Chapter 166: Erosion of the entire world
"After capturing the motion, we will use CG technology to render and synthesize the muscles, skin, strange wounds, etc., and the lip correspondence in the expression capture is completely formed from the motion capture data, and then used as a reference for keyframe animation. All the motion scenes are made according to the traditional animation production method, but the motion capture data is referenced in the limb position of each keyframe, and the subtle motion changes still need to be manually adjusted. After these complex processes, the audience can see a real horror in the cinema, as if there is a "licker" right next to them! Stefal explained to Zhou Shaoming in detail.
"Good, Carol! Awesome guys, guys, let's steal the Lord of the Rings number one and let the world's first all-CG character be born in our hands! Zhou Shaoming smiled with satisfaction and applauded vigorously.
In my mind, the corpses that rushed more than like the tide of the sea, the lickers who were as arrogant as the demons of the night, and those deep and indelible memories became reality little by little.
These shots, these pictures, will get the audience's excited and hot screams and applause!
Breaking away from the small space of the original "Resident Evil", Zhou Shaoming, as the creator god of this movie, wants to make the whole movie more grandiose, more impactful to people's vision, and more challenging the audience's imagination eager to be challenged.
Therefore, the city that was attacked by zombies will become the background of the whole movie, appearing in the opening stage of the movie, from the very beginning, I want to make the whole movie theater audience boil!
Fortunately, Zhou Shaoming's abundant funds support his ideals and dreams, and he will not be like Paul Anderson in his previous life, thinking hard about where to save money and how to break a copper plate in half.
This is a square in the city, surrounded by buildings that soar into the sky, and Zhou Shaoming arrived here with a team of 700 people.
Out of 700 people, there were 550 extras.
As many as 550 extras were mobilized, their identities were twofold, one was a walk in the square, or a hurried pedestrian, and the other was transformed into bloodthirsty zombies, frantically pounced and gnawed.
This scene is the scene of a zombie frenzy swept like a wave, recklessly attacking the city.
A full 45 professional camera frames are installed in all corners of the building at 316 degrees, some are installed in the building and look down, some are placed on the ladder of the fire truck, some are pushed by the staff on the rail car, some are ordinary shoulder mounted, and there are even many miniature cameras clipped to the bodies of the extras to create similar first-person shots.
Zhou Shaoming was very excited for the first time to command the big scene of these hundreds of people, he jumped into a van, grabbed the loudspeaker in his hand, and shouted to everyone gathered here: "Today, it is the birth of a record of science fiction zombie films, no one has ever used so many people, no one has used so many cameras." But I want to tell you, a few hundred people is not my goal, combined with your performance, and using computer technology and visual effects, we will have up to tens of thousands of zombies wreaking havoc in the camera, rushing wildly! ”
The extras were all wide-eyed, and they couldn't believe that there was such a technique.
And Harry and Emma, who played the zombies, like everyone else, looked excitedly at the majestic Smith Chow, and painted in their minds the scene of the coming of the end.
"This movie doesn't just belong to me, not just to the heroine Mira, but to all of you present, it's your struggle that makes the movie complete, and it's your dreams that make the movie come true! This day will all be recorded in history, and all of us are the creators of this history! Please make more efforts to make this sensational scene all over the world real and perfect! Please, everyone! ”
Surprisingly, Smith Zhou, who has always been a tyrant on the set, looked at everyone with hopeful eyes at the moment and bowed respectfully.
The extras were a little moved, many of them were used to running at the bottom of Hollywood, and they were used to seeing the directors arrogant and regarded themselves as nothing, but there has never been a big-name director who bowed to all the tricks and thanked them!
Some of the extras who were quite moved, with tears of excitement in the corners of their eyes, shouted one after another.
"Mr. Director, you are really too polite."
"Yes, Mr. Director, it is our job to act well, even if it is a trick, we will play it well!"
"Mr. Smith Chow, we will do our best to act in this movie and let "Resident Evil" erode the whole world!"
"Let's do it together, Mr. Director!"
The crowd was excited, and when they got to the back, everyone shouted at the top of their voices, clenched their fists, for the first time with this movie, I am also an actor, a part of it, and not the feeling that no one cares about the role!
"Thank you, let's start history!" Zhou Shaoming's eyes were resolute, this scene was super grand, and the impact was like an atomic bomb.
