Chapter 868： no time for me

Head to head Hollywood 868 author Qian Duxue Full text 3591 words

The second season of "The Walking Dead" has been filmed, and Dunn participated in the killing party. The first season of The Walking Dead, which cost a total of $100 million, shocked the entire United States. Since it aired on Starz at the end of October last year, the market response has been very positive. In the past 6 months, the first season of "The Walking Dead" has sold more than 1 million sets of regular DVD discs worldwide. The main sales regions are North America and Europe, with a revenue of 300 million US dollars! Hardcover HD HD-DVD disc sets are even more expensive, retailing for a whopping $199! Mainly for North America, 50,000 units were sold and revenue was $19 million. In the past six months, the sales of DVD and HD-DVD alone have reached 500 million US dollars! Such sales performance is second only to "Band of Brothers" in the history of TV dramas. No way, the record for "Band of Brothers" will probably never be broken. Since its broadcast in 2001, the worldwide sales of "Band of Brothers" video tapes and DVD sets have exceeded 600 million US dollars, and they are still growing. The Walking Dead will take at least three seasons to reach the heights of Band of Brothers. However, it cannot be denied that the earning power of "The Walking Dead" is second only to "Band of Brothers" among TV series. I don't know what the effects of "Warcraft", which will be broadcast at the end of this year, and "Roma", which will be broadcast next year, will be. Compared to The Walking Dead's $100 million production budget for the first season, the second season cost a lot less, at only $50 million. Mainly because of the foundation of the first season, a lot of scenes, costumes, geographic selection and house construction have been completed, just need to tinker, and don't need to be as drastic as the first season. TV shows and movies are very different. In today's Hollywood movies, especially the commercial blockbusters of computer CG, the cost of special effects accounts for 60% of the total budget, and the shooting cost is usually only about 15%. Because of the length of TV dramas, the cost of filming and post-production is a major expense. Of the $50 million budget for the second season of The Walking Dead, $12 million is for producers, directors, cast and crew. The shooting cost was $13 million, the post-production cost was $12 million, the special effects cost was $6 million, and the design, costumes, and props of various scenes cost $7 million. The movie is a big screen, even an imax giant screen, and special effects production must be refined and exquisite. Anything a little rough can be reflected on the big screen, which in turn will bring a bad viewing experience to the audience. TV shows are different, TV...is the small screen. And limited by the resolution of the TV, 1K is already the limit. Higher special effects requirements are completely wasteful. Even if the resolution of the film and television works is high, limited by the projection equipment of the TV, the desired effect cannot be played. Therefore, even for special special effects TV series such as "Band of Brothers" and "Game of Thrones", the special effects expenditure for a season of TV series is between 5 million and 600 US dollars. The so-called 4K TVs in later generations are often just gimmicks hyped by businesses, which do not meet market demand at all. For a TV to broadcast 4K images, it needs to clear three levels: first, a video content source with 4K image quality; second, an optical fiber channel that can transmit 4K image quality; and third, a projection device that can broadcast 4K image quality. Even if 4K TVs and signal providers can solve the latter two problems, how can 4K quality film and television programs be solved? Ordinary TV programs are in 1K quality. 2K quality is Blu-ray HD. 4K quality...only possible with movies! It's 2004 now. Ordinary digital copy movies are only about 5K, how high resolution can a TV set? The latest Sony high-definition TV, which is 1K quality. By the same token, special effects spending on computer games is low. For example, Blizzard Studio, a subsidiary of New Universal, spent four years building the online game "World of Warcraft". The game's research and development funding is 40 million US dollars, of which the special effects cost 8 million US dollars. $8 million...about the best 10-second cinematic special effects. Compared with the special effects of movies, whether it is TV series, games, advertisements, or MVs, all the special effects are scum. Movies are the soul of the special effects industry. At the closing reception, Dunn saw Francis Lawrence, the assistant director of The Walking Dead. As a director born in the MV industry, Francis Lawrence has been feeling very uneasy and restless in recent days. Pushed forward five years, he is no different from Zack Snyder and Gore Verbinski. They are all directors who shoot commercials and shoot MVs for singers. However, time flies. After a few years, everything changed. Zach Snyder made "Ghost Rider", which was very popular and popular. He is the hottest director in Hollywood today. Gore Verbinski is even more exaggerated. He even started to shoot "Pirate Alliance 2: Gathering Soul"! As a result, the film's box office in North America was $3.9 billion in the first week and $4.3 billion in the second week... The two-week box office in