Alfonso Cuaron's surprise was what Jimmy expected. If Yu Dong hadn't mentioned Alfonso Cuaron, Jimmy would never have connected this director with "Gravity".
It's not that Jimmy looks down on Alfonso Cuaron's directing skills. Jimmy has seen two of Alfonso's films, in addition to the one "Hysterical Love" and the one starring Ethan Hawke.
"Love", he could tell that this director was very talented.
But being talented does not mean that he is suitable for making science fiction movies. None of Alfonso's previous movies could reflect his talent in this area.
But Jimmy still agreed to use Alfonso Cuaron as one of the alternate directors for "Gravity" because he was willing to believe in Yu Dong's vision.
"Mr. Cuarón, the movie "Gravity" is quite tight on time."
Alfonso Cuaron also understood what Jimmy meant. He smiled and said, "I don't have any other work for the time being, so there should be no problem with time."
Hearing that Alfonso had no problem with his time, Jimmy smiled and said, "Then come over when it's convenient for you and let's meet and chat."
Alfonso said without hesitation, "Tomorrow, I will go there tomorrow."
…
The next afternoon, Alfonso Cuarón showed up in Jimmy's office.
Jimmy personally made a cup of tea for Alfonso Cuaron. Looking at Alfonso who was tired of traveling, he smiled and said, "Mr. Cuaron, actually you don't have to rush here in such a hurry, although the movie plan is quite busy.
Time, but I don’t care about one or two days.”
Alfonso Cuaron took the tea cup and said with a smile, "But I care. To be honest, it is an honor for me to receive an invitation to shoot YU's work. I am a science fiction fan, and I tried to do it myself before
I have written science fiction novels, and it is because I have written science fiction novels myself that I understand more about the greatness of YU’s works.”
"What is in front of you is the script of "Gravity"." Jimmy pointed to the folder on the table, "Actually, it's not a script, it's just a novel manuscript, plus some YU's annotations and partial modifications. These annotations are based on
The revisions made the novel look a bit like a screenplay."
Alfonso Cuarón nodded to show that he understood what Jimmy meant. He picked up the folder and pulled out the manuscript inside.
Although it is a novel manuscript, it is actually much thicker than a novel manuscript. In addition to the annotations, the format has also been modified into a script.
Seeing Alfonso Cuaron pick up the script, Jimmy looked at his watch and said, "You can read the script in peace first. I still have some things to deal with. If you need anything, you can tell me."
Alfonso nodded, "No problem."
Jimmy smiled, got up, walked to his office area, sat down, and started working on his work.
He needs to quickly finish the work that needs to be done in the United States. In a few days, he will go to China to attend the BenQ mobile phone launch conference. This is the first launch conference of BenQ Communications, so he naturally has to be present.
of.
He has a lot of work recently, because the company is developing in several lines, including the gaming industry, film and television industry, e-commerce, electronic payment, ticketing websites, social networking sites... Every sector requires his energy, which makes him wish he could
Just like Monkey Sun, he can do the art of cloning.
In fact, social networking sites are better, because Jiang Jie has been able to take charge of his own business. Jiang Jie is basically in control of the computer sector of Deep Space Company.
The book section is also okay. The Chinese side uses margin tubes, while the European and American ones use Cambot tubes.
Sometimes Jimmy also feels that he is lucky to be able to recruit talents like Cambot back then. At that time, Cambot was working as Dante's assistant at Bantam Books, and his position was rather awkward.
According to Canbot's qualifications and abilities, he should have been promoted long ago, but at that time Bantam did not have a suitable position for Canbot. If it was not appropriate to transfer him to the grassroots, the upper management of the company wanted to move him up.
Wait until the company has a suitable position for Canbot.
But Cambot couldn't wait any longer. He had been working at Bantam for seven or eight years and was very capable, but he was still Dante's assistant. He must have thought about changing jobs.
