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In the exciting background music, the wind chasers began to encounter a series of bad weather conditions, lightning, torrential rain, hail appeared one after another, mixed with the shadow of a few tornadoes from time to time.

It's nothing special, Virginia sighed just now in the sharp corner manor.

The next moment, the screen cuts to an asphalt road that is raining heavily. In the distance, a violent tornado pulls up a series of telephone poles on the roadside. Amidst the sparks, lightning and the exclamation of the protagonist, a family speedboat swept up by the tornado whistled. As it approached the camera, the close-up shot of the speedboat became larger and larger, and finally pushed out the black edge of the trailer. At that moment, everyone who saw this shot had a feeling that the speedboat was about to fly out of the screen and hit their own. illusion.

Wow, Virginia and Joanna both screamed and leaned back, even Eric, who was already prepared, couldn't help but make such a leaning action.

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

But the audience who saw this scene didn't even have time to think about what was going on. The next tornado shot that 'rushed' out of the TV screen with countless pieces of debris had already caught their eyeballs firmly, after the trailer. Forty seconds, the visual bombardment brought about by the tight but not overflowing thrilling pictures has completely attracted everyone. When the title of Tornado is played at the end of the trailer and the eye-catching release period on June 5, A large number of 'shocked' audiences have a strong intention to watch the movie.

The title of the film and the footage of the release period were frozen for two seconds, and when everyone thought the trailer was over, the TV screen went dark. The screen flickers. An agricultural tractor thrown out by the tornado tumbled and 'runs' off the screen.

boom--

In the sound of glass bursting. Thousands of households' TV sets were smashed with countless shocking 'cracks'.

The last shot was meticulously produced by the top special effects artists in the digital field, and it has completely reached the level of falsehood. Although I know it is impossible, the first reaction in the mind of any audience who sees this picture is almost all of themselves. The TV at home was 'smashed'.

How did this kind of footage come out? I don't know, it would be great if it could be played again. It scared me to death, I thought the TV was really smashed. It's so cool. I must see this movie as soon as possible. It's so cool, but it's still four months before it hits theaters, God, it's going to be a long wait. I don't know when it will be held. Maybe we can get a sneak peek at a few tickets.”

Just after the trailer was broadcast, all kinds of discussions rang out in countless living rooms, and even many people lost interest in the upcoming Super Bowl, and under the influence of this ingenious trailer, the next Trailers for several movies have been swept to a bland level.

Eric, how are these made. After the trailer was played, Virginia, who was leaning on Eric's side, immediately asked this question for many people.

The screen ratio of the TV is 4:3. However, the standard screen ratio of the cinema is 16:9. When playing the trailer on the TV, in order to maintain the ratio of the movie lens, two black borders are added at the top and bottom of the screen, otherwise Otherwise, the content of the picture will be distorted. The trailer just now is to make reasonable use of two black borders, through the modification of computer CG to make yachts, tractors and other things beyond the black border limit, and to increase the depth of field of different objects in the picture, making An illusion of flying off the screen.

Virginia nodded clearly: It sounds very simple, I thought it was so powerful.

The principle of many things is very simple. The plane just flies through the air lift during the acceleration process. Can you make it? Eric teased while pinching Virginia's beautiful face. Although many professionals can see the principle of the trailer just now, at present, in addition to the digital field, it is basically impossible for other special effects companies to produce the same effect in a short period of time. When it is still the mainstream of film and television special effects, no special effects company will receive hundreds of millions of dollars of funds dedicated to the development of computer special effects technology.

In Universal's office building, where the Super Bowl finals have long been forgotten, the trailer for Tornado has been shown on the conference room's projection screen for the fifth time in a row.

Kane, can your special effects department make a similar shot? After playing it again, Michael Eisner turned his head and asked the person in charge of the special effects department of Universal's subordinate.

Kane Pittman hesitated for a moment before shaking his head unwillingly: Mr. Eisner, we can do the stunt part in the camera, but when it comes to the tornado scene, although we can barely do it, we definitely can't do it. To the level of realism in this trailer.

Michael Eisner's expression remained unchanged, and he asked gently, What are the specific difficulties? Briefly explain.

Kane Pittman smiled wryly and said, Mr. Eisner, computer special effects are actually not complicated. Many principles have been put forward by relevant scientists decades ago, and the key is all kinds of software and hardware and R\u0026D investment. For example, the most important work of computer CG special effects is the material rendering after the model is completed, which is related to the level of realism of the picture. I have a friend who happens to be in the digital field. He told me that the digital field is now used for The computing power of the rendering farm for post-processing has even been ranked among the top 50 supercomputers in the world, and this alone is not something we can reach with only a few graphics workstations.”

If I give you enough funds to update the required hardware facilities, and in addition, I can poach some people from the digital field, how long do you think it will be able to catch up with the technical level of the digital field?

It's hard, this time Kane Pittman didn't hesitate any more: Mr. Eisner, according to my experience, the scene where the barn was destroyed in the trailer was not shot on location, but completely used. CG picture, which involves complex dynamic calculations. And requires professional software tools to process. At present, a complete 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 to catch up with the digital field, after all, they are also developing new technologies all the time.”

