0372 [Story to Movie]
Wan Xiaohu and James Cameron are very familiar with each other. They met when filming "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Since then, they have been one of the investors in "Avatar" and have been cooperating with each other to promote 3D technology. It can be said that they are friends and partners, and they often exchange various directorial experiences in private.
Both directors are very impressive. Cameron maintains the world's highest box office record for a single film, while Wan Xiaohu maintains the title of Commercial Fast Gunner. In terms of money-making ability, Wan Xiaohu is even better. After all, he made a movie at a speed of more than one movie a year, and it took Cameron several years to figure out one movie.
At the beginning, the two of them cooperated quite well, and Liu Yan asked a question, and they answered. In the end, the two of them simply started chatting on their own, and Liu Yan could only watch it next to them.
"In fact, 3D technology is easy to expand, and there is also this need. Future movies are not only about telling stories, but more about allowing the audience to be in the stories. It is not enough to rely solely on three-dimensional 3D. We can add more dimensions to it." Wan Xiaohu said.
Cameronzhuo asked with interest: "More dimensions? What about?"
"It's like interaction!"
"interactive?"
"In traditional movie viewing, the movie is being screened, and the audience is watching it still. Even in 3D, there is only a little more three-dimensional effect to allow the eyes to enjoy more. Why don't we extend the 4D on 3D and add interactive elements, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and air fog to impact the gods."
"How to complete the effect of this 4D?"
"Build a 4D dynamic theater. We can add some channels and mechanisms to the theater walls and seats. Wind scenes appear in the movie, and then the theater starts to deliver air at the same time. Thunder and lightning appear in the movie, and the special screen on the top of the theater also begins to appear. When the cliff falls in the movie, the seats also lean forward. It seems like you are also falling. In the movie, countless small bugs are crawling everywhere, and the mechanisms under the seats are rolling, just like insects are running under your butt..."
2d belongs to ordinary theaters, 3d belongs to three-dimensional theaters, and 4d refers to the installation of various peripheral effect facilities and dynamic seats on the basis of three-dimensional theaters. Therefore, 4d belongs to dynamic theaters.
In fact, in the future, not only will 4D dynamic theater be realized, but more special effects equipment will be added, and it can become 5D theaters, 6D theaters, and 7D interactive theaters that truly realize the interaction between people and movies. At that time, the 7D movie you watched was no longer just a movie, but also a game. You can simulate guns and kill monsters in the movie to change the plot.
Wan Xiaohu has the memory of the future as a selling point, and Cameron has the outstanding gaze as a confidence. The two top directors spoke freely in the live broadcast hall, almost forgot that they were here to promote "Avatar", and only cared about the development of the film in the future world.
Even began to discuss cooperation matters on the spot.
Previously, James Cameron's team reached a cooperation plan with Wan Xiaohu's team. This time, not only will he come to the mainland to release "Avatar", but he will also set up a new company in China to promote the 3D project.
The new company will be named "Galaxy Cameron Pace Group", among which Jiahe represents Jiahe Entertainment and Sasha Entertainment. Cameron represents Cameron himself, and Pace represents another developer behind 3D technology, and jointly promotes and operates the global 3D industry.
The two of them, who were more and more happy the more they chatted, decided to deepen their cooperation on the spot and develop 3D and subsequent 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D and other projects.
After finally waiting for the two to finish chatting, the show was almost over the last three hours agreed.
Liu Yan, who was silent for more than two hours, finally found his presence as a host: "Director Cameron, Director Wan, listening to you talking about 3D technology is really exciting and longing. Back to "Avatar", I heard that Director Cameron has referenced some Chinese elements in the material?"
"Yes, the navi people's sky mountain range 'Hallelujah' in the movie, its prototype is Huangshan in China. Huangshan is very beautiful and has a very ethereal flavor, very much like the place where the gods live."
After asking a few questions on the script, Liu Yan looked at the time and it was already 3 hours. The original student questioning session seemed to be unable to proceed: "Didn't you realize that the three hours of the program have arrived? Today is very happy. The two great directors are visiting "Celebrities Face to Face". Finally, let's end with a prophecy. Let's guess the Chinese box office and global box office of "Avatar"?"
James Cameron: "I hope to exceed the record set by Tiger, the 600 million yuan of Time Planning Bureau. Well, it's better to have another 100 million yuan. As for the global box office, I hope to break my last record, more than $2 billion."
Wan Xiaohu shook his head: "You are too conservative. I bet that "Avatar" can get 1 billion yuan or more in mainland China, and 2.5 billion US dollars or more in the world! Movies in front of the computer, the charm of 3D is definitely not to be missed. Believe me, I never lie."
Finally, Wan Xiaohu did not forget to trick everyone into the cinema to watch.
Jiahe Cinema accounts for one-third of China's 3D cinema, and one-fifth of "Avatar"'s investment comes from him, and the distribution of Chinese market is also Jiahe Entertainment. Naturally, the higher the box office of the movie, the more he earns.
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At the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, there was only one person's name in the world that was floating around.
James Cameron.
All the stars, politicians, are overshadowed before Cameron's name.
All the movies and directors have to surrender to Cameron's "Avatar".
North America won six consecutive championships, with a 34-week release cycle, breaking all records that can be broken, and finally achieving a new box office record of US$750 million in North America.
