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Text 0316 [The fourth film technology revolution]

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    Wan Xiaohu had no intention of visiting the filming site of "Avatar". He mainly came to Weta Digital's special effects team to confirm the shooting date. After agreeing on a time, he planned to go back to prepare the crew and casting of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".  He must make full use of this period of time recently to get as much work done as possible.  After all, there are too many important things for him to deal with this year. The baby in Jun Ji-hyun's belly and Su Ya's wedding at sea will follow in the second half of the year.  If we don¡¯t work hard now, the work will be backlogged until next year, which will be overwhelming.  But he still didn¡¯t keep up with his plan. James Cameron knew that he was coming to the "Avatar" crew, so he took advantage of the break in filming to come over to the special effects team and chat with Wan Xiaohu in person.  For this world-famous director, Wan Xiaohu regarded him as his idol when he was a child. Even now, he still admires this director.  It's not just that James Cameron has achieved world-renowned achievements, but also because of James Cameron's focus on movies.  He has heard rumors about James Cameron. This guy is a complete tyrant on the set. When his temper gets angry, he doesn't give anyone face. He often yells and even beats people on the set.  ¡°Every staff member who worked with him hated him and scolded him.  But his harshness towards movie lenses and his demands for perfection definitely put commercial directors like Wan Xiaohu to shame.  In order to film "Titanic", despite tight funds and widespread opposition, more than 50 million US dollars were spent to build half a real ship of the same proportions.  He even built his own underwater detector and went deep-sea diving to photograph the historical wreckage of the Titanic.  ¡° If Wan Xiaohu were to take the photo, he would definitely make a fake model and then casually simulate the wreckage of the sunken ship.  Of course, Wan Xiaohu admires James Cameron¡¯s perfect requirements for movies.  But I don't really agree with this concept.  In Wan Xiaohu's view, many methods that save money and effort do not necessarily achieve worse results than those with strict requirements.  Moreover, commercial movies are all about "more speed, less cost".  Needless to say, good things and savings are what everyone pursues.  There are many, there are many parts to shoot.  Only when there are more movies will the scale of making money increase. If one movie doesn't make money, another one will, sharing the risk.  Multiple movies will also increase the development of peripheral products and drive the overall industrialization of downstream industries.  Fast, the filming progress is fast, like James Cameron.  Careful selection and excellence are required. It takes three to five years to make a movie. This speed is definitely not up to standard, and the investment cycle is too slow.  Money can only be made when it flows. Money that cannot flow fully is not good money.  Big studios allow a movie to be prepared for four to five years, but their approach is to busy writing scripts in the early stages.  Cast actors and directors and do some market research.  These do not require tying up funds.  Once it officially enters the filming phase, it will only take a few months to start promoting it and then release it quickly.  Let the cash only pass through the filming process and then be recovered quickly, instead of being retained by the film for three to five years.  James Cameron would be too profitable if he didn't make movies.  There are really not many movie companies willing to invest in him.  Take "Avatar" for example. Filming began in 2005 and was not released until 2009. Such a long cycle trapped 20th Century Fox's funds for four to five years.  If it weren¡¯t for the fact that ¡°Avatar¡± was a box office hit in the end.  Twentieth Century Fox estimates that there is only one outcome: follow in the footsteps of MGM and go bankrupt.  Speaking of which, Wan Xiaohu really has to thank Cameron for his perfectionism. If he hadn't been holding back 20th Century Fox, Marvel Comics would have been unable to take back the copyright of X-Men.  "Director Cameron, hello." Wan Xiaohu is now used to being in a high position, and is still very calm when facing his childhood idol.  Cameron is fifty-three years old this year. I don¡¯t know if his hair is originally white or has turned white, making him look a little older.  With a height of 1.88 meters, he looks very impressive.  "Director Wan Xiaohu, hello, I heard that you came to my "Avatar" crew and did not plan to visit my work. Why? You are also one of the investors and you should see the results of my work." Kamei  Long didn't show any politeness at all.  Wan Xiaohu said: "I believe you can bring us a very good "Avatar", but I'm afraid it will disturb your work." "There is no need to disturb you. Those producers come to bother me like flies every day.  , I'm used to it. Come on, I'll take you to the set. I've just recently successfully developed a 3D camera, and the 3D effect is great!" James Cameron's tone was undeniable.  This makes Wan Xiaohu not very comfortable, but thinking about this guy¡¯s temper,?In this case, he was working for himself, so he felt relieved.  A capable person will always have a temper.  "Do you know the 3D camera I designed? This is a magical technology that makes movies full of magic. It is completely different from the previous crude 3D. I think you will be surprised. Its picture is shocking!"  In the car, Cameron couldn't help showing off.  Wan Xiaohu looked speechless. Is 3D amazing?  "I have even seen imax-3d. As for Shenma 4d, 5d, 7d, and 9d, it's not like I haven't tried it before.  