Chapter 124

Mark, Wally, Kevin, Tom, and little plum. The five of them enjoy science and education documentaries on the IMAX screen of the Los Angeles Academy of Sciences.

IMAX is known as "the ultimate experience of film" ", when watching IMAX movies, you not only use your eyes to watch, but indulge your senses to deceive yourself. With a seven story high, 20 meter wide super large screen, crystal clear pictures, and extremely realistic six channel plus subwoofer, you will feel that you are in the scene, the boundary between reality and illusion is blurred, and you float in a world with all kinds of huge cells In the human body; you stand on the top of the ice covered Antarctica and blow the cold wind with the penguins; you have just dived into the deep blue sea, and a dolphin swam from your hand; you walk in the Cretaceous primitive forest, and the teeth and claws of the dinosaur tongue almost licked your face.

As early as the film preparation, Mark decided to shoot with imxa film to outline the grand opera scene he wanted.

IMAX is a giant screen film developed by IMAX group in Canada. Generally, the commercial 35 cm film is four perforations and one picture. The negative area of IMAX is ten times larger than that of the traditional 35 cm film, and the storage life is also long. The resolution of IMAX film is high, and the picture quality projected onto the screen is particularly clear and natural, even when playing 35 cm film The screen of the film is ten times larger, and the perfect projection can still be presented on the screen. The sharp image without rough grain makes the situation closer to reality.

This imxa picture is perfect, but the shooting cost is huge and complex projection system is required. There are only more than 60 such giant screens in the country. Although this technology has appeared for more than 30 years, it has always existed in scientific and general education institutions such as museums, science and technology museums, planetariums, aquariums and theme parks, and has not been able to enter the film market.

Now the digital deep processing technology developed by imxa company can convert the ordinary 35mm film into IMAX version 70mm film, so as to move Hollywood blockbusters to an unmatched large screen without damaging its "crystal" image quality. Now mark has decided to adopt this technology.

However, mark did not fully adopt the transformation technology. The main big scenes were directly shot with imxa film, and the other scenes were shot with the transformation technology. The transformation technology alone would cost US $2 million, while shooting those big scenes with imxa film would cost US $5 million.

IMAX film refers to the film taken with a 70mm camera when shooting a film. IMAX is an IMAX film

This cost is too high and special production is required. At present, only Robert zemigis's Polar Express has some segments taken by IMAX, except 70mm films, most of which are converted in the later stage. Therefore, even 70mm films are equivalent to the resolution of 6K interpolation, which is not much better than 4K interpolation of digital IMAX.

Because the size is much larger than that of ordinary films, the film feeding speed of IMAX films is also three times that of ordinary films. One frame is projected every six milliseconds. The film projected every second is 1.7 meters long and 103 meters per minute. Therefore, the film length of IMAX films lasting two hours is 12.3 kilometers, which is the reason why they are expensive.

Kevin was also shocked by its grand and realistic scene, but he added $7 million before shooting. This is a pit. This is challenging the authority of the producer. As a producer, he hates James who breaks the rules and tradition. He must stick to the cost and control the budget. He can't add it unless he has to. Now it's just the beginning, not a million As a last resort, he said, "the current cost has risen from 80 million to 120 million. The board of directors has a great opinion on this."

Mark said: "if you follow my plan, 80 million can be made, but you think the CASS lineup is low, which increases the cost. It has nothing to do with me."

Xiao Li was upset when he knew it was him. He said, "the viewing experience of imxa cinema is the ultimate, but how many such giant screen cinemas are there in the country? Around 60, even if the attendance is 100% and the screening is kept day and night, how much box office can it provide? Is it worth investing a lot of money in experiments? "The moment of war" is more like a drama, moving people with stories and performances, rather than a dazzling special effect show like fireworks. "

Mark said, "you're just an actor, but you sound like you know movies better than directors and producers."

