Ace Hollywood

"Andrew hopes that you have time to go and watch it. After all, the whole film is made according to your design. Andrew thinks you need to see more."

After Daniel acquired a 20% stake in Weta Digital, he started to think about the animation department. As far as he is concerned, talents, funds, opportunities, etc., all need to wait. The only thing is the film, which he can take out of his mind. , so in fact, he started writing this film very early, and the script was of course the first to come out. Then there are some graphic scripts that are similar to storytelling scripts - his expertise in oil painting makes these scripts very ornamental. Intermittently, until Andrew Stanton joined, he took out the things and set up a team to start working on it. Animal Logic and Weta Digital have all participated in the new project. In addition, Andrew brought a few people from Pixar to form a team of 18, and Andrew himself served as the director.

In the end, this script came together with Andrew Stanton, which made Daniel feel inexplicable.

The film "Robot Story" was made by Andrew himself, and now it is back in his hands after going around, and Daniel can't help but sigh with emotion, although others don't know it.

When Daniel handed the story of the robot Wall-E to Andrew, he looked at him like a madman.

Daniel wrote the script and even drew the split script, basically doing more than half of what an animation director does.

A cartoon, at least one or two years, as many as four or five years. Blue Sky's famous work "Ice Age" took more than three years. If it wasn't for Fox's "Frozen World", which was a big defeat and abolished its own animation department, they might not have been able to persevere. to the end. That is to say, the same animal logic, Blue Sky may be taken over by another company, or simply resell the half-made film to Disney or DreamWorks. Fox and Blue Sky are lucky, so new forces will appear in the animation field.

The reason why cartoons take so much time is, on the one hand, of course, a lot of computer work takes a long time, when things don't go well. It usually takes a week to render a picture, and a common action may require dozens of special effects shots. These work are very time-consuming, which basically takes about one-third or two-fifths of the total time. The other half lies in a lot of useless work - to say they are useless work, I mean that these work will not be reflected in the final film, but it is inevitable for the formation of the film.

For example, when doing this plot, it is found that there is a bug, or there is a better way. Then overthrow and redo, sometimes this overthrow is done from the main line, and then half, or even more than half of the work in the past is wasted. This is also the difference between cartoons and live-action films. When you find something wrong with a live-action film, you cannot ask everyone to remake it. Even if it is halfway through, you think it is not very good, and investors and producers will not Allows you to reshoot. Not so with cartoons, before they are released. It can be changed, as long as the funds are sufficient, and all the staff reserve full time for this project - unlike actors who have schedules and will have their own will.

Therefore, Daniel provided Andrew with a mature script, as well as a sub-shot script with an extremely clear mainline although not complete, enough to reduce the time and cost of "Robot Story" by more than half.

The entire film cost about $55 million and lasted a year.

In Hollywood cartoons, it is a typical example of economical cost-effectiveness and short time-consuming.

However, this method of operation is not very repeatable. First of all, Daniel is very familiar with Wall-E in his previous life, and he likes this work very much. But he rarely watches cartoons like doing research, so maybe he can give scripts and styles for other projects. But I can't draw detailed sub-shots. In this way, the cost and time savings are much more limited, and 20% to 30% can be overwhelming.

But "Robots" went well, and he breathed a sigh of relief, with a successful work and a good start. A lot of times it's half done.

"Starting to prepare for the establishment of the animation department of DD Films."

Kusa nodded, this is an inevitable move, and it is definitely not possible to be so unclear now. Now that DD Pictures has won MGM, the animation department also has a work completed, and both sides are ready. This time is the most suitable time, not to mention, Daniel has his own considerations.

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Daniel took the time to visit Heath Ledger's class before his first college summer vacation. This is definitely a very, very sincere move. First of all, he is really busy. Second, he has no special friendship with An Li and Focus Pictures. This company, which was born last year, was reorganized by Good Machine Pictures. The Machine was responsible for the North American distribution of The Pianist, but The Pianist was not invested in by DD Films.