At that time, if Canbot wanted to find a new owner, it was actually very easy. A lot of book companies were willing to hire him. However, Jimmy was very sincere when he hired him. He not only gave him a big deal, but also gave him real power.
.
After all these years, the pie that Jimmy drew for Canbot has basically come true. When Dante meets Canbot, his head is bowed. Who makes Canbot have the best-selling cake in the world?
Writers, and a group of them.
Needless to say, the writers of Deep Space, Yu Dong, Rowling, Martin, and Levi alone can support a large number of book companies.
Some people have calculated before that the total sales of all the books by the four authors of Deep Space in a year totaled more than 100 million copies, so Dante definitely wanted to please Cambot.
Jimmy also has one thing to be busy with during this time. Yu Dong's brother-in-law Chen Tao wants to launch a variety show related to mystery in the United States. To this end, Jimmy has also contacted ABC.
There are two plans. One is direct cooperation between the two parties. Yuhua Mystery Agency will give a plan for a variety show. If ABC thinks it is feasible after review, then both parties will work together to produce it. The second one is that Yuhua
Mystery Club produces its own programs and then sells the programs to ABC.
The former plan is obviously more stable. As long as ABC passes the plan, Yuhua Club will definitely not lose money. The second plan is more risky. If they produce the program, but ABC does not want it, or is only willing to
If you give a low price, they will lose money.
But risks and benefits coexist. Although the former is safe, the benefits will definitely be lower. Basically, most of the profits will be taken by ABC, and it also involves the division of copyright. After all, the program is jointly produced by both parties.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chen Tao and the others discussed it among themselves and finally decided to choose the second option.
Of course, it is useless for Chen Tao and the others to decide on their own, because the money still has to be paid by the Deep Space Company, and the final decision-making power is still in the hands of Yu Dong and Jimmy, and Yu Dong has already said that there is no need to ask him about this matter.
, so everything depends on Jimmy’s choice.
In the end Jimmy chose the second option.
He chose the second option not because it was highly profitable or because he believed in Chen Tao's abilities, but because he understood that only the second option could truly cultivate usable talents for them.
In order to produce this variety show, Fang Tao has already come to the United States and set up a working group. They are currently looking for filming locations. After the filming location is determined, they will start to form a filming team, which includes front and rear actors.
Behind the scenes.
It's easy to find people in front of the camera. Just look for someone who is popular and good at creating program effects. The key is behind the scenes. Fang Tao is doing these things himself. Jimmy doesn't have to worry about it, but he is also planning to go see Fang Tao in the next two days.
How's it going?
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Nearly two hours passed, and Alfonso Cuaron finally put down the manuscript in his hand. He breathed a long sigh of relief, then picked up the already cold tea on the table and took a sip.
When the tea was hot just now, he didn't feel very good about it, but now that the tea is cold, it tastes quite good.
Jimmy heard the noise, looked up at Alfonso, and then said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot to bring you more tea. This tea must have gone cold."
With that said, Jimmy stood up and prepared to add some more hot tea to Alfonso.
Alfonso waved his hand quickly, "No, no, I think herbal tea tastes better."
Jimmy smiled and nodded, "We Americans are indeed more accustomed to drinking cold drinks. How about it? Do you have any thoughts after reading the manuscript?"
He looked down at the manuscript on his lap, and then Alfonso said, "Let me talk about the problems I saw first. They mainly focus on photography. I want to make this movie feel like it, and control the movement.
and motion capture technology are very demanding. In fact, Yu Dong’s comments in the manuscript tell us that if you want to make this movie good-looking, you must shoot a space with a strong sense of reality and good expressiveness. Let’s first talk about light.
, on page seven of the manuscript..."
Alfonso turned the manuscript to page seven and continued, "Here is a classic comment on the light source, which needs to show the hard light from direct sunlight, the soft light reflected from the earth, and the occasional hard light reflected from the moon.
It is difficult for our traditional lighting fixtures to express such a complex situation well, the key lies in the change of the light source, and it is also difficult to achieve such precise coordination between the lighting and camera movement."
