Chapter 128: Miraculous ambition

Chapter 128—The Magical Ambitions
"The leading actor in" The Ninth District "will be played by Robert Downey Jr. (see novel)"
When Flame Movie announced this latest development, in this hot summer vacation period, media fans suddenly had another talk. Robert Downey Jr.? Anyone who knows who this guy is also knows that Downey is with "drugs, trouble, and self-reliance." His drug addiction, which he can never quit, turned him from a hot and popular star into a prisoner who made fans regret and let the producers stay away.
And now Miracle Young lets Downey, who has just been released on parole, play the leading role? It is said that "Ninth District" will be a special effects production? It ’s unbelievable that the two were roommates at Lake Island Prison. Everyone knows this for a long time. Maybe they have made a deep friendship and become a friend in trouble ... But seriously, is n’t Miracle Yang afraid of getting into trouble? ?
Anyway, Wang Yang ’s fan fans are very worried for him. In addition to the filming issues, there are many female fans who are worried that their sunny and handsome idol will be damaged by Robert Downey Jr., such as learning to drink alcohol and smoke, or even take drugs. ... On the fan site, female fans commented: "If Yang becomes such a person, I will be sad", "That's too scary"
In an interview with the latest issue of Variety Magazine, Wang Yang was also asked about "Donny's drug addiction". In the drawing room of Variety Magazine, looking at the beautiful brown-haired reporter Eve Smaine across from him, he replied: "I'm not worried. I know Robert's determination to get rid of drugs, and I believe him. What he needs most now. , Is everyone's encouragement and forgiveness. We support him, and then we will see a brand new Robert Downey Jr. "
After talking about some of the questions about the protagonist, he naturally talked about the movie "The Ninth District". Eve looked at Wang Yang fiercely. She held her ears down and asked her voice in a humorous way: , What kind of story is "District 9"? "
"Well, I can only say ..." Wang Yang smiled softly, and realized in a moment, this woman wanted to get more exclusive information with the beauty plan. But since the time Juno selected the leading actress and auditioned thousands of young and beautiful girls, the beauty plan has no use for him unless it is Jessica. He took a sip of tea and said, "I can't reveal it for now. But now you ask, then ..."
In fact, this was originally intended to be spoken in this interview for pre-promotion. Looking at the anticipating Eve, he smiled and said, "This is an R-rated movie." Then, he angrily patted his forehead and laughed at himself: "It's over, I'll say everything when it's over."
"Wow R-level?" Eve immediately opened her eyes in excitement, while recording, while asking: "Are you sure? Not G-level but R-level? You know that in everyone's impression, Wang Yang is sunshine, in There is no violence in his movie, no ... there is not even a kissing scene, the magical R-class? What about it? "
Wang Yang could n’t help laughing aloud because he remembered that three years ago, the
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That kid does n’t make horror movies? What a joke.
He spread his hands and smiled:
I think they must have forgotten the "Photograph", I remember when someone said, "That kid is really dark" Ha, when did I turn into sunshine? "
Both laughed a few times, and he said seriously: "I answered this question three years ago. I want to say that" Ghost Story "is not all of me," High School Musical "," When Happiness Comes to Knock on the Door " "," Junuo "is not. For me, each movie is a new attempt, each different story has a different expression, this time I will let everyone see another me, See a new Wang Yang. "
Eve nodded and continued to charge him with his eyes, asking, "Can you tell me what kind of R-level content? Will it be drug use?" She asked, naturally because of Robert Downey Jr.
"No, I can say no." Wang Yang lifted the teacup, drinking a clear and sweet tea, and smiled, "It's just some violent pictures."
The violent picture Eve opened her eyes again, and quickly recorded it. She asked after the victory: "You have revealed that the" Ninth District "has special effects, and now it is said to be an R-rated, violent movie. Can we understand this? Is it a commercial special effects blockbuster? "She described with a smile:" It's full of killings, maybe a blasting explosion ... "
"No, no, it can't be positioned as a commercial violent movie, absolutely don't understand it that way." Wang Yang interrupted her, brewed it for a while, and explained: "This movie may have many categories, but I have to say it Whether it is a violent picture or a beautiful special effect, it is for the plot service of the movie, making the plot better. "
He smiled and said: "A lot of people have said this, but I still have to say it again. What is the most important thing about the movie? The story, the story, and the story do not have this core, no matter how beautiful the special effects are, only Meaningless."
