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How well does Charlotte use color and imagery in the film?

That's certainly pretty good.

After all, the reason why he was able to thrive in Hollywood after time-traveling was not just due to time-travel bonuses and spell cheating.

After all, you still have to rely on your own strength in blacksmithing.

However, it would be an exaggeration to say that his ability in using colors could overwhelm Gongchang Guoshi.

In terms of the level in this aspect alone, the other party is second to none in the world.

However, coupled with spell cheating, it's another story.

You know, the second and third parts of "Pirates of the Caribbean" were obviously filmed at the same time as the first part, but they had to be delayed by one and three years for the sake of refinement.

Among them, the magic part is naturally indispensable.

In the post-production of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", although Charlotte's research focused on grasping the rhythm of the film and multi-line narrative, she also paid some attention to the problems of color and picture.

No way, who told this to be a pirate-themed movie?

The characteristics of the ocean have determined the direction of the film's main colors of blue and gray, not to mention that pirates are associated with the word dirty in everyone's minds.

This makes it difficult to diversify the tone of pirate movies.

In "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", although Charlotte also tried to solve this problem, she only stopped making the movie screen gray.

Who said that the main problem of that movie is multi-line narrative? As long as the narrative problem is solved, it can already create a classic?

Of course, insufficient research time due to scheduling is also a reason.

Moreover, as far as Charlotte knows, this picture problem has actually existed in many commercial blockbusters such as "Transformers 2" and "Batman v Superman".

Especially at the climax of the movie, the decisive battle between good and evil, due to the problem of the tone of the picture, the resolution is reduced, which makes the audience uncomfortable and affects the box office performance of many commercial blockbusters.

In this regard, many super large-scale productions cannot avoid this.

Because this is not only an artistic problem, but also a technical problem.

If there is not enough technical accumulation in computer special effects technology, it will be a headache for technicians to achieve enough colors in more and more green screen photography and full post-production scenes.

Just like Warner's "Batman v Superman" and "Justice League", the reason why the final battle scene is so dark and uncomfortable to watch is not only due to director Zack Snyder's colorful personal aesthetic problem, but also because of the special effects. People can't add more natural colors.

According to Charlotte's understanding before time travel, Marvel Studios has solved this problem better.

And this is because Disney, which acquired Marvel, has previously acquired a large number of companies that specialize in computer special effects, including Lucas Studio, and has assembled the strongest computer special effects power in the industry.

In today's world, although Charlotte asked Spectre Studio to start research in the field of computer special effects in advance, and its current strength in this area is considered one of the best in Hollywood, relying on this would offset more than ten years of technological progress. Time is still quite difficult.

Fortunately, Charlotte also has magic special effects.

The special effects brought by spells can make up for the shortcomings of computer special effects to a certain extent. This is especially true in scenes such as storms and unnatural scenes that are best supported by computer special effects.

But even so, the limitations of picture color brought by the theme characteristics of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series still exist.

In some unnatural scenes,

Charlotte can also use her imagination to add some bright colors to highlight the contrast.

But most of the time, he still has to face the problem of large areas of gray and blue.

If the difficulty of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" lies in the multi-line narrative and rhythm, then the difficulty of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" lies in the picture and color.

Who predicted that the final battle of the trilogy series would take place at the end of this movie?

In this case, the color problem of the picture, which is most likely to cost the climax of the final battle, must be resolved first.

Of course, this does not mean that Charlotte has relaxed on issues such as narrative and pacing.

However, after training in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Inception", his level of narrative techniques and rhythm control has really reached a very high level, so in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", it is difficult to deal with It's just more convenient.

But even so, during post-production, Charlotte still did a lot of reshoots for "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

After all, as his own level improved, some aspects he had previously considered had new optimization methods, which naturally required reshoots.

What's more, to solve color and picture problems, reshoots are inevitable.

In this regard, the solution he finally used was indeed based on magic.

It can be said that in the movie scene of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" this time, Charlotte has arranged a lot of magic circle patterns.

These array patterns are very subtle and may just be simple textures or even lines. Under the dazzling light effects of the movie, it is difficult for normal people, even those who have learned some magic, to see.

Because these magic circle patterns are not filled with mana by Charlotte, they have more of a hypnotic effect.

But it is these magic circle patterns that silently distort the focus of the movie, making it fall on what Charlotte wants to express most.

In this way, in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", the problem of limited color richness due to the subject matter, which in turn affects the viewing resolution, can be regarded as solved.

Even, because of the application of these mysterious magic circles, many scenes in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" are full of mystery and fantasy.

What's more, when it comes to the final decisive battle, these feelings are integrated with the originally magnificent movie scenes, coupled with the optimized movie soundtrack, and a feeling of majestic ocean-like momentum hits the face.

This majestic momentum is just like a real tsunami and whirlpool. Even the 3D image itself on the IMAX large screen does not have such an effect originally.

Of course, Imperial Master Gong Chang would not know this.

At this time in 2004, 3D movies were a rarity in China, let alone the IMAX large screen, a technology originally used for science popularization.

This also prevented Gongchang Guoshi from experiencing all the visual effects of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", but even so, the parts he saw were enough to amaze him.

Not to mention, in addition to the images and the hidden use of color, Charlotte's control of the film's rhythm and use of narrative techniques are also exquisite.

In this regard, although he would not admit it verbally, Grand Master Gong Chang still knew his own affairs.

You chose the wrong opponent!

Imperial Master Gong Chang smiled bitterly in his heart.

However, now "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has been released in China, and his "House of Flying Daggers" is only half a month away from release. At this time, he can only hope that this half month can consume this wave of "House of Flying Daggers" from " The power of the "Tsunami" in the Caribbean...