Chapter 819 Avatar Day
"Are you talking about the script that has been kept in the study?"
Hearing Ryan's words, Natalie naturally remembered the magical script, "I remember you have been modifying it, have you finished?"
"Not yet." Ryan shook his head, "At first it was just a novel, but later it was borrowed from the background by Blizzard Entertainment and turned into a game. Now it is the world's largest online game..."
Natalie understands what Ryan means, “A movie adapted by games is very rare for successful people?”
"That's right." Ryan nodded, "If most of the game's settings are used, the video will almost certainly fail, so I will also adjust the relevant content."
"When you finish the script," Natalie got up and walked upstairs, "Let's talk about this slowly, okay?"
"no problem."
Ryan then followed, the project seemed a bit difficult because he wanted to try Charlize's proposal.
What the two of them talked about was of course the most popular online game "World of Warcraft". Since a few years ago, Ryan has taken time to write the script, and even completed the first draft of the trilogy, but later he rejected it because the script has too deep traces of the game.
Adapting games into movies has always been a difficult problem in the film industry. From the 1990s to the present, there have been few successful people. Strictly speaking, the ones that can be considered successful are the "Tomb Raider 1" and "Resident Evil" series. The rest are basically all things that fail in both reputation and business, especially those game movies that invest heavily, often have a greater chance of failure.
This is exactly what Ryan is concerned about. Unlike novels, his audience is more loyal and his scope is narrower. Even if World of Warcraft has tens of millions of users around the world, if the movie follows the game, it will only become a niche or fan movie. This is not the result Ryan wants.
Magical themes definitely require huge investment, and niche means that the number of audiences is limited, and the future market is narrow, so it is destined to be difficult to recover investment.
Therefore, Ryan has been modifying the script. After a long period of consideration, he threw away the overly huge and complex worldview and took out the stories of the Kingdom of Arthas and Lordaeron and the Dead of the Scourge. He even used the basic settings of his novels and games to recompile the content.
The character Arthas and even some other characters in the script will undergo many changes. While retaining the main lines such as the Stantamslaughter of the City, he added many content that was not mentioned in the novels and games. After all, this movie is targeted not only game fans.
Games, literature and movies are completely different carriers, and many changes are also necessary choices.
Even Ryan considered the beginning of the first film. It would be a fierce war to introduce background history. It was vulgar and routine, with almost no creativity, but this was a good way to attract most viewers to continue watching. Many movies such as "Gladiator" and "Save Private Ryan" all started with this routine and not actually related to the theme of the film.
Ridley Scott and Stephen Spielberg both knew exactly what the audience wanted to see the most.
As for the voices of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that were full of literary and artistic criticism that there were too many fighting and too many wars, Ryan would not consider it at all. This is a large-scale commercial film, not a warm art film. If you don't want to watch fights and wars, you can go out and turn left. There are theaters in North America that specialize in broadcasting art films.
The 16-minute trailer screened on ‘Avatar Day’ includes 5 paragraphs from the film “Avatar” and a quick edited preview. Director James Cameron himself appeared on the three-dimensional screen and led the audience into the world of Avatar.
If "Jurassic Park 3" and the two "Transformers" have gradually made 3D and IMAX fall into people's hearts, then the sixteen-minute trailer of "Avatar" almost opened a new era of movies.
"After watching these 15 minutes, I really understand why Ryan invested $550 million, why did James Cameron wait for more than 10 years to shoot, and it took so many years to complete this masterpiece. Whether in character design and art guidance, or computer stunts, this work can be said to be the final product of the highest class."
"The color and reflective accuracy of alien skins cannot be done from the 1990s to the early 2000s, and not to mention 3D, Ryan and Cameron were the first people to advocate 3D movies. I also understand why the directors and academicians who have watched short films gave so high ratings and high expectations."
"If the movie can maintain its level in these 15 minutes, I would think it's worth the ticket price for $100 when I'm going to watch the 3dimax version, let alone the ending may be more peculiar things, and those plane battles. However, this movie is absolutely impossible to watch the normal 35mm version. 3d is the focus of this movie. It's hard to imagine what will become when I've seen those things turn back to normal 2d?"
Senior movie fans who have watched the trailer are not stingy with exaggeration. Even if the ten minutes cut by James Cameron are far from the real essence of the film, they can fully deserve such praise.
"The 3D three-dimensional effect of "Avatar" surpasses all 3D three-dimensional movies in recent years. It can be said to be a brand new 3D three-dimensional realm. In addition, the realistic and realistic level of the CG characters in the film is also a new milestone in the history of the film industry. Several clips can be seen showing Director Cameron's intention and super directorial skills in this film. However, 15 minutes is too short, and it ends when everyone is still satisfied. I really want to watch the complete "Avatar" directly..."
——This comes from British movie fans.
"Visually, nothing is close to what Cameron has achieved now. Although I'm not that happy with the character design, they are indeed displayed on the screen and are even real and exciting. There is even a moment when I feel like I'm on Pandora. It's really terrible when I first saw Nami, but it feels natural once you've seen it for 5 minutes. In short, Pandora is out of human imagination."
——Australian movie fans.
"The 3D effect is quite amazing, which is 100 times stronger than the domestic 3D videos that convert money to cheat after the later domestic market! Even the Transformers, which is currently recognized as the best 3D effect, is not as good as "Avatar". The powerful 3D effect actually caused me to be a little distracted at the beginning, and it took a while to adapt. Even when the close-up of strong movement occurs, you will feel immersive. When the camera is still, you will find the depth of the picture, which is amazing!"
——Chinese movie fans.
"Imax3d's three-dimensional clip of "Avatar" is really great, super exciting and magical! Everyone exclaimed surprise and admiration, and everyone was stunned. It was really a revolutionary masterpiece of the movie!"
——Japanese movie fans. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!
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