Chapter 289: Because I Worked Hard
When another set of shots was completed, Ye Shenxi was already sitting in front of the monitor, with his hand on his forehead, repeatedly replaying more than 30 sets of shots that had been taken from morning to now today.
Their work is not a commercial blockbuster with a tight rhythm, and it does not require very complicated camera changes, but it also requires a total of more than 100 or nearly 200 shots for 30 minutes. The situation of shooting a shot more than ten or twenty times in a high-investment big-screen movie basically doesn't happen here, there are not such high requirements, and the cost cannot be afforded.
"Are you uncomfortable, Mr. Ye?" Li Rong explained a few words to several actors, and then came to Ye Shenxi, looking at his movements, she thought it was a sick body.
"Ah...... No, Sister Li, I'm thinking about these shots. ”
"What's wrong? Doesn't feel right? ”
"Well, sort of."
Li Rong was suddenly a little afraid, he had seen many big bosses, and he habitually raised dissatisfaction, but he would not show you a clear way, tell you what he wanted, and finally you had to figure it out yourself, and if you were lucky, you might be able to hit his itch after a few changes.
Naturally, sometimes it doesn't.
Fortunately, Ye Shenxi is not such a person.
"Look at these few." Ye Shenxi called out 5 shots, played them one by one, and then said: "First of all, the last ending, the one in red who is drunk and drunk, I think the camera can be raised in the end and turned into a wide-angle overhead shot." Now the last stop is a close-up, you see, the details show Murong's nostalgic and sentimental expression, but I don't think this close-up should be used for the end. Didn't the teacher say in the film and television photography skills class before, overhead shooting allows the audience to look down on the movie character from a [God's perspective], and the character will become relatively small in such a shot, so that the audience has a feeling of "she is pitiful". ”
"And as the camera zooms out, showing the surrounding environment, she is the only one left in the entire pavilion, surrounded by the eternal sacred mountain, and the loneliness of thousands of paths and people disappearing, which can better support her final lonely fate, and we will also have a sense of compassion and compassion."
At this time, Lao Zhao, Hua Yiming, Murong and several other crew members also came over, no one interjected, they were all listening to Ye Shenxi alone.
"There is also this paragraph, you see, the dialogue between the red clothes and the green sheng, the two people face to face, the camera is scheduled back and forth too frequently, and it seems that there is no sense of design, I think it can make the red dress turn her back, and it also just shows her arrogant personality, we can cover two characters in one shot, which is convenient for scheduling."
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"Let's look at this again, this is a fight scene, it looks a bit fake, because of the use of a wide-angle lens, right?"
"Well, yes......" the classmate from the camera crew responded.
"It's an over-the-shoulder wide-angle shot, which will make the characters at the far end look smaller, and it feels like you can't cut it when you swing your sword, and there's also a subtext that makes people feel that the strength of the two people is not equal, you see, the difference in body size has come out. It should be possible to change the focal length of the camera to a long focus, compress the space, and shorten the distance between the actors, and the audience will feel that the swing of the sword can really slash. ”
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"There is also this part, there is an extras who block the protagonist's body by a small half."
"And in this paragraph, maybe you can try to adjust the focus, emphasize the role of the close-up, blur the long-range scene, and highlight the strength of the characters."
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So Ye Shenxi said seven or eight things almost in one breath, from personal subjective suggestions to some hard injuries in the use of lenses.
While also scribbling on scratch paper to help express some specific details.
Slowly, the whole group gathered around, and it felt like listening to the teacher's lecture in a big class.
"That's pretty much all for today's groups." Ye Shenxi finished playing a few clips, and finally stopped the painting action in his hand, and then looked around: "Personal opinion, what do you think." ”
He tried his best to restrain the tone and demeanor of his superiors giving orders to his subordinates in the company, and treated everyone present as equal working partners, and tried to avoid some definite affirmative statements in terms of wording, and chose some tone particles with a bit of a sense of negotiation, such as "maybe, maybe, should, can't".
It's just trying to create an atmosphere where everyone is discussing, but unfortunately, it failed......
The bearing of being in a high position all the year round is really not so easy to change, and he is not the kind of person who speaks loudly and solemnly, but the spring breeze and drizzle, and the onlookers will naturally have a kind of magic of "what he said makes sense, and no loopholes can be found".
