Chapter 19 Shocking Effect
As soon as the camera turned, a pair of thin white legs under the warm light appeared in the picture. With the red high-heeled shoes stepping step by step, the red skirt is also fluttering.
The full picture of the owner of the high-heeled shoes appeared later, and she was indeed a coquettish girl with wavy red hair.
She is a social butterfly, and she is showing her charm in a brightly lit banquet accompanied by music. A moment later, she pulled a young nobleman onto the central dance floor. While looking around, she looked at the head of the banquet hall from time to time. There, there was a majestic middle-aged man surrounded by a group of big men who seemed to be either rich or expensive.
From the composition of the picture, the audience can clearly distinguish who is the main character. Standing in the center of the screen, the one who is strongly highlighted in the composition is naturally the villain in this short film and the target of the assassins: Earl Eagle.
The decoration on his body, as well as the Earl badge on his chest, perfectly restore the setting of the Earl who was assassinated and died in the background story of the game "Assassination Squad".
Accompanied by music and dance steps, the girl in red is approaching the assassination target step by step. At the same time, the screen kept switching, and the two assassins in the shadows were also constantly approaching the banquet hall. There were many clips of them teaming up and using various methods to kill the guards on the way.
Here Fan Zhe used the montage method to edit the two lines together.
The tense atmosphere was quickly exaggerated until the two assassins took their positions above the banquet hall. At the same time, the girl in red had already reached the edge of the dance floor, approaching the majestic middle-aged nobleman.
Then came the best part of the whole film.
I saw the girl in red, throwing off the bewildered young nobleman, and striding towards Earl Eagle. On the forearm of her right hand, there was black magic power, like a cloud of mist; under the black mist, a short awl made of magic power fiercely pierced towards Earl Eagle.
Faced with the assassination, the Earl did not panic. With a serious face, he raised his left hand. On the index finger of his left hand, he wears a ring inlaid with a red gemstone.
The ruby on the ring suddenly burst into light, and a ball of flames gushed out violently, forming a flame impact in front of him, repelling the girl in red.
A knight in plain clothes guarding the earl took this opportunity to draw out his long sword, and threw himself at the girl in red, and the two fought together.
The banquet hall, which had been drunk a moment ago, became flustered because of the sudden assassination. The several gates around the banquet hall were opened almost at the same time, and heavily armed guards rushed in with weapons in hand, ready to protect their lord.
But the assassination had only just begun.
The failure of the first attack by the girl in red was expected by the assassins.
As the guards poured into the banquet hall, there was a sudden explosion from the ceiling. On the top of the banquet hall, that huge crystal chandelier fell down, and at the same time, there were two black figures falling down together.
This extremely luxurious crystal lamp is as big as three or five people hugging each other. The moment it hit the ground, the exquisite crystal lamp suddenly turned into countless fragments, flying around the banquet hall. Under the crystal lamp, an unknown number of nobles and ladies who participated in the banquet were suppressed.
The visual effects of this section are extremely shocking. The huge crystal chandelier itself is very beautiful. When Fan Zhe designed this lamp, he borrowed from many lamp models made by top designers, which is absolutely gorgeous.
The more beautiful something is, the greater the shock it will cause when it is destroyed.
Such a gorgeous crystal chandelier, after falling, the whole process of breaking into fragments is vividly displayed on the screen. The flying crystal shards scattered all over the screen.
Under the powerful calculation ability of 'Dimension', the physical effect displayed in this scene is extremely good, as if such a crystal lamp really smashed.
Originally, Fan Zhe was still thinking about whether to show those people who were crushed to death by the crystal lamp. However, after thinking about it later, he still deleted this aspect of the design. The main consideration is to ensure the harmony of the picture. Otherwise, if it gets bloody, it may cause some unnecessary troubles.
The shock caused by the extreme picture has not dissipated, but the animation is still playing.
The two people who fell after the crystal lamp were naturally the two assassins who lurked in from outside the castle at the beginning of the animation.
Among them, the female assassin folded her hands together, and a purple translucent magic snake flew out from her cuff. In mid-air, her body expanded rapidly and turned into a giant python. That bloody mouth opened wide, as if it could swallow a person whole.
The purple magic snake pounced on Earl Eagle.
Looking up, the count drew out the saber at his waist, followed the momentum of the magic snake, and stabbed it into the snake's mouth in one fell swoop.
The figure of the giant magic snake suddenly stopped, and some flames appeared faintly inside its huge purple body, and then large strands of flames rushed out of its body, the magic snake turned into a fire snake, and The shape gradually dissolves.
But amidst the flames, a vague figure came to Earl Eagle. The deadly dagger stabbed at the earl's neck.
But at the moment when he was about to stab, a flame shield suddenly condensed and blocked the dagger.
After a moment of stalemate, Earl Eagle turned his head and looked at the male assassin who appeared, showing a mocking smile.
The masked assassin took out a black crystal from his bosom and smashed it on the hilt of his sword. The rich black magic power spread outward. From the tip of the short sword, a smear of black infects the flame shield, and expands rapidly, disintegrating the defense.
In the erupting darkness, the smile on Earl Eagle's face disappeared.
Here, Lord Earl's facial expression changes are actually very small, not as exaggerated as in general animation works, and can even be regarded as changes at the micro-expression level.
Such techniques are rarely used in animation. The most important thing is that even some large-scale productions are difficult to portray the details of the face so realistically and exquisitely. The lack of details will lead to a lack of authenticity. If you want to convey emotions through expressions, you need greater changes in expressions.
Want to play micro-expression, but also convey enough information? That would require a huge technical cost.
And the effect of this is also good enough: Earl Eagle's micro-expression changes convey enough emotions while ensuring authenticity. This is the finishing touch for a work with a realistic style of painting.
Afterwards, Earl Eagle's face was submerged in darkness, and the picture became completely dark. After about a second or two, the logo of the game "Assassination Squad" appeared in the darkness.
The whole film ends here.