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    Wan Xiaohu didn't stay in the United States for a long time. He arrived in early October and then handled the first phase of production of "Time Planning Bureau" as well as the preparatory work and casting work of "Inception". He returned on a Boeing 777 in mid-November.  China.  "Time Planning Bureau" has been edited into a 109-minute feature film, and special effects are being produced intensively at the Dragon Warrior Digital Matte Company.  The cast announcements for "Inception" have also been finalized one by one.  This time, the cast is very strong.  The male protagonist, "Dream Stealer" Dom Cobb, one of the dream stealing team, is confirmed to be played by "Titanic" actor Leonardo DiCaprio.  The two heroines, one of which is "Phantom" Mel, is played by Wan Xiaohu's old friend and Star Wars queen Natalie Portman.  The other heroine, Ali Ridney, one of the "Dream Builders" of the Dream Inception team, is played by Ellen Page, the heroine of last year's low-budget dark horse film "Juno", which won four Oscar nominations.  .  Arthur, the "outpost" of the Dream Stealing team, is played by Hollywood's potential youngster, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Liu Hua, the "pretender" who is one of the Dream Stealing team, is played by the Asian King Liu Dehua, who has successfully gone global with "Never End".  "Pharmacist" Joseph, one of the Dream Inception team, is played by Channing Tatum, the actor of "So You Think You Can Dance."  This rising star in Hollywood will also star in Sasha Entertainment's next year's Olympic film "The Hurt Locker". At the same time, because of his screenwriting talent, he will become one of the producers under Sasha Entertainment.  "Tycoon" Long Fa, one of the Dream Inception team and also the team's sponsor and supervisor, is played by Zhou Yunfa.  "Target" Fisher, the target of the dream stealer, is played by Cillian Murphy, the villain in "The Dark Knight."  After the main actors get the script, they can have more than a month to think about it.  Wan Xiaohu accompanies Su Ya as she waits for the countdown to give birth.  On December 5, 2008, Wan Xiaohu's third child and eldest son was born in a hospital in Beijing.  Even though it was the third time that he felt the continuation of his life, Wan Xiaohu was still excited.  The parents have already decided on the child¡¯s name.  His name is Wan Chengyang, and his nickname is Yangyang.  The birth of Yangyang also made the three women in Wan Xiaohu's life who were worthy of nostalgia become closely integrated with him.  Moreover, the birth of three children within two years made Wan Xiaohu feel as if he had entered a harvest season in life.  However, Wan Xiaohu still has to keep up his efforts to get the number of seven gourd babies from Zhang Yimou's home.  Accompanying Su Ya and Yang Yang for ten days, December 16th.  Wan Xiaohu had to leave for the first filming location of "Inception", the Tangier Studio in Morocco, to actually start filming.  While he was enjoying the time with his lovely wife and son, he still had some experiences outside.  First of all, after "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" won two consecutive North American and global championships, it continued to dominate the box office. ? Among them, North America won three consecutive weekend championships, with 65 million, 41 million, and 24.5 million US dollars respectively. In the fourth week, it lost to the newly released "High School Musical 3".  Subsequent weekend results of $12 million, $8 million, $7.9 million, $10.25 million and $3.88 million were achieved.  The current total box office in North America is US$260 million.  Mainland China, 67 million yuan in the first three days.  It hit another RMB 89.35 million in the second week, RMB 54.6 million in the third week, RMB 21 million in the fourth week, RMB 8 million in the fifth week, and RMB 3 million in the sixth week, and then the draw continued.  The total box office was 242.95 million yuan.  Originally, this result could have been higher, but because this year's Hollywood blockbuster offensive was relatively fierce, in order to achieve the proportion of domestic movies in the box office, China Broadcasting Corporation negotiated with Wan Xiaohu to reduce the film schedule and schedule "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in advance.  The radio and television need to be given some face.  The movie is not produced by Sasha Entertainment, so "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" can only regretfully stop at 250 million.  According to the box office tracking report of mtime, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has a total global box office of US$560 million as of December 16, 74 days after its release. It is expected to achieve a total box office of more than US$630 million by the end of the entire release period.  "In recent years, science fiction films have been impacted by the sudden emergence of fantasy films, and their market performance has depreciated significantly. Looking at the new millennium, the only successful science fiction films seem to be the Chinese cult films brought by Wan Xiaohu. And standard commercial science fiction blockbusters  The success of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" seems to predict the arrival of a pick-up period for science fiction movies. ""Twentieth Century Fox can breathe a sigh of relief and wait for James Cameron to hand over a $500 million science fiction masterpiece next year.  "Avatar!" - The Wall Street Journal.  The impact of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" on 20th Century Fox is not only a box office success, but also has a more positive significance in revitalizing an old movie series.  The peripherals and follow-up of this series are where the real money is made.  Got a small amount of money20th Century Fox, of course, happily paid Wan Xiaohu¡¯s directing fee.  Then, Wan Xiaohu was invited again to direct the sequel.  To this, Wan Xiaohu directly refused.  Firstly, he has no time, and secondly, he doesn¡¯t want to just work for others. Unless 20th Century Fox is willing to let him get involved in the investment of the sequel, there will be no negotiation.  "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was successful, but during this period, Sasha Entertainment messed up "Saw 6".  As the "Saw" series that must be released every Halloween, it has now reached its sixth installment.  