That's right, He Xin plans to do business with domestic filmmakers.
The Hollywood team's quote of US$5,000 for an hour of aerial photography is clearly relying on their advanced technology to slaughter fat sheep everywhere.
Just like they sell arms, the British and Israelis have 80 million F35s; French and German allies, 100 million; South Korea, Japan... Japanese friends who are living well, well, they are allies and also fat sheep, 100 million
Fifty million; Wanwan, uh, haha...
At the same time, he also wanted to disgust the Hollywood team of aerial photography, otherwise the money would be too easy for them to earn. In the original "The Wind", the Huayi brothers were very wealthy, and they spent millions on several aerial shots.
Some things are not mysterious at all. Just like when he first entered the industry, Steadicam had just been introduced to the country. It is said that there were less than ten photographers in the country who were proficient in Steadicam. He invited one to come to the crew to shoot, and it took a day.
It costs tens of thousands, and the key points are still in short supply, so you can’t even get them if you want.
In fact, the so-called Steadicam does not have many bells and whistles. It is just a camera stabilizer. The three magic weapons are a load-bearing vest + a shock-absorbing arm + a balance rod. Their function is to keep the picture stable and non-shaky when shooting sports shots. For example, Hong Kong photographer Huang Yuetai
The reason why he is called "Iron Hand" is because when he holds the camera to shoot action shots, his hands are very stable and the picture does not shake. This was a basic skill of many photographers back then. It can be said that every outstanding photographer
All have a pair of unicorn arms.
The emergence of the Steadicam has lowered the threshold for photographers in this regard. This so-called Steadicam was also invented by the Americans, and it has been used in the 1970s, but it took twenty years before it was introduced to China.
Without him, it would be just like today’s so-called aerial photography, which is too expensive.
However, it became popular in just a few years after being introduced to China. Now, let alone making movies, even making TV series, every crew can't wait to have a Steadicam.
The same principle applies to aerial photography. Originally, when shooting a bird's-eye view of a large scene, a large crane would be used to shoot smaller scenes. When He Xin was filming "Love Is After Life", Sister Yu liked to use a large crane to take panoramic shots from top to bottom.
, various horizontal or up and down shots.
If the scene is bigger, use a large crane with a boom that can reach tens of meters high. If it is more complicated, use two cranes? Connect the wire rope in the middle? Set the camera to the wire rope? Control the lens through the twitching of the rope, which has reached the level of aerial photography.
effect. This is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also very difficult.
Otherwise, it is necessary to use aircraft to achieve real aerial photography. Just like when Wu Yusen was filming "Red Cliff", it is said that there were special helicopters on standby to carry out aerial photography anytime and anywhere.
But this is only possible if you have deep pockets. When Feng Xiaogang was filming "A World Without Thieves", he spent 260,000 to buy one in order to shoot the scene where Andy Lau and Milk Tea drove a BMW past the sheep on the grassland.
The glider, whose scientific name is the "Sky Crocodile", was produced in Australia. A coach from a local aviation sports school was hired to be the pilot, and then Uncle Li held the machine and took pictures on it.
Is this much cheaper than renting a helicopter for aerial photography? However, the disadvantage is that it does not have the stability of a helicopter, which places high demands on the photographer. It also requires a pair of iron hands to stabilize the machine and prevent the picture from shaking. It is said that
In order to take these aerial shots, Uncle Li almost froze to death.
And you can’t hover? You can only take pictures all the way.
But if you encounter a place with densely populated high-rise buildings in the city, or some complex geographical conditions that are not suitable for helicopter shooting? Then you can only be blind, or spend a lot of money to hire the so-called Hollywood stunt aerial photography team.
To be honest, although He Xin had never seen the equipment of the Hollywood stunt aerial photography team, he estimated that the two drones Wang Taotao brought today could carry cameras, hover, up, down, left, and right, and take aerial shots from any angle.
It's definitely worse than that.