The uncle was reborn in 2014 and led you bumpkins to a new level of cinematic glory.  Although he had despised Cameron many times in his heart, Wan Xiaohu was still shocked when he arrived at the studio.  This studio is too luxurious. From the top more than ten meters high, a huge swing arm hangs down, and various shooting equipment are arranged in an orderly manner.  Compared with this studio, the studios Wan Xiaohu handled before were not even considered as bumpkins.  "Is this the difference between a real blockbuster and the fake blockbusters I made?" Wan Xiaohu smacked his mouth and swallowed. This is the difference between a real great director and ordinary directors.  The next moment, Wan Xiaohu became furious deep in his heart. Sooner or later, he would shoot a real blockbuster and challenge a real big crew.  Sooner or later one day!  The filming of the actors in "Avatar" was completed in front of a Blu-ray board. James Cameron mainly showed Wan Xiaohu the 3D virtual imaging photography system he designed.  This system is a new shooting equipment that Cameron and his photographer Vince Pace began to research and invent with the support of Sony. It is shot through two Sony hdcf950-hd cameras. The lenses of these two cameras resemble human beings.  The eyes can provide different viewing angles because they are equipped with different filters that remove different parts of the image when the subject enters the lens.  It transmits a parallax illusion to the brain, establishing the final three-dimensional perspective obtained by the senses.  Previous movies have also used 3D technology, but it was fake 3D. The false effect produced by fast frame progression would make people feel dizzy after watching it for a few minutes.  "Do you know what giant eye and fly eye are? It is! By adjusting the gimbal, I can control the 3D photography effect from far and near at any time. Tiger, you should try it yourself. I have promoted it to many directors. I talked to Shi  Steven Spielberg discussed it, and I told Christopher Nolan, they failed to discover the beauty of it, you can find it. "Cameron acted like a salesman, constantly pushing Wan Xiaohu himself!  Go and try it out.  Wan Xiaohu has touched a 3D camera.  In later generations, it has almost become popular in bad streets. It is called a 3D version of a movie.  But standing in front of this carefully crafted 3D virtual imaging photography system.  I can still feel that the 3D cameras produced on the assembly line are simply incomparable to this hand-made equipment.  On both monitors, there are images of incomplete spectra, but when fused together, they become overlapping and complete images.  With just a few modifications, you can achieve a perfect 3D effect.  "Very good." Wan Xiaohu admired sincerely.  "Haha, of course, look at this again, this is also designed by me. The cameras work together and look at how I built the virtual studio!" Cameron continued to promote.  The so-called virtual studio is a studio that only appears on the computer screen. Actors perform in front of an empty background board. The computer screen is filled with various virtual things, such as forests and mountains.  Through this virtual scene, the director can directly observe whether the actor's performance matches the future CG picture.  The core of the virtual studio is the collaborative working camera. This is not a camera, but a combined system.  It consists of 140 digital cameras scattered on the top of the studio to build a performance capture technology platform.  ??Motion capture technology is to capture the light of the human body through the camera, and the collaborative camera is to capture the motion of the studio.  The camera tracks the reflection of the near-infrared spectrum produced by the on-site LED lights, transmits the captured data to a system, and then combines and analyzes the reflection of the spectrum with the actor's movement to obtain a three-dimensional model of the entire lens.  These technologies are not new in later generations, but at this moment Wan Xiaohu looks absolutely epoch-making and full of imagination.  If we say that the transition from silent films to talkies was the first revolution in film technology.  From black and white films to color films, it is the second revolution in film technology.  From live-action movies to CG special effects scenes, it is the third revolution in film technology.  So what happened in this studio is the fourth film technology revolution.  Completed the sublimation of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images, and also broke theThe difficulty of capturing the scene allows all incredible shots to be perfectly presented on the screen.  "And this, tiger, I heard that you are going to shoot "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and you need a lot of gorillas, so you deserve to have a facial capture headset and a facial performance capture and restoration system! Oh, you have already contacted Victoria  I¡¯ve already talked with people from Tower Digital, so I won¡¯t introduce it further. Do you think these 3D photography technologies are very wonderful?¡± ¡°Yes, they are wonderful!¡± ¡°You will fall in love with it, tiger, there are many of them now.  People, especially directors, cannot see the future of this technology, which is a great obstacle to the promotion of our 3D technology. After all, if we want to experience perfect technical effects, we need to promote and build 3D cinemas around the world. I know you.  It has great influence in China. We should join forces to promote it and occupy the 3D market around the world." Wan Xiaohu opened his mouth and finally understood the reason why James Cameron was so enthusiastic about bringing him to visit this place!  , hoping to promote 3D technology with him.  Any film technology needs to be brought to the world through a director!  (To be continued)
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