Li He is busy with the post-production of "Gravity", and another project related to him is also in intense production, that is, the two-part series of "The Matrix: Reloaded" and "The Matrix: The Matrix Revolution" directed by Wen Muye.After the success of the first part of the original "The Matrix", the Wachowski brothers were fooled by film critics and continued to delve into the metaphysics of the film, resulting in a mediocre response to the latter two parts of the film.Of course, these two may have some problems in their brains, and later one of them became an older sister, and the younger brother saw that he also became a younger sister.From brother to sister and brother, and then to sister, what these two have gone through Li He doesn't know.But one thing is certain, and that is that these two people have brain diseases.Wen Muye is a very thoughtful director, otherwise he would not have been able to make a word-of-mouth masterpiece like "I Am Not the God of Medicine" in his previous life.When he first took over the project "The Matrix", he sorted out the entire story and expanded the world view, and specially created a 150,000-word background novel for Li He to read.Li He thought it was good after watching it, but he still reminded Wen Muye to pay special attention to one point, that is, not to ignore the audience.It is a good thing to want to have artistic expression, which is something that any director must pursue, but a commercial film director should focus on commercial interests, especially the two projects of "The Matrix" with a total investment of 800 million, and it is impossible to make a literary film.Film companies also like commercial films, and the purpose of making movies is to make a profit."
Independence Day" or "The Shawshank Redemption", which is better, most viewers will choose "The Shawshank Redemption", but they will never go to the cinema to watch this kind of movie.On the contrary, "Independence Day", a movie that combines all the vulgar elements of the summer file, is very popular in the market, earning $920 million worldwide in the 90s, and before "Titanic" was released, "Independence Day" was second only to "Jurassic Park 2".Wen Muye listened to Li He's words, and after more than a year of shooting, he finally completed most of the work, and today is the first time to watch the finished film.The whole viewing process did not surprise Li He, it was still very enjoyable, the action scenes were very exciting, and there was strong plot support."
How's it going, Director Li?"
Wen Muye asked cautiously.It was the first time to take charge of such a big project, and God knows how nervous Wen Muye was when he first took over, but fortunately, the most difficult days have come, and then it is time to witness success.Li He frowned and said: "The film is very complete, the action scenes are excellent, and I don't want to be as brainless as other commercial films, the only problem is that the length of the film is too long." ”"However, I've tried to control the length as much as possible, and I can't reduce it any longer."
Wen Muye explained."
But about three hours is still too long," Li He looked at Wen Muye's bitter gourd color, and continued: "It's better to cut it to two and a half hours, I know you're thinking about the film, but the actual situation also needs to be considered."
In this way, I will give you a few editing suggestions, you can edit it well, and get me a final edit. ”Wen Mu nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, I'll try my best." ”In fact, even if the film duration is about two and a half hours, it is a bit long, and the 150-minute playback time is too long, which is not conducive to film scheduling, but it is much better than 180 minutes.Each film saves 30 minutes, and you can have one more show a day, which can attract more audiences and get more box office."
The special effects part is very good, the viewing effect is very good, and the 3D viewing experience in IMAX format will be very good, which is good."
Li He was very satisfied with the special effects of "The Matrix" and did not hesitate to praise it."
It's all good industrial light and magic special effects, and I'm just responsible for checking it."
Wen Muye didn't dare to take credit, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed that there was a special effects company in China that could compete with Hollywood.Speaking of industrial light and magic, we have to mention Li He's poaching action, taking advantage of the turmoil in the digital field, Li He almost poached one-third of the digital field talents to the industrial light and magic Santa Monica studio.Santa Monica Studios is a North American branch of Industrial Light & Magic Studios after Penguin Pictures became a shareholder.The reason for opening there is not only because it is close to Hollywood, but also because it wants to make some money and compete with the digital field.Hollywood is the center of the world's film industry, and you can also get access to the most cutting-edge film technology there, so you can ensure that you don't fall behind.I hope that Emmelikan will not issue a bill and forcibly ban his studio!
Li He thought that in fact, after the Industrial Light & Magic Studio opened in North America, it really encountered some trouble.Because the first person in charge of the studio did not understand the situation in North America, he reduced the cost of office space and rented it in a black ghetto.But I didn't expect that the place was chaotic, and the police basically didn't care, and the people in the studio were robbed several times, because they couldn't stand it, and a few employees left.The most outrageous thing is that there are many blacks who protest that the studio does not hire blacks, which is racism.Li He was speechless after knowing this, it is okay to recruit blacks, take out the relevant academic qualifications or work experience to see, we can consider it as appropriate.But you are a black man, you haven't read much books, you are idle all day long, maybe you have a share of the bad things behind your back, how dare people hire you.In fact, there are almost no blacks working in the special effects industry, and many are Asian, especially Chinese and Indian.However, the core management positions are all occupied by whites, and Asians rarely have the opportunity to get ahead.For example, Yang Anrong, the first visual effects director of Industrial Light & Magic, resigned in anger because he was ostracized by the white high-level, otherwise Li He would not have had a chance to dig up people, after all, the air is sweet.In response to this situation, ILM recalled the head of North America and sent Chris Paul, who was more familiar with the North American situation, to take charge of the North American studio.Chris Paul has the same name as an NBA star, but one is black and the other is white, so it can only be said that foreigners are too uncreative to choose names.As soon as Chris Paul arrived in North America, he moved the studio to the downtown area of Santa Monica and created a big sign that read: "We are a special effects company from China, and we are the world's leading special effects technology." ”Although the signboard is simple and straightforward, it is still a little arrogant, but it really has an effect on Lao Mei.Some underinvested projects will also come to you, and gradually, Santa Monica Studios will also get many projects with a level similar to Hollywood's first-class special effects technology, and at a much lower price.Santa Monica Studio is the first studio opened by ILM overseas, in fact, domestic ILM has successively opened studios in Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.Li He is also very ambitious, and has successively cooperated with many university laboratories to get in touch with the most cutting-edge technology in the industry.It has also signed internship agreements with colleges and universities, recruited a large number of talents, and the studio is thriving, and now it has basically achieved profitability.