After answering this question, all the information to be disclosed in Wang Yang ’s plan was finished, so Eve ’s beauty plan was completely invalidated, but she was already satisfied with the information.
As soon as the latest issue of "Variety" was launched, media fans who were concerned about "The Ninth District" felt stupid. They could not guess what kind of movie "Ninth District" was because these elements seemed to be mutually exclusive: Miracle Young, R-Class, Violence ... Is it the story of a beating paparazzi? It's a pseudo-documentary, but it has big special effects and can't be positioned as a commercial movie, but a drama ...
High-cost cult film (Cult-e)? Yahoo Movies made this speculation. The so-called cult films are simply films that ignore the mainstream market and do their own best. They often have strange themes, unique shooting techniques, a very personal style, and are very controversial. Xiandian movies ignore the characteristics of the market and are doomed to not get too much capital, so they are usually produced at a low cost, but this does not affect the birth of the classics.
Regardless of the United States, Britain, Hong Kong, Japan ... there are cult films all over, and now Hollywood ’s most famous "cult director" is undoubtedly Quentin Tarantino, the director of "Waterfall" and "Pulp Fiction"; and David Finch, director of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club".
The Yahoo Movie Channel commented: "After three academic-style film films, we have indeed forgotten the 18-year-old debut film" Ghost Plot "by Miracle Yang, and we also forgot that it is an extraordinary evil Classic movie. It has pointed the way for DV movies, created a new form of pseudo-documentary, and also created a new way of propaganda 'viral marketing'. From the movie itself to the outside of the movie, how Cult is it? "
"Let's think about it. In fact, the magical heart of Yang Yang never stopped beating." High School Musical "was a school song and dance film that no one dared to touch at that time." Junuo "was an unsuccessful teenage pregnancy theme. Only "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" is all academic. In the future, this R-level "Ninth District", Magic Yang seems to want to come back. He said violence, he said it was not just business ... when he If it is a pseudo documentary, we should guess that this is probably a high-cost cult film. "
The editor of the last comment said expectantly: "Sunshine, warmth, warmth? Put them all away for now, maybe a weird evil director is the real magical Yang."
The description of the Xiandian movie has been supported by many fans. As for the content of the movie, some fans have guessed that the "Ninth District" is a theme related to aliens, because the title of the film is very similar to a place, that is, the legendary government Studying the alien base "Area 51"; and in the latest street photo shoot, Wang Yang was wearing a T-shirt with an alien UFO pattern.
In the bright and spacious study room, Wang Yang sat at the desk, and the printer on the table spit out pictures, all of which were detailed alien design sketches. He picked it up and looked closely. His body was front, side, and back; head The front of the department ... Looking at the designs one by one, he nodded with satisfaction from time to time.
This alien is not simply a beetle or a shrimp. Its body structure is the same as that of the earth. It walks upright, has no tail, and has very thin and ugly hands and feet. It is not smooth skin, but layers. The shells of different insects are different in shape and color; on the important heads, they have long soft tentacles on top of their heads, and the armor of the neck is based on grasshoppers and tentacles of shrimp ...
They all meet the requirements, look dirty and ugly, but look cooler than the previous aliens. When Wang Yang went on to read the image of Christopher Fusson and his son, he decided to choose this design, leaning on the chair, he said to himself: "What is the name of this alien race?"
But relative to this small problem, there is a bigger problem at present, that is, these aliens are just 2D images on paper. To convert them into 3D in the movie and complete the filming of the whole movie, naturally Need help from special effects company.
Blue Sky Studio seems to be an off-the-shelf choice. It used to participate in some TV special effects production, and also has excellent animation special effects technology, such as animation technology, radiant flux rendering technology, making models, bone hair binding and so on. However, the special effects team of "District 9" could not choose the blue sky, because there are two problems in front of them.
First, movie special effects are not equal to animation, some technologies are interlinked, but some are different, especially the part of animation and real connection technology, why some special effects look fake, and some special effects are seamless, the difference is here, Blue Sky Studio does not have that part of the technology; secondly, now the animators of Blue Sky are busy with the final stage of the production of "Ice Age". After the production of "Ice Age", "Ice Age 2" or other cartoons will start , They have no time.