Hearing this difficulty, Jimmy frowned. He didn't expect "Gravity" to be so difficult to shoot. After all, so many movies about space have been made. In Jimmy's opinion, it shouldn't be too difficult technically.
Great difficulty.
"Can the lighting problem be solved?" Jimmy asked.
Alfonso pondered, "I can't think of a solution for the moment. A new technology was born this year, called lightestage. We may be able to use lightstage to shoot people, and do relighting when compositing with CG in the later stage, but it is difficult to operate.
, the cost is high, and the most important thing is that lightstage is based on dense sampling of emission field collection, and the collection time is very long. In fact, last month I heard about a technology where someone used an LED display to create changing eye reflections. This technology may be able to
If you use it and combine it with rehearsal technology and motion control technology, you can achieve expectations. The rehearsal technology is now very mature, and the cost has been reduced a lot."
After listening to Alfonso's call, Jimmy raised the corners of his mouth slightly and leaned back slowly. Alfonso Cameron's performance surprised him so much.
Obviously, Alfonso's attention to film shooting technology is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Jimmy has never heard of the things he said, but even if Jimmy has not heard of them, he can still understand the logic of these things.
"Perhaps you are willing to spend some time to study how to combine the LDE light source with motion control and preview technology to present perfect lighting?" Jimmy smiled.
Alfonso also laughed, "Of course, I am willing to try."
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After Alfonso officially took over the filming of "Gravity", Deep Space Company announced the news on its website.
Netizens who saw this news were a little confused for a while, especially non-Chinese readers.
[Am I wrong? "Gravity" is going to be made into a movie? 】
[The English version of this novel is not even out yet.]
[Please give an official reply from Deep Space Company: Will the English version of "Gravity" be released again?]
【Uh... By the way, let me ask about the neon language version.】
【Spanish...】
【Italian...】
[Forget it, just think of it as like "Source Code", let's publish the movie first and then the novel. 】
[The key is that China can already see it.]
[Is there any kind brother who can translate the novel?]
[That is illegal, we must support the genuine version.]
[Why is there no English version of "Science Fiction World"? 】
[Yes, I hope that "Science Fiction World" will soon release an English version. Not only YU's novels, but also Liu and hcq's novels, each time I have to wait a long time to see them. 】
【Who is Alfonso and why haven’t I heard of him? 】
【It seems to be a relatively unknown director.】
[It’s not that he’s not famous, I’ve seen his “Little Princess” and I thought it was quite good.]
[Why find such a director? Why not find a great director like Steven or James? This is YU’s novel. Does the company not pay attention to it at all? 】
[I just Googled Alfonso, and he has never made a science fiction movie. I really can’t understand why Deep Space chose such a director.]
[I strongly urge Steven to continue filming. Only Steven can produce the science fiction flavor of YU. Both "The Second World" and "The Martian" were shot very well.]
[Ridley is also very good. I look forward to seeing his cooperation with YU. I really like his "Blade Runner". 】
…
Many netizens were puzzled by Deep Space Company's choice of Alfonso to film "Gravity". Although Alfonso is relatively well-known in the industry, to ordinary viewers, Alfonso is a little-known actor.
There is no way the director can compare with great directors like Spielberg and James Cameron, and he is simply not worthy of filming YU's works.
Yes, many netizens use the word "unworthy" because YU's reputation is now too big. In people's minds, it is natural to associate his novels with great directors.
Alfonso often surfs the Internet, but he doesn't care at all about the comments on the Internet. These days, he is fully devoted to the preparation for the filming of "Gravity".
Inspired by the reflection created by LED displays, Alfonso designed a light box filled with LED screens, using the display to play videos to give the correct lighting.
Also, in order to shoot the weightlessness in space, Alfonso also fixed the actors and moved the camera. In this way, when shooting in a light box, as long as the rendered environment animation and camera movement are matched in advance, it can be shot.
Chapter completed!