Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 207 Film and Television Development
Shanghai Art Film Studio.

Knowing that Zhao Ye was coming, everyone rushed out to greet him.

After some simple greetings, Zhao Ye said that he would first go to the screening hall to watch the animated movie "The Lion King".

Zhao Ye was very curious about the difference between "The Lion King" filmed by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and "The Lion King" filmed by Disney.

Soon, everyone came to the screening room.

"Boss, "The Lion King" is definitely one of the most classic animated films in history. In order to make this animated film, our studio used the power of thousands of people, and it took a total of 4 years!!!" Producer Chang Xu Xiangming introduced to Zhao Ye excitedly.

Zhao Ye nodded, and said with an expectant tone: "Well, very good, making a movie should be like this, so that people start playing it. I am still looking forward to "The Lion King", and strive to be released globally simultaneously!! !"

If the movie "The Lion King" is good, it is expected that Hollywood in the United States will not give up this opportunity to make money.

In addition, Wujiang Group has a strong international influence, even Hollywood is not willing to offend easily.

With the popularity of VCD all over the world, Hollywood's attention to Wujiang Group has been increased, and the relationship has gradually changed from hostility to cooperation.

VCD copyright income has become one of the main sources of income for major Hollywood film and television companies.

China Computer and Hongmeng system cannot enter the US market, but it does not mean that other products of Wujiang Group cannot enter the US market, and products such as Kirin series chips, Kunpeng chips, Tomahawk game consoles, and Gameboy are all selling well in the US.

The lights in the auditorium were turned off, and the big screen was turned on.

The movie "The Lion King" is mainly about Mufasa, the king of the "Land of Glory", ushering in the birth of his son Simba. King's throne.Scar's design killed Mufasa, and made little Simba think that he caused his father's accidental death, forcing him to leave his hometown.Feeling guilty, Simba ran into his little friends Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog when he was deeply desperate for the future.They tell it to learn to abandon the past and enjoy the moment.However, after the adult Simba reunited with his childhood sweetheart lioness Nana, he once again realized the responsibility he shouldered.After some struggles, it decided to return to its hometown, face the past calmly, and regain the king's position!

Zhao Ye quickly discovered that the painting style of this version of "The Lion King" is a bit different from Disney's "The Lion King". It has a strong Japanese aesthetic, cuteness, realism and other painting styles.

In terms of music, a large number of traditional Chinese music forms are adopted, such as Beijing opera, folk music and other art forms.

In about two hours, Zhao Ye watched the whole movie.

The plot is very touching, and there are many laughs in the middle, basically based on the script provided by Zhao Ye.

In terms of painting style, there is nothing to say. Although it is not the same as the Disney version of "The Lion King", it is very beautiful.

Zhao Ye frowned slightly. He felt that something was wrong. After recalling the animation just now, he suddenly realized that the biggest problem in the entire animation movie appeared in the music.

"The Lion King" is aimed at global users, so it is best to use an English song as the theme song.

Perhaps it was because the theme song of the Disney version of "The Lion King" impressed Zhao Ye too much, so he felt that there was something missing.

In the previous life, the theme song of "The Lion King" was a song called "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", combined with the animation plot, it touched countless people for a while.

If this song is missing, the animated movie "The Lion King" will definitely lose its color.

Zhao Ye was more entangled at this time.

Obviously, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" has not yet been born. In the previous life, this work was tailor-made for "The Lion King".

Affected by the butterfly effect, even if the original songwriter is invited, it may not be possible to produce "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

"Boss, is there anything about this animation movie that makes you dissatisfied?" Xu Xiangming couldn't help asking when he saw Zhao Ye frown.

Zhao Ye said: "This animated film will be aimed at global audiences, so it lacks an English theme song, and I want a more provocative English song, and then apply this song to Simba the lion in the plot He and Nana do not rely on talking to each other, but use their emotions to feel each other's performance!"

Xu Xiangming nodded, and then said: "Boss, since that's the case, then we can invite European and American musicians to write lyrics and music for our "The Lion King"!"

"Well, just do as you said!" Zhao Ye replied, that's all for now, I hope they can create a song that satisfies him, he can't write the song himself.

Zhao Ye shook his head secretly, he doesn't know how to write songs, at most he can sing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

At this time, Zhao Ye couldn't help but think of his girlfriend in his previous life. At that time, in 1995, "The Lion King" was released in China, and he accompanied his girlfriend to watch the movie.

