Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Text Volume Chapter 267 Chemical Reaction on Film "Animation?" Ronald wondered why Cameron recommended an animation talent to come over.

"Ah, I forgot. People who don't do visual effects will misunderstand this name and think it's one of those Disney cartoons."

John Van Fleet smiled and explained to Ronald.

The original meaning of the word animation is to make a stationary object move. Disney's cartoons actually make the characters drawn on paper move and turn them into a movie.

In the field of visual effects, there is also a kind of person called an animation expert. Their job is to make motionless objects in the movie move on the screen according to the director's instructions.

The two found a place to sit down. Ronald handed Van Fleet the text of several visual effects-intensive scenes in the script, then picked up a pencil and began to draw the scene he wanted.

"The scenes I want to deal with in particular are three dense places. The first one is on the streets of Broadway in New York. Sam was shot to death. His soul left his body and saw his body lying on the ground with Molly in his arms. Dead shot.

Two Sams need to be in a scene, but one needs to have a ghostly feel and can pass through various objects and human bodies without being hindered. "

"Traditional visual effects can solve this problem. You just have to let the stand-in lie on the ground instead of the actor..."

Van Fleet saw Ronald shaking his head, knowing that the director opposite was not satisfied with this B-level movie method. "But this processing method is too crude to use close-ups. The other way is to use multiple repeated exposures... which is also not very accurate, or to use a green screen to film the ghost's movements and then composite them into the film."

"I wanted to see the effect. The second scene was of a ghost in a subway car, jumping through walls between different trains."

"This is the same idea, but for high-speed moving objects like the subway, you need high-precision camera control..."

"The third scene is the final scene where the bad guy Carl brought it upon himself. After he was stabbed to death by the glass, the ghost came out and pushed him to hell. After saying goodbye to Molly, Sam finally went to heaven..."

"You mean some black phantom dragging Carl down to hell, and then Sam's entire body glowing with silhouette light, and finally up to heaven?"

The two discussed the effects Ronald needed on the drawing board. Van Fleet pondered for a long time and then gave a plan.

"I understand that for a big production with more than 20 million yuan, you need a sense of reality that is different from the special effects of B-level movies."

"That's right, that's right. I can't stand the audience on the screen thinking that's Roger Coe... Hey, you know, the kind of special effects that Cannon Pictures made for Superman IV for two dollars and thirty-five cents... "

Ronald got the message across.

"To achieve this sense of realism, what is actually needed is not any new technology, but a large amount of expert time investment, slow work and meticulous work."

Van Fleet understood that in this film about human and ghost relationships, there weren't many breakthroughs in visual effects.

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For example, the kind of two people he needs appearing on the same screen has been shot by Hollywood since the 1920s. Now, with the help of computers, more sophisticated methods can be used to control it.

The special effects of walking through the wall and emitting a soft holy light before going to heaven were also solved as early as 1985.

That year's "Ghostbusters" became an instant hit thanks to the elaborate special effects of various ghosts on the screen.

But what is really troublesome is the scene where the bad guy Carl goes to hell.

"For the Holy Light lens, you'd better go to Richard Edlund of Boss Pictures. He invented the outline light visual effects in "Ghostbusters". It can follow the movement of the character very seamlessly.

"Isn't your team good?" Ronald laughed when he saw that Van Fleet was still acting like a technical expert. This kind of person is actually quite cute.

"No, I can't afford to support such a big team. Only Industrial Light and Magic in Hollywood can support so many full-time employees." Van Fleet waved his hand. He was good at animation special effects, and it was impossible to receive a large number of jobs continuously. Movie lists that use visual effects can only retain a few core employees. Then when the list is made, those engineers will be recruited to come back to work.

Those visual effects engineers are like nomads in Hollywood. Wherever there are special effects movies, they flock to work and then retreat. Next time it might be another movie, with another company taking the lead, but with the same nomads working there.

"Okay, but my movie needs a visual effects supervisor to coordinate the work and progress of various companies."

"Then Richard Edlund is the most suitable. His subordinates are all experienced people. About three or five engineers can do a good job..." Van Fleet didn't seem to understand what Ronald gave him. Hinting, Edlund from Boss Pictures said on the spot that he was the most suitable for the job.

"Are there any other difficulties that need to be solved?" Ronald understood that these people had not yet contracted the habits of Hollywood and spoke more realistically.