Moreover, the people present are all students majoring in film, who know how to do it, and compare the clips played back in the monitor a little, and then think about it for themselves, so that you can know the advantages and disadvantages of the effect that has been filmed and the plan he proposed.
Mr. Ye ...... You often skip school......" Hua Yiming was the first to react, and asked in disbelief: "How do you feel like you've learned more than us......"
They didn't know that Ye Shenxi was opening a small stove by himself.
Usually busy is busy, but Ye Shenxi's limited time to attend classes is still very serious, at least much more serious than going to many domestic game forums, industry summits or something, listening attentively, taking thoughtful and meticulous notes, and taking out a review of a period of official business during the trip. He asked himself if this was the case when he was in high school, maybe there would not be a game called "Eternity" in the world now, because the producer went to college.
Not only that, but when I didn't go back to Funan or Huangpu or even Seattle on the weekend, I would stay in Beijing and visit some well-known professors and doctoral supervisors in some schools. For example, for a period of time, Gu Changwei, who came out of the photography department, returned to the school to participate in activities and lived in the school's guest house.
or a younger generation of directors of almost the same generation, such as Wuer Fan, Ye Shenxi invited him to a banquet. Wu'er Fan thought that he was looking for his studio to discuss cooperation, but it turned out that there was indeed cooperation, and Qingyu Network intended to entrust his studio to make an advertising short film about Tracy and Jay Chou, the two spokespersons of "Eternal War", but Ye Shenxi seemed to mention this matter in passing...... understated, brushed aside, and then spent most of his time discussing the professional issues of directing with him...... Your fans were in a fog, and someone from Huangpu flew over to talk to him about advertising matters the next day.
When I was in Huangpu, sometimes after handing in my homework, Xia Qingyu was in a daze, and when I came back from taking a bath, I saw this guy still holding a copy of "Visual Psychology" and reading it with relish. Xia Qingyu was shocked at the time, and even had self-doubt: "I really am Xia Qingyu...... I, I can't squeeze you, do I? ”
Most of my time alone is also used to watch movies, all of which are classic films recommended by various teachers, Ye Shenxi used what he learned to correspond to the key clips in the film one by one, and summarized himself.
That's the attitude.
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Of course, what Ye Shenxi said is not particularly advanced knowledge, those well-known filmmakers' housekeeping skills, many things are the accumulation of experience in the actual combat on the front line of the year, and the enlightenment of the soul. However, it is really a bit too precious to be able to flexibly use what they have learned in such a short period of time, especially after a year of accelerated study, to give these coarse and detailed feedback immediately after reading it, from the overall situation to the details.
Besides, Ye Shenxi has only been in this class for three months, and he is often absent.
"Mr. Ye, are you ...... How did you learn it......" Li Rong didn't speak very much, she could be said to be the person who knew the company Qingyu Network the most among the game laymen present, and she also consulted a lot of information and research after Ye Shenxi entered this class.
She believes that there will be some element of luck on the road to success, but luck does not support him to become the top.
What is the top, just like Huayi Brothers is to Chinese movies, and Qingyu Network is to Chinese games. In fact, she herself knows that she is suspected of putting gold on her company's face, and the achievements of herring in the international market are not comparable to Huayi.
In a company like this, the vision, talent, market sensitivity, and even the ability to learn must be necessary and cannot be low.
Successful people are mostly smart people, and they are more likely to succeed than other people, even if they work in other industries.
I'm not embarrassed to flatter too bluntly, otherwise Li Rong wants to say, "Are you a genius?" ”
"Mr. Ye, why do I think you are not in the same class as us, and you are not in the same group of teachers." Lao Zhao's words...... Actually, there is a bit of truth.
Even Murong Bubo's face was slightly moved, this guy seemed to be casually dealing with the work on the side, but he was actually paying attention to the things here......
"Really, how did you progress so fast...... Hua Yi clearly didn't understand.
"Because, I'm trying."
This is Ye Shenxi's answer.
This sentence left everyone speechless.
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During this period, the herring fish network delivered the PS3 version of "Survival" that Soni invited them to develop, and passed the review of Soni's relevant departments, and will soon be launched in Japan and North America simultaneously, the physical version is exclusive to PS3, and the distribution is also fully represented by Soni.
Naturally, it was impossible for Henggong Studio to go all out to complete the transplantation of "Survival", so only 4 people were drawn...... It's not full-time, so I can only say that I'll do it when I'm free...... Soni has naturally urged many times, but Henggong himself has more important Project B to do, and in terms of the attitude of their own boss, they are not keen on frying cold rice.
