Halo of cheating in the entertainment industry

Chapter 454 is going well

This motion capture stuntman's helmet is densely packed with more than fifty signal points. The signal points shine on his face. Each signal point is at a different distance from his face due to the undulation of the helmet. The position of these helmets

Different, it will be transformed into the undulating junction points of the skin on the head of the water unicorn.【】

In front of the stuntman, there is also such a signal catcher, and behind him is a signal receiver, connected to the signal point in front of him.

Because the front legs of this unicorn appear to be slightly longer, the stuntman's hands also have equipment to extend them while lying on the ground. The unicorn's four legs have sharp claws, and these claws also use some small signal points.

To capture.

This kind of action is indeed relatively high-end, and the equipment is quite expensive, but now Liguang Entertainment Company is also very wealthy, and it is not stingy in investing in these aspects.

With this set of equipment, everyone was secretly surprised that we had finally achieved the legendary motion capture!

Su Li looked at the stuntmen who had put on the equipment, and then said from the side: "This set of motion capture technology equipment... is already technically advanced compared to foreign ones, the response is more sensitive, and the capture method is more flexible. But no matter what

After all, this is still just a capture device, so when you need to make some expressions, you still have to be as exaggerated as possible, so that it will be realistic when reflected on the big screen."

"Director Su, don't worry, I know how to do it." The stuntman assured with a smile. Su Li patted him on the shoulder, smiled slightly, then walked back, came to everyone, and began to direct the movements of the cameras and others.

He still has a very strong insight, and every arrangement is unique. Many people who have not had much cooperation with Su Li secretly feel that Su Li is indeed a magical person.

The cameramen these days are accustomed to Su Li's easy access, but the feeling of making it is extremely gorgeous. This guy is a monster that is close to a god... At least among other directors, it is impossible to find this kind of Su Li.

a feeling.

This is what everyone agreed in their hearts.

No matter what I said before, it is just talk on paper. Shooting experience is often formed slowly by summing up experience and carrying forward advantages after shooting again and again.

The shooting really started today, and everyone looked at the scene in front of them with some strangeness. The camera has been prepared and the shooting is about to begin.

Li Xian and the others were watching this kind of shooting nervously. This was their first time using this technique in a movie, and they were not completely confident.

"Start!" Under everyone's expectant and curious eyes, Su Li finally gave the order. Then, the stuntman was already on all fours and lying on the ground. At this time, his hands had support points.

The special camera and Li Xian's monitor were divided into two pictures. One picture was the scene of the stuntman lying on the ground captured by the camera. The other picture had nothing else but the two bodies of the stuntman.

More than a hundred signal points are flashing.

These signal points rise and fall as the stuntman's body moves. On the screen showing the flashing signal points, they rise and fall, swinging dizzyingly. These signal points will be produced in two parts with the live screen. Those signals

After some processing and production, the point will become the prototype of the already set water unicorn.

And this water unicorn will move some parts of its body due to the swing of those signal points, and it will become lifelike.

By restoring the movements of this water unicorn, combined with the footage that has erased the real scene where the stuntman performed, a real water unicorn will replace the stuntman standing in that position.

This is motion capture technology. The effect produced in this way is more convenient, and the effect will be extremely realistic. Because the modeling of the water unicorn has three effects, when the time comes, it will be put on the big screen, and everyone will be able to fully

Learn about the characteristics of this water unicorn.

This technology is indeed amazing, and it is also a sign that the human film industry has reached its peak. With the magical motion capture technology, it is possible to shoot many movies.

The first motion capture technology in human movies was the short-lived movie "Total Memory" in 1990, and it was carried forward by "The Lord of the Rings". The 2004 animated movie "The Polar Express" was the first time in the history of human movies that the entire process was completely captured.

Movies made with motion capture technology, and after "King Kong", motion capture technology has become more and more mature.

During the time of "Avatar", motion capture technology had moved from the studio to the outside, and they had an epoch-making breakthrough. The original motion capture technology had very strict restrictions and was extremely troublesome, because the stunt actors had to move around during the performance.

, when walking around, it is difficult to keep up with the capture points of facial expressions, so shooting at this time is quite troublesome. In order to deal with facial skin, everyone has to make a lot of efforts. At the same time, because the two places are too far apart, there will be

Some signal points are confused and various light points are entangled, which is quite troublesome.

