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It was an event at the USC School of Film, or rather a name-changing ceremony.

USC School of Film is the abbreviation, originally called the University of Southern California School of Film and Television, now officially renamed the University of Southern California School of Film Arts.

How could USC Film School forget to invite many famous alumni to participate in such an event?

As the school closest to Hollywood and the film industry in the United States, graduates of USC Film School will basically enter Hollywood to work.

Compared with the related majors of New York University and Columbia University, the style of USC Film School is more inclined to Hollywood commercial films, aiming to train students who produce industrialized boutiques.

The Oscars won by USC Film School are also far higher than other schools.

There are many famous alumni.

At the banquet after the name change, in addition to George Lucas, Ronan also saw the sound effect master class - Bout, Life is Beautiful director Ron Howard, Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis, David Volpe, director of The Chocolate Factory.

Most of them are directors or behind-the-scenes producers like Jessica Felton, and it is rare to see the stars behind the scenes.

Because the USC Film School does not have an acting major.

Under the introduction of George Lucas, Ronan successfully entered the inner circle of alumni of USC Film Academy.

Although he dropped out of school and did not graduate, he is still an alumnus.

After the invitation from Robert Zemeckis, the chairman of the alumni association, Ronan also agreed to join the UCFA alumni association.

He came to participate in this party, one is to bear the brand of USC Film School that cannot be erased, and the other is to use alumni to further expand the network of contacts.

Many alumni who participated in the event are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In other words, the Oscar judges.

In this society, there are circles everywhere, and alumni are considered to be more reliable.

And at the banquet, Ronan also met Johnson, his mentor in school.

Three years ago, Professor Johnson officially retired and returned to Washington, D.C. to settle down, and Ronan hadn't seen him for a while.

Although there is no saying here that there are four irons in life, it is a common social value to value mothers.

This is a special existence that you can scold it a thousand or even ten thousand times in your heart, but outsiders are never allowed to scold it.

In the second half of the banquet, Ronan asked Professor Johnson to accompany him to find the current top managers of the Film Academy, and directly declared that he would donate 8 million US dollars to his alma mater.

Professor Johnson has retired and has a very high pension, but he has always paid attention to the USC Film School.

Ronan was very aware of this, and deliberately introduced the current administrators of the college under the introduction of Professor Johnson instead of George Lucas, in order to let Professor Johnson leave more fame and marks.

This is also a kind of return. When Ronan was just starting out, Professor Johnson helped him a lot. Jessica Felton was introduced by Professor Johnson.

pity,

Jessica Felton went to Mexico to inspect the location of Fast and Furious 3 and didn't have time to come to participate.

But Ronan can also introduce her to join the alumni association later.

The donation of 8 million US dollars was entirely contributed by Ronan himself. Of course, he will not write a blank check and must cash it.

There are too many examples of Hollywood stars talking empty words when engaging in charity, claiming to donate a lot, but turning around and denying it.

Also, many celebrities have their own charitable foundations, and the promised charitable donations claim to be donated to their own foundations...

Regardless of the purpose of charitable donations, as long as they are really done, it is better than nothing, and it is a hundred times better than those keyboard warriors who ridicule their donations for other purposes.

Ronan once had a colleague who donated 100 yuan to a certain event, but was ridiculed by many people for being stingy.

And those people's wallets are always tightly covered.

Of course, publicly declaring to donate a large amount of money in order to gain fame, but then nothing is different.

There are quite a few people like this in Hollywood, the more typical ones are Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey. They are not only famous iron cocks, but they have done things more than once when they publicly declared donations but then turned their heads.

Ronan will have the accountant over tomorrow to handle the donation.

Tonight, he didn't donate the most money. George Lucas made a one-time donation of 20 million US dollars, and also donated 10 million US dollars on behalf of Spielberg, who was filming in other places.

Spielberg is not an alumnus of the USC Film School, but he is a well-known supporter of the USC Film School.

Perhaps, this has something to do with the strong support he received from George Lucas in his early years.

According to Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas is also planning to donate a state-of-the-art teaching building and post-production studio to the USC School of Film.

During most of the banquet, Ronan stayed and chatted with USC alumni. Due to his identity as the owner of the film company and a gold medal producer, he quickly became one of the focus of the alumni.

In short, after this day's activities, Ronan gained a lot.

A few days later, Ronan called a big dinner on the grounds that he had recently joined the USC Film School Alumni Association.

A brand-new network of personal connections gradually begins to be established.

Most of them can relate directly to Relativity Entertainment.

