Chapter 895 Two Fists
Yin Jun quickly thought of his own "Lion King".
As the highest pinnacle of 2D animation and the final swan song, "The Lion King" is of course the absolute representative of American hand-drawn animation.
However, many years later, "The Lion King" was still converted into IMAX and 3D versions. After it was released, the box office was actually pretty good.
Now it is actually a good choice to let "The Lion King" and "The Matrix 2" be released together in 2D and IMAX versions.
Anyway, there is no IMAX elsewhere, only ordinary 2D screens. If you want to have a better experience, come to the IMAX theater!
Counting the time, in one month, the artists should be back from the African savannah.
They went there in March. Students from China were selected from more than a dozen art academies across the country. They went directly from China to Africa under the leadership of a group of senior artists such as Chang Juanxi from Shanghai Art Factory.
There are a total of 120 people from China, plus 80 artists from Disney, a total of 200 people, plus a team of staff, a total of about 300 people, setting up camp in Africa in a mighty manner, and following the animals from time to time. Migrate and change direction.
These people alone will definitely not work. Disney has hired more than 200 guides and logistics personnel in Africa alone, plus a team of 100 people invited directly through the government, which can be regarded as sufficient guarantee for safety.
The two parties are all top art talents from their respective countries. When they get together, they are naturally not convinced and want to suppress each other.
As a result, a healthy competition has been formed, with sketches, comparisons, and discussions chasing each other... In the past three months, I have basically drawn all the animals that should appear on the African savannah, and they are front-facing. , side, flying, running, sleeping... and other states, there are hundreds of copies and corrections.
After another month of checking for gaps and corrections, as well as an overall description of the environment of different countries and regions, they should return to the United States in almost July to carry out the second step of description and composition.
Because Disney has a tradition of hand-drawn animation, Yin Jun insisted on using the old tradition for this "Lion King", which was recognized by most of the veteran Disney employees.
They don't care whether it's expensive or time-consuming. As long as they can use their strengths to complete the animation to the best of their ability, that's the most appropriate and most suitable for Disney's tradition!
The painting will take about four months, the production will take another three months, and finally, after checking and filling in the gaps, it will still take almost 11 months, which is one year.
As for the IMAX version, there is currently no way to shoot it directly with IMAX equipment, so we still have to use IMAX to convert it, which will take about half a month.
Then in March next year, all preparations will be completed.
If the schedule is set in advance, it will definitely be released in June before next year's summer release, which will definitely be a good schedule.
However, Yin Jun felt that this speed was too slow.
Of course, the boy is definitely not ordering the crew of "The Lion King" to speed up and speed up the production.
He himself is a person who likes to work slowly and carefully. "The Lion King", a classic from his previous life, should not be destroyed in his own hands.
Yin Jun just feels that according to the planned speed, 100 IMAX theaters will be completed by February next year. He can't let it sit there for a few months, right?
Although there must be other movies that hope to use ordinary screen versions to release their own movies, but once you build it, you don't use your biggest advantage, but follow the trend and use ordinary 2D screens. I don't have the reputation of IMAX. Typing it out, the omen is a bit bad!
The first one should be showing my own film.
My own IMAX video!
It will be released in June now and will be released at the end of February and beginning of March next year, so it will take a full 8 months.
It’s definitely too late to do movies with complicated special effects.
Only movies that have gimmicks, good box office results, and are suitable for IMAX viewing can have a sensational effect.
So which one should I do?
Yin Jun thought for a long time, and suddenly a familiar picture appeared in his mind.
That super classic poster shows Schwarzenegger riding a Harley motorcycle, wearing black leather pants and black glasses, driving on the road with an expressionless expression.
"Terminator"!
This super movie made both bodybuilders and truck drivers popular!
The first part of "Terminator" created the classic concept of robots coming back from the future. It was also the first time that anthropomorphic robots came out, and they were still so powerful and irresistible.
I don’t know if Schwarzenegger took too many pills. His facial expression was originally paralyzed. He would have been scolded by the director for appearing in other films, but in "Terminator", he played the cruel and indifferent robot. There is no other person more suitable than him.
