Is the special effects of "Terminator" made with this thing?
Kang Jianfei picked up a robot model that was more than yards long on the table and asked. He was not very familiar with the original special effects technology, because after decades, he basically used computer CG technology to make special effects, and he thought how cool and advanced the Hollywood special effects were at this time.
After Zeng Bolin translated Kang Jianfei's words, a white man wearing glasses next to him said: If Mr. Kang invested more than a few million, maybe I could make a full-scale robot.
The speaker is the future Hollywood special effects master Stan Winston, who used to be a makeup artist at Disney Company and formed Winston Studios (SWS) 11 years ago.
For the future movies such as the Alien 2, Terminator series, Jurassic Park series, Iron Man series and other movies, the special effects in them are all from Winston Studios (Industrial Light and Magic also have collaborative participation, for example, the liquid robot in Terminator 2 is made by Industrial Light and Magic, while "Jurassic Park" is composed by Winston Studios, and Industrial Light and Magic is responsible for digital technology).
Although Stan Winston won the Emmy Award a few years ago, compared with the famous regular army industrial light and magic, Winston Studio was still at the guerrilla level at this time.
Winston Studio's reputation is due to the "Terminator" he collaborated with Cameron, and since then, the two have become good friends.
Kang Jianfei, Tsui Hark and Zeng Bolin knew nothing about special effects technology. When Cameron started shooting, he could only stand beside him and observe silently.
The scene I am shooting is now about the injury of a robot played by Schwarzenegger. The special effect technology used is to freeze shooting of miniature models, which is commonly known as rock animation.
This is not a trendy technology. There was rock animation decades ago, but the filming of "Terminator" was made with a robot model.
Winston discussed with Cameron, and then the two discussed with the photographer for a while, and then began to operate the robot model by Winston. Basically, if you do an action, you will stop and shoot again.
Just like the puppet show in China, Winston used metal wire to pull the robot to do some simple movements, and kept changing the model during the shooting.
The rock cartoons that were filmed for children were rough and the frame loss was very serious, but the filming of "Terminator" could not cut corners like this, and the picture had to be smooth so that the audience could not see the flaws.
So, Cameron had to spend several days shooting the shots in just over ten seconds in the movie, and I don’t know how many robot models were used.
Tsui Hark shook his head and sighed: This kind of special effects can be done in Hong Kong, but not many investors are willing to waste money like this, and our model is not as refined as Hollywood.
How are you talking to Industrial Light and Magic?Kang Jianfei casually asked Tsui Hark while looking at Winston's control model.
Tsui Hark carried a bag with him, took out a few pieces of paper and handed it to Kang Jianfei and said: The design drawings have been made.
Kang Jianfei took it over and saw a concept design drawing of various monsters and magic weapons on it. He asked with a smile: Have you only made these after you have been in Hollywood for more than a month?
Tsui Hark nodded and said: They are all made by Industrial Light and Magic people. After returning to Hong Kong, they can make the design drawings into real objects.
While taking advantage of the filming break, Kang Jianfei carefully learned about the Hollywood special effects production with Winston, and then he realized that he was a bit too optimistic about setting up a special effects department at DreamWorks.
The biggest bottleneck in the growth and development of Hollywood special effects companies or studios is not that science and technology are not developed enough, but that it is difficult to survive by spending too much money.
For example, the famous Industrial Light and Magic is the most famous and powerful special effects company in Hollywood today, but this company is losing money almost every year, and Lucas has to make money by making movies to support Industrial Light and Magic.
As for Stan Winston's special effects studio, he was even more miserable. He could hold on for more than ten years and did not close the door. It can only be said that Winston is a persistent person.
The development environment of Hong Kong's special effects companies is even worse. After all, few investors are willing to spend money on special effects. They would rather invite more big stars to attract box office.
If DreamWorks set up a special effects department, the most likely situation is that they will not receive a single order in two or three years...
Kang Jianfei glanced at the pile of robot models on the ground and suddenly asked: Mr. Winston, does your studio need funds?
What?Stan Winston didn't know what Kang Jianfei meant.
I mean, I'm very interested in your studio and want to invest in it.Kang Jianfei explained.
That...that's great!