"Brokeback Mountain" originally invited Heath Ledger and Daniel Sandler, but the latter declined -- Daniel's decision was much praised when Jake Gyllenhaal took over. Because Jack's decision made many media assert that he made the most wrong decision in his career, which would ruin his future. Relatively speaking, Daniel, who refused to act, of course avoided a "trap" that ruined his future!

Moreover, since the filming of "Brokeback Mountain", it has been repeatedly condemned by various groups. The subject of homosexuality is not a taboo topic in the United States, but it is definitely not a positive one. Anti-gay groups, including religious groups, are strong and vocal. Daniel was often talked about by them, which made Daniel very uneasy.

He has no objection to "Brokeback Mountain", not acting simply because there is no need to challenge his image, and this is not an opportunity to reshape his acting skills, and not because of other reasons. But in fact, many people gave his decision some color, which he did not want to see. Because it may bring more obstacles to the already quite difficult "Brokeback Mountain", his huge influence makes him unable to ignore this matter.

In addition to this, the original filming plan for "Brokeback Mountain" was in the second half of last year, but due to the hesitation of the top executives and Daniel's decision, the project was delayed until it was almost over.

Because of these various reasons, when he and Heath Ledger occasionally had a chance to talk, he made sure that he was going to visit the class once.

For Daniel, this is also an opportunity to explain to the outside that he has absolutely no negative views on the **** community. As a director of the affirmative group Power Equal Alliance, he obviously cannot keep himself in some kind of inclined speculation.

Flying from Los Angeles to Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada is not a short journey, Daniel has not left from around Los Angeles for several months, this time deliberately, compared to the strong expression his meaning.

Coincidentally, Daniel meets the splendor of the whole play, and a scene where Jack and Ensney cross the taboo is being filmed on the mountain.

So he wasn't able to go to the scene - it was cleared.

"It's been a whole day shooting."

Daniel was entertained by the film's two leading actresses, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. The former didn't know each other at all, but the latter was more or less related. Anne stood her ground in Hollywood and practiced a Copper skin and iron bones, he was not shy at all about the proposal to have an artificial relationship with Daniel.

The cheerfulness made Daniel begin to wonder if he was being too fussy.

In this small town in the Rocky Mountains, the climate is very suitable for filming. Even at the end of May, there is still snow, and the blue sky is clear, making Daniel, who has been staying in Los Angeles, feel relaxed for a long time.

The shots of "Brokeback Mountain" are very beautiful, although this is related to the photographer and An Li, but it is more closely related to the beautiful Alberta.

The film's producer, James Shams of Focus Pictures, drove by himself and took Michelle, Hathaway, Daniel and Miller for a walk around the town.

"If you come a little later, in July, we can go to Calgary to see the Stampede, which is very big."

"Are you still going to shoot until July?"

"..." James had to swallow his own words, which made the two ladies in the car couldn't stop laughing.

In fact, James is so enthusiastic, of course, because he also knows what Daniel's arrival means, and what good news for "Brokeback Mountain". Not only did not oppose, but even turned to support.

After strolling around the gray mountains and deserted coniferous forests of Alberta, when I returned to the place, it was already dark~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Everyone gathered together and had a warm meal. After a good meal, people in the entertainment industry can easily become familiar with each other. After eating this meal, everyone became friends.

Gyllenhaal is actually better known than Heath, it's just that Ennis has more leeway in his role, so Ann Lee spent a little more time choosing Heath, and earlier. With the 500 million box office of "The Day After Tomorrow", Gyllenhaal can be regarded as one of the top actors in Hollywood's age group.

The two of them started talking with Jennifer Aniston. They both worked with her. In Hollywood, when two strangers chat, there is rarely a time when they can't talk, because the circle above is not really big, the actors you work with I have also collaborated, and I may have also filmed the director you filmed, so it can always be talked about.

But Daniel and Ann Lee talked a little more.

And talk about An Li's not-so-pleasant experience - "The Hulk". (To be continued.)

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Thank you my new helmsman Eternal Fall and Rabbit-loving Grass