"Haha, this is rented from Aurora and the zoo, not only this, but also others." Chen Shaojun couldn't help but smile.
During this period of time, he also settled down and has been at the special effects company, discussing the special effects of "King Kong" with the people of Aurora special effects.
A special effect is not that simple.
For example, the special effects of "King Kong", this kind of special effects, in fact, the most difficult problem involved is the concept.
Conceptual design is usually used for pre-production reference. For example, a monster will appear in the movie. The protagonist of "King Kong", King Kong is actually better. I refer directly to the gorilla and modify it. But what will other monsters look like?
At this time, the director needs to speak in words. The concept designer of the special effects company draws it in the form of a picture according to the director's request. After determining the image, it is then handed over to the three-dimensional special effects to make various lifelike monsters.
Then there is digital painting. For example, a panoramic view of an ancient city appears in a movie, involving thousands of ancient houses or palaces, flowers, trees, bridges, and flowing water. If 3D software is required to make it, the cost will be very large, usually more. It can only be done by cooperation, but with a digital painter, he can paint all these into one picture alone.
"King Kong" also needs to use digital paintings, such as the scenery of Skull Island, etc. It is impossible to achieve all real shots, but also through digital paintings and three-dimensional synthesis.
"We decided to use "miniature" and "scene building" combined with motion capture technology to achieve most of the special effects of "King Kong"." Ouyang Ming, the person in charge of Aurora Special Effects explained.
"We want to make a King Kong with flesh and blood, emotions, and rich facial expressions, as well as the savage tyrannosaurus in the jungle, the fantasy-filled Skull Island, and the scenes of the city streets that can be completely fake. All these need to be combined with this type of physical model. It is realized by combining the technology of digital animation special effects in the later stage."
"Does the city street scenes also need special effects to produce?" Zhang Zirong on the side asked with some confusion.
"Of course, after all, it is impossible for us to allow China Overseas Municipal Government to agree to open up real streets to us for shooting. During the shooting process, King Kong will destroy buildings, etc., so we all need to pass miniatures and The scene is built and so on. After all, we can't really let King Kong climb to the top of the Pearl Tower to shoot, and create all kinds of damage..." Hearing Zhang Zirong's question, the other party explained with a smile.
"Our modeller will make a series of models to depict expressions at different moments on the same skeletal structure, and meticulously depict the details, such as the sunken forehead, the claw marks on the head, the distorted chin and even the eyes. Muscles that sag due to muscle atrophy, so that an emotional King Kong can be presented to the audience."
Zhang Zirong nodded. Regarding special effects production, even if Wang Yifan has made a few special effects movies, he is not very clear about how to make them. Usually he only cares about whether he can achieve the effects he wants and how to do it. Come out, the so-called technical profession has a specialization, he can't cover everything.
Similarly, Chen Shaojun is the same. He is here mainly to communicate with special effects technicians and tell them the effects he wants.
The biggest difference between "King Kong" and many monster movies is that "King Kong" is flesh and blood, which requires that King Kong be endowed with human-like emotions, but King Kong is a monster, it can't speak, so how to express this emotion? ? Naturally it is achieved through body language and facial expressions.
For this reason, the aurora special effects were designed in accordance with Chen Shaojun's requirements, designing multiple models of King Kong, each model will have a different purpose.
"In fact, like the protagonist of "King Kong", the gorilla is fortunate to say that the most troublesome thing is the other monsters on Skull Island, such as Tyrannosaurus, etc. Because we don't have physical references, the design progress is much worse."
In fact, Zhang Zirong was curious about the special effects of this time. On the other hand, Wang Yifan didn't come to Chen Shaojun at all. Some things about his new movie, the special effects of aurora have also been done.
It was just that Chen Shaojun pulled over to see the animals.
Then, Ouyang Ming took Wang Yifan and others to another design room.
"This is the first version of the exoskeleton mecha model we made according to your request from Director Wang." Ouyang Ming smiled and pointed to a silver-white exoskeleton mecha model in front of him.
"According to the requirements of Director Wang, the exoskeleton is not a power armor. A very important reason lies in its highly modular main frame. So this suit is between the flexibility, the armed arms and the defensive power. Relatively balanced relational data, focusing on protecting the torso, forearms, legs and other parts that are more important to combat. This concept comes from the cuirassiers who queued for shooting. They only protected some main torsos in order to increase flexibility. ." Ouyang Ming began to introduce Wang Yifan to them.
This exoskeleton mecha looks a bit like Iron Man at first glance, but it is not, because this exoskeleton mecha is not covered with iron lumps like Iron Man.
"Next is the attack method. The main weapons used for the firing effect are gunpowder and Gaussian propulsion. Its fire control system and weapon insurance are integrated in the handle of the forearm weapon rack, partly operated by buttons. In our design, This exoskeleton mecha has 4 firing points that can be fired at the same time: firearms with two-handed components, weapons stored in the back of the telescopic robotic arm, small caliber guns and guided rocket nest sets.
"In terms of weapons, because according to the requirements of Director Wang, the more guns and ammunition you bring, the better, and the more intense the firepower at the same time, the better. So for the time being, we just reserve the position of the guns. When the second edition comes, you can watch it. It's a relatively complete exoskeleton mecha model." Ouyang Ming said with a smile.
The new film Wang Yifan wants to make is "Edge of Tomorrow".
The reason for choosing "Edge of Tomorrow" is that, on the one hand, it is easier to change the movie to a Chinese background. On the other hand, although the plot is simple, this movie is a very special science fiction movie.
"Edge of Tomorrow" is, in a way, a suspenseful science fiction blockbuster. At the same time, Wang Yifan liked the fighting style in his previous life because it is really cool.
The second is the issue of special effects. The special effects of "Edge of Tomorrow" do not need to use too advanced special effects technology. With the current domestic special effects technology level, it can be done.
Finally, don't look at the outsiders' evaluation of Wang Yifan so high, but he knows his own family affairs.
And undoubtedly, "Edge of Tomorrow" such a cast film, a science fiction film of this scale, is more suitable for him now.
Everything must be done step by step. It doesn't matter if others fail, but at least he can't fail too miserably!
