Entertaining Children

  Chapter 468 Special Effects Company

   "I still said that," Xiao Yao said to Shazhou and others while sitting in the car, "If you don't want to go, you can not go."

"There are only three children you have no choice." Xiao Yao turned to Lin Qisan again, "In this scene, you are the protagonist and must appear. Also, you are now my apprentice, and you feel a little bored with the optical Changquan moves. Huh? You can treat this as a physical test for you. If you can just climb up without stopping to rest in between, I will start teaching you practical moves and skills."

   "Okay! Anyway, no matter if you stop in the middle, I will always go up." Lin Qisan nodded, "You can lead the way, I don't know how to get in." With that, Lin Qisan opened the door and got out of the car.

   Xiao Yao took the DV, followed Lin Qisan and got out of the car. As soon as the two of them walked a few steps away, they heard the sound of closing the car door several times. Looking back, they found that Shazhou and the three girls were also following.

   "You just invited us to have supper, obviously you have planned it early," Sha Zhou saw Xiao Yao looking at him, and pointed at him with a smile, "It's just a walk for digestion."

  After boarding the top platform of this office building, everyone found that although the light here is not very bright, looking at it, you can just see the lights of the iconic high-rise buildings in the city center. And because of the terrain and the line of sight, it still gives people a feeling that their place is higher than those seventy or eighty-story buildings.

   "Xiao Yao, you really know how to find a place." After breathing well, everyone lay on the railings of the platform and looked at the tall buildings in the city center in the distance. This feeling was really refreshing.

   "The scenery is good," Xiao Yao smiled, "Now do you think it is worth climbing the twenty-seventh floor of the stairs?"

   "I still prefer to take the elevator to watch during the day." Xu Yuan curled his lips and said.

   "The daytime scene is different from the night scene. Those buildings are not lit, and it feels a lot worse." Xiao Yao replied, and then began to greet Lin Qisan to shoot.

  A few simple shots did not take too much time, but after thinking about the difficulty of climbing up, Xiao Yao did not immediately ask everyone to retreat after shooting. Anyway, it is the last shooting scene tonight. Tomorrow will only be shot in the night scene. There are no shooting tasks during the day, so you can rest as much as you want. Xiao Yao simply asked everyone to rest for a while and watch the night scenes on it.

  After the hard shooting on the first day, everyone spent a good rest in the hotel during the day. In the evening, the next day of shooting began.

  Shencheng Linhai is also one of the most important port cities in China, so there are many trade warehouses walking near the seaside port area. In the evening of the next day, Xiao Yao dragged several people to a trading warehouse near the port area to complete the filming. Of course, Xiao Yao still did not spend money on renting the venue, but took a few people to find an idle warehouse for sale and rent, and stuffed two packs of cigarettes for the old man at the door, falsely claiming that he wanted to rent the warehouse, so let’s take a look at the environment in advance. Decide with the facility whether or not to talk to the warehouse owner.

  Don't look at relying on the geographical advantage of the port area. It should be a good business to operate a warehouse here, but it can't hold up too many warehouses in this area. When the competition is fierce, there are always people who can't do it and want to change hands. When Xiao Yao came here to do business in his previous life, he had never seen advertisements for sale and renting of warehouses. He was quite clear about this. When he visited here the day before yesterday, he found that the same situation is true in this life. As long as he spends time looking for it, he can still find idle. Of the warehouse. This kind of warehouse usually only leaves an elderly old man as a janitor at night. The night is boring and lonely. Xiao Yao has often dealt with such people in his previous life and knows how to handle it.

Although Xiao Yao and his group did not look like a businessman renting a warehouse, for the sake of two packs of cigarettes, the boring old janitor not only let them in, but also kindly opened the elevator in the warehouse for them. And electric lights. Anyway, there is nothing valuable in the warehouse, but some idle shelves and pallets, nothing can be stuffed into their car, and only his door is the only one who enters and exits. The old man is not afraid of them stealing things.

