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During the preliminary preparation and shooting process, only two special effects teams of Industrial Light and Magic and Vita Studio were serving the crew. However, in the post-production, in order to catch up with the summer season in 2006, Duke had to ensure that the complex and cumbersome special effects production could be completed on time, so he hired more special effects studios to join in.

Among them is the same famous visual effects studio in Hollywood. Although this studio is far less than that of Industrial Light and Magic, it also has its own expertise.

However, the special effects production is still mainly Industrial Light and Magic and Vita Studios. New entrants such as Visual Special Effects Studios are more about repairing some of the details.

Just like the first editing that did not follow a fixed logic pattern, Duke was never a rigid person in post-production. The editing was hosted by Mike Dawson, who always adhered to his style. In terms of important special effects production, Duke encouraged special effects artists to create characters and pictures with pioneering thinking, rather than mechanizing the mechanization of his requirements.

This incident was soon made a big fuss by Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. as a promotional point for the early stage of the film.

Phil Sanders, the responsible person of Industrial Light and Magic on the "Iron Man" crew, specifically accepted an interview with Yahoo Entertainment.

"We were all very surprised at Duke's request, and even felt a little scared of some unexpected scenes that were encouraged to create."

He said in response to the interview, "But Duke is a great director. He knows how to inspire the creative enthusiasm of the entire crew. This is a very interesting display. Because, although we are not directly involved in the early stages, we were invited by Duke to contribute our ideas very early. But this is just one of these things... We used to want to get the opportunity to create, but in this movie, we were surprised that we suddenly got so much!"

While post-production, the promotion of "Iron Man" is gradually making efforts.

Of course, there are dedicated people to take charge of these. Duke's main job is to complete the post-production on time with quality and quantity, because after soliciting his opinions, Warner Bros. has selected the current issue for "Iron Man". Just like last year's "Batman: The Moment of War", the opening masterpiece of this Marvel series will be officially released in North America in the summer of 2006.

Perhaps it was because of the direct competition with "Batman: The Moment of War" last year that "Dynasty" and "Air War Heroes" that lost too badly and could not even recover the cost in the end. Many distribution companies didn't say anything, but privately stayed away from this schedule. On the first weekend of May when "Iron Man" was released, there was no competitor of the same magnitude. Only on the weekend two weeks later, will Paramount Pictures' "Charlotte's Net", a film that can make an impression on Duke, be released.

Warner Bros. is solely responsible for the promotion and distribution affairs. Tina Fei, who is Duke's side, participates in the coordination. He doesn't have to worry too much. How to successfully complete the special effects production of the film is his most concerned issue.

After all, special effects are one of the biggest selling points of the film.

In most movies, the special effects shooting of the graphics board is always assisted with small visual effects inputs, and the editor will edit them together, and the sequence frames are sent to the special effects team with relevant instructions to let them understand how to get into the work.

Subsequent meetings where directors participate usually revolve around individual shooting topics, such as questions such as when a character moves too fast or where to move the thing.

Although Duke is not a perfectionist like James Cameron, he will not be easily satisfied. Whenever the special effects department has the latest completed images delivered to him, he will always say to Phil Sanders. "You know, these are far from what we want. These are just preliminary qualifications. Remember. You guys are the top special effects experts in Hollywood."

Duke must make a choice for those shots to be used or special effects that are put together to make them better serve the entire movie.

Therefore, when he becomes working and finds that some of the pictures he produces do not meet the requirements of the film, he will never be furious like James Cameron. Instead, he will try to relax and consider other suitable types to replace them, and then throw them to the special effects group to produce.

Encouraging innovation can also bring problems. For example, these people who are engaged in CG creation are often people with wild thinking, and sometimes their imaginations will inevitably be over-exerted.

In early February, the special effects group was rejected by Duke one after another.

For a long time, the team's post-production privately believed that this was a misuse of digital effects.