The first one was directed by Wan Xiaohu, with a global revenue of 103 million US dollars.  The second part had a global US$148 million, the third one had a global US$165 million, the fourth one had a global US$139 million, and the fifth one had a global US$114 million. As of this year's "Saw 6", North America only received US$27.69 million.  The global total is only US$68.23 million.  Although the cost is only 11 million US dollars, making money is inevitable, but it seriously does not meet expectations.  It almost destroyed the reputation of the entire series. From the amazingness of the first part to the scum of the sixth part, this longest-running horror movie series in history can hardly continue.  "We will shoot the last one next year, work on the script and see how it goes. If it really can't be saved, just end it." Wan Xiaohu is quite open-minded.  Not every series, including the 007 series and the Star Trek series, has such longevity and success.  Nowadays, Sasha Entertainment is investing in more and more movies. Wan Xiaohu has discovered the "Twilight" series, "The Hunger Games" series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe project, and the "World of Warcraft" series, as well as more than a dozen movies for it.  blockbuster movie alone.  Sasha Entertainment has no worries that movies will not make money in the next ten years. ?????????????????????????????????????????????? "Twilight", adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name with a production cost of only US$37 million, took in US$69.64 million in the first three days of the weekend, which shows how profitable Sasha Entertainment is.  The future is bright.  In fact, Wan Xiaohu rarely pays attention to Sasha Entertainment now. As long as the company can meet all his needs for making movies, it doesn't matter whether it grows or not.  He holds a large number of shares in a large Internet company. A rich person does not care about such a small amount of money.  The pursuit is art!  ¡­ ¡­ Tangier is an ancient city with a long history.  According to archaeological research, Tangier was built by the Phoenicians in the 6th century BC.  Known as Dingis, it is one of the oldest cities in the world, predating the founding of Rome, Italy. At that time, Tangier was an important trading post for the Phoenicians.  Today, Tangier is the largest tourism center in the African country of Morocco and is also a free port.  The first episode of "Inception" was filmed here.  In the plot of the movie, Dream Stealer Dom Cobb.  Came here to track Liu Hua, the best pretender in the industry, and began to form a team to lay the foundation for Target Fisher.  There is no time to enjoy exotic customs.  The crew started intense filming almost as soon as they arrived in Tangier.  In order to successfully shoot this dream-stealing blockbuster, Wan Xiaohu will use five types of camera equipment after discussing with the director team, art team, and photography team.  They are Sony's 4k digital camera digital-intermediate, which is a lens used to shoot ultra-clear pixels.  hdcam-sr high-speed camera, which uses high-speed photography technology.  Shoot the delayed comparison between dreams and reality, slow down and double the speed.  As well as panavi¡¯s regular 35mm camera and special five-hole 35mm camera, used for regular shooting.  There are also vista-vi private aerial cameras and imax cameras.  Here, Wan Xiaohu used the hdcam-sr high-speed camera and the imax camera for the first time.  the use of these high-end equipment.  There is only one purpose, which is to shock the audience with the power of special effects.  Originally, Wan Xiaohu also thought about using a 3D camera.  ¡° However, the technology of 3D photography is not yet mature, and the production cycle is too long. For Wan Xiaohu, who always seeks speed, it is not the right time yet.  "Xiao Li, Hua Zai, be sure to pay attention to our camera lens in a moment. When running, you must always check whether the cameraman is following you. Do you understand?" "I understand." "I understand." "Okay, you go and prepare.  , we will shoot non-stop in ten minutes." After telling Leonardo and Liu Dehua, Wan Xiaohu communicated with the photographer again, "Bob, when we follow the shooting, we have to pay attention to the special effects team.  The technicolor laboratory is used for traditional photochemical lighting. You must cooperate well. " "Don't worry, director, we have been working on the lighting coordination with the special effects team for more than a month. " "  The original English word of the word is color-timing. From the literal meaning of the English word, you may wonder what this process has to do with "timing (time)".    This can be traced back to the era of black and white movies. Since there was no color intervention at that time, light distribution only involved the control of light and dark in the picture.  Therefore, all the optical technician has to do is to adjust and record the exposure times required for different lenses, and the word timing comes from this.  After the advent of color technology, the term "timing" was still retained, and is still used even in the digital age.  Today¡¯s light distribution work is performed completely in a digital environment after the film is processed into a digital intermediate film. The efficiency and freedom that the light distribution engineer can obtain are extremely high.  The electronic light distribution technology in the early years was relatively troublesome, but through the electronic circuit imaging of the electronic light distribution machine, the optical technician can still directly preview the light distribution results and work quickly.  The most traditional light distribution uses photochemistry to adjust the exposure of the three primary colors in the film. To observe the adjusted results, a physical intermediate film must be developed.  The process is complex and consumes more time and money than the current digital intermediate.  But this is the most real and natural light and dark light.  "Inception" pursues a real dream experience. If there are flaws in the picture, it has to be said that this will greatly affect the viewing experience.  Therefore, Wan Xiaohu would rather take more trouble when shooting, but also use natural lighting to achieve the best results.  (To be continued)
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