China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 165 Weightless Photography

"Good guy, I believe you when you say this is an aircraft production workshop." Wu Han said in disbelief as he looked at the 40-meter-high studio.

After Wang Shiyong's explanations along the way, most of Wu Han's worries have been dispelled, but his heart has not been completely settled yet, after all, it has not been finalized yet.

However, this huge studio was so weird that it made him more confident. The news that Chen Jingxing invested 1 billion in his new film and the studio in front of him gave him a concrete understanding of the financial resources of DreamWorks. Such a wealthy new owner,

You probably don’t think his team’s salary is too high, you can support them even if you pluck a hair.

Wang Shiyong looked at the studio and sighed with a mixed feeling: "This digital industrial park was built by China Film Industry Corporation at a huge cost. It was only completed last year. There are 12 greenhouses in total. This is the largest one. It is said that the rent is high."

He also remembered the same news as Wu Han - DreamWorks is producing a billion-dollar blockbuster.

Should he have invested in the film and television industry? Look at how many film and television companies have sprung up in recent years. Two or three big cats and kittens can boast a valuation of hundreds of millions, and hot money is pouring in.

Looking at the animation industry again, I was really confused at that time.

As soon as the two entered the studio, they saw a group of people surrounding a huge machine.

Chen Jingxing looked at Wu Yue, who was wearing a simple space suit and was being held up by a robotic arm, and asked: "How about it, Sister Wu, can you adapt to this speed? Are you not afraid of heights?"

Actor Wu Yue, who plays the heroine of "Gravity", replied with a gentle and steady voice: "It's okay, it's not like I've never hung a wire before. This is much more comfortable than a wire."

Often in the filming of heavy industrial movies, the director will lose his artistry and become more like a construction engineer. Maybe many directors will be repelled by this, but Chen Jingxing enjoys this kind of shooting very much. He likes this kind of shooting through different industrial machines.

The process of achieving visual wonder.

It turns out that Xiang Xuan, one of the founders of Mo, and Wu Han, the animation director of Trina Animation, were classmates in the United States. Xiang Xuan returned to China first and founded the special effects studio Mo with Xu Sheng and others.

A special lounge was also set up in the studio. Chen Jingxing took the two of them to the lounge and sat down with the other two people who were already waiting in the lounge.

The weightless effect that requires actors to make flexible movements requires an upgraded version of Wia - Puppet Wia to achieve it.

That is to say, dozens of silk threads are bound to the actor's body, just like a puppet performance, and are pulled to make movements in a set program.

As the heroine, Wu Yue tried filming with a robotic arm for the first time today. She wore a relatively crude rented spacesuit - the real spacesuit used in the film is not easy to design. Mo and the designers of Legacy are following suit

Consultants hired by the aerospace department design spacesuits.

This is Xiang Xuan, one of the founders of Mo, and also the animation director..." Chen Jingxing smiled and looked at the surprised Wu Han and the thoughtful Wang Shiyong.

This requires the computer to calculate the movement pattern of each thread in each action of the actor based on the CG preview. Legacy's headquarters in the United States is already producing relevant software and calculating the corresponding programs.

"Wang Shiyong, the boss of Tianhe Animation, and Wu Han, the animation director, according to Lao Xiang, you should know each other?"

Of course, Lei Jiayin is still filming the sequel to "The Knife", but the filming of "Gravity" is not in a hurry. The main production time of this movie is actually preparation and post-production. It will take some time for the actors to actually come to shoot.

, and you can also shoot the scenes without Lei Jiayin first.

The three industries of games, special effects and animation are often interconnected because talent flows very frequently. The basic flow sequence is that animation talents flow to special effects companies, and special effects talents flow to game companies.

Although there is still a lot of time before filming actually starts, actors need to adapt or be trained to perform in various shooting modes.

One robotic arm binds the camera, and the other robotic arm binds the actor, allowing the actor to rotate and fly freely in space, as well as 360-degree multi-angle surround shooting.

The mechanical arm of an industrial robot can achieve flexible movement at large angles and large turns.

Only when he actually started shooting such movies did Chen Jingxing begin to understand what heavy industry movies really meant. All kinds of complex and even unexpected problems would arise, and it would take a huge amount of energy and effort to solve them.

Wu Han waited for several years to return to China, and was tricked by Wang Shiyong into joining Tianhe Animation. During this period, he also persuaded Xiang Xuan to come to Tianhe together.

Therefore, in the generally hard-working special effects and animation industry, Mo's salary and working environment are envied by most industry practitioners. This circle is actually very small. Many people in the Tianhe Animation team have been seduced by Mo, including Wang Shiyong and Wu Hanhua.

It took a lot of effort to stabilize.

Of course, this can only be achieved when the actor is wearing a bulky spacesuit, because it cannot achieve the bending and flexible movements of the actor's body.

"This is Xu Sheng, morevfx is the CEO of Mo...

Another character in the film, a male astronaut wearing a jet spacesuit for a spacewalk, was played by Chen Jingxing and Lei Jiayin.

Wang Shiyong knows that Mo is a holding subsidiary of DreamWorks. After all, this special effects studio has become very famous in the animation and special effects circles recently, and it is most famous not for the production of "The Signal", but for its salary and lax work.

time.

Wang Shiyong showed a hearty smile and said with a smile: "They are indeed acquaintances. It seems that Director Xiang recommended our Tianhe Animation."

The solution that Legacy's special effects solution experts came up with to solve the weightless effect is to use an industrial robotic arm, which is the kind of industrial robot that everyone has seen in the video that is used on a large scale in fields such as automotive automation factories.

He inadvertently turned around and saw that Wang Shiyong and Wu Han had arrived at the shooting studio and were standing outside the crowd watching the two huge robotic arms rotate smoothly.

Chen Jingxing told the assistant director next to him and hurried towards Wang Shiyong and others.

Next, the assistant director will watch the two sets of robotic arms test shoot a shot, and then the rendering and production will be completed as soon as possible in post-production to judge whether this shooting plan can achieve the expected results.

This is why Wang Shiyong readily agreed without much concern after hearing the olive branch offered by Chen Jingxing. Tianhe Animation only has the top salary package in the animation industry, while Mo has the top salary package in the special effects industry. Obviously, he wants to

It's better than Tianhe Animation.

However, Wu Han quickly became vigilant after seeing the surprise and joy of his old classmates, and suddenly asked Chen Jingxing: "Mr. Chen... uh, Director Chen, are you asking us to do special effects instead?"

Although the special effects industry is still slightly better than the currently half-dead animation industry, Wu Han truly loves animation. This is also the reason why he was deceived by Wang Shiyong into Tianhe and stayed here with all his heart. If he were allowed to change his career

He would never agree to do special effects.

Seeing Wu Han's vigilance and Wang Shiyong's wry smile and apologetic expression, Chen Jingxing couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, you can not only continue to make animations, but also make better and greater animation works."

(End of chapter)