1870 Cooperate with the performance
In the past two years, Renly has participated in more and more large-scale commercial productions, and has been exposed to more and more different performance methods and content. This time is no exception. In order to film the dinosaurs in "Jurassic World" Everyone, computer special effects is undoubtedly the most important part of the work for the entire crew. The special effects will be used throughout the entire movie, which also puts forward higher requirements for the shooting method and content presentation..
Generally speaking, there are two ways to shoot such movies. One is shooting in a studio, mainly with green screen, as is the case with movies such as "Gravity" and "The Avengers"; the other is shooting on location. Shooting, post-production special effects as an auxiliary, this is the case for "Interstellar", "Mad Max: Fury Road" and so on.
“"Jurassic World" chose the latter.
Colin Trevorrow still hopes to create a truly immersive viewing effect, which is also the source of shock brought by the "Jurassic Park" series of movies. Considering that wild environments such as primeval forests are the key to the entire movie In the main scenes of the movie, compared to the high-rise buildings in the city of "Avengers", computer special effects are still prone to produce more distortion effects..
2016In 2008, "The Jungle Book" was created entirely with computer special effects, but the forest scenes in the movie faced severe special effects distortion problems. As director Jon-Favreau, he came up with a way to lower the visual effects. Lightness, because the background of the movie's story is a primeval forest where torches have not yet been fully popularized. This also makes the whole movie permeate in a very, very dark environment, avoiding the distortion of computer special effects..
But "Jurassic World" cannot be like this. The entire story must take place in sunny Central America; at the same time, Colin also hopes that the tone of the movie will remain more positive-this is also the style that Universal Pictures expects, because Marvel The success of the series of movies proves that relaxed and cheerful popcorn is still the mainstream of the market. Then, the best shooting method is to combine on-site shooting with post-production computer special effects..
However, the combination of computer special effects has become another test for the crew, because the shooting location has completely entered the real virgin forest, and the difficulty of the shooting process has added more difficulties to the production of post-production special effects. The special effects team once again showed the masses With his superb wisdom, he successfully arranged the shooting scene：
In the open space directly in front of the dense jungle, they built an entire animal cage similar to a colosseum as an environment for raising wild raptors. The animal cage was built with real materials based on the environment. , the staff can walk up and down freely on the top platform normally.——
Although there are no beasts or dinosaurs inside the animal cage, no corners were cut in the entire building, ensuring that the animal cage can also serve as a scaffolding for the crew's filming, and at the same time present a more realistic effect in the camera..
Then, a three-sided blue screen environment was suddenly built in the center of the animal cage. Because the jungle on all four sides was a green environment, a blue screen was chosen. However, some sand and soil were symbolically placed around the blue screen environment. Grass, reducing the workload of edge connection special effects during the computer cutout process, and providing a reference for computer special effects artists.
What the production manager just said about "crossing the line" means not to enter the blue screen range, otherwise there may be deviations during post-production cutout. For example, there will be only a head floating in the center of the screen, and it will inexplicably turn into a horror movie. This is a very, very possible situation at the shooting site. These accidental errors are often difficult to prevent - the staff may rarely appear in the picture, but the accidental dropping of personal belongings is particularly frequent..
The actors and crew will be placed in such an environment to complete the shooting. The blue screen area will be used to place dinosaur special effects, and the surrounding environment can be used as a reference for post-production special effects, creating a more realistic and realistic scene by interweaving virtuality and reality, and combining real and fake. Realistic and more detailed visual effects.
Next, the crew is preparing to shoot the scene where Owen trains the raptors.
At this time, within the blue screen environment, four stuntmen were moving their limbs. They were the actors who were preparing to play the role of "Velociraptor" in the performance..
Some of the scenes here are also very particular. The director can choose to have Renly perform completely facing the air, and later use computer special effects to create the dinosaurs, but this will easily cause the performance to be out of focus - because there is no reference object, Renly There is no way to accurately adjust the focus, and the performance will easily become inflated..
“In the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies, Ian McKellen (Ian-McKellen), who plays Gandalf, is like this. Because the Hobbit is very short, Gandalf must enter the Hobbit's house, which also makes The Hobbit actors were unable to stretch their arms and legs indoors, so in the end Ian could only perform speaking into the air..