Stan Winston said incredibly that his current studio can only be barely maintained, and sometimes he has to do other jobs to make money to subsidize, and there is a kid...
Oh no, there is a funder who can invest money in, which is as exciting as winning a lottery.
If Kang Jianfei uses money to buy Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas will definitely not sell it, but it is easy to invest in Winston Studio, which is not yet developed.
Not to mention anything else, just after "Terminator" is popular, Winston Studio will definitely become famous. If Kang Jianfei doesn't want to play anymore, he can make a small profit by selling it.
The crew got off work on time in the evening. Kang Jianfei invited James Cameron and Anne Hurd to a nearby bar to have a drink, and talked about the progress of "Terminator".
James Cameron said: It will take at least one month to complete the filming, and it will take about a month later.
Kang Jianfei felt relieved: In other words, he was just about to be released on Christmas?
Time is a bit too tight, I'm afraid I can't get much canvas.James Cameron said with some concern.
Anne Hurd smiled and said: As far as I know, there are no good movies in the second half of the year of 20th Century Fox. As long as they are optimistic about "Terminator", then there will definitely be no problem with the release of Christmas.
Kang Jianfei raised his glass and said: Then I wish the Terminator a big box office success!
It's worth a spoil!Anne Hurd shouted in broken Chinese.
……
Kang Jianfei's cooperation with Stan Winston went smoothly. The result of the two discussions was: Winston Studio (SWS) was renamed Conwinston Company (KWC), and Kang Jianfei injected $800,000 into KWC at one time and obtained 80% of the company's shares.
Winston's studio was changed to a company, and with the redistribution of equity, these things cannot be handled in one or two days.
Kang Jianfei didn't have time to waste it on it, so he hired a professional lawyer to be fully responsible for the matter. He only needed to sign the contract sent by the lawyer.
When leaving Los Angeles, not only Tsui Hark and several special effects engineers from Industrial Light and Magic came along, but Rosamund Kwan also returned to Hong Kong, but was blocked by reporters at the airport.
The reporters' firepower was immediately directed at Kang Jianfei and asked: Mr. Kang, are you and director Tsui Hark going to make a new film Ah again?
Mr. Kang, I heard that the film you worked with Jiahe is about to start. Is Miss Guan the second heroine in the film?
Mr. Kang, the recently popular "Doctor of the Lambs", I heard that you are not only the producer of the film, but also participated in the screenwriter. Don’t you think this movie is too bloody?
Mr. Kang, who are these foreign friends around you?
……
Kang Jianfei felt more than a dozen fly flying around in his ears. With his thief-free personality, he naturally could not miss the opportunity to promote the movie when encountering these reporters. He immediately pushed Tsui Hark ahead and said: If you have any questions, you can ask Tsui Hark, he is the protagonist today.
Tsui Hark was not very good at speaking. He coughed and said: I do have a new film to be filmed, which is adapted from "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu.Thanks to Mr. Kang's trust and care, the budget investment of "New Shushan Swordsman" is HK$35 million. These are special effects masters I invited from Hollywood, and they are also the special effects team of "Star Wars".
35 million!
The special effects team of "Star Wars"!
More than a dozen reporters at the airport did not expect to ask such big news. They were simply going out to beat a rabbit. The rabbit ran away and hit a fat sheep!
You know, so far, there is no Hong Kong film with a cost of more than 20 million yuan. Now Kang Jianfei is going to invest 35 million yuan in Tsui Hark to make a new film.
The reporters immediately went crazy and hurriedly chased Tsui Hark: Director Xu, who is the male and female protagonist of "New Shushan"?
Tsui Hark glanced at Kang Jianfei and saw Kang Jianfei nodding slightly, he said: The male lead is tentatively appointed by Adam Cheng.
The male protagonist is actually Qiu Guan. Does Sir Shao agree to release him?
The reporters were even more excited. The news that Adam Cheng starred in Dream Factory's new film was no less explosive than Kang Jianfei's investment of 35 million to make a blockbuster.
Kang Jianfei laughed at the right time: Qiu Guan’s contract with Wireless Channel is about to expire. He has decided to sign in to Oriental Entertainment Company, and Miss Zhao Yazhi is also transferred.By the way, Miss Zhao is also one of the heroines in "New Shushan".
