eurekapd Chapter 143 The real special effects blockbuster
Chapter 143 The real special effects blockbuster
Since the western world generally believes in Christianity, the "doomsday theory" appears to have a particularly strong market in the West.Although the so-called "promised day" in 1999 is still more than a year away, talk shows on every major network in the United States will involve such content in one way or another.Even scientific professional channels such as the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the National Geographic Channel inevitably launched programs related to "terrestrial extinction", and in these programs, the "Cretaceous-Third Period" was inevitably mentioned. In this geological event, 9% of the creatures on the earth were completely extinct, and only mammals and birds survived, and developed in the subsequent geological history.
Although there is no final conclusion about the cause of this biological extinction event, most scientists believe that it was caused by an asteroid hitting the earth. 1.6 million years ago, the asteroid Baptistina orbiting between Mars and Jupiter was hit by another asteroid, and most of its fragments formed the asteroid now located between Mars and Jupiter belt, but a few fragments rushed into the orbit of the earth.The Tycho crater on the moon is considered to be the follow-up product of this asteroid impact event, and 65 million years ago, a fragment with a diameter of about 1 kilometers hit the Yucatan Peninsula currently located in Mexico, forming the Souk Ruburt Crater.
This impact led to the coming of a year-long winter on the earth, and the sunlight energy was weakened by 15% to 2%, so a large number of plants that depend on photosynthesis for their livelihood died.And because the oxygen content of the earth in the Cretaceous period was much higher than that in modern times, scientists believe that when the debris hit the earth, there was a global collective fire on the earth.A large amount of carbon dioxide was released into the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect that lasted for several years. More than half of the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere today is believed to have been hoarded during that period.
According to scientists' estimates, it took the earth as long as ten years to recover.Fortunately, it only lasted ten years, otherwise the whole earth might become as lonely as Mars.However, some scientists think that one impact may not be able to cause such a large amount of damage. After observing the 1994 events in which fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 6 hit Jupiter successively, scientists were greatly inspired.They believe that 65 years ago, in addition to the Sukruber crater, the Botais crater in Ukraine, the Silver Pit crater in the North Sea, and the Shiva crater in India were the products of a series of impacts that year.
Regardless of whether it is an asteroid or multiple asteroids, in short, the asteroid impact theory has been widely recognized by everyone. Many people believe that by the end of the century in 1999, an asteroid will end the entire human race on the earth.Based on this, Jade came up with two scripts of "Clash of Heaven and Earth" and "Peerless Heavenly Tribulation". These two scripts made Jia Fei extremely entangled.As a film producer, he naturally hopes that the company can produce as many films as possible, but will it be a waste of resources to produce films of the same theme at the same time?
But Jed thinks that 1998 is the time when human beings are panicking, and the two movies about asteroids hitting the earth will definitely not consume their fear and curiosity.Jed's reason was supported by the vast majority of the top executives of Galaxy Films, so the budget for producing two asteroid impact movies at the same time was put on the agenda.
Originally, Jia Fei thought that Jade would arrange for Wu Yusen to shoot one of them. After all, last year's "Face Changing" was very popular, but Jade arranged for Wu Yusen to shoot a relatively low-cost literary comedy.Jed knows the fresh and romantic mood in Wu Yusen's heart, so naturally he will not force him to make commercial action movies every day, and occasionally let him make literary movies to calm him down.So Jade asked Dongfeng TV to speed up the production of "Big Brother" and strive to broadcast it on the TV network of Fox Broadcasting Company in the summer.
Now Murdoch also knows that he is not the opponent of the third station in the competition for regular programs, so he simply takes the edge.First of all, the Fox TV network does not have morning news programs and daytime TV programs. This period is usually handed over to each member station to broadcast their own programs; and the evening talk show is also canceled by the Fox TV network, and it is used to extend the reality show. program or TV series.Even the famous Saturday morning children's programming slot was canceled by the Fox network in favor of infomercials.
It is precisely because Fox Network has extended its prime-time TV and reality shows to three hours, which has also caused Fox Broadcasting Company's demand for TV dramas and reality shows to be more than double that of other networks.And this time when Dongfeng TV Company brought the idea book of "Big Brother" to persuade Fox Broadcasting Company, it was greatly welcomed by Fox Broadcasting Company, and they quickly booked the first season directly.Fox Broadcasting Company stated that as long as the ratings of the first season meet expectations, Fox Broadcasting Company will directly book the next show in the future.
In order to cooperate with this reality show, John Woo was specially sent to shoot "The Truman Show", which can be said to complement the reality show.After John Woo ran out of time, another director under Galaxy Films, Michael Bay, approached Jed and asked to make a movie.Michael Bay took a short break after "Into the Deadly Island", and he was still preparing to return to Hollywood with the blockbuster he was good at, so Jed asked him to choose directly from the two scripts he gave.Michael Bay flipped through the script a little, but chose "Clash of Heaven and Earth".
