Before the project of Big Ship was officially launched, no one could tell how long it took to think in James Cameron's mind. However, in late October this year, the film was finally completed after three and a half years of project launch. Not to mention the cost of publicity, the production cost alone cost 200 million US dollars!

Even if it is fifteen years later, this is a very terrifying production cost.⊥

The film is dragging on again and again, and the tyrants on the set keep resenting their votes. It is conceivable how urgent the producers who invested huge amounts of money are to recover their costs.

Most importantly, from the industry to outside the industry, everyone is mocking the big ship, believing that it must sink, especially film critics, who learned that it contained $50 million from Duke, kept sarcastic and simply described him and James Cameron as the biggest fool in Hollywood's history.

Even in "Roger Albert and Siskel Watch Movies", every recent episode will routinely mock the two, and name the film "The Destined Titanic"!

Although there is no doubt that the capabilities of Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox's senior executives would not have been so high, people will always be affected by the external environment, and they have the idea of ​​watching this film in their hearts. According to news from Duke, 20th Century Fox is ready to file for bankruptcy protection after the video failed.

After the completion of "Titanic", Duke flew back to Los Angeles specifically to attend an internal trial meeting held by Fox and Paramount, and then felt completely relieved.

The big ship has a little difference from the past, mainly in terms of details, but this is normal. After all, a director's shooting and editing today will be different from tomorrow's shooting and editing, but what remains unchanged is the quality of the film, Duke believes. Even if the promotion and distribution of the film are as inadequate as before, the possibility of the rise of this film is still infinite!

And it has his $50 million investment, so Duke naturally won't see the film's promotion and promotion on the same path.

In fact, in terms of publicity, just like in the previous life, the sarcasm of the media and film critics, coupled with a huge investment of 200 million US dollars. The popularity of the film is not a problem at all. What the publicity should do is how to spread the good audience reputation as quickly as possible after the film is released or previewed.

The former big ship has fully proved that the audience's reputation can easily turn the prejudice of film critics.

Another is the theater problem. Duke met Shelley Lansing and Townsend Rossman one after another and asked them to try the most theaters as much as possible. Although he claimed that he was optimistic about this film, the senior management on both sides would pay a lot of attention. But the empty words were never convincing, and Duke simply claimed that he was willing to bear the promotion and distribution costs of the film according to the investment ratio!

In the past few years, Duke has proved his market grasp of commercial films. Combined with his active participation in promotion and promotion, Paramount and Fox have increased a lot of confidence. Of course, both sides want to sell the films well, and then stepped up contact with the North American theater alliance to compete for the most theater numbers.

The next one is the trial meeting. The Big Boat used to hold no trials. Duke suggested that before the film was released, it is necessary to hold two to three media, ordinary movie fans and theater representatives to watch the meeting, and use all the means that can be used to feedback the audience's true feelings.

The last one is the premiere, because Japan is willing to pay for a sponsorship, and James Cameron is a standard Japanese culture enthusiast. Paramount and Fox want to put the global premiere of the film in Tokyo.

"We must put the premiere in North America!"

When facing Shelley Lansing and Townsend Rossman, Duke is more like the director of the film. At this point, James Cameron's voice has been reduced infinitely, and he himself is not good to say anything. The fate of this film is actually no longer under his control. "Invite as many stars as possible to attend the premiere, don't forget that this is the premiere of an unprecedented big production!"

Although the North American distribution rights are in the hands of Paramount Pictures, Shelley Lansing still discussed with Townsend Rossman. When Duke returned to Sydney, he received a call from them that the premiere of the film would be in Los Angeles! The film would be released in both Britain and the United States at the same time!

What Duke mentioned is just the most common propaganda method. The film Da Ship does not require any surprisingly alternative propaganda methods. However, the senior executives of Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox are actually a bit unbalanced because of their rush to recover their investment. Duke is just ringing the alarm for them to restore their calmness and calmness. In terms of actual publicity and distribution operations, he is far inferior to the professionals of the two film companies.

Just as Duke returned to the Fox set in Sydney to continue filming, a series of good news was reported to him by two film companies one after another. Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox were no longer independent production companies, and they were supported by a huge media group behind them. As long as they had enough attention and rational minds, they could mobilize a large number of resources without much effort.