In 2017, the most famous "Film Weekly" launched a poll asking the audience to choose which 20th century film you think is the most worthy of collection. Unexpectedly, more than 40% of the votes were collected. The interviewees all chose - "Terminator".
From this we can imagine the shock and joy it brought to the audience at the time.
If you recall carefully, although this movie was released in 1984, its general concept should already exist by now.
It's simple. The truck driver has now gone to Italy and filmed the first movie in his life-"Piranha 2".
He was fired within a week because of conflicts with the producers, actors, production staff, and almost everyone.
Then he stayed in Italy and quietly broke into the production room to edit the films he had made. However, it was of no use in the end. After the producers found out, they all were destroyed by him.
Overall, this movie is very unpleasant and painful for truck drivers.
However, it was in that humiliating, embarrassing, and helpless environment that the truck driver had nightmares every day, and he realized that a robot from the future was chasing him.
After he returned to the United States, he wrote down this dream and turned it into a script.
It was precisely because of the painful experience of "Piranha 2" that the truck driver made up his mind that from now on, as long as I make movies, I will control the overall situation!
Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to sell the script of "Terminator" to the female boss of a medium-sized production company for $1, with three requirements: I shoot, I produce, and I control the overall situation!
The female boss also has a keen eye for recognizing heroes and agreed to him.
Then the truck driver soared into the sky and became an irreplaceable truck god in the minds of thousands of movie fans!
Oh, by the way, this female boss is also the truck driver’s first wife.
The Truck Driver has basically become the first director in Hollywood history who was able to control the entire crew and post-production by himself from the beginning.
The only one like him is Spielberg.
Spielberg too, after the first movie "Jaws", he has the power to control everything.
Now Yin Jun cannot guarantee whether the truck driver wrote the script, but he can guarantee that even if the truck driver wrote the script, the movie would not be made.
Why?
Because Yin Jun registered a very detailed "Terminator" script in 1979!
It's been two years now, and it's completely useless no matter how you got it in a dream.
However, this does not prevent Yin Jun from inviting him over to film "Terminator".
It is true that the truck driver has countless shortcomings, but his seriousness and piety towards movies are definitely something that all filmmakers should learn from.
Not to mention anything else, he tied himself to the plane and accompanied Schwarzenegger to shoot this scene. Such a crazy move is not something ordinary people would dare to do.
Yin Jun knows the characteristics of the truck driver and his abilities, so he will definitely give him the greatest support.
We are not afraid of the truck driver burning money, not afraid of his procrastination, or even afraid of his reshoots.
As long as he can make a good movie according to his own wishes, that's enough.
Cameron's filming speed is actually not very slow.
If you look at the previous 1990s, he would almost make one movie every year and a half to release.
It was only after "Titanic" that he filmed "Avatar" for so long in pursuit of the ultimate 3D and IMAX technology.
For example, "Terminator", in Yin Jun's impression, Cameron seemed to have only filmed it for less than 6 months.
Therefore, giving him 8 months is enough time.
In addition, Cameron is still a worthless little director. Yin Jun asked him to be stricter and asked him to complete all post-production in February. I guess he won't resist, right?
After all, this truck driver has a very stubborn character. In order to achieve his goal, he is willing to endure any hardships.
Just speeding up the progress, working more overtime and working harder, what does it mean?
This is the card god of the future!
The only thing Yin Jun is worried about now is whether Cameron can use the IMAX shooting equipment smoothly.
IMAX shooting equipment is not an ordinary camera that you can carry alone, but it is very large and heavy.
Even in 2020, the best way for it to appear is still controlled by a robotic arm.
Or... just like "The Lion King", shoot the normal version first and then re-make it later?
Yin Jun began to ponder.
Of course, the two methods have their own merits. You cannot say that one method is definitely better than the other.
But in order to succeed, you have to make a choice, or a compromise.
After thinking for a long time, Yin Jun finally made a decision.
When the truck driver returns to the United States, let him go to the IMAX company immediately. Let him see the IMAX shooting equipment and understand the characteristics of IMAX before he can make his own decision.
However, what should we do if the release time of "Terminator" is delayed because of this?
Could it be that together with "The Lion King", it will occupy the May and June schedule?
Or move "Terminator" to the official summer release in August?
The young man felt a little confused for a moment.