I’m in Hollywood Chapter 452: It ’s simple

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In the exciting background music, the wind chasers began to encounter a series of bad weather conditions. Lightning, rainstorms, and hail appeared one after another, with a few Twister shadows intermittently.

"Nothing special," Cliff Peak Manor, Virginia just sighed.

At the next moment, the picture cut to an asphalt road under heavy rain. In the distance, a violent Twister pulled up a series of telephone poles on the side of the road. Sparks and lightning and the cry of the protagonist, a ship rolled up by Twister The home speedboat roared towards the camera, and the close-up of the speedboat became larger and larger. Finally, the black edge of the trailer was directly stretched out. At that moment, everyone who saw this shot produced a kind of speedboat that was about to fly out of the screen and smash. To own illusion.

"Wow," Virginia and Joanna both screamed and leaned back, even the Eric that had been prepared, could not help making such a reclining action.

At the same time, countless North America families who are watching the Super Bowl live broadcast are making surprise or admiration sounds in the backward motion.

But the audience who saw this scene did n’t even have time to think about what was going on. The next Twister lens with numerous fragments 'rushing out' of the TV screen has captured their eyeballs firmly. In the last forty seconds of the film, the visual bombardment of the thrilling picture that is compact but not flooded has completely attracted everyone. When the trailer ends with the title of "Twister" and the eye-catching release on June 5 During the period, a large number of viewers with a "horrible shock" had a strong intention to watch movies.

The title of the film and the footage during the release period were frozen for two seconds. When everyone thought the trailer was over, the TV screen suddenly dimmed. The screen flashes. An agricultural tractor thrown by Twister rolled over and ran out of the screen.

"Bang-"

Sounding glass burst. Thousands of television sets were smashed with countless shocking ‘cracks’.

Finally, this shot was made by the top special effects artists in the digital field, and it completely reached the level of falsehood. Although the heart knows that it is impossible, the first reaction in the mind of any viewer who sees this picture is almost all. All the TV sets in my home were 'smashed'.

"How did this lens come out?" "I don't know if it can be played again." "Frightened me, I thought the TV was really smashed." "Really It's so **** cool. I must go to watch this movie as soon as possible. "" It's handsome, but it will take four months to be released. oh God, this will be a long wait. "" I don't know when Holding a screening, maybe we can get a few tickets to see it first. "

Just after the trailer was broadcast, a variety of arguments were heard in the countless living rooms, and many people even lost interest in the next Super Bowl competition. Under the influence of this ingenious trailer, The trailers of the next few movies were all swept to a boring level.

"Eric, how are these made." After the trailer was played, Virginia, who was leaning on Eric, asked this question for many people for the first time.

"The screen ratio of the TV is 4: 3. However, the standard screen ratio of the movie theater is 16: 9. When the trailer is played on the TV, two blacks are added above and below the screen in order to maintain the film ratio of the movie. Otherwise, the content of the screen will be distorted. The trailer just used two black borders reasonably, through the modification of the computer cg, let the things such as yachts and tractors cross the black border restrictions, and increase the depth of field of different objects in the screen. Level, creating an illusion of flying out of the screen. "

Virginia nodded clearly: "It sounds very simple, I thought it was amazing."

"The principle of many things is very simple, the plane is just flying through the air lift during acceleration, have you made it?" Eric squeezed the delicate face of Virginia and ridiculed. Although the principle of the trailer just now can be seen by many professionals at a glance, at present, except for the digital field, it is basically impossible for other special effects companies to produce the same effect in a short time. After all, the entire Hollywood, in the model special effects In the mainstream of film and television special effects, no special effects company will receive hundreds of millions of USD funds to develop computer special effects technology.

In the Universal Pictures office building, the Super Bowl final has long been forgotten by everyone, and the trailer for "Twister" has been played on the projection screen of the conference room for the fifth time in a row.

"Kane, can your special effects department make similar shots?" After playing again, Michael Eisner turned around and asked the person in charge of the special effects section of Universal.

Kane. Pitman hesitated for a moment before he shook his head unwillingly: "Mr. Eisner, we can do the stunt part in the lens, but it involves the image of Twister. Although it can barely be done, it is absolutely impossible. The level of realism in this trailer. "

Michael Eisner looks the same, and gently asks: "What are the specific difficulties, just briefly."

Kane. Pittman smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Eisner, computer special effects are actually not complicated. Many principles have been proposed by relevant scientists as early as a few decades ago. The key lies in various hardware and software and R & D investment. For example, the most important work of the computer CG Special Effects is the material rendering after the model is completed. This is related to the degree of photorealism. I have a friend who happens to be in the digital field. He told me that the digital field is now used for post-processing The rendering farm's computing power has even been able to rank in the top 50 of supercomputers in the world. With this item alone, it is not just a few graphics workstations that we can match. "

"If I give you enough funds to update the required hardware facilities, in addition, you can also dig some people from the digital field, then how long do you think you can catch up with the technical level of the digital field?"

