v2 Chapter 706： Five cents special effects

"A true hero needs more than combat power." Duke raised his right hand and pointed to his chest, "and a firm mind."

According to the setting of the script, Ferrosa is an actionist, behind a series of actions, there is an extremely powerful heart.

Over the years, superhero movies have been bombarded. Topics such as "Batman and Iron Man fight, who will win" seem to be timeless. For superheroes, everyone's focus seems to be on combat effectiveness. The rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutations, and those with superpowers must pay for them. In short, superheroes are a group of guys who can fight better than ordinary people.

But don’t forget, super villains are also a group of rich and super-powered guys who are even more powerful than the protagonist. Ninja masters are good to be bald, Hydra is good, Ultron is good, which one is not to spend money. What about catching up with the protagonist team?

Heroes become heroes not only because of their combat effectiveness, but also because they have a strong heart.

Although this sentence is clichéd, it is precisely this that made Iron Man give up his identity as a weapon businessman and put on iron armor, let Batman uncover the mask of the Flowering Boy and become a dark knight, and make Spiderman too poor and still working in class. Save the world.

It is not because they are stronger than ordinary people to protect the world, but because they have a firm belief and determination to fight for it, they have to work hard to become stronger.

Hearing this, Charlize Theron showed a thoughtful look. After thinking for a few minutes, he said, "Ferosa can be said to be one of the outstanding female characters I have encountered. It is indeed like you said. She shines not because she is more effective, but because she is first in the movie as one. It is not shaped by the person who appears in love with the male protagonist, and secondly, she is the woman."

"Furious Road" and today's popular science fiction movies are definitely the opposite. Even Duke has to admit that even Natasha Normano, who has appeared in the Marvel series continuously and is extremely important to the entire series. The agent is actually a foil for the men. In the two movies she appeared in, the world was saved without the black widow.

The image of the black widow is also quite a single "beautiful and sexy"-the audience's impression of the black widow is that the black widow’s figure is “good figure, outstanding combat power and cool personality”, and he does not consider people who are on the battlefield at all. Will it be inconvenient to dress like this?

However, Filosa is different. Duke has already made plans. In the whole film, she has a pretty face. He had a big bald head cut; although he had long legs, he was wrapped in his pants and never exposed.

Basically, her treatment is the same as that of Tom Cruise, who has muscles but has no **** shirt. The plot line she walks basically has nothing to do with whether she is a girl or not. She works in a tacit relationship with the actor, even more brilliant, and very It's reasonable not to fall in love at the critical juncture of the war.

In the last few years of Duke, why did countless movie fans like the male characters in yy superhero movies to engage in base? Because the tacit understanding of only giving your back protection at the moment of life and death, and you charging and trapping me for long-range sniping, is more sensational than the pretense of the heroes who save the princess!

Subsequently. Duke went to the special effects department with Charlize Theron, and the robotic arm designed specifically for Charlize in proportion to his body was ready.

With the help of two staff members, Charlize Theron only put on this mechanical prosthetic hand.

She flipped her prosthetic arm and looked at it, and said to Duke, "I am not only bald, but I have to break an arm."

Duke shrugged. But not answering her words, the truth is very simple, a woman can climb to such a high position in a doomsday-like world, she must pay more than a man.

These settings are also in line with the usual lines of Hollywood movies. In Hollywood movies, the future is either a beautiful mess or a doomsday madness.

After sending off Charlize Theron, Duke summoned Anna Prinz and others to the drawing room, watched the video of the second audition together, and determined the remaining main actors.

The five angels from Victoria's Secret were first approved unanimously. The biggest role of these characters in the film is to embellish.

The remaining two important roles are basically determined. James Franco will play the "Son of War" Nux, and Anthony Hopkins will play the villain OSS Undead Joe.

Of course, these can only be determined after Charles Rowan negotiates with their agent.

The literary dramas in this film are almost negligible. All the preliminary work is almost in preparation for the action dramas.

After receiving Duke’s approval, various prop cars quickly moved to the modification stage, but the huge amount of more than 150 cars cannot be completed in a short time. Duke also allows enough time for the props team and other departments, as long as It can be completed before the shooting starts in December.