Michael Eisner frowned slightly. From last year's amazing liquid metal robot in Terminator 2, Michael Eisner was keenly aware that special effects movies would become the mainstream of Hollywood movies in the future. Films such as Tornado, Jurassic Park and Clash of Earth that Firefly are producing or are about to put into production are all foreshadowing this trend. Therefore, Michael Eisner will have a comment on Tornado tonight. The trailer takes so seriously.

But now it seems a little powerless to even understand where the crux of the matter is, because they have fallen far behind the digital realm in time.

Although the digital field does not reject the special effects projects of other film companies, everyone knows that, as a special effects company controlled by Firefly, in any case, the digital field will give Firefly's film project the highest priority. Only the human and material resources that are freed up will be used on other companies' films, and. The digital realm is likely to be an important tool for Firefly to win over or crush other studios.

Michael Eisner's condensed expression made everyone in the conference room become cautious, and the atmosphere of silence lasted for nearly a minute before Kane Pittman, who had just been asked about it, said softly, Mr. Eisner?

Um?

Kane Pittman also knew something about Michael Eisner's entanglement with Eric, and after hearing his response, he said: Actually, although ILM's technical level in CG special effects is not as good as that in the digital field, he After all, it has a strong technical accumulation, and I think it is the only special effects company in Hollywood that can compete with the digital field.

Michael Eisner nodded slightly, thinking quickly in his heart, he has no friendship with George Lucas, but everyone knows that George Lucas and Spielberg are good friends, and now , Spielberg still owes Universal seven film deals. If this pair can be pulled to Universal, it will certainly greatly strengthen his position at Universal.

Although Spielberg and him once had unpleasantness because of their cooperation at Disney, Michael Eisner had already made up his mind to ease the conflict with Spielberg before he took office, and this clause was even taken seriously. Spielberg's Panasonic was written into a subsidiary contract.

To reconcile with a person, it is often useless to please blindly, the most important thing is to do what you want.

In the conference room, after Michael Eisner proposed a psychological idea, an executive quickly thought of something.

Before Michael Eisner took office, Spielberg had already approached Universal for the rights to a biography called Schindler's Ark.

Schindler's Ark, which tells about Schindler's rescue of a large number of Jews in concentration camps during World War II, was bought by Universal in the early 1980s, and Sid Simberg always wanted Spielberg Able to direct himself, but due to various concerns, Spielberg delayed the plan until now.

But recently Warner Steve Ross, who has a very close relationship with Spielberg, is getting sicker and sicker and may die at any time. Spielberg always felt that Steve Ross was very in line with Schindler's image in his heart, so he It is planned to film Schindler's Ark for the elder.

When everyone pieced together the cause and effect of the incident, Michael Eisner quickly decided to reconcile with Spielberg through this matter, and then contact George Lucas through Spielberg.

Paul, give me a copy of the book Schindler's Ark as soon as possible, I'll see it tomorrow morning, and inquire about Mr. Spielberg's favorite restaurant, tomorrow Reserve one of the best seats for the night.

Watching the assistant record his instructions in the memo, Michael Eisner gently rubbed his temples before standing up and saying to everyone, Okay, let's stop here today, everyone can go back to rest.

...

I've long thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to put 'Into the Dark' on June 12, with 'Tornado' in front and 'Batman' in the back, says a luxury villa in Beverly Hills, Columbia After seeing the trailer of Tornado, John Peters, the president of the company, said with some hindsight.

Compared with Michael Eisner's detailed discussion of the Tornado trailer at Universal Headquarters, Peter Cooper and John Peters in the villa are laymen at all, and the two of them run the movie entirely by feeling, saying yes It's no exaggeration. When Spielberg made The Purple, although Peter Cooper was the producer, Spielberg, who was extremely disgusted with Peter Cooper's layman and expert, specially remarked in the relevant contract. , prohibiting Peter Cooper from stepping on the set of The Purple.

Compared to Peter Cooper, who has a college degree, John Peters is even more unbearable. This man was once just a hairstylist for a Hollywood star, with a rude and grumpy personality, and he didn't even know a few words. The fact that two people can climb to the helm of one of the Big Seven has to be said to be one of Hollywood's spectacles in recent years.

Peter Cooper shook the red wine in his hand and said, The schedule has been announced, and it must be too late to adjust the schedule now.

The investment in this film has been increased by Tom Cruise to 86 million. With the announcement, at least 150 million in North America and 300 million in the world can ensure all costs are recovered. We must find a way to prevent it from going on like this.

What can we do? We can't ask Firefly or Warner to reschedule Tornado and Batman, right?

Qiang Peters thought hard for a while, then suddenly patted his thigh and said, Hey, have you heard about the recent Woody Allen scandal?

Peter Cooper said: Of course, it's so lively, how could I have never heard of it.

How about we do this for Eric Williams?

Peter Cooper paused while shaking the red wine, then shook his head quickly: No, for the current Eric Williams, this move is not very useful, he is now the owner of fireflies, Even if you don't make a movie, you can be a billionaire in peace, but if he knows what we're doing, hey, think about what happened to Michael Eisner. (To be continued.. )

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