Later, in the behind-the-scenes footage, Ian said, "I'm really lonely," because for a large part of the scene, he might be the only one talking to the camera. That kind of performance experience is really... It's hard to describe in words..
However, with the continuous updating and advancement of shooting technology, Colin can choose the most advanced motion capture technology to complete the filming of Velociraptor..
In fact, the first mature application of motion capture technology was also in the "Lord of the Rings" series - they created the image of Gollum. In the past ten years, this film shooting technology has also been developing rapidly and comprehensively. , and reached a peak through "Avatar", and then in the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, all ape characters were shot using motion capture technology, which can be called an epoch-making work..
Compared with the anthropomorphic images created by computer special effects, motion capture technology can give full play to the advantages of real actors, further complete the anthropomorphism, and make the screen images have more vivid and delicate movements, expressions, demeanor, etc. To put it simply, it is to give Those screen images are more "human"”.
Of course, the reality of this "image" also requires a lot of financial support. The budget cost of the "Jurassic World" project still cannot reach the level of "Avatar", nor can it be as good as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Focusing on similar images rendered with fur, this also forced Colin to make a choice.
In the movie, the most spiritual key characters, the four velociraptors, are also the characters who have direct communication with Owen. Colin will complete the filming through motion capture technology; while other dinosaur images will be completed through post-production computer special effects. Production. Different shooting techniques. The ultimate goal is to present the best viewing effect..
The four stuntmen in front of us will be responsible for performing the four raptors.
At this time, they had changed into hot-spot capture action clothing - actually a set of all-black close-fitting sportswear, and then posted many hot-spot capture points outside the sportswear. When they are all connected, they can form lines one by one, connecting the body The various joints are fully connected, thereby providing a heat source for the computer to capture the actor's body movements. Because each capture point is connected to a long wire, this also makes the actor have wires hanging all over his body, which is really inconvenient to move..
Standing within the blue screen, it looks extremely joyful; if you leave the blue screen and are in the jungle, it will be even more ridiculous..
The on-site staff may not be unfamiliar with motion capture technology, but they are very interested in the shooting method that blurs the line between reality and illusion in the jungle. Only with the continuous advancement and improvement of film production technology, this becomes possible. Everyone. They are all quite curious - just like "gravity" can only be realized in a studio, and the same is true for the five-dimensional space in "Interstellar", there are still many constraints and restrictions on on-site shooting..
Renly took the initiative to greet him, waved and said hello, "Hey, I'm your work partner, Owen. I'll have to thank you for your hard work in the next period of cooperation." If nothing else, the whole movie is full of people. All four raptors will be played by them, which also means that they will have many "rival scenes" with Renly.”.
“I'm Scott and I'm going to be Charlie.”
“I'm Pete and I'll be playing Delta.”
“I'm Brad and I'll be playing the role of Echo.”
“I'm Samuel and I'll be playing Blue.”
The first four names belong to the actors, and the last four names belong to the raptors. Everyone has their own responsibilities. Although the raptors seem to be the same to the audience, the actors need to distinguish them so that they can Give the characters more details. Among them, Blue is the boss of the four raptors and the one with the most scenes..
Just a self-introduction, Renly immediately understood, "So, who is the most ferocious? I mean, the one who is only brave but without wisdom.”
“I, I am Delta! "Pete immediately raised his right hand, with an expression of surprise on his face, and looked around at the other friends, "Renly, I mean, don't you mind? In fact, we each talked about it and gave each raptor a different personality, hoping to differentiate it a little bit, but we're not sure……”
Not sure if big-name actors like it.
In fact, just like what is said in "The King of Comedy", if there are too many supporting roles, it is very impolite to add scenes by yourself, or even steal the scenes. For big-name actors, they naturally do not want to perform The rhythm was disturbed, not to mention the focus was robbed..
The four understudies were a little nervous, because they only played the role of Velociraptor, and their faces and names would not appear in the movie at all. Their relatives and friends could not see their performances in the cinema, but they Want to personalize your Velociraptor within a limited scope? So what if Renly is offended?？
“Ha, let me guess? Is Ai a female? And Charlie is a dork? As far as I know, Blue is the smallest but the smartest one? Of course, this is my own imagination. I think you should be able to give me more things. How about it? Is there anything I need to know in advance? "Renly didn't say much, but expressed his views with practical actions.：
Welcome to the world of acting.
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