Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 290
Living in the city for a long time, it is really rare to see the beautiful sea of ​​clouds.

Concubine Liu Yi was in a great mood, and she pulled Chu Xuan and Liu Xiaoli to take pictures everywhere as souvenirs.

While following the team of photographers, Wen Muye participated in and learned the work of filming and framing, and at the same time, he wanted to take pictures of the family of three.

It seemed to disrupt the rhythm of his study, but he didn't care. Seeing the happy appearance of the family of three, even Teacher Qi and the big brothers in the camera crew raised their lips from time to time, and their mood became better.

As the sun rose, the clouds and mists in the mountains gradually dispersed.

Although the sea of ​​clouds has disappeared, the scene of the wild green trees covered by it before presents a scene of cultivating sentiment, which makes people very happy to see it.

"It's so beautiful." Concubine Liu Yi was in high spirits.

After staying in the city for a long time, she was a little excited when she came to Laojun Mountain for the first time, and the beautiful scenery on the mountain made her even more passionate.

Concubine Liu Yi seems to have turned into a happy elf. Her figure passes through the forest, gazebo, stone bridge, and cliff edge, and she stays with her two closest relatives, leaving her playful and charming look everywhere. laugh.

"It's too wild." Liu Xiaoli explained her daughter's "lawless" character when she played.

She glanced at Chu Xuan who was being pulled by her daughter. Chu Xuan also laughed with her daughter from time to time, and yelled inexplicably beyond the cliff from time to time.

Liu Xiaoli sighed, "I used to be mature and steady, but after all, I was led astray."

She has completely discovered a pattern. In the past two years when Qian Qian and Chu Xuan have been together, Qian Qian has become more and more mature, and Chu Xuan has become more and more out of maturity.

It's just that under the leadership of Chu Xuan, Qianqian's maturity is only reflected in her career, and her life is still as usual. She is still a slightly delicate daughter who just collapses on the sofa and doesn't care about anything when she comes home.

Contrary to Sissi's changes, Chu Xuan is still mature in his career, but he was also very mature in life, but now he has been assimilated by Sissy, sometimes he seems a little "young" and a little funny.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoli shook her head amusedly, and smiled.

These two children have been slowly changing for each other, and slowly changing into what each other likes, which is quite dreamy.

As a mother, although her emotional experience has been a failure, she has made subtle changes to these two children that they may not even know about.

She also knows that this is love.

"Let's go." Liu Xiaoli called out.

When it was close to noon, Yang Tianzhen called her and it was time for dinner.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi came back from playing for a while, and they were watching the filming video in the camera team.

Hearing Liu Xiaoli's shout, the two of them turned their heads to look, and Chu Xuan turned back and said, "Mr. Qi, go back to the crew for dinner first?"

Mr. Qi flipped through the scene-by-shot script, and according to the description of the environment and the artistic effect that Zhao Jian explained to him, he raised his head and looked around the scenery from time to time, trying to find a scene that matched the scene of the script and was also his favorite.

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, he looked at Chu Xuan and said, "Mr. Chu, you go."

He tilted his head again and said, "Xiao Zhong and your group are going too, bring us food later, we will stay on the mountain today, and go down after taking pictures of the night scene."

"Mr. Qi, big brothers have worked hard, let's go first." Chu Xuan said.

Teacher Qi and the cameraman team smiled and waved.

"Let's go." Concubine Liu Yi shook her hand with Chu Xuan, and walked down the mountain with Wen Muye, Liu Xiaoli and a group of camera crew.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi didn't know the specific working mode of filming. Since Teacher Qi said that he would stay on the mountain all day to film the scene, the two of them had a solid understanding of the situation of this work.

No wonder the cost of the cameraman is so expensive, not only requires good skills, but also travel around.

It's cold enough to be on the mountain all day.

Setting up a video camera, recording and filming in the cold mountains, one recording is a day, in the eyes of people who are not in the video industry, this is very boring.

However, the vast majority of directors started as cameramen, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Jizhong.

Perhaps photography is not only a job for videographers, but also a dream of being a director while gaining more experience.

For videographers with dreams, the daily life of photography is also their artistic life.

In their eyes, everything in the lens is a world, and this world changes with their operations, which is wonderful and interesting.

When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei went up the mountain, they asked Wen Muye for advice. It was the first time they learned about professional photography.

But as a beginner, there is still a lot to learn, and there is a long way to go.

It was already noon when we returned to the set.

In the area where the director team was located, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi sat on chairs to eat.

Caomiao Village is a scene of a peaceful scene. After a morning, twenty or thirty shots have been successfully filmed.