  Solved the problem of the venue, and the shooting went smoothly. For about half an hour, Xiao Yao completed the shooting of the last remaining shots with the help of everyone.

   "August 1st, how did you find these places?" On the way back, Lin Qisan couldn't help but curiously asked, "How do I feel that you are more familiar with Shencheng than I am?"

   Xiao Yao smiled without answering, but said in his heart: "Brother can tell you that I have lived in this city for ten years in my previous life?"

  The MV shooting is complete, the next step is to proceed with post-production. At this time, the New Year's Day holiday just ended, and the school began to start classes.

  The editing and soundtrack work of this MV later stage, Xiao Yao still intends to do it himself. He has already produced several MVs, and his skills and experience are all right. The official version of the song has been recorded, and there is no problem with the soundtrack material. What makes Xiao Yao difficult is that he also needs to make some of the pictures look like thermal imagers or night vision goggles. This is not something that can be solved simply by adding a filter, but it requires real post-screen special effects processing technology.

   Xiao Yao has filmed several MVs, and this is the first time he has encountered this problem. He does not have the relevant knowledge and technology to solve this problem, but fortunately, Shen Opera has this related major. At the end of New Year's Day, Xiao Yao started to go to professional courses such as visual effects and image special effects processing technology.

  The courses in the university are not restricted to students. Even if you don't take this course, you can go and listen at will. Xiao Yao told the examiner that he wanted to be a director as early as when he was in the art exam, so he has also been to the classroom of the director department for most of the semester. Some teachers and classmates in the director department have already I know this star student of Shen Opera, and a teacher from the director department once suggested to Xiao Yao to change the department. This is not a secret in the school.

  After New Year's Day, the teachers and classmates in visual communication majors and post special effects production courses did not feel too surprised to see Xiao Yao appearing in their class again.

  However, Xiao Yao's appearance in those places these few times is not just for learning. Although Xiao Yao still has a strong desire to learn, he has no plans to do all the work by himself in the future. Just a few minutes of MV and more than ten minutes of short films can be played by yourself. I still have to make regular film and television works in the future. If I still do everything by myself, it is estimated that I will not be able to complete it even if I am exhausted. Therefore, in addition to understanding the relevant knowledge of this kind of professional, the most important thing is to find a helper these few times.

  Take several classes. After a period of observation and personal experience, Xiao Yao set his goal on a young teacher named Tong Luo in the school.

  Current post-production special effects mostly involve computer software technology, which is a relatively new profession. The teachers in this area of ​​Shen Opera are not very old, and some of them have their own careers. This is the case with this Tong Luo teacher. He is only in his early thirties. In addition to being a teacher from Shen Opera, he is also the boss and main engineer of a special effects production company.

   "Teacher Tong, I have something to ask you, can I talk to you?" After one get out of class, Xiao Yao ran directly to the podium, blocking the teacher Tong Luo who was still packing things and did not leave.

"Xiao Yao? I'm glad you came to listen to my class." Teacher Tong Luo smiled when he saw that he was a famous star student in the school, "Is there something in the class that I didn't understand?" The teacher in the university Students from other departments are open to attending their own classes, but after all, they are auditing students. Some only come one or two times and no one is seen. Therefore, the teacher does not make any request for students who did not choose their own courses. . But if students have questions, as teachers, they will still answer them as patiently as possible. This has nothing to do with whether or not the students are here.

  "It's not the content of today's class, but I have business matters that I want to talk to you." Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head.

  In terms of post-production special effects, if you can't do it yourself, you have to spend money to ask someone to do it. Xiao Yao found a teacher in his school. He didn't want to let the teacher-student relationship be used for nothing. He just considered that there was such a relationship and it could be cheaper.

"In terms of business? Are you going to introduce me to business?" Tong Luo smiled, "Then go to my office? Or...I have no class later, do you still have class today? If you have time, or else Shall I go to our company directly? I'll take you to visit my company before discussing it."

Although Xiao Yao’s most famous identity is still a singer, after all, he has also acted in theaters, and his home studio is also involved in film and television. I heard that his studio invested in a TV series last year and is now undergoing post-production. It’s not that TV series. With Xiao Yao’s current contacts in the entertainment industry, it is not ruled out that other people want to use him to find special effects companies to do post-production special effects for film and television works, so I heard Xiao Yao mention the word "business". In Tong Luo's eyes, Xiao Yao, who was not an ordinary student, was treated as a client by Tong Luo at this time.

   "Okay," Xiao Yao listened to Tong Luo's suggestion and immediately agreed, "I have no class today. I haven't seen how special effects companies do post-production special effects."

   "Let's go, take my car." Tong Luo quickly tidied up the things on the podium and greeted Xiao Yao.

Tong Luo’s special effects production company is not far from the school. After the two arrived, Xiao Yao discovered that Tong Luo’s special effects company and Yin Xi’s studio were in the same creative park. When Xiao Yao asked him for anything in the future , It should be very convenient.

  After entering the company, Tong Luo first took Xiao Yao to visit, and also took a look at the process of special effects produced by their company's employees. The entire company is small, that is, a few large and small offices, with just a dozen employees. Although it is called a company, Xiao Yao feels that this place is more like a studio. His number of employees and office space are not as good as Yin Xi's studio.

   Although the company is small, the technical level is still good. According to Tong Luo's introduction, even if their company's special effects production level is not the top level in China, it is at least the top level in China. After a brief tour of the company, Tong Luo also showed Xiao Yao all the company's previous signature works. From Xiao Yao's point of view, the effects of the things made are indeed very good, and Tong Luo did not brag.

  It’s just that in these special effects works, most of them are games, and relatively few movies and TV dramas. However, this is also because the current domestic film and television crews believe in foreign special effects companies more in terms of special effects. They go directly to American companies when the conditions are good. Even worse, they go to Korea and Japan to find special effects companies for special effects. The living environment of domestic special effects companies is They are quite general. Companies like Tongluo are able to receive a lot of game special effects production business, and can achieve profit every year, and they have survived very well.

"You talked to me about the business, it must be about special effects?" After introducing and seeing the company's signature works to Xiao Yao, Tong Luo smiled and asked Xiao Yao, "How about? Our level should be able to meet the requirements, right? ?"

   "Of course, good enough." Xiao Yao smiled. At this level, helping yourself to make MV special effects is definitely a sledgehammer.

  "What kind of work is that?" Tong Luo said, "The price is easy to negotiate. If it is a well-known work that can help our company promote it, I can also give some additional discounts."

"That..." Xiao Yao said a little embarrassed, "Actually, I filmed a MV myself. There are probably a total of more than ten seconds of footage that needs some special effects, and it is not difficult. Of course, the price must be based on Your company's standards will come, and there will be no less."

"MV? A total of ten seconds?" The disappointment on Tong Luo's face flashed away, but he immediately thought of Xiao Yao's identity, and immediately replied with a smile, and said to Xiao Yao, "What are the specific requirements? Your original material Did you bring it? I'll take a look first."

   "I put it in my network cloud storage account," Xiao Yao said, "Give me a computer to use, I will download it for you to see."

  The two were in Tong Luo’s office. After listening to Xiao Yao, Tong Luo immediately picked up the laptop on his desk and handed it to Xiao Yao.

"It's not difficult for such a little picture. Let me do it for you for free. If you are in a hurry, I will arrange for someone to make it for you today." Tong Luo looked at Xiao Yao's picture material and listened to him. After the special effects requirements, generous way.

   "It's free? What a shame." Xiao Yao said politely, "Let's do it according to your company's price standard."

"It's okay, it's not troublesome for you to make this thing." Tong Luo smiled and waved his hand. "If you are embarrassed, just introduce some business to my company in the future. I know that your home runs a studio, film There are quite a few people who know this in the circle."

  (End of this chapter)