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Chapter 323 Motion Capture Technology ([-])
Glorious Games Inc.Motion capture room.

Ryoho Suzuki is the producer of the "Three Kingdoms - Legend of the Warriors" series. He himself is a real fan of the Three Kingdoms and has ambitions for the mainland market.

There is a game exhibition in China called Chinajoy. Since Fang Yi endorsed the "Dynasty Warriors" series, the sales of the game in the mainland have increased significantly. Ryoho Suzuki has come to ChinaJoy for two consecutive years to promote.This guy has two theories:

[-]. Never give up on the Chinese market.

Second, face pinching must be humanized, in other words, the protagonists must conform to the aesthetics of normal people, and must not follow the evil ways of Europe and America.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he firmly grasped Fang Yi as his spokesperson.

Fang Yi wears a special motion capture device - as we have introduced before, the first generation of motion capture equipment is similar to a mechanical transmission device, which can only simulate changes in human motion and posture at a very rudimentary level. It's practical and convenient, but crude.

Even such a rough thing is enough to make "Jiang Wei" far surpass other characters in terms of manipulation.

Now that "Dynasty Warriors" has been released for two generations, Guangrong Company is still using the old-fashioned equipment.

Ryoho Suzuki said:
"The United States has confirmed the development of a new generation of motion capture technology, which can simulate subtle changes in muscles and facial expressions, but the production cost is also quite high... That is no longer what our games can afford. After the success of "Avatar", the first One person interested in motion capture technology is Electronic Arts... In fact, special effects are roughly divided into two types, and to a large extent, the game industry and the special effects industry are interlinked."

Ryoho Suzuki stretched out two fingers, "The first one is the special effects of props—the special effects of props in the "Terminator" series. Many of Schwarzenegger's shots were recorded by real people. The mechanical textures and scars on his face are all It is made up in a clever way... "Inception" is the same. When Cobb taught his apprentice how to create dreams, a fruit stand on the streets of Paris suddenly exploded-it was not fake, but real Yes, Director Nolan planted micro-explosives in the surrounding shops... We have done this in the game industry for a long time."

Fang Yi raised the big sword in his hand, he is now the first one.

Most of the page game companies under the name of Zhang Chaoyang also use this technology. Their promotional posters still use traditional real-life shooting combined with a small amount of special effects: If you are a brother, come and kill me.

"Then, the other is computer special effects—also special effects in a narrow sense. Computer special effects have a very fatal shortcoming. When it simulates moving things, it can't be realistic. A cat or a dog can't be realistic. .If we look closely enough, we can definitely tell which shots use special effects, no matter how shocking it is...It’s not like that after Avatar.”

Fang Yi looked at Ryoho Suzuki, nodded and said, "Today's special effects shots can only be judged by the content, not by the picture. If we use as many sampling points as in "Avatar", in Fang Yi Sang's body was pasted up and down, and then switched to the fighting background of the live-action video - in a scene with uncomplicated lighting, I am afraid it is almost unrecognizable."

Fang Yi: "Where is this technology most used now?"

"The United States. After "Avatar", both the game industry and the film and television industry are frantically absorbing technology."

"Except for America."

Suzuki Lianghao suddenly looked at Fang Yi, Fang Yi froze for a moment, then pointed at himself, "You mean..."

The other party said "Hi" heavily.

"Now the production company that receives the most special effects shots in Asia is in your capital. A series of American TV series and movies are all post-production there... But, Fang Sang, I must remind you that all their special effects production, It is all low-level repetitive labor, advancing on a path already blazed. Such labor, however grand, cannot be called creative work."

When Fang Yi was reminded by a Japanese, his heart was somewhat complicated: "What is the name of the production company in the capital?"

Ryohiro Suzuki couldn't remember.Obviously he really didn't think so.

After a while, Ryoho Suzuki found the answer, and what he said was exactly what Fang Yi thought, "The name of that company is base."

——Fang Yi quickly finished filming the promotional video and flew back to the capital. He called Guo Fan together, and the two went to investigate the base special effects company they had worked with before.

It is said that it is a company, but it is actually more like a production team, like a special construction team in the special effects industry, turning the drawings of designers into reality, and doing the hardest and most tiring dirty work.

After the financial crisis, the Hollywood special effects giant Industrial Light & Magic laid off staff substantially, handing over the rendering work that does not involve key engine development to the other side of the ocean in order to reduce the pressure on its own production costs. While "Avatar" brought a feast of visual effects to movie fans, it also raised the psychological expectations of global audiences for blockbuster visual effects.It takes longer and longer to produce special effects for a blockbuster movie, and the cost is getting higher and higher.

This gave the domestic special effects team a chance.

The production team currently has a total of more than 170 people, responsible for a series of work such as lighting rendering, compositing, and special effects splicing. The special effects market developed, and he came to mainland China to lead an outsourcing team.

While improving the level of domestic special effects, of course he also made a small amount of money—really a small amount of money, and base has not yet made its mark.

"Call me Lao Ke," Lao Ke stretched out his hand to Fang Yi, "The first big project base received in China was "Silver Empire". The box office is not ideal... "The Orphan of Zhao" is the second one. It has not been released yet. I don't know if it will make money... I am very cautious and careful to accept movies from big directors or big stars, hoping to make the company's Business has become a little smoother.”

""Love Letter" surprised me-now I think you are a smart director. Although you rarely use technology, you know how to use technology, Fang."

Old Ke shrugged, touched his unshaven face, licked his tongue, and suddenly got up from the boss chair, "Let's be more direct."

He took Fang Yi and Guo Fan to watch Base's recent big order. "Let me make a sample for you to see our technical strength."

The three of them came to a dedicated screening room together, and Lao Ke continued to introduce, "The screen and sound both use the top equipment on the market, which will definitely give you a different feeling."

Fang Yi: "What movie do you want to show?"

"War in the Pacific, you know."

Guo Fan tugged on Fang Yi's clothes, opened his mouth slightly, and barely made a sound, "Awesome."

"Pacific War" is an annual drama co-produced by HBO, Spielberg and Tom Hanks.Known as the second in "Band of Brothers", top star, top investment, top director.

The total investment of the TV series is 2.25 million US dollars, and the whole drama is expected to last only ten hours. The media dubbed it "a real anti-Japanese drama." "The most expensive