For example, the master class of sound effects - Bout, accepted the invitation of Relativity Entertainment, and will be responsible for the sound effects processing for the Transformers series in the future.

In addition, the USC Film Academy has a steady stream of outstanding graduates who can join the filming and production teams of various production crews of Shahai Entertainment.

Ronan is also logically listed as one of the most influential alumni by the USC Film Academy.

Subsequently, the crew of Transformers formally signed a contract with Industrial Light and Magic, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm, and Industrial Light and Magic will be responsible for the special effects production of this commercial masterpiece.

Relativity Entertainment and Lucasfilm are constantly deepening their cooperation with each other. Not counting those projects with small and medium investment, but in terms of large-scale productions alone, Marvel Entertainment has reached a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with Industrial Light and Magic.

Sandsea Entertainment has more cooperation with Industrial Light \u0026 Magic. The Pirates of the Caribbean series, Night at the Museum and Transformers are all produced by Industrial Light \u0026 Magic.

In addition, the two sides also reached a cooperation agreement on the Three Hundred Warriors of Spartans directed by Zach Schneider.

Sandsea Entertainment has leased the studio of the Hughes Aircraft Factory for a long time, and major investment projects have been withdrawn from Warner Studios one after another. The post-production can be completed in the Relativity Building.

However, Zack Schneider and the Three Hundred Warriors of Spartans project were left by Ronan at Warner Studios for filming.

The first film that stepped into the film circle was a huge success, and finally it was released from North America with a box office of 88.9 million US dollars. Zach Schneider was full of energy. After less than a month of rest, he returned to Los Angeles from the UK and recruited staff We started to prepare for the crew and plan to complete the preparations within half a year, and the filming and production will be completed next year.

Ronan also gave Zack Snyder more power, and even let him serve as the second producer.

The production budget of this film is 60 million US dollars, most of which will be invested in special effects production.

Zack Schneider had just started to build a crew, so he hired the photographer Larry Fang Zhangjing who had been working with him for many years in commercials, so that his intention and style could be fully implemented in the lens.

When shooting commercials, Zach Schneider often uses high-speed slow motion, and Larry Fong is very good at this aspect of shooting.

Then, Zach Schneider suspended other work and first went to determine the actors.

In his words to Ronan, actors need at least half a year of preparation.

Because the bodybuilding champions should appear in the movie shots, not the white-faced niche, Zach Schneider, after asking the opinions of fitness experts, believes that actors need at least four months of professional fitness training to achieve the desired muscle effect .

Then, there is combat training.

This is a movie that rejects any sissies. If you want to play a Spartan warrior in this movie, you need to go through a devilish fitness process.

Even so, after the crew released the actor recruitment announcement, the Warner Studio where they were located was immediately surrounded by countless actors and their agents.

Although the film salary was only 300,000 US dollars and he had to go through devilish fitness training, the number of candidates for the actor Leonidas soon exceeded 30.

Ronan only participated in one audition for the male lead, and he finalized the supporting actor Gerard Butler who starred in Tomb Raider 2 as the leading actor.

Gerard Butler tried a few shots. After Ronan made sure that he had not mistaken the person, he told Zach Schneider directly: This person is the mad king of Sparta.

He is also a lunatic agent who will bring bad luck to the president wherever he goes.

The White House has fallen, London has fallen, submarines have fallen, and angels have fallen.

Wherever this person goes, the order will collapse.

More than fifty male actors were quickly put in place, and Zack Snyder would soon strip them off and turn them into a bunch of walking hormones in a few months.

Of course, the Spartan warriors in the historical records did not fight in red trousers.

According to historical data, Spartan warriors wore heavy armor to fight, and some people's armor weighed half their body weight, but the original author Frank Miller believed that such costumes would make the tragic and heroic Spartan warriors It looks like the tortoise army, so the costumes of the characters were changed in the original book. King Leonidas of Sparta and his subordinates wore scarlet war robes, exposing their strong bodies.

The shirts designed by the crew based on the original work look like swimming trunks made of leather armor.

In ancient Greek-themed works, the characters are usually nude. For artistic and commercial considerations, the movie will not hesitate to strip off the clothes of the warriors.

As for the real history, like the Battle of Thermopylae in the movie, it doesn't matter at all.

Besides, history has lost its true appearance from the moment it happened.

The soaring plasma of 300 strong men in Sparta will arouse the emotions of the audience.

Similarly, the plasma of Chain Saw will also drive the enthusiasm of a large number of audiences.