Chatty Hollywood

In fact, "The Mummy" in Charlotte's original world did not use this new technology because of the early shooting time.

In fact, they don't even use motion capture technology much.

Therefore, in that version of "The Mummy", the expression of the mummy transformed by the high priest Immorton was relatively dull.

It wasn't until he transformed into a human form in the plot that his expressions and movements gradually became richer.

However, since he knew the way to solve the technical problems of this version of "The Mummy" shot by Charlotte himself, why would he leave it alone?

——After the technicians in the motion capture team were stuck on the problem of facial expression capture, he immediately told the ending plan in "Avatar".

Although some hardware equipment does not perform very well due to different times, the basic effect can still be achieved——\u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

After re-experimenting, the technicians were pleasantly surprised to find that the facial expressions of the "mummy" were indeed much richer...

In this case, using new technologies naturally becomes an inevitable choice.

——On the one hand, this can further improve the movie quality of "The Mummy", on the other hand, it can also bring some long-term benefits to Charlotte.

For example, patents.

Charlotte applied for patents for all the new special effects technologies used during the filming of "The Mummy" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - except for spell-based special effects such as spell effects.

Like this technology that uses tiny cameras suspended from the head to enhance motion capture of facial expressions.

In fact, he learned this trick from James Cameron, or James Cameron in his original world. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

As one of Hollywood's leading directors, Cameron certainly earns a lot of money. But with his obsessive-compulsive disorder and detail-obsessed personality, he is destined not to be a productive director.

So, is he not very rich like many great directors who are world-famous but do not have a particularly large amount of assets?

The answer is, in a sense, no.

Because in addition to movie profits, Cameron also holds a large number of film-related technology patents, especially 3D movies.

It can be said that after "Avatar", a small part of the production cost of every real 3D movie belongs to James Cameron's income.

——As the pioneer of Hollywood film industry technology, James Cameron is certainly a thorn in the side. Every time he makes a movie, he is under great pressure, but his profits are also huge. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

If latecomers want to learn to use the new technology he developed, they must either research it from scratch or spend money to buy it from him - most film producers have adopted the second option from a cost perspective.

This has become an important source of James Cameron's personal income.

It can be said that in the history of Hollywood, there are only two people who have enjoyed the most benefits of pioneering new technologies——

One is James Cameron.

The other one is George Lucas.

However, the father of Star Wars can become one of the most influential and wealthy people in Hollywood. In addition to the film special effects technology company Industrial Light and Magic he created, it is also more because he controls the IP of "Star Wars".

——The status of this series in the minds of Americans can be said to be no less than that of "Journey to the West" to the Chinese. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

In contrast, although James Cameron also has the "Terminator" series, the copyright of this series is not in his hands.

His income mostly comes from the application of various new technologies he developed while filming movies.

And now, learning from James Cameron’s experience in his original world,

Whenever Charlotte has the opportunity, she will also apply for a patent for the new technology she developed during the filming process.

Although it stands to reason that most of these new technologies were not developed by Charlotte herself. Most of the time, he only exists as a funder and guide.

However, a large number of patents applied for by large technology companies every year are also owned by technology companies and are not attributed to real technicians.

Even Edison, the great inventor of the time, was one of the founders of General Electric. Most of his more than 2,000 inventions were not actually made by himself, but were attributed to his laboratories. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

However, the world only knows Edison...

It's hard to say whether this is right or wrong, other than that this is how the world works.

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Of course, because the 3D movie era has not yet arrived, what Charlotte currently has in her hands are only some patents on special effects technology and motion capture technology.

It’s not much, but there has been a certain amount of accumulation.

In fact, Charlotte has already thought about upgrading Spectre Studio to a formal company after filming "The Mummy" this time.

The company will be responsible for licensing some of Charlotte's technology.

——Of course, there is nothing we can do about the special effects of spells.

In short, after five years of hard work and eight consecutive films (of which "The Mummy" has not yet been filmed), Charlotte has completed the initial accumulation-\u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

In terms of personal capital, Charlotte has actually accumulated a net worth of over US$100 million without knowing it.

This mainly comes from the box office and other peripheral income of the three movies "The Sixth Sense", "Hell Detective" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Although the previous "Turn", "Happy Death Day" and "Sleepy Hollow" were also box office hits, the copyrights of those movies were not in Charlotte's hands.

As a director, Charlotte is essentially just a high-level wage earner.

Therefore, although those three movies made Charlotte famous in Hollywood and escaped from poverty, they did not make him much money.

At best, it can only be said to have reached the average level of Hollywood.

What really made his net worth skyrocket were the three films independently produced under the name of Spectre Studios——

Although there are investments from other film companies or investors, the other parties' share is more concentrated on the movie box office revenue. Later, various peripheral income, including income from DVDs and video tapes, according to industry habits, is still all Belongs to Charlotte.

Even though Charlotte still had to share part of her own profits with Lao Qiang and other core members of Spectre Studio, the success of three consecutive self-produced movies still caused Charlotte's net worth to skyrocket. Eventually he became a billionaire.

Of course, like all wealthy people, most of Charlotte's billions are not in cash.

—After all, the IRS hates wealthy people hoarding cash in their accounts.

In this country that advocates consumption, anyone who dares to do this will definitely be heavily taxed by the Internal Revenue Service.

Therefore, in the process of making money, Charlotte also did a lot of consumption and investment, which made his net worth include a lot of fixed assets and investment components——

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