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"Five billion...? Just for laying out base stations?"

When little Watson saw the news on TV, he was shocked.

This is five billion US dollars!

You know, Watson spent so much money when he invested in the 360 ​​mainframe.

But that was in the 1950s when computers were still ultra-high-end products!

But it's different now.

No matter what, Catherine's products probably don't have that much value in the entire market, right?

In fact, as far as the market is concerned, if it can reach about 200 million now, it is already very good.

But why did Catherine announce an investment of 5 billion to develop mobile phone base stations at this time?

Isn't this a little too strange?

Although Xiao Taisen is not from China, he still understands the principle that "if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools."

But he felt that Catherine seemed to have gone too far. It seemed heroic for her to do this, but was it really useful?

Bystanders know better.

Although Watson is also Catherine's enemy on the other hand, Four D is not involved in the mobile phone business.

In fact, Watson Jr. wants to get involved in this industry. In fact, IBM in history

There are products related to the industry. But with the news that Catherine announced an investment of 5 billion, it made Watson hesitate.

After this incident, there was a strange undertone everywhere. This undertone made Watson realize whether there might be some conspiracy.

Later, Little Watson found out that Rockefeller actually dared to loan 5 billion to Catherine. He really thought this was a bit strange.

After all, it was the famous Rockefeller who lent money to Catherine.

"Could it be that she will use the loan completely to build the base station again?"

If Watson could know that Catherine got all the money in the financial market and was not from a loan, he would probably have a myocardial infarction immediately, right?

"Probably to counter at*t satellite phones, right?"

Little Watson nodded like this, and then thought of the *Star Project.

One should be for confrontation, right?

But, is it worth it?

Little Watson suddenly had a good feeling.

As long as I sit back and watch the fight between the tigers and wait until both sides fail, wouldn't I be able to take advantage of the situation and enter the microcomputer market?

"But are mobile phones really so profitable?" In the end, little Watson became suspicious again. After all, Catherine had already had a detailed plan and a hawk-like gaze before, and had seen through everything?

"You won't have anything to do that, right?"

Little Watson suddenly thought of a possibility.

Catherine, aren't you planning to make mobile phones as popular as her cloud system in every household?

Just when Watson was startled, Lucas was directing enthusiastically on the set.

If it were not for the same title, the filming process of "Star Wars" would soon be over.

Of course, despite this, the unnatural expressions of the actors also stalled the progress for a long time.

After all, having so many people perform in front of a green curtain is really, um, a bit unbelievable.

People in this era have never experienced such a situation.

Even veteran actor Sean Connery has done it many times.

If I were to say that the one who took the best photos was probably Bruce Lee.

Every time he acted, Bruce Lee would be silent for a few seconds, and then when he opened his eyes again, he felt as if he was completely integrated into the play.

But it's a pity that the people who acted with him made a lot of mistakes, so there were a lot of NGs.

In fact, one of the important reasons why "Star Wars" was filmed from last year to this year is because the performances of these actors were not strong enough.

Otherwise, it would be ready for post-production now.

This is different from when Catherine was filming.

Although there were blue curtains and the like when Catherine was filming, it was also necessary for Catherine to set up the scene.

The crew has done this more than once or twice, transforming a Japanese square into a futuristic place overnight. In that kind of "real" situation, people naturally feel better.

, so the performance is good.

And in the current situation, if a scene is passed in one go, as long as it can be completed below the level, then it is already a blessing.

Synthetic special effects can be said to be the most common among CG special effects. However, for people in this era, there are some that are difficult to accept. The specific shooting method of this kind of synthetic special effects is: the actors' acting and the scenes are shot separately.

, in which the actor's part is shot against a blue screen or green screen background, and then the blue screen is removed using post-processing software on the computer, leaving only the actor's part and pasted in front of the real-shot scene. In this way, it looks like the actor is in the scene

Photographed the same way.

Before the advent of computers, all special effects relied on traditional special effects.

Take Journey to the West in the 1980s, which Catherine was most familiar with in her previous life. In it, all the monsters and monsters were made using traditional special effects makeup. Professionals made monster masks, and the actors put them on their heads for filming. The scenery was reflected in the scenes of the heavenly palace, and the construction

Some buildings similar to the Heavenly Palace, and some smoke are put out, create a scene of the Heavenly Palace shrouded in clouds and mist. The shot of Sun Wukong jumping into the sky was completed by film special effects. This film almost did not use any computer-related special effects.