Zhao Ye was still very impressed. When the theme song of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sounded, he was so moved that he wanted to cry.

At this time, the lights in the auditorium had already started to come on.

Zhao Ye suddenly woke up from the memories, just touched the scene, and couldn't help but think of his first love girlfriend.

Zhao Ye shook his head and sighed slightly. Due to his personality disagreement and the other party being too aggressive, he and his first girlfriend broke up after only dating for a year and a half.

Later, he met his wife, a beautiful, gentle southern girl who captured his heart the first time they met.

However, she was still her student at the time.

When Zhao Ye thought of his wife, he couldn't help showing a gentle smile on his face.

My wife is ten years younger than me, she is still in high school...

I will be admitted to Fudan University next year.

Thinking of the possibility of meeting his wife from his previous life in Shanghai next year, Zhao Ye suddenly looked forward to it.

Before that, Zhao Ye didn't want to disturb the life of the other party, because the other party hadn't grown up yet.

Zhao Ye, Xu Xiangming and others came to the office at this time.

Zhao Ye scanned the crowd, and spoke first: "The Lion King was shot very well, I am very satisfied, but I still need to find an English song for the theme song. In addition, what I want to say is, "The Lion King" "The King" is the pinnacle of traditional hand-drawn animation! In the future, the form of animation film production will undergo tremendous changes!!!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone was shocked.

Zhao Ye asked at this time: "Does any of you know Pixar in the United States?"

Most people shook their heads, but there was still a small group of people who knew about Pixar.

"I know Pixar. This company has produced several animated short films and won many awards in Hollywood!" Animation director Tang Cheng said, "Currently, the boss of Pixar is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs Jobs, who was originally the founder of Apple, was kicked out of the company by Apple's board of directors, and he bought Pixar from the director of "Star Wars" George Lucas."

After a pause, Tang Cheng said: "It's worth mentioning that Pixar's way of making animated films is not by hand, but by computer!!!"

Many old people showed expressions of surprise and doubt.

How does a computer draw?

Zhao Ye gave Tang Cheng a praising look, and then said to everyone: "Director Tang is right, Pixar is a company that uses computers to make animated films, and has made remarkable achievements. In the future, computer Animation film production will become the mainstream trend, I know many of you don’t believe it, so I will briefly introduce the advantages of computer animation production and the disadvantages of traditional animation production to you!”

"First, with the help of computer animation technology, the picture can be made more exquisite."

"Second, it is easy to save and modify! However, traditional cartoons use film to draw and save images. As time goes by and the number of uses increases, it will be difficult due to some external conditions (such as aging and damage of materials, etc.) Save and modify, and the cartoons saved by digital technology can be used many times without loss, and the plot can be changed arbitrarily on the computer, and new characters and content can be designed. "

"Third, the production cost is low. The cost of traditional animation is high, and there is a lot of repetitive labor in the production process. However, using computers to produce animation can hand over a lot of repetitive labor to the computer, thus greatly saving the production cost!"

"Fourth, powerful shape design capabilities. Computer flash animation provides various generation tools for planes, curves, and curved surfaces. It can produce various vivid and lifelike shapes, and can also create many abstract objects that do not exist in reality. wait!"

"fifth,……"

Zhao Ye talked endlessly and talked a lot, and everyone couldn't help but be amazed.

"I didn't expect that the advantages of using computers to make animations are so great. No wonder the boss said that animation computer production will gradually replace traditional animation production. Not to mention anything else, computers are not comparable to humans in terms of production cost and speed."

"Yeah, it took us four years to shoot The Lion King, but it wouldn't have taken that long to make The Lion King with a computer!"

"..."

There was a lot of discussion in the conference room, and obviously, everyone was aware of the advantages of computer animation.

Seeing this, Zhao Ye clapped his palms to signal everyone to be quiet, and immediately said: "In order to strengthen the strength of our Shanghai Animation Film Studio in the field of computer animation production, I have decided to send people to the United States to acquire Pixar immediately! In addition... "

Zhao Ye pondered for a moment, then continued, "By the way, we bought Marvel as well!"

The Hollywood movies in the previous life were so strong, among which the Marvel movies played a big role.

After the Shanghai Animation Film Studio acquired Marvel, it doesn’t matter whether it hides it in the snow or makes a Marvel movie by itself.

