Venice, a small town in the West Side of Los Angeles, is known for its beaches, canals and street artists. Venice Beach, facing the Pacific Ocean, is world-famous, but in the minds of movie lovers, these cannot represent Venice, because the studio of the tyrant, technician, truck driver and the King of the World James Cameron is located here.

Walking into the studio, a staff member immediately led Ryan to the special effects room where James Cameron works.

"Hi, Jim."

Saying hello to James Cameron standing in front of a row of LCD screens, Ryan stood beside him, waiting for the truck driver to finish the work at hand.

He is dealing with the detailed environment of Pandora with technicians. At present, most special effects are still in the modeling and rendering stage. In addition to the few Namei people captured by the motion, the picture is full of three-dimensional lines.

Disney has invested more than 200 million US dollars in this project. If the later promotion is included, this number will definitely double. Even if Ryan is full of confidence in James Cameron, as the group's creative director, he still has to pay attention to this project from time to time.

He did not interfere with the other party's creation, but reminded Cameron as much as possible that timeouts and overspending are OK, but there must be a limit. After all, Cameron is not a director like Michael Bell who is very careful in business.

After waiting for about half an hour, James Cameron put down his work and invited Ryan's "Long" and "Wind" literature to walk out of the special effects room and go to the studio's lounge to have coffee together.

"Although it was affected by some of the strikes."

Sitting at the coffee table, Cameron gently rubbed his forehead, "But the live shooting stage is about to end, and I will return to Wellington next week to continue the rest of my work."

Because of the relationship between Vita Studio, which undertakes special effects and the tax-free policy provided by the New Zealand government, the live action capture of "Avatar" is all conducted in the studio in Wellington. Although there were a series of difficulties, compared with the later CGI special effects, live shooting is simpler.

“Where is the production cost?”

Putting down the coffee cup, Ryan asked the question he was most concerned about, "The latest $30 million should be paid, right?"

"It's already here." Cameron made a reassuring gesture to Ryan, "Ryan, I promise that the production cost of the video will not exceed $250 million."

This number is indeed not high, not as good as Warner's "Return of Superman".

"I've convinced the board of directors." Ryan said slowly, "Disney will pay at least $250 million in publicity costs..."

He paused, "Jim, the No. 500 million super movie in history is a good publicity shush."

"I will cooperate with you." James Cameron nodded. He obviously agreed with this plan.

"The film is scheduled to be released next year." Ryan carefully considered it, "It's 12 years since the summer of 1997 "Titanic", so that's it. James Cameron is preparing for a twelve-year big production..."

"Ryan."

The tyrant raised his hand and interrupted him, "Since Titanic, you have given me the greatest support. We are partners, and I will fully cooperate with Disney's publicity plan."

"Don't worry, Jim." Ryan leaned on the back of the chair. "We try not to disturb your work until the video is finished."

Then, the two talked about some of the shooting situations like chatting.

In order to meet the shooting requirements of "Avatar", James Cameron and Imax have improved their 3D digital photography system. To this end, a fu-private on3D camera system was specially established, which includes 11-channel motion control dual-lens synchronous zoom, follow-focus and aperture control, convergence control between the two machines, baseline control, and mirror control to maintain bracket balance, especially for the installation of Stenikon.

"Every day we have to carefully check almost all the lenses to ensure that the lighting is normal, the convergence and baseline are correct. This is a very heavy labor, but it is very necessary."

When talking about complex shooting, Cameron seemed a little anxious. "The two cameras were particularly prone to problems at first, and sometimes it was a challenge to match them. If one of them was a little bit immobile, the 3D effect of the entire lens would be ruined."

Although Ryan hadn't gone to Wellington, he could guess the difficulty. Even Michael Bay, after shooting every day, he would check the shots with the camera guide one by one to find out the problem and solve it in time. It is conceivable what perfectionist James Cameron would do.

There is no doubt that the achievements of "Avatar" in digital stereo and virtual photography technology will be great. Its appearance will bring a strong driving effect to the digital stereo film form, production concept and technology, and will surely become one of the important milestones in the entire history of film development.

As Cameron said, "Our technology is five years ahead of us now, but in five years these technologies will become common tools for everyone."

This technical maniac will surely lead to another revolution in the film industry.