“It ’s hard,” this time Kane. Pitman did n’t hesitate anymore: “Mr. Eisner, the shot of the destroyed field barn in the trailer. According to my experience, it ’s not the actual scene shoots, but the fully used cg Picture, this involves complex dynamic calculations and requires professional software tools for processing. At present, it seems that a full set of mature tool software has been developed in the digital field. If we do it from scratch, it will take one to two years. And it is unlikely that it will catch up with the digital field. After all, they have been developing new technologies all the time. "

Michael Eisner's brows are slightly wrinkled. From the stunning liquid metal robot of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" last year, Michael Eisner is keenly aware that future special effects movies will become the mainstream of Hollywood movies. Movies such as "Twister", "Jurassic Park", and "Deep Impact" that Firefly successively produces or will soon put into production all herald this trend. Therefore, this evening, Michael Eisner will only pay so much attention to the trailer of "Twister".

But now it seems that even knowing where the crux of the matter is seems to be helpless, because they have fallen behind the digital field in time.

Although the digital field does not reject other Film Studio special effects projects, everyone knows that as a special effects company in the hands of Firefly, in any case, the digital field will rank Firefly movie projects as the highest priority. . Only the free human and material resources will be used in films of other companies, and. The digital field is likely to become an important tool for Firefly to win over or suppress other Film Studio.

The condensed face of Michael Eisner made everyone in the meeting room cautious. The silent atmosphere lasted for nearly a minute. Kane who was just asked. Pittman spoke softly: "Mr. Eisner?"

"Huh?"

Kane. Pitman also knows a little about the entanglement between Michael Eisner and Eric. After hearing his response, he said: "In fact, although the technical level of Industrial Light & Magic in CG Special Effects is not as good as that in the digital field, he has strong technical accumulation I think it is also the only special effects company in Hollywood that can compete with the digital field. "

Michael Eisner nodded slightly and thought quickly in his heart that he had no friendship with George Lucas, but it is well known that George Lucas and Spielberg are good friends, and now, Spielberg still owes seven Universal film appointments. If this pair of partners can be pulled to Universal, it will certainly greatly consolidate his position in Universal.

Although Spielberg and him had an unpleasant experience when they cooperated with Disney, Michael Eisner had already made up his mind to ease the contradiction with Spielberg's before taking office, and this clause was even attached to Spielberg's. In the contract.

To reconcile with one person, blindly gratifying often doesn't help much, the most important thing is to agree with oneself.

In the conference room, after Michael Eisner put forward a psychological idea, an executive soon thought of something.

Before taking office in Michael Eisner, Spielberg had already begun to contact Universal, with the aim of adapting the rights to a biography named "Schindler's Ark".

"Schindler's Ark", which described Schindler ’s rescue of a large number of Jews in the concentration camp during World War II, was bought by Universal in the early 1980s, and Sid Sinberg had always wanted Spielberg to personally direct, but because of various concerns Spielberg has delayed this plan until now.

But recently, Warner CEO Steve Ross, who has a close relationship with Spielberg, is getting more and more serious, and may be at any time. Spielberg has always felt that Steve Ross is very in line with Schindler ’s image in his heart, and he plans to dedicate "Schindler's Ark" shoots to this long By.

After the people pieced together the causes and consequences of the incident, Michael Eisner soon decided to reconcile with Spielberg through this incident, and then contact George Lucas through Spielberg.

"Paul, organize the information about the book" Schindler's Ark "as soon as possible, and I will see it tomorrow morning. In addition, I would like to know which one of Mr. Spielberg ’s favorite restaurants. Good seat. "

While watching the assistant record his orders in the memo, Michael Eisner gently rubbed his temples before standing up and saying to everyone: "Okay, come here today, everyone can go back and rest."

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"I have long felt that I should not put" Running Out of Time: Prequel "on June 12 is not a good idea. There is" Twister "in the front and" Batman "in the back," Chairman Jon Peters of Columbia saw in a luxury villa of Beverly Hills After the trailer of "Twister", some of them said sternly.

Compared with Michael Eisner ’s detailed discussion of the “Twister” trailer in Universal Headquarters, the Peter Guber and Jon Peters in the villa are basically laymen. The two of them operate the film entirely based on their feelings. It is not an exaggeration to say that Spielberg When making 《The Color Purple》, Peter Guber was Producer, but Spielberg, who was extremely disgusted by Peter Guber lay command and insider, specifically wrote a note in the relevant contract, prohibiting Peter Guber from stepping into the 《The Color Purple》 set.

Compared to Peter Guber, which has a university degree, Jon Peters is even more unbearable. This person used to be just a Hollywood Star hair stylist, with a rude personality and a short temper, and he did n’t know a few ligatures. Two people can climb to the helm seat of one of the Seventh Congress. It has to be said that it is one of Hollywood's 'spectacles' in recent years.

Peter Guber shook the red wine in his hand and said, "The schedule has been announced, and it is definitely late to adjust the schedule."

"The investment in this movie has been added to 86 million by Tom Cruise, plus announcement, at least North America 150 million, global 300 million to ensure that all costs can be recovered, we must think of ways to not continue like this."

"How can we think of it, we ca n’t ask Firefly or Warner to adjust the period of" Twister "and" Batman ", right?"

Jon Peters tried hard for a while, and suddenly photographed the thigh: "Hey, have you heard of the recent Woody Allen scandal?"

Peter Guber said: "Of course, so lively, how could I not have heard of it."

"How about you say we give Eric Williams such a trick?"

Peter Guber shakes the wine's hand for a moment, then shakes his head quickly: "No, this is not very useful for the current Eric Williams, he is now the owner of Firefly, even if he doesn't make movies, You can be your own billionaire safely and steadily, but if he knows what we do, hum, you think about the end of Michael Eisner. "(Unfinished ...)