Digital effects have become a standard throughout the Hollywood production pipeline. It is not only used to solve problems, add some highlights of show off, but also to create complete scenes and workflows related to the entire movie and product.

However, few directors can recognize the talents of these providers, and few people realize their contribution to the successful comeback of a movie. The special effects group has been rejected by super-large directors like Duke, and they don’t know what to do for a while.

Communication is the best way to resolve differences, and Duke took the initiative to find Phil Sanders, who is responsible for special effects.

Originally, Phil Sanders thought that even if Duke didn't get angry, he would make some harsh criticisms, but Duke did not do so. He knew very well that he should not use some confinement to tie up these wings full of imagination.

Many people, when they mention CG special effects, always think that this is a symbol of low-level, childish and boring movies, and is synonymous with the assembly line mode. But have they ever thought that CG is the same as the real-life shooting and other literary techniques they advocate, and is also the result of a group of imaginative people. When making CG pictures, the imagination and brain cells are put in far more than those who advocate the so-called "dogma95" rules.

Therefore, Duke still focuses on encouragement.

At a brief meeting held by Phil Sanders, Duke released a small, basically useless CG picture and said to these people, "Let's not rush to deny anything first. Let's take two steps back and look at the entire sequence image. It's in the video. How can it serve the story? This shot may never work again, and we may no longer need this shot."

He looked at the special effects masters and said, "But no one can deny it. This is an imaginative and creative image. For me, this is something that is very worthy of promotion in the Iron Man project."

Anyone needs recognition and encouragement. In the crew, the recognition of characters like Duke who combines directors and producers undoubtedly inspires these special effects artists to have more creative enthusiasm.

"Iron Man" is a well-arranged and well-organized project with many interesting things worth doing. Although Duke is not the kind of director who crazyly loves robots, mechanical devices and technology, he has enough reason to like this exciting movie and always maintains a strong interest throughout the entire shooting and production process.

He graduated from the California Institute of Arts. Strictly speaking, he is an academic director. It seems that Duke, who has experienced enough literary films in the academy, should prefer literary and artistic films rather than commercial films. But in this world, who or God has set rules, must an academic director be a literary and artistic director?

Some people like commercial films, some like art films, and everyone has the freedom to choose, but Duke always believes that the movies are made for viewing, and the movies that can be widely supported are the movies he wants to make.

Besides, the director who can pay for one film can really gain power in the Hollywood ecosystem?

From the beginning to now, Duke has never been a simple director.

The simplest question is, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg, looking at the whole world, among the wide audience, who has a better reputation and who has a higher status in Hollywood?

A literary and artistic director has the survival rules of a literary and artistic director, but that is not suitable for Duke at all. If he had chosen a literary and artistic directorial path, could he have the current status?

Even a fool knows that this is absolutely impossible in Hollywood.

Hollywood is a circle that speaks through business achievements.

Although Duke encourages special effects engineers to use their imagination to actively create, the prerequisite for team creation is to maintain a heroic character within the scope of the allowed characters, wearing very suitable human-shaped armor, and being able to fly.

For example, although the flight scene of Iron Man was shot by Robert Downey Jr. using motion capture, Industrial Light and Magic also needs to add a flight effect. The flight scene is one of the many highlights of the film.

The reaction force during the armor flight and the style of the jet spark are both crucial. Industrial Light Magic has produced many versions of the effects for Duke's reference. After several rounds of modification, he finalized the best version.

There are also Iron Man's weapons, especially those exquisite small weapons. It has been too long since Duke cannot remember these details. The design of these small equipment made him rack his brains. Marvel's support played an important role at this time. Kevin Feige brought Duke a complete collection of all the weapons and props used in the Iron Man Bible "Iron Man" for more than 40 years.

Over the past half a century, many outstanding cartoonists have designed many eye-opening magical weapons, which have inspired Duke and weapon special effects expert Adid Grano.

Therefore, movies have never been a product of personal heroism, but the crystallization of close cooperation of a whole team.
Chapter completed!