By early November, after the film held three trial meetings in succession, the media's views on the film suddenly changed, and the views of many viewers were revealed, and the film was praised by a considerable number of viewers as "unprecedented super exciting"!

The representatives of the theater chain are of course an indispensable part of the trial show. The North American theater chain alliance then reached an agreement with the publisher Paramount that "Titanic" will land in North America on a super-large scale of 3,100 theaters.

Due to his huge investment in the film, Duke also stood up to sway the flag for the film, and specifically accepted an interview with Fox TV's family channel.

"Yes, I've seen this video, I can't describe it. I think it's not too much to add all the words related to praise that I have in it! I know that some people mock it because of prejudice, but the facts will prove how ignorant the ridicule of these people is! When the film is released, everyone will find that a new era has arrived! Film history will be divided into before "Titanic" and after "Titanic"!"

Now everything is ready, and it is only a matter of release. Unless the end of the world comes, there is no force to stop the big ship from shaking the wind and waves!

However, before witnessing the glory of the ship, Duke first had to complete the final filming of "The Matrix".

When mid-November arrived, after seventy days of filming, "The Matrix" had only the last and most technically difficult scene - Bullet Time!

How was the bullet time taken? Duke once saw a lot of information, and the statements of each information were different. He was not a blind follower and would not rashly use those methods on the Internet who knew whether it was reliable to shoot. This was why he was responsible for the advice. Then John Schwartzmann and professionals from Industrial Light and Magic designed the plan, and through experiments, he found the most suitable type from different plans.

"Duke, someone is here to visit your class."

Just after a busy period, Duke heard what his assistant said and couldn't help but turn to see that it was a short and thin girl with a brown ponytail, which was much darker than when she met more than a month ago.

"Hi, Duke." She greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Nat."

Putting the coffee cup in his hand to the assistant, Duke asked curiously, "Why did it suddenly turn black?"

"The crew went out to the desert area for an outdoor scene." Natalie gently stroked her face, "The sun over there is very poisonous, but don't you think it looks healthier?"

She looked at the busy set up set behind Duke and asked embarrassedly, "Did you disturb me?"

"It's okay." Duke shook his head, took the initiative to take the two new cups of coffee from his assistant, handed one of them to Natalie, and took her to the temporary resting place. "I just finished a while and was resting."

The two sat at a table, and Natalie's curious eyes kept sweeping across the set, "I heard that this is your last scene? Why are there so many cameras and cameras arranged?"

"We need to shoot a special scene." Duke briefly explained the concept of bullet time, and then said, "The special effects engineers of Industrial Light and Magic first designed the action, and then used ordinary cameras to complete the shooting. We will scan the picture into the computer and use a specially designed laser guidance and tracking system to develop the camera movement trajectory that captures the last scene."

Duke pointed to the planned shooting site that had been arranged, "Then we placed a large number of cameras in the action path, and each camera only took one still photo. These photos were scanned into the computer. The computer will use this information to generate a coherent motion in the middle of the action, and finally connect a series of pictures through computer special effects to form a complete lens scene."

"It's very complicated and magical." Natalie shook her head, "I still don't understand."

"You're sitting here and watching."

After drinking the coffee in the cup, Duke stood up, "It's not amazing to shoot."

There is nothing magical about the shooting, because Keanu Reeves, wearing a wig, stood in front of the camera and completed an action similar to the Iron Bridge. There was nothing surprising to the naked eye, but after experiencing a large number of blue screen shots in Star Wars, Natalie knew very well that increasingly advanced post-production technology would turn many impossible things into possibilities.

Just in case, Duke took photos of it many times to collect enough materials. When the shooting ended, even with the steel wire hanging, Keanu Reeves was still so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist because he had made too many iron bridges.

"I announce!"

Standing on the green screen surrounded by cameras, Duke shouted, "The filming of the Matrix is ​​officially over!"

As usual, sparse applause rang out, and Duke said, "I rented a private island in Fiji, where our shutdown party will be held!"

After saying that, he left the shooting venue, walked back to the resting place, looked at Natalie who seemed to be in a daze, and tentatively invited, "Nate, can you invite you to our party? I have invited many members of the Star Wars crew to participate." (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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