Little plum was not angry, and said, "this technology has appeared for more than 30 years, but what has not made great progress?"? Can't get into the film market? Are there only one or two giant screen halls under AMC and national entertainment? That is, the investment is too large, the output is too low, and the return is disproportionate. When we make films, especially hundreds of millions of large-scale productions, the return is the key. If it is an experimental film, we'd better make some low-cost ones. Robert's Polar Express has invested 170 million. It has three versions of 2D, 3D and imxa respectively. However, from the current trial, the prospect is bleak, Barry must regret having invested so much money in an experimental film. "

Polar Express is an animated film released by Warner Bros. directed by Robert zemigis and voiced by Tom Hanks and Josh Hutcheson. Although Polar Express is a computer-made film, it is completely different from animation. There is no live performance in the animated film, but polar express The smiles and smiles of Chinese animation images are performed by real people. However, the film uses the revolutionary technology of "motion capture", and the real performance images are digitized. In addition, it also adopts imxa film shooting and post conversion, as well as 3D version, so its success is so amazing.

James Sloan swept the world with Avatar, breaking the global box office record of beimi for more than ten years, making 3D and imxa technology popular all over the world. In fact, this is not the most advanced technology. Before that, Robert zemigris has played 3D and imxa technology, but the disastrous defeat of Polar Express has not promoted these two technologies.

Little plum blocks the knife for Kevin. Instead of being happy, he is worried. The famous director and star star can't pee in a pot. As a producer, he has to be a grindstone. He has to say politely: "cost, cost must be controlled. Now, the board of directors won't agree to add cost."

Mark said: "convince them that you want to build a classic blockbuster series. You have invested 170 million in bad films such as Troy. Batman is not willing to spend money. I can sign an agreement to add the seven million. If the box office of beimi does not exceed 150 million, the seven million will be deducted from my share."

Wouldn't that be 0k? Kevin immediately agreed to the deal.

And mark winked at Tom as if he didn't see it. Tom sighed. When the boy was fine, he was more clever than a ghost, and when he was stupid, he was more stupid than anyone else. He took the initiative to be the big head of injustice.

IMAX is the only company involved in the pre production. The director will also design and create single customized scenes for IMAX.

In the later stage after shooting, the picture and sound channel of the film will be recorded again to provide unparalleled picture quality and sound effect and maximize the viewing experience of IMAX cinema.

IMAX will directly cooperate with the director to sharpen the picture, remove the picture particles and defects, and improve the resolution through the unique digital original reproduction technology (DMR), so as to improve the picture quality, create the best picture quality as far as possible, and play it in the best projection system in the world. These technologies are only part of the reason for IMAX to achieve higher brightness, color saturation and contrast. In addition, in the process of IMAX digital original reproduction technology, the channel is remixed by making full use of the ductility of the dynamic range of the sound system.

Therefore, Kevin must immediately contact the people of imxa's Hollywood office. Fortunately, they have a cooperative relationship with Warner. They immediately contacted the business. They are very happy. They immediately sent a most professional team to join Mark's team to assist mark in their shooting and production.

Imxa technology has been around for more than 30 years. It can only play some high-definition documentaries in science museums and museums. They know that if the company wants to be bigger, it must be commercialized. Hollywood is undoubtedly their key lobbying object, but no company intended to spend a lot of money to shoot films with only 60 screens in the country. It's silly to be a human experiment.

Robert, the great director, has the courage to try and innovate. He tried this technology in his blockbusters. They cooperated very well and sent the best team to cooperate with his shooting and production. In order to promote this technology, they basically joined the production at a high price. There is no profit. Now the good news is coming and the second business is coming, Similarly, an internationally famous director paid attention to this technology, and they seemed to see the hope of promoting this technology.

Kevin suggested that he ask Robert for his shooting skills in this regard. Everyone is in the same vein as Warner. He can thread the needle on his behalf. Mark is not interested in this. It's OK to have the guidance of imxa professional technicians. Wally will provide solutions with the other party in case of problems. With Robert, we are peers. Peers are like enemies. Is Kevin really stupid or fake stupid?

Mark was upset when he saw the little plum: "obviously, you didn't do any physical exercise."

"With so many parties to attend and so many hot girls to offer, I don't have time to stay in the gym," Li said

Mark said: "you are not the actor I selected. Just your appearance, you are very inconsistent. Bruce Wayne, who presides over justice and fights crime, is not a waste of excessive wine and sex. If you give me trouble in the crew, I won't be polite."

Little plum disapproved and said, "fire me? Can you do that? Guys, I don't care much about this role. "

Mark said, "I know. You're here to disgust me."

Little plum didn't deny it and said, "maybe? If Barry Ken did that, I wouldn't care. I don't lack a job. "