Chapter 832 The More Developed It Is, the More Difficult It Will Be to Change
Chapter 832
The story of Casino Royale itself is very simple. A confrontation between James Bond and Spectre around a huge gambling capital of 1.5 billion US dollars. The whole film consists of three episodes of airport crisis, casino confrontation and final battle to form a complete and smooth story, even if it is Angel III. The appearance of the human group, because the first two Charlie's Angels are used as a foreshadowing, the film does not need to write more for the background of the trio, it is directly the most popular action scene. YXGSK. COM
After years of directing and directing several big-budget films, Eric has become more and more able to grasp the key factors that make big-budget commercial films successful. The most important of these is that the story of the movie should be simple and clear, which actually coincides with the high-concept movie theory that appeared in the 1980s.
The simpler the core story line, the more room for the film director to play in the process of shooting. The most classic case is Cameron's Terminator. Sent to the past to assassinate Sarah Connor, without any complicated subplots, Cameron was so proud to give full play to his film talents. In the end, the film won the global box office of 80 million US dollars at a cost of 6 million, and let Cameron Long became one of the top directors in Hollywood.
On the other hand, if a movie wants to show the audience too much, the result is often that the director cannot tell a complete story in two hours. There are more examples of failure in Hollywood.
In the screening room, MGM executives and the film's main creators were obviously very satisfied with the effect of the film.
Traditional 007 movies often have the disadvantage of fragmented stories. The producers often insert some plots that have nothing to do with the main line of the movie, just to highlight Bond's suave or heroic character image, which also leads to most episodes. Full of loopholes. Casino Royale has completely reversed this shortcoming while retaining the traditional 007 film style. Bond no longer appears inexplicably in an unknown villain's military base to cause havoc, and is no longer very abruptly by 6 from a fire. Hot girls call out on the bed to perform a mission.
When the movie screening ended, the lights came on, and there was a crisp applause in the screening hall. Knowing that Eric was not the kind of headstrong director, everyone started to speak freely in the screening hall and express their various views on the film.
Although Eric is also very satisfied with the final result of Casino Royale, he is also aware of the reason why the authorities are obsessed. Because of different personal ideas, a plot that may seem good to him may seem very out of place in the eyes of others.
Everyone discussed for more than an hour, and Eric also roughly determined several revision plans, and planned to make a second revision to the film in the next week.
According to Casino Royale's production and release schedule, the film will be fully completed in March. During this period, the movie will conduct further internal previews, which is like the closed test of online games later. Some ordinary audiences are selected. In the projection hall with a real-time monitoring system installed, there are special buttons on the armrests of the audience seats. During the viewing process, if the audience is bored or disgusted with certain plots or certain scenes, they can press the button at any time, and the production company will make further adjustments to the film based on real-time feedback from the audience. After this, it will enter the stage of grading, publicity and so on.
Of course, these processes are not fixed, and everything depends on the distribution of power between the film investors, producers and directors. If a director has absolute control over the production of the film, neither the investor nor the producer can intervene, and the director can of course edit the film according to his own ideas. On the contrary, if the final editing rights are firmly in the hands of the producers, the director may not be able to get involved at all in the final editing stage.
Of course, Eric has absolute control over Casino Royale. Only if he wants to, he can edit the film completely according to his own ideas, but this is obviously unwise, even if it is the Titanic,
In fact, it has also gone through the closed beta stage, and Cameron has also revised some of the plots based on the feedback from the audience.
After watching the demos in the morning, discussing revisions, and having lunch at Firefly Studios, everyone left. The headquarters of MGM has moved to Venice Beach, not far from Firefly Studios, which is near the original headquarters of Flower Pictures. Because Kerkorian sold all of MGM's studios as land, most of the films that MGM needs to shoot in the studio are basically rented in Firefly Studios.
With the revival of MGM, MGM management also discussed plans to rebuild the studio, and Drew asked Eric for advice, only to be rejected by Eric. In recent years, more and more movies have begun to pursue real-life effects, especially large-scale productions. Unless it is a special effect scene, it is rarely shot in a studio. In addition, the tax rebate system is gradually emerging in various states of the United States and even overseas. In the future, fewer and fewer Hollywood movies will choose to shoot in Los Angeles. MGM's construction of a studio at this time will only result in a fearless waste of resources.
Eric and Drew sent off the Brockley brothers and sisters together. Seeing that the girl followed him out of the parking lot, Eric asked with a smile, "Don't you have work this afternoon?"
Drew took two steps forward and held Eric's arm affectionately, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's an audition for a movie, but I don't want to go there temporarily. Anyway, Amy and the others are taking care of him."
"Heh," Eric smiled and said, "What movie?"
"Xenogeneic, a sci-fi horror movie."
Eric nodded and didn't show anything strange. In his memory, this film should have been made in 1995. However, since many films have been produced in advance, it is not surprising that some films have been delayed for a year or two. It's quite common for a Hollywood movie to take ten or eight years to prepare.
When the girl said this, she seemed very excited and said, "Today's audition is for the heroine, I even let Natasha try it, but unfortunately they are too stupid, they are like two pieces of wood in front of the camera, Can't say anything."
Eric turned his head and glanced at the twins who were quietly following behind them. Hearing Drew's words, Sister Natasha was also a little embarrassed. Seeing Eric looking over, she lowered her head in unison.
