Rebirth Enchanted Xiangjiang

Later generations know that James Cameron is a technology madman. Whether it is his Terminator series, the ship Titanic or the Alien Avatar, they are all filled with a lot of special effects shots, like Avatar is basically all special effects .

Cameron’s relationship with film special effects starts from his first job in the film industry. In 1980, he joined Roger Kaw’s film company and was responsible for being the art director of "Conquest of the Century". Make special effects models.

With this, Cameron has become an out-and-out technical control and special effects control.

Movie Terminator is another sci-fi action movie, and Cameron can finally realize those whimsical ideas in his mind in this movie completely under his control, and have a lot of special effects.

Before the script had found an investor, Cameron had already drew a large stack of conceptual sketches, and he was well prepared for the special effects he needed.

So after agreeing to be in control of him, and after Qiao Feng, who was only responsible for investing money, put the funds into the account, Cameron began to find someone to get special effects.

Originally, when he couldn't find investors, Cameron thought that the special effects could be won by himself and some people he knew before, but Qiao Feng put six million funds into the account in one step without any restrictions. Cameron felt that it was shabby to rely on such a rich master to do special effects on his own, and he could not achieve the best effect in his heart.

So Cameron went to Industrial Light and Magic, the only company specializing in special effects at this time.

Special effects are the most expensive place for film production in the future, and they are also the focus of the most popular publicity during blockbuster promotion. They say that their own special effects are not fifty cents, and they hope to attract audiences.

In the special effects industry, Industrial Light and Magic is the best special effects company at this time and in the next few decades. This company was specially established by George Lucas to shoot Star Wars.

Since Star Wars appeared in 1977 in a state of soaring soaring that people could not even imagine, Industrial Light and Magic, a company specializing in special effects, appeared in the eyes of filmmakers.

After several years of development, the technology of Industrial Light and Magic has become more and more mature. At present, there are no independent special effects departments in large production companies in the movie circle, let alone small companies. The bosses of production companies have long been in order to save money. The special effects department was cancelled, and no one focused on special effects.

Under this circumstance, Industrial Light and Magic has become a sweet potato, but whenever special effects are needed in a movie, those who feel that they are not doing the special effects as expected, and do not want to make do with the film crew will ask Industrial Light and Magic to help.

Cameron is no exception. In order to achieve better results, he also found Industrial Light and Magic.

This special effect cost money, let alone hire a professional company to do it. Originally, it might only cost one million dollars to make special effects by yourself. As a result, if you hire Industrial Light & Magic, the cost is more than doubled.

"I said Annie, you are the producer and you should control the cost. You can't let James spend money so freely." After talking to Cameron to no avail, Qiao Feng couldn't help complaining to Anne Hurd who was standing by.

"That's how James is. Once I work, I can't listen to anyone's words. And I don't have the right to care about Mr. Joe, who you promised him to film according to his own ideas." Anne Hurd shrugged.

Hearing that, Qiao Feng's face was stagnant, and he was angry but couldn't say any more. Indeed, he did say this, but Anne Hurd was the producer, that is, the one who controls the cost has the right to keep Cameron from chaos. Spending money. Anne Hurd said so, and Qiao Feng, who was caught in the conversation, couldn't help it.

Qiao Feng can see that Anne Hurd is still brooding about the matter of forcing her to sell the copyright. Although she will not make trouble, but she is empty as a producer but does not act. Anyway, the money spent is Qiao Feng She can't hurt her money either.

Revenge, the needle is hidden in the cotton, and the revenge is not obvious.

But this also taught Qiao Feng a lesson.

Investing in movies, since you have invested money, you have to send someone who believes to control the money, otherwise the money may be misused.

Although Cameron is not a squandered flower, his participation in the special effects system by Industrial Light and Magic undoubtedly increased the cost.

If the budget is sufficient, it is enough to increase the cost, but Qiao Feng's budget is only 7 million US dollars at the top. It is not enough to spend 7 million like Cameron now.

If it exceeds 7 million, the capital chain may be broken, and the film can only be stopped, which will increase the cost a lot.

Because every actor has time when signing a contract, for example, let’s say Schwarzenegger, if he buys 500,000 films for one year, the contract will be renewed after this year. Pay more.

Therefore, the filming of this film exceeds the budget and the need for additional investment is a very serious matter. If it is not done properly, it may cause a chain reaction.

Fortunately, although Qiao Feng doesn't have much money in his hands now, it is selling at the box office. The fast food truck will be released in more than a month, and then there will be money in the account, which can fill the funding gap that must be exceeded.

Qiao Feng decided in his heart that as long as he invested in the movie in the future, he must send a reliable person to take care of the money, and he must not spend it whatever the director wants.

But now is not the time to think about this. It's done. The money that Industrial Light & Magic will spend will definitely not be saved, so you can only find it from other places.

After seeing Industrial Light and Magic and Cameron making special effects models, Qiao Feng had to admire the American special effects technology.

Just making the model can make people look at it from a distance. You can stare at it in a movie and you won’t necessarily see the fake.

The T800 panoramic lens in the state of complete metal skeleton, Industrial Light and Magic and Cameron produced a scaled miniature model, and then used the stop motion animation method to complete the shooting.

This is how the apocalyptic war between robots and humans like the movie opens.

Cameron was not satisfied with the T-800 in a half-human and half-machine state. Later, the person in charge of Industrial Light and Magic proposed to find a special effects makeup expert to help with it. This proposal and Cameron Long's ideas coincided.

So they found the first special effects expert Dick Smith, but the expert thought he could not get it, so they recommended a person he thought was the most suitable person, and that was the "robot expert" in the industry. The makeup master Stan Winston.

Naturally, Qiao Feng didn't know that this was a great man. He didn't know that he had been Terminator One or Two, Alien 2, and Jurassic Park one or two live-action dinosaurs. He didn't know that he won four Oscars.

But I have seen the Terminator special effects makeup he painted for Schwarzenegger, and I have seen him design with Cameron and Industrial Light and Magic. The production is made through a real-life mold, which is to apply alginate and plaster on the human body to replicate The modeling technology of its shape is used to obtain the realistic head of Schwarzenegger, and then the outline of the machine skull is directly carved on the head. The scene and the exquisite and realistic skull are also made. Qiao Feng decided to get a special effect. the company.

The money that people should spend has been spent, and those that haven't been spent will have to be spent. If you can't save it, you can simply find someone from Hong Kong to fight with so many great people who do special effects. By the way, the teacher counts secretly.