Make an actor with special effects?

How?

Several people at the dinner table didn't understand what Zhang Yang meant.

Zhang Yang explained: "It is to use motion capture technology and 3D technology to make a virtual actor through the computer. ”

This technology has been used in many foreign movies, such as the movie version of "World of Warcraft", "Avatar", "Battle Angel", "Final Fantasy", and similar "Jue Ji" and "The Wandering Earth" have also been filmed in China.

Some of these films are fully CG, which means that all the visual products (scenes, characters, objects, special effects, etc.) in the entire movie are made up of computer-generated CG animations or CG images.

There are also films that are filmed in real locations and performed mainly by live people, but interspersed with a large number of virtual sets and special effects. The usual method is to use CG technology to add virtual scenes, characters, things, special effects and other objects in traditional films, so as to achieve the purpose of distinguishing the real from the fake and enhancing the visual effect.

What he meant was to create a new avatar in this way, so that even if you couldn't find the right actor, you could shoot it with this technology.

Since there is no actor, I will be an actor.

"Will this work?" Fu Yiming hesitated a little.

After Zhang Yang's explanation, he understood.

He is worried that there are still many domestic films that use this technology, but they have not seen it used in TV dramas.

"I'll have to ask Rhea if he can do this." Zhang Yang also shook his head.

Motion capture plus 3D can indeed make a new virtual actor, but the technical requirements are relatively high.

Either it is all made by computer, and the characters made are completely virtual, and everything has to be solved by Rhea's side.

Either that, the actors are asked to wear specific costumes, and hundreds of cameras are used to capture the facial expressions of real people, and finally a new image is presented on the computer.

No matter which method you use, the image you make must be real!

Every move, including the fluttering of clothes, hair, character movements, facial expressions, etc., must fit into the original painting.

If it's not done well, it's not real enough, and the characters are too fake. Then it will give the audience a sense of separation, and the audience will know that you are fake at a glance, and there is a huge difference between the characters and the real person, so the audience will not be able to substitute it, which will affect the viewing experience, but will affect the whole play.

"Which one are you going to use?" Fu Yiming asked: "I think this method will only be used by commercial blockbusters on the movie, and the cost should not be less, right?" ”

"Don't worry about the cost." Zhang Yang shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "That's what I think. ”

"We can do both, continue to find actors who meet the requirements and ask Rhea if she can do it." Zhang Yang pondered for a while, and then said: "If you can do it, then you won't be looking for actors, and if you can't do it, you can settle for the next best, and you can find actors who are close to the characters." ”

"If Rhea is possible, he will do it with live-action shooting with motion capture technology and 3D, which is much better than creating a new character out of thin air, don't you think?"

All three were lost in thought.

Several of them have never been exposed to this method, and they really don't know much about this knowledge, so they don't dare to take this risk.

But now that things are stuck here, I can't find a suitable actor, maybe there is only one solution.

Thinking about it, Fu Yiming still didn't dare to make up his mind: "Is it really feasible?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded affirmatively: "It must be feasible, as long as Rhea's technology can be the same as that of real people, it will become the breaking point of the second season." ”

"Think about it." He raised his hands and danced in the air, and imagined with a few people: "As the first person in China to use this technology in a TV series, as long as it can impress the audience, how popular will this drama be at that time?" ”

"And we can also use this as a publicity stunt to press the opposite side in the early publicity and distribution process."

The three of them listened to his thoughts and nodded involuntarily.

Fu Yiming was also a little moved, the headquarters invested so much, he would definitely not be able to accept the result of failure, if it was really as Zhang Yang said, it would indeed give the second season of Dragon and Snake more hope of victory.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind, poured down the rest of the wine in the cup and said fiercely: "Okay, you and I will take a plane to Rhea in the afternoon to find out." ”

"Okay."

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The matter was settled, and in the afternoon of the same day, after the two handed over the work to Wang Fei and Pei Qian, they took a plane to the magic capital where Rhea was located.

It's incredibly hot in August, and the whole city seems to be churning.

As soon as they got off the plane, the two of them didn't have time to wipe off their sweat, and immediately got into the special car sent by Rhea to pick up people.

Unlike Dongjiang City, where Xuanyu is located, the magic capital, as the economic and financial center of the Dragon Kingdom, is full of high-rise buildings, the urban area is particularly wide, there are many vehicles, and the roads are complicated.

The car drove on the road for more than an hour before finally stopping under a hundred-story building with the two of them.

Rhea's office is located here.

They were greeted by Wei Zizheng, who had dealt with Zhang Yang before, and Xu Liang, the principal of Rhea.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Wei."

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Fu."

The two parties greeted each other and got on the elevator directly.

In the elevator, Zhang Yang briefly said the reason for coming here, and Xu Liang replied with a smile: "It should be possible, Rhea has received similar orders before, but the specific details will wait for me to call Mr. Du, the head of the technical department, to come over and ask." ”

"Okay."

When I got out of the elevator, I was greeted by the four big characters of Rhea special effects, and there were four young and beautiful front desk beauties at the front desk.

The group walked straight into Xu Liang's office, and after sitting down, a slightly balding man in his 30s with thick myopic glasses walked in.

"Let me introduce, this is Mr. Du of our technical department."

After a brief handshake and a few greetings, Zhang Yang directly explained his intentions: "Hello, Mr. Du, this is how things ......"

Mr. Du nodded while listening, still taking notes in his hand.

Until Zhang Yang finished speaking, Mr. Du put down his pen, pushed his glasses, and said thoughtfully: "I understand, that is, I am going to make a new virtual actor image through motion capture and 3D, right?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded: "Well, there are two roles in this drama, and we haven't found a suitable actor, so I want to ask if this idea can work?" ”

The other roles are okay, in fact, you can find people who are slightly similar, that is, the two roles of Ba Liming and GOD, the gap between the actors is too big, Zhang Yang actually wants to ask Rhea to be these two people.

"It's not a big problem." Mr. Du took the pen and said little by little: "We have done similar projects before, but it will be more difficult for you to ask for more real and closer to real people, but it can still be done." ”