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The helmet of this motion-captured stuntman is densely packed with more than fifty signal points, and the signal points shine on his face, each signal point is at a different distance from his face because of the undulating amplitude of the helmet, and these helmets are in different positions, which will be transformed into the junction of those skin undulations on the head of the water unicorn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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

Because the unicorn's front legs appear to be slightly longer, the stuntman also has a device in his hand that stretches it on the ground. The unicorn has sharp claws on all four legs, and these claws are also captured with some small signal points.

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

Everyone looked at this set of equipment and was secretly amazed - finally saw the legendary motion capture!

Su Li looked at the stuntman in the gear, and then said next to him: "This set of motion capture technology equipment...... Compared with foreign ones, it has taken the lead in technology, the reflection is more sensitive, and the capture method is more flexible. But anyway, it's still just a capture device, so when you need to make some expressions, you still have to try to exaggerate as much as possible, so that the reflection is realistic 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, and then walked back, came to everyone's side, and began to direct the movements of the camera and the others. He still has a very strong insight, every arrangement is ingenious, and many people who have not worked with Su Li secretly feel that Su Li is indeed magical.

The videographers are used to Su Li's readiness these days, but the feeling of making it is gorgeous, this guy is a monster that is almost a god...... At least in other directors, it is impossible to find this feeling of Su Li.

This is what everyone unanimously agrees in their hearts.

―――――― no matter what you say before, it's just on paper, and the shooting experience is often formed after shooting again and again, summing up the experience, carrying forward the advantages, and slowly forming.

When filming really started today, everyone was looking at this scene in front of them a little strangely. The cameras are ready and the shooting is about to begin.

This kind of shooting, Li Xian and they are also staring nervously at the side, this is the first time they have used this technology in a movie, and they are not completely confident in their hearts.

"Let's go!" Under everyone's expectant and curious gaze, Su Li finally gave an order, and then, the stuntman was already on all fours and lying on the ground. At this time, there are support points on his hands, and in front of the special camera and Li Xian's monitor, it is divided into two pictures, one of which is the scene of the stuntman lying on the ground captured by the camera, and the other picture, there is nothing else, only more than 200 signal points on the stuntman's body, which are flashing.

These signal points rise and fall as the stuntman's body moves, and on the screen that shows the flashing signal points, they rise and fall, and swing dazzlingly. These signal points will be made in two parts with the live picture, and after some processing and production, those signal points will become the prototype of the water unicorn that has been set.

And this water unicorn will cause the movement of some parts of the body due to the swing of those signal points, and it will also come to life because of this.

Restore the movements of this water unicorn, combined with the footage of the real scene performed by the stuntman, and a real water unicorn will replace the stuntman just now standing in that position.

This is the motion capture technology, which is more convenient and the results are extremely realistic. Because the modeling of the water unicorn is a 3D effect, when the time comes, put it on the big screen, everyone can also understand the characteristics of this water unicorn in an all-round way.

This kind of technology is indeed magical, and it is also a sign that the human film industry has reached the pinnacle of development, and under the magical motion capture technology, many movies have the possibility of shooting.

The starting point of motion capture technology in human cinema was the 1990 film "Total Memory", which was carried forward by "The Lord of the Rings". The 2004 animated film "The Polar Express" was the first film in the history of human cinema to be made entirely with motion capture technology, and after "King Kong", motion capture technology has become more and more mature.

At the time of "Avatar", the motion capture technology had gone from the studio to the outside, and they had an epoch-making breakthrough - the original motion capture technology had quite strict restrictions, which was extremely troublesome, because the stuntmen could not help but move around when performing, and when they walked, it was difficult to keep up with the capture points of facial expressions, so the shooting at this time was quite troublesome, and everyone had to put in a lot of effort in order to cope with the facial skin. At the same time, because the two places are too far apart, there will be some confusion of signal points, and various light points are entangled, which is quite troublesome.