Soni's side is more optimistic about this project than before, because the herring fish network is now famous and more popular. They are also in a hurry now, you should hurry up, driven by "The Origin of Everything", the sales of "Survival" are not bad.
"The Origin of Everything" has sold 3.67 million units on the PS3 platform for nearly half a year so far...... Physical version plus digital version.
In the whole of 2008 last year, the best-selling PS3 was naturally Take-To's "GTA4", which sold 4.21 million units in eight months since its release on April 29 last year, and has now accumulated 5.27 million. The second place is Activision's "New Year's Call 4" released in November 07, which sold 3.47 million copies throughout the year, and currently has a total of 4.41 million.
There is no doubt that Qingyu Network's "The Origin of Everything" is the first place so far this year, and if you look at this result in the whole of last year, it can also squeeze out "New Year's Call 4" to rank second.
Going further, since the PS3 released at the end of '06, it can also rank in the top five in terms of all-time sales of all games.
Who knows how terrifying the sales of "The Origin of Everything" will reach at the end of the year, and there seems to be no suspense about surpassing "GTA4" to reach the top of history, because breaking the convention, sales will still maintain a steady growth after half a year of release, can you believe it?
Ordinary games are hot sales in the first two months, and long-term sales for half a year should almost cool down, but "The Origin of Everything" has broken this solid sales curve, and Sony's expectation for this game is that it will start at 6 million on a single platform.
So why not while it's hot.
As for the fact that the herring fish network wanted to open a manufacturer MOD area before, Soni still refused mercilessly, this is not the first time that the herring fish network has proposed such a MOD plan to them, and it was originally launched when "The Origin of Everything" was launched, and the response was a refusal.
At the end of May, when the sales exceeded 3 million, Qingyu Network once again raised its expression to Soni with the trend of domineering sales, but ...... It was also refused.
"Isn't 3 million enough, how much is needed?" Xia Qingyu's idea is like this, she doesn't believe that in the face of interests, Soni can still insist so stubbornly.
On the FG platform, with the advancement of time, more and more high-quality mods and unique servers set up by players themselves have appeared, and this good ecology has made the "Origin of Everything" on the PC version have maintained an active vitality.
Globally, the PC version sold just over a million more than the PS3 and XBOX360 versions, and the second version, but it has more than three times as many daily active users, which is enough to prove how important a free and open community is to the game.
It's just that it doesn't seem to be able to impress Soni and Kazuo Hirai, helpless.
Relatively open-minded, they didn't reject the proposal entirely, saying that it was still being discussed within the team.
This is also related to the console system, the system itself XBOX360 is closer to indos than PS, and it is technically easier to solve the problem of mod support, and even now there are players through various strange ways, such as modifying files, self-made systems to support some game mods.
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At the end of May, Qingyu Network announced through its official website and various news media that the largest and most professional world-class motion capture studio in China in Funan was officially launched.
Many domestic manufacturers usually use the word world-class when announcing some news, but this is the real thing.
Not only the domestic media paid attention to this news, but many overseas media also made corresponding reports.
At present, there are really not many game companies in the world that have their own motion capture studios, and even the French giant Yubi does not have them, but Qingyu Network does.
The dedicated motion capture area is 300 square meters, which can accommodate multiple actors to perform at the same time and capture action;
40 Vicon T5 motion capture cameras, even the most complex movements can be accurately captured;
Several experienced technical engineers have been hired to be responsible for the maintenance of equipment and software, and of course, there will be remote technical support provided by OML, which is after-sales service;
The wireless helmet camera can accurately record the actor's facial data; A full range of stunt rope beams, WIA equipment is readily available, which can be used to capture dynamic physics scenes; Professional sound stage to guarantee the quality of the action and performance.
This project has also received strong support from the government and Funan Software Park, because it is not only in the game industry, but also in the film field, which is currently the most advanced in China. In the study of this technology, the herring network is indeed the first step to the forefront of the world, and the specific application depends on the specific project, but it can also provide experience and guide the way for domestic practitioners in related industries.
The rent of the site is almost negligible, and the purchase of related equipment, as well as the research of follow-up technology and development projects, have also been encouraged and supported by a special support fund allocated by the Ministry of Finance.
The herring network gladly accepted.