Hugo only felt that his head was big, because he knew very little about these technical things, but now George's piercing eyes made him unable to retreat, and he could only explain it head-on, "I just heard that there is a technology called optical motion capture ......"

"Yes, I know, I've heard, Motion Analytics. analysis）。 Hugo was unfamiliar with this, but George was very familiar with it, and he mentioned it as soon as he opened his mouth, "At that time, Arnold was filming 'Total Memory. recall)' "But this technique is cumbersome, requiring the actors to have wires connected to their bodies during the filming, and then use a guò computer to record each point of light and then edit it." ”

Hugo immediately nodded, "Yes, that's the kind of technique I'm talking about." Anyway, he didn't know that such a technique was used in "Total Recall", but it sounded very similar, "but have you considered that there are more points of light through guò - but not directly connected by wires, maybe similar to the green screen technology, using the contrast between the light source and the light to create a point of light sensing, without the need for wires, it can be sensed in the air." Then use the camera lens to record the real performance of the actors, return to the studio, and then use computer special effects to create incredible characters...... Like, uh, apes? Monster? Alien? ”

Hugo only spoke of scaly claws, and he was very amateurish, so he could only try his best to explain it according to his understanding, and he didn't know anything about how it worked and how to make it.

But these words were like a bolt from the blue to George's ears, clearing the layers of fog and revealing a whole new world.

"If you do that, not only will you save a lot of work hours, but you'll also take the computer effects to the next level!" George's eyes lit up suddenly, and he punched Hugo hard in the shoulder, and the hard punch clearly showed George's excitement at this time.

Before the maturity of motion capture technology, special effects staff had to use the computer to make the picture frame by frame, which was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but most importantly, there was still a gap in the realism of the image produced by the computer, even if the computer special effects were realistic, there was still a gap in texture.

In layman's terms, it is to create a character with a computer, and then put the character on the actor like a garment, and the actor will complete the performance, which greatly reduces the workload of the computer technician.

What's more, the results are also more realistic, especially when facial expression capture technology has really reached a mature stage, which allows staff to collect the number of expressions of real actors, and then use computers to simulate the most realistic expressions of virtual characters - every detail, and even make it impossible to tell whether the character is a computer character or a real actor.

Of course, the computer-made characters are still different from real actors, and Robert Zemeckis completely immersed in the world of motion capture special effects created the "Polar Express". polar。 express)" and "Beowulf" are examples of this, in which the characters, although lifelike, always have a weird valley effect - that is, the eyes of real people cannot be captured, which leads to the fact that computer characters always have a pair of dead fish eyes, which is very weird.

Therefore, even if the motion capture technology was gradually perfected and crossed the Valley of the Weird, except for special works such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", this technology is still more used in virtual characters, such as "Avatar", such as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". It is most appropriate to use actors to play the role directly.

"Tell me what you think." George looked at Hugo with great interest, and this look made Hugo feel a little overwhelmed, because he didn't know much about his true heart.

"No, that's all I know." Hugo has already overcome the first hurdle, and he will not allow himself to find himself in another difficult situation. In fact, Hugo is not lying, and his shallow knowledge of motion capture technology is all that.

George didn't understand Hugo's shirk at all, and waved his hand again and again with a smile, "I'm not asking what you know, I'm asking what you're thinking." Like I said earlier, one's wisdom is limited, and we need to communicate, more communication, to let our minds collide, and then generate more sparks. Didn't you say the same? A lot of times, it's the most fun thing to turn a great idea into a reality. ”

Without waiting for Hugo to refuse, George excitedly walked to the extension on the side and dialed the internal number, "Let the guys who don't have work at hand come to the fighting room, and we will have a small tea party." ”

Then Rick and the others, who were sitting outside to rest, saw that the whole building began to stir, and people appeared from all corners, and they all rushed towards the war room, as if they were preparing for some kind of celebration. Rick and Joseph looked at each other, they both knew that Hugo was in the fighting room, but ...... What's going on here?

