Chapter 238： new style
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In fact, the "Ice Age" on the screen is far from good-looking.
There is neither character dubbing nor background music, and it looks dry, like an early silent film.
But everyone, including Ryan, still watched with gusto.
Even, I have to admit that Chris Wedge and Blue Sky Studios have produced a 3D animated feature film with its own style.
Every famous animation production studio has its own unique style.
For example, the style of Pixar Animation Studios mainly focuses on the different personalities of the characters, coupled with the 3D technology processing effects ahead of the times, it can often make people feel refreshed.
The style of DreamWorks Animation Studio is more adult-oriented, with spoof, nonsense, and low-level comedy elements.
The style of Disney Animation Studios is like a fairy tale, as if dreamlike. Most of the films produced are adaptations of some classic fairy tales.
As for the "Ice Age" on the screen in front of him, although it is obviously not as good as the level of Pixar Animation Studio in terms of technology.
Even with Ryan's continued investment in technology from Pixar Animation Studios.
In many areas of the film, there is still a certain gap. For example, the realism of animal hair, the agility of the character's eyes and other details are all inferior to Pixar Animation Studio's technology.
However, whether an animated feature film can be successful depends not only on the technology, but also on the shooting style.
Obviously, from the plot of "Ice Age" on the screen, it is easy to see the style belonging to Blue Sky Studio, such as man and nature, sense of responsibility, sense of mission, etc.
"This is an outstanding 3D animated feature film."
Jon Fertimer kept his eyes fixed on the screen, for fear of missing any details.
Based on his experience, it is not difficult to see that the "Ice Age" screened in front of him is definitely an outstanding animated feature film, even comparable to "Toy Story" produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
"As expected of Chris Wedge." He couldn't help sighing.
"Ryan!"
"I have a proposal, how about merging Blue Sky Studios into Orion Pictures?" Jon Fertimer said suddenly.
Once Blue Sky Studios is merged into Orion Films, then at least in terms of animated feature films, Orion Films can completely set foot in the field of feature film animation film production, and even become the production of feature film animation films second only to Disney and DreamWorks in one fell swoop. company.
"Now is not the time." Ryan looked at the little squirrel on the screen, shook his head and did not agree.
Right now, Blue Sky Studios is really doing very well.
But it's only good.
In the previous life, Blue Sky Studios has always been inferior to Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios, and was even surpassed by Disney Animation Studios, and was eventually acquired and closed by Disney.
To put it bluntly, the entire Blue Sky Studio is supported by Chris Wedge alone. Apart from the "Ice Age" series, there is only one animated feature film "Rio", which is a global hit.
The box office results of the remaining films such as "The Adventures of Robot", "Horton and the Nameless", and "The Forest Warrior" can only be regarded as mediocre.
Ranked last among the three major animation studios in Hollywood.
In contrast, Ryan prefers Disney Animation Studios after 2010, and successively produced "Frozen", "Big Hero Marines", "Zootopia", "Frozen 2" and other global box office hits work.
There was a look of pity in Jon Fertimer's eyes, but he didn't say anything more.
Even if Blue Sky Studios will not be merged into Orion Pictures for the time being.
However, Ryan is still the controlling shareholder of Blue Sky Studios, and will definitely continue to hand over the films produced by the future studio to Orion Pictures for distribution.
This is beyond doubt.
With the screening of "Ice Age" on the screen, it came to an end.
Like all Hollywood animated feature films, justice will eventually defeat evil, and "Ice Age" is no exception, a very perfect happy ending.
(Hey, there seemed to be a bit of confusion just now.)
After the film was played, the screening room became quiet, only Scarlett Johansson looked eager to try, wishing to rush out immediately.
"Chris, you've created a classic animated feature."
Ryan was the first to stand up and applaud, "Next, we need to complete the post-production of the film as soon as possible, and try to release it in the summer."
"Jon, go back and contact a group of theater companies immediately. In this summer, Orion Films needs at least 3,000 movie theaters to premiere."
At least 3,000 movie theaters!
Chris Wedge couldn't help showing a hint of joy, "By May, Blue Sky Studios will definitely be able to complete all the post-production of the film."
Ryan nodded, although Blue Sky Studio has repeatedly increased investment, from the initial 30 million US dollars, it has been able to increase to 45 million US dollars.
However, the production speed of "Ice Age" has not slowed down, which makes him very satisfied.
In the original version, 20th Century Fox closed its animation studio in 2000, and cooperated with Blue Sky Studios to start the production of "Ice Age", which premiered on March 15, 2002. The production time of the entire film was less than two years.
It is much faster than the production speed of "Ice Age".
Of course, with the current level of technology, it is still very rare to produce a 3D animation feature film in more than two years.