"Furious Road" wants to catch up with the Cannes Film Festival in May next year. Time is still a bit tight. Duke has reserved 80 days of shooting time for the film, but many important stunts need to be shot on the spot, and he does well. The filming is overdue.

Such a film is much more complicated to shoot than those green screen films.

Duke does not reject the green screen cg technology, and agrees with this technology that can streamline the shooting process, which also represents the future direction of development.

The development of movies is always closely related to technological progress, just like the progress of productivity, this is something that no one can stop.

However, compared to shooting on the spot, enough cg special effects often cost more money.

As we all know, making movie cgi special effects is a very expensive thing, but specifically, where is the money spent? How much does a movie cost to make satisfactory special effects?

There are many places where money is needed to make movie special effects, and the largest proportion is labor costs. For big productions like "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Spider-Man", post-production teams often use hundreds of people.

In Hollywood, the special effects of many large investments in movies are handled by more than ten or even more than twenty special effects companies and studios. Many of them are animators and compositors with many years of work experience, and the salary will certainly not be low.

At the same time, the production cycle of many films can be as long as several years, and the cost is naturally indispensable.

Simply put, good special effects are piled up with money.

In the country where Duke once lived, countless movies and TV series were complained of as special effects for fifty cents. In fact, the gap between them is not entirely due to technology.

For Hollywood special effects companies, many projects are outsourced to studios around the world, and some of them are produced on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean. Technical factors are not the key.

Duke has worked hard in the industry on the other side, and it is clear that this gap mainly comes from two aspects.

The first is funding. Looking at the world, movies in any country cannot reach the level of investment in mainstream Hollywood productions. The market and audience of these movies are also determined. Film companies cannot invest so much money, and the funds are for special effects. The essential.

The second is the production concept, which has a greater impact than funds.

In mainstream Hollywood productions, using a green screen to replace live shooting often means spending more money, post-production time, and the requirement for image excellence. In the industry where Duke used to be, it was difficult and costly to build live scenes. When there are many problems, directors or producers will use cgi special effects technology. In their inherent concept, this is just an alternative way to save time and money, and the final effect can be imagined.

There is a very interesting aspect of the special effects industry. If you want to achieve the 80% quality in mind, 20% of the money and time may be enough, but often the final 20% quality will cost 100%. 80% of the time and money!

It can be said that shooting only takes up a very short period of time in the film production cycle. Even someone like Duke who can cheat will consume several times the shooting time in the pre-production and post-production. Sometimes he wants to know. In the legend, how did the director’s films that do not need to participate in the preliminary preparations and only have a few weeks of post-production succeed?

This is simply a fairy tale than a fairy tale.

For a film like "Transformers", if there is no perfect pre-preparation and a lot of time consumed, where can there be such excellent special effects?

The film was officially offloaded from North America at the beginning of November. After more than five months of screening, the film took away US$461.55 million from the North American market. For a non-sequel film, this result is good enough. .

Although the performance of "Transformers" in the North American market is not as good as "The Dark Knight", it is obviously more popular in overseas markets. Since the film was released, it has received US$768.77 million from overseas, thus pushing the global box office by 1.2 billion. The US dollar mark reached US$123.32 million, surpassing the global box office figures of "The Dark Knight" in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the overseas screening of "Transformers" has not yet ended, and there is still room for further increase in global box office numbers.

In terms of peripherals, the global popularity of "Transformers" has also completely exploded in "The Dark Knight". The different settings and types of the two films determine the treatment they can enjoy in the global market.

There is no denying that "The Dark Knight" is even better and more exciting. "Transformers" is heavily biased towards popcorn, but the overseas box office of "The Dark Knight" proves that after leaving North America and the English-speaking area, it is somewhat unacceptable.

The commercial performance of a film is not in proportion to the quality of the film itself.

Duke knows very well that the commercial performance of Fury Road cannot be compared to Transformers or The Dark Knight, but the film can also find a sufficient audience, and profitability is not a problem.

After entering December, he led a huge motorcade and drove into New Mexico. (To be continued...)

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