Chapter 117 Shooting Preparations
In fact, Peng Hui has always been very strange. Although this world incorporates many movies and TV dramas, why are there no child stars?
Later I found out that it wasn't that there were no child actors, it was just that child actors basically didn't have many roles.
There are even fewer child stars who have become famous.
In this regard, it is much weaker than in the previous life.
There are quite a few well-known child stars in previous lives.
There are quite a few such as Shi Xiaolong, Cao Jun, Hao Shaowen, Xie Miao, etc.
But the problem is that this world is dominated by big scenes and big productions.
There are also movies and TV series for children.
But most child stars become famous for a while and then quickly fade away.
There are too few people who have truly risen from child stardom to stardom.
This is actually not difficult to understand.
After all, the fame of child stars is mostly accompanied by the birth of classic film and television dramas.
But the mainstream aesthetic in this world is big-budget film and television dramas. What really attracts attention is often the excitement of the drama itself. Even if there are occasionally one or two very outstanding child actors, the popularity will soon dissipate.
After all, the overall style of the Chinese entertainment industry in this world is still that of the previous millennium.
There is no concept of a youth group yet.
There are men's and women's groups, but these are basically young people aged 17 or 18.
And there are no such minors.
The reason is that there is no piracy in this world.
Without piracy, people would be very weak in creating new things.
This is the truth.
Although piracy in the previous life was abominable, just like there would be no shadows without sunlight, there is no piracy, and naturally there is no idea of constantly developing new projects in order to make money.
It is not a secret in this world that one move can travel all over the world.
Otherwise, why would crosstalk gradually become lonely?
Isn’t it just because people in this era have become accustomed to being comfortable and have no ambition to be enterprising.
Once you have the leading actor, it’s easy to choose the rest.
The first is one of the members of the protagonist team, the actor who plays Xiaogang.
After some selection, a child actor who showed great potential in "Looking for Ash Ketchum" was selected.
Qian Zhuangzhuang.
He is also a child star who debuted very early.
However, in terms of appearance, he is much weaker than Lin Yang.
As for the heroine Xiaoxia, it is Peng Jiahe who returned from the United States.
To be honest, Peng Huiha was shocked when he saw Peng Jiahe.
Looking at the appearance of his girlfriend in his previous life, Peng Hui felt a little complicated.
I didn't say anything, but I chose the other party right away.
Of course, he himself doesn't have any weird hobbies.
After all, Peng Jiahe is only ten years old this year.
But now that we meet again, there is no reason to give up.
Peng Jiahe is naturally very happy that she can become the heroine.
And his father also showed great gratitude to Peng Hui.
Although it took a long time to sign the contract, being able to star in a work with a production budget of over 100 million is still a big qualification for Peng Jiahe, who is new to the entertainment industry.
Yes, one hundred million.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Throughout the show, even though Peng Hui tried his best to reduce costs, he even replaced Pokémon with plush toys.
But the special effects that need to be used later are still very expensive.
Peng Hui, who initially thought about directly using Hollywood production methods to produce a special photo drama, was immediately shattered by reality and all his expectations were shattered.
There's no way, it's too expensive.
The first part of "Pokémon" has a total of 275 episodes.
If it is broadcast weekly, it will take at least four years.
Even if each part is only shot according to the number of episodes of 80, the number of Pokémon in it will be more than 100.
The three parts include nearly 400 Pokémon.
Even if there are some repetitions, if every Pokémon is perfect...
I'm afraid even the production cycle will take ten years!
Only then did Peng Hui realize that it was not that Hollywood in his previous life did not want to produce Pokémon with 3D effects, but because the costs were too high.
It's easy to say that it's a small amount of money, but at worst it costs hundreds of thousands per Pokémon.
But the problem is the production time!
There are more than a hundred Pokémon, and if one is produced in the shortest three days, eighty episodes can be filmed in a year!
It takes a year to release a part of a series?
Nonsense!
It took three years to shoot all the Pokémon!
This does not include combat special effects and the like.
At least five years!
It took five years to make a Pokémon movie?
Not to mention that Peng Hui didn't have the time, even if he did, he wouldn't be so willful.
After all, making a live-action feature film is not a cartoon. When you are busy, others are also busy.
It takes three years to shoot a movie, and they are all children. No one can have such patience.
How many things will be delayed in these three years?
So Peng Hui could only settle for the next best thing and make a plush toy.
Although special effects are still needed to make the plush toys very smooth, the time is greatly reduced.
The special effects required to make a plush toy into a suitable shape, the special effects time for the entire movie only takes one day.
Not only the time is directly reduced to one-third, but it can also be subcontracted to other companies for decentralized completion.
Greatly reduces production time.
Of course, in order to prevent inconsistent painting styles, Peng Hui divided all Pokémon into several categories according to the main Pokémon, evil Pokémon, neutral Pokémon, and stadium Pokémon.
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In this way, even if the painting style of each company is inconsistent, the appearance of the same type of Pokémon can be guaranteed to be consistent as much as possible.
Such a result can not only greatly reduce the cost of modification, but also make the entire painting style chaotic and consistent.
As for the supporting roles of Team Rocket's Musashi and Kojiro, they are played by Axiang and Su Xingyu respectively.
The reason why Axiang played this role was because this role required heavy makeup and elegant rose-red and rose-purple hair.
There are very few actresses who can achieve this hair color, and Axiang is naturally the most suitable among them.
As for Su Xingyu...
The main reason is because he is willing to accept Xigua Taro's hairstyle.
Because it is the Chinese version, Kojiro's name became Xiao Lang.
Musashi retained his original name.
Kojiro's fiancée Rumika in the original work has not changed either.
For localization, appropriate modifications are inevitable.
As for the others, they are basically either artists that Peng Hui has worked with before, or some child actors.
Except for some artists who will still appear in subsequent plots, most of the others are temporary workers.
The preparation time this time took as long as three months.
When filming officially starts, it will already be the beginning of 2021.
Chapter completed!