Yin Jun’s film creation team is already a very mature team.

After all, I have been following Yin Jun for several years, starting from "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" to "Juno", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Rain Man" and "The Pianist". They have rich production experience. There is no obstacle when preparing for "Forrest Gump", so naturally it went smoothly.

There is actually no difficulty in filming in the narrative category of "Forrest Gump".

However, its narrative intersperses the history of the 1960s and 1970s, and there are also the appearance of Kennedy and others, so special effects production is also inevitable.

In addition, the floating feather at the beginning is also a hint and an important component, and it also needs special effects to synthesize.

Yin Jun still handed over this part to the digital field.

They also started various productions three months ago - as long as Tom Hanks is there, it is easy to make, because it mainly emphasizes people, not those complex and gorgeous scenes.

In recent years, the digital field has become famous.

Not only because it is Yin Jun's company, it has produced many Oscar-level masterpieces, but also because of its performance in the commercial field, it is still extremely conspicuous.

"Terminator", "Pretty" and "Resident Evil", these high-box movies have made people more interested in movies, thus driving a significant increase in box office, and also allowing people in the industry to see the role of special effects in promoting a commercial blockbuster.

Even if the production cost is slightly more expensive, as long as it can improve the box office and reputation, it is the best.

Some small-scale movies may look for some small special effects production companies. Any big investment movies from the six major Hollywood giants will be invited to digital fields or industrial light magic to create special effects.

These Hollywood giants are never afraid of spending money. They are just afraid that they will spend so much money, but they will not achieve the results. That is what people are laughing at.

However, the digital sector is still in huge losses to date.

Just last year, Yin Jun invested a huge amount of US$30 million in the digital field, which was used to purchase various machines, purchases of various software, establishment of new groups, salary and dividends of personnel, etc.

This does not mean everything. This year and next year, with the launch of various new software and the launch of ibm's latest large processors, the digital field still has to spend money to make its technology better and more mature.

Yin Jun knows that the special effects industry is actually losing money. No matter how good your technology is or how outstanding yours is, it will not avoid the end of losing money.

The three major giants in the industry, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Field and Vita Studio, were constantly resold and eventually became a huge mess.

If Industrial Light Magic had not been acquired by Disney's father, George Lucas would have to sell it. His Lucasfilm could not have withstand such a great deal of pressure.

Vita Studio is even simpler. It is backed by the New Zealand Mansion. With such a backer to support it, it can naturally develop happily.

In this life, Yin Jun bought the digital field. He asked the digital field not to make money, but its technical indicators.

The digital field is only responsible for the best and most dazzling special effects, and the rest is handed over to the group company.

No matter how much it is, it is impossible for it to be unable to maintain its profits with the profits of two super film companies and the global distribution network of Kirin Cinemas.

That's how it is now.

The co-production of celebrities such as Forrest Gump and Kennedy was very simple in their previous lives, and they could only use black film to smooth out the roughness.

But Yin Jun is different. The 1970s are already the era of color TVs, and color effects must be used.

Since that's the case, it takes a lot of energy and time. It took 11 people in the digital field and it took two months to get it done.

Tom Hanks also passed by more than a dozen times, and each time it had to be done for half a day.

If he hadn't had gained weight and had the charm of Forrest Gump, this time the special effects would have really not been able to be produced.

Unfortunately, after the bench at the beginning of the film, it was time for Forrest Gump to be in his youth and youth. After shooting that shot, he had to lose weight again.

When you lose weight, you will start gaining weight again so that you can play the role of middle-aged Forrest Gump.

Fortunately, with the previous experience in "Pianist", Tom Hanks has already gained a lot of experience in such repeated weight loss.

In addition, he is very self-disciplined and has strong perseverance, so he can stand it.

If this were replaced by the group of young and handsome guys in China 40 years later, there would probably be no third way except to cut pictures.

Celebrity co-production is nothing, the most exaggerated thing in the digital field is the special effects production of the floating feather.

They actually used 5 people and 7 machines to make this lens, and then it took 4 weeks to be considered done.

The production cost of this lens alone exceeded 700,000 US dollars.

