……

At the same time, in the small dark room of the screenwriter team, they are resetting the image of some characters who are easy to infringe.

Cao Yifang and Hao Yunlai discussed fiercely for a long time, but they didn't understand, and then the original author thought that he seemed to make a little contribution to the screenwriting team, he said: "Actually, we have to divide the character image into two categories. ”

The two looked over with dark eyes.

He continued: "One type had to be changed, for example, I used the classic puppet image from Chainsaw in Chainsaw, and I even depicted his image exactly as well, and his name was still Billy, which is clearly infringing. ”

Cao Fang couldn't help but complain: "How do you feel that you are right......

"Ha, the law is never black and white, 80% of everything in the world is in the gray area, if you have to go around everything, life will be very difficult......"

Ten days of a sense of shame said: "The Internet is a very, very narrow market, although the readership base is large, but 99.9% of the authors are still just for love to generate electricity, such a non-profitable industry, basically no one will come to you for trouble...... Anyway, if you win the lawsuit, you won't be able to make money, and you will delay your work. ”

He added: "Besides...... Our copyright laws have always been weak. ”

Cao Fangfang said: "To get to the point, we don't have time. ”

"Okay, that's it...... Although this can be the case, and the theory of TV dramas can also be the same, but in order to avoid that little bit of risk, and have scruples about public opinion, you may still need to do things cleanly. ”

He said, "Billy's exact copy of the image must be changed, but others are not necessary, such as the Pegasus Meteor Fist and the little pony who wears the Pegasus holy clothes. ”

Cao Fang asked, "Won't others say that this is a copy of Seiya's image?"

Ten days and a night's answer rhetorically: "If you make an urban comedy and there are people playing cosplay in it, is it considered infringement?"

Cao Fang probably knew what he meant.

Ten days continued: "If I write an Ultraman, who is also thirty or forty meters tall and fights in a similar way, this is another infringement, but if this Ultraman is only the height of a normal person, the character characteristics are also original, and he only occasionally puts on his clothes...... It's not anymore. ”

Hao Yunlai complained: "You are crazy on the edge of the law." ”

Ten days said proudly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

Hao Yunlai said incredulously: "Do you think I'm praising you......"

Cao Fang thought about the plot for a while, and then suggested: "So we have to define, play the boundary between memes and infringement...... I thought about it for a while, in fact, you wrote these characters mainly to play memes, and we can also play in the TV series, think about it......"

"Create a horror atmosphere similar to Chainsaw, and then the TV turns on and a doll in a small suit turns its back to the camera and says in a husky voice, I want to play a game......"

The more Cao Fang thought about it, the more excited he became: "At this time, the purpose of playing with stalks has been achieved, and when it turned its head, it found that it was not the terrifying face of the puppet Billy, but a cute thing with big eyes, similar to an exotic shorthair cat with a big pie face." ”

Ten days snapped his fingers, "Yes, and this can also increase the contrast and cuteness, comedy effect, and circumvent the domestic restrictions on the horror of film and television dramas!"

"OK, then change the image of the infringing character in this direction, turn it into an original character, and the name must also be modified. ”

Cao Fang clarified his thoughts, and while recording some of his thoughts on the document, he said quickly: "All kinds of skills and props in the game, these can actually be used, but the background of some copies needs to be changed on a large scale, and I personally think it doesn't affect the perception." ”

Shitian said: "There are still some copies that can't be filmed at all, such as copies of cartoons, just delete them directly, anyway, you can't shoot all the copies." ”

After being busy for a while, Cao Fang went out to answer two more calls, and when he came back, he only asked: "Have you written the plot of the first season of the emotional line?"

Hao Yunlai sat on the sofa in the corner with her notebook in her arms, scratching her scalp frantically: "It's almost, but because you haven't finished the outline of the script yet, I have created a lot of fragmented small scenes, and I don't know how to implant it or how many ...... implant it."

Before she finished speaking, Cao Fang ran outside to make a phone call again.

He didn't know if it was the poor signal of the art park as a whole, or the poor signal near his temporarily rented office, but every time he called, Cao Fang couldn't wait to stuff his whole head out of the window in the elevator corridor.

The busy and noisy movement on the other end of the phone, Lu Jingzhen had been as loud as possible, but Cao Fang still couldn't hear it clearly.

"I want to apply for a DIT!"

On the one hand, Cao looked at the wind outside the window, and his facial features were distorted: "What is DIT?!"

Lu Jingzhen should have just finished the second production preparation meeting, no, it shouldn't have been finished yet, because the voices over there are still arguing, this production meeting Lin Yin and Miao Yingsong are both present, and Cao Fang should have gone over, but now he is really working hard.

Lu Jingzhen found a relatively quiet place and said: "DIT is a digital image engineer! Responsible for managing the materials, communicating with the director of photography, and after the shooting, color correcting the log materials!"

Cao Fang had a headache: "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it! Do you want to ask the producer? After the producer agrees, let Bai Di allocate funds!"

The producer is Miao Yingsong.