However, after the emergence of Wife Brain, this method has become obsolete.

Speaking of which, Catherine's technology is quite different. It uses celluloid film, and then uses techniques similar to cartoon painting to create a pseudo-3D world and technology that can deceive vision. This is indeed not something ordinary people can do, and only Catherine can do this.

The money-burning guys are the only ones who can do this.

Lucas's approach was to completely use new technologies to achieve special effects. This was naturally a bit early. This situation was caused during the filming, but fortunately, it was only at the beginning.

, the situation now has improved a lot, and sometimes it is not impossible to pass in one go.

Lucas didn't care about spending money. The funds provided by Catherine were sufficient. What he cared about was whether he could make a perfect film.

With a cast of superstars like Dustin Hoffman, Sean Connery, Jane Fonda and Bruce Lee, Lucas couldn't afford to fail.

You have to get everything done.

In fact, when he was just preparing to start filming, Lucas was very high-spirited.

However, when it came to actual practice, Lucas discovered that the situation faced by computer special effects seemed to be much more complicated than he imagined.

First of all, it is the use of lenses in 3D images.

The viewpoint of the lens is the viewpoint of the audience. Only its reasonable position can make people feel the "real" feeling. Its reasonableness is based on a certain expansion around people's visual habits. The "movement" of the lens also has its own rules.

Traditional camera movement has very strict and mature specifications, which still cannot be achieved in digital special effects.

Break. If the camera is allowed to move at will, the form will be divorced from the content. The movement trajectories of objects have long been formed in nature. Only by strictly restoring the film and television special effects can we experience the reality.

If there is a slight deviation, it will immediately change the overall relationship between people's understanding of things and cause untruth.

Then, there are the elements of sound and light.

People, scenery, sound and light are the most important elements of audio-visual language. They are the main components of picture information. The principle of film and television special effects processing of these audio-visual elements is to restore their overall relationship with each other, whether it is virtual generation or keying generation.

All should be combined with the ambient light conditions of the scene, unify the tone, color, and restore the texture to achieve a realistic effect. If this is not done well, the audience will notice what is the result of film and television special effects, resulting in a gradual separation.

feel.

As the world's first computer-generated special effects film, "Star Wars" indeed required a lot of technical content and design to be successful.

Generally speaking, when doing computer special effects, most of the characters and scenes with three-dimensional perspective changes are created by three-dimensional effects. Three-dimensional effects are almost the most technically difficult part of the entire special effects, but they are also the most problem-solving part.

For example, there are various realistic monsters in the movie, the flood that flooded the city in 2012, the collapse of skyscrapers, etc. The general production process is: model-material lighting-binding-animation-rendering.

It's just that these are not so easy to achieve with today's computers.

Lucas was directing, while in the laboratory, Spielberg was monitoring the production of computer graphics.

Unlike Lucas, Spielberg is very worried now.

Although the special effects technology is good, it gives Spielberg a sense of danger - he suspects that the emergence of this kind of product will take over the spotlight. There is no doubt that in the 21st century, CG special effects are being used by more and more Chinese and foreign films.

Now, CG special effects are also developing.

And just as Spielberg was worried, at the beginning of the century, high-end special effects such as "motion capture + cg animation" are becoming more and more important in the global film industry, and even take over the spotlight, just like "Tintin".

"The Adventures".

In fact, historically, Hollywood invented CG special effects, initially to help directors complete scenes that could not be produced and parts that actors could not perform. However, after entering the 20th century, CG special effects have occupied a major position in the global film industry.

, often taking up the vast majority of a film's production funds.

In 1995, Hollywood produced the first all-CG movie "Toy Story", which detonated the world: subsequently, a large number of Hollywood animations surged, whether it was "Shrek", "Kung Fu Panda" or "Cars", all using pure

CG special effects have conquered the global audience. In addition to the storylines of Hollywood blockbusters such as "Titanic", "Transformers" series, and "Avatar" are driven by real-life performances, almost all of the parts that attract the audience's attention are not CG special effects.

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And Speylberg, who was worried about, did not realize that he would shoot a full CG "Ding Ding Calendar" in the future ... !. !.