Chapter 1418 1418 A Little Inspiration

Although Hugo had already seen the completed version of "Independence Day", he was amazed by seeing all the visual effects in person, Volker. Engel, the general manager of "Independence Day" visual effects. He also explained to Hugo in detail the sense of position in three-dimensional space. He took Hugo directly to their "battle room" and used Lego blocks to cover up every detail of important scenes in the movie to Hugo.

Rick and others had long since left because they felt too bored. Only John and Walker accompanied Hugo. The three of them became more and more energetic when they discussed, which also made Hugo feel the vision of the movie more comprehensively. The difficulty of special effects production. In many cases, a ten-second shot often takes them days or even weeks to complete the production frame by frame. In the hands of these technical otakus, those wonderful shots presented on the big screen are just a pair of still pictures, which makes people sigh at the power of special effects technology.

No wonder the production cycle of many commercial blockbusters and 3D computer animation is very long, and the production of computer special effects has never been an easy task.

This is the process of Hugo's comprehensive understanding of another type of work in the film production industry in addition to the screenwriting position - of course, this is helpful for Hugo's performance, but the part that is really related to the special effects of the film is the director, Hugo It is destined to have no directing talent. But it is undeniable that this has given Hugo a deeper understanding of the production of the film. After he made a breakthrough in acting, a whole new world was presented to him.

"Wow, you really made my people totally excited." A low and majestic voice came from the door, which made Hugo and John in the room all look up, while Walker was still competing. He said, "Maybe we can exaggerate the proportions a little more, as if an ant is standing in front of Mount Everest, highlighting the horror of the alien battleship and the arduous task of the hero..."

Hugo took his eyes back and said to Walker, "This ratio is too much, you have to consider that the hero can only fire one bomb at the last moment, he blew up the main control room, but the whole spaceship Will the chain reaction all blow up? Even if it does, wouldn't there be no other aliens to escape? So, I think you should use an elephant and Mount Everest as a ratio."

Hearing Hugo's slightly mocking metaphor, John couldn't help laughing, but Walker nodded sincerely, "Yes, I'm drawing a design scale first, and then see the effect." After speaking, Walker faced the rain. Guo waved his hand, "Thanks." He turned around and walked outside. When he passed the door, he hurriedly said hello, "Hey, George," and left without pausing.

The man standing at the door spread his hands helplessly, "We're used to it here. I've been ignored too many times in front of them."

"People who are really committed to their work will not have time to flatter, right? George." Hugo felt that it was normal. In fact, these people at Industrial Light and Magic, including George Lucas, They are all idiots, and they focus on the research of computer special effects technology wholeheartedly. Their concentration and dedication are the keys to success.

"I like this view." The man standing at the door was the unique George Lucas, "John, thank you for your help today, I think you can be relieved."

John blushed a little at what George said. Obviously, before Hugo arrived, John was unwilling to accept the reception work. At this time, he was pierced by George like this. John looked at Hugo apologetically and said with a small smile, " Everything is very pleasant today, and I hope to meet again next time." This is the truth.

After watching John leave, George walked into their battle room, "When many people come here to visit, most of them don't have any interest here, but you, Walker and John here for more than half an hour, this is really rare."

Hugo and George have met several times and talked many times, but they have never been alone. After all, the two have no experience of direct cooperation. They did not want to "Independence Day" but built a bridge between them. .

"I just published some unrealistic fantasies, and I have no credit. You must know that fantasies are the ability of everyone." Hugo looked at the Lego toys that had not been dismantled in front of him, the colorful spaceship The model does not have the majesty of "Independence Day", but it looks more childish. Hugo couldn't help but smile. He really didn't think that ILM could use toys like this.

George came over, carefully looked at the Lego toys on the table, and shook his head, "No, you are wrong, everyone can fantasize, but not everyone's fantasies are meaningful."

Hugo felt like an arrow in the knee, because he is obviously not the kind of imaginative person, "In addition, not everyone's fantasy can become reality, so we need communication, we need teams, we need different ideas Collision, that's what sparks." George continued, which made Hugo nod.

You can never create something new behind closed doors.

