Before shooting, Lu was told the visual effects he wanted in the movie would cost $100 million in Hollywood.
With a limited budget of around 90 million yuan, Lu had to split the visual effect project and let Chinese post-production teams do most of the work to lower costs.
Lu Chuan, the director of "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe", agreed China is catching up but stressed the country's film industry still lags behind Hollywood's special effect techniques and investment.
To ensure quality, Lu invited special effect teams from "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Gravity" to participate in the post-production of his new movie, an "unsustainable" practice in Lu's opinion.
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