Blooming America

Main text] Chapter 596 Lucas, supercomputers, CG special effects

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Spielberg and Lucas walked into the Thunder Lab.

"Hello, sir, can I help you with anything?"

Qian Lu's waitress is very polite.

"I heard that there is also a test machine for the Galaxy supercomputer?"

"Sorry, can I ask your names?"

"My name is George, Lucas."

"This is Steven Spielberg."

The two said their names, and at this time, the opposite suddenly raised their heads in amazement: "If you take the liberty to ask, are you the director of the filming of "Survivor"?"

"Survivor" is very famous.

Telling the lives of people after the disaster, the plot of the first nuclear war touched the Americans at the time.

"Yes, that's us." Lucas smiled.

"Oh, okay, I will contact you immediately..."

After learning the identities of the two, the front desk's movements became more capable, and soon Seymour Clay came out in person.

"One is that you are asking about Galaxy Computer?"

Strictly speaking, the other party also belongs to the ARK Group. When Seymour Cray saw them, he asked them like this.

"Yes. We want to find a computer that can produce special effects." Lucas replied immediately.

"Special effects?" Cray seemed to understand: "~ Say we talk about computer special effects?" Lucas nodded sharply: "Yes, we want to use the current computer special effects technology, but we think that the current movie is more of a picture effect. In other words, it is very simple, so we urgently need a way to allow us to have a perfect way to show special effects" "Um...I think we should enter the conversation." We can't block the guests in the big mén. Mouth?

The two then followed Clay to the interior of the laboratory.

Lucas has always wanted to do special effects.

But Catherine's method of burning money, Lukes felt a little unreliable.

Although the hand-painted mode can create infinite possibilities, the money burned is too much.

For each frame of image, it takes hundreds or even thousands of dollars to be able to complete it. This is not the way to use money!

Catherine doesn't need to care about Hollywood, so she can make money unscrupulously.

In fact, no Hollywood company dared to play Catherine's DreamWorks idea for a long time.

Go play with Catherine!

Now Hollywood has long understood that "the total profit of Catherine's assets is higher than the total profit of the entire Hollywood, and the other party can spend a lot of money to shoot blockbuster movies." But Hollywood must live with dollars. This is the gap. Of course, if it were to be the Hollywood of the future, that would not necessarily be the case. At that time, Hollywood had already developed, and major companies were also rich in money. They made two or three billion films without blinking their eyes.

So Lucas, who is keen on special effects, decided to find a way to do special effects by himself. He also knew very well that compared with them, Catherine was not above the order of magnitude at all.

Catherine can spend a hundred or two hundred million to make a movie without burden and without counting the box office. Hollywood can't get this money.

The method he thought of was to do it through a computer.

In fact, the first film in history to use computer special effects was produced by Industrial Light and Magic from Lucas.

"Star Trek: Khan's Wrath" uses Industrial Light and Magic's computer special effects.

Mén, the animation department of Industrial Light and Magic, was responsible for producing some of the light effects such as the aurora in the film. The image of the starship was shot in a pure background and synthesized into the image by keying technology. The image of the damaged engine compartment of the Faith Hope was added on the lens of the model's separation and explosion.

And now, maybe because of his age, Lucas hasn't thought of establishing any "Industrial Light & Magic" but Lucas has a deep obsession with special effects.

And Spielberg next to him is very concerned about special effects.

So when Lucas told Spielberg that he could use computer technology to do special effects, they were very happy to come to the Thunder Lab.

Lucas can't afford the Galaxy supercomputer. As for the cloud computing business launched by Catherine, Lucas had no idea what it was. At this time, Lucas heard that there was a prototype in the Thunder Lab, so if you can borrow this machine Use, it seems to be very bāng.

"......, Lou Nao special effects?"

Seymour Cray has never thought that computers can be used for special effects. In fact, the computer problem that Seymour Cray is thinking about is much narrower than Catherine. But this does not mean Seymour, Ke Ray would not be able to accept it.

"What are you going to do?" "Cutting and compositing is the easiest way. I think only a small set is needed in this case.

The model can be realized. "Nevertheless, for now, Catherine's synthesis technique is more advanced. After all, the current computer effects are limited. Of course, Catherine's method is also more expensive.

