After completing the first large-scale stage magic, the crew got up early the next day to set up the second stage and start filming the second stage magic.
This magic was also done for real, without the use of lens editing and synthesis. Because the relevant magic props had already been prepared, there were not many twists and turns in the filming process. It only took 3 days to complete the filming.
At this time, due to the large number of extras hired, some information about "Now You See Me" was also leaked and spread rapidly on the Internet.
"Now Now is a movie about a magician who pulls off a heist."
"I heard that there is a plot where magic is used to rob a bank, and it is said that in the movie, the bank robbery was successful."
The news of these news immediately caused a huge uproar among Wang Shang's fans.
"Isn't magic just about playing a few cards and cutting off a few heads? Can it be used to rob a bank?"
"It means that you don't know much about magic. It seems that there are no famous magicians in China, right?"
"I've watched a lot of bank robbery movies, with sewers, drilling holes, and explosives, but this is my first time using magic to rob a bank."
"After checking, the magician named Li Gaofei turned out to be a great magician with a certain reputation in Europe."
“I don’t know what surprises the king will bring us this time, I’m looking forward to it!!”
There are fans who don't believe it, fans who are surprised, fans who are looking forward to it, and so on.
Many newspapers also joined in the fun and published the news. Some Wang Shang fans abroad also expressed surprise and expectation for the news.
After several domestic film companies heard the news, they felt that magic to rob banks was quite a gimmick, and they couldn't help but add more movie plans about magic.
That week's "China Film Weekly" clearly stated on the cover: "Seven domestic film companies have launched new film projects and are preparing to produce films related to magic."
After Wang Shang saw the news, he immediately felt pain in his balls between his legs.
Wang Shang knew that it was impossible to keep the whole process secret, but he never expected that those film companies would be so ruthless and copycat so quickly. They would start imitating it not long after the news came out.
"It's really heartbreaking!" Wang Shang looked unhappy.
What Wang Shang doesn't know is that there is now a professional team of people in the film industry who specialize in studying Wang Shang. They study Wang Shang's ideas and study Wang Shang's movies. And all of this is caused by Wang Shang's glory in the past few years.
Because of the trouble caused by the results, there is no subject that Wang Shang is eyeing that is not popular or a big seller. So
Also because of the influence of the movie "Now You See Me", some magicians in China who were originally inconspicuous finally ushered in the spring of their careers, and their reputation and social status gradually increased. But the magic that benefited the most was magic.
The magician was Li Gaofei, who assisted in the filming of "Now You See Me". At this time, he could be said to be very famous, and some theaters or square merchants had invited him to hold magic shows to boost his popularity.
No matter how noisy there is outside, the crew of "Now You See Me" still haven't issued any statement, as if they are indifferent to the world.
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On July 15, Wang Shang, who directed the film, received a call from the American King Special Effects Company. The technology research and development department finally developed a more advanced "motion capture technology."
The so-called motion capture technology is to attach sensors to people's limbs and faces, and then use a high-tech video capture device that can accurately measure the movement of moving objects in three-dimensional space to record the movement of moving objects in the form of images.
, and use computers to process the image data to obtain the spatial coordinates of different objects at different times, and then add the appearance of animals, monsters, aliens or uniforms drawn by computers on this basis.
The most famous application of motion capture technology is Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" released last year. He conquered countless audiences with his outstanding performance, and his actor Andy Serkis was also praised as "
The first person in motion capture performance".
Tianwang Special Effects Company began to develop this technology after its acquisition and merger in 2007, and it has also been used in some movies, adding a lot of color to the movies.
However, at that time, the "motion capture technology" owned by Tianwang Special Effects was not as advanced as the technology mastered by Industrial Light and Magic, Weta Data, and the digital field. Wang Shang, who knew how this technology would promote future movies, also allocated funds to increase personnel.
Conduct research and development on this technology.
Through network transmission, Wang Shang soon received information from the American King of Special Effects, which contained two videos.
One of the videos shows an actor wearing a sci-fi style headgear. He is doing some facial movements. The headgear looks very strange, and there is also a pole with a small camera stretched in front of the face.
In another video, Wang Shang saw the head of an orangutan, and the facial movements of this orangutan were consistent with the facial movements of the human actor just now.
“Pretty good.”
After thinking about it, Wang Shang wrote the words "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in his notebook, and then made an international long distance call. He discussed the details with Egil, the head of the technical research and development team.
Egil explained in detail some of the features and advantages of this technology to Wang Shang: "Our 'headgear expression capture system' can completely copy the actor's expressions and body movements to his digital double. And 'motion capture'
' and 'Facial Expression Capture' can be recorded simultaneously, so the emotions conveyed by CG characters are the real acting skills of the actors. Rather than cold data, it is completely possible to use it to convey the actors' acting skills through 'Monster/
Alien' communicates to the audience."
Wang Shang thought of the name given to this technology by Cameron in the past, so he said in a wicked way: "I think calling it 'motion capture technology' is no longer enough to reflect its advantages. Even if it is called 'expression detail capture technology'
'It's not an exaggeration."
The boss was happy, and Egil couldn't help but rejoice: "'Expression Capture Technology' is a good name."
Wang Shang: "Although it is successful, we cannot relax. In addition to improving this technology, you will also try to find ways to implement shooting outside the studio/capturing multiple people at the same time, which will be of great use in the future."
"No problem, boss."
After explaining a few points that need to be paid attention to in the follow-up, Wang Shang hung up the phone. At this time, Wang Shang thought of his next movie project "Avatar", because half of the characters in "Avatar" are N"A-
-V"I people, naturally they can't use rigid computer technology to do it, so this expression capture technology comes in handy.
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On July 15, "Home Alone" was released in China for a total of 45 days, with a total box office of 650 million yuan. Here alone, Tianwang Film and Television Company can get a box office dividend of 300 million yuan, excluding publicity and production costs.
, a profit of 100 million is indispensable.
Because the release time is 20 days longer than "Finding Nemo", the total box office is higher than "Finding Nemo".
At this time, the game company that cooperated with Tianwang Film and Television Company developed a puzzle game called "Home Alone" that is full of fun and traps. It was widely popular as soon as it was launched on the market, with a rapid increase in downloads and rave reviews.
After its popular release in China, it gave "Home Alone" a lot of confidence, and then it began to be released in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions, and its box office performance was also very prosperous as in China, and the main consumption
The crowds were concentrated in family groups, and countless families took their children into the cinema, relaxing and laughing as much as they could.
At this time, Tianwang Film and Television Company also began to plan to release "Home Alone" in the two large film markets of North America and the European Union during the summer vacation.
During this time, in addition to "Home Alone", there is another movie that is being vigorously promoted in China.
""My Sassy Girl" will be released nationwide on August 16 (the Chinese Valentine's Day "qingren" festival)."
"The male protagonist is gentle and virtuous, while the female protagonist is savage and rude..."
"As soon as I entered "My Sassy Girl", my outlook on life was different from that of a stranger..."