Chapter 359： Animated short film

After learning that Lionsgate had once again met with Chris Leonard, Ronan called and confirmed that Lionsgate’s solicitation had ended in failure.

This result was not beyond Ronan's expectations.

In the past few years when Lionsgate was founded, its performance is not very good. Take the film business as an example. The most famous movie so far is "Dance of Death Row", not to mention the film with a box office of over 100 million in North America, even more than 50 million. None of the dollars.

As for the integrity of the distribution platform and industry chain, the gap with Relativity Entertainment is even greater.

If it weren't for Frank Gusta, the founder of Lionsgate, who had a lot of money and a background in mining and banking, Lionsgate might not be what it is today.

Ronan’s conditions were pretty good, but anyone with a bit of analytical ability would choose between Relativity Entertainment and Lions Gate Pictures.

The attraction of Relativity Entertainment to these animation talents is based on strength.

Just entering April, Chris Leonard, Eric Veron, Mary Claire and others not long after leaving 20th Century Fox, they formally signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment and joined the newly established Shahai. Entertainment Animation Production Department.

Chris Leonard was appointed as animation director by Ronan.

Although a very small number of people left the team after leaving their jobs and went to other places, the production team of Fox Animation has basically been transferred to Shahai Entertainment, including the three of Chris Leonard, and there are nearly a hundred in total. Professionals in animation production signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment.

As the scale continued to expand, Shahai Entertainment rented an entire office building. After nearly a hundred people joined, the office space became tense again.

"In the near future, the inner sand sea will not expand."

Walking on the promenade on the floor, Ronan said to George Clint, the CEO of Shahai Entertainment, “The office is temporarily enough. There are some integrated management departments. Robert Iger is going to merge into Relativity Entertainment.”

George Clint rushed back from Rosario in Baja California for this negotiation and signing. At this time, he said: "When do you plan to start making animated films?"

"No hurry, I can't be in a hurry." Ronan has a very good mentality and calmly said: "Animation production takes time to accumulate. We dug a whole team to come over. It is indeed a shortcut, but their previous hardware and software cannot Bring out Fox."

Animation production is the most valuable asset, although it is installed in the heads of these technicians, the importance of hardware equipment and software support cannot be ignored.

George Clint said: "It is better to be stable. We are developing too fast. If it is unstable, the foundation will not be solid."

Ronan nodded and said as he walked: "The computers and other equipment and software ordered will arrive today. When the equipment arrives, let these people adapt to familiarity for a period of time, and add the knowledge accumulated in their heads to the equipment purchased by the company. "

People always come and go, which is unavoidable, but the equipment and software can stay in Shahai Entertainment forever.

"We still have to set a goal." George Clint suggested: "With a goal, we can gather people's hearts and let them have a direction to work hard."

Ronan added: "I will give Chris Leonard an animated short film plan in the afternoon. This is also for them to practice first, and strive to participate in the Oscar animation short film competition next year."

This team has produced animated feature films, but "Frozen Planet" ended in a fiasco.

Ronan is not in a hurry to launch an animated feature film and needs further adjustments by these people. In his previous life, he has watched animated films produced by many studios such as Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Lighting Entertainment, Sony Animation, etc. Although creativity and story are very important, but Technology is the foundation for all this.

Without animation production technology, everything is empty talk.

Why is Pixar Studios hanging out? In fact, creativity and story only occupy a part, and the key lies in various technologies.

The various standards of current computer animation films are basically formulated by Pixar Studios, and many hardware and software patent rights for the development of animation films are also held by Pixar Studios.

Of course, it is impossible for Pixar to monopolize this industry. There are also software developed by other companies on the market, but it is far less useful than Pixar.

Like Fox Animation, DreamWorks Animation and Disney Animation Studios that want to abandon traditional hand-painting, they all use software purchased from Pixar Studios.

Pixar Studios has never concealed the software and hardware, as long as they can afford it, they will sell it.

Ronan guessed that Steve Jobs was also making competitors in disguise.

Pixar Studios dominates computer animation production, and Disney Animation Studios has fallen again. If there is no competitor of DreamWorks Animation Studios, it is difficult to say that it can make a lot of progress.

The development equipment and software that Ronan ordered all came from Pixar Studios, and the expenses in this area alone amounted to millions of dollars.

