One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Nine Reflex Arc Length

Before Chris Williams officially entered Disney headquarters in 2008, he was already one of the indispensable and important figures of the entire Disney animation department.

The young student, who received a degree in fine arts from the University of Waterloo in France, joined Disney's Florida animation studio in 1994 after graduation. Ministry has always been a leader in the era of 2D animation.

After entering the company, Williams' first job was to write the character script for "Mulan". The most unique and classic Chinese princess image in Disney's history came from Williams, and this work made a sensation Sexual success, Williams also took advantage of the situation was transferred to the California branch, where he wrote the "becoming a king" script.

In the process of creating "Becoming a King," Williams wrote "Expression in Animated Film," based on his own experience, a book that won him the Annie Award for Personal Achievement, America's top animation award. At this time, it has only been six years since he entered the industry.

From Florida to California, Williams has been developing screenplays in the film story department, and "Bear Tale" is also a project he has completed. In addition, he has also conceived many ideas for feature films and short films, and then got the The opportunity to create Disney's first 3D animated short film "Guests of Glago" and landed at the Annecy Film Festival in France, one of the four major animation film festivals in the world.

At that time, Disney had just acquired Pixar, and Pixar's leader John Lasseter admired Williams' ability to tell stories, so he appointed Williams to direct Disney's work "Lightning Dog" for Thanksgiving 2008. ", this is Williams' first time as the director of an animated feature film, he joined the Disney headquarters, and further demonstrated his personal talent.

After that, however, Williams' name appears to have disappeared -- in reality, he became a key member of Disney's 3D animation research and development department.

In the transition from the 2D era to the 3D era, the animation department of Disney Headquarters fell into the rut of self-confidence and arrogance, and gradually fell behind the development of the times. Now Disney has decided to reinvigorate and catch up with its own animation. Department cheers up.

Williams first participated in the production process of "Frozen", and he was also responsible for the dubbing of the elk; and then personally directed the guide tube to film "Super Marines". Strictly speaking, this is only his second feature film directorial work, but his role at Disney in the past nineteen years has been far more than that.

At this moment, Williams is just wearing a simple gray T-shirt and black suit pants, and the whole outfit is one size bigger, and it fits loosely around him, looking like he found a burlap bag. Putting it on the body, coupled with messy hair and worn old-fashioned leather shoes, the whole slovenly look naturally reminds people of street homeless.

But at this time he was discussing with great interest... "", which is really a very wonderful thing.

Williams noticed the confusion in Renly's eyes, but he didn't understand the meaning of Renly. He thought that Renly didn't know much about "", so he began to explain in a ramble, and brought up his favorite character. The cosplayer also mentioned last year's Halloween costumes.

Rumbling and eloquent, Renly had absolutely no room for interjection.

Of course, Renly wasn't ready to interject either, but just listened quietly and nodded slightly to show his understanding, which made Williams even more excited and danced to explain the far-reaching influence of comic superheroes on ordinary people. And why every superhero must have a mask and cape, and express dissatisfaction with Superman's "lazy behavior" that only covers himself with a pair of glasses.

"Look, that's what I mean., I think it's somewhat similar to an actor,

Let us have the opportunity to play an ideal role. ' Williams said with gusto, rubbing his hands incessantly.

Renly nodded lightly to show his understanding, "Understood. I just didn't think that someone could use it to explain the performance. Now it seems that I'm too old and pedantic and limit my own ideas." Renly said with an open-minded attitude Ask for advice, and then said with a smile, "Also, I didn't expect that I am the most suitable person in the world to play this role."

While speaking, Renly's eyes fell on the poster again. The image of Xiaohong wearing a red helmet was like standing in front of a mirror, forming a projection effect, but one was a cartoon image and the other was a real person. , this kind of intertext suddenly became subtle, and Renly's ordinary remark just now became interesting.