And "Avatar" uses an ingenious design to break through the shackles in this aspect. Just like the employee who used an electric fan to blow away the empty soap box on a whim, they solved this problem in a very simple way.

It is to directly design a motion capture helmet, let these sensing points be worn on the person's head, and follow the person to move around! By placing the camera inside the person's helmet, this kind of capture is completed. Such a problem has troubled many people who study motion capture.

The technical director's problems were solved easily by him.

Therefore, the motion capture technology of "Avatar" was completed very well. By the time of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and the subsequent "The Adventures of Tintin", human motion capture technology has become more and more perfect.

And this time, the motion capture technology owned by Liguang Entertainment is even better than Industrial Light and Magic, the ace of American motion capture technology, in terms of capture sensitivity and capture flexibility, because Fenying Special Effects Studio is in the g field.

It's a huge achievement, and the expressiveness of Lvying's motion capture technology is much better than that of Industrial Light and Magic.

It is conceivable that "Zhu Xian" will surprise those foreigners even in terms of visual effects.

This special effects actor doesn't have much acting experience, but after recent intensive training, he is completely comfortable in performing these things and does an excellent job.

However, the evil director Su Li did not let him go... because he found that this stuntman did not seem to have the feeling of performing a water unicorn. He was as quiet as a virgin, lazy, seemed to not want to move, and moved like a rabbit when he was angry.

, and the momentum surged into the sky in the blink of an eye.

He had also done some research on motion capture technology before, and he knew the effect of the water unicorn displayed by the stuntman, so he felt something was wrong in his heart, so he asked everyone to do it again without hesitation.

Although he knows that this will increase investment, there are countless investments that have been increased due to his dissatisfaction these days.

"Eh... I think it's not bad..." Li Xian heard Su Li say that he wanted to start over, and said next to him: "Su Li, come here, these light spots swing in accordance with the rules, quite clever... I think they have been

Very good, you may be able to get a good effect."

Su Li smiled slightly: "But what I want is not just good."

After saying this, he left Li Xian on the spot thinking in a daze. He himself came to the side of the stuntman next to him and told him the effect he wanted. The stuntman couldn't help but nod.

, the next shooting begins...

This kind of motion capture technology has been used in several places in the past two days. In fact, through the combination of motion capture technology and g technology, some monsters have been made. However, the cost of making monsters in this way is quite astonishing.

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The cost of making the water unicorn just now cost 300,000... This is not an exaggeration. In "Zhu Xian", there are many such monsters, and 300,000 is enough for them to do this.

Pay quite a bit of money.

But 300,000 is also a very cheap number. Compared with the lifelikeness of this water unicorn, 300,000 is an insignificant number. You must know that at that time, a famous American movie that used motion capture technology, 2001

"Final Fantasy: Souls Within" spent $30 million just to make people's hair... This is simply an astronomical number.

In the past two years, due to the advancement of technology, the cost of these productions has been reduced. Fenying Special Effects Studio and Lianying Studio are both affiliated studios of Liguang Entertainment, and the cost is cheaper. The domestic prices are already

It needs to be cheaper. On the other hand, Zuli has obtained quite a lot of data and technology from the superstar development system. These data and technologies have been put to use in this model production, so the cost is indeed not high.

And some monsters that need to be fought require quite a lot of money...

Take the monkey Xiao Hui for example. In order to make this model, Liguang Entertainment invested more than two million yuan into it... to express all the hair on Xiao Hui's body in detail. Moreover, because Xiao Hui's body is not big.

, from now on, it is impossible for the stuntman to squat on Su Li's body...

The solution is to use a model when you need to use Xiao Hui squatting on Su Li's shoulders, and then use post-processing to replace the model with Xiao Hui's appearance. As for the protagonist and the monkey standing together, it is more

The solution is easy, just use special effects to shrink the body of the stuntman. Although this is a bit complicated, it is not as complicated as imagined.

Sometimes, using light and dark contrast and camera angle can solve the problem of size. "The Lord of the Rings" relied on this method and used that kind of visual deception to shoot the relationship between the shorter children and the tall humans.

body shape difference.

As for the technology of zooming in and out, the most recent reference is "Avatar".