Ace Hollywood

Andrew hopes that you can go and take a look at it when you have time. After all, the whole film is made according to your design. Andrew thinks you need to go and take a look.

After Daniel acquired 20% of the shares of Weta Digital, he started to think about the animation department. As far as he is concerned, talents, funds, opportunities, etc., all need to wait, but the film, he can take it out of his own 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 picture scripts similar to storyboard scripts—his attainments in oil painting make these scripts actually very enjoyable. Intermittently, until Andrew Stanton joined, he took things out and formed a team to start working. People from Animal Logic and Weta Digital have 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, the script came together with Andrew Stanton, which made Daniel feel inexplicable.

The film Robot Story was produced by Andrew himself, and now it has returned to his hands after going around and around. Daniel can't help feeling secretly, 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 storyboard, basically doing more than half of the work of an animation director.

A cartoon, at least one or two years, as many as four or five years. It took more than three years for Blue Sky to become famous for its famous work Ice Age. If Fox's Frozen World hadn't been a big failure and they had eliminated their own animation department, they might not have been able to persist. to the end. Just like animal logic, Blue Sky may be taken over by another company, or simply resell the half-made film to Disney or DreamWorks. Both Fox and Blue Sky are lucky, so new forces will emerge in the field of cartoons.

The reason why cartoons take so much time is that on the one hand, of course, a lot of computer work takes a long time, and when things are not going well. It usually takes a week to render a picture, and an ordinary action may require dozens of special effects shots. These tasks 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 that they are useless work means that these works will not be reflected in the finished film in the end, but the formation of the film is inevitable.

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 kind of overthrow is to make changes from the main line, and then half, or even more than half, of the past work will be wasted. This is also the difference between cartoons and live-action films. When you find something wrong when editing a live-action film, you can’t ask everyone to retake it. Even if it’s halfway through the filming, you think it’s not good. You are allowed to retake. Cartoons are not the case, before they are made into films. It can all be changed, as long as the funds are sufficient,

All staff members reserve full time for this project - unlike actors who have schedules, they also have self-will.

Therefore, Daniel provided Andrew with a mature script and, although incomplete, a storyboard script with an extremely clear main line, which was enough to reduce the time and cost of Robot Story by more than half.

The total cost of the whole film is about 55 million US dollars, which lasted a year.

In Hollywood cartoons, it can be regarded as a typical example of being economical and 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 seldom watches cartoons like doing research, so he may be able to 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% is the best.

But Robot Story went well, and he was relieved that he had a successful work and a good start. Most of the time it's half the battle.

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

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

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

Heath Ledger and Daniel Sandler were initially offered for Brokeback Mountain, but the latter declined—and when Jake Gyllenhaal took over, Daniel's decision was heavily praised. Because of Jack's decision, many media asserted that he made the most wrong decision in his career, which would ruin his future. Relatively speaking, Daniel, who refused to play, of course avoided a trap that ruined the future!

Moreover, since the shooting of Brokeback Mountain, it has been condemned by various groups. The topic 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 powerful and vocal. Daniel is often talked about by them, which makes Daniel very disturbed.

He has nothing against Brokeback Mountain, not acting just because there is no need to challenge his image, and this is not an opportunity to make his acting skills reborn, not for other reasons. But in fact, many people gave his decision some color, which he didn't want to see. Because this may bring more obstacles to the already difficult Brokeback Mountain, his huge influence makes him unable to ignore this matter.

In addition to this point, the original shooting plan of Brokeback Mountain was in the second half of last year, but because of the hesitation of the focus executives and Daniel's decision, the project was delayed until now and it is almost coming to an end.

Because of these various reasons, when he and Heath Ledger occasionally had a chance to talk on the phone, it was determined that he would visit the class once.

For Daniel, this is also an opportunity to explain to the outside world that he has no negative views on the gay community at all. As a director of the affirmative organization Equal Power Coalition, it is obviously impossible for him to keep himself in a certain inclined guess.

Flying from Los Angeles to Kanenaskis, Alberta, Canada is not a short journey. Daniel has not left around Los Angeles for several months. his meaning.

Coincidentally, Daniel met the cadenza of the whole show, and a scene where Jack and Ensney crossed taboos was being filmed on the mountain.

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

It's been shooting all day.

Daniel was entertained by the movie's two leading actresses, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. The former didn't know each other at all before, but the latter was more or less related. Anne gained a foothold in Hollywood and practiced well. Copper-skinned and iron-framed, he wasn't shy at all about his previous proposal to have an artificial relationship with Daniel.

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

This small town in the Rocky Mountains has a very suitable climate for filming. Even at the end of May, there is still snow and the clear blue sky makes Daniel, who has been staying in Los Angeles, feel the long-lost relaxation.

The shots of Brokeback Mountain are very beautiful. Although this has something to do with the photographer and An Li, it is more closely related to the beautiful Alberta.

The producer of the film, James Shams of Focus Pictures, drove the car himself, took Michelle, Hathaway, Daniel and Miller, and walked around the town together.

If you come later, in July, we can go to Calgary to see the Stampede, which is very grand.

Are you still going to shoot until July?

... James had to swallow his own words, which made the two women in the car laugh.

In fact, James is so enthusiastic, of course, because he also knows what Daniel's arrival means, and it is such good news for Brokeback Mountain. Not just not opposing, but even turning to support.

After wandering through the dark gray mountains and deserted coniferous forests of Alberta, it was already dark when I returned to my place of residence.

Everyone gathered together and had a warm meal. People in the entertainment industry became familiar easily. After eating this meal, everyone became friends.

Gyllenhaal is actually more famous than Heath, but Ennis's role has more room to play, so An Lee spent more time on choosing Heath, and earlier. With the 500 million box office of The Day After Tomorrow, Gyllenhaal can be regarded as the top group of actors of his age in Hollywood.

The two started talking about Jennifer Aniston, and they have both worked with her. In Hollywood, when two people chat with strangers, there are very few times when they can’t continue the conversation, because the upper circle is actually not big. The actors you work with I have also collaborated, and I may have also filmed the director you have filmed, so it will always be possible to talk about it.

But Daniel and An Lee talked a little more.

And it's about An Li's unpleasant experience-The Incredible Hulk. (To be continued.)

PS: The third update.

Thank you my new rudder master Eternal Fall and the grass that loves to eat rabbits