At this time, Hugo was standing in the room, but he looked helpless, how did this matter develop to this point? Why did he say the wrong thing? Is there any room for redemption now?

Apparently not.

Hugo tried to stand in the crowd to hide his tracks, but was pulled out by George with a smile, and Hugo was like a fool, standing in the center with George to be baptized by the eyes of countless people.

Hugo felt embarrassed, even if he stood in front of the camera for the first time, even if he was on the stage for the first time, he was not so embarrassed, because this is not the field that Hugo was familiar with, to be precise, this is the field that Hugo knew nothing about, standing here he was a complete layman, and now he was asked to discuss motion capture technology with these technicians? This is definitely a "spiritual baptism".

Hugo stood in place crying and laughing, George had already begun to raise his voice to explain the conversation just now, he also put forward his thoughts in detail, and in an instant, the surrounding voices came and went, the enthusiastic scene was definitely not inferior to the United Nations discussion conference, and Samora, who was standing at the door and secretly observing, was dumbfounded, and couldn't believe the picture in front of him.

"So, Hugo, tell us what you think." George interrupted the discussion and said, "I know you're not a techie, but you can talk to us about your ideas as an actor." Or the identity of the screenwriter. ”

Hugo took a deep breath and cheered himself up, at least he knew how far motion capture technology would be in the future, didn't he? Now it's not for him to develop this technology, so ...... So, there is no need for his hands to tremble!

"Well, it gives me the feeling of explaining economic principles to Nobel economists, ......" Hugo's teaser made the whole room laugh, and it gave Hugo a little courage - just a little, "Actually, I just thought, if you need to show me how I'm changing at different ages, how can I do it with computer technology?" As you know, even if you look for actors of different ages, they are still different from me, and there are differences in the way they act, their habits, their voices and other details, and of course, I can't really rejuvenate. So, maybe you can do it with a computer. ”

In fact, what Hugo is talking about is the effect in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", before that, the crew either chose different actors to play the same character of different ages, or a movie like "Boyhood" spent 12 years to record the growth of actors, like a documentary. But "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is performed by Brad Pitt from beginning to end, the crew uses motion capture technology to record Brad's expression, and then uses the computer to make the age difference, like a hood, and put it on different stuntmen, showing the difference in height, skin, and limb conditions at different ages, but the real performance is still done by Brad alone.

"Or maybe you can play an alien with a real person, not like 'alien e.'. T' aliens, but aliens with real expressions, real emotions, you use real people to play the characters, and then you use computer effects to bring the characters to life. Hugo was talking about "Avatar", and while he didn't know how it was done, James Cameron and Weta Studios brought the work to life enough to go down in history.

"According to what you say, we can use motion capture to record the number of a character's movements, and then when making a large scene of crowds, we can use the computer to make thousands of different people according to this action number, and then truly complete the magnificent scene, and at the same time save time and money." One of the voices came out of the corner.

Then someone answered, "But what about facial expressions? We can easily capture the movements of the characters, but what about the expressions and eyes? Obviously, these professionals and technicians noticed the possibility of the existence of the Strange Valley for the first time.

"The last time I heard James mention it, he said that he could use the guò head covering, and then use the head-mounted camera to record the expression up close, and then use the guò computer to make the zuò ......."

"Hoods? But facial expressions are made up of so many muscles, and light motion capture can't be so delicate! ”

"George, James is not talking to you about extras today, I watch his film of the big ship, and you can use this motion capture technology to create thousands of people based on the number of movements. Anyway, these people are in the background, and the audience can't see their expressions. ”

"But is motion capture really reliable?"

"Optical motion capture technology is too immature now, if you need to use this technology, you should at least start here, I personally think ......"

The discussion in front of him became more and more lively, and Hugo was completely submerged in it, but he couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, glad that he was finally out of focus, "The world of technical otaku is too scary, I'd better do my job as an actor." ”