Lu was stunned and said frantically: "Producer Miao asked me to ask you! He is talking to his mother on the phone!"

"What?!"

At this moment, Supervisor Miao was in a toilet cubicle, making a low questioning voice.

"Mom, ...... I want to ask you something."

"Now it is said that online dramas and TV dramas broadcast by TV stations should be managed on a unified scale, is this true?"

"Oh, it's just that the scale is still different, right, you know. ”

"I'm investing in and producing this drama now, it's hard for me to explain the plot to you clearly, it's probably an online game web drama, and there are some elements of violence and horror in this game......"

"There is also the matter of not being able to become a fine after the founding of the country. ”

"Oh, the original saying is that animals can't become sperm after the founding of the country, right?"

"It's just that there are gods, ghosts, you can have them, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The sound of the flush toilet sounded, and Miao Fatzi lifted his pants and walked out of the cubicle refreshed.

His mother is the director of the production department of the Film Bureau, and it seems that the TV series is not under her control, but in fact, the door is clear.

The domestic audit is strict...... There are no rules.

Every film and television drama has its own destiny.

Maybe there are ghosts in this one, or real ghosts, but they are released as usual, but the other part is pinched.

It's hard to say, you may be called feudal superstition, or you may be said to be violent and bloody, and it is more likely that you will not tell you anything, so change it yourself.

But there are people up there, don't make big mistakes, and you can generally be safe.

Don't look at Miao Yingsong's professional ability is mediocre in all aspects, but he is a privileged class, which is the biggest reason why he can serve as a producer, Cao Fangfang is shrewd in this regard.

Make the best use of things and make the best use of talents.

When he got out of the men's toilet, he was immediately blocked by Lu Jing.

Lu Zhen said excitedly: "Okay, okay, Cao Fang said that there can be!"

Miao Yingsong actually didn't know what DIT was at all, but seeing Lu Jingzheng so happy, it should be a very important technical job.

He smiled: "Then please come, anyway, what we have now is money!"

……

Cao Fang soon saw the message sent by He Mo again, and the situation encountered by the special effects studio gave him a headache.

There are two words between the lines.

No money.

With a budget of 200 million to shoot ten episodes, the most tyrant crew in the country today said that if they have no money, they are afraid that they will be sprayed to death.

But the degree of special effects burns money, outsiders can't understand what if.

He called Hu Yuelong, and after listening to a complaint, he called Bai Di again to find out the specific situation and why the motion capture technology was not available.

After saying a lot of technical terms, Bai Di summed up three key words: "1. Not enough money, 2. Not enough time, 3. The uncanny valley effect...... Boss, do I understand? If I don't understand enough, I'll say it again. ”

Listening to Bai Di's voice, his voice was so hoarse that he was about to smoke, Cao Fang said distressedly: "I understand, I will solve it, you tell the Dragon King not to worry, as early as tonight, at the latest tomorrow night, I will tell them what to do...... Don't be tired, pay attention to rest, take a day off tomorrow, and don't deduct your salary. ”

Bai Di was grateful on the other end of the phone, and there were only two words to express his complex emotions: "Hehe." ”

After some discussion, Bai Di contacted many parties and moved the official filming time back by half a month, because the original plan was too late, so he could only delay the official shooting until the beginning of June, and make preliminary preparations during this time.

That night, Cao Fang checked the information and found it until four o'clock in the morning.

It's strange to say, he was obviously tired and half dead, but during this time, Cao Fang felt that his brain was N times faster, like the questions that Bai Di told him in the afternoon, he understood it in an instant, and faintly felt that he should have a solution.

This may be the passion of entrepreneurs......

Cao Yifang browsed through the vast amount of information on the web, filtered out the technical terms about special effects, and distilled useful information.

He organizes his thoughts.

Why did you plan to use motion capture technology to do live-action CG animation in the first place?

Because Infinity Paradise is a game, it was said in the original work that this game can't completely restore the appearance of real people, and every player will become the image of a CG animated character after entering the game.

Of course, it's okay to change the setting of the original work, and it will directly appear in the game as a real person, but the audience's perception will be very dramatic.

There's no way to distinguish the difference between reality and the game.

Using motion capture technology to make high-precision live-action CG is of course the best choice...... But if you want to achieve the level of trench Hollywood, then first of all, there is not enough money to burn, and secondly, the pre-preparation and post-production time must be doubled.

The high cost of money and time is unbearable, after all, this is not a Hollywood movie, and there is no income support from the global box office and the surrounding area.

So what about the second-best thing, how about the accuracy of live-action CG?

There is a reference case of failure in a previous life, called Jue Ji.

The reason why that movie chose to be shot as a live-action CG movie is also to avoid the sense of disobedience of live-action shooting magic movies, according to the background of that story, as long as the special effects of the Lord of the Rings cannot be achieved, the painting style must be very weird and full of plastic.

Live CG can avoid this problem...... But they ran into new problems.

The Uncanny Valley Effect.

In addition to the poor script, the uncomfortable visual effects were also a big problem at the box office.

