Superstar

Hugo only thinks his head is big, because he knows very little about these technical things, but now George’s piercing eyes make him irresistible, and he can only bite the bullet to explain. "I just heard that there is a technology called optical motion capture..."

"Yes, I know this. I have heard of the Demon Motion Analysis Technology Company (.)." Hugo is not familiar with this, but George is very familiar with it. He mentioned it when he opened his mouth, "At that time, Arnold filmed'Comprehensive Memories ( "I used this technique before." George said, "But this technique is very troublesome. During the shooting process, the actor needs to be connected to the wire all over his body, and then every light spot is recorded through the computer, and then edited. "

Hugo nodded immediately, "Yes, this is the kind of technique I was talking about." Anyway, he didn't even know that such a technique was used in "Total Recall", but it sounded a lot like, "But have you considered, Through more light points-but not the light points directly connected by wires, it may be similar to the green screen technology, which uses the light source and the contrast of the light to create the light spot induction, without wires, it can be sensed in the air. Use the camera lens to record the real performance of the actors, return to the studio, and use computer special effects to create incredible characters... For example, uh, apes? Monsters? Aliens?"

Hugo only talked about scales and claws, and he was very amateur, so he could only try to explain it according to his understanding. As for the working principle and production method, he was completely ignorant.

But these words sounded like a thunderbolt in George's ears, pulling away the layers of fog and revealing a whole new world.

"If this is the case, it will not only save countless hours of work, but also make computer special effects to the next level!" George's eyes lit up suddenly, and he punched Hugo **** the shoulder, the hard fist clearly showed George's excitement at this time.

Before motion capture technology was mature, special effects staff had to use a computer to make images frame by frame, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and most importantly, the images produced by computers still had a gap in realism, even if the computer No matter how realistic the special effects are, there is still a gap in texture.

However, through motion capture technology, the staff can improve on the basis of the actor's performance. In layman's terms, it is to use a computer to create a character, and then put the character on the actor like clothes, and the actor completes the performance. This greatly reduces the workload of computer technicians.

More importantly, the effect presented is more realistic, especially the facial expression capture technology has reached a mature stage, which allows the staff to collect the expression data of real actors, and then use the computer to simulate the most real expressions of virtual characters—— In every detail, people can't even tell whether this character is a computer character or a real actor.

Of course, computer-produced characters are still different from real actors. After Robert Zemigis was completely immersed in the world of motion capture special effects, he created the "Polar Express" and "Beowulf". "It's one of the representatives. Although the characters are lifelike, there is always a weird valley effect-that is, the eyes of real characters cannot be captured. This causes the computer characters to always have a pair of dead fish eyes, which looks very Weird.

Therefore, even after the motion capture technology has gradually been perfected and crossed the eerie valley, in addition to special works such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", this technology is still more used in virtual characters, such as " "Avatar", for example, "Rise of the Apes". It is most appropriate to use actors to directly play real-life roles.

"Tell me more about your thoughts." George looked at Hugo with interest. This look made Hugo feel a little overwhelmed, because he didn't really know much.

"No, I only know so much." Hugo has passed the first difficulty, and he will never let himself fall into another problem. In fact, Hugo didn't lie, and that's the only thing he has about motion capture technology.

George didn’t understand Hugo’s refusal at all. He smiled and waved his hands again and again, “I’m not asking what you know, but what you’re thinking. As I just said, a person’s wisdom is limited, we Need to communicate, more communication, let our thoughts collide, and then generate more sparks. Didn’t you also say? Many times, the most interesting thing is to turn a whimsical idea into reality. ."

Before Hugo refused, George excitedly walked to the extension on the side and dialed the internal number, "Let the guys who don't have work on hand come to the fighting room. Let's have a small tea party."

Then Rick and the others, who were sitting outside to rest, saw that the whole building began to commotion, and people appeared from every corner, swarming toward the battle room, as if preparing for a celebration. Rick and Joseph looked at each other. They both knew that Hugo was in the battle room, but... what's going on?