When he came to the big office of the animation production department, Ronan found Chris Leonard and asked, "How is the arrangement?"

Chris Reynard said with a smile: "The personnel are all in place, and the equipment can be shipped over immediately. We will be commissioning and running this week, and we will be officially in working condition next week."

After changing to a new company, they also want to prove that they are not a group of losers as soon as possible.

"Yes, you will accept the equipment in the morning." Ronan pointed to George Clint: "If you have any situation in the future, please respond to George in time."

Afterwards, Ronan went to George Clint's office and asked about the situation on Pirates of the Caribbean.

"The crew has just started filming." George Clint said: "It's still in the running-in stage. There are no major problems, and a lot of minor troubles, but the crew can solve them by themselves."

Ronan nodded and exhorted: "Shooting in Mexico, pay attention to safety issues."

George Clint is very cautious: "We have hired a professional security team, and Mexican gangs and drug dealers will not easily provoke Hollywood crews."

Drug dealers in Mexico are very troublesome. Drug control in Mexico is definitely one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Ronan asked again: "Is Johnny Depp okay?"

"Except for sometimes alcoholism and lateness, other aspects are fine." George Clint told the truth: "There is no sign of him taking drugs."

Ronan said directly: "Drinking and being late? Depp's professionalism is indeed well-deserved. I will go to Mexico some time later. I will talk to Depp and his agent."

In the eyes of him who has watched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Johnny Depp is the most indispensable and the most troublesome existence of the project.

As his reputation expands, Johnny Depp's professionalism will get worse.

The poor professionalism of actors is never the patent of certain stars on the other side of the Pacific, and Hollywood does not lack such stars.

The sound of footsteps gradually came in the corridor, and various equipment purchased from Pixar Studio was sent over at this time. Ronan just took a look and did not care about the following matters. The receiving equipment was naturally made by professionals such as Chris Leonard. Do it.

Ronan doesn't know much about computer software and hardware expertise.

In the morning, Ronan was discussing Shahai Entertainment's production business with George Clint, especially James Last's "Rival of the People".

At present, James Last has reached a director's intention with Andy Tennant, and Shahai Entertainment has just started negotiating a director contract with the other's agent.

After the director is determined, the project will move from early planning to the pre-preparation stage.

After lunch, Ronan called Chris Leonard, Eric Veron, and Mary Claire into the conference room.

"There is no problem with the equipment?" Ronan asked.

Eric Veron answered: "I have carefully checked the software and hardware, and there is no problem."

Mary Claire added: "This is an upgraded version of the development software used by Fox Animation. It can seamlessly connect with the team and get our work on track as soon as possible."

Ronan nodded and said, "Today is a good start. The new company and the new team need to be familiar with the run-in. Don't worry, we have plenty of time and funds."

Several people in the room laughed. Although the office of the new company is slightly outdated, the treatment is very goodThe hardware and software support is also sufficient, which is much better than expected.

Chris Reynard said at this time: "I suggest to develop a small project for the animation production department." He learned the lessons of the previous failure: "The investment does not need to be high, which allows the team to pick up the production business again and Able to run-in during project production."

Ronan has learned that after the failure of "Frozen Planet", the Fox animation department did not launch a new animation production business, but more to undertake some outsourcing work and special effects production for Fox live-action movies.

"We have the same idea." Ronan waved his hand and asked to distribute the plans to Chris Leonard and others, saying: "This is an animated short film project, I wrote It's just a general setting and preliminary plan. You can make a detailed plan based on the actual situation of animation production."

Chris Leonard, Eric Veron, and Mary Claire immediately flipped through the plan, which contained character settings and some horrible sketches.

"The sketches were drawn by me, only the general image." Ronan knew that he was of a relatively poor level among amateurs: "You still need professionals like you to perfect it."

Ronan has never studied and trained specifically in this regard.

Chris Leonard looked at the setting and the artwork carefully, and didn't say anything. There is a specialization in the art industry. This is a very simple reason.

Ronan added: "If this short film plan goes well, I am going to declare the best animated short film for next year's Oscar. I have experience in Oscar operation and I have won the best foreign language film Oscar for operating films."

Chris Leonard pondered for a moment and said: "No problem, we will definitely be able to finish before the award season starts."

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