This made Jed a little puzzled. In that time and space, Michael Bay chose "Peerless Cataclysm".
"Why did you choose "Clash of Heaven and Earth"?" Jed couldn't help asking.
"This script is relatively fuller." Michael Bay showed a reasonable expression, "A two-line story, one main line is the government and astronauts saving the earth; the other main line is the desperation and redemption of human beings when the end comes. In this way The story not only has box office, but also praise from film critics. By the way, you will use the film laboratory and Industrial Light and Magic when filming "Heavenly Tribulation", but let me share the technology that comes out."
"You think it's cheap." Jed laughed. "I can borrow some of the techniques from you for reference, but I still want to use the core techniques to please the audience. Why, do you think your script is better than mine?"
"Of course, if I lose to you in terms of box office or word of mouth, how about I donate half of the director's salary to Doctors Without Borders in your name?" Michael Bay looked at Jed provocatively.
Jed shook his head, "It will be ugly for you to lose. Well, as long as I lose to you in terms of box office or word of mouth, I will be considered a loser. If I win you, you will donate half of the director's salary ;If I lose, what do you want me to do?"
Michael Bay thought about it, and said narrowly, "I'll buy you a bad script, and you have to shoot it, how about it?"
Jed was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Michael Bay was really insidious, planning to deliberately ruin his reputation.So Jed said: "Yes, but after the script is given to me, I have the right to modify it, as long as its theme and main line have not changed, how?"
"That's natural." Michael Bay nodded, "It's a deal, and the bad movie you shot must be signed!"
"I understand." Jed knew that Michael Bay was worried that he would deliberately sign someone else's name if he made a bad film.
For example, there was a very famous name in early Hollywood. Once the directors made a movie that they didn't want to make or felt that they would insult their reputation, they would deliberately sign this name.So this name became the biggest bad movie king in Hollywood history, and the list of bad movies is still increasing until today.Michael Bay was naturally worried that Jed would use this rule to get away, because it was a well-known method within the directors' union.But Jed doesn't bother to use this method to get away, no matter how bad the film is, there is still a way to make a style.
With the development and maturity of Imax technology, Jade decided to use Imax cameras in all the shooting of "Peerless Heroes", and the 3D cameras and 2D cameras were used to shoot at the same time.And Michael Bay also said that he will use Imax cameras to shoot some big scenes, and will make some special scenes for 3D vision.
Because of the great success of "Face Changing" last year, Imax Film Technology Company signed a lot of orders in the second half of 1997, and mainstream North American theaters such as AMC, Royal Entertainment Group, Cinemark and National Entertainment Corporation have realized the opening in major cities. There is at least one Imax screening hall in a movie theater, and there is at least one Imax screening hall in some flagship stores in small and medium-sized areas.
Therefore, apart from "Peerless Catastrophe", although there are still relatively few films that intend to use Imax cameras for the entire film, there are more films such as "Clash of Heaven and Earth" that prepare to use Imax cameras for some scenes.You must know that the ticket price of Imax is at least half of that of ordinary tickets. If it is Imax3d, it is more than double, which naturally means that the box office can be higher.Film companies are not fools, nor are theater companies, so under the butterfly effect of the movie "Face Changing", the upsurge of Imax technology was ignited first.
At this time, Jed is directing the prop master to build the scene of the alien surface in his own studio zero, because a long section of "Society" was shot on the surface of the comet.So Jed specially invited astrophysicists and astronomers from the university to come over as consultants, and directed the prop master to build an almost real scene.
And when Jed was busy, Soros called, "My dear Jed, after tossing about Indonesia, what is our next goal?"
You can't blame Soros for being anxious. This time he teamed up with Jed to rob Indonesia, which really made him very happy.Not only did Quantum Fund make a lot of money by speculating on the foreign exchange market and the futures market, but also made a lot of money after selling the properties acquired later, and also met many real rich people behind the scenes.After this almost perfect money-making experience, Soros naturally hopes to have a second time.Seeing Jed suddenly quiet down, he was a little puzzled.Didn't you say you were going to loot the whole of Asia?How did Indonesia quiet down after finishing it?So after waiting for a few days, Soros finally couldn't bear to call.
"Aren't I busy sorting out my assets?" Jed said with a smile.
Hualin Investment Bank's attack this time doubled the company's capital immediately. Naturally, all the managers and employees involved in the investment received a generous red envelope, and Jed also wanted to clean up the company's assets. "I've already thought about it, what do you think of the Philippines?"
"Why the Philippines? My dear Jed, the Philippines is the son of the US government!" Soros said in surprise.