Kang Jianfei picked up a robot model that was more than yards long on the table and asked. He was not very familiar with the original special effects technology, because after decades, he basically used computer CG technology to make special effects, and he thought how cool and advanced the Hollywood special effects were at this time.
After Zeng Bolin translated Kang Jianfei's words, a white man wearing glasses next to him said: If Mr. Kang invested more than a few million, maybe I could make a full-scale robot.
The speaker is the future Hollywood special effects master Stan Winston, who used to be a makeup artist at Disney Company and formed Winston Studios (SWS) 11 years ago.
For the future movies such as the Alien 2, Terminator series, Jurassic Park series, Iron Man series and other movies, the special effects in them are all from Winston Studios (Industrial Light and Magic also have collaborative participation, for example, the liquid robot in Terminator 2 is made by Industrial Light and Magic, while "Jurassic Park" is composed by Winston Studios, and Industrial Light and Magic is responsible for digital technology).
Although Stan Winston won the Emmy Award a few years ago, compared with the famous regular army industrial light and magic, Winston Studio was still at the guerrilla level at this time.
Winston Studio's reputation is due to the "Terminator" he collaborated with Cameron, and since then, the two have become good friends.
Kang Jianfei, Tsui Hark and Zeng Bolin knew nothing about special effects technology. When Cameron started shooting, he could only stand beside him and observe silently.
The scene I am shooting is now about the injury of a robot played by Schwarzenegger. The special effect technology used is to freeze shooting of miniature models, which is commonly known as rock animation.
This is not a trendy technology. There was rock animation decades ago, but the filming of "Terminator" was made with a robot model.
Winston discussed with Cameron, and then the two discussed with the photographer for a while, and then began to operate the robot model by Winston. Basically, if you do an action, you will stop and shoot again.
Just like the puppet show in China, Winston used metal wire to pull the robot to do some simple movements, and kept changing the model during the shooting.
The rock cartoons that were filmed for children were rough and the frame loss was very serious, but the filming of "Terminator" could not cut corners like this, and the picture had to be smooth so that the audience could not see the flaws.
So, Cameron had to spend several days shooting the shots in just over ten seconds in the movie, and I don’t know how many robot models were used.
Tsui Hark shook his head and sighed: This kind of special effects can be done in Hong Kong, but not many investors are willing to waste money like this, and our model is not as refined as Hollywood.
How are you talking to Industrial Light and Magic?Kang Jianfei casually asked Tsui Hark while looking at Winston's control model.
Tsui Hark carried a bag with him, took out a few pieces of paper and handed it to Kang Jianfei and said: The design drawings have been made.
Kang Jianfei took it over and saw a concept design drawing of various monsters and magic weapons on it. He asked with a smile: Have you only made these after you have been in Hollywood for more than a month?
Tsui Hark nodded and said: They are all made by Industrial Light and Magic people. After returning to Hong Kong, they can make the design drawings into real objects.
While taking advantage of the filming break, Kang Jianfei carefully learned about the Hollywood special effects production with Winston, and then he realized that he was a bit too optimistic about setting up a special effects department at DreamWorks.
The biggest bottleneck in the growth and development of Hollywood special effects companies or studios is not that science and technology are not developed enough, but that it is difficult to survive by spending too much money.
For example, the famous Industrial Light and Magic is the most famous and powerful special effects company in Hollywood today, but this company is losing money almost every year, and Lucas has to make money by making movies to support Industrial Light and Magic.
As for Stan Winston's special effects studio, he was even more miserable. He could hold on for more than ten years and did not close the door. It can only be said that Winston is a persistent person.
The development environment of Hong Kong's special effects companies is even worse. After all, few investors are willing to spend money on special effects. They would rather invite more big stars to attract box office.
If DreamWorks set up a special effects department, the most likely situation is that they will not receive a single order in two or three years...
Kang Jianfei glanced at the pile of robot models on the ground and suddenly asked: Mr. Winston, does your studio need funds?
What?Stan Winston didn't know what Kang Jianfei meant.
I mean, I'm very interested in your studio and want to invest in it.Kang Jianfei explained.
That...that's great!
