In the past two years, Renly has participated in more and more commercial productions, and has also been exposed to different performance methods and contents, and this time is no exception. In order to shoot the dinosaurs in "Jurassic World", computer special effects are undoubtedly the most important work link for the entire crew. The special effects pictures of the whole film will run through, which also puts forward higher requirements for the shooting method and content presentation. .
Generally speaking, such films can be shot in two ways, one is studio shooting, mainly green screen, such as "Gravity", "Avengers" and other movies; the other is on-the-spot Shooting, post-production special effects as an auxiliary, "Interstellar", "Mad Max: Fury Road" and so on.
"Jurassic World" chose the latter.
Colin Trevorrow still hopes to create a truly immersive viewing effect, which is also the source of the shock brought by the "Jurassic Park" series of movies. Considering that wild environments such as virgin forests are the main scenes of the whole movie, computer special effects are still prone to more distortion effects than the urban high-rise buildings of "The Avengers".
In 2016, "Fantasy Forest" was produced with computer special effects, but the forest pictures in the movie faced severe special effects distortion problems. Low light level, because the background of the movie story is the virgin forest where torches have not been fully popularized, which also makes the whole movie permeate in a very, very dark environment, avoiding the distortion of computer effects.
But "Jurassic World" can't be like this, the whole story has to take place in sunny Central America; at the same time, Colin also hopes that the tone of the film will remain more positive, which is also the style expected by Universal Pictures, because the Marvel series of films The success proves that light-hearted popcorn is still the mainstream of the market. Then, on-the-spot shooting combined with post-processing computer effects is the best way to shoot.
However, the combination of computer special effects has become another test for the crew, because the shooting site has completely entered the real virgin forest, and the difficulty of the shooting process has added more difficulties to the production of post-production special effects. The special effects team once again showed the masses The super smart, successfully arranged the shooting scene:
In the open space right in front of the dense jungle, they built a whole beast cage similar to the Colosseum as an environment for raising wild raptors. The cage was built with the environment as the background. , the staff can walk up and down freely on the platform on the top floor
Although there are no beasts and no dinosaurs inside the cage, the entire building has not cut corners to ensure that the cage can also become a scaffolding for the crew to shoot, and at the same time present a more realistic effect in the camera.
Then, a three-sided blue screen environment was erected abruptly in the center of the beast cage. Because the jungles on all four sides were green, the blue screen was chosen, but some sand and grass were still symbolically arranged around the blue screen environment. It reduces the workload of edge connection effects in the process of computer matting, and provides a reference for computer effects artists.
The "crossing the line" that the drama management said just now means don't enter the blue screen range, otherwise there may be deviations in the post-production cutout. For example, only one head is left floating in the center of the screen, which inexplicably becomes a horror movie. This is a very, very possible situation at the shooting site. These accidental mistakes and deviations are often hard to prevent. It may be that the staff themselves appear in the picture less often, but the accidental falling of personal items is particularly frequent.
The actors and crew will be placed in such an environment to complete the shooting. The blue screen area will be used to cast dinosaur special effects, and the surrounding environment can be used as a reference for post-production special effects production, creating a more realistic and realistic way of interlacing and combining true and false. Realistic and more detailed visual effects.
Next, the crew prepared to shoot the scene of Owen training the raptors.
At this time, in the blue screen environment, four stuntmen are moving their limbs, and they are the actors who are going to play the "Velver Raptor" to accompany the performance.
Some of the scenes here are also very particular. The director can choose to let Renly perform completely in the air, and use computer special effects to make the dinosaurs in the later stage. With accurate focus, the performance can easily become vain.
In the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies, Gandalf's actor Ian-mckellen is like this, because the hobbit is very short, and Gandalf has to enter the hobbit's house, which is also It was impossible for the hobbit actors to stretch their hands and feet indoors, and in the end, Ian could only perform by speaking to the air.
Later, in the behind-the-scenes footage, Ian said, "I'm really lonely", because he may be the only one who chats in front of the camera for a lot of scenes. That kind of performance experience is indeed... It's hard to describe.