Because Eric likes to use Ivanka as the mascot in his films, the girl once said that she wants to make Sister Natasha the mascot in the Flower Films movie, but unfortunately, Eric never saw him once. After the twins appeared in the camera, it seems that there is no such talent, but the girl herself, since she made a cameo in Scream, is now often appearing in various movies.
Remembering that Natasha Henstridge, the heroine of the original time and space aliens, happened to be in the Victoria's Secret Legion, Eric asked: "Since the audition is at the MGM headquarters, it should be the last round, you guys value it. Candidate?"
"Amy originally wanted Paulina Preskova to play, but the director didn't agree, so everyone had to choose again."
Eric thought of Preskova's face that resembled Audrey Hepburn. If it was himself, he would not agree. The alien heroine should be the type of actress with a cold temperament and a hot body like Natasha Henstridge. Paulina Preskova's temperament is too elegant.
In addition to directing the Victoria's Secret show, Eric had no contact with Natasha Henstridge, and did not say anything superfluous at this time, just casually said: "If the budget is enough, I can let Claudia Try it."
Claudia Schiffer is more than enough to replace Natasha Henstridge, and the two have very similar temperaments.
The girl shook her head: "I've been invited, but Claudia is unwilling to act, because there are a lot of dramas in the film and the production budget is not too big, so I plan to use a cheaper newcomer."
The two walked all the way. They did not go to the office of Eric in the administrative center, but went to the office in the digital field. Cameron had already come over in the morning, but Eric was busy with the Royal Casino. The two just met twice at noon. Eric didn't see Cameron during the meal, and he didn't know if the other party had left.
Walking into the main number one of the digital domain, and asking the staff, Eric quickly found Cameron in the lounge area who was dancing and chatting with Stan Winston at a table.
The great success of the Titanic on a global scale has completely relieved Cameron of the original pressure, and has been quite high-spirited recently.
Seeing Eric approaching, Cameron and Stan Winston stood up, greeted them, and the four sat down at a long table. Eric told the twins to make coffee, but Cameron did not. Can't wait to say: "Eric, I didn't expect you to hide something good here, and you didn't even tell me before."
Eric smiled and said, "You are more familiar with this place than your own home. What can you hide from you?"
As a film technophile, as long as Cameron appears in Firefly Studios, most of the time he comes to the digital field. Even if he is not working, Cameron will often come over to visit some special effects that have just been developed in the digital field. Technology, the two sides have cooperated very happily in recent years. In terms of technology, the digital field has spared no effort to support Cameron's films, which also led to Cameron not creating his own Lightstorm Studio. Just use the resources of the digital field to realize your various ideas, which also benefits the digital field a lot.
Stan Winston saw Eric looking at him suspiciously, and explained: "Eric, it's the plus 3 screen we just installed."
Eric immediately understood. When he was in New York last year, after he accidentally noticed it, Eric asked the digital field to specially set up a relevant technical group to cooperate with Canadian companies to develop and polarize 3 technology.
Both of these two technologies have a history of decades, but for various reasons, they have not been widely used in movies. Now, with the financial and technical support in the digital field, related applications are quickly developed. The company is also conducting the final public relations on the technology of converting ordinary film to film. It is expected that a normal two-hour film will be realized next year. Before that, the film was only 40 minutes long, and the conversion technology was not mature enough. Polarized 3 technology is even simpler. In order to carry out various tests, the digital realm has just installed a 3-combination big screen in the studio recently. That should be the good thing Cameron said.
In the past six months, Cameron has been busy with the production of Titanic, coupled with the pressure of film costs and box office, Cameron of course has no intention of paying attention to new technologies in the digital field.
"Here are some ideas that came to me last year. You see, it took less than 30 years to go from silent films to sound films, from black and white films to color films. Now, two or three decades have passed. , there should always be some brand new changes in the movie playback situation, so I will be optimistic about these two technologies.”
Cameron was quite excited and said: "Eric, you mean, you plan to promote 3 sums on a large scale?"
Eric shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "I think so, but it is always necessary to do it step by step. You must have experienced it now, so you will definitely be able to discover the difficulties in promoting these two technologies. 3 may be better, as long as the 3 projector is replaced, but for most theaters in North America, it is obviously not too realistic to want to replace the screen.”
After several years of explosive development, the number of movie screens in North America has grown from more than 22,000 in the early 1990s to more than 28,000 now. At the same time, the more developed the film industry is, the more difficult it will be to reform. The 28,000 screens in the United States are basically theaters built according to the specifications of ordinary 2 screens. The ten-meter screen, if you want to promote it, you can only rebuild the theater.
So, Eric's first step is to start with the easier 3.
Eric shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "I think so, but it is always necessary to do it step by step. You must have experienced it now, so you will definitely be able to discover the difficulties in promoting these two technologies. 3 may be better, as long as the 3 projector is replaced, but for most theaters in North America, it is obviously not too realistic to want to replace the screen.”
After several years of explosive development, the number of movie screens in North America has grown from more than 22,000 in the early 1990s to more than 28,000 now. At the same time, the more developed the film industry is, the more difficult it will be to reform. The 28,000 screens in the United States are basically theaters built according to the specifications of ordinary 2 screens. The ten-meter screen, if you want to promote it, you can only rebuild the theater.
So, Eric's first step is to start with the easier 3. To be continued.