Studio Wita, near Wellington, New Zealand.

After the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, the company, co-founded by Peter Jackson and his friends Richard Taylor and Jimmy Selkirk, has become the special effects studio in Hollywood's industry second only to Industrial Light and Magic.

In particular, the motion capture shooting of the classic character Smeger is well deserved to be the world's number one.

"Avatar", directed by James Cameron, is basically completed in Vita Studio.

This film is like "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", and the actors do not need to shoot any outdoor scenes.

After nearly half a year, Ronan came to the crew again. On the one hand, he checked the project progress, and on the other hand, he urged James Cameron to try his best to complete the video within the planned time.

“A while wasted in the early stage.”

In the studio, James Cameron did not take part in person, but introduced some basic situations to Ronan: "The crew made technical adjustments in special effects and motion capture to better achieve the results I required."

Ronan nodded slowly, and while listening to James Cameron's words, his eyes were also watching the shooting.

What is being filmed is the action capture scene of the heroine. Jessica Alba is wearing a special costume full of origin capturers and makes various actions in front of the green screen.

Andy Serkins, who directed the filming, would occasionally stop shooting and remind Jessica Alba.

Ronan asked, "Where is the financial situation?"

James Cameron said directly: "I didn't dare to say it before, but now I dare to assure you that I can complete "Avatar" with quality and quantity within the time limit of the secondary budget."

The initial production budget of "Avatar" was US$200 million. After an additional investment in the middle, the total production budget reached US$230 million.

This is among the top of all the current production costs of Hollywood films, among which the most expensive films are "Return of Superman" under Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

Even if there are another ten years, "Return of Superman" may still be the highest cost of Hollywood production.

Ronan received James Cameron's guarantee and completely relieved and said, "After I return to Los Angeles, I will notify the Embassy Pictures to select schedules for "Avatar"." He still attaches great importance to director James Cameron, and asked, "There is no problem to be released in 2008."

James Cameron said with great certainty: "In the first half of 2008, I promised to complete all the production of the film."

Although he is a famous vote-skipping king, James Cameron must be sure of saying this. Ronan nodded slightly and said, "Let's do this, the schedule is initially set for the holiday in 2008, between the Thanksgiving season and the Christmas holiday."

"Titanic" was released in this period. James Cameron had a special beautiful impression of this time period and immediately said: "Ronan, you make the decision."

Ronan has made a decision that as long as there is no major accident, "Avatar" will be released during the 2008 holiday season.

It is possible that if you recover your investment earlier, the financial pressure on Theory Entertainment will be less.

Not to mention anything else, in a year, hundreds of millions of dollars of funds, if you only calculate interest, it is an astronomical figure.

According to the normal plan, including production costs and promotional distribution costs, the total investment of Relativity Entertainment in the single project "Avatar" will definitely exceed 500 million US dollars.

Of course, this video will also bring extremely terrifying income returns to Relativity Entertainment.

It is highly likely to become the most profitable single film project in Relativity Entertainment.

The shooting in the scene came to an end, and James Cameron also accompanied Ronan to see advanced equipment specially used for shooting.

In order to shoot this "Avatar", James Cameron made many years of technical preparations and shot two documentaries alone, all for technology to realize the pictures in his mind.

Without years of technical preparation, joint technology development with Sony Electronics and Imax, and without day and night on the ocean, there would be no filming of this "Avatar".

To some extent, this is also the least likely movie to be plagiarized, because the technology and patents are in the hands of James Cameron himself.

This studio brings together one of the most advanced film shooting and production technologies in the world today.

For example, the shooting equipment worn by Jessica Alba automatically captures her facial expressions during the shooting.

This is a specially developed capturing headset by Wita Studio at the request of James Cameron. During shooting, each actor who performs "performance capture" wears a set of camera devices on his head.

The core of this headset is a miniature high-definition camera that is only a few inches away from the actor's face. It can use a wide-angle lens to record the most subtle expression changes of the actor's face, transmitting 95% of the actor's facial movements to the virtual characters in the computer, making the final CG character generated by the computer no different from the real actor.