North America was as high as $8.2 billion! Throughout the summer season, such box office results are second only to DreamWorks' animation "Shrek 2"! Even more than the $200 million "Ghost Rider", the $600 million "The Day After Tomorrow", the $500 million "Bourne Bourne 2", the $400 million "Mad Max 4: Fury Road"... The sudden box office success shocked the entire United States. Who is Gore Verbinski? Before that, everyone didn't know it at all. Then, he met Dunn. Then, as if he was on a rocket, his name spread all over Hollywood overnight. Francis Lawrence would not be envious, jealous, and hateful for such a life experience. He met Dunn earlier. However, he has already filmed two seasons of "The Walking Dead", and he is still the assistant director... When he walked to Francis Lawrence, Dunn saw his unnatural expression and realized something, he couldn't help laughing: "Why, Are you in a hurry?" Francis Lawrence was slightly embarrassed, and said embarrassingly: "I know, my ability is not enough, I have to learn..." Dunn said: "Universal Pictures is preparing a movie "Wanted", next month It's about to start, the director is Abrams. I'm going to ask you to help. According to the plan, there will be two "Wanted" films, Abrams will only make one, if possible, the chance of a sequel , will give you." "Huh? Really?" Francis Lawrence was excited. Dunn nodded, "But some things need to be made clear in advance. The two "Wanted Orders" will be produced by Abrams. This time, you will serve as a production assistant and an assistant director to assist in the production. He made this movie well. If he is satisfied with your ability, you will be the director, if he treats you...you know what I mean." Francis Lawrence is only 34 years old this year, and he can be regarded as a young celebrity. In his previous life, he was selected by the producers of Warner Bros., and successively made two blockbusters, "Hell Detective" and "I Am Legend". The effect can only be said to be unsatisfactory. It didn't make Warner lose money, but it didn't make any money. He was born as an MV director, and the visual style of the film is very distinctive. However, the ability to tell a story is slightly lacking, and the mastery of the rhythm of the film is always inaccurate. It was subsequently abandoned by Warner. Later, he was picked by Nina Ya Kobson and took over the "Hunger Games" series, which was a big hit at the box office, but the word of mouth was bad. In the final analysis, the story is not smooth enough. Dunn intends to cultivate Francis Lawrence. First, let him hone with Frank Darabont for two years and make two seasons of "The Walking Dead." Next, I was sent to Abrams to study for a year and participated in the filming and production of "Wanted". The main thing is to hope that he can learn more about the rhythm of the movie and the content of the story with the two of them. Once he returns from his studies, he will be another big assistant of Dunn! The ability will not be worse than Zack Snyder! If he doesn't succeed in his studies... then there is no way, and Dunn will not give him any more opportunities. No matter how rich Tang En is, he will not make jokes about big commercial productions. Just when Dunn was chatting with Francis Lawrence, Ella Fisher, who was at the reception with him, suddenly came over and whispered a few words in his ear. Dunn's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was quite excited, "Really?" "Really, Mr. Parry informed me as soon as the document came down." Ella Fisher pursed her lips and added, "You I know, it's because of the time difference." "Okay!" Dunn couldn't care less about the cocktail party He wanted to leave immediately, "Make an appointment for a flight now, and we'll fly to the UK!" Really good news! The merger and acquisition transaction of Liverpool Football Club has been reviewed and finally completed! From now on, Liverpool is Dunn's private team! Although it is expensive, it is very cost-effective both from an entertainment point of view and an investment point of view. Now, it's mid-July. The transfer market in European football has been open for more than a month, and blockbuster deals have appeared frequently. The most important is Manchester United! They spent 30 million pounds to buy the 18-year-old England kid Wayne Rooney who shined in the European Cup! In addition, because of the poor performance in the European Cup, the Italian national team recruited "Silver Fox" Lippi from Juventus in an attempt to revitalize Italian football. And then blowing up a wave of Italian football. Juventus poached big-name coach Capello from Rome. Rome is not a giant in the first place. After losing Capello's cohesion, the stars began to leave, including Emerson, Samuel, Totti, De Rossi, Cassano and other Roman soul players. Transfer rumors. Not only that, Porto, the Champions League champion last season, lost its cohesion because of the loss of head coach Mourinho, including Deco, Carvalho, Pereira, Alberto and other stars have entered the transfer market. Time to get started! As Abramovich said. When you buy a team, the greatest joy is to make waves in the transfer market, and then watch the players you choose to be invincible on the field? Dunn wants to quickly order, let Liverpool CEO Rick Parry, with the fastest speed, grab all those excellent players! I can't wait! . Nine Heavens God Emperor mobile version reading website: http:///txt/79/79824/. _Mobile version reading URL: