The appearance of the "Night Stalker" in the movie "I Am Legend" is initially revealed.
Peter Jackson looked at the time and saw that almost 13 hours had passed. During these 13 hours, he had not even drank a sip of water.
After carefully looking at his work, Jackson said "Thank you" to the others and contacted Yi Feiyang to ask for his opinion.
In the office of the president of Fantasy Entertainment Company, Yi Feiyang originally just wanted to relax on the sofa for a while, but he didn't expect to fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes, until Peter Jackson's phone call woke him up.
"What, the samples have come out, great, I'll be there right away!" Yi Feiyang put down the phone and walked straight towards the special effects studio without even having time to wash his face.
The special effects room was brightly lit, and everyone nodded when they saw the boss coming in.
Yi Feiyang patted them on the shoulders and expressed his gratitude. Especially when he saw everyone's red eyes, it was obvious that they were working hard.
"Look, boss, this is the model." Peter Jackson introduced.
In fact, needless to say, Yi Feiyang has already seen the weird "Night Demon" model, with its curved arms and legs, smooth and hairless body, pointed ears, blood-red eyes, sharp canine teeth, and long sharp teeth.
claw……
Yi Feiyang circled around the sample, then pointed at it and said: "Peter, don't you think this sample looks like a character in your "Lord of the Rings"?"
"Really?" Jackson glanced at the sample, "When you put it like that, it sounds a bit like...Gulu!"
"That's right, it's Gulu!" Yi Feiyang said with a smile, "Are you trying to deal with me? And you said this is an original sample?"
"Oh no no no! I really didn't expect it to look like Gollum! God. This is purely a coincidence!" Jackson tried to explain for fear of being misunderstood for being lazy.
"Haha, okay, no need to explain..." Yi Feiyang said with a smile, "Actually you are right, I didn't explain it clearly when I explained the 'Night Demon' to you... That's why you made such a mistake
.”
When Yi Feiyang spoke, what came to mind was the image of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and the image of the crypt monster in "Dark Invasion". In fact, the images of these monsters are very close. They don't see the sun. Their skin is white and sharp.
Ears, canines, claws, etc. It is difficult for Jackson to re-create an image.
"In this way, the sample is very good, but it must have characteristics, otherwise it will be a replica of the Lord of the Rings..." Yi Feiyang joked, "You split the Night Demon's mouth and make it bigger, just like a normal one."
It looks like a person's mouth was suddenly torn apart. It gives people a sense of shock. Then, the body is longer. Don't be too mini. It is best to make the blood-red eyes have the effect of protruding eyeballs. The nose becomes more pointed to highlight their sensitive sense of smell.
…”
Yi Feiyang explained his point of view in great detail. In short, he had only one purpose: to create a monster image that is full of characteristics and unforgettable.
The group of people under Peter Jackson are all masters in this field. They had already begun to modify it while Yi Feiyang was speaking. By the time Yi Feiyang finished speaking, the modifications there were nearing completion.
“Add some more silicone here!”
"Clamp here with tongs, yes, the dough will be reduced a little!"
"Okay, that's it! Very good!"
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Peter Jackson and others re-adjusted the "Night Demon" sample so that it could show the complex and shocking skin and appearance that Yi Feiyang wanted.
Yi Feiyang held his chin and watched carefully. He had participated in similar makeup creations before, but he had never been as shocked as today. It turns out that a truly excellent makeup team can achieve such fast work efficiency.
In fact, the application of special effects makeup in future movies will become more and more important. Not only does Hollywood attach great importance to it, but even the newly emerging Chinese movies also attach great importance to it. For example, the so-called super blockbuster "Havoc in Heaven",
A group of pictures of the makeup of the male protagonist Zhen Zidan during filming were posted on the Internet. It was said that it was made by more than 70 Hollywood special effects makeup artists, 20 models before and after, more than 1,000 hours of makeup time, and 200 kilograms of monkey hair.
Only with the consumables did we finally create such a shocking and rare "Zhen Rong" image of Sun Wukong!
Not to mention whether this set of pictures is real or fake, one thing is certain, special effects makeup is really torture, especially when real people are transformed into monsters or aliens, it is even more torture. But fortunately, now Peter and the others
What was tortured was just a model, not a real person.
But no matter what, Yifeiyang feels that acquiring Weta Digital is definitely the right move. The special effects makeup alone is worth the purchase price.
Just when Yi Feiyang was thinking, Peter Jackson told him that the sample was completed again.
Yi Feiyang reviewed it again and was generally satisfied this time. He made suggestions for some subtle parts.
Since then, the design of the "Night Stalker" character in "I Am Legend" has been finalized.
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Now, the heroine and main supporting roles of the drama "I Am Legend" have been confirmed. Angelina Jolie will star, and Johnny Depp will join in to play her husband. In addition, veteran actor Freeman
Morgan plays the top executive of the U.S. Army, and Jason Statham, the rising action star picked up by Fantasy Entertainment, plays the leader of the Night Stalker.
In fact, Jason Statham is already very famous now, especially after he starred in the "Death Race" series created for him by Yi Feiyang himself, and "Trafficker", many women think that he is the most famous person on the movie screen in history.
The sexiest man. From this point of view, as an athlete, he undoubtedly uses his muscles very well.
In addition to being praised by female movie fans, many people who like action movies also praise him as the coolest and most promising action actor after Stallone and Schwarzenegger. And for this title, he definitely deserves it. Especially when presented in
The action scenes in his movies are clean and neat, and full of the beauty of oriental action movies. Of course, these are also the contributions of Yi Feiyang. For Yi Feiyang, he invited Hong Kong action directors Yuan Baye, Yuan Bin and others to direct Jason's action scenes.
Tassen can definitely promote Hollywood action movies, introduce Chinese action to everyone, and let people know that Chinese action is the best. It is not like the previous Hollywood action scenes, which were just like fights between bears.
In short, Jason Statham is very famous and popular now. The reason why Jason Statham, a famous star of Fantasy Entertainment and a rising Hollywood action star today, agreed to play such an "alternative" role is because he likes horror stories, especially
Passionate about those monsters, vampires, werewolves and the like. In Jason’s own words, “I have had a painful dream of transforming into a monster since I was a child!”
Now, he could finally become a monster for once. For such a unique character, of course he happily accepted it.
In addition to these main characters, there is another indispensable character in this play, which is the little dog who has established an extremely deep relationship with the protagonist.
The little dog who co-starred with Will Smith in the previous life "I Am Legend" performed really well, and people fell in love with it after watching it. But a "dog actor" like this is not
Easy to find.
You know, many puppies have camera phobia. When facing the camera, they will bark, run, and even tremble with fear.
Because, in order to make this movie a success, Yi Feiyang plans to select a smart and obedient little dog. The conditions are listed as follows. First, it must be a shepherd dog. Only such a dog has fighting power and can fight against the night devil;
Second, it must look cute. Only when a dog is cute will it be recognized by the audience and loved by people. Third, it must be smart and able to learn acting skills from people. Yes, dogs can also be stupid.
Being smart, Yi Feiyang is not willing to create a stupid dog as an actor.
After listing these conditions, Yi Feiyang asked the company's talent resources to write down these conditions in detail and published them on the Internet with the headline: Recruitment of Dog Actors.
That's right, this is an advertisement recruiting dog actors.
Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of various actor recruitment advertisements in Hollywood, but there has never been one that recruits dogs.
For a time, this incident was regarded as a novel incident and was reposted and widely reported.
In the recruitment of dog actors, the most exciting thing is not how famous your dog will be in the future, but the fact that this dog will receive a salary of US$300,000 after being selected!
God! Three hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount of money. You can buy as much dog food as you want, and you can even buy a nice sports car...of course, a sports car that you can take your dog for a ride with.
Therefore, with the vigorous recruitment of dogs, the company's reputation of Fantasy Entertainment has increased again, and Yi Feiyang's new work "I Am Legend" has also become the focus of people's discussion.
Especially dog lovers took this as a rare opportunity and began to vigorously support the film, promote animal protection, and promote dogs as human beings' friends.
Regarding this incident, those filmmakers who don't like Yi Feiyang started to make noise again.
"China Yi is a hype king! Even a dog will not let go of the hype. He is really despicable!"
“I don’t really appreciate China Yi’s propaganda method, especially using dogs to make a fuss!”
"It is undeniable that the entire Hollywood has been deceived by him again!"
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But no matter what the outside world says, one thing everyone has to admit is that Yi Feiyang has once again pushed his works to the front of the media.
At the end of May, the dog recruitment work officially began. This recruitment work is actually very simple. It is to select dog actors suitable for this drama through a talent show.
This time, the dog show is mainly concentrated in Los Angeles, and there are no branches in several major cities in the United States. The reason is that the filming of the show is about to start, and there cannot be such a big event. Yi Feiyang wants the results to be released as soon as possible.
Of course, as a unique talent show, TV stations are indispensable partners.
This time, Yi Feiyang did not take advantage of his old partner Fox TV station, but directly attributed the event to his own AMC TV station. As a cable TV station, it was the first time to broadcast this kind of free variety show without charge. It can be imagined that other
The effect is so explosive.
Don't think that Americans are all generous. They are also human beings and can be very stingy. Since there are free programs available on cable TV stations, of course you should pay more attention to them.
However, considering that the radiation range of AMC TV station is not as wide as that of public TV stations, Yi Feiyang cooperated with Google website to make the talent show into a special episode and upload it to the Internet, so that netizens can directly watch it on demand online.
Of course, Yi Feiyang was basically giving orders behind the scenes, and it was Dures who was in charge of this matter. It was just a dog talent show. He was so tired that his feet couldn't touch the ground. His whole body lost weight.
For this dog show, Fantasy Entertainment really went through a lot of trouble. As the owner of the show, Yi Feiyang later suggested that the dogs who were not selected be brought together and make another dog movie. In this regard,
Many people, including Dures, collectively gave him the middle finger.
The dog talent show is in full swing, and the three competition areas in Los Angeles are in full swing. After three days of extremely hard selection, the finals were naturally held at the recording site of AMC cable company in Los Angeles. After a week of fierce competition, a dog named "Lacy" was selected.
"The German Shepherd eventually won and became the dog actor in "I Am Legend".
This time the dog talent show has also historically exceeded the original ratings of AMC TV. The originally weak TV program has become unprecedentedly proud.
Although many people have been badmouthing this show before, now, Yi Feiyang has once again disappointed them.
After the dog talent show ended, Yi Feiyang devoted himself wholeheartedly to filming the movie.
The filming team was almost all TV people selected from AMC TV station. These people never imagined that one day they would be able to triple jump and jump directly from TV to movies. And they would film with the great director Yi Feiyang.
Yes, from the moment AMC TV Station was acquired, the fate of these people has been tied to the TV station. If the new boss, Yi Feiyang, is just a guy who likes to tinker with TVs and turn around and resell them, then it goes without saying that the TV station and
They are bound to die. Even if Yi Feiyang does not resell TV but has no leadership skills, it will not be easy for this dilapidated TV station to rise to prominence.
However, God opened his eyes, and Yi Feiyang was indeed the God of Miracles. In less than three months, he reformed AMC, and they started to march into movies with great promise. In the words of many AMC employees:
"All this seems like a dream!"
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"I Am Legend" announced its launch in a very "low-key" manner.
There was no press conference, no press conference, and no advertising in newspapers and magazines.
Just worship God and turn on the phone---
Being low-key is not like Yi Feiyang's usual style.
But the more low-key Yi Feiyang is, the more high-profile the media will be, and they will not let go of his news points.
""I Am Legend" has started shooting! Can the classic novel be copied?"
"Doomsday themes have become a new favorite, and Magic Yang wants to write his legend!"
"Much anticipated! "I Am Legend" is officially launched!"
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Along with all the news, the first set of scenes for "I Am Legend" has been filmed.
As mentioned before, Yi Feiyang is a budget-conscious guy. The reason why he agreed to Angelina Jolie's filming of "I Am Legend" was mainly to share the high production cost of the TV series "The Walking Dead".
For example, in "The Walking Dead" and "I Am Legend" there are scenes of Los Angeles turning into an empty city.
If a shot like this is made purely with special effects, it will definitely be seen through by the audience at a glance, and it will not produce that real and terrifying effect.
For this reason, Yi Feiyang made a greeting to the Los Angeles City Government and prepared to clean up the Sunset Boulevard area in ten minutes!
In other words, within ten minutes, there should be no one in the Sunset Strip area of Los Angeles, forming a vacuum zone! Then the helicopter will be used to take overhead shots at high altitude, and a crane will be used underneath to take all-round long-range shots.
A large-scale scene like this will of course cost a high price, but fortunately, Yi Feiyang has a very close relationship with the Los Angeles government.
The Los Angeles government is a Democratic Party, and it is very close to former President Clinton. What is commendable is that it is also very close to Hillary. Not to mention Yi Feiyang's identity, a big director, a big chaebol, has made great achievements for Los Angeles.
No matter how much he has contributed and how much money he has donated, even the current US President George W. Bush has to admit that China Yi has nothing to be picky about in terms of being an honorary citizen.
It is precisely because of such innate favorable conditions that Yi Feiyang was able to assemble his own filming team and capture the rare scene of the empty city on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles in an all-round three-dimensional manner within ten minutes.
Absolutely shocking real picture!
The originally lively and bustling streets suddenly turned into a dead and empty city. The feeling was absolutely terrifying like never before.
Having said that, the production cost of this shot alone is as high as 5 million US dollars. Yi Feiyang is not a banker, so of course it hurts. Now it is better. The shots can be used after packaging and digital processing.
In the drama "I Am Legend", there is no need to shoot additional scenes.
Yi Feiyang calculated very shrewdly, and facts have proved that doing so is indeed very economical!
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. After the first set of shots was shot, the rest of the shooting became much smoother.
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"Charlie, the lighting in the room needs to be deeper and softer, and not too depressing. I don't want my audience to be breathless at the beginning!"
At the filming scene of "I Am Legend", Yi Feiyang shouted loudly and asked the lighting engineer Charlie to adjust the lighting.
Charlie quickly added a few reflectors and adjusted the lights a little brighter before Yi Feiyang nodded and passed.
Turning his head, Yi Feiyang said to Angelina Jolie, who was about to go on stage and play the heroine in the play: "Julie, the character you play is the only person alive here. Here, you are alone, you are lonely, there is no one."
You can talk to you, and there is no one to talk to you. Your only comfort is your loyal dog Lacy by your side, and the memories of your husband and children hidden deep in your mind... Of course, there is also, like now, leaving.
Enter the supermarket, pretend to meet a lot of acquaintances, say hello to them, choose food, pay the bill..."
"You must grasp the character of the character well. As a woman, besides being emotional, you must also be restrained; because in addition to being a woman, you are also a female soldier! In short, remember Julie, she will be on camera soon.
After that, you should keep your expression calm and lonely. You are a very good actress and I believe you can easily fulfill this role."
"No problem, director, I have been studying this character for a long time. When I got the script, I liked her unique character very much. I think I can play it well!" Julie nodded and adjusted her costume again.
Complete and eager to try.
"Okay, Cindy, as a veteran photographer, I think I have nothing more to discuss with you. Show us the state we were in when we struggled together. You have to shoot this scene for me!" Yi Feiyang said to
Cindy said loudly while standing behind the camera.
There is always a tacit understanding among the crew. Cindy was gearing up and said with a smile: "Don't worry, boss, I have no problem!"
"Okay, all departments are ready to start shooting!" Yi Feiyang sat back on the chair, took a deep breath, and stared at the monitor in front of him.
The crew was all in place, and Angelina, as the heroine, took a deep breath, adjusted her condition, and entered the camera. The scene was about to be shot.
At this moment, the entire filming scene is no longer noisy as before, everyone has entered their own state. For them, filming is a sacred thing, especially for a large production like filming, being able to participate by yourself is already a kind of
Lucky.
Quiet, extremely quiet, everyone is waiting for Yi Feiyang to give orders.
In short, everything is ready! (To be continued...)