In fact, this kind of drone really costs two million per unit, which is still cost-effective for the film company. It is better to hire a Hollywood team for several million than to make a one-time investment and be able to use it in the future.
But as a result, the degree of popularity is low. After all, this kind of drone cannot be copied like the Steadicam of the year. As the brain that can control the drone - the flight control system, it is Wang Taotao's unique skill.
It simply cannot be copied without the source code.
Two hundred thousand, for those slightly famous photographers, it is undoubtedly a big toy. No, in addition to Ning Hao who can't wait to own two of them immediately, Du Jie also wants to buy one for fun.
After Mr. Xu was dumbfounded and saw what he saw, he was so rich that he decided to order a TV channel five. "Women Are Not Bad" at the beginning of the year, plus "The Wind" which was about to start shooting, the director's salary of the two dramas would earn him a profit of one million yuan.
Ten million, very rich!
After the news spread, Gu Changwei, Li Shu, Lu Yue, Hou Yong and other big names in the domestic photography industry came to visit one after another. There were even some photography enthusiasts who asked their friends for inquiries. A mere hundred units were not enough.
Yes, I quickly added another hundred units.
The greater the quantity, the lower the cost. The key value is Dajiang Innovation's flight control system. Unknowingly, the name Dajiang Innovation has become famous in the photography circle, and it has cultivated a large number of potential customers.
It only took a month to easily earn 40 million, which made Wang Taotao stupid. He had been burning money before, and he also wanted to try to find a way to monetize as soon as possible during the development process, so that his
The research could continue, but as a result, the company was about to close down and no suitable solution was found.
Now, after He Xin's guidance, a golden road suddenly appeared in front of him, which made him overjoyed and quickly found the employees in the company who usually had nothing to do.
200,000 for a drone, plus free training services.
"Taotao, these are just immediate benefits. Don't let go of your next research work. Remember what you told me about your ideals. Well, it's still the same sentence: Don't forget your original intention!"
He Xin's words suddenly made Wang Taotao stand in awe. He was originally a determined person, but he was afraid of poverty and was a little lost when he saw the interests in front of him. Now his mind immediately sobered up and he solemnly
He Xin nodded and said: "Teacher He, thank you for reminding me, don't forget your original intention!"
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On October 17, the box office of "Racing", which was released for 18 days, exceeded 120 million. On the same day, "Painted Skin", which had been lingering before the 200 million threshold for a long time, finally broke through the 200 million mark. The crew and producers
The creative team was in great joy, and it is said that they even held a grand celebration party at the Kunlun Hotel.
"A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart", as a work shortlisted for the main competition unit, arrived in Tokyo together with the Chinese film delegation led by the General Administration and personally led by the deputy director.
This time the Chinese delegation will not only attend the opening ceremony, but also hold a five-day "Tokyo-China Film Week" event on the day after the opening of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
This film week is the second one after last year. It is jointly sponsored by the Japan-China Friendship Film Festival Executive Committee and the General Administration. During the film week, in addition to the two shortlisted films "Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" and "Super Typhoon" directed by Feng Xiaoning
In addition to the film, eight films including "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains" directed by Huo Jianqi, one of the judges of this film festival, will also be screened.
Nominally, "Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" is a member of the delegation, but Xinhao Media's battle this time is too big. Company CEO Xiao Douding personally led the team, acting as team leader and translator, and then director Wang Xiaoshuai, actor He Xin,
Cheng Hao and his wife, as well as agents, assistants, stylists, photographers, etc., a total of more than a dozen people.
So basically everyone is in charge.
The theme of this year’s Tokyo Film Festival is “The Earth Creates Life, Life Creates Movies—Creating Movies for the Earth,” so the usual red carpet was changed to a “green carpet” made of recycled plastic bottles.
Cheng Hao, who had borrowed Elie Saab's dress early to prepare for a beautiful walk on the red carpet, was very upset when she learned that the opening ceremony was not a red carpet but a green carpet. Moreover, the dress she borrowed last year was very heartbreaking.
The old rose-red dress didn't match the green scene.