Chapter 57 Game Copyright and Special Effects

Chapter 57 Game Copyright and Special Effects

Chapter 57 Game Copyright and Special Effects

On the way back, sitting in the taxi, Zhang Chen kept thinking about what Dong Jianqiang said at the dinner table.

Pull in China Film, the box office exceeds 100 million~
I have to say that this proposal is really tempting and has a certain degree of feasibility, but it is only feasible. It is actually very difficult to complete.

Movies like "The Shallows" have a natural disadvantage: the scene is too simple, with just one person and one shark.

It's possible for a film like this to get a good box office, but it's very difficult to break 100 million.

In fact, the box office of his previous work "The Darkness" was quite strange. He initially estimated the box office to be around 3000 million. After all, it was a horror film with a very small audience.

To be honest, he didn’t expect that it would reach 6000 million in the end, nor did Guangxian. No one expected it.

It was mainly due to the popularity of Fan Binbin and "House of Flying Daggers", and was nominated for the Saturn Awards. All these factors added together achieved an effect of one plus one being greater than two.

"The Shallows" is a thriller, and its audience is indeed larger than "The Dark Tribulation". Young people, old people and children can all watch it, but under normal circumstances, a box office of 5000 million is enough.

But on the other hand, isn’t it because of its continued popularity that “The Darkness” created a box office miracle?
To put it bluntly, it's still propaganda.

If "The Shallows" is really tied up with China Film and puts in effort to promote it, it may not be impossible to create another miracle.

In the previous life, a bad movie like "The Promise" could make over 100 million yuan, so why can't "The Shallows" do the same?

The little poetry master said that no one would be able to understand it within ten years. However, he traveled through time ten years later, and still saw few people who understood it.

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The script has been filed, the actors' schedules have been confirmed, and the next step is to prepare the crew, make a budget, and draw storyboards...

In his previous movie, Zhang Chen basically used his classmates from school, and he plans to do the same for this one.

Don't underestimate them, although they are still students, they are capable.

After all, we have worked together once and everyone is familiar with each other, so there is less time spent on adjusting to the new situation.

Zhang Chen planned to sign the contract directly after they graduated.

Well-known directors all have their own fixed teams.

The students who received the call were also very happy. Zhang Chen’s previous work had a box office of 6000 million, which undoubtedly added a shining touch to their resumes.

I thought Zhang Chen would definitely form his own team for the next movie, but I didn't expect that he would still use them. How could they not be happy about this?

Zhang Chen is a rising new director. Forming a stable and cooperative relationship with him, or even becoming a whole, is something everyone is looking forward to.

The cameraman is still Ning Hao. In addition to the protagonist, there are four supporting characters: a little boy, two surfers and the local guide at the beginning.

Local guide Zhang Chen was ready to go himself, for a simple reason, because he arranged for a scene in the film where the surfing girl was rescued at the end.

The little boy who saw the DV found a guide, who discovered the unconscious heroine on the beach, and then performed artificial respiration and chest compressions, eventually waking her up.

This kind of role that can take advantage in public is very popular, and the target is Fan Binbin. Those actors will definitely be fighting for it.

For the harmony of the crew, Zhang Chen decided to go on stage himself.

Don't get me wrong, this is just a simple "up". As to whether it can be extended, it depends on the specific situation.

Cao Bingkun plays one of the two surfers and finally manages to get a shot in which his face appears.

The last time I talked to Zhang's father on the phone, he specifically asked why the male classmate who came with you was not seen in the movie, which really made Zhang Chen feel guilty for a while.

This time it must be arranged.

Several assistant directors were sent out by Zhang Chen to scout locations. The most urgent task was to find a suitable bay. If they couldn't find one, special effects would have to be used in the later stage, which would be very costly.

After Zhang Chen finished the script, he hid in the room to draw the storyboards.

What Fan Binbin said is actually correct. If you just look at the script, the story of "The Shallows" is really quite ordinary.

The key to whether the film is good or not lies in the shot division. As a director, he needs to worry about how to show the beauty of the heroine, how to create a tense atmosphere, where to use special effects, and how many special effects shots to use.

After spending a day drawing the storyboard, I was about to take a break when I suddenly received a strange phone call from a game company that wanted to buy the copyright of "Dark Invasion".

Zhang Chen then remembered what he had overlooked before.

How could I forget about the game?

In the past two years, PC games have become popular, and Internet cafes are basically filled with "Legend" and "Westward Journey Online 2", but web games have already begun to show their potential.

It seemed like just two years later, the web game of the same name as "Wulin Wai Zhuan" was launched, and then became a cash cow, earning more than 200 million in a year.

By the way, the drama "Wulin Waijia" is also a very popular drama. The copyright of the TV drama has made a lot of money. It seems to be in the past two years. I don’t know whether it has started preparations.

Zhang Chen plans to ask someone tomorrow to find out if there is a guy named Ning Caishen in the circle. It seems that this person is the screenwriter of "Wulin Waijiao".

In addition, Zhang Chen also needs to worry about the special effects.

For a film like "The Shallows", the realism of the special effects largely determines the success or failure of the film.

In my previous life, a similar film was shot in China, "Giant Shark" starring Zhao Yihuan. The plot was basically similar to "The Shallows", and the main focus was on Zhao Yihuan's figure and the brutality of the shark.

But after watching it, everyone only remembered Zhao Yihuan's figure, because the shark special effects were really low-level.

Zhang Chen was not going to make such a low-level mistake.

And he wasn't going to be mysterious.

The most famous shark movie is Spielberg's "Jaws", but that movie, limited by the technology and funding at the time, mostly played on psychological horror.

Sharks only appeared a few times.

After watching it, one feels deeply disappointed.

Compared to "Jaws", Zhang Chen appreciates the later "Deep Water", also known as "Deep Sea Shark". There are more sharks in it, three in total, and they appear many times, which is very enjoyable to watch.

Of course, the price is that the production cost is high and can only be made into blockbuster films.

When it comes to special effects, you really get what you pay for.

Fish special effects are the simplest among all special effects because their skin is smooth and relatively easy to make.

If it is a creature with hair, such as a monkey, it will be complicated to make and the cost will be several times that of fish special effects.

Zhang Chen must be cautious when it comes to special effects production.

He asked someone to check and found out that there are only three special effects companies in China that can come up with something impressive: Shanghai Film Studio, Xiantao Digital and Beijing Film Academy Digital Special Effects Center.

In the 90s, Shanghai Film Studio produced the first domestic disaster film "Emergency Landing".

There are many special effects shots in it that cannot be completed using traditional methods, so Shanghai Film Studio spent a huge amount of money to import a batch of advanced digital special effects production equipment from the United States to complete the filming.

It is said that the box office is quite good, but there are also claims that the good box office is because it is a political task, so it cannot be accurately predicted.

Xintao Digital is a Hong Kong company that was responsible for the special effects production of "Feng Yun" and "Hua Yingxiong".

To be honest, it's not that interesting.

But it is said that they are also responsible for the special effects of "Hero". If it is true, then their strength is quite good.

China Film Digital Special Effects Center was established last. It is a subsidiary of China Film. It has no particularly famous works and is relatively unknown.

Zhang Chen knew that he was still in charge because the person in charge of the investigation was a former employee of the Special Effects Center. He was very clear about the strength of the Special Effects Center, but he was never given a formal position and eventually resigned.

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