Chapter 361: Big Action, Physical Effects Project Department (Page 1/1)

After the Spring Festival, various projects on the company's side also began. In addition to the projects that the animation project department has filled this year, other departments also have their own actions.

The first is the film and television and special effects studio, and after the year, they started a big project and set up their own physical special effects project department.

The so-called physical special effects, in fact, are real-life special effects, simply put, models of people, monsters, buildings and vehicles are used to make movie special effects.

When models must be moved, we can move them in any of three ways: by hand, mechanically, or electrically.

It takes a long time to move them by hand, because the model needs to move at least twenty-four times in a second on the screen.

How to understand these at least twenty-four actions, which are actually twenty-four frames per second, which is the basic number of frames in film and television dramas.

In general, in order to achieve high-definition effects, the frame rate is much higher than 24 frames per second.

Of course, in addition to the above live-action models, this physical special effect also includes special effects makeup, simulated weather special effects, and live-action explosion effects commonly used in film and television dramas.

Special effects makeup, also known as film and television special effects makeup technology, usually refers to the makeup of relevant characters and even some animals, so as to achieve the desired effect.

Film and television special effects makeup originated in the United States, and the most typical special effects makeup masterpiece in the early days of the Chinese film industry is "Journey to the West". Most of the characters in it use film and television special effects makeup, such as the protagonist Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and many strange-looking monsters and so on.

Today's film and television special effects makeup technology is becoming more and more mature, and the application space is becoming more and more extensive, so it has attracted many talents to join it. And with the development of the domestic film and television industry, many film and television companies have begun to pay attention to the cultivation of special effects technology in this regard.

In addition, with this kind of special effects film and television dramas, they can bring a good viewing experience to the audience, so film and television dramas with film and television special effects makeup occupy an increasing proportion.

Of course, what I mentioned above is just some ordinary film and television makeup special effects. It can not only imitate some demons and monsters through the technique of inverted makeup, but also the special effects makeup technology can also be seen in some ordinary film and television dramas that we see every day.

To take the simplest example, the protagonist needs to have multiple knife wounds or various wounds on his body, and this requires makeup effects to complete.

Others, such as young people playing old people, need some wrinkles on their faces, and these wrinkles are also counted as special effects makeup.

In fact, special effects makeup technology in China started very early, but the development is very slow. It's not that we don't have the technology to do this, it's that we don't have the talent.

A basic reason is that for a long time in the past, there were very few special effects makeup techniques used in the film and television dramas we filmed, which also led to the decline and recession of the domestic industry.

Next up is the simulated weather effects, which are actually simulations of wind, rain, hail, snow, smoke, and fog.

Although these things can be simulated using computer CG technology, they are not realistic enough. In particular, these scenes are mixed with characters performing images, and it is difficult for computer CG technology to simulate reality.

In addition, the use of computer CG technology to simulate these weather effects is not only unrealistic, but also expensive.

If you use real-life weather simulation technology, it is not only very realistic, but also cheap.

To the uninitiated, the weather effects simulation is easy. But in reality, it's still very difficult, especially if you want to achieve realistic results.

From the perspective of a rainy weather simulation effect alone, there is a lot of attention paid to it. First of all, the size of the rain, whether it is a heavy rain or a drizzle. The speed, angle, density, size of the raindrops, etc., are very particular about the speed at which the rain falls.

And all of this needs to be adjusted under the arrangement of the director, and the relevant equipment is not something that can be done with a fire truck.

In the same way, hail, snow, smoke, these require more technology.

Usually, these will be done by the crew themselves. However, with the development of film and television dramas, the industry has been continuously refined.

Therefore, there is a special team to be responsible for this part, so that each crew not only does not have to buy or rent equipment, but also spends a lot of money. And there is a lot of work and trouble, just contact the professional team directly.

As long as the relevant weather and the desired effect are explained, the director does not need to think about the rest, just shoot directly.

The last explosion effect, this is a very special industry, and it is also a very dangerous industry.

Although many film and television dramas now use a large number of computer CG technology to simulate these explosion scenes. But when you watch carefully, or watch some film and television drama production documentaries, you will find that there are still some real-life explosion effects interspersed with it.

In particular, some explosion effects in close scenes, such as dust, gravel, smoke, and fire generated by explosions, are basically real-life explosion effects, and only some CG computer effects will be added at medium and long distances.

Only in this way can the whole explosion scene be more realistic, more impactful and shocking.

It is precisely because of this that the threshold of this industry is very high, and it is difficult for others to enter.

Especially these professionals who work with explosives on a daily basis are exposed to great danger on a daily basis. So over the years, accidents caused by explosion special effects in film and television dramas have occurred from time to time.

And like some war dramas with more explosion scenes, there are even death quotas.

Officially, because of this, the income of this line is also very rich. Therefore, the domestic development is still relatively mature.

The reason why the physical special effects project department wants to add this part this time is mainly to cooperate with other classifications of the project department to make up for the gap in this regard.

Although more and more companies are paying attention to this aspect, very little is actually being implemented.

Generally speaking, although some big productions continue to emerge in China, most of them are still small-budget film and television dramas on the whole, so the demand for this aspect is not strong.

And these domestic directors or producers have a bad problem, that is, they always think that foreign things are better than domestic ones.

Therefore, when the film is filmed, no matter how low the price of the domestic studio is, it must be taken abroad to do it. In their parlance, the domestic production is not good. In addition, anyway, all this money is invested, and if you don't spend it in vain, you can take the opportunity to make an extra profit.

And Han Li's physical special effects project department is now set up to make up for the vacancy in this area in China.

In this way, I want to build a professional special effects production company that integrates computer CG special effects and real-life physical special effects, so as to assist the development of domestic film and television dramas.

Of course, at the same time, this also indicates the huge market potential of this industry.

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