NOVEL WEB Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 24 Shock
Chapter 24 Shock
The 12-minute short film was played quickly, and Ronald was in shock.
The story of the short film is very simple. It tells that most of the human race is extinct. Two people, a man and a woman, escape from the earth in a spaceship with artificial intelligence and go to space.The man wakes up on the spaceship and is attacked by a huge sweeping robot as an enemy while walking around. The woman drives the battle robot to rescue.
The plot of this story is incomplete and seems to be only a small part of a larger story.But the editing is very good, Ronald, as the audience, felt nervous watching.
The scenes inside several spaceships are very imposing, and it feels like the spaceship is dozens of times larger than a person.
Best of all, the two robots are as real as they come.Ronald can't figure out how Jim Cameron paid $2 for such a realistic robot?
Not only can it move around freely, but it also fits the human feeling very well. It makes people feel that the robot is intelligent at first glance, but it gets stuck and cannot move, which makes people feel a little humorous.
"What do you think?" Cameron asked, seeing that everyone was silent.
"Your short film has the temperament of 'Star Wars'. The lighting level is superb, and the use of a very simple method gives the feeling of space." The photographer commented, "Star Wars was filmed on the Pinewood set in England. I I have worked there, and if you have the opportunity to shoot there, the image quality of the film you make will surpass that of Star Wars."
"I think the heroine is amazing. She can drive a battle robot to save the hero. This is rare in Hollywood movies. In today's movies, women generally show off their beauty and wait for men to rescue them. It's time for Hollywood There's a female hero." Gale sang praises from a female perspective.
"What do you think, Ronnie".Cameron actually wants to hear his opinion the most.
"How did you make the model? Was it plastic?"
After watching Cameron's performance, Ronald began to doubt whether he really had the talent for directing.
"How was this shot shot? It's the shot of the male protagonist climbing a cliff in front of the sweeping robot, avoiding the robot's scan."
"How was the shot of the heroine in the combat robot cockpit shot? Did you build a model of the robot's interior?"
"How was the interior of this massive spaceship shot?"
……
Ronald asked a dozen questions in one breath, and Cameron answered them one by one.
It turned out that it was really a plastic model. After taking a close-up shot with a camera, editing techniques were used to create the illusion of a tall robot.
In the small room, the heroine plays with a "spaceship control stick" modified from fitness equipment, and then uses lights to create a dim effect in the cockpit.Finally, the footage of her driving is edited together with the footage of the combat robot model in motion, and the audience will mistakenly think that the heroine is driving inside the robot.
The huge internal structure of the spaceship is actually a background painting. Cameron drew the perspective effect. At the correct angle and with dim lights, the audience mistakenly thought that they saw the ceiling of the spaceship.
The scene where the actor hangs on the cliff to avoid the robot is actually edited. The actor grabs the edge of a high platform and acts out the feeling of fear.Then through post-editing technology, it is combined with the footage of the robot.
The robot is also amazing, with a head that turns and is driven by a motor from an electric toy.
The most surprising thing is that the entire short film was edited with the copy function of two video recorders. Due to insufficient funds, Cameron could not afford a professional editing machine, so he used two video recorders to edit.
When the editing point is reached, the copying is paused, then fast-forwarded to the content to be connected, and then the copying is resumed.In this way, the native method was launched, and a short film with such a high degree of completion was actually cut.
"I think you might change something in Hollywood, Jim."
Ronald said to Cameron: "George Lucas can't shoot an intelligent machine with a sense of doomsday like you. His robot is just a gag clown. And your robot is the protagonist of the movie. .”
"You are exaggerating too much, Ronald." Cameron smiled happily, and finally someone saw his most attentive link.Although the actor subtitles of this short film refer to the male and female protagonists, in fact, the protagonists of the entire film should be sweeping robots and fighting robots.
The core of the movie story is the routine of righteous robots fighting against evil robots.
"Let's go." Gail suggested.Ronald also nodded. It's time to go. I haven't got off work on time for a week. I should go home early today.
After pressing the eject button, the video tape was ejected from the machine, and the TV screen automatically switched back to the signal of CBS TV station.A male host jumped out, which happened to be a political talk show.
"Two days ago, the leader of Amerika announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1 next year, which continued to shock the international community. We have invited experts on international issues to analyze the international impact of this incident..." A piece of theme music Remember.
"Wait a minute..." Ronald stopped Gale who wanted to turn off the TV.
"First of all, let's review the televised speech delivered by the President at the White House on the 15th the day before yesterday."