Spielberg is now 1.. full! "So we plan to use 3D composite effects. We can use special 3D technology."

"If it is 3D modeling, SA has a precedent for using this product" Cree murmured, and then seemed to mutter to himself: "The Galaxy supercomputer's xìng can be very good, the general 3D The effect can be easily achieved. If it’s a complex environment, it’s not impossible... This is not a problem at all..." In fact, the crude 3D effect can be easily achieved. As far as the current situation is concerned, the Orange Company has developed it. The minicomputer is capable of doing the job, but if you can make real special effects, then it is somewhat impossible.

Lucas and Spielberg now need a tool for special effects because they are ready to shoot a blockbuster.

"Star Wars", this will be the starting point for Lucas and Spielberg's career to take off.

"Although it is a prototype, we are all used to do experiments."

"I understand this, we will pay the rent., Lucas said hurriedly when he heard the other party's words.

Lucas is very fond of special effects and has also made great contributions to the leap of computers.

In 1982, Light and Magic invented a computer processing method called "source sequence" and applied it to the science fiction film "Interstellar Mí: Khan's Fury", which appeared as the first film produced entirely by computer in the history of film. Scenes.

In 1985, in the movie "Young Sherlock Holmes", Light and Magic produced the first computer-generated character "Colorful Glass Man" in film history.

In 1989, Light and Magic produced the first computer three-dimensional angle in movie history for the sci-fi classic "Abyss."

And "Terminator" 1000 in 1991 and "Jurassic Park" in 1994, these"

It can be said that they are all milestones one after another in history.

Although it is 1970, the Galaxy supercomputer has far more powerful performance than the computers used by Lucas in the 80s in the original world, so it is very easy to use the Galaxy supercomputer for screen processing. And convenience.

"Actually I am interested in your plan...tǐng, but I can't make a decision alone"

I think I should take you to meet some people. "The words of Seymour Cray surprised both of them...

Bruce Lee took a deep breath, then looked at the group of "[Japanese] people" with ferocious eyes.

Bruce Lee is now filming jīng Wu mén.

After shooting this film, Bruce Lee will temporarily return to the United States.

Recently, the best partner of Lucas and Spielberg is inviting Bruce Lee to film.

Bruce Lee in this life is not the same as in history, because hún in the United States is still going well, so he does not have to go to hún in Hong Kong as in history. Bruce Lee is now in Hong Kong and only occasionally shoots a few films.

At the box office of Hong Kong movies, Bruce Lee almost ignores it now. It is said that there are excellent film production companies like Shaw Films, but their structure is still too small.

The films shot in Hong Kong are mainly "short, flat and fast". The shortest filming time of a film can be even more than 0 days, and the cost is only one or two million Hong Kong dollars. This is even in the U.S. dollar terms. Less than one million dollars.

Moreover, Hong Kong’s box office is only one or two million Hong Kong dollars. For Bruce Lee, who has been used to seeing the box office with tens of millions and billions, such a box office cannot be accepted by himself and Bruce Lee has seen it. Investments are all counted in U.S. dollars. For now, Bruce Lee’s biggest market is not Hong Kong or the United States, but Japanese.

DreamWorks' reputation in Japan is still very good.

Back then, a "Letter from Iwo Jima", although it was suspected of betraying the sun, it was flattering. [Japan] I have a tolerant attitude towards DreamWorks, not like other manufacturers~www. wuxiaspot.com~ There is no place in Japan at all.

And Bruce Lee took advantage of the east wind of DreamWorks to land on the beach in [Japan].

As in history, as soon as Bruce Lee entered the [Japanese] edition, he was admired and admired by [Japanese] who likes the strong, and then evolved into a Bruce Lee culture. Although Bruce Lee didn't know much about this, Catherine knew it perfectly.

The whirlwind caused by Bruce Lee swept the world.

"Amazing……"

Right next to him, a 16-year-old young man named Chen Yuanlong was watching Bruce Lee’s stalwart appearance and secretly admiring him. This young man with a big nose admired Bruce Lee very much. At this time, he also imagined that he could become Bruce Lee kills the Quartet like that. Of course, he also knows that he doesn't have that qualification.

However, he still envied the other party very much. At this time, Chen Yuanlong didn't know that he would take a path of his own in the future...

Roar~ The third shift is complete~ Wakakaka~