A giant scorpion that goes berserk when it sees people in the desert.
A ferocious tiger mastiff that can easily tear a tiger into pieces.
The cruel and bloodthirsty war beast, the Qi Snake Beast King.
and these grand fantasy world scenes.
The majestic Phoenix City with carved buildings and painted buildings, the towering city walls seem to pierce the sky, the bustling streets in the city are full of people, and there are all kinds of rare treasures.
In the center of the city, set up a Shura Arena full of bloody killings. Warriors from the eight tribes fought in blood here, trying their best for honor and survival.
In addition, the Beast King Valley, which hides countless dangers, is even more frightening. Blood and water are everywhere, and strangers are not allowed to enter.
These are all produced in CG by the top domestic special effects team Mojing Tianhe ( Wandering Earth visual effects team). It took two years from sketch to rendering. Every frame, every hair, has reached Extremely high level of motion capture and modeling.
This movie will be released in 2020. .35 billion has been invested in the most expensive domestic fantasy film "Zhengtu" on the Internet. It is adapted from the game of the same name produced in 2005. If you have not seen this fantasy masterpiece, maybe you have also played it. Have played or been exposed to this game.
The story of "Zhengtu" is based on an imaginary Central Plains continent. has nothing to do with our Chinese history . Of course, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with that game. The plot of
is relatively simple and direct, but the way of pushing the main line of is an upgrade gameplay that players are more familiar with.
traveled all the way to the map, cleared dungeons, and formed a team to fight monsters all the way. The big scene of was quite exciting. In the end, the protagonist team defeated the boss, got the honor card, and advanced with full health.
Talking about the core of the story and theme, in fact, the movie "Journey" is not much to talk about. The gimmicks and highlights of are all focused on special effects, visual wonders, battle scenes, etc.
Throughout the birth of the Internet, it is indeed difficult to match it. represents the first-line level of domestic visual effects and has witnessed the progress and development of domestic special effects teams. As a purely visual effects film, you have to criticize the story and script, which is a bit picky. If you want to criticize it, you also have to criticize the special effects, right?
Why did the big screen first appear?
can animate images and be used for storage. As technology improves, it is easier to present visual effects that are difficult to reach in our real life. The film industry has invested heavily in developing special effects technology. only hopes to use this method to show non-real life. Scenes and wonders that cannot be seen.
Unfortunately, domestic audiences have gradually lost interest in pure visual stimulation, and their requirements for film works have become more comprehensive and stringent.
This also led to the fact that had no choice but to sell the broadcast rights to the Internet University before the theaters of "Zhengtu" opened.
In this process, in order to adapt to the playback rules of the network platform, movies had to make a lot of cuts, making some of the original large-scale and shocking visual effects scenes become victims of castration and were thrown away. Into the recycle bin.
Just think about the journey of the domestic visual effects team after its rise in recent years. In 2019, the first part of "The Wandering Earth" was released, and enjoyed a brief moment of glory with Liu Cixin's big IP.
After the second part of "The Wandering Earth" was released in 2023, immediately faced the embarrassing situation of shrinking box office . The production cost of US$162 million made the road to continuity in jeopardy.
There is also "Fengshen Part 1", which had a box office of less than 3 billion in exchange for asking my grandfather to sue my grandmother. almost made the trilogy come to nothing. The difficulties and twists and turns behind it reflect the high-cost production of domestic movies. Difficulties and challenges faced.
I have to admit that in the past few years, domestic theaters have been dominated by feature films. "Li Huanying" easily won 5 billion in box office with its sincere emotions and deeply rooted story, and " Hot and Hot " also relied on its unique charm to win over the audience. Resonate and win more than 3 billion yuan. These relatively low-cost works of have gained huge box office space and market returns. dwarfs high-cost blockbusters, and the road to return is full of hardships.
The current status of the film industry has discouraged those visual effects teams with advanced technology. High-cost production has become a hot potato. No one dares to touch easily. It is difficult for special effects teams to find a place to use domestically, and they even have to turn to foreign markets to find part-time jobs. The opportunity, the helplessness and bitterness in this, make people feel worried about the future of Chinese movies.
Before, we were unable to produce special effects blockbusters due to backward technology. Now that has technical experience, we are faced with the embarrassing situation of being powerless and . Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Perhaps we should re-examine the nature of movies and audience needs, focus on stories and emotional power, and return movies to their most authentic state. At the same time, we also look forward to those courageous and talented filmmakers to step forward and use cutting-edge Visual effects technology combines good stories and good scripts to break this deadlock. brings new hope and dawn to Chinese movies.
