Chapter 1982 The Initial Construction of the Crew

Yin Jun's film creation team is already a very mature team.

After all, they have followed Yin Jun for several years, starting from "Speed", to "Juno", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Rain Man" and "The Pianist", they have rich production experience, and they are preparing for "Ah During the "The Story of Gan Zheng", there were no obstacles, and naturally it went smoothly.

There is actually no difficulty in shooting a narrative film like "Forrest Gump".

It's just that its narrative is interspersed with the entire history of the 1960s and 1970s, and there are also appearances of Kennedy and others, so special effects production is also inevitable.

In addition, the flying feather at the beginning is also a hint and an important part, and it also needs special effects to synthesize.

Yin Jun still handed over this part to the digital field.

They also started various productions three months ago-as long as Tom Hanks is there, these scenes are easy to produce, because it mainly emphasizes people, rather than those complicated and gorgeous scenes.

In the past few years, the digital field has become famous.

Not only because it is Yin Jun's company that has produced many Oscar-level masterpieces, but also because its performance in the commercial field is still extremely prominent.

"Terminator", "Predator" and "Resident Evil", these high-grossing movies have made people more interested in movies, which led to a substantial increase in the box office, and let people in the industry see the importance of special effects to a movie. The impetus of a commercial blockbuster.

Even if the production cost is slightly more expensive, as long as it can improve the box office and word-of-mouth, that is the best.

For some small-scale movies, they may go to some small special effects production companies, but for all big-invested movies of the six major Hollywood giants, they will invite the digital field or Industrial Light and Magic to produce special effects.

These Hollywood giants have never been afraid of spending money. They are only afraid that if they spend so much money, they will not be able to achieve results, and that will be laughed at.

However, the digital field is still in the midst of huge losses so far.

Just last year, Yin Jun invested a huge sum of 30 million US dollars in the digital field, which was used for the purchase of various machines, the purchase of various software, the formation of new groups, the salaries and dividends of personnel, and so on.

This does not mean everything. In this year and next year, with the launch of various new software and the launch of IBM's latest large-scale processors, the digital field has to keep throwing money to make its own technology Better and more mature.

Yin Jun knows that the special effects industry is actually losing money. No matter how good your skills are, no matter how outstanding your skills are, you cannot avoid losing money.

The three giants in the industry, Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Realm, and Weta Studios, Digital Realm were constantly resold, and finally became a huge mess.

If Industrial Light & Magic hadn't been acquired by Disney's father, George Lucas would definitely have to sell it. His Lucasfilm could not bear such a big pressure.

The Weta studio is even simpler. It is backed by the government of New Zealand. With such a backing, it can naturally develop happily.

In this life, Yin Jun bought the digital domain, and what he asked for in the digital domain was not the indicators of making money, but its technical indicators.

The digital domain is only responsible for the best and most dazzling special effects, and the rest is handed over to the group company.

No matter how much loss there is, with the profits of two super film companies to support it, and the global distribution network of Kirin Cinemas to support it, it is absolutely impossible for it to be unsustainable.

That's how it is today.

Forrest Gump and Kennedy and other celebrities' co-productions, the effect in the previous life was very simple, and the roughness could only be smoothed out with black film.

But Yin Jun is different. The 1970s was already the era of color TV sets, and color effects must be used.

That being the case, it took a lot of energy and time. It took 11 people in the digital field and it took 2 months to get it right.

Tom Hanks has also been there more than a dozen times, and each time it takes a long time.

If he hadn't already gained weight and possessed the charm of Forrest Gump, the special effects this time really couldn't be done.

It's a pity, because after the long chair memory at the beginning of the film, it will be Forrest Gump's teenage and youth years, and he has to lose weight again after shooting that scene.

After losing weight, he will start gaining weight again in order to play the role of middle-aged Forrest Gump.

Fortunately, with the previous experience of "The Pianist", Tom Hanks already has a lot of experience in such repeated weight loss.

In addition, he is very self-disciplined and has strong perseverance, so he can stand it.

If this is replaced by the group of fresh meat in Huaguo 40 years later, I am afraid that there is no third way except for cutting out pictures.

Celebrity co-productions are nothing. The most exaggerated in the digital field is the special effects production of that floating feather.

They actually used 5 people and 7 machines to make this shot, and it took 4 weeks to complete it.