"The other thing is the movement of high-speed cameras, which requires engineers who can accurately copy the trajectory of the last shot of the camera. In Hollywood, only Industrial Light and Magic is the most suitable..."

"I'll call Lucas. How many people do you think we need?"

"Your most complex scenes will require two shifts of camera operators, a team of about twenty people."

"So I only need these people to do the visual effects work?"

"That's definitely not enough. You still need some very careful people to do the visual effects part and match the original film frame by frame. The realism you want mainly depends on how many good alignment engineers you can find. , it’s best to be women, they are very powerful, maybe 6-8 people are enough, but if there are more, we can’t rush the work at the same time.”

"Do you have any recommendations?"

"Catherine Keane, she used to work with me. She now runs her own small studio, doing restoration work on old newsreels for TV stations and governments. The quality of their delivery is very high."

"So, all that's left is the special effect of the ghost dragging the bad guys into hell. What do you think?"

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"Well, let me be honest, instead of using the most advanced computer graphics CGI, you might as well use the most traditional hand-drawn animation, Disney kind..."

Sometimes, high technology is not as good as using artists. An experienced painter may ultimately be able to complete this special effect better than the most advanced CGI computer rendering.

"Then you must come..." Ronald pointed at Van Fleet and smiled.

"This is indeed my specialty...I need about three people..."

"Find all the people you mentioned. After I talk to them, I will form a special effects team. You will have about... Ronald looked at the calendar on his notebook, "It will be about 6-7 months. Time to complete all the special effects. Our filming will be completed in about five weeks, you can experiment now..."

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"Are you sure? The price of the team you formed is so much lower than if it were all done by Industrial Light and Magic? If you think the cost is too high, we at Paramount can make an additional investment." Lindsay Dolan asked after seeing the offer made by Ronald.

She hasn't worked with such a big director who saves money for big studios.

"It's not that I'm saving money for you Paramount, but the main manpower of Industrial Light and Magic has to do special effects for several of their own movies. And there are a lot of special effects in our movie, which Industrial Light and Magic is good at. It’s different, for example, when it comes to finely controlling the position of characters in a movie, Katherine Kean’s company is the strongest, and the White House Press Office also approached them, not Industrial Light \u0026 Magic.”

The main work force of Industrial Light and Magic was used to give Robert Zemeckis, an insider of the Spielberg-Lucas alliance, to do the special effects for the second and third parts of "Back to the Future" .

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit," a big visual effects production shot by Robert Zemeckis that blended live action and animation, lost big money. For the sake of Spielberg's Amber Lin and his own future, he had no choice but to swallow his promise not to make a sequel to "Back to the Future"...

And he still filmed two sequels in one shot. It is said that it is cheaper to shoot in this way, so Elizabeth Shue, Leigh Thompson, and Michael J. Fox and others had to shoot continuously for more than six months.

Michael J. Fox had to quit the "Family Ties" TV series in order to make the movie. As a result, this evergreen drama that has accompanied TV audiences for seven years has come to an end.

Industrial Light and Magic is actually a semi-monopoly visual effects manufacturer. Because in Hollywood, the only directors and producers who can really invest huge sums of money to continuously shoot special effects movies and push technology to breakthroughs are Spielberg and Lucas.

Their family background is also strong enough. Although they encountered many box office failures, they were able to continue filming.

Other film producers do not have the ability to continue investing, so it is understandable that Industrial Light and Magic charges very high prices.

Fortunately, Ronald had the help of Cameron, who helped him find the best and most cost-effective visual effects team on the market, which reassured Ronald.

"So, we don't have to worry about the end result of the special effects, right?" Lindsay Dolan just wants Ronald to nod.

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"There is no problem. We are using the newly developed technology in Die Hard 2. The software called Photoshop is very easy to use. I think the effect will surpass any traditional visual effects..."

"Okay, let's go check out the first day of rehearsal. Bruce Willis and Patrick Schwytz's wife Lisa are also coming today..."

Lindsay Dolan took the budget to deliver the project. Although Ronald had raised the price a lot, it was still 30% lower than Industrial Light and Magic. The boss would praise her management skills.

"Bruce... welcome... Demi is still preparing..."

Ronald was outside the rehearsal room, greeting Bruce Willis, who was visiting his wife for class.

Willis ostensibly didn't care much about Demi Moore's movie, thinking it was just a traditional romance film. But I heard that the leading actor was Patrick Schwytz, so I came to visit the studio specially.

