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The reason Cameron asks this is because of the experimental technology, which burns too much money. The studio he and Fox collaborated with did not receive the greatest degree of support. He himself has not much savings, so he really wants to make more money. Approval of people into occupation.

As for the sudden question, he thought that Lehman’s company seemed to be quite rich. He said that he took 45 million US dollars without blinking his eyes. How did he know that Firefly Pictures has debts of more than 260 million, which is close to its own market value. 20.

"Do you want me to invest in your studio?" Lehman finally heard what Cameron meant, and then asked.

"Yes, I believe that the future will be the world of 3d-imax. When this technology is applied to movies, the audience’s viewing experience is amazing. I don’t think anyone will reject this very novel experience. It will open up the past. There is a huge gap in shooting technology..."

Cameron is quite talkative when talking about this, and can even be said to be excited.

"Stop, Cameron, I agree with you very much, but I want to ask, what can I get if I invest?"

"This... Lehman, you only need to invest 10 million...no, 20 million to get the right to use this new technology. I believe that will definitely bring you enough benefits."

"Right to use?" Lehman smiled: "In other words, I can't get involved in management, and I don't have a patent for technology."

"Yes." Cameron continued to flicker: "We have almost succeeded in the experiment. What you spend now can be counted as an admission ticket."

"Why not, I can pay the money, but I want your year-on-year investment equity in your next project. For this, I am willing to pay 20 million US dollars."

"Why?" Cameron was a little puzzled: "My new project?"

"Yes, I am very optimistic about your next work. For this, you have been preparing for so long. I am very interested in it, how about it?"

"It's impossible." Cameron said: "My work will only work with the top studios."

What he said embarrassed Lehmann, but it is undeniable that first-class directors will only cooperate with first-class studios unless they start their own companies.

After all, what the fireflies can give, the six can give, and the resources are better.

In this regard, Firefly Pictures really has no background.

"Well, I was abrupt." Lehman turned over the incident and didn't mention investing in imax technology.

Right to use?That's a fart.

Compared with what he paid, he could get almost a false name, and there were still many restrictions.

Perhaps Cameron has been reluctant to have outsiders intervening after going through the digital field, and disagreements arise.

Moreover, the important thing about the "Avatar" project is technology, which is also difficult to replicate.

Was the script for "Avatar" difficult?

It's actually very simple, simple to cliché.

Cameron’s director’s work is not complicated in script.

Like "Titanic", rich girls fall in love with poor boys-but the point is how to play with clichés less.

The same is true for "Avatar". Cameron has been preparing for this project for several years, and the preparatory work has been nearly perfect.

Cameron is not from a professional background. He prefers to use new techniques to tell simple scripts, rather than the so-called meaning of movies that inspire thoughts.

As for the future direction of the movie, Lyman stands on the shoulders of giants, of course it is clear.

But because of his clarity, he knew himself and knew that he could not make "Avatar".

For a technically mad and paranoid director like Cameron, if he could use digital technology to shoot "Titanic" in 1997, he would not use film-he would always like to be ahead of the times.

There is no doubt that "Avatar" will succeed, and Cameron will use his own efforts to change the aesthetic orientation of fans around the world, usher in the spring of special effects and spectacle movies, and inject a second wave of development into Hollywood-if there is no 3d- With imax, watching movies online is more comfortable, so you don’t need to go to the theater to watch it alone at home.

But today in 2005, this layout is too advanced, and apart from "Avatar", no other movie replicates this hot momentum again.

In fact, in order to promote the imax screen, Fox did not know how long it has been operating in theaters-after the Paramount Act, although the studios are not allowed to have theater channels, in fact, the Big Six are still ubiquitous. Cinema selection.

In other words, if there is no six major promotion, the theater will not spend a lot of money to replace the projection technology, and start the commercialization of imax.

As for Firefly Pictures, no matter how much imax is hanging, it can't be played.

By 2020, the film will not be completely abandoned, and digital technology will only be one of the shooting methods. For the film, it is natural to choose what is more suitable.

Anyway, it's just a means of filming movies, and when imax technology matures, even without Cameron's so-called tickets, it can be completely converted through post-production, which is more convenient-most imax versions of movies are post-production conversion , Because shooting with imax technology alone, the cost is too high, the risk is too high, and the possibility of profit is too small, that's it.

But there is no doubt that Cameron was able to bet decisively to suppress the trend of the trend before the changes of the times. It was already awesome enough. After all, he didn't open the plug-in, took a wrong step, and his career was gone. .

What does the concept of imax mean and how different is it from existing film technology?It's still a fog.

Even the first collaboration with Cameron should be Disney, but after a year of persistence, I couldn’t see the charm of imax technology, and completely lost patience with Cameron Lion’s practice of not giving the right to operate. Cameron also contacted the world, and was finally taken over by 20th Century Fox.

What's interesting is that in order to better integrate the imax viewing experience, Cameron cooperated with Weta Digital to develop the well-known simulcam photography system for later generations.

A set of visual special effects specially used for virtual scenery and actors-as long as the actor stands in front of the green screen, although the surrounding is empty, but from the monitor connected to the computer, he stands in a pre-designed virtual environment as a cg image .

In other words, the actors bring motion capture equipment to assist them and hardly need a set set, because the scenes are fake and can be performed only in the studio, which saves a lot of effort, and the logistics shooting team hardly needs a set set.

This kind of technological innovation is huge, but Lyman's demand is not so great, and Cameron will certainly sell imax technology to multiple studios, this is the price paid to the theaters to promote the imax giant screen.

After all, I spent money to remodel, but not many movies were shown. Isn't it a huge waste?

It's not something Cameron can stop. His current self-confidence will be compromised for reality, but he is still dreaming, not sober.

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