Therefore, "Ninth Zone" needs to find another special effects company. The most famous company in this area is naturally the "traditional powerhouse" industrial light and magic. George Lucas founded it in 1975 and then changed it with "Star Wars". The term "special effects", its technology is extremely advanced, leading the trend, it can be said to be the top special effects company; and James Cameron and Stan Winston founded in 1990 in the digital field, in 1997 "Titanic" is a blockbuster.
The core technology in the digital field is the digital synthesis software NUKE, which can seamlessly combine the CG model and the real background; it is almost the industry's best at using the software developed by the special effects software company (movie special effects magician), including power Techniques such as learning plug-ins, implicit surface models of fluid particles, etc., are all housekeeping skills.
Others include Sony Imaging, the studio and company (silicon image) that are currently doing special effects for "The Matrix", and the movies it participates in are "Toy Story", "Jurassic Park", etc., but it is not a movie Special effects company, which is a company that produces high-performance computers, but its graphics processing system technology is very powerful, even the United States Air Force and NASA (NASA) are used.
Unless you are looking for a giant such as Industrial Light & Magic to do the special effects of a movie, you need to use many special effects companies. This one deals with water waves, that one deals with animals, this one is responsible for rendering, and that one is responsible for seamless integration ... Many times in a special effects blockbuster, even industrial light and magic didn't dare to say "I'm all inclusive". There are three other companies participating in "Planet Preque 2" currently in production; there are 7 "Matrix". In addition to Vita's workroom, there are 8 companies participating in the production of special effects in "The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings" which will be released this Christmas.
"District 9" will certainly not be an exception, but no matter how many companies are involved in the end, there is a company doing the leading work in the early stage, the early stage and the late stage of the shooting. It is also the special effects team shooting with the crew, Oscar's best The visual effect award is also given to it, and it is the company that is currently needed in the "Ninth District".
Looking for industrial light and magic? Looking for the digital realm? Wang Yang had thought about this problem for a long time, but he immediately realized that he didn't want to do that. He wanted to own a special effects company. Maybe ambition or ambition, but why not do that? How clear he is about the importance of future special effects technology, and this future is not far away. It is now the rapid development stage of digital technology, and the later it is, the harder it is to form a company.
It does n’t seem to be difficult to set up a special effects company. No talent can be recruited, no technology can be bought, like waiting for special effects software; but in fact it is not so easy, basic software can be bought, but how to use this software, if To develop it again, there is no way to buy these technologies. Each company relies on these exclusive technologies to survive and become a member of a large-scale special effects production company.
Developers of these technologies are generally not recruited because they own the company; or start a company in partnership with directors, such as Stan Winston and James Cameron, Richard Taylor and Peter- Jackson.
But after all, Wang Yang was too short in the movie world, and he had not been in contact with these special effects masters before, so he thought about it and eventually hit his head on Robert Zemigis. Although Zemigis is not a special effects master, he is a pioneer of motion expression capture technology and has a vast network of digital technology.
Just like Grandpa used to get old man Wu ’s family secrets, Wang Yang also took the old idol and today ’s half-mentored and half-friend Robert Zemigis into the group. Development of motion capture technology "and so on. This is not a sweet talk. The aliens in the "Ninth Zone", especially Christopher Fussen's hands and feet, need this technology. Naturally, the more advanced the better.
However, Robert Zemigis was not invited to start a company once or twice. Besides, he has a very good relationship with Warner Bros. and Disney. If you want to play motion capture, you can find a big company for 100 million or 200 million. So he Wang Yang's warm invitation is still under consideration.
It's just that Wang Yang thought that whether Robert would agree to join or not, it would not affect his determination to form a special effects company; even if Robert joined, the company would get resources from the network instead of direct technical support. But what do companies need technology to get?
In fact, there is still a feasible way, which is what he is doing now, that is to invest in the acquisition of a good, talented and technical special effects company. First share the technology with Blue Sky Studio, and then use money to expand its scale, including purchasing the required technical software, recruiting enough employees and talents, and then making a famous movie.
Then it continues to produce special effects for the films of Flame Films and other companies, while continuously developing technology, then it can embark on a healthy development path and slowly seek opportunities to become a big company.
Fortunately, there are many small special effects companies that welcome others to inject capital; but unfortunately, their core technology is not enough to quickly expand into a company capable of acting as the special effects team in the "Ninth District". That suitable company, Mark Srant is still looking for, and his vision is not limited to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries have entered the list.