The image of Johnny in Dirty Dancing is so dazzling that Hollywood is full of Schwytz's nymphomaniac fans. I heard that there were a lot of intimate scenes between the two of them in the script, so Willis thought it would be a good idea to come and take a look.

"Hey, you know, she used to often visit my crew. Even though Demi didn't say it, I guessed that she really wanted me to visit..." Bruce Willis couldn't possibly admit his worries, so he still put on a show A heroic look.

His image is that of a blue-collar hero, and he cannot worry about his wife being raped by someone else because he is not charming enough... So even though he specifically took a leave of absence from the crew of Die Hard 2, he still had to act like he didn't care.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Lisa Niemi, the actor's wife."

Lisa, who is also a dancer, is also worried about her husband filming such a romantic film. After all, it's Demi Moore starring opposite her, and she's not as calm as she was when she was filming "Dirty Dancing."

The Jewish girl Jennifer Gray is also ugly, but this time Demi Moore is different.

"Hello..." The two spouses looked at each other tacitly, crossed their arms, and looked towards the door of the rehearsal room.

"Good morning, Ronald. Hi, Honey, why are you here..." Demi Moore opened the door and saw Bruce Willis, and she was very happy. I finally gave this tough guy on screen a sense of crisis.

"I'm here to visit..." Bruce Willis was obviously relieved. There seems to be no chemistry between Patrick Schwytz and Demi. The two of them were talking three feet apart, and there was no tacit understanding between their movements.

"My dear, are your knees okay recently?" Lisa over there was obviously relieved. When she saw Demi Moore cut her hair short, she kept fiddling with her long hair.

In addition, Demi's voice was very hoarse when she spoke today, which was incomparable to her own very feminine voice.

"Let's rehearse this line again... Sam is a child who suffered psychological trauma when he was a child. He doesn't say I love you, he only says dido, because he is afraid that the things he loves will be lost like he did when he was a child...

Although Molly looks strong on the outside, she also longs for her lover to express love to her frequently, and always avoids saying "I love you", which makes her very uncertain about this relationship.

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Of course, despite saying this, Molly will most likely forgive Sam, she really loves him, and if there had been no accident, they would not have hurt each other..."

The rehearsal lasted for more than an hour. Ronald was not very satisfied with the two's understanding of the script, so he had to go on stage to explain the script to them in person.

Bruce Willis and Lisa Niemi were relieved and said goodbye with satisfaction.

"I wish the movie success..."

"Good luck to you, Ronald..."

The two spouses looked at each other and had a bad feeling in their hearts.

The two male and female protagonists had no chemistry when rehearsing their lines, so it was impossible for them to create sparks. In other words, Ronald was kind to them all, so it was hard to say anything about gloating about their misfortune. Anyway, their family doesn't rely on this movie. Dirty Dancing has allowed Lisa to live a wealthy life. Willis thinks it's not a bad thing that his wife didn't become a big star.

Ronald came back and watched the two rehearse for a few minutes. The director of photography and art director next to them both frowned. This pair has not entered the situation yet, and there is indeed a problem.

"Bring a camera and shoot them..." Ronald finally spoke.

The camera crew quickly brought a Sony video recorder and started filming the two of them.

"Sure enough, there is no problem..."

After this rehearsal, Ronald inserted the videotape into the TV set at the scene and took the two protagonists to watch their rehearsal results...

Some things are just amazing. After the camera lens is deformed, Schwytz and Demi Moore appear on the TV screen, and they are inexplicably radiant. When the two say their lines, the scene is like high school. Male and female students are equally ruthless, but when it comes to the camera, they become affectionate.

Demi Moore and Patrick Schwytz looked at each other. They couldn't see how bad they were acting live. Seeing how good the chemistry between the two was on TV, there was a little more understanding in their eyes.

"Bring the movie camera here, let them put on the costumes from the play, and rehearse again." Ronald touched his chin and continued to give orders.

The next day, the films that had been rushed and printed were projected onto the screen in the screening room.

"How amazing..."

Director of photography Adam Greenberg had never seen anything like this before. Close-ups have a special magic. Both actors are the kind of actors who shine on film. The chemical reaction on the movie screen seems to be an order of magnitude better than on the TV tape.

I don’t know how Ronald saw it…

At this time, several main creators looked at Ronald like a magician.

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