Chapter 887： Building a house without drawings

Head to head Hollywood 887 author Qian Duxue Full text 3465 words

Spielberg and Martin Scorsese were not the only ones who came to visit. This summer, the anomalous box office of "Pirates 2: Gathering Souls" has taught the entire Hollywood a deep lesson. Even the proud and arrogant film predecessors have to admit that the times of film have changed. The taste of movies in the past is no longer in line with the psychological expectations of fans. And precisely, the one who understands the minds of movie fans the most is Dunn! "Pirates: All Souls" was released for two months, and the North American box office was 440 million US dollars and the global box office was 1.07 billion US dollars! The movie has not yet been released, and it is entirely possible to exceed 1.1 billion US dollars! From a professional point of view, the movement and composition of the film are very jerky, and director Gore Verbinski is a novice at first glance. However, the producer of this film is Dunn! He literally made the movie a $1 billion box office hit! I have to admit that Dunn created the myth of New Hollywood movies. Especially during this period, Dunn's popularization and publicity of the special effects production process for film and television has been valued more and more by people in the industry. The standard production process for special effects blockbusters seems to have begun to take shape. Now, Dunn will personally shoot a special effects sci-fi blockbuster "Avengers", it is said that the most advanced digital technology will be used. How can people in the industry miss such a good opportunity to observe and learn? After Spielberg, George Lucas came, Zach Snyder came, Roland Emmerich came, Gore Verbinski came, and James Cameron came. However, unlike several other directors who were amazed at the application of real-time preview technology, Cameron was quite disdainful of the real-time preview applied in "The Avengers". Tang En explained it to him, saying that when shooting on location, the hardware performance of the laptop could not keep up, so naturally it could not produce high-standard picture effects. However, it will be much better to wait until next year for green screen shooting. One, equipment upgrades, software updates. Second, the green screen shooting can be fixed in the studio, which eliminates the need to use a laptop computer, and can use the highest-performance desktop computers to move over, and put dozens of them together for work. At that time, the real-time preview will definitely have a qualitative leap! This time, it was Ann Lee who came to visit the class. "Brokeback Mountain is finished?" Dunn was quite surprised when he saw Ann Lee, which was much more pleasant than dealing with Spielberg and George Lucas. In any case, today's Ann Li... can be regarded as Tang En's direct descendant. Ann Li smiled, "I will finish work in mid-August." "How is it? Are you confident?" With Tang En's current status, it is impossible for him to personally pay attention to the progress of "Brokeback Mountain". Ann Lee paused, her face not very good, "When we were filming in Texas, many local people organized a protest. The controversy of "Brokeback Mountain" is very big, and the movie ... even more It's gone." Tang En said disapprovingly: "Don't worry about them, a group of 'Western Cowboys' have long since been eliminated by the times. Don't worry, as long as the artistic level of "Brokeback Mountain" is no problem, the movie will have no problems! " Ann Li said seriously: "I can guarantee this!" Dunn is also very confident. Ann Lee's films... never lack artistic, philosophical and humanistic reflections. Next, Tang En, just like the past few days, introduced Ann Li the working mode of the DIT digital workstation step by step, and briefly introduced the application effect of the real-time preview technology. "Can I take a look at the Previz script?" "Huh?" Ann Li smiled: "It's the concept of pre-production special effects and dynamic storytelling that you popularized in the theory of film and television special effects. During this time, you are busy making movies, maybe I don’t know much about the situation outside. The Hollywood industry, including USC, has conducted a very in-depth academic discussion on your film and television special effects theory. Especially USC has launched more than a dozen forum lectures and theories on this. The debate is very hot! However, they feel that the term dynamic mirroring is not accurate enough. After all, there is also the concept of dynamic mirroring in traditional movies. When you explain the concept of dynamic mirroring, you use the term, people in the industry feel that Very good, we created a term specifically for this - Previz." Dunn was slightly startled. what's going on? Your own film theory, and thus a professional terminology for film was born? This is kinda awesome! Tang En was very proud in his heart, and on the surface he didn't seem to care, "It's just a name! It can be Previz, dynamic storyboard, or even a 3D storyboard, no problem. As long as you understand the meaning, why not? It doesn't matter what you call it." Ann Li admired Tang En's attitude like fame and fortune. If he can create a terminology for film and influence filmmakers all over the world, he will feel his life is worth it! Take a look at Tang En, it's really a splendid festival! It's really unshakable! Previz, in fact, is to simply make the shooting content before the official shooting of the film, and use simple animations