The so-called green screen technology means that when shooting special effects shots, a green screen is used as the background.
The actors perform in front of a green screen and are captured by the camera.
The final shot was specially processed to remove the background color and replace it with other backgrounds.
This technology was first used at the end of the 19th century.
A French instructor at that time used masking and multiple exposures on the same piece of film to display different images on the same piece of film, thus presenting a special effect.
This is regarded as the original prototype of green screen technology.
In the next hundred years of development, green screen technology has also continued to develop, and background special effects have become more and more realistic.
The disaster monster movie "King Kong" shocked people at the time, and some of its shots used green screen special effects.
However, after hearing what Cao Weidong said, Zou Wenhuai's tone was full of hesitation.
"Green screen, what good movies can be made with this thing?"
When it comes to green screens, the first thing Zou Wenhuai thinks of is "fake background" and "ten yuan special effects".
Because in this era, green screen technology is really bad.
Special effects shots processed using green screen technology not only cost money, but the effects presented are simply not as good as real shots.
What's more, they have martial arts skills.
The photos are more realistic.
But Cao Weidong clearly knows the market potential of green screen technology.
In his mind, the magnificent special effects of Hollywood disaster blockbusters, as well as the cool superpowers and various black technologies of the superheroes in the movie were all produced using green screen technology.
You can even say.
Green screen is the standard for visual effects blockbusters.
You can turn your wild imagination into stunning visual effects.
Seeing that Zou Wenhuai still didn't believe it, Cao Weidong took out a video tape from the drawer and played it to Zou Wenhuai.
"Wen Huai, please watch this clip first and then evaluate it."
With a burst of passionate drumbeats, a picture appeared on the TV.
On the screen, an old man with white hair and childhood is dancing with a sword.
His movements are graceful, like flowing clouds and flowing water, shuttling through nature among the grass and trees, flying here and there like a god in the sky, giving people an unfathomable and wonderful feeling.
Ding!~
At this moment, a discordant noise suddenly flashed through the background music.
At the same time, a black shadow suddenly jumped down from the tree.
He was clearly more than ten meters away from the old man, but he stretched out his hand, and a black light jumped out from his palm, spanning the distance of more than ten meters, and slashed towards the old man.
The old man raised his eyebrows and scolded: "You are seeking death!"
I saw the old man waving his sword, and a Bagua pattern engraved with many runes appeared out of thin air behind him. It rotated rapidly with the Bagua, and finally stopped at the hexagram Ze.
Phew!
A blue water dragon appeared out of thin air in front of the old man. With a bold collision, the black light was scattered. Then the dragon raised its head, glared angrily, and pounced on the black figure...
The scene ends abruptly.
Zou Wenhuai stood up suddenly and asked nervously.
"What's the result next?"
Cao Weidong smiled.
"It hasn't been taken yet, this is what it looks like."
To put it more bluntly, the actors have not yet been decided and the script is not yet available. It is a complete visual effects scam.
Zou Wenhuai blinked.
"It looks like it was shot...you said this is the green screen effect?"
Cao Weidong nodded.
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible to be shot with a green screen. Green screen shots are not so realistic."
Cao Weidong played it again.
This time Zou Wenhuai paid attention, simply watching it frame by frame, and finally discovered the visual effect of crossing the gang.
He finally believed it now.
"I can't believe that a green screen effect can produce such an effect in a movie. It's just fake and real."
Cao Weidong smiled.
From his point of view, he feels that this set of green screen special effects is still fake at first glance, but this is also based on his experience in visual effects blockbusters in his previous life.
In this era, green screen technology was still a new thing, and people simply didn’t know that movies could be made like this.
It simply broke people's perception of movies.
Zou Wenhuai asked stammeringly: "Weidong, when did you start tinkering with these things?"
Cao Weidong said: "Do you still remember that my dividends every quarter have a fixed expenditure?"
Zou Wenhuai nodded.
Cao Weidong continued.
"It was at that time that I invested in a company that specialized in green screen special effects. Thanks to the development of electronic computer technology, there was a breakthrough in digital green screen technology. This is the sample they produced."
In fact, Cao Weidong had already consciously invested in digital green screen technology when he co-founded Jiahe with Zou Wenhuai.
Thanks to the rapid development of computer technology, not long ago, digital green screen technology could finally be put into practical application.
In Cao Weidong's plan, this company is positioned as a small champion enterprise.
By providing visual effects stunt services to external parties, charging service fees, and then withdrawing part of the cash flow from the income, invest it in the research and development of new technologies.
Continuously develop new technologies and maintain leading technologies in the industry.
There are still very few applications of this technology.
This period of time is enough to form a monopoly advantage in the industry.
However, Zou Wenhuai caught a new term at this time.
"Electronic computer?"
Cao Weidong smiled.
"Yes, electronic computers. In order to create these visual effects, I bought two large computers for laboratory use."
It was already the 1980s.
The electronic and digital industry is booming.
On the original timeline.
In 1983, Hewlett-Packard released the first touch-screen computer, the HP-150.
In the same year, Yingjiang's Ministry of Defense developed the TCP/IP protocol and applied it to the ARPA network. This protocol enabled computers to communicate and share resources, laying the foundation for the development of the Internet.
In 1984, Apple released the MAC computer.
This computer uses a graphical user interface and mouse operation, allowing users to use the computer more conveniently.
In 1985, Microsoft released the Windows operating system.
This operating system brings a graphical user interface and multitasking capabilities to personal computers, making it a more accessible and popular computing platform.
Just two years later, in 1987, IBM launched its first notebook computer, the ThinkPad.
This computer uses a foldable design and stylus input function, bringing revolutionary changes to mobile computing.
All these events mark the beginning of the world's big strides towards the digital age.
"Eh..."
Cao Weidong rubbed his chin and suddenly thought of something.
It seems that during this period, Apple, founded by Mr. Joe, went public. In less than an hour, 4.6 million shares were sold out, which is a miracle.
However, it only lasted for a few years. In 1985, due to disagreements with most of the management, Mr. Joe was kicked out of the board of directors of Apple, which he founded.
After leaving Apple, Mr. Joe acquired a computer animation effects studio in California in 1986 and established an independent company, Pixar Animation Studios.
"If I make good friends with Mr. Qiao in advance, can I be Mr. Qiao's angel investor by then?"
This idea suddenly flashed into Cao Weidong's mind.