Jon Felthammer on the side showed a faint look of embarrassment. With the North American distribution channel of Orion Films, it is somewhat difficult to get a release scale of 3,000 movie theaters in the summer.
"When the post-production of the film is over, you can invite a group of theater companies to come over as soon as possible and hold a small trial meeting." Ryan reminded.
There is no better way to present "Ice Age" in front of a large number of theater companies.
As long as it shows enough value, theater companies will spend more resources on it.
"No problem." Jon Fertimer breathed a sigh of relief.
Every year, the summer file is full of blockbuster movies, whether it is the seven major Hollywood film companies, or a number of second- and third-tier film companies, they will join this feast.
Therefore, it is not an easy task to obtain the screening scale of 3,000 movie theaters from the summer file.
Everyone talked briefly for a while, and then walked out of the screening room, Scarlett Johansson almost ran out all the way.
Following her, Natalie Portman murmured an idiot in a low voice, and pulled Anne-Hathaway to walk unhurriedly.
Not long after, I saw Scarlett Johansson holding a huge rabbit doll, standing under the booth, it seemed that she was having some difficulty, she couldn't hold the second doll anymore.
Seeing this, Natalie Portman smiled smugly, stepped forward and slowly picked up, turning around from time to time to take a provocative look at Scarlett Johansson.
Anne-Hathaway was much calmer, just holding a humanoid doll about half a meter tall in her arms.
"Ryan, can you grab Bonnie for me!"
Scarlett Johansson rolled her eyes, looked at Ryan with the rabbit doll in her arms, and hurried forward and said.
"Please, your room is already full of dolls, and you won't be able to put them down soon." Ryan subconsciously took a step back, he didn't want to walk out with a big rabbit in his arms.
"Those were given to me by Sophia. This time, Mr. Chris gave them to me. The meaning is different." Scarlett Johansson said plausibly.
Was it really from Sophia?
Ryan glanced at the expressionless Sophia, had no choice but to take the rabbit doll and hand it over to an employee of Blue Sky Studio, "I hope Sophia won't go bankrupt because of giving you the doll."
These limited-edition dolls are sold at prices that are high enough to bankrupt most American families.
Scarlett Johansson didn't listen to what Ryan said at all. The next moment, she rushed to the booth and competed with Natalie Portman.
"Sophia, ask someone to contact the manufacturer on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to order more peripheral products in advance." Ryan ignored the two people on the booth, but focused on peripheral products.
"You can ask the staff of the overseas publishing company office to help you. They are more familiar with the things there." Sofia Coppola rubbed her forehead, as if she had a headache.
Since she gave Scarlett a few dolls, more and more dolls in someone's room were given by her somehow.
However, these dolls were all taken home from Blue Sky Studio and Pixar Animation Studio.
At present, the media pays little attention to Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age", and now the media's attention is all on "Titanic".
For a commercial film released on a large scale, if the box office of the second week of the film can exceed the box office of the first week, it will undoubtedly be a historic miracle.
"Titanic" created such a box office miracle.
With the arrival of Christmas Eve and Christmas, the North American box office of the film did not fall but rose, and won another 35.45 million US dollars in three days in the second weekend.
However, did not wait for the media to exclaim, "Titanic" won another $45.01 million in the third week.
By New Year's Day, the North American box office of the film has reached 120 million US dollars, and it has no intention of stopping.
$37.56 million in the fourth week, $42.62 million in the fifth week, $32.83 million in the sixth week, $32.14 million in the seventh week...
On Saturday, February 14, 1998, "Titanic" was released for more than eight weeks, and once again received a box office of 10.34 million US dollars in a single day.
This is not the Saturday of the second day of the first weekend, but after it has been released for more than eight weeks and won the box office championship for eight consecutive weeks.
On Saturday, February 14, 1998, it still earned a box office of 10.34 million US dollars in a single day.
Not only was 20th Century Fox and Paramount dumbfounded by the box office trend of "Titanic", but the media even opened their mouths wide open, checking the box office data over and over again, and the results were all accurate.
For a time, the popularity of "Titanic" spread from North America to every corner of the world, and many film markets that Hollywood could not enter before fell under the big ship one after another.
At the same time, "Rush Hour" produced by Orion Films quietly began to be promoted in North America.
Unlike traditional Hollywood film promotion methods, the promotion of "Rush Hour" mostly revolves around Chinatown, Chinese and other Asian residential areas.
In addition to North America, Hong Kong, the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Wanwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian regions are also the focus of film promotion.
On the contrary, Hollywood's traditional box office markets in Europe, South America, and Latin America will not launch large-scale promotions for the time being. Instead, the specific scale of promotions will not be determined until the first weekend of "Rush Hour" is released at the North American box office.