to show the general directions of the actors' positions, framing, camera angles, camera movements, etc., for the production team, director team, camera team and other crew members Refer to when shooting. Of course, Hollywood is not yet popular, but in 5 years, it will become an essential element of Hollywood blockbusters! Even Christopher Nolan, who has always stayed away from digital technology, also used the method of drawing Previz dynamic storyboards when shooting "Tomb Raiders". In the past, movies relied on sub-shots, concept heads, and physical models to plan visual presentations. But this is too abstract, everything is in fantasy. Previz is different. It uses computer technology to create a version of 3D animation storyboards and make the entire movie. Experienced producers, through the Previz script, can accurately judge what the film will look like after it is made. In line with expectations, shoot. Lower than expected, or modify, or give up. This will greatly reduce the production risk of commercial blockbusters! This summer's "King Arthur", "Catwoman", "Universal World 80 Days" and several other movies are really bad. Would the producer not know about such a bad movie? Nothing else can be done. Huge sums of money have been invested, and it is too late to regret it. The film side has no choice but to bite the bullet and push up. If you have the concept of Previz, you may be able to avoid serious losses if you do a good job of risk control in advance. There are still a large number of commercial blockbusters, and a large part of the reason for their failure is the disunity between the director and the special effects team. The director is a mind, the special effects team is a mind, and of course the things produced will be nondescript. If there is a Previz dynamic storyboard, it will be much easier. Previz allows the director to see the effect in advance and make an early decision, while the post-production special effects team can start the real special effects production according to the director's modification opinions. This will greatly save production costs! The post-production special effects production of a commercial blockbuster often requires a special effects team of more than 1,000 people. It takes more than half a year to complete, and the investment is too large. And Previz is very simple, with three or five people, it takes two or three months to get it done. Dunn was a little hesitant about Ann Li's request. Ann Li suddenly realized, and said embarrassingly, "I'm sorry, I... I just want to study, I forgot that the movie is still in a state of high secrecy." Tang En was startled, then waved his hand and laughed, "You misunderstood. , I'm really not hiding it, mainly..."The Avengers", I didn't make dynamic storyboards at all, oh, that's what you call Previz." Ann Lee was shocked, " Ah? No way?" How do you understand the concept of Previz? If a movie is compared to a building, then Previz is the drawing! Although people who buy a house end up living in a house, drawings play an important role all the time in the process of building a house. After Dunn popularized the film and television special effects process to filmmakers all over the world in detail, everyone felt more and more that Dunn's theory was very reasonable! Building a house without drawings, isn't that nonsense? It's just that Ann Lee couldn't imagine that Tang En didn't draw any drawings for "The Avengers"! Is this too fake? ! Tang En said with a smile: "There's no way You know, this summer... I'm really too busy, and I don't have any extra energy to prepare the movie. Fortunately, this is a Marvel movie, there are many The style, format, and rhythm are all fixed, and compared to other original films, it will be easier to shoot." "That can't be without Previz, right? This...isn't this the film theory you proposed?" Ann Lee It's a little bit broken, and it feels like the values ​​are a little bit broken. Dunn was working hard to promote the film concept to the filmmakers, but he himself played a different set. Which one is true? Which set is fake? Tang En saw what he was thinking and said sternly: "An, the concept of dynamic mirroring is an essential element of a commercial blockbuster! There is no doubt about this! But... I propose a set of standardized procedures, but for a certain Some special groups of people can play cards out of common sense, do you understand what I mean?" In the past life, the concept of Previz immediately became popular in Hollywood, and almost all Hollywood commercial films were produced based on this set of standards. . However, there are always exceptions. For example, Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, such as Roland Emmerich's "2012", all use traditional filmmaking processes. The director's ability is too strong, even if he jumps out of the standardized process, he can still create classics. Dunn's meaning is obvious, his film level is too high, far ahead of his peers in the industry! He popularized the special effects production process for Hollywood, but he gave lectures to "students". There are often many solutions to a problem, and teachers usually pick out the one that is easiest for everyone to understand and teach them. But it doesn't mean this method is the only method. Ann Li's eyes revealed an undisguised admiration. For this director who is younger than him, I am totally convinced. Really great! Building a house without drawings? Too fierce! Please remember this book's first domain name: . Nine Heavens God Emperor mobile version reading website: