Chapter 112 Chang'an
In the early work, the art team of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" has completed the original paintings of all characters. In terms of the crew, they also designed and produced costumes strictly according to the content of the original paintings.
These preliminary preparations have been basically completed and are currently under shooting.
However, it is not easy for many places to be perfect during filming. For example, in terms of costumes and props, due to the tight funding, it is difficult to make it look like some large-scale dramas, making it very realistic and textured.
However, Fan Zhe decided to solve these things through the technical capabilities of the 'dimensional' system in the later special effects.
While the crew was filming, the company's art team did not rest.
At present, they are concentrating on various scene original paintings, which is an extremely important part of the special effects production of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms".
Many initial shots of the filming of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" will be completed under the green screen. Of course, there will still be some simple indoor scenes and some outdoor shots that will be actually shot. But one is that the number of shots does not account for a very large proportion, and the other is that even if the real scene is shot, many places also need a lot of special effects bonuses.
For example, Chang'an City.
In "Fantasy of the Three Kingdoms", some stories take place in Chang'an. Fan Zhe had previously communicated with director Du Zhengde. The crew will go to the Tangcheng Film and Television Base in Xiangyang to shoot the plot and story in real scene.
Tangcheng Film and Television Base, this is a film and television base built by director Chen Kaige in Xiangyang, Hubei Province for six years and spent 3 billion yuan to create in order to film "The Legend of the Cat Demon".
Of course, although this film and television base was established because of "The Legend of Cat Demon", after it was established, it became a tourist attraction with considerable economic value. At the same time, many crews later entered it for filming.
Ye Jiayi has already agreed on the relevant contact work and the time has been set. Then the crew will just enter and shoot it.
The effect of this Tangcheng Film and Television Base is actually very good. However, in Fan Zhe's plan, a lot of the real-life shooting content is not enough.
To show the beautiful scenery of Chang'an during the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, a large amount of special effects technology is still needed.
The original conceptual painting of Chang'an was painted by Fan Zhe himself.
The strong wind blows, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, and a magnificent city street scene is produced by his pen. The red buildings on the street are very stylish; in the lively streets, various flags are flying, and a team of carriages pass by the street. Knights in bright clothes and angry horses protect the exquisitely shaped carriage, with dragon-patterned signs on it.
In this picture, in addition to its excellent styling ability, Fan Zhe particularly strengthened the drawing of light and shadow. The whole image looks very bright, and the sunlight seems to have a texture, showing that prosperous era.
The art team will draw a large number of illustrations that the story takes place in Chang'an based on the script.
These images will be imported into the 'dimensional' system together with the original shots taken at that time, and the special effects will be produced through systematic calculations.
Fan Zhe is very confident. At that time, once this drama is released, it will definitely refresh the understanding of ancient Chang'an in this circle.
Except for Chang'an City, many other shots and scenes will be processed in the same way.
To be honest, if the cost of light special effects is really given to ordinary special effects companies, 150 million will definitely not be able to be made.
According to Fan Zhe's current estimates, the entire set of post-production special effects projects may take more than one year.
Du Zhengde's plan is to complete the shooting before the New Year. The post-production special effects of Weidu Entertainment will be completed, and we will go next September and October.
This will be the project that Dimension Entertainment has established itself, invested in the largest scale and took the longest time.
Fan Zhe was still a little worried about this. He went to Ye Jiayi and asked about the company's financial situation, so he could support it.
The news I got was quite optimistic.
"We have made almost 100 million in the past year."
When he heard this number, Fan Zhe was stunned for a moment.
But after thinking about it carefully, it was almost the same.
The production costs of "Full Time" for two seasons totaled more than 20 million; the copyrights sold for the third season of "Special Events Task Force" totaled nearly 40 million, and the surrounding authorization also made a lot of money; the direct benefits of "The Evolutionary 4.6 billion Demo" currently brings nearly 40 million, and with the increasing rich and mature commercial development in the future, it is not a big problem to finally obtain the expected revenue of 60 million.
"...So, the funds we invest in "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" are not particularly stressful to the company's operation, at least they will not have much impact on the company's own operations."
"Also, the investment in Fantasy Three Kingdoms does not require us to pay in full. With the future income of the project as collateral, I have also operated a commercial loan of 20 million yuan."
"Anyway, don't worry, the company's financial situation is very good, and the company's personnel expansion is still in progress. The personnel recruited in the future will be filled into the project team of Fantasy Three Kingdoms. However, in a short time, it is better not to start new projects on the safe side."
"I understand." Fan Zhe nodded and mentioned another thing: "In the Dimension Technology side, we will allocate a sum of funds recently, 300 to 5 million."
"Okay." Ye Jiayi never asked about dimension technology. After she calculated the company's current funding situation, she nodded and agreed.
‘Dimensional Technology’ is just a shell company, and of course it doesn’t require much money, but the ‘Dimensional’ system requires it.
The company's development pressure is getting greater and greater, and the two workstations are obviously not enough.
This money is to be used to buy a new machine.
Before, Fan Zhe had already taken a fancy to a set of servers and bought them about 2 million yuan.
Fan Zhe doesn't plan to put this set of machines in the company.
He rented another place to store this machine.
It is not far from the company, in a basement. The machine will run independently under the control of the "dimensional" system, and will start and close regularly according to needs. When necessary, Fan Zhe can also directly operate through the connection of the "dimensional" system in the office.
The basement was locked and surveillance was turned on, and Fan Zhe could see it directly from the display screen of his office.
Security can still be guaranteed.
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Chapter completed!