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In fact, the "Ice Age" on the screen is far from good-looking.
There is neither character dubbing nor background music, and it looks dry, like an early silent film.
But everyone, including Ryan, still watched with gusto.
Even, I have to admit that Chris Wedge and Blue Sky Studios have produced a 3D animated feature film with its own style.
Every famous animation production studio has its own unique style.
For example, the style of Pixar Animation Studios mainly focuses on the different personalities of the characters, coupled with the 3D technology processing effects ahead of the times, it can often make people feel refreshed.
The style of DreamWorks Animation Studio is more adult-oriented, with spoof, nonsense, and low-level comedy elements.
The style of Disney Animation Studios is like a fairy tale, as if dreamlike. Most of the films produced are adaptations of some classic fairy tales.
As for the "Ice Age" on the screen in front of him, although it is obviously not as good as the level of Pixar Animation Studio in terms of technology.
Even with Ryan's continued investment in technology from Pixar Animation Studios.
In many areas of the film, there is still a certain gap. For example, the realism of animal hair, the agility of the character's eyes and other details are all inferior to Pixar Animation Studio's technology.
However, whether an animated feature film can be successful depends not only on the technology, but also on the shooting style.
Obviously, from the plot of "Ice Age" on the screen, it is easy to see the style belonging to Blue Sky Studio, such as man and nature, sense of responsibility, sense of mission, etc.
"This is an outstanding 3D animated feature film."
Jon Fertimer kept his eyes fixed on the screen, for fear of missing any details.
Based on his experience, it is not difficult to see that the "Ice Age" screened in front of him is definitely an outstanding animated feature film, even comparable to "Toy Story" produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
"As expected of Chris Wedge." He couldn't help sighing.
"Ryan!"
"I have a proposal, how about merging Blue Sky Studios into Orion Pictures?" Jon Fertimer said suddenly.
Once Blue Sky Studios is merged into Orion Films, then at least in terms of animated feature films, Orion Films can completely set foot in the field of feature film animation film production, and even become the production of feature film animation films second only to Disney and DreamWorks in one fell swoop. company.
"Now is not the time." Ryan looked at the little squirrel on the screen, shook his head and did not agree.
Right now, Blue Sky Studios is really doing very well.
But it's only good.
In the previous life, Blue Sky Studios has always been inferior to Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios, and was even surpassed by Disney Animation Studios, and was eventually acquired and closed by Disney.
To put it bluntly, the entire Blue Sky Studio is supported by Chris Wedge alone. Apart from the "Ice Age" series, there is only one animated feature film "Rio", which is a global hit.
The box office results of the remaining films such as "The Adventures of Robot", "Horton and the Nameless", and "The Forest Warrior" can only be regarded as mediocre.
Ranked last among the three major animation studios in Hollywood.
In contrast, Ryan prefers Disney Animation Studios after 2010, and successively produced "Frozen", "Big Hero Marines", "Zootopia", "Frozen 2" and other global box office hits work.
There was a look of pity in Jon Fertimer's eyes, but he didn't say anything more.
Even if Blue Sky Studios will not be merged into Orion Pictures for the time being.
However, Ryan is still the controlling shareholder of Blue Sky Studios, and will definitely continue to hand over the films produced by the future studio to Orion Pictures for distribution.
This is beyond doubt.
With the screening of "Ice Age" on the screen, it came to an end.
Like all Hollywood animated feature films, justice will eventually defeat evil, and "Ice Age" is no exception, a very perfect happy ending.
(Hey, there seemed to be a bit of confusion just now.)
After the film was played, the screening room became quiet, only Scarlett Johansson looked eager to try, wishing to rush out immediately.
"Chris, you've created a classic animated feature."
Ryan was the first to stand up and applaud, "Next, we need to complete the post-production of the film as soon as possible, and try to release it in the summer."
"Jon, go back and contact a group of theater companies immediately. In this summer, Orion Films needs at least 3,000 movie theaters to premiere."
At least 3,000 movie theaters!
Chris Wedge couldn't help showing a hint of joy, "By May, Blue Sky Studios will definitely be able to complete all the post-production of the film."
Ryan nodded, although Blue Sky Studio has repeatedly increased investment, from the initial 30 million US dollars, it has been able to increase to 45 million US dollars.
However, the production speed of "Ice Age" has not slowed down, which makes him very satisfied.
In the original version, 20th Century Fox closed its animation studio in 2000, and cooperated with Blue Sky Studios to start the production of "Ice Age", which premiered on March 15, 2002. The production time of the entire film was less than two years.
It is much faster than the production speed of "Ice Age".
Of course, with the current level of technology, it is still very rare to produce a 3D animation feature film in more than two years.
