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.
Invite China Film Group, and the box office exceeds 100 million~
I have to say that this proposal is really tempting, and it also has certain operability, but it is only operable. It's actually very difficult to complete.
A movie like "Shark Beach" has an inherent disadvantage. The scene is too simple, with just one person and one shark.
It's possible for this kind of film to get good box office, but it's very difficult to break over 100 million.
In fact, the box office of his last work "Dark Invasion" was quite bizarre. He initially estimated the box office to be around 30 million. After all, it is a horror film and the audience is very small.
To be honest, he didn’t expect it to reach 60 million in the end, nor did the light, nor did anyone expect it.
Mainly due to the popularity of Fan Binbin and "House of Flying Daggers", and being nominated for the Saturn Award. All these factors added up to achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
"Shark Beach" is a thriller, and its audience is indeed larger than that of "Into the Dark". Young people, old people and children can all watch it, but under normal circumstances, it would be enough to get a box office of 50 million.
But on the other hand, isn't "Dark Invasion" a box office miracle just because of its constant popularity?
To put it bluntly, it’s still propaganda.
If "Shark Beach" is really tied to China Film and Television, and efforts are made to promote it, it may not be impossible to create miracles again.
In my previous life, a movie as bad as "The Promise" could have exceeded 100 million, so why can't "Shark Beach" do the same.
The little poet-reciting master also said that no one would be able to understand it within ten years. However, he traveled through time ten years later and few people could understand it.
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The script filing has been completed and the actors' schedules have been confirmed. The next step is to prepare the crew, make budgets, and draw storyboards...
The last movie Zhang Chen basically used A classmate from his own school, he is still planning to do this in this movie.
Don't underestimate them. Although they are still students, their abilities are not bad.
And after all, we have worked together once, so everyone is familiar with each other, so there is less time to get used to it.
Zhang Chen plans to sign them directly after they graduate.
Well-known directors have their own fixed teams.
All the students who received the call were also very happy. Zhang Chen's last film had a box office of 60 million, which undoubtedly added a shining mark to their resumes.
I thought Zhang Chen would definitely form his own team for the next movie, but he didn’t expect to use them anyway. How could this make them unhappy?
Zhang Chen is a rising new director. Forming a stable and cooperative relationship with him, and even becoming a whole, is what 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 plans to go there himself. The reason is very simple, because at the end of the film he arranged a rescue scene for the surfer girl.
The little boy who saw the DV called a guide. The guide found the unconscious heroine on the beach, and then performed artificial respiration and chest compressions to finally wake her up.
This kind of role that can be taken advantage of in public is very popular. If the target is Fan Binbin, those actors will definitely break their heads.
For the sake of harmony among the crew, Zhang Chen decided to do it himself.
Don't get me wrong, this is just a simple improvement. Whether it can be extended depends on the specific situation.
Cao Bingkun plays one of the two surfers, and finally got a scene showing his face.
The last time I called Father Zhang, Father Zhang 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.
It must be arranged this time.
Several assistant directors were sent out by Zhang Chen to scout the location. The top priority was to find a suitable bay. If they couldn't find it, they would have to use special effects synthesis in the later stage, which would be very expensive.
Zhang Chen finished the script and hid in the room to draw the shots.
Fan Binbin is actually right. The story of "Shark Beach" is really average if you just look at the script.
The key to whether it is good or not depends on the shot. 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 the number of special effects shots.
After spending a day, I finally finished drawing the shots. I was about to take a break when I suddenly received a strange phone call. The call came from a game company, wanting to buy the rights to "Dark Invasion".
Only then did Zhang Chen remember what he had overlooked before.
Why did you forget about the game?
In the past two years, PC games have become popular. Internet cafes are basically filled with "Legend" and "Westward Journey 2", but web games have begun to show their prominence.
It seems that just two years later, the web game of the same name "Wulin Gaiden" was launched, and then became a cash cow, earning more than 200 million in one year.
By the way, "Wulin Gaiden" is also a popular drama. The TV series copyright has been making money for a long time. It seems that it has only been in the past two years. I don't know if preparations have started.
Zhang Chen is going 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 Gaiden".
In addition, Zhang Chen also needs to worry about special effects.
For a film like "Shark Beach", whether the special effects are realistic or not largely determines the success or failure of the film.
In my last life, a similar movie was made in China, "Big Shark" starring Zhao Yihuan. The plot is basically similar to "Shark Beach", focusing on Zhao Yihuan's figure and the cruelty of the shark.
But after watching it, everyone only remembers Zhao Yihuan’s figure, because the special effects of the shark are really a bit low.
Zhang Chen was not prepared to make such a stupid mistake.
And he was not going to make any secrets.
The most famous shark movie is Spielberg's "Jaws", but that movie was limited by the technology and funds at the time, and most of the time it was psychological horror.
Sharks didn’t appear a few times in total.
After reading it, I felt a deep sense of disappointment.
Compared with "Jaws", Zhang Chen admired the later "Deep Water" more, also called "Deep Sea Shark". There were more sharks in it, three in total, and they appeared many times, which was very interesting to watch. Cool.
Of course, the price is that the production cost is high and it can only be made into a blockbuster.
For things like special effects, you really get what you pay for.
Fish special effects are already the simplest among special effects, because they have smooth skin and are relatively simple to create.
If it is the kind with hair, such as a monkey, it will be more complicated to produce, and the cost will be several times that of fish special effects.
Zhang Chen must treat special effects production with caution.
He asked someone to check and found that there are currently only three special effects companies available in China, Shanghai Film Studio, Xiantao Digital and Beiying Digital Special Effects Center.
In the 1990s, Shanghai Film Studio produced the first domestic disaster film "Crash Landing".
There are many special effects shots in it that cannot be completed using traditional methods, so Shanghai Film Studio spent huge sums of money to import a batch of advanced digital special effects production equipment from the United States to complete the shooting.
It is said that the box office is quite good, but there is also a saying that the box office is good because it is a political mission, so it cannot be done accurately.
Xiantao Digital is a Hong Kong company that was responsible for the special effects production of "The Wind and Cloud" and "Chinese Heroes".
To be honest, it’s almost boring to watch.
But it is said that they are also responsible for the special effects of "Heroes". If it is true, then the strength is still good.
The China Film Digital Special Effects Center was the last to be established. It is a subsidiary of China Film Group. It has no particularly famous works and is unknown.
Zhang Chen knew that he was because the person in charge of the investigation used to work in the special effects center. He was very aware of the strength of the special effects center, but he was unable to provide formal staffing and finally resigned.
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