It was only at this time that Williams reacted, and understood the real meaning of Renly's words and the surprise. The super-long reflex arc went back and forth in a long circle before returning to the right track, and then showed a somewhat jerky expression. , using a smile to cover up his embarrassment, "We are always like this. For us, the cartoon characters are the more vivid ones, they are the real ones; and other people in the real world are all playing them. , this innuendo is the opposite of other film genres."

When writers or screenwriters create characters, although they can often find a projection of a realistic image in their minds, directors and producers still look for inspiration from actors, and they are the first to identify actors, and even because of the actor's image. And changing the character's settings - like "Gravity", Ryan Stone's character changed from male to female, and then back to male.

However, the creative process of animated films is different because of the existence of cartoon characters. Those cartoon characters are real, but real-world actors need to "wear masks".

Renly didn't say much, just nodded lightly, "It's my honor to play the role of Xiaohong. How are you, are you ready now? Give me a good introduction to this role?"

"Of course! Of course!" Williams nodded again and again, then suddenly bowed slightly and began to rub his hands, with a... lewd/trivial look on his face - if possible, Renly really didn't want to use something like this Adjectives, but the Williams in front of him really couldn't find a more suitable word to describe it, but... it might be a more positive version of "wretched", and then you can see that his eyes are slightly bright, and he gestures behind him. The door of the studio room, lowered his voice to make a texture that is worth looking forward to, "Are you ready?"

Renly wanted to make a joke at this time, and deliberately said, "I really really don't want to go in"; but considering Williams' enthusiasm, Renly decided to cooperate with the performance, and smiled and nodded in affirmation.

Williams didn't notice Renly's emotional change at all, and was completely immersed in his own world. He grabbed the door handle with his right hand, and then slammed open the door as if he had opened the door to the Kingdom of Oz. Cheering, "Da da! Welcome to our studio of miracles!"

"..." This was Renly's only reaction.

Williams seemed to have anticipated that Renly would be disappointed—perhaps too many times, and received the same response every time, "No no, no no, this is not just a recording Room!" Williams stood up straight and quickly explained, "We are here to create miracles!"

Williams took the initiative to walk into the recording studio in front of him, facing his right hand side, "This side is indeed the recording studio, where post-dubbing, sound effects, etc. are recorded, which can be seen in many studios; but The real magic is on the other side."

Williams turned to face his left hand again, "In this work area, we will capture and analyze the expressions and movements of the actors during the dubbing process, and then echo the cartoon characters. In the subsequent production process, we will Continue to incorporate the character and temperament of the voice actors to bring the characters to life."

This is something Renly didn't know. "Only human characters?"

"No. All the characters!" Williams explained. "All the cartoon characters are anthropomorphic because that's how we read it from a human perspective, and naturally those looks and expressions are also human. Like the 'Toy Story' series, those toys have human expressions, and we want audiences to really resonate with them."

"Shrek the monster too?" Renly asked loudly.

"Yeah, that's the case with the donkey and the cat in Shrek. A lot of what makes them so popular is the voice actors, you know, Eddie-Murphy. ) is a very, very good comedian, and he always brings the characters to life in the dubbing process."

Eddie Murphy is the voice actor for the "Shrek" donkey.

Renly nodded suddenly, "Now I see what you mean, this is indeed where art was born!" This made Williams look satisfied, nodding triumphantly in affirmation, Renly continued, "I still have a question!"

"I don't know much about dubbing. I think this is a different form of expression from movies and dramas, because the carrier of animation itself is different, and the performance naturally needs to be adjusted. I asked my friend, and he gave me The response was: Let me exaggerate as much as possible? I don't think that seems right." Renly was serious.

Williams laughed happily, "Your friend did it on purpose?"

"I guess so." Renly spread his hands. "Seth Rogen's tone and attitude always make it hard to tell if he's joking or serious, right? I strongly suspect that he may be trying to Get revenge for my previous prank, but since I don't know anything about voiceover work, there's absolutely no way to tell what he's saying."