Chapter 461: The dog directors most expensive toy?
Time flies by.
By the end of December, the production of "Wall-E" was officially announced!
Li Yi has seen the effect of the finished film. Although it is still a little different from the original work in his memory, it is enough to satisfy him.
Animated movies are different from live-action movies.
Even if Li Yi has a complete picture of the entire movie in his mind, it is not that easy to reproduce it.
The entire film "WALL-E" used more than 3,000 people!
Cost nearly 150 million US dollars!
Equivalent to nearly 1 billion Chinese dollars!
Even Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but smack his lips at such a cost.
Not to mention the outside world.
This is already because of the bug-like plug-in like Li Yi, who completely revealed the context of the entire movie in advance.
Even the characters were designed directly, and with the huge expenditure of manpower and material resources, this animated film was finally completed in more than a year!
If the cost of a live-action movie is 1 billion, it would need at least three times the box office to recover the cost.
Animated movies don’t need that much, because although animated movies have a longer production cycle and often consume more manpower and material resources, similarly, once an animated movie is successful, the profits beyond the box office will not be comparable to that of live-action movies.
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However, Zhang Haiyang and others are still under great pressure.
Nothing else, because in the domestic film market, the highest box office for animated films is less than 1 billion! This includes Hollywood animated films.
Therefore, even if "WALL-E" is produced and can definitely be regarded as the highest level of domestic animation at present, Zhang Haiyang and other main creative staff of this animated film, except Li Yi, still have huge pressure.
Unless "Wall-E" breaks the current domestic animated film box office record or performs well overseas, it will definitely be a big pit!
An investment of 1 billion Chinese dollars is definitely a huge investment for any person or company.
Funding for "WALL-E" basically comes from Li Yi and Star Comics.
Because even Oceanwide Films doesn't understand Li Yi's intention to produce a domestic 3D animated film.
So naturally it is impossible to spend too much money to invest.
In fact, many people think that Li Yi is too ambitious for spending a lot of money to produce domestic animation movies.
Or even worse, they directly said that Li Yi simply had too much money.
In fact, I don’t blame the outside world for not being optimistic. The main reason is that Li Yi is a good director, but animated movies are not like live-action movies. You just need to tell a good story.
It’s never been easy for animated movies to really hit the mark just by relying on creativity or story.
However, everyone's impression of Li Yi and Xingman is still based on "That Rabbit That Year" and "Replacing the Battery".
In the eyes of many people, "Those Things About That Rabbit That Year" was entirely due to its subject matter.
In terms of animation production quality, it is actually not that outstanding.
Although "Battery Replacement" won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, in the eyes of many people, it would be the same short film if it were a real person.
As for the graphics of "Replace the Battery", it can only be said to be average.
The production of 3D animated films is not only difficult in the selection of story materials, but also in technical and market aspects.
What theme are you producing for your animated film?
Child-oriented? Or adult-oriented? All ages?
Obviously from a commercial perspective, animated films suitable for all ages are the best.
But the question is, where can it be so easy?
As for domestic animated films in China, so far, the impression they still give people is that they are movies for children!
It is really difficult to change this concept. At least so far, no domestic animated film has done it!
So when the news came out that Li Yi invested 1 billion to produce a 3D animated movie, the reaction of fans and netizens was as follows:
"Oh my god, the dog director is so rich and willful! I rub my head, the failure of the animated film is not a failure!"
"By the way, I don't have a baby yet, otherwise I would definitely bring the baby to support me!"
"One billion! Is Director Dog inflated? Don't you even know the difference between live-action movies and animated movies?"
"Although I really like Director Gou's movies, as for the animation, well, maybe I will bring my kids to support it!"
"Animated movies, it seems that no one in the history of domestic movies has exceeded 1 billion? How will the investment of 1 billion be recovered?"
"You can make any live-action movie, but you have to find someone to make an animated movie. And the name "WALL-E" sounds a bit... eh!"
Even Li Yi's fans don't think highly of him, let alone passers-by.
As for the media, when "Battery Replacement" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film earlier, they almost praised Li Yi to the heavens as a symbol of the rise of Chinese animation.
But now, their report is like this:
"With 1 billion invested in nationally produced animated films, where is Li Yi's confidence?"
"Is Li Yi's new movie, the domestic animated film "WALL-E," the biggest Waterloo? Or is it a new miracle?"
"If Li Yi's ambitious animated film "WALL-E" fails, an investment of 1 billion may become the last straw for Chinese animated films!"
"Either he is rich and willful, or he is confident, Li Yi spent a huge sum of 1 billion to create the animated movie "WALL-E", which may become the most expensive toy!"
Although they did not directly say that "Wall-E" is destined to be a hit on the street, but look at how they reported Li Yi's movie earlier, this time they used "Where is the confidence?" "Waterloo" and "The Last Straw".
"The most expensive toy" and the like.
Obviously, I am extremely pessimistic about Li Yi’s animated film!
As we all know, short films and feature films are completely different things.
The difficulty of making a short film is not the same as that of making a feature film.
Not only the media, but also people around Li Yi are not so optimistic about this movie.
Is the story of "Wall-E" simple? It's really simple!
But the problem is that the story of animated movies is simple, but what about the pictures?
For the same story, live-action interpretation and animation presentation are completely different things.
And even in Hollywood, there are very few live-action film directors who cross over to become animated film directors.
Therefore, even with Li Yi's achievements in live-action films, especially in commercial box office, it can be said that he is already the number one in China.
However, it is still difficult for people to have confidence when he switches to making animated films.
But Li Yi doesn't care at all. Don't look at the doubts now, the lack of confidence in him, just waiting to see the joke.
However, this is also a kind of exposure in itself.
This alone is already a higher starting point than most movies!
After all, this propaganda hasn’t officially started yet, and everyone is “criticizing” it so enthusiastically!
