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Chapter 602 Advantages

When James Cameron's crew finished filming in the North Atlantic and returned to Los Angeles, Ronan immediately instructed the Embassy Film Company, which won the right to issue "Deep Sea Alien", to contact the crew, saying that the Relativity Building has the most advanced post-production room and the publisher is willing to assist the producer in completing the post-production of the documentary.

Five sets of post-production rooms of the Relativity Building have been completed, and Shahai Entertainment has invested heavily in it, and all production rooms can meet the production needs of 3D videos.

The crew of "Deep Sea Alien" quickly signed a lease contract with Shahai Entertainment and settled in the Relativity Entertainment Building. Ronan made a special trip to visit James Cameron.

"I didn't expect that the production room equipment was so advanced." James Cameron said, standing in front of a new color palette that can directly handle 3D images: "There are very few post-production rooms in Hollywood that meet the requirements now. I originally thought about going to New Zealand to find Vita Studio."

Luo Nan smiled and said, "This is the advantage of post-production of equipment purchases."

James Cameron nodded gently: "Technology is developing too fast, and many devices need to be updated in a few years."

Ronan said the truth: "James, it's mainly because you have too high requirements."

Originally, in order to shoot and produce "Titanic", James Cameron and the famous Hollywood special effects artist Stan Winston jointly established the "Digital Field" special effects company. However, after the ship arrived at the finish line, James Cameron quickly discovered that the development speed of the "Digital Field" was far from keeping up with his request, so he simply transferred shares in the "Digital Field" and cooperated with more ambitious IMAX and Sony Electronics.

James Cameron pointed to the brand new equipment: "You have high requirements too." He suddenly asked: "Ronan, are you investing heavily in building a post-production studio that can handle 3D videos and be optimistic about the future of 3D?"

Ronan said directly: "When it comes to film technology, I am a layman in front of you, a technological innovator, but I am optimistic about the commercial prospects of 3D. Once 3D technology is popularized, it is inevitable that ticket prices will generally rise."

Hearing this, James Cameron was speechless. He could only say that the other side was worthy of being the owner of a film company?

“There are also a lot of conservative people,” James Cameron said. “Think 3D will ruin the movie.”

Ronan couldn't help laughing: "When I was silent and sound, black and white turned into color, many people also said that new technology would ruin the art of film, and the transformation of technology would inevitably touch the interests of some inherent forces."

James Cameron nodded in approval: "It makes sense."

Ronan turned to the topic and asked: "James, in recent years you have filmed two documentaries, "Deep Sea Ghost" and "Deep Sea Alien". The former uses 3D technology and the new camera technology you jointly developed with Sony Electronics, and the latter has joined forces with IMAX. You are studying and practicing new technologies, right?"

James Cameron knew that Ronan had not finished speaking, but just nodded.

Ronan did not directly point out that James Cameron had a weird personality and temper. He went around in a circle and said, "I have a project in my hand, which is very suitable for the new 3D technology and your style."

Everyone is not stupid. Ronan contacted James Cameron repeatedly. Even if James Cameron only thinks of Ronan's identity as the producer and the owner of the film company, it is not difficult to guess some of his purpose.

Want to invite him to direct a film project for Relativity Entertainment? James Cameron asked without any surprise: "What project?"

Ronan said: "When I first saw Terminator, especially the second part, the robots in it shocked me. The beauty and accompanying power of industrial machinery were fascinating. When it comes to Titanic, you brought the charm of industrial machinery to the extreme, as if all the technical accumulation since the Industrial Revolution has blossomed in Terminator 2 and Titanic. James, except you, I don't know who is more suitable for this project."

He did not let James Cameron wait for a long time, and said: "A few years ago, I asked Shahai Entertainment to get the copyright of the Transformers series from Hasbro. I want to adapt a live-action movie to make the beauty of industrial machinery shock the whole world again."

"Hasbro's Transformers?" James Cameron clearly knew: "That toy series."

Having said that, Ronan was almost fooled by himself. He said that the project "Transformers" was originally intended to introduce James Cameron's new movie project, but after saying that just now, he suddenly felt that James Cameron was too suitable for "Transformers".

When it comes to special effects and technology, James Cameron is definitely the top level in the Hollywood industry.