And "Avatar" breaks through this shackle with an ingenious design - just like the employee who used an electric fan to blow away the empty soap box, they solved this problem in a fairly simple way, that is, directly designed a motion capture helmet, so that these sensing points can be worn on the person's head and follow the person around! Placing the camera inside a person's helmet completes this kind of capture, a problem that has plagued many directors who study motion capture technology, and he easily solves it.

Therefore, the motion capture technology of "Avatar" has been completed quite well, and after "The Rise of the Ape Ball" and then "The Adventures of Tintin", the human motion capture technology has become more and more perfect.

And this time, the motion capture technology owned by Li Guang Entertainment Company is better than the ace industrial light and magic of American motion capture technology in terms of capture sensitivity and capture flexibility, because of the great achievements of the Burning Shadow Special Effects Studio in the field of CG, the expressiveness of the motion capture technology of Glimpse is much better than that of Industrial Light and Magic.

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

This special effects actor doesn't have much acting experience, but after the recent period of intensive training, he is completely handy at performing these things, and he does a great job.

It's just that Su Li, the demon director, didn't mean to let him go...... Because he found that this stuntman didn't seem to have the feeling of performing the water unicorn - entrenched as a virgin, lazy, as if he didn't want to move, and when he was angry, he moved like a rabbit, and in the blink of an eye, he was imposing.

He also had some research on motion capture technology before, and he knew the effect of the water unicorn that the stuntman was showing now, so he felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he didn't hesitate to let everyone do it again.

Although I know that this will increase investment, there are countless investments that have increased because of his dissatisfaction these days.

"Huh...... I think it's pretty good......" Li Xian heard Su Li say that he wanted to start over, so he said next to him: "Su Li, come and see, these points of light, the swing is in line with the law, quite ingenious...... I think it's already pretty good, and you might get a good result. ”

Su Li smiled slightly: "But what I want is more than just good. ”

After saying this, he threw down Li Xian and thought in a daze, he himself came to the side of the stuntman next to him, and told him about the effect he wanted, and the stuntman couldn't help nodding, and the next shooting began...... In fact, through the combination of motion capture technology and CG technology, some monsters have been made, but the cost of the monsters produced in this way is quite amazing...... The cost of making the water unicorn just now cost 300,000 ...... This is not an exaggeration at all. In "Zhu Xian", there are many such monsters, and 300,000 are enough for them to pay a lot of money for this.

But 300,000 is also a pretty cheap number, compared to the lifelike life of this water unicorn, 300,000 is an insignificant number. You must know that back then, a famous American movie that used motion capture technology, 2001's "Final Fantasy: Deep in the Soul", spent $30 million just to make people's hair...... This is simply an astronomical amount.

In the past two years, due to the advancement of technology, the cost of these productions has been reduced, and the Burning Shadow Special Effects Studio and the Glimpse Studio, both affiliated studios of Li Guang Entertainment Company, are cheaper in terms of cost, and the price in China is already cheaper. On the other hand, Su Li got a lot of information and technology from the superstar cultivation system, and these data and technologies came in handy for this model making, so the cost was really not high.

And some demon beasts that need to fight, the amount of money to be used is quite a lot...... For example, Monkey Little Ash, in order to make this model, Liguang Entertainment Company directly smashed more than 2 million into it...... All the hairs on Ash's body should be shown in detail. Moreover, because Xiao Gray's figure is not big, it is impossible for the stuntman to squat on Su Li's body...... The solution is to replace the model with a model when you need to use Ash squatting on Su Li's shoulder, and then use post-processing to replace the model with Ash. As for the fact that the protagonist and the monkey are standing together, it is easier to solve the problem, and when the time comes, it is enough to shrink the stuntman's body with special effects - although it is also a little complicated, it is not as complicated as imagined.

Sometimes, the use of light and dark contrast, as well as the angle of the camera, can solve the problem of size - "The Lord of the Rings" relies on this method, using that visual deception to capture the gap between the shorter children and the taller humans.

And the technology of zooming out and zooming in, the recent reference to "Avatar" can be.

(To be continued)