Chapter 1407 Special Effects

[The flying rainbow reaches the clouds, and a sword shakes the sky. When Jin Chao was first born, the road to sword testing was uneven. --Feihong]

The next reporter asked about the crew. Although it was said that the last road movie invested by Universal was a hit, this time's road movie was also looked down upon. But in this case, at least the reporters who came to the scene had certain expectations for this movie. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say whether they would be willing to come to the scene at this time.

Therefore, at this time, everyone is actually more concerned about the movie itself. The next questions asked by reporters are related to the movie itself. For example, what is the difference between this movie and previous road movies? What methods will the director use to attract audiences to the cinema? These are all things that the director needs to consider.

Rob Cohen also answered them one by one at this time. As a director, Rob Cohen is actually quite qualified. He can still answer these professional questions very accurately at this time.

The person from the New York Times is Kerry who is very interested in Eastern culture. It can be said that Kerry himself is relatively kind to Ye Ming. He believes that it is not easy for a Chinese kung fu actor to come to Hollywood. As a media reporter, you should approach Ye Ming with a goodwill attitude. But unfortunately, the New York Times itself has a relatively left-leaning attitude towards Ye Ming.

He himself was very helpless over such a matter. The manuscripts written by Kerry about Ye Ming will basically be revised by editors. Although sometimes it is not possible to speak openly about Ye Ming, after all, the influence of Huihuang.com must be taken into account, but among many newspapers in the United States, New York The Times now has more black leaves.

One thing that Kerry can do now is that during the interview process, he actually interviews news materials in a relatively realistic manner, and when writing articles, he tries to write articles with an objective attitude.

Since the New York Times has a lot of blackmailers, Kerry can't go against the editor at this time, otherwise his job will be in jeopardy. Under such a situation, Kerry's questions are relatively fair.

At this moment, Kerry stood up and asked: "Director Cohen, I have a question. Since you just said you were going to shoot a road movie in a new sense, special effects scenes must be indispensable at this time. But as the most powerful person in Hollywood, Industrial Magic, one of the top special effects companies, is currently busy producing the Star Wars prequel Revenge of the Sith, and may not be well-received by outside movies.

May I ask what company you plan to use for special effects so that the movie can achieve a refreshing feeling for everyone? "

This question is of great concern to everyone, but it is also a fair question. As a reporter, it is very conscientious to ask this question instead of a tricky question. Industrial Magic is currently busy with the movie Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which is a fact that almost everyone in Hollywood knows. Now everyone is paying attention to which company's special effects are used in a movie like Fast and Furious. This is also normal.

Rob Cohen coughed, and then said calmly: "This reporter asked a very good question. In fact, even if you don't ask questions about this matter, I will still ask for questions like this." It comes down to chance. Since our movie is said to give everyone a refreshing feeling, when it comes to special effects like this, it must be so eye-catching.

As for which company we will use for special effects, in fact, this company is quite familiar to everyone, and it is Huihuang Film and Television. Huihuang Film and Television will be responsible for the production of the special effects shots of our company's entire movie. I think that in time, Huihuang Film and Television will disappoint everyone. of. "

Brilliant Film and Television? Rob Cohen's answer was actually quite surprising. After hearing this answer, the reporters at the scene were basically stunned for a while. This thing was so unreasonable.

Among Hollywood's special effects companies, apart from industrial magic, there is also Weta Digital. This company used to be little-known and basically had no outstanding works. But in the year 2001, At that time, Weta Digital launched Lord of the Rings and became famous in one fell swoop, becoming the world's top special effects production team. Of course, there is also Cameron's digital realm, the most famous of which is True Lies, and the classic among classics, Titanic.

Cinesite is a special effects company owned by Kodak. It is also very fruitful, including the X-Men series, the Mission: Impossible series, and the most famous Harry Potter series.

Anyway, these are the world's top special effects production teams. Of course, the prices of these teams are still relatively high. For example, the investment in Fast and Furious is only 50 million. If this number is like hiring the above special effects company to produce special effects, then in such a thing, this is quite impressive. Embarrassed.

In a word, the Fast and Furious crew has no money, and Universal is not very optimistic about the Fast and Furious movie. Otherwise, there would be no problem in introducing top special effects companies.

Regarding such a matter, Kerry immediately asked: "Why does it have to be brilliant film and television, such as Industrial Magic, Digital Domain, Weta Digital, etc., these are all famous top special effects production teams in Hollywood. The Fast and the Furious is a road movie, so strictly speaking, there shouldn’t be many special effects shots, so why not hire the world’s top production team to produce it.”

This actually makes Rob Cohen a little unable to answer. This is really hard to say. If it is said that Brilliant Film and Television is a top special effects team, then it is a bit insincere. After all, it seems now, in fact There is nothing outstanding about the special effects works of Huihuang Film and Television. Can't you tell?

This question is also impossible. Ye Ming, the boss of Brilliant Film and Television, is sitting beside him. If he offends Ye Ming, then on such a question, there is actually not much difference between asking for death.

Therefore, at this time, Rob Cohen glanced at Ye Ming and said: "As for this matter, then I think Ye Ming, as the chairman of Brilliant Film and Television, should be able to give you an accurate answer. After all, it is said in this way At this time, Mr. Ye Ming is an expert on this issue."

