“Not bad, it's better than I expected, especially the fight effects, tsk tsk, it really looks comfortable.”
“And the grand scenery, and the character modeling, it's so realistic.”
“The water ripples are also well done, the character movements are very natural and not stiff, if I didn't know it was an animation, I would have thought it was a live-action movie.”
In the movie screening room built inside the office building of Dream Chaser Films, watching the realistic animated scenes on the screen, Xiao Yun Hai exclaimed in amazement.
After all, he was a reborn individual.
He had seen many 3D animations, even the CG animation of the game "Black Myth: Wukong" he had seen.
But this animated film "White Snake: Origin" in front of him was even more realistic, whether it was the footprints after the steps, or the water ripples generated by people flying over the water, everything was so real and natural that people felt it was real, with a strong sense of immersion.
Regardless of the plot, if we were to score it based on special effects, scene dynamics, and detail production, out of a hundred, Xiao Yun Hai believes it could score at least 95 points or more.
After the movie ended.
Xiao Yun Hai clapped his hands, first praising it before asking, “When are you planning to release it? Have you coordinated with the distributors in Dragon Kingdom?”
In August of this year, New Han and Dragon Kingdom signed a trade agreement.
According to the agreement, both sides opened up their markets in certain sectors.
The film and television market was one of them. Films, TV series, and animations produced by New Han, as long as they met the censorship requirements of the Dragon Kingdom's General Administration of Press and Publication, could be released.
They were not included in the annual quota for imported foreign films.
The benefit of this is that it allows film and television works from both countries to be released in each other's countries without being affected by quotas.
This will greatly increase the creative enthusiasm of film and television culture in both countries.
After all, without restrictions, it means that more excellent works can go overseas.
Although New Han is a small country with a population of only over 17 million, its per capita GDP is pretty good.
Domestically, it has also cracked down on the piracy industry.
The overall film market is stronger than Hong Kong.
For Dragon Kingdom film companies, it's an additional Chinese-language film market.
This agreement seems like New Han is at a disadvantage, as New Han's local film companies are very weak and there are few of them, mostly importing films and television works from Dragon Kingdom mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. But now it's different.
With the emergence of Dream Chaser, and now having acquired Dragon Kingdom's online literature websites, holding a large number of IPs, and owning the world's top film production team, it is foreseeable that New Han will be sending several, even dozens of high-quality film and television works to Dragon Kingdom every year.
In this case, New Han is taking advantage.
After all, before, there was only a market of 17 million people, and now without restrictions, it's like gaining a market of 1.3 billion people in Dragon Kingdom, it's a win no matter how you look at it.
Hearing Xiao Yun Hai's question, Han Peng, the general manager of Dream Chaser Films, who was accompanying him to watch the film, said, “We've already made deals with China Film Group in Dragon Kingdom mainland, Emperor Motion Pictures in Hong Kong, and distributors in Taiwan, other regions are still in talks.
As for the release, it's already arranged, all four regions will be released on October 31st, which happens to be a Saturday, Halloween in the West.”
Xiao Yun Hai nodded slightly.
The National Day box office had already ended, and the Spring Festival box office was still two months away, there wasn't that much time to wait.
Choosing a normal weekend for release is also fine.
He believes that a good film, no matter the schedule, won't have a poor box office.
Of course, marketing needs to keep up.
Without proper marketing, no matter how good the film is, if no one knows about it, it's useless.
“Marketing should be prioritized, don't be afraid to spend money, tell the distributors, let them increase their marketing budget, and even we can subsidize half of the marketing costs.”
Film advertising and marketing are usually borne by the distributors.
However, this time, Xiao Yun Hai wants "White Snake: Origin" to be a hit, as long as the box office and IP influence are built up, and word of mouth is generated, whether it makes money or not doesn't really matter to him.
He's taking the Disney route, building IP, and then making money through theme parks and peripheral products.
Besides, the production cost of this animation, in the eyes of others, would be at least one or two hundred million dollars, but Dream Chaser, thanks to advanced technology equipment and software, the cost is only labor, very low, a few million dollars can get it done.
“Okay, I'll contact the distributors.”
Han Peng nodded, indicating he had taken note.
“Hmm, as soon as possible!”
Xiao Yun Hai looked at the ending credits and thought of "Zhu Xian", "Tomb Raiders", and "Ghost Blowing Out the Lights".
“How is the Zhu Xian project going?”
“Your Highness, it's still in pre-production, mainly the script refinement and optimization, the original story adapted into a movie, it's a bit dragging, the conflict is not big enough.”
“Hmm, you guys can figure it out, you're the professionals.”
Nodding, Xiao Yun Hai asked again, “The Ghost Blowing Out the Lights project, both the movie and animation can be started, before filming, make the scene design drawings first, so it will be easier for the Bungee Island side to build the theme park, then when you film the movie, some scenes can also be shot on location.”
Han Peng: “The Ghost Blowing Out the Lights projects for Yun Nan Worm Valley and South China Sea Returning to the Depths, we've already assigned personnel to them, it's estimated that by the end of the year, we'll be able to see the full scene drawings.”
“That's fine.”
He trusts Dream Chaser Films' efficiency.
This kind of 3D animation that is hard to distinguish between reality and fiction was made in just 3-4 months, I wonder how many companies can do that?
After learning that Dream Chaser Company was willing to bear half of the marketing costs, the distribution companies in several regions increased their marketing efforts.
Online, bus stops, subway stations, airports, it was all flooded with promotional materials.
In order to generate buzz for "White Snake: Origin", Xiao Yun Hai also specially asked his two girlfriends to promote it on Weibo.
Liu Tian Xian knew the inside story, knowing that it was Xiao Yun Hai's film company, so she didn't ask why, she directly promoted it on Weibo.
“...Well, I recommend you watch a good animated movie, the quality is really good, definitely top-notch animation in the industry.”
Liu Tian Xian registered on Weibo and only posted a dozen or so Weibo posts in total.
It's also clear that she doesn't like to post often.
Because of this, every Weibo post is worth more.
Now that Liu Tian Xian took the initiative to post a recommendation for an animated film, it caught the attention of many of her fans.
Even the topic #Liu Tian Xian says White Snake: Origin has a top-notch production team# became a trending topic.
“Ah~~ The goddess said it's good, then it must be good.”
“The movie that Goddess Xi Xi recommends, I must watch.”
“Goddess, I love you, muah...”
Faced with fans' enthusiastic comments, Liu Tian Xian specially replied with a comment: “Thank you for your support, if you can, you can go to the cinema to watch this animated film, it really won't disappoint you.”
As soon as this comment was posted, her fans were like they had been injected with steroids, they all patted their chests in the comment section, saying they would definitely go to the cinema to watch this film.
During this period, Liu Tian Xian's beauty was online, and her fans were still incredibly powerful.
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