After following the producer Jon Landau chatted a few more times, Ryan said goodbye and left James Cameron's studio. After leaving the small town of Venice, he headed straight to Disney Animation Studio in Burbank.

Last year's "Tanghai" won a global box office of $592.89 million worldwide. Although it is incomparable to the two animated feature films from Pixar Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios, this is the best-responsive and highest-grossing animated feature film in Disney's animation since the new century. More importantly, its success has freed Disney from the shackles of the traditional fairy tale model and determined the more proactive role status of female protagonists.

At present, Disney Animation has started several major productions at the same time, the most focused project is "The Great Snow Adventure" adapted from "Snow Queen" and an unnamed project adapted from "The Six Heroes" of Marvel Comics.

At Ryan's suggestion, Disney and Marvel Comics finally put it on the agenda for formal operation after investigation and argumentation.

"Hi, John."

Walking into a music practice room, Ryan shook hands with producer John Lassett and director Jennifer Lee, respectively, "Where is Taylor? Has she not arrived yet?"

"She was talking to Mr. Christopher Baker who was the soundtrack in another lounge."

Just as John Lasset was talking, the door was pushed open from outside. Taylor, wearing casual clothes, walked in with a middle-aged man. Under the introduction of Jennifer Lee, Ryan learned that this was the musician Christopher Baker that Disney found according to his request.

“Are you supplemented?”

Ryan asked when Taylor came over.

That song is too long since now, and he still remembers clearly. He has basically forgotten everything else, so he can only write some clips and give them to Taylor to supplement them.

Taylor didn't say anything, walked to his band, gestured to him with an ok' gesture, and then communicated with several people in the band.

"Jane." She looked at the director, "Can you start?"

Jennifer Lee asked for the opinions of others and nodded to Taylor, and the melodious piano accompaniment sound floated.

Standing there confidently, Taylor gently activated his singing voice.

"The snow covered the mountains tonight, burying my footprints behind me. In this lonely white country, I am the queen of ice and snow. The strong wind roared, and my heart was surging and could not calm down. No matter how hard I tried, I could no longer hide..."

In the empty room, there were only Taylor's singing and the band's accompaniment.

"Close your true heart and don't let others see clearly, and now you are seen clearly..., the secret has been revealed to the world..."

Taylor tried to use his singing voice to drive people's thoughts and sing in the wind and snow. A crystal-bright ice and snow castle was presented in her singing. The bright colors, crystal clear texture, magnificent scenes, and the Gulte wind singing full of emotional tension, the listeners couldn't help but agree...

This can be said to be the greatest power of a saliva song or a brainwashing song.

",, don't expect me to go back to the past, stand here, no longer hide, let the roar of the wind, I'm never afraid of being frozen for thousands of miles..."

Perhaps it was because of his own style, or perhaps it was because of his lack of sufficient practice, and in the last part of the singing style that required a high range, Taylor seemed to have insufficient explosive power.

But even so, it is enough to satisfy these people in the field.

"Ice and Snow Adventure" is positioned as a traditional Disney song and dance feature film. The theme song as the main tone is very important. This song is enough to relieve Jennifer Lee and John Lasset, and it is enough to allow Christopher Baker, who serves as the soundtrack to produce more music.

“The song is OK.”

After the band stopped, Christopher Baker directly expressed his opinion, "The song is concise and catchy, and is very suitable as an animation for the teen market."

"As for the candidates for singing..." Jennifer Lee seemed to be afraid that Taylor would regret it, so he deliberately said in front of Ryan, "Miss Swift has agreed to dubbing Elsa."

Taylor shrugged Ryan in cooperation. This was not the first time she had dubbed an animation.

The next thing had nothing to do with Taylor. Ryan and John Lasette discussed some things about production until the night fell and left Disney animation studio.

Throwing away his band, Taylor also got into his Rolls-Royce RV.

"Charlie and I made an appointment to have supper together," she said with a striking remark.

"Alison."

When the car drove out of the parking lot, Ryan reminded her, "Remember this song should be in line with the Disney Animation Department's plan."

"I know, I'm not a fool," she muttered, and then asked, "Who is Princess Anna's voice?"

“Disney is still selecting.”

Ryan knows very well about Taylor, "Do you have the right person to recommend?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!