In fact, if we talk about this question, it still depends on how Ye Ming copes with this problem. No matter how Robert Cohen answers the question, the final result will basically be the same inside and out. They are not human beings. Therefore, under such conditions, it is more appropriate for Ye Ming to speak.

Ye Ming looked at Kerry very seriously, and then said: "Actually, I had expected that reporters would ask questions about this matter. I just said that I didn't expect that everyone would wait until this time to ask this question. We The production technology of Brilliant Film and Television is also top-notch in the world. Even the special effects production is at the top level in the world.

In terms of video technology, we own more than 90% of the world’s video patented technologies. From this point of view, it can actually be seen that under such circumstances, the film production level of our Glow Films is actually still Quite clever.

It’s just that we have not developed in such a direction before, but we have been developing similar technologies. This time we can cooperate with the Fast and Furious crew. This is also a very exciting thing for us. We will let the audience truly feel the disruptive power brought by new technologies. "

When Ye Ming said this, it was actually a promise, but many reporters at the scene were wondering if Ye Ming was telling the truth about this matter. And Kerry didn't ask too many questions on this matter. There were so many reporters on the scene, and he had already asked two, which was considered a rule. If he continued to ask, he would break the rule, and he would not use it in the future. I am no longer involved in the entertainment industry.

However, even though Kerry had no way to ask about this matter, other reporters were not idle. There were more than one or two reporters who continued to ask this question. Sam, the reporter of Time magazine, was very good at catching Seizing the opportunity, he immediately grabbed the microphone and said: "Mr. Ye Ming, we have great respect for Huihuang Film and Television's promotion of Internet video, but this matter seems to be a different development field from film special effects.

May I ask what exactly this disruptive technology you are talking about refers to? I think that not only the reporters at the scene are quite curious about such a thing, but in fact, even the movie audiences will be very curious about such a thing. "

There is nothing wrong with this. Ye Ming and director Rob Cohen have always emphasized that their movies will surprise people, but what exactly is this surprise? Or is it just the Fast and Furious crew? It's just a gimmick to promote your own movie.

If it is just a gimmick, then the crew of Fast and Furious did something like this a bit too much. Therefore, not only did Sam think that he must find out what was going on, but the reporters on the scene at this time would also want to find out what was going on. Being a reporter naturally requires you to have the habit of asking for answers.

Ye Ming said with a smile: "Actually, I originally planned to tell everyone about this issue at the end of the press conference to give everyone a surprise, but now looking at everyone's status, it seems that they are very concerned about such a thing. So, at this time, I won’t say anything else. First, let me explain an issue to you, which is the issue of the funding of our crew.

Although it is said that the investment of our crew is only 50 million US dollars, it doesn't mean that my funds are only a little bit. Recently, our crew has attracted some sponsors. They are some car manufacturers from around the world. Not only did they say that they would produce specially customized cars for our film, but they would also give us advertising fees to promote their products. Shine in our movies. Among them is the Dodge Company, which is very familiar to American audiences. The funding provided by Dodge Company should be around 7 million US dollars. In addition, Japan's Honda Toyota, South Korea's Hyundai, and our Chinese car rookie Bididi all know how to do it. It appears in the movie. Of course, these car manufacturers all paid advertising fees.

Simply speaking, how much funding do these car manufacturers provide? More than 20 million. It can be said that this is just the sponsorship fee from the car manufacturer. Half of the investment in our movie has been almost recovered, as well as some other props in the movie. To be honest, we are also intensifying the negotiations. I think this will be a surprise for everyone in the future.

Therefore, in fact, our crew is not short of money, and it does not mean that just because we are short of money, we cannot hire companies like Industrial Magic to produce special effects.

The only reason why our Fast and Furious crew chose the special effects produced by Brilliant Film and Television is that the special effects produced by Brilliant Film and Television are indeed eye-catching. What we choose is the best. "

This statement is very shocking. It means that the special effects technology of Brilliant Film and Television is also the top special effects company in the world.

This made it difficult for Sam to believe this question for a while. When it comes to movie special effects, Hollywood is definitely at the forefront of the world. But now there is a brand called Brilliant Film and Television. Ye Ming actually said that the film special effects production technology of Brilliant Film and Television will reach the world's advanced level, no, it will be the world's top production level.

In fact, this is somewhat difficult to accept. It is estimated that not many people will be willing to believe such a question.

Among them, Sam naturally said he didn't believe it even more when asked a question like this.

Therefore, in such a situation, Sam said without politeness at all: "Mr. Ye, we can trust your company's video technology, but when it comes to special effects, in such a matter, I think you The company is really hard to convince.”

This suspicion immediately aroused the approval of the audience. Ye Ming had actually expected such a thing for a long time. He waved his hands and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. I said we will announce this at the end of the press conference." question, but because everyone is very anxious and want to know what the result is.

Regarding a question like this, we first invite representatives from Dodge, Honda, Toyota and Hyundai to come on stage and let everyone witness the effects of some of the special effects created by our Huihuang.com. ” (To be continued)