When Yin Jun came over, Shi Shaoming couldn't help but sigh when he took the bill to Yin Jun to see it, he could only make this movie.

Before the official shooting began, the special effects shot cost more than 3 million US dollars. The overall special effects production would cost 20 to 30 million US dollars?

Then there is also the specific shooting of the film. Yin Junke never cares about the funds, as long as he can achieve the effect he wants, it is no problem.

There is also this time, almost all Oscars, and the actors' pay will exceed 10 million US dollars, which does not include dividends after the release.

With such scattered scatteredness, the total investment in filming of "Forrest Gump" reached 80 million US dollars. If there is an additional increase, it is probably 100 million US dollars.

Then the cost of promotion and distribution will be around 50 million yuan worldwide.

Yin Jun was also a little dazed when he saw the figure of 150 million US dollars.

Fortunately, Forrest Gump's global total box office reached about 700 million US dollars, otherwise such a spending of 100 million US dollars would be a headache.

Of course, this is also a bit "extravagant" by Yin Jun. The filming of the original "Forrest Gump" was only 55 million US dollars, and the promotional and distribution costs were only about 80 million US dollars.

But Yin Jun doesn't care about the money. This was his own work, and it was the last drama and art film he had filmed in recent years. Of course, he wanted to do his best.

To do your best, how can you not have enough money?

After reading the expenditure budget table, Yin Jun met with the actors who had arrived in the crew.

Tom Hanks was originally the most dazzling protagonist, but he stood behind the grass where the crew met.

The most conspicuous one at the front was an old man in his sixties, very energetic, and there was a convincing momentum in his eyes.

Well, if he holds another cigar, he will be the godfather.

"Hey, Jun Jun!" The old man smiled and greeted Yin Jun, "Look at my Chinese pronunciation, isn't it okay?"

Even if the foreigners in the Kirin Group don’t learn English, they must learn the Chinese pronunciation of “Jun Young Master” and “Boss”.

So the old man easily found someone to teach him. Although the accent was strange, his pronunciation was very accurate.

"You are so polite! Mr. Brando." Yin Jun held his hands in both hands and sighed.

If a person lives only by looking at other people's money and power in his life, he will definitely not be happy.

We still need a lot of things to embellish and decorate our lives.

Although Marlon Brando in front of him has no money and is almost bankrupt, he is a peak that is difficult to climb in his acting career.

If others have half of his skills, they can compete for the Oscar winner.

When the old man was in full swing, he was known as invincible in the world.

Even now he is 61 years old, he is still energetic and there is no problem in acting in movies or anything else.

His only problem is that the pay is too high.

He already has a status like Marlon Brando. Even if he is a supporting role, you don’t want to say that he has lost 300,000 or 500,000 US dollars.

Not to mention the protagonist, it will cost at least three to five million.

But there is another aspect of the problem. Marlon Brando is already old, how could he play the leading role?

So in recent years, his film career has not been smooth, and there has been a financial crisis.

This time in "Forrest Gump", he played for less than 3 minutes, but he was able to get a salary of 1 million US dollars, which made the old man very satisfied and also received a favor.

That's why he was so enthusiastic about Yin Jun from the beginning.

This is also an attitude, to show everyone that I am still very regular.

With the leading role of Marlon Brando, the next group of actors seemed more cautious when they met Yin Jun and introduced themselves.

Even Forrest Gump Colin Hanks and Jenny Reese Witherspoon are very well-behaved.

People who are in the entertainment industry, even children aged seven or eight, understand what it means to observe their expressions and expressions.

Colin Hanks and Reese Witherspoon made some special preparations to meet Yin Jun today.

Both of them were wearing clothes from the 1970s, which looked a bit simple and a bit subtle, just in line with the character's settings.

They were all candidates chosen by Yin Jun himself a few days ago. Now seeing the two standing in front of him, Yin Jun compared with the two young actors in his impression, and nodded without realizing it.

After a comparison, I have indeed made some progress.

Including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, who plays Forrest Gump's mother, Julian Moore, who plays Jenny, Daniel Washington, who plays Buba, Das Tsing Hoffman, who plays Duntaylor, etc.

With such a strong lineup, this time "Forrest Gump" will definitely set a peak!

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