People walked around the square in twos and threes, some calmly walking on the sidewalk with briefcases under their arms, others sitting on benches by the square chatting, and a few children chasing and playing beside them.
The roads were jammed with cars, and anxious drivers kept honking their horns to vent their dissatisfaction.
The camera is watching from a high altitude, dense crowds, crowded streets, and predicting that something terrible is about to happen.
"Boom!" An orange flame suddenly exploded from the side of the street, and countless people looked over there with confused expressions on their faces.
As if seeing something, the crowd began to flee like a frantic explosion, the screams that could not be suppressed in fright, panic to the point of hysterical rapid running, a few children were squeezed by the adults who were eager to flee for their lives, and fell down, sitting on the side of the road and wiping tears sadly.
And the people in the car also began to throw off their cars and run wildly!
Zhou Shaoming kept looking at the monitor, all the shots were under his control, and it was the first time he controlled such a big scene, so that his eyes could hardly use it.
Fortunately, the extras worked very hard, and they all took 120 points of passion and professionalism, whether it was from the lens that looked at the entire ground, or the shoulder-mounted camera that ran after the extras, their performance was very good.
“ok! Go on, that's all! Zhou Shaoming cheered everyone up in his heart, but his eyes were staring at the monitor without blinking, and he didn't even dare to wipe the sweat on his head.
This scene completely depends on the skills of the actors, because there are no zombies around them, and they have to make the appearance of being chased by countless zombies, and then through the combination of computers, it becomes the final picture.
On the camera, a large truck suddenly rushed out, drove wildly on the street in panic, and smashed the cars that stopped in front of it, like an ancient mammoth giant elephant eager to escape, and smashed them away.
Steel twists, car windows shatter, and a few close-ups capture the horrific scene.
Screaming, running, the flow of people that were scattered, the out-of-control vehicles, and the impact of sparks, this scene was finally completed in Zhou Shaoming's tightly clenched and even sweaty hands.
“cut! Perfect! Zhou Shaoming breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and waved to everyone excitedly.
Ok, this shot is completed, and the next step is the extras who have just been chased, and in turn, become crazy bloodthirsty zombies who are chasing wildly.
Dozens of makeup artists who were ready to go quickly rushed forward with makeup boxes and began to apply makeup to the extras one by one, making them the masters of that time and space, terrifying zombies.
Zhou Shaoming sat next to Harry, watching him turn from a little boy to a zombie whose neck was bitten off, he smiled warmly and handed over a bottle of water.
"Thank you, Mr. Director." Harry was very flattered, he helped Zhou Shaoming solve a somewhat tricky problem that night, but he never told anyone, and Zhou Shaoming didn't know.
"You're welcome, my little zombie!" Zhou Shaoming laughed and touched Harry's head, messing up his hair that had become thick by drenching some liquid.
The make-up artist quickly got the little zombie done, while another waiting extras took Harry's seat and began to put on makeup.
"Hehe, Mr. Director, thank you from the bottom of my heart, you opened a window in my heart and told me something, so that I have a dream from now on." Harry took a sip of water, looked at Zhou Shaoming with big sparkling eyes, and said sincerely.
"Oh? Is it? Hehe, you remind me of the "spring of the cattle herding class" again, am I Isabella? As long as he is not in front of the camera, Zhou Shaoming is still a good person, especially for those children who are full of dreams.
"Since I arrived here, I feel that my life is budding, and my previous life is simply boring and boring! I want to make movies, become an actor, or a director, anyway, as long as it's related to movies, I want to know about them, I like them all! ”
"Very well, you little one, keep it up! You will be the best version of yourself! Zhou Shaoming smiled and touched Harry with a mineral water bottle, as if the two were touching wine glasses.
"Mr. Smith Zhou, you say, can I be the second you?" Harry looked at Zhou Shaoming expectantly, his eyes were full of longing and adoration, tilting his head, letting those strands of hair float in the wind.
"No, don't be a second me, Harry!" Zhou Shaoming took a sip of water, looked at the somewhat disappointed Harry very funny, and said encouragingly: "You want to be the first you, the first Harry in the film industry!" ”
The sun was shining, and the agitation echoed in Harry's heart, and he looked at Zhou Shaoming, who was smiling and leaving, and poured saliva violently.
"Yes, I'm going to be the first Harry!"
Harry's heart was inadvertently nodded by Zhou Shaoming, he came to Harry's life, opened a window for Harry, opened a door, and showed a dream.
(To be continued)