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Saving money is also a science!

Pengda is currently launching many projects. Considering the difference between animation works and live-action dramas, let's ignore Transformers for the time being.

The 55-minute Prequel to Jack costs about 8.5 million. There are no real people in this show, it's all leather suits.

It is estimated that Metal Hero Gaban will have about 50 episodes, and the initial investment will be as high as 50 million. After the white warehouse was ruined, another 20 million funds were reissued. Because the filming has not yet finished, the possibility of follow-up investment is as high as 99.9%!

Kamen Rider X, which is currently on the air, has been filmed for two seasons and cost nearly 100 million. There are still two seasons planned, and the full version is expected to consume about 180 million.

These are big burners!

To put it bluntly, if there is no toy industry for blood supply, Pengda will only end up bankrupt even if it does not build a paradise.

And that's not even counting the animation department!

The production of Transformers: Proof of the Leader took into account the domestic 3D animation environment and current situation. This part of the cost, I am afraid that 100 million should be used as the unit of measurement.

Inside Pengda, this issue has been discussed a long time ago. Film and television companies are spending more and more, is there any possibility of waste?

This definitely has it!

Pengda started late and developed rapidly, lacking the mature experience of many peers. Sometimes for the same thing, others spent two million to complete it, but Peng Da spent five million or even ten million to do it.

For this, Meng Zai felt distressed.

Can you learn from Aunt Dong?

It's not about being stingy everywhere, but about carefully calculating every penny. Spend the money that should be spent vigorously, and spend the money that should not be spent separately.

Take special effects as an example. This scene is very important, so it doesn't matter if you spend money, if it is not enough, you can add more. If it's just an unimportant scene, should the standard be lowered?

Meetings were held for several days, and through Mr. Meng's precepts and deeds, this unhealthy trend of extravagance and waste was finally suppressed.

Yan Tao responded very quickly!

Twenty million?

To be honest, Meng Lang didn't expect Yan Tao to get the actors and the script so quickly. But what really surprised him was the budget report submitted by Yan Tao.

Is Doraemon so cheap?

According to the plan, Doraemon will be made into a seasonal drama. There are about 30 episodes per season, each 20 minutes long.

20 million for one season?

Seeing that actor's salary took up a large part of the budget, Meng Lang was full of worries. Saving money is fine, but is it saving too much?

It's a reasonable budget!

Yan Tao rubbed his eyes and said: This drama mainly depends on the screenwriter and actors, and the actual cost of filming is much lower than our previous works.

What about those props?

Meng Lang gestured and said, I mean the magical props that appear in the script, such as the bamboo dragonfly arbitrary door...

How easy this is!

Yan Tao said disapprovingly: To achieve the effects of these props, post-editing and compositing is enough, and most of them don't even use special effects.

He explained his thoughts.

For example, the bamboo dragonfly uses the hanging wire method to realize the actors' flying and moving in the air. Or the actor stepped on a green door panel and was carried away by the staff.

There are many plans for bamboo dragonfly!

The second is props such as any door and space-time shuttle, through some special effects and lens synthesis to achieve the effect of traversing.

Transforming biscuits or props such as pills are even better. It is not difficult to achieve magic effects through camera transitions and cuts.

Doraemon's magical props are magical in the eyes of children. But with the current shooting methods, it is not too easy to achieve similar effects.

Take the episode Nobita Paradise as an example. Nobita has no place to play and wants to go to a unfettered city. Doraemon took out a camera, as long as the building was photographed, and hot water was poured on it, it would soon become a small building.

At this time, Nobita and his friends, through the shrink tunnel provided by Doraemon, turn themselves into little thumbs, and then they can play freely in the small building.

Kids think it's amazing?

In fact, it is not difficult to shoot this effect. The Altman crew next door has a ready-made model, which is exactly the same as the real building. First shoot the model, and then rent a real building, the effect is definitely more shocking than the original.

Similar examples abound.

As long as the avatar of Fatty Blue is done well, and there are no cracking shots, the live-action version will not be much worse than the animated version.

Doraemon is very suitable for real life!

After all, the main point of this drama is Doraemon's magical props. Other than that, everything else is side dishes.

Nobita's growth?

What kind of growth can a lifetime of worthless useless have? Who watched Doraemon when they were young, and the focus was not on props?

Only when the audience grew up did they start playing Fat Tiger Terrier and pay attention to Nobita's growth experience.

Who cares about this as a kid?

That being said, as a popular work all over the world, Doraemon's highlights are of course more than props. Lively characters are also a major advantage of this show.

Shizuka Fat Tiger, Nobita, and the protagonist, Doraemon, each have different personalities. Even after many years, the audience still can't forget them.

This is a big deal!

After watching so many classic works, the audience may only remember what the protagonist is like. The image of the supporting role, completely forgotten.

Take the classic first-generation Ultraman as an example. The early audience still had a clear image of Susumu Hayata and Akiko Fuji in their minds. As for the rest of Kurt's team, they can only remember their names, but their images are blurred.

Although the project was born as a joke, Meng Lang still gave Yan Tao great support. Ask money to give money, ask people to give. Except for the actors in the leather case who cannot be easily transferred, others can be chosen at will.

It's a pity that Yan Tao doesn't need it.

He just needs to shoot the venue!

villa!

Yan Tao said enthusiastically: A villa with a small courtyard! A total of six sets are needed. They don't need to be close together, they can be separated by a distance.

What's the matter?

If the land price in Jiangchuan was cheap, only six villas, Meng Zai would buy it with his eyes closed.

But Jiangchuan's housing price...

I asked someone to ask, if I can rent it, then it's no problem. If I can't rent it, I can only go to a city with low housing prices to shoot.

After seeing off Yan Tao, Meng Lang hurriedly called Lao Meng who was fishing in the suburbs.

Lao Meng has a wide network of contacts and many wine and meat friends, and most of them live in the same villa area. When I was filming Ba La La Xiao Moxian, I had to rely on the old Meng Tuo to rent two villas.

Find him right!

Meng Lang originally thought that even if Lao Meng could complete the task, he would have to go through several twists and turns. After all, filming is not something that can be done in a day or two. Why do people move out when they live well?

As a result, it was done in one afternoon!

It's still worth your face!

Lao Meng said, They didn't agree to it at first, but I said you need to use it for filming, so I immediately changed my mind and agreed, and didn't charge for it!

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