Jon Felthammer on the side showed a faint look of embarrassment. With the North American distribution channel of Orion Films, it is somewhat difficult to get a release scale of 3,000 movie theaters in the summer.
"When the post-production of the film is over, you can invite a group of theater companies to come over as soon as possible and hold a small trial meeting." Ryan reminded.
There is no better way to present "Ice Age" in front of a large number of theater companies.
As long as it shows enough value, theater companies will spend more resources on it.
"No problem." Jon Fertimer breathed a sigh of relief.
Every year, the summer file is full of blockbuster movies, whether it is the seven major Hollywood film companies, or a number of second- and third-tier film companies, they will join this feast.
Therefore, it is not an easy task to obtain the screening scale of 3,000 movie theaters from the summer file.
Everyone talked briefly for a while, and then walked out of the screening room, Scarlett Johansson almost ran out all the way.
Following her, Natalie Portman murmured an idiot in a low voice, and pulled Anne-Hathaway to walk unhurriedly.
Not long after, I saw Scarlett Johansson holding a huge rabbit doll, standing under the booth, it seemed that she was having some difficulty, she couldn't hold the second doll anymore.
Seeing this, Natalie Portman smiled smugly, stepped forward and slowly picked up, turning around from time to time to take a provocative look at Scarlett Johansson.
Anne-Hathaway was much calmer, just holding a humanoid doll about half a meter tall in her arms.
"Ryan, can you grab Bonnie for me!"
Scarlett Johansson rolled her eyes, looked at Ryan with the rabbit doll in her arms, and hurried forward and said.
"Please, your room is already full of dolls, and you won't be able to put them down soon." Ryan subconsciously took a step back, he didn't want to walk out with a big rabbit in his arms.
"Those were given to me by Sophia. This time, Mr. Chris gave them to me. The meaning is different." Scarlett Johansson said plausibly.
Was it really from Sophia?
Ryan glanced at the expressionless Sophia, had no choice but to take the rabbit doll and hand it over to an employee of Blue Sky Studio, "I hope Sophia won't go bankrupt because of giving you the doll."
These limited-edition dolls are sold at prices that are high enough to bankrupt most American families.
Scarlett Johansson didn't listen to what Ryan said at all. The next moment, she rushed to the booth and competed with Natalie Portman.
"Sophia, ask someone to contact the manufacturer on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to order more peripheral products in advance." Ryan ignored the two people on the booth, but focused on peripheral products.
"You can ask the staff of the overseas publishing company office to help you. They are more familiar with the things there." Sofia Coppola rubbed her forehead, as if she had a headache.
Since she gave Scarlett a few dolls, more and more dolls in someone's room were given by her somehow.
However, these dolls were all taken home from Blue Sky Studio and Pixar Animation Studio.
At present, the media pays little attention to Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age", and now the media's attention is all on "Titanic".
For a commercial film released on a large scale, if the box office of the second week of the film can exceed the box office of the first week, it will undoubtedly be a historic miracle.
"Titanic" created such a box office miracle.
With the arrival of Christmas Eve and Christmas, the North American box office of the film did not fall but rose, and won another 35.45 million US dollars in three days in the second weekend.
However, did not wait for the media to exclaim, "Titanic" won another $45.01 million in the third week.
By New Year's Day, the North American box office of the film has reached 120 million US dollars, and it has no intention of stopping.
$37.56 million in the fourth week, $42.62 million in the fifth week, $32.83 million in the sixth week, $32.14 million in the seventh week...
On Saturday, February 14, 1998, "Titanic" was released for more than eight weeks, and once again received a box office of 10.34 million US dollars in a single day.
This is not the Saturday of the second day of the first weekend, but after it has been released for more than eight weeks and won the box office championship for eight consecutive weeks.
On Saturday, February 14, 1998, it still earned a box office of 10.34 million US dollars in a single day.
Not only was 20th Century Fox and Paramount dumbfounded by the box office trend of "Titanic", but the media even opened their mouths wide open, checking the box office data over and over again, and the results were all accurate.
For a time, the popularity of "Titanic" spread from North America to every corner of the world, and many film markets that Hollywood could not enter before fell under the big ship one after another.
At the same time, "Rush Hour" produced by Orion Films quietly began to be promoted in North America.
Unlike traditional Hollywood film promotion methods, the promotion of "Rush Hour" mostly revolves around Chinatown, Chinese and other Asian residential areas.
In addition to North America, Hong Kong, the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Wanwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian regions are also the focus of film promotion.
On the contrary, Hollywood's traditional box office markets in Europe, South America, and Latin America will not launch large-scale promotions for the time being. Instead, the specific scale of promotions will not be determined until the first weekend of "Rush Hour" is released at the North American box office.
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