Mainland China has won 10 consecutive championships in a row. In addition to the opening week and single-week records, it lost to the Time Planning Bureau. The third, four, five, six, seven and eight weeks records were all refreshed by "Avatar", and finally achieved a super record of 1.39 billion yuan, reaching an unmatched terrifying height.
In the ticket shops around the world, except for India being suppressed by "Three Idiots Make a Fight for Bollywood", "Avatar" won the championship and consecutive championships.
According to the authoritative box office data on the Tiaojo website, "Avatar" has obtained ticket stores of more than US$10 million, up to 32 countries and regions. Among them, it has obtained ticket stores of more than US$100 million, up to 10 countries and regions.
Among them, North America is US$750 million, China is US$204 million, France is US$176 million, Japan is US$172 million, Germany is US$162 million, Britain is US$150 million, Russia is US$117 million, Spain is US$110 million, Australia is US$106 million, and South Korea is US$105 million.
The global total box office was 2787965087 US dollars, setting a new record in world film history, with a profit of 2.788 billion US dollars. Twentieth Century Fox made a profit, James Cameron made a profit, and Wan Xiaohu made a profit.
Such a fierce box office resulted in a brand that is naturally extremely fierce. It is conceivable that the surrounding development is.
The sequel was also implemented. Twentieth Century Fox immediately issued a statement, and had reached an agreement with James Cameron that the sequel will start filming at the same time in the form of a trilogy. It is expected to be released in December 2015, "Avatar 2" in December 2016, and "Avatar 4" in December 2017.
Wan Xiaohu will also invest in these three movies in the same proportion. Twentieth Century Fox is extremely reluctant to let Wan Xiaohu get a share of the pie. But there is no way. The investment agreement signed at the time included the priority investment rights of the sequel. If you don’t bite it hard, can you just take a bite?
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"Ahhhh!"
Wan Xiaohu flew in the air, screaming exaggeratedly, then suddenly fell, splashing a large bunch of snowflakes. Then he quickly slid out of the snowflakes and paddled down the mountain.
This is at the Swiss Alps ski resort. Wan Xiaohu brought Jeon Ji-hyun and Wan Sung-jun to ski here.
Skiing is a technical job, and people who are not good at slipping. At a very least, they may fall into a nose, a swelling nose, or a severed hand and foot. Wan Xiaohu's athletic talent is careless, but after falling a few times, he finally realized that knocking on the door and coming and going freely.
After having fun in the Alps ski resort for a week, Wan Xiaohu and Jun Ji-hyun decided to go to Iceland to see the volcano. In the evening, Wan Sung-jun, who was already two years old, was yelling to listen to Wan Xiaohu telling stories.
"How about the three little pigs?" Wan Xiaohu asked.
"Don't listen, mom says it every day." Wan Chengjun is obviously not easy to fool.
"Where is Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf?"
"I don't like listening, I want to listen to new stories."
"You little guy, you have also learned to be fucked by the old and old. OK, Dad, think about it, okay, tell you a story about ice and snow magic, do you want to listen?"
"Let's listen, listen."
Wan Xiaohu then cleared his throat and said with emotion: "By the way, in the distant Nordic kingdom Arendelle, the kingdom and the queen have two daughters. The eldest princess is Aisha and the little princess is Anna. This Aisha has the magic to create ice and snow when she was born. One day, this Aisha pulled Anna out to play. Anna wanted her sister to turn magic to her, but her sister accidentally hit Anna's head, causing Anna to fall into a coma."
"Ah, then what?"
"Then the king and the queen took two princesses to the mountain to find the troll elder Peppai, who is very wise. This troll is like a guy like a stone. Elder Peppai cured Anna, but warned the king and his wife that Aisha's magic is very dangerous. If it is not controlled well, it will hurt others by chance."
"What should I do, Dad?" Wan Chengjun asked anxiously.
Wan Xiaohu paused, and just as Jun Ji-hyun came out after taking a shower, he said, "Dad is sleepy, let mom tell you a new story."
"No, I want to listen to the story of Anna and Elsa!"
Jeon Ji-hyun giggled: "It's not that I don't help you, it's that I can't do anything."
Wan Xiaohu had no choice but to continue: "In order to control Elsa's magic, Elder Pebby eliminated Anna's memory of her sister's magic. However, Elsa's ability became stronger and stronger. The king and his wife had no choice but to close the gate of the castle and force Elsa to stay alone in the house for a long time. No matter how Anna invites Elsa, Elsa will no longer go out to play."
"Aisha is so pitiful, then what?"
"Then, the king and his wife both died in a shipwreck. Aisha needs to inherit the throne and become the queen..." After Wan Xiaohu finished talking about this story with a dry mouth, she was already very sleepy.
On the contrary, Wan Chengjun was still energetic: "Dad, would you tell me this story tomorrow night? OK?"
Wan Xiaohu's eyes turned pale, saying that it was really a waste of saliva!
But looking at his son's clear eyes, Wan Xiaohu was reluctant to agree, and finally made a plan: "Son, we won't tell this story anymore. Can we shoot it and make it into a movie? So that you can see what Elsa and Anna look like, don't you?"
Wan Chengjun thought about it carefully like a little adult: "Well, Dad is making a movie, I want to watch a movie!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!