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Chapter 550 Promotion of New Technology

Because of the joint acquisition of Ryan and James Cameron, IMAX has sufficient funds, and the tyrant on the set is also a technical maniac. He has many unique ideas about the new 3D and cameras, but all he lacks is technical support.

With the lead of Ryan and the other two, Imax has established some cooperative relationships with Sony Electronics in many aspects, which have brought about technological innovations.

The most typical thing is that after several years of development, the cost of converting traditional movies into imax format using IMAX company DMR reproduction technology has dropped sharply, and more and more film companies have begun to pay attention to this imaging technology originally used in planetariums.

Although IMAX venues are still limited at present, their traces can be easily found in capital cities such as New York and Los Angeles and the United States.

Strictly counting, the first fully imax-like commercial blockbuster in this world is "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution", and "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Twin Towers" is the second one.

Compared with Hollywood industry insiders, imax is still unfamiliar with ordinary audiences, and its ticket price is several times that of ordinary cinemas.

The reason why the North American film market is so prosperous is that movie ticket prices are basically not worth mentioning compared to revenue.

The excessive ticket prices and limited venues all limit the number of viewers in the imax version of "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Twin Towers", but those who are lucky enough to watch this version will definitely not regret the ticket price of twenty dollars.

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"The huge screen, explosive sound effects, and Howard Shaw's heart-wrenching sound music can only be felt in IMAX."

Some movie fans who watched this version wrote this online.

At the same time, James Cameron also completed his latest work, using the latest camera to go to the sinking ground of the Titanic, filmed a documentary "The Deep Sea Ghost", and recently completed post-production.

Shortly after the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers", he informed Ryan of the news. So the two jointly invited well-known Hollywood directors and leaders of major companies to enjoy the work up close at an IMAX theater in Los Angeles.

The audio-visual effects of movies can be described as unparalleled for this era.

Of course, the technology is not yet fully mature. When I took off my 3D glasses, Ryan obviously felt discomfort in his eyes. There were many people looking around and rubbing his eyes gently.

He and James Cameron jointly invited these people to come, not just to allow them to experience the effect up close.

The cinema is not a place to talk about things, and then everyone went to a nearby hotel. Ryan had already asked someone to prepare a cocktail party, and everyone came directly to the grand banquet hall on the second floor of the hotel.

Not many people have entered here, but no matter which one is a heavyweight in Hollywood.

Almost all the heads of film companies such as Paramount, Sony Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox came, and all the first-line directors such as George Lucas, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis, and Stephen Spielberg were also present.

After all, it is no secret that Ryan and James Cameron's promotion of IMAX technology is in Hollywood, and many people realize that this is likely to be another revolution in the film industry.

And those who have watched the imax video before vaguely realize that the era of special effects may no longer be stopped.

"Because the camera is too bulky, in fact, only eight scenes in the entire film were completely shot by the camera."

James Cameron held the wine glass and talked in front of everyone, "But the effect after the production was amazing."

“It’s true.”

Robert Zemikis raised his wine glass to everyone and said, "I have watched all the two converted imax videos, which is indeed a bit worse than the "Deep Sea Ghost" just now."

"But the camera requires two 65mm films at the same time." Spielberg held his eyes and frowned. "This will further increase the cost of the movie and the risk of investment will also increase."

"And there are theaters."

Shirley Lansing took over the topic, "Building an IMAX theater is expensive, and the theater chain will definitely have concerns."

If Imax could be easily promoted, Ryan would not have put in such a lot of effort to bring these people together. There must be difficulties, but future returns can also be expected.

"Everyone, don't forget that compared to the trends that may be triggered in the future and the benefits obtained, the current investment is actually nothing."

Standing beside James Cameron, Ryan finally spoke, "I believe everyone has also seen the audience's response to the imax version of "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Twin Towers". This is a much more audio-visual enjoyment than ordinary movies. The box office statistics for the first week have been released. What is the single-scene box office of an ordinary screen? And imax is more than ten times that of it."