Jessica Alba came here specifically to say hello to Ronan: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Ronan."

"Hello, Jesse." Ronan nodded to her and asked, "Is the shooting going smoothly?"

Jessica Alba obviously wanted to get closer and immediately replied: "A very special experience. I have made similar movies before, but the difference is too big than "Avatar".

She smiled sweetly at Ronan: "What impressed me the most was a scene where I played a role traveling through the jungle. James told me in advance about the atmosphere of the entire scene, how much visibility, how much temperature, how high the trees, how deep the grass, how many roads I have to walk, what route I walk, what kind of creatures I meet on the road, what kind of movements I need to do... All of this requires me to imagine and then make corresponding actions in the studio."

Ronan looked at the studio with only green screens. In the future, similar performances will gradually become a skill that Hollywood actors must master.

Even more exaggerating, some movies may no longer require actors.

He remembered very clearly that there was only one actor in Disney's "Fantasy Forest" from beginning to end, and the real beast version of "The Lion King" was all made in CG.

Jessica Alba's smile was as sweet as chocolate: "It felt so strange, and when I finally found that the actions I made could fit the pictures made by a virtual computer, although I have experienced this kind of shooting experience many times, I must say that "Avatar" is the most incredible one I have ever done!"

Ronan smiled and nodded slightly: "Jesse, I've seen you take some pictures, and you performed very well."

It can be said that motion capture covers up some of Jessica Alba's shortcomings as an actor, especially in her acting skills.

"Thank you," said Jessica Alba. "Your approval has paid off for my efforts."

Ronan looked at the rumored Latino actress and said, "Work hard and don't let James down."

If it weren't for James Cameron, he wouldn't have used Jessica Alba to play the heroine of "Avatar".

Jessica Alba said: "I have been working hard. I took the break some time ago and returned to Los Angeles to attend an audition for Marvel Entertainment."

Ronan realized that after saying so much, Jessica Alba probably has to say the following sentences.

Ordinary girls enter Hollywood and either become human spirits or become lunatics like Lindsay Lohan.

"Oh?" Ronan asked deliberately: "Which video did you attend?"

Jessica Alba said: "Dr. Jane Foster, the heroine of Thor."

Luo Nan replied casually: "Yes, your temperament is very suitable."

"Really?" Jessica Alba showed some surprise.

Ronan smiled: "Kevin Feige is responsible for the audition, you have to ask him for details."

That being said, but Jessica Alba is more suitable than Natalie Portman as Jane Foster. That Jewish actress is really not suitable to be a vase actor, and she cannot meet the simplest vase actor requirements.

In the movie "Thor", Jane Foster's popularity was stolen by her female assistant.

In the words of netizens, it is obvious that the two are more incompatible, but Brother Hui chose three-no products...

Maybe Brother Crack doesn’t like women who are more fierce than himself?

Regardless of whether Jessica Alba passed the audition or not, Ronan would never use Natalie Portman on the heroine of "Thor".

If this actress has box office appeal, she can consider it, but her box office appeal is completely negligible.

In fact, it is not difficult to find a special thing about Gwyneth Paltrow in the early stage, from Natalie Portman to later stages of menstrual periods. In terms of female roles in Marvel, she especially likes to use the aunt type actress.

Even if you are not an aunt, your appearance and figure must be at the level of an aunt.

After chatting with Jessica Alba for a while, Ronan, led by James Cameron, went to the CG special effects studio next to him.

The cgi technology used in this movie is brand new, and all the equipment is built for this movie. James Cameron hopes that "Avatar" can become a revolution in cgi technology and become an option for film production in the future.

James Cameron's obsession and fanaticism about computer special effects are well known.

Ronan knew very well what the biggest selling point of this movie was, and gave James Cameron absolute support in the production and use of special effects.

Like the abuse of CG criticized by the outside world and the pile of special effects, Ronan's eyes is nothing to do.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, movies are always black and white silent films that are called art.

In the afternoon, when Ronan was about to leave Wita Studio, he met a fat man from New Zealand and a famous director Peter Jackson.
Chapter completed!