In 2018, Penguin collaborated with partners to launch a digital human called Siren.

The digital human is rendered entirely in real-time by Unreal Engine, with an explosion of detail. You can clearly see the details of the character's skin, the movement of the eyes, and the way they speak. Whether it is the texture of the skin or the smile on the demeanor, it is like a real person.

What's more, this high-precision virtual character is scanned with the prototype of Chinese actress Jiang Yijie and then driven in real time by another person wearing a motion capture suit.

Best of all, Sirin can scan based on anyone's appearance. If this technology is popularized, it will be widely used in film production. Perhaps in the near future, a new type of stand-in job will be born, that is, "expression substitution".

Xiao Xianrou and Xiaohua will only be paralyzed, staring, and pouting? Don't worry, using the siren digital human driver, the "acting school" will play with the face, and fans will no longer have to worry about the acting skills of "idols"!

If it really comes to that time, I don't know if it will be a blessing in the entertainment industry or a big misfortune!

And the technology of Lu Lin's current space-time has not been able to achieve real-time motion capture rendering. You can only build a 3D data model of the character first, and shoot the motion capture data and facial expression data. The mocap data-driven model is then used to animate the character and then rendered and composited.

The 3D data model of the character is in charge of the American special effects company controlled by Lu Lin's company registered in the Cayman Islands, and the company's boss Wilson, a British-American, serves as the visual effects supervisor of "Company of Soldiers", but it is only a bluffing decoration.

The production of "Company of Soldiers" still has to follow the previous routine, that is, a large number of special effects companies around the world have subcontracted a lot, and then more than half of the special effects shots are ordered by Lu Lin through the name of several "vest" companies, and then produced by his "super micro computer".

Modeling, rendering, compositing, etc., are all done on the computer, and the process is super boring. The main task of the crew at present is to collect action data and facial expression data, first shoot the scenes in the studio, and then go to shoot the real scene.

On the set, the first scene of the film is being filmed, which is the scene where Ge Xiaolun is knocked out because of "Hero Saves Beauty" and opens the role of Kamigawa gene.

The motion capture actor who played the power of the galaxy, Ge Xiaolun, was lying on the ground, wearing a tight motion capture suit, with dozens of reflective dots painted on his face, and wearing a facial data collection device.

Playing Liu Chuang, the special motion capture actor who is also the Nohist in the game is also equipped with the same equipment. As for the two gangsters around Liu Chuang, they directly used group performances.

"Eh!" The group actor who played the gangster slapped Ge Xiaolun twice on the face, and then got up and stepped back, "Alas, Brother Chuang, wake up!"

The motion capture actor who played Liu Chuang said, "Oh mom, I'm not dead, but I'm scared to death!"

"I don't know each other, it's just a meal when I come up to pick up bricks, and I think it's your enemy!" said another "gangster".

At this time, the motion capture actor who played "Ge Xiaolun" slowly got up, and Liu Chuang and the three of them made a posture of concentration, "Be careful, there is something wrong with your brain!"

At this time, there was also a passerby girl who was saved by a hero at the scene, and Lu Lin decisively gave Fat Di a cameo, but it was actually just a few scenes of showing her face.

"Scum!" "Ge Xiaolun" made a gesture of wiping his mouth.

"Hey, you know who I don't?" The motion capture actor who plays "Liu Chuang" has a Northeast accent. The two group performers next to him also bluffed, "You know what?"

"Playing hooligan and bullying that girl, who do I care about you!" Ge Xiaolun was upright and indignant.

"Liu Chuang" smiled, his expression was a little disdainful, and he stepped forward and said, "Hehe, no, this hero saves beauty, right?"

"I'm a big brother, not a villain, you can figure it out, brother, I'm not a hooligan, it's feelings!" Liu Chuang took a few steps forward, and suddenly kicked at "Ge Xiaolun" who got up.

In the design of the script, "Ge Xiaolun" should reach out to catch this foot, and then kick "Liu Chuang" away. But playing "Ge Xiaolun", I don't know if he was stunned just now, but he didn't catch it and was kicked down.

"Click, what's the situation?" Lu Lin was a little displeased.

Those who are willing to be motion capture actors in China will naturally not be big stars. And the characters in this movie use the body shape and face in the game, unlike the Kuafu played by Hu Jun or Xingtian played by Liu Ye in "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun", whose giant body portraits are "enlarged versions" of the two stars.

Therefore, the acting skills of the "motion capture actors" who came to apply for the job can only be regarded as average. It's just that the crew's preparation was in a hurry, and neither Song Ge nor the casting director realized this. When filming really started, Lu Lin found out that the character's avatar can be used in the "game retouched version", but the facial expressions and character movements have to be driven by old drama bones!

"I'm sorry, director, I, I was a little stunned just now, I can definitely do it again!" said the motion capture actor who played "Ge Xiaolun".

Lu Lin calmed his face and said, "Let's rest for a while!"

Because it was the first scene, Song Ge, as the producer, was present, and when he saw Lu Lin walking out, he hurriedly followed and said, "These two people can't do it?"

Lu Lin shook his head, "It's too ordinary, motion capture actors need to provide two kinds of data: action information and facial expression information, and the average motion capture actor will do a worse job in facial expressions, and this one can't even do his actions well!"

Song Ge said, "You want to replace them all?"

Lu Lin said, "You don't have to change them all, but the two roles of Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang are the most brilliant in this film, and you still have to invite old drama bones to guarantee it!"

Song Ge said, "Temporary substitution, it's not easy to find actors, and if you're a little famous, the schedule is generally full." ”

Lu Lin thought for a while and said, "Just Han Dongjun, let him play Ge Xiaolun, he has no other work arrangements except for "Running Man" and "Wolf Warrior" now, right?"

Song Ge sighed, "There are some, I'll coordinate, what about Liu Chuang? Chen He or Zheng Kai? They have just joined the company, except for "Running Man", there are not many other work arrangements!"

Lu Lin thought about Chen He's slightly exaggerated acting skills, and said in his heart that it was better to be a variety show coffee first! As for Zheng Kai, there are not too many highlights. shook his head slightly, and wondered in his heart that he was called an old drama bone, who could "drive" the expression and demeanor of "Liu Chuang". and will not be rejected because they can't show their faces.

Lu Lin's thinking changed slightly, and he remembered an old actor born in the 90s, and said with a smile, "Zhang Yishan can, and he shouldn't have too many work arrangements now!"

Song Ge was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "You said Xiao Liu Xing, that kid is quite spiritual, and he is from Yanjing Xicheng, so it's easy to connect!"

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