Perhaps it is the first time to direct a film independently, Zhao Jian is full of energy and enthusiasm.

Just after eating and taking a break, Zhao Jian picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted to start work.

Just then, two commercial vehicles drove up.

Everyone glanced, and a group of people got out of the car and walked towards Chu Xuan and Zhao Jian with smiling faces.

Zewangda special effects production company, located in Beijing, is Zhang Jizhong's company, established in 2003.

At first, Zhang Jizhong set up this company just to save costs and let the special effects team produce better special effects for his martial arts dramas without spending so much money.

It's just that with the transformation of the film and television drama market, the commercial use of special effects is becoming more and more extensive, and the pursuit of special effects in film and television dramas is also increasing year by year.

In this case, in order to expand the commercial sector, Zhang Jizhong invested a lot of money in this company and recruited special effects talents.

However, in terms of special effects, if you want to develop yourself, the money you invest is a bottomless pit.

Therefore, Zhang Jizhong wanted to attract investment last year.

With the emergence of Brilliant Times, Zhang Jizhong, as a shareholder of Brilliant Times, had a purpose in urging Wang Jinhua to quickly set up a film and television company.

Zhang Jizhong wanted to merge his special effects company into the film and television company of Brilliant Times, so as to get more shares in the film and television company. Although Brilliant Times wanted to control the company, Zhang Jizhong didn't care.

For Zhang Jizhong, he doesn't want to manage the company, as long as he can make money.

"The people from the special effects team are here." Huang Lei clasped his hands in his arms.

"Mr. Zeng, welcome." Zhao Jian smiled, holding the walkie-talkie in his left hand, and walked over to shake hands with his right hand.

Zeng Zhengzong, special effects director of Zewangda Special Effects Production Company.

Nowadays, the domestic film and television special effects market has not yet begun to vigorously develop, and the industry has not even seen the signs of growth.

The position of special effects director, which is common in foreign countries, has not been mentioned in China.

It is also because domestic film and television special effects have not yet entered the right track, and the special effects director who should be in place at the production stage of script planning has not joined the team until now when the filming starts.

Of course, you can't be called the special effects director now, you can only be called the leader of the special effects team.

Compared with the composition of foreign crews, this is somewhat unprofessional.

But judging from the current domestic film and television environment, it is still rare for people from the special effects team to join the team.

Nowadays, many film and television drama crews basically finish the filming of the film and television drama, and then contact and communicate with the special effects people.

There are too many special effects shots in "Zhu Xian", even exceeding the number of special effects movies.

Chu Xuan mentioned this matter, and Zhang Jizhong thought about it, considering that "Zhu Xian" does have a lot of special effects shots.

At Chu Xuan's request, in order to ensure the progress of the post-production of "Zhu Xian", a special effects team was sent over to communicate with the team and clarify the special effects plan in advance.

Chu Xuan's request, Zhang Jizhong's decision, if "Zhu Xian" can become popular, perhaps to some extent, the development of the domestic film and television special effects production industry may also be pushed forward because of this, and those who want to engage in special effects film and television in the future The crew of the play may also restructure the crew and join the special effects department.

"Brother Zhao, long time no see." Zeng Zhengzong said, shaking hands.He is thin and tall, wearing a pair of myopia glasses, and has a crew cut hairstyle.

"Mr. Zeng, hello." Chu Xuan stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Chu, I have to say sorry. Originally, according to foreign standards, I should have come earlier, but I can't help it. The "Sculpture of God" can't get away." Zeng Zhengzong apologized.

Zhang Jizhong told him that as long as Brilliant Times injects capital into the establishment of a film and television company, Zewangda will merge into this film and television company and become the special effects department.

I just heard that Wang Jinhua still has no time to deal with this matter, and it is estimated that he will have to wait until next year.

In this case, the young man in front of him is likely to be his future boss.

Special effects technology is also a kind of Internet technology. As a person in this industry, he naturally knows something about the Internet.

Although he is only 21 years old, he does not dare to underestimate this young man who created Weiyu.

He knows very well how difficult it is to create a social platform, but the young man in front of him has done it, and this ability deserves his respect.

"Brother Zhang said that "Sculpture of God" will be finished next month?" Chu Xuan let go of his hand.

"It can be done in the middle of next month, and I don't need to watch the rest, so I led the team and rushed over immediately." Zeng Zhengzong nodded.

"Teacher Zeng, hello." Concubine Liu Yi said.

"Hello, Producer Liu." Zeng Zhengzong shook hands. For the beautiful woman in front of him, he had only watched the screen but not the real person before, but to be the producer of the big drama "Zhu Xian" must be excellent.