The TV screen cuts to the Oval Office of the White House. The commander-in-chief with silver hair is reading the manuscript: "First, let me read out a joint communiqué just signed. The United States of America will, on January 1979, 1, Formal establishment of diplomatic relations. America will recognize...as the sole legal government of the Chinese people.... This communiqué is a further development of the...communication of 1..."
Ronald's mouth is wide open, diplomatic relations have finally been established?I have a chance to go to China?
I have been busy filming these two days, so I missed this big news.It is also because there is no TV in my apartment. Almost all the information of American people now comes from TV channels. CBS is one of the most authoritative.
Hurry up and make money to buy a TV.
Ronald added another item to his list of things to do with the money.
"Why, are you suddenly interested in international politics?"
Cameron remembered that Ronald was not like the progressive young people nowadays, who liked to talk about international politics and the destruction of nuclear weapons.
"The American government recognizes that there is only one Chinese country in the world...America and the Chinese country will start sending ambassadors to each other in March next year.... Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the same Chinese country." The commander-in-chief continued to speak.
"I'm interested in Huaguo. Their food is delicious." Ronald said perfunctorily, and it was impossible to reveal his true thoughts to anyone.
Huaguo's strength began to show internationally. As the soul of Huaguo, Ronald was of course very excited. 5000 years of ancient wisdom is not something you who are only 200 years old can understand.
"I think that if I have the opportunity to go to Red China to make a movie in the future, if I can make one, it will definitely be sold in America." Ronald explained.
"Then you will have a chance in the future. With the embassy next year, you can get a visa to travel first." Gail laughed.
After earning money to travel to China, Ronald added another item to the list.
The rebroadcast of the White House speech on TV ended, and finally the commander-in-chief praised the great significance of establishing diplomatic relations with China, which is conducive to world peace.
"Okay, now let's look at the opinions of experts." The male host began to introduce the two guests.
Ronald raised his hand and turned off the TV, and everyone was ready to go home.
"Jim, does the new film you participate in have this kind of robot lens?" Ronald asked suddenly.
"There are no robots, but there are spaceships, and alien creatures, that need to do model stunts."
"Oh, movies like your short film don't really need too many lines and dialogues. Maybe the movies you make in the future can be sold to China." Ronald said.
Cameron's eyes lit up: "You are right, action and machinery are the language of movies that all human beings can understand. Only such movies can be sold to non-English-speaking countries."
"See you at Mount Carmel High School tomorrow afternoon?"
"See you tomorrow afternoon."
(End of this chapter)
The 12-minute short film was played quickly, and Ronald was in shock.
The story of the short film is very simple. It tells that most of the human race is extinct. Two people, a man and a woman, escape from the earth in a spaceship with artificial intelligence and go to space.The man wakes up on the spaceship and is attacked by a huge sweeping robot as an enemy while walking around. The woman drives the battle robot to rescue.
The plot of this story is incomplete and seems to be only a small part of a larger story.But the editing is very good, Ronald, as the audience, felt nervous watching.
The scenes inside several spaceships are very imposing, and it feels like the spaceship is dozens of times larger than a person.
Best of all, the two robots are as real as they come.Ronald can't figure out how Jim Cameron paid $2 for such a realistic robot?
Not only can it move around freely, but it also fits the human feeling very well. It makes people feel that the robot is intelligent at first glance, but it gets stuck and cannot move, which makes people feel a little humorous.
"What do you think?" Cameron asked, seeing that everyone was silent.
"Your short film has the temperament of 'Star Wars'. The lighting level is superb, and the use of a very simple method gives the feeling of space." The photographer commented, "Star Wars was filmed on the Pinewood set in England. I I have worked there, and if you have the opportunity to shoot there, the image quality of the film you make will surpass that of Star Wars."
"I think the heroine is amazing. She can drive a battle robot to save the hero. This is rare in Hollywood movies. In today's movies, women generally show off their beauty and wait for men to rescue them. It's time for Hollywood There's a female hero." Gale sang praises from a female perspective.
"What do you think, Ronnie".Cameron actually wants to hear his opinion the most.
"How did you make the model? Was it plastic?"
After watching Cameron's performance, Ronald began to doubt whether he really had the talent for directing.
"How was this shot shot? It's the shot of the male protagonist climbing a cliff in front of the sweeping robot, avoiding the robot's scan."
"How was the shot of the heroine in the combat robot cockpit shot? Did you build a model of the robot's interior?"
"How was the interior of this massive spaceship shot?"
……
Ronald asked a dozen questions in one breath, and Cameron answered them one by one.
It turned out that it was really a plastic model. After taking a close-up shot with a camera, editing techniques were used to create the illusion of a tall robot.