Hugo stood in the house at this time, but looked helpless. How did this thing develop to this point? Why did he say the wrong thing? Is there still room for recovery?

Obviously not.

"Hula la", the entire battle room was filled with more than 20 people. Hugo tried to stand in the crowd to hide his deeds, but was pulled out by George with a smile. As a result, Hugo was Like a fool, he stood in the middle with George and received the baptism of countless people's sight.

Hugo felt very embarrassed, even if he stood in front of the camera lens for the first time, even if he was on the performance stage for the first time, he was not so embarrassed, because this is not a field that Hugo is familiar with. To be precise, this is Hugo. In an ignorant field, he is a complete layman standing here, but now he wants him to discuss motion capture technology with these technicians? This is definitely called "spiritual baptism."

Hugo stood still and couldn't laugh or cry. George had already begun to speak up to explain the conversation just now. He also brought up his thoughts in detail. In an instant, the surrounding voices one after another, and the enthusiastic scene is definitely not inferior to the United Nations discussion conference. Standing at the door secretly watching Samora was dumbfounded, she couldn't believe the picture before her.

"So, Hugo, you tell us about your ideas." George interrupted the discussion and said, "I know you are not a technician, but you can talk to us about yours as an actor. Ideas. Or as a screenwriter."

Hugo took a deep breath and cheered himself up. If he comes, he will be at ease. At least he knows how high the development of motion capture technology will be in the future, doesn't he? Now it is not for him to develop this technology, so...so, there is no need for his hands to tremble!

"Uh, this gives me a feeling of explaining economic principles to Nobel economists, huh..." Hugo's ridicule made everyone in the room laugh, which gave Hugo a little courage—just A little bit, "In fact, I just thought, if you need to show my changes at different ages, how can I achieve it through computer technology? You also know that even if you look for actors of different ages, they are still different from me. There are also differences in performance methods, habits, sounds and other details. Of course, I can't really rejuvenate. So maybe you can do it through a computer."

In fact, what Hugo said was the effect in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Before that, the crew either chose different actors to play the same character in different age groups, or it was like "Boyhood (. This film took twelve years to truly record the growth of actors, just like a documentary. But "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was performed by Brad Pitt from beginning to end. The crew used motion capture technology to record Brad’s expression, and then used a computer to create age differences, like a headgear. Different stunt actors show differences in height, skin, and physical condition at different ages, but the real performance is still done by Brad alone.

"Or you can use real people to play aliens, not aliens like'alien e.t', but aliens with real expressions and real emotions. You use real people to play roles, and then Use computer special effects to give life to the character." Hugo is saying "Avatar". Although he doesn't know how this is done, the vitality that James Cameron and Vita Studio injected into this work is enough to load it. history.

"According to you, we can use motion capture to record a database of people's actions, and then when making big scenes with crowds of people, use the computer to create thousands of different people based on this action database, and then make it real. The magnificent scene can be completed in a real way, and it can also save time and money." One of the voices came out from the corner.

Then someone said, "But what about facial expressions? We can simply capture the characters' movements ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but what about the expressions and eyes?" Obviously, these professional and technical personnel noticed the weirdness the first time. Possibility of existence of valley.

"I heard James mention it last time. He said that he can use a headgear, and then use a head-mounted camera to record the expression at close range, and then make it through the computer..."

"Headgear? But facial expressions are made up of so many muscles, and light motion capture can't be so delicate!"

"George, James is not discussing the extras with you today. I watched his movie of the big ship, and I can use this motion capture technology to create thousands of people based on the motion database. Anyway, these people are all It's the background, and the audience can't see their expressions."

"But is motion capture technology really reliable?"

"Optical motion capture technology is too immature now. If you need to use this technology, you should at least start here. I personally think..."

The discussion before him became more and more lively, Hugo was completely submerged in it, but he could not help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, he was finally out of focus. "The world of technical otaku is terrible. I'll still be an actor obediently. Your own job."