Ryan knew very well that interests were the best way to impress these people. "I believe everyone knew very well that the population in North America has stabilized on a number over the years, and the number of moviegoers cannot grow significantly. How should the North American market be developed? Where can we find new growth points?"

In fact, although there are concerns, these people also know the benefits of implementing 3D and IMAX.

So, as Ryan walked towards the camera and projector placed in the banquet hall, the rest followed. "3d and imax are one of our new growth points." He gently patted the huge camera.

Promoting these two technologies requires a long and complicated process. Ryan did not expect Hollywood to lead the 3D and IMAX waves around the world in a short period of time. That is impossible. The most realistic way is to impress ordinary audiences with one excellent video of this type.

All of the people who came to the cocktail party were busy. After discussing the feasibility of promoting these two technologies in the future and the expected prospects, most of them chose to say goodbye.

Of course, James Cameron's "Deep Sea Ghost" still played a lot of role. When George Lucas left, he mentioned to Ryan that he would consider imaxing "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith".

Robert Zemikis is more direct. He talked about the new movie he was preparing to take over, the cartoon "Polar Express" invested by Warner. This animated feature will definitely be produced in the imax format.

"Jim, how is it like diving?" Ryan and James Cameron finally left the banquet hall.

"Ryan, you really should go to the bottom of the sea to see the ship in person."

The two walked along the passage and towards the hotel door. James Cameron talked about his biggest hobby, "The seabed is a very wonderful world. The ship has been lying on the Atlantic Ocean for nearly a hundred years, and it is still so charming."

"If there is really a heart of the ocean in the ship."

When he walked out of the hotel first, the tyrant got into the same car as him on the set. Ryan made a driving gesture to the driver and continued the topic just now, "I will definitely organize someone to fish the boat up."

"Then you have endless disputes with the UK." James Cameron said the troubles that often occur when salvaging shipwrecks.

Ryan did not answer his topic, but asked another thing, "Some time ago, I heard Arnold mention that you are going to dive in the Mariana Trench?"

"Yes." Cameron nodded and said seriously, "My goal this time is the deepest part of the Mariana Trench."

"What about "Terminator 3"?" Ryan remembered that he had looked for his film company some time ago, "Don't say that Twentieth Century Fox hasn't found you."

"I made a statement at the beginning." James Cameron shook his head directly, "The Terminator series ends in the second part."

After saying that, he looked at Ryan, "They have you found you? Want you to continue playing John Connor?"

"That's right."

Last year, Ryan sold the Terminator series to Twentieth Century Fox as a quotation, and they immediately put the sequel on the agenda, "But I refused, I have a job to deal with, and I will film the third part of Star Wars Prequel next year, and there is not so much time at all."

"Arnold agreed to continue to star in t800." James Cameron sighed, "I also agreed to be the supervisor of Twentieth Century Fox."

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This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's last time as the protagonist of the movie before he ran for governor, and it is also a good opportunity to promote himself. He will definitely not miss it.

After returning from New York some time ago, Ryan also attended Schwarzenegger's fundraising party and contributed a large amount of political contributions to his old friends.

When you reach your current status, it is also a necessary choice to find your own interests through some methods.

"Where is your alien story?"

The car gradually entered the Burbank city area, and Ryan mentioned the script that James Cameron had been preparing, "When will we start preparing."

"You seem very interested?" James Cameron couldn't help but squeeze his chin, "Ryan, I remember you promised to invest in my next movie."

"Of course." Ryan nodded first, and then said, "The premise is that you won't chase me to increase investment without limit, Jim."

"As long as I'm ready, I will be the first to notify you."

James Cameron knew that there were not many investors in Hollywood as generous as Ryan. "Our cooperation has always been very pleasant, Ryan."

The car was parked in front of the Disney headquarters building in Burbank. James Cameron pushed the door and walked out of the car. He was coming here to discuss the release of "Deep Sea Ghost".

"I'm still waiting to continue working and then break the world box office record again." Ryan said in a joking tone before James Cameron closed the door.
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