Looking at the drawings of alien designs, Wang Yang fell into deep thought. It was not easy to integrate a special effects company ... At this time, Danny with a tennis ball rushed in with interest, it Rubbing his thigh with his head, the meaning is obviously "play with me" Wang Yang smiled, put down the design in his hand, and got up: "Hey, man, I don't have time to play with you now."
He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and opened the window. He took Danny's ball and threw it the outside lawn, and it ran to his legs. He looked at his arms around his chest and smiled softly, "You like playing games, don't you? "
game? Suddenly frowned, Wang Yang's thoughts looming in his heart clearly surfaced. Game video games are an independent industry and also a periphery of movies. These movies have been in the past, now, and in the future. Although there are few adapted games that sell well on both sides, he thinks that digital technology is developing so fast. Naturally, it is not only the picture of the movie that is improving, but the picture of the game will become more and more powerful.
When the two have more and more in common, when the game industry finds a way to adapt the movie, their relationship will become intimate, and the sales of DVDs and game discs will affect each other ... Maybe video games will become An important surrounding. Moreover, from a commercial point of view, the film company should not let go of any surroundings, because making more or less is making money, and this is also a way of publicity.
"Wang Yang thought, while throwing the tennis ball back from Danny Diao, I thought" Ice Age "could be made into an adventure game or a family casual game;" Ninth District "could be made A game for action or first-person shooter, after the movie is released ...
A good idea, he was a little excited, the reason is very simple, he likes video games movies, basketball, games ... who does not have several hobbies? He has played many classic games and several movie adaptations. He fully understands why they have failed to sell and are too badly produced.
The main reason is that the film companies do not pay much attention to the surroundings. Now the cooperation between the two is basically that the film companies directly transfer the copyrights to the game companies, but the big companies do not pay attention; so they often find a small company to cooperate, or Set up your own studio, so no matter the game system or the storyline, it has no fun. Of course they don't care, they can earn a dollar.
"If" District 9 "is made into a game ..." Wang Yang looked at Danny who was running from a distance and enjoying the fun of the game, and said to himself: "Then it must not be made indiscriminately. The movie must be beautiful, the game must be fun." He took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said, "Hi Mark, I want to buy a game development company."
Mark Sloan over there stupefied and said strangely, "My boss, it seems that we are a film company?" He immediately understood Wang Yang's intention and said: "I also think that the company can develop video games Around, but the boss, you know our special effects company is still being formed. Who knows how much it will cost in the end? The Vancouver studio has just started. Should the gaming company slow down? "
"No, no." Wang Yang walked outside to the lawn, thought about it, and said to the mobile phone: "It's not the acquisition of Flame Movies. It's not my private acquisition. How much does a game company need? I'm not ready to acquire EA. "He has just transferred 15 million before tax in his personal account. Since it is also placed in the bank, why not make some other investment?
Many people in Hollywood like to invest in real estate or create their own fashion brands; but he is totally unimpressed by these, but he is very interested in video games. He thinks that 15 million should be enough. Inject a good game development company, if not enough, get some money from the flame company.
"Your private acquisition? Wow, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is really exciting, and it looks like we will be able to play your game soon" Mark-Slanter laughed haha. Wang Yang came to the wooden chair in the garden and sat down, laughing, "I don't know how to develop games when I'm young; but I will play, and I won't let it go to market if it's not fun." Said, "Yang, you are really energetic, but I can't do so many things, maybe I should introduce some agents to you?"
Wang Yang also understands the affairs of Flame Movie itself, and the work with special effects companies is enough for this busy thing. Let the game company leave it to others to do it. He nodded and smiled: "OK"
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PS: In 2007, Disney and Robert Zemigis jointly established the Image-vers-tal (Digital Image Facilitator) studio, which focuses on motion capture technology films, but Robert directed the production of "Christmas Carol" and the producer of "Mars Save" "Mother's Records" all lost at the box office, which also disappointed Disney. The studio closed in January 2011.
But in fact, it has nothing to do with technology, technology is leading, but the audience has always been very cold about that kind of live 3D animated movie. Neither Polar Express nor Beowulf was successful. In the past two days, Robert Zemigis has announced his return to a live-action movie, and he and Denzel Washington co-produced "Flight".