology of "digital film production" on the agenda at the China Film Work Conference in 1996, and vigorously promoted the development of digital film production starting from the policy level.
Therefore, even though my country's digital film production technology developed more than ten years later than that of developed countries, after about five years of continuous research and practice, the production of special effects for Chinese films has also entered a digital hybrid period.
During this period, digital synthesis technology occupied an absolute dominant position.
The so-called digital synthesis technology is to perform subtle control of several parameters in layers on video materials obtained in various ways, and construct new motion pictures through flexible combinations.
Just two years ago, in 2003, the film "The Storm Riders" produced by the August st Film Studio featured a large number of flood scenes created using digital synthesis technology, fully demonstrating the majestic power of nature and the grand scenes of flood control and disaster relief.
And because the digital production of the flood requires enormous computing resources, the special effects producers even developed a special three-dimensional digital production method that combines model materials to efficiently complete the special effects production.
As for the more recent one, just this year, in "Peacock" shot by Gu Changwei, digital special effects technology was used to achieve rich and subtle details. One of the shots perfectly showed the panoramic view of the city.
As a senior leader of the film channel, Lu Guotao naturally has his own channels to learn more about this information.
And through his uncle's narration, Wang Hao also gained a full understanding of the current status of China's digital special effects production technology.
"So, uncle, can you contact Hualong Digital and ask them to help us complete the film special effects production?"
Wang Hao looked at Lu Guotao with some expectation, but Lu Guotao shook his head and smiled:
"Hualong is a legitimate company and they are open to do business. If you want to do special effects, just go to them directly. They can't refuse you."
(End of this chapter)