But with the continuous update and progress of shooting technology, this also allows Colin to choose the most advanced motion capture technology to complete the shooting of the Velociraptor.
In fact, the first mature application of motion capture technology was also in the "Lord of the Rings" series where they created the image of Gollum, and in the past ten years, this film shooting technology has also been developed rapidly and comprehensively, and It reached a peak through "Avatar", and then in the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, all the ape characters were shot using motion capture technology, which is an epoch-making work.
Compared with the anthropomorphic images created by computer special effects, motion capture technology can give full play to the advantages of real actors, and further complete the anthropomorphism, so that the screen image has more vivid and delicate movements, expressions and demeanor, etc. Those screen images are more "human".
Of course, this "image" is realistic, but it also requires a lot of financial support. The budget cost of the "Jurassic World" project still did not reach the level of "Avatar", and there was no way to focus on a similar image of fur rendering like "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which also forced Colin to make a choice.
In the film, the most spiritual key characters, the four raptors, are also the characters who have direct communication with Owen. Colin will complete the shooting through motion capture technology; while other dinosaur images are all completed through post-processing computer special effects. make. Different shooting methods, the ultimate goal is to show the best viewing effect.
The four stuntmen in front of you will be in charge of performing the four raptors.
At this point, they have replaced the hot spot capture action suit, which is actually a set of all-black body-fitting sportswear, and then posted many hot spot capture points outside the sports suit, all of which can be connected to form a line, connecting the various parts of the body. The joints are fully connected, which in turn provides a heat source for the computer to capture the actor's body movements, because each capture point is connected to a long wire, which also makes the actor hang with wires all over the body, which is really inconvenient to move.
Standing within the blue screen, it looks very happy; if you leave the blue screen and be in the jungle, it will be even more ridiculous.
The on-site staff may not be unfamiliar with motion capture technology, but they are very interested in the shooting method that blurs the boundary between reality and fantasy in the jungle. Only with the continuous progress and improvement of film production technology, this is possible, everyone. They are quite curious, just like "gravity", which can only be achieved in the studio, and the five-dimensional space in "Interstellar", there are still many constraints and restrictions on field shooting.
Renly took the initiative to greet him and waved his hand to say hello, "Hey, I'm your work partner, Owen, and the cooperation for the next period of time will require you to work hard." If nothing else, the entire movie All four raptors will be played by them, which also means that they have a lot of "opposite scenes" with Renly.
"Sword Comes"
"I'm Scott, and I'll be playing Charlie."
"I'm Pete, and I'll be playing Delta."
"I'm Brad, and I'm going to be playing Echo."
"I'm Samuel, and I'll be playing Blue."
The first four names belong to the actors, and the last four belong to the raptors. Everyone has their own responsibilities. Although the raptors seem to be the same to the audience, the actors need to be distinguished. Give characters more details. Among them, Blue is the boss of the four raptors, and is also the raptor with the most roles.
Just a self-introduction, and Renly understood immediately, "So, who is the most ferocious? I mean, there are only brave and no wisdom."
"I, I'm Delta!" Pete immediately raised his right hand with a look of surprise on his face, looking around at the other little friends, "Renly, I mean, don't you mind? Facts Last, we each discussed it and gave each raptor a different personality, hoping to differentiate a little bit, but we're not sure…”
Not quite sure if big-name actors like it.
In fact, just like what was said in "The King of Comedy", if there are too many dramas, it is very impolite to add dramas or even steal them. For big-name actors, they naturally don't want the rhythm of their performances to be disturbed, let alone robbed of their focus.
The four substitute actors were a little nervous, because they only played the raptors, and they didn't even show their faces and names in the movie, and their relatives and friends couldn't see themselves in the movie theater, but they did Want to give a raptor personality to a limited extent? So what if you offend Renly
"Ha, let me guess? Ai is a woman? And Charlie is a nerd? As far as I know, Blue is the youngest but smartest one? Of course, this is my own brain supplement, I think, you should be able to give I have more stuff, how about, what do I need to know ahead of time?" Renly didn't say much, but expressed his opinion with practical actions:
Welcome to the world of performance.