Millennium director

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Los Angeles, in the Universal post-processing room.

Three or five blond bearded men were chatting while staring at the rendering progress on the computer.

"Cameron is really a genius!"

"'Avatar' is so crazy. Now major Hollywood companies are predicting that it is not a problem for this movie to have a North American box office of over 600 million. It is also possible to achieve 700 million."

"What's even more amazing is that this movie's box office performance overseas is even better than in North America."

"God, I really don't understand. There are not many IMAX theaters in other countries, and they can't see the complete version of "Avatar". How can they be so enthusiastic about this movie?"

"Perhaps this is the charm of Cameron and the charm of the world's first 3DIMAX movie."

"Twentieth Century Fox has had great luck."

"You can't say that. The preparation of "Avatar" took several years. It cost a lot of money. During the filming, it went over budget many times. Fox still invested more. They have the courage to get good returns. .”

"Have you heard? The virtual camera developed by Cameron is a technological first. The actors perform in an open space without physical objects, but in the image displayed on the monitor, the actors are already in a gorgeous alien world. "

"In addition, motion capture technology and expression capture technology are new breakthroughs in the technical field of "Avatar"."

"I heard from friends who worked on the post-production of "Avatar" that each frame of "Avatar" took an average of 40,000 man-hours, and 60% of the content relied on CG synthesis."

"This movie uses too many new technologies and equipment. Cameron is really bold!"

Everyone is getting more and more excited about the discussion. For those who work on film technology, "Avatar" is definitely a feast.

This film uses innovative facial capture headsets, innovative motion capture technology, new photography systems, and newly developed virtual cameras. Every breakthrough is a new first.

Even though "Interstellar" was also shot with a 3DIMAX camera, Wu Yuan did not have the kind of virtual camera developed by Cameron. When he was shooting, all he could see on the monitor was a green screen, so he had to rely entirely on himself. I imagine it in my head, and then add CG synthesis later.

In this way, the scene after the special effects synthesis can be displayed on the monitor while shooting. Only Cameron's "Avatar" in the world can do this.

This technology eventually became the cornerstone of a series of Hollywood superhero movies.

"Although 'Interstellar' doesn't use as many new technologies as 'Avatar,' I believe this movie can win because of its depth."

The two special effects artists responsible for CG synthesis looked at each other and smiled.

As we all know, Cameron is not very good at telling stories. His movie stories are as simple as they come, and can only be single-line narratives.

In terms of movie storyline and artistic depth, Wu Yuan's "Interstellar" really beats Avatar. This movie is also more hard science fiction than "Avatar".

"However, if the story is too deep, it will not sell well at the box office."

"Yes, the simpler the story, the higher the commercial value."

Two knocks on the door interrupted everyone's discussion.

Wu Yuan walked in from outside with a coffee box in both hands, "Guys, drink some coffee to refresh yourself."

He gave each post-production worker a cup of hot coffee, then sat down and asked, "How's it going? How long will it take for the rendering to be completed?"

"It's almost done. You should be able to see the rendering results in another two hours."

Everyone wisely stopped the discussion about "Avatar" and everyone began to get involved in work.

In fact, Wu Yuan also heard their chat outside the door.

There is no way, now in the entire Hollywood, as long as everyone has something to do with film work, everyone will talk about "Avatar".

This movie is really crazy.

At the same time, domestically.

Liu Yifei, who had returned to China, did not rest. Instead, she rushed to Star City with Yang Mi and Li Dongxu without stopping to participate in the recording of Mango Channel's "Happy Camp".

As the leading variety show of Mango Channel, "Happy Camp" is currently at its peak. It can be said to be the most popular variety show with the highest ratings in the country, dominating the charts all year round.

Even Brother Cheng Long, Jay Chou and others took the initiative to come on this show to promote their new movies or albums.

Of course, the age of light and shadow cannot be avoided.

Whether it was Zhang Guorong or Chen Kaige, when "Along with the Gods" and "Painted Skin 2" were released, they brought their crews to visit to promote their new movies.

As a TV series broadcast exclusively on Mango Channel, "Ghosts" certainly got a promotion opportunity for one episode of "Happy Camp". And as a drama broadcast on their own station, they also got a whole issue of promotion, and they didn't need to share it with other crews or artists. .

"Teacher He, long time no see."

"Sissi, welcome to join Happy Camp again!"

Backstage, as soon as he arrived at the scene, He Jiong, who came to greet him with other hosts, hugged Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei had previously participated in "Happy Camp" when she was starring in "Dragon" and "Sword and Fairy One", but the hosts at that time were still He Jiong and Li Xiang, and they were not the current Happy Family.

Teacher He is well-known in the circle for being very popular.

The reason why he is popular is because of his high emotional intelligence.

Within a few words, the Happy Family and the starring actors of "Ghost", who were not familiar with each other, started chatting together.

At this time, Teacher He stretched out his head and deliberately glanced at Liu Yifei's back, and then said: "Qianxi, Director Wu didn't come with you?"

"Ah, he doesn't like variety shows very much." Liu Yifei waved her hand and explained for Wu Yuan: "You know, those of them who are directors behind the scenes are not very suitable for this kind of work in front of the stage."

"In addition, he has other things to be busy with in the United States, and he really can't take any time, so only a few of us came."

"That's such a pity." Nana on the side said exaggeratedly: "I haven't seen Director Wu for a long time. I thought I could see him today."

Thank you for actually meeting Wu Yuan.

When she and Liu Ye were still talking, Liu Ye once brought her to Wu Yuan's courtyard to attend a gathering of their group.

At that time, Wu Yuan was not as top-notch internationally as he is now, and Xie Na was not a host, but a small actor.

It's a pity that the relationship between her and Liu Ye did not come to an end. Later, after the two parted ways, Xie Na never had the chance to contact Wu Yuan again.

"Come on, let's review the script first." Teacher He changed the subject wisely, smiled and asked the starring actors of "Ghost" to sit down, and then asked Liu Yifei.

"Qian Qian, since Director Wu is not free to come, is it convenient for us to connect with him on the phone at the show?"

"After all, he is the male protagonist of "Goblin". Since you are doing promotion together, it is always inappropriate to miss one person. It would be good for him to say hello to the audience."

Saying hello is all false. The program team mainly focused on Wu Yuan's popularity. Wu Yuan has never participated in a variety show so far. If his variety show debut can be in "Happy Camp", he will It brought huge popularity to the show.

Even if it's just the sound of the scene.

The reason given by Teacher He was very legitimate, but I was really embarrassed to refuse.

As the leading actor, even if Wu Yuanren is not present, he won't be unable to even make a phone call.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Yifei agreed: "It should be fine, but I have to talk to him first. If he is busy, he may not be able to receive the call."

"It should, it should." Teacher He nodded with a smile. (End of chapter)