However, Zhao Ye is more inclined to make magical changes to Marvel movies, adding a lot of Chinese elements. On the one hand, he can import Chinese culture to the outside world, and on the other hand, he can promote the artists under his company.

It is best to use Marvel movies to lead to Chinese myths and legends, so as to use the chicken to lay eggs to complete the transformation.

Seeing Zhao Ye giving orders, Xu Xiangming and the others nodded in response, "Yes!"

After the meeting, Zhao Ye, Xu Xiangming and his team went to the "Digital Light and Magic" department.

"Digital Light and Magic" is the computer special effects department of Shanghai Animation Film Studio. There are not many people in the department, only about a hundred people, all of whom are young.

The person in charge of this department is Tao Feihang, who has worked in Industrial Light & Magic for five years and has rich experience in computer special effects production.

A Nuwa graphics workstation is placed on the desk of each employee.

Their previous work was mainly responsible for the development and improvement of professional production software for film special effects.

In fact, it is to perfect the "origin engine".

"Origin Engine" comes with two softwares, "Origin Development Kit" and "Origin Movie Maker". The former one makes games, and the latter one specializes in making game movie cg, and has further developed into a software that specializes in making movie CG special effects.

When Tao Feihang saw Zhao Ye coming, he hurriedly said hello.

"Boss, you are here!!!"

Zhao Ye nodded slightly: "Tao Feihang, how are you doing recently?"

"Very good, staying here, I can do research and development with peace of mind. Boss, the "Origin Engine" developed by you is very powerful. On this basis, our team has optimized and perfected the "Origin Film Maker" software. In my opinion , this software is no worse than Industrial Magic Light!DreamWorks under the American Film Studio is currently shooting "Jurassic Park", and our department is responsible for all special effects, such as dinosaur CG modeling, etc..."

Saying that, Tao Feihang led Zhao Ye to a Nuwa graphics workstation, then opened a professional software, and brought out the Tyrannosaurus rex cg model.

Zhao Ye looked at the lifelike Tyrannosaurus rex on the display screen with great interest, every movement looked lifelike, just like a real dinosaur, and the terrifying aura emanating from his body made people feel uneasy. feeling scared.

"Good job, this Tyrannosaurus Rex CG modeling is very good, keep up the good work!" Zhao Ye encouraged Tao Feihang and other team members with a smile on his face.

Tao Feihang and the others couldn't help being moved by Zhao Ye's approval.

Zhao Ye turned his head to look at Tao Feihang at this time, and then asked, "Tao Feihang, is there any difficult problem in the "Digital Light and Magic" department now? "

"Yes! There are two main problems. One is that we lack manpower; the second is that there are too few projects. Except for "Jurassic Park", it is difficult for us to receive films that require a lot of computer special effects."

"Well, I see!" Zhao Ye nodded involuntarily, with a contemplative look on his face. The special effects department of the film needs a lot of projects to support it. Industrial Light and Magic is able to develop so fast because of its backing from Hollywood.

The Chinese film and television industry obviously does not have the same conditions as Hollywood.

If "Digital Light Magic" wants to survive, it probably needs continuous blood transfusion from the parent company.

Perhaps, when "Jurassic Park" is released, there will be Hollywood studios looking for cooperation.

The output value driven by special effects alone is as high as [-] billion U.S. dollars. How can Wujiang Group miss this "gluttonous feast" of movies?

Moreover, Zhao Ye also attaches great importance to the development of film special effects, which requires strong technological support. "Digital Light and Magic" is actually more like a technology company. Its development is related to the development of technologies behind special effects, such as graphics workstations, special effects software, etc...

Therefore, even if "Digital Light Magic" keeps losing money, Zhao Ye will let it continue.

Zhao Ye pondered, if the special effects blockbusters that were popular in his previous life were handed over to "Digital Light and Magic", why would he not be able to support "Digital Light and Magic"?

Many series of computers quickly appeared in Zhao Ye's mind:

"Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Mission Impossible" series, "Harry Potter" series, "Marvel" series, "Lord of the Rings" series, "King Kong" series, "Fast and Furious" series, "Resident Evil" series , "Game of the Brave" series, "Planet of the Apes" series...

"I'll write the script, or buy the copyright back first, and then I won't have to worry about running out of filming!" Zhao Ye couldn't help but move, "This coding is similar to typing codes, the big deal is that I work harder, coding at night, Write the script!"

(End of this chapter)