Stan Winston said incredibly that his current studio can only be barely maintained, and sometimes he has to do other jobs to make money to subsidize, and there is a kid...
Oh no, there is a funder who can invest money in, which is as exciting as winning a lottery.
If Kang Jianfei uses money to buy Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas will definitely not sell it, but it is easy to invest in Winston Studio, which is not yet developed.
Not to mention anything else, just after "Terminator" is popular, Winston Studio will definitely become famous. If Kang Jianfei doesn't want to play anymore, he can make a small profit by selling it.
The crew got off work on time in the evening. Kang Jianfei invited James Cameron and Anne Hurd to a nearby bar to have a drink, and talked about the progress of "Terminator".
James Cameron said: It will take at least one month to complete the filming, and it will take about a month later.
Kang Jianfei felt relieved: In other words, he was just about to be released on Christmas?
Time is a bit too tight, I'm afraid I can't get much canvas.James Cameron said with some concern.
Anne Hurd smiled and said: As far as I know, there are no good movies in the second half of the year of 20th Century Fox. As long as they are optimistic about "Terminator", then there will definitely be no problem with the release of Christmas.
Kang Jianfei raised his glass and said: Then I wish the Terminator a big box office success!
It's worth a spoil!Anne Hurd shouted in broken Chinese.
……
Kang Jianfei's cooperation with Stan Winston went smoothly. The result of the two discussions was: Winston Studio (SWS) was renamed Conwinston Company (KWC), and Kang Jianfei injected $800,000 into KWC at one time and obtained 80% of the company's shares.
Winston's studio was changed to a company, and with the redistribution of equity, these things cannot be handled in one or two days.
Kang Jianfei didn't have time to waste it on it, so he hired a professional lawyer to be fully responsible for the matter. He only needed to sign the contract sent by the lawyer.
When leaving Los Angeles, not only Tsui Hark and several special effects engineers from Industrial Light and Magic came along, but Rosamund Kwan also returned to Hong Kong, but was blocked by reporters at the airport.
The reporters' firepower was immediately directed at Kang Jianfei and asked: Mr. Kang, are you and director Tsui Hark going to make a new film Ah again?
Mr. Kang, I heard that the film you worked with Jiahe is about to start. Is Miss Guan the second heroine in the film?
Mr. Kang, the recently popular "Doctor of the Lambs", I heard that you are not only the producer of the film, but also participated in the screenwriter. Don’t you think this movie is too bloody?
Mr. Kang, who are these foreign friends around you?
……
Kang Jianfei felt more than a dozen fly flying around in his ears. With his thief-free personality, he naturally could not miss the opportunity to promote the movie when encountering these reporters. He immediately pushed Tsui Hark ahead and said: If you have any questions, you can ask Tsui Hark, he is the protagonist today.
Tsui Hark was not very good at speaking. He coughed and said: I do have a new film to be filmed, which is adapted from "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu.Thanks to Mr. Kang's trust and care, the budget investment of "New Shushan Swordsman" is HK$35 million. These are special effects masters I invited from Hollywood, and they are also the special effects team of "Star Wars".
35 million!
The special effects team of "Star Wars"!
More than a dozen reporters at the airport did not expect to ask such big news. They were simply going out to beat a rabbit. The rabbit ran away and hit a fat sheep!
You know, so far, there is no Hong Kong film with a cost of more than 20 million yuan. Now Kang Jianfei is going to invest 35 million yuan in Tsui Hark to make a new film.
The reporters immediately went crazy and hurriedly chased Tsui Hark: Director Xu, who is the male and female protagonist of "New Shushan"?
Tsui Hark glanced at Kang Jianfei and saw Kang Jianfei nodding slightly, he said: The male lead is tentatively appointed by Adam Cheng.
The male protagonist is actually Qiu Guan. Does Sir Shao agree to release him?
The reporters were even more excited. The news that Adam Cheng starred in Dream Factory's new film was no less explosive than Kang Jianfei's investment of 35 million to make a blockbuster.
Kang Jianfei laughed at the right time: Qiu Guan’s contract with Wireless Channel is about to expire. He has decided to sign in to Oriental Entertainment Company, and Miss Zhao Yazhi is also transferred.By the way, Miss Zhao is also one of the heroines in "New Shushan".
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