"So I'm very interested in your testing ground on the first floor. When I was a child, I fantasized about having such a place, and then I made Transformers armor out of cardboard boxes, and used the handle of a broom as a weapon. Hit." Hugo said with a smile about his childhood memories, which made George smile too, "But when I saw it on the big screen, you used motion capture technology to capture the performance of the actors, and then create virtual characters. I knew that my imagination was too poor and I was too far away from real innovation. I used to chat with my friends, the battle mode in 'Star Wars' is really cool..."

"Wait, what did you say?" George suddenly interrupted Hugo's words, which made Hugo stunned, "Uh, the lightsaber in 'Star Wars'?" George shook his head, "No, No, go ahead a section."

Hugo felt George's serious gaze, but he was completely confused. At this moment, he felt that he and these technical talents were not on the same plane at all, "I have no imagination?" Hugo tried to recall He was speaking, but everything was just thinking of what to say, and he wasn't giving a speech, so he didn't remember at all, "You guys use motion capture technology to, uh... capture the performance of the actors?"

"Yes, this is it!" George suddenly grabbed the edge of the table and looked at Hugo curiously, "What do you mean by that?"

Hugo doesn't understand even more now, "Motion capture technology, it's the kind of technology you used when you created Master Yoda, let an actor play the role, what technology did you use to capture his movements, and then make them on the computer? To create virtual characters, this method is more realistic and more natural than special effects makeup technology, because the movements and expressions of virtual characters can be consistent with real people.”

Motion capture technology, which is another milestone in the development of the film industry, the iconic character is Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" series, and later in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Dawn. Of. The. Planet. Of "The. Apes)" reached its peak, and Andy Serkis, known as the first person in motion capture, used motion capture technology to experiment with the orangutan Caesar, and gave a performance that was enough to shock the Oscar-winning actor.

This is also a brand-new field developed with the development of computer special effects after green screen acting, which has put forward extremely high demands on actors. Among the countless works in the long history of motion capture technology, "Avatar" is even more famous and irreplaceable.

Hugo didn't remember these things very clearly. He remembered that Master Yoda in "Star Wars" was made like this, but why is George so surprised?

"No, no, Master Yoda is a complete virtual character. Our technology has not yet reached such a high level. We use the model to assist the dubbing method for filming." George's remarks immediately made Hugos Bada, if you don't understand, don't pretend to understand. Hugo completely confused the "Star Wars" series with the "Star Wars Prequel" series. Master Yoda really relied on computer special effects technology to make it in 1999. At this time, the computer The special effects really fully matured. "The idea of ​​​​you just gave me an inspiration, why can't we use actors to play Master Yoda? Then use computer special effects to achieve more realistic effects!"

Fortunately, George didn't pursue it further, he just thought it was Hugo's whimsical idea, but Hugo was frozen in place. He didn't really know much about these computer technologies, for fear of saying more and more mistakes. . But George didn't want to let Hugo go. "Why do you have this idea? It's really bold. Do you have any special ideas?"

In fact, what Hugo didn't know was that Industrial Light & Magic had always been focusing on the production of computer special effects. Later, Master Yoda completely relied on computer special effects to produce it, and the lifelike effects amazed countless people. Motion capture, on the other hand, is another technology, and it wasn't ILM's original focus.

It was Weta Digital, which was created by Peter Jackson, the director of the "Lord of the Rings" series, and his friends. "Avatar" is the first film in film history to be completed entirely by motion capture, which was jointly completed by Weta Digital and Industrial Light and Magic.

Of course, later Industrial Light and Magic also made a historic contribution to the advancement of motion capture technology, which gave birth to a magnificent epic like "Rise. Of. The. Planet. Of. The. Apes" blockbuster.

Weta Digital, founded in 1993, is now just a newcomer, and no one has even heard of the company's name.

Hugo didn't know much about all this, but he said it out loud, which made Hugo immediately stiff in place. Sure enough, don't pretend to understand if you don't understand, otherwise you will only suffer. But what about now? What should we do now? Hugo looked at George who was full of anticipation, and the words got stuck in his throat, "This..."