The production cost of this shot alone exceeded 700,000 US dollars.

When Yin Jun came over and Shi Shaoming showed Yin Jun the bill, he couldn't help sighing that only you, Jun Shao, could afford this movie.

Before the official shooting started, the special effects shots cost more than 3 million US dollars. The overall special effects production, might it cost 20 to 30 million US dollars?

Then there is the specific shooting of the film. Yin Junke never cares about any funds, as long as he can achieve the effect he wants, no matter what the cost is.

In addition, there is almost an entire Oscar lineup this time, and the actors' remuneration will exceed 10 million US dollars, which does not include dividends after the release.

After such a sporadic and scattered process, the total investment for the filming of "Forrest Gump" has reached 80 million US dollars. If there is any additional investment, it may be 100 million US dollars.

Then the cost of publicity has to be around 50 million worldwide.

Seeing the figure of 150 million US dollars, Yin Jun was also a little dazed.

Fortunately, the total box office of Forrest Gump worldwide has reached almost 700 million US dollars, otherwise such an expenditure of 100 million US dollars would be a bit of a headache.

Of course, this is also a bit of "extravagance" by Yin Jun. The shooting cost of the original "Forrest Gump" was only 55 million US dollars, and the cost of publicity and distribution was only about 80 million.

But Yin Jun didn't care about the money. Originally, this was his own work, and it was the last drama film he shot in recent years. Of course, he wanted to do his best.

To do your best, how can you not have enough money?

After reading the expense budget, Yin Jun met with the actors who had already arrived on the set.

Tom Hanks was originally the most dazzling protagonist, but he stood relatively behind on the grass where the crew met.

The most conspicuous one at the front is an old man in his sixties, very energetic, with an alluring aura in his eyes.

Well, if he had one more cigar in his mouth, he'd be a proper godfather.

"Hey, Young Master Jun!" The old man greeted Yin Jun with a smile, "Look at my Chinese pronunciation, is it okay?"

Even if foreigners in the Kirin Group don't learn English, they must learn the Chinese pronunciation of "Jun Shao" and "Boss".

So the old man easily found someone to teach him. Although the accent was weird, his pronunciation was very accurate.

"You are too polite! Mr. Brando." Yin Jun held his hand in both hands and sighed.

If a person lives his life only by other people's money and power, he will definitely not be happy.

We also need many things to embellish and decorate our lives.

Marlon Brando in front of him, although he has no money and is even close to bankruptcy, but he is a peak that is difficult to climb in the field of acting.

Others with half of his skills can compete for the best actor Oscar.

When the old man was in his prime, he was known as the invincible player in the world.

Even now at the age of sixty-one, he is still in good spirits, and he has no problem acting in movies or anything.

His only problem is that the pay is too high.

With a status like Marlon Brando's, even if it's a supporting role, don't even mention three or five million dollars less.

Let alone the protagonist, at least three to five million.

But there is another aspect to the problem. Marlon Brando is already old, how can he play the leading role?

So in recent years, his film career has not been going well, and because of this, he has encountered a financial crisis.

This time in "Forrest Gump", he played for less than 3 minutes, but he was able to get a salary of 1 million US dollars, which made the old man very satisfied and also received a favor.

That's why he was so enthusiastic about Yin Jun from the beginning.

This can be regarded as an attitude, to show everyone that my old man is still very well-behaved.

With Marlon Brando taking the lead, the next group of actors became more cautious when they met Yin Jun and introduced themselves.

Even little Forrest Gump Colin Hanks and little Jenny Reese Witherspoon are very cute.

People in the entertainment industry, even children of seven or eight years old, they all know what it means to observe words and expressions.

Colin Hanks and Reese Witherspoon made special preparations to meet Yin Jun today.

Both of them were wearing clothes from the 1970s, which looked a little quaint and reserved, which just fit the setting of the characters.

They were all selected by Yin Jun himself a few days ago. Now seeing the two standing in front of him, Yin Jun compared with the two young actors in his impression, and nodded with a smile.

After a comparison, it really has to improve a bit.

Including Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, Meryl Streep as Forrest Gump's mother, Julianne Moore as Jenny, Daniel Washington as Bubba, Dustin Hoffman as Deng Taylor, etc. ...

I have such a strong lineup, this time "Forrest Gump" will definitely reach another peak!

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