In the small room, the heroine plays with a "spaceship control stick" modified from fitness equipment, and then uses lights to create a dim effect in the cockpit.Finally, the footage of her driving is edited together with the footage of the combat robot model in motion, and the audience will mistakenly think that the heroine is driving inside the robot.
The huge internal structure of the spaceship is actually a background painting. Cameron drew the perspective effect. At the correct angle and with dim lights, the audience mistakenly thought that they saw the ceiling of the spaceship.
The scene where the actor hangs on the cliff to avoid the robot is actually edited. The actor grabs the edge of a high platform and acts out the feeling of fear.Then through post-editing technology, it is combined with the footage of the robot.
The robot is also amazing, with a head that turns and is driven by a motor from an electric toy.
The most surprising thing is that the entire short film was edited with the copy function of two video recorders. Due to insufficient funds, Cameron could not afford a professional editing machine, so he used two video recorders to edit.
When the editing point is reached, the copying is paused, then fast-forwarded to the content to be connected, and then the copying is resumed.In this way, the native method was launched, and a short film with such a high degree of completion was actually cut.
"I think you might change something in Hollywood, Jim."
Ronald said to Cameron: "George Lucas can't shoot an intelligent machine with a sense of doomsday like you. His robot is just a gag clown. And your robot is the protagonist of the movie. .”
"You are exaggerating too much, Ronald." Cameron smiled happily, and finally someone saw his most attentive link.Although the actor subtitles of this short film refer to the male and female protagonists, in fact, the protagonists of the entire film should be sweeping robots and fighting robots.
The core of the movie story is the routine of righteous robots fighting against evil robots.
"Let's go." Gail suggested.Ronald also nodded. It's time to go. I haven't got off work on time for a week. I should go home early today.
After pressing the eject button, the video tape was ejected from the machine, and the TV screen automatically switched back to the signal of CBS TV station.A male host jumped out, which happened to be a political talk show.
"Two days ago, the leader of Amerika announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1 next year, which continued to shock the international community. We have invited experts on international issues to analyze the international impact of this incident..." A piece of theme music Remember.
"Wait a minute..." Ronald stopped Gale who wanted to turn off the TV.
"First of all, let's review the televised speech delivered by the President at the White House on the 15th the day before yesterday."
The TV screen cuts to the Oval Office of the White House. The commander-in-chief with silver hair is reading the manuscript: "First, let me read out a joint communiqué just signed. The United States of America will, on January 1979, 1, Formal establishment of diplomatic relations. America will recognize...as the sole legal government of the Chinese people.... This communiqué is a further development of the...communication of 1..."
Ronald's mouth is wide open, diplomatic relations have finally been established?I have a chance to go to China?
I have been busy filming these two days, so I missed this big news.It is also because there is no TV in my apartment. Almost all the information of American people now comes from TV channels. CBS is one of the most authoritative.
Hurry up and make money to buy a TV.
Ronald added another item to his list of things to do with the money.
"Why, are you suddenly interested in international politics?"
Cameron remembered that Ronald was not like the progressive young people nowadays, who liked to talk about international politics and the destruction of nuclear weapons.
"The American government recognizes that there is only one Chinese country in the world...America and the Chinese country will start sending ambassadors to each other in March next year.... Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the same Chinese country." The commander-in-chief continued to speak.
"I'm interested in Huaguo. Their food is delicious." Ronald said perfunctorily, and it was impossible to reveal his true thoughts to anyone.
Huaguo's strength began to show internationally. As the soul of Huaguo, Ronald was of course very excited. 5000 years of ancient wisdom is not something you who are only 200 years old can understand.
"I think that if I have the opportunity to go to Red China to make a movie in the future, if I can make one, it will definitely be sold in America." Ronald explained.
"Then you will have a chance in the future. With the embassy next year, you can get a visa to travel first." Gail laughed.
After earning money to travel to China, Ronald added another item to the list.
The rebroadcast of the White House speech on TV ended, and finally the commander-in-chief praised the great significance of establishing diplomatic relations with China, which is conducive to world peace.
"Okay, now let's look at the opinions of experts." The male host began to introduce the two guests.
Ronald raised his hand and turned off the TV, and everyone was ready to go home.
"Jim, does the new film you participate in have this kind of robot lens?" Ronald asked suddenly.
"There are no robots, but there are spaceships, and alien creatures, that need to do model stunts."
"Oh, movies like your short film don't really need too many lines and dialogues. Maybe the movies you make in the future can be sold to China." Ronald said.
Cameron's eyes lit up: "You are right, action and machinery are the language of movies that all human beings can understand. Only such movies can be sold to non-English-speaking countries."
"See you at Mount Carmel High School tomorrow afternoon?"
"See you tomorrow afternoon."
(End of this chapter)
Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.