This effect refers to the fact that when a robot or similar humanoid object becomes more and more human-like, people's favorability will gradually increase, but when it passes a critical value and becomes a very similar thing, but it looks like a person or a non-human thing, this thing is a little different from a real person, and it will look particularly dazzling and disgusting.

The live-action CG of Jue Ji completely stepped on the uncanny valley effect.

This problem, in the history of the development of Hollywood special effects, many directors have suffered, and later they summed up their experience, either to make the accuracy low, or to exaggerate the modeling, or even change the proportion of facial features, such as alternative hair color, enlarged eyes, in short, CG characters should be distinguished from real people.

But this still requires a high degree of special effect accuracy, otherwise if the expression is very stiff, then everything is meaningless.

There are only two choices facing Infinity Park: live-action and uncanny valley CG.

At a quarter past five in the morning, heavy curtains block out the sun.

Cao Fang didn't feel the slightest sleep, and the instant coffee on the computer table had been cold for a long time, so he picked it up and drank it clean.

Dozens of web pages were opened on the computer, huddled together.

He was looking for ready-made cases, renderings of real people appearing in games, but he never found a suitable one, and he had already seen the character modeling of various games.

Inadvertently, he saw a game character named Diao Chan.

Then I thought of Lu Bu.

and then thought of Lu Xiaobu.

and then thought of the Forbidden City, which was regarded as the pinnacle of domestic special effects in the love apartment.

Cao Fangfang let out a strange scream, jumped from the computer desk to his bed, and suddenly lifted the curtains.

For a while, the sky was bright.

Enlightened!

"I finally know what the answer is in my head. ”

……

Two days later, Cao Fang summoned Hu Yuelong and others over and explained his alternative in detail.

Infinity has given up for the time being, or at least for the first season, it has to abandon motion capture technology and enter the game entirely with real people.

"It's true that real people are out of place in the game, but we can make up for it with costumes and makeup. ”

Cao Yifang printed a few pictures found on the Internet and displayed them one by one: "Some COSER looks very fake, but some of them seem to come out of the game, the main thing is that their makeup is more exquisite, more like 3D animated characters, we let this shape into the game, plus the appropriate lighting rendering, special effects assistance, it doesn't look very dramatic, of course, we have to try makeup a few more times, shoot a few minutes of samples, you hurry up post-production, find the most suitable combination." ”

The special effects fight scene in the love apartment gave him a good reference direction.

As far as he knows, although the scene was broadcast for less than ten minutes, it actually took a total of thirty minutes to shoot and cost more than 3 million, which is known as the pinnacle of domestic special effects......

In fact, of course not, it is still a very rough special effect, and it will still be ridiculed in the movie.

But that sense of game that does not disobey makes Cao Fang remember it deeply.

The character image and special effects scenes, the overall style is unified, the sense of game is strong, and it is not easy to play, but it is countless times better than the special effects of other domestic movies that cost more expensive.

And Cao Fang now has more budget, as long as they spend the money in the right direction, the effect will be better.

In terms of characters, to distinguish the game from reality in the play, it can be done through superb makeup skills...... It's just not as perfect as a CG animated character.

It had to be compensated for with better special effects scenes and other aspects to avoid turning into a large cosplay scene.

Hu Yuelong actually doesn't need Cao Fang to say so much, a professional, just a little bit.

She said: "That is to say, the plot in the game should be like in the game, I know how to do it, I don't have to worry about it, but I have to communicate well with the costume and makeup team." ”

"Okay. Cao Fang slapped his thigh and stood up: "Then I'll go and get busy with me first, the art director will ship it to you in a while, and you can discuss with him the art style of the whole show, monster modeling, skill effects, etc., ......"

His voice became softer and softer, and when he walked to the door, his body staggered, and suddenly he sat down on the ground, his head dazed.

Hu Yuelong hurriedly went over to help: "What are you doing, big brother?"

Cao Fang waved his hand, his eyes were confused: "It's a little hypoglycemic...... Do you have anything to eat here, just give me a bite......"

Hu Yuelong looked at Cao Fangfang, who had lost weight to sunken cheeks in just half a month, and sighed with emotion: "It's too difficult to innovate." ”

Cao Fang dragged her hand and stood up, not knowing whether to say it to her or to herself.

"It's worth it. ”

In the blink of an eye, June 1 has arrived.

In front of an unfinished building on the outskirts of Jianghai City.

Infinity Land is powered on.

Countless fans came to hear the news, and were blocked by the security personnel outside the barbed wire, the momentum was huge, and on the temporary small stage in front of the unfinished building, under the banner of the start-up, Cao Yifang and other leading actors stood on it, and the reporter's microphone almost poked Cao Yifang's nostrils.

She asked excitedly: "How are you feeling now, Cao Yifang, I heard that the preparation of your drama is particularly complicated?"

Cao Fangfang brushed his hair, revealing his forehead, with an expression of wanting to speak and stopping on his face, and after thinking for a long time, he replied with a smile: "To be honest, I feel like I've finished filming now, but in fact, it's just begun, so I'm desperate." ”