Chapter 479 Chaos Technology

However, after returning to London, things related to the "Harry Potter" series only occupied a small part of Charlotte's time. &1t;/p>

After handing the matter over to Alexis and asking her to request an entrustment from EA, he ignored the matter for the time being. &1t;/p>

Currently, Charlotte's main focus is still on the filming of "The Mummy". &1t;/p>

Different from the filming in Morocco, the filming in the British Isles was more of some green screen photography shots, as well as some shots that required a lot of scenery. &1t;/p>

- Simply put, it's the scenes in the movie involving resurrected mummies and adventures in the catacombs. &1t;/p>

Rather than painstakingly arranging such a shot on location, it would be better to craft it carefully after returning to the UK. &1t;/p>

In particular, in addition to ordinary green screen photography, this time Spectre Studio also used motion capture technology. &1t;/p>

——Mainly used when the High Priest Immorton is resurrected and does not turn into a human form, but is still in the form of a mummy. &1t;/p>

In that case, using motion capture technology is naturally more realistic than pure CG action production. &1t;/p>

Of course, Charlotte, who had magic effects to use, would not let her own advantages go unused. &1t;/p>

In fact, many of the shots of Immorton in his mummy form were originally shot by Charlotte using magic special effects. &1t;/p>

——Just like when shooting the headless horseman scene in "Sleepy Hollow". &1t;/p>

This time, he used magic to secretly steal a fragment of a real mummy from the Egyptian Hall in the British Museum. &1t;/p>

Then, based on this fragment, combined with the collected broken soul fragments, Charlotte directly created a mummy-like ghost. &1t;/p>

——Of course, it’s just a physical resemblance. Although there are also ghosts and ghosts with a cold and terrifying aura, they do not have entities like real mummies. &1t;/p>

However, for the filming of "The Mummy", this was enough. &1t;/p>

Many of their motion capture shots are actually just for show. &1t;/p>

Under the lens of Addison Young, who was in charge of the filming, the ghost of the "mummy" attached to the body of the stuntman had already turned it into the appearance of a real mummy. There was no need to use ordinary motion capture lenses at all. Post-processing is also required. &1t;/p>

However, not all lenses can be processed this way. &1t;/p>

Some actions that violate the human body structure, or exaggerated shots, and the special effects of spells are not ideal. &1t;/p>

These parts really require the use of computer special effects for post-production improvement. &1t;/p>

It can be said that although Spectre Studio has an advantage over other computer special effects companies in terms of cost and effectiveness of many special effects due to Charlotte's spell effects, they also have a unique problem -&1t;/ p>

That's how to organically combine ordinary computer special effects with Charlotte's spell effects. &1t;/p>

At this point, in order to keep it confidential, other technical staff can't help. The only one who can help Charlotte is Alexis, the nominal technical director.

In fact, he spends most of his time working as Charlotte's secretary. &1t;/p>

Fortunately, as a Valkyrie, Alexis has the ability to borrow the abilities of others. &1t;/p>

——Just like when he borrowed the wisdom of General Ying to deduce the rules of Quidditch in his dream. &1t;/p>

Therefore, Charlotte was not worried that this technical problem could not be solved. Instead, Alexis deliberately gave everyone an extra hour of lunch break at noon in order to borrow the skills of the employees in the special effects department, which made him speechless. &1t;/p>

"Well, I am a good boss who cares about the quality of employees' sleep!"&1t;/p>

Charlotte complained about herself. &1t;/p>

In fact, he also understood the reason why Alexis wanted to do this——&1t;/p>

Even if you use spells and borrow the wisdom from other people's minds, it will be much easier when you are sleeping than when you are awake. &1t;/p>

What's more, without Charlotte's magical support, Alexis would not be able to cross spatial distances and pull people from different positions into the same dream like when deducing the rules of Quidditch. &1t;/p>

In this case, Alexis's simplest way to achieve this was to let the employees who needed to borrow technology dream while working in the company, no, during their lunch break. &1t;/p>

"She probably wants to complete this work independently without using my magic power!"&1t;/p>

Charlotte sighed. &1t;/p>

Since Miss Valkyrie has this ambition, Charlotte is naturally not in a position to attack her. &1t;/p>

In addition, if the other party succeeds in doing this, it will indeed greatly reduce Charlotte's burden. &1t;/p>

So Charlotte agreed. &1t;/p>

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In addition to parts such as the mummy's movements that require a combination of motion capture and magic special effects, many other parts of the movie also require the use of conventional computer special effects such as green screen technology. &1t;/p>

For example, when exploring a tomb, the shot of encountering a large group of corpse beetles is a typical special effect. &1t;/p>

Naturally, it was impossible to get a large number of beetles to surround the actors during filming. &1t;/p>

——Even if Charlotte can use magic to control beetles, where can she find so many big beetles? &1t;/p>

Not to mention that if there were so many beetles, most of the actors would be so frightened that they would be shaking all over, and they would not be able to show off their acting skills no matter how good they were. &1t;/p>

Therefore, this part of the shot must be improved through post-production special effects. &1t;/p>

At present, the actors can only perform various performances in front of the green screen in front of the air. &1t;/p>

——Honestly, judging from the scene, it was indeed a bit embarrassing. &1t;/p>

Just like some shots of extra actors screaming and being swallowed up by a swarm of corpse beetles, during the filming, it seemed that it was as fake as possible and as exaggerated as possible. &1t;/p>

"Although after adding special effects in the later stage, it will look much more realistic, but..."&1t;/p>

Lao Qiang, who was watching the original samples with Charlotte, frowned and did not continue, but Charlotte already understood what he meant. &1t;/p>

——The actors are still not used to green screen photography, especially this way of performing into the air. &1t;/p>

This kind of problem is actually very common in special effects blockbusters. &1t;/p>

Even if technology gradually improves in the future and there are more than a dozen movies in the Marvel Universe series, this problem will still exist——&1t;/p>

The actors are acting in front of the air. After all, it is difficult to find the down-to-earth and mutual excitement feeling when acting with real people. &1t;/p>

It can be said that even some veteran actors with superb acting skills will feel somewhat unnatural when filming with a green screen and acting in front of the air. &1t;/p>

——Of course, most of the time, the audience’s requirements in this regard are not too demanding. &1t;/p>

In addition, in special effects blockbusters, acting skills and subtle expressions are often not the focus, so it is enough to reach a similar level. &1t;/p>

In fact, Charlotte had encountered similar situations in her previous filming of "Sleepy Hollow" and "Hell Detective." &1t;/p>

But in those two movies, there were far fewer special effects shots than in "The Mummy", the structure was simple, and there were fewer actors involved. &1t;/p>

Therefore, after repeated shooting several times, you can get shots with a better performance level. &1t;/p>

But the special effects shots in "The Mummy" are not that simple——&1t;/p>

On the one hand, there are many, and on the other hand, there are often many people in the scenes that need to be shot, and many of them are temporary hired extras. &1t;/p>

Their acting skills vary greatly, and it is more difficult for Charlotte to control their acting skills. &1t;/p>

Although you can also use repeated shooting to get a feel, the more people involved in a shot, the greater the possibility of errors. &1t;/p>

If you really want to take all the photos, it may cost a lot of time. &1t;/p>

"It's a bit like when we were filming "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", we had a bunch of unstable actors..."&1t;/p>

Charlotte thought so, but suddenly had an idea...&1t;/p>

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