In terms of the relatively weak plot of "Transformers", James Cameron is better than Michael Bay no matter how he is.

For example, the movie "Terminator 2" that also tells the robot.

What makes this film outstanding is not only the creation of a single stunt image, it has outstanding performance in all aspects of film art and technology.

In addition to the amazing "performance" of the transformed metal man, various exciting scenes such as fighting, gunfight, chase, explosion were also arranged. These scenes are reasonably matched and interspersed, which not only meets the audience's sensory needs, but also successfully avoids stacking and repetition.

In each individual scene, James Cameron also showed his outstanding director and editing skills, and reached a nearly perfect state in terms of scene scheduling, use of montages and time control.

This relatively complex, multi-line propulsion story was told in an orderly manner by James Cameron and the rhythm was controlled to be relaxed and sleek, which is an excellent sample for combining directors.

Ronan decided to try: "If these robots are presented in live-action movies, they not only require excellent special effects technology, but also excellent industrial design. James, in Hollywood, I can't think of anyone more suitable than you."

James Cameron recalls the Transformers toys of his children at home and imagines what it would be like to become a live-action movie.

However, thinking of his plan, James Cameron finally shook his head and said, "Sorry, Ronan, this project is really good, but I already have a movie project ready to start."

Ronan was a little disappointed, but he was full of expectations, but his face was always calm: "You have a new movie planned? James, can you know what the new project is?"

James Cameron was vague: "Some ideas about alien colonization are not very clear yet, and it is not convenient to disclose them for the time being."

But Ronan asked: "The new film project is still a top-notch production like Terminator 2, True Lies and Titanic?"

James Cameron said: "The production cost is higher than Titanic."

Ronan said directly: "James, if there is no investor, Relativity Entertainment is willing to cooperate with you."

James Cameron smiled, but did not answer Ronan's words.

Ronan is quite confident: "Relativity Entertainment has such strength. It is not a problem to spend a production budget of $300 million for a project alone."

He knew how to impress James Cameron: "My company's equity structure is simple, I personally have completely controlled it. There are no such constraints, and there will be no drags on the 20th Century Fox during the filming of "Titanic".

These words made James Cameron unconsciously remember again. During the filming of "Titanic", in order to invest additionally, he followed Fox's senior executives and begged hard, and 20th Century Fox wanted to replace him as a director more than once.

Of course, if it were any large company, this kind of thing would never be avoided at that time.

The composition of shares is complex, and the interest disputes can also be complicated. Many people are short-sighted and only focus on immediate interests.

Even with his current fame and status, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no constraints on new projects.

After all, it has been six or seven years since the success of "Titanic".

Ronan seemed to guess what James Cameron thought and continued: "James, I can give you absolute trust and the greatest directorial authority to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment. The entire film project, except for me and the financial manager, will not interfere with anyone else, and you can get unprecedented creative space."

James Cameron thought of Ronan's credibility in the circle, and these words were extremely credible and could feel sufficient sincerity.

Relativity Entertainment is indeed Ronan alone. If Relativity Entertainment cooperates, it will not face too complicated situations, and the energy can be concentrated on creation.

The success of many films such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" also proves that Relativity Entertainment and its subsidiaries not only have excellent production capabilities, but also have distribution channels that are no less than those of the six major companies.

James Cameron looked at Ronan and asked, "You dare to make these promises without even knowing what my new movie project is?"

Ronan smiled: "Because I invested in James Cameron!"

"I dare not take it." James Cameron did not dare to underestimate Ronan. Among the people under the age of 30 in the Hollywood circle, this is definitely the richest and most powerful one. Youngness also means that there is still huge room for development in the future. Considering this, he did not refuse, but instead thought this was a good candidate, but this project involved all aspects and said: "Let's cooperate to complete "Deep Sea Alien" first, and then discuss it in detail when I start preparing for a new project?"

Ronan could hear that this was not a perfunctory statement. He was quite satisfied with the result and said, "Yes."

James Cameron entered the Relativity Building and worked in-depth with Embassy Films on "Deep Sea Alien". In fact, Relativity Entertainment has already been ahead of everyone.

It wouldn't be so easy for Twentieth Century Fox to continue working with James Cameron as it once was.
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