"This is Mr. Zheng Min Zheng, who has been cooperating with our company. He is a top original artist in China and has studied in Hollywood for three years. This time, Ms. Zheng and her team are also the core part of the special effects production of "Zhu Xian". "He introduced.

"Hello, Teacher Zheng." Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Zhao Jian greeted each other.

"President Chu, Producer Liu, Director Zhao..." Zheng Min shook hands respectively.She has a small wavy curly shawl, an oval face, and a pretty face. She is not very old, probably not yet 30.

"Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zheng, where are you going? It just so happens that you are here, and I will also understand the special effects." Chu Xuan said.

Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min smiled slightly, nodded, and followed Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to a distant place where there was no one. The team members they brought stayed behind and began to integrate into the crew.

Walking on the grass, the four of them strolled in the courtyard.

"The two teachers should have obtained the special effects storyboard script, right?" Chu Xuan said.

"Mr. Chu, I got it last month." Zeng Zhengzong said, and Zheng Min nodded.

"Um... do you have a budget?" Chu Xuan asked.

Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min looked at each other.

"Mr. Chu, for all special effects shots, we need to know what specific effect to achieve and how the director wants to present it. After communication, the money for a special effect can only be budgeted." Zeng Zhengzong said.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi understood.

Chu Xuan glanced at Concubine Liu Yi, "The script."

Concubine Liu Yi understood, took off her small backpack, and took out the special effects scene script from the small backpack.

Under the eyes of Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min, Chu Xuan took over the script, opened a page and asked, "Take the first special effects scene of "Zhu Xian" as an example. If there are 1 frames per second, how much is the budget?"

"President Chu, let me read the script." Zeng Zhengzong said.

After taking the script that Chu Xuan handed him, he found the shot description of the special effects——

[Special effect shot [-]: ruined temple; action: static.

Special effect shot 5: There is a strong wind outside the ruined temple, action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 3: dark clouds cover the sky, lightning in the sky; action: [-] seconds. 】

Special effect shot 8: Black mist appears in the west of Caomiao Village, red light flashes from the black mist, and poisonous blood banners emerge, action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 5: The wind blows around the ruined temple, there are grimaces, wraiths, etc., action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 3: Puzhi stretches out his hand to draw a circle in the void in front of him, following the trajectory of his fingers, golden light emerges, and finally forms a golden Buddha wheel in front of him, containing the golden light '卍', for [-] seconds.

Special effects shot 2: Seven-tailed centipede, action: [-] seconds. 】

Zeng Zhengzong read it carefully and reached out to turn a page.

[Special effect shot [-]: The man in black raised his right hand, and the sword behind his back was unsheathed automatically; the man in black walked seven steps in a row, and there were many phantoms, and the unsheathed sword followed the phantom of the man in black. At the same time, the man in black said: 'Nine Heavens Profound Brake, turned into divine thunder, resplendent with the power of the sky, led by the sword';
When chanting 'Nine Heavens Xuan Sha', the black clouds in the sky swirled, forming a flowing vortex, and the vortex flashed with lightning, and the sword wandering around the man in black rushed into the sky and entered the lightning vortex;
When the word "Lead it with the sword" was finished, a flashing lightning sword descended from the vortex, and quickly attacked Puzhi with a bolt of lightning;
Action: 4 seconds.

Special effect shot [-]: Puzhi's whole body is full of golden air. After the fingers are stamped, a golden '卍' appears behind his back, and he reads: Om Mani Padme Hum;
When the recitation is finished, the golden "卍" behind the back spreads out like smoke and flows upward;
Puzhi stretched out his palms and stretched out his hands towards the sky, and the golden energy slowly condensed on the top of Puzhi's head to form the word "Buddha" in golden light;

Action: 2 seconds.

Special effect shot 3: The lightning falling from the sky collides with the Buddha character, and a light-colored golden halo mixed with lightning flashes around, and the ground flickers with arcs of fire, cracks, and collapses; action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 5: Caomiao Village in the south is covered by a halo, houses collapse, catch fire, and villagers die; action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 3: Qingyun Mountain in the north shakes, and rocks fall off; action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 3: The river in the east makes waves, action: [-] seconds.

Special effect shot 3: The west grass is on fire, action: [-] seconds. 】

"A scene has thirteen special effects shots. I have never seen such a TV script." Zeng Zhengzong folded the script and handed it to Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan handed the script to Concubine Liu Yi, and Concubine Liu put the script into the backpack, and put the backpack on her back again.

"But it also shows that Mr. Chu and Producer Liu take this drama very seriously." Zeng Zhengzong said.

The corners of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi's lips twitched slightly. Of course, their own dramas must be taken seriously.

"When I saw the special effects script of this scene, I thought I was watching a mythological drama." Zheng Min said.

Concubine Liu Yi stroked her hair, and said: "To highlight the difference between Xianxia and Wuxia, you can't use a big move that will not cause any damage."

"Indeed." Zeng Zhengzong nodded.

"Can you budget?" Chu Xuan asked the previous topic again. For a producer like him, with a preliminary budget, he can measure the standard of post-production.

Zeng Zhengzong lowered his eyebrows slightly, crossed his hands, and thought while walking.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi didn't bother, and walked slowly with Zheng Min.

"This scene has 49 seconds of special effects, 12 frames per second?" Zeng Zhengzong looked at Chu Xuan.

"Based on this first." Chu Xuan nodded.

"How high are the rendering parameters?" Zeng Zhengzong asked again.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi raised their eyebrows, and encountered another point of knowledge that they didn't understand.

"I don't understand this. Mr. Zeng, you have done the special effects of "Sculpture of God". According to your experience, how to make the special effects in the script the most realistic, then budget according to this standard." Chu Xuan said.

The most realistic TV special effects? … Zeng Zhengzong was dumbfounded, and then nodded. Anyway, it’s just a budget, and it’s unknown whether it will be done in the end.

He also knew that Chu Xuan's question was to give him a bottom line.

"Mr. Zheng, 12 frames per second, how do you count?" Zeng Zhengzong looked at Zheng Min.

Zheng Min folded his arms, his eyes revealed a thoughtful look, and he said as he walked: "The ruined temple is a static scene. This can be done with only one original painting. After cutting out the picture, it can be synthesized directly. The remaining 48 seconds are all dynamic special effects. Calculated at 12 frames per second, that’s 576 original paintings.”

She said, "We have been working together for so long. Although the price of each original painting varies according to the number of elements, since it is a budget, let me average it out. My original painting is 300."

Concubine Liu Yi took out her phone and calculated on the calculator that came with the phone.

Seeing the number on the phone, she poked Chu Xuan's waist and showed him the phone.

"173100 yuan." She was a little surprised, it's really expensive!
Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows and nodded.

"17." Seeing the figure, Zeng Zhengzong said, "Mr. Chu, the rest of the cost on my side is not easy to calculate for the time being. I will calculate the cost of rendering. If we want to render the special effects into the most realistic one in the current TV industry ..."

He thought for a while and said, "One frame of special effects needs to be rendered for a hundred hours."

"One hundred hours?!" Concubine Liu Yi frowned.

"Producer Liu, listen to me." Zeng Zhengzong smiled.

"It takes one hundred hours for a computer to render a frame of special effects, but it only takes five hours for twenty computers and servers to render together. It depends on the efficiency you require." He said.

Concubine Liu Yi suddenly realized that it was so.

"It is calculated here as 5 computers, 100 yuan an hour, 500 yuan for [-] computers; [-] yuan for one frame of special effects rendering for five hours."

"577 frames of special effects..."

Concubine Liu Yi picked up the phone and calculated, "288500, plus the price of the original painting, it is 461600."

"46." Chu Xuan nodded.

"49 seconds of special effects, 46 yuan." Liu Yifei sighed.

"That...other expenses haven't been counted yet, but it's estimated to be around 55." Zeng Zhengzong said.

Concubine Liu Yi shook her head, "The special effects shot of "Zhu Xian" is initially set at 2100 seconds, and the special effects will run to the rhythm of 3000 million."

She blinked her eyes, she didn't know what to think, she looked at Zeng Zhengzong and said, "Mr. Zeng, have you seen the special effects of "Sword"? Has it reached the highest level of special effects in the current TV industry?"

""Sword of Heaven"?" Zeng Zhengzong was stunned for a moment, and immediately complained: "The special effects of "Sword of Heaven" are a little better than the special effects of Wumao, which is far from the quality we just mentioned."

Hearing this, Concubine Liu Yi turned her head to look at Chu Xuan, and said playfully, "Tang Ren said that the special effects of "Sword" cost 1000 million, I don't believe it."

Chu Xuan was taken aback, he really didn't expect Concubine Liu Yi to be thinking about this question, he really couldn't hold back, and laughed.

"Okay, I have a bottom line in my heart, let's talk more these days, and set a benchmark for the quality of special effects as soon as possible." He stopped.

Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min followed suit and stopped.

"In this regard, President Chu and Producer Liu are the main ones, and we will provide advice at most."

"Let's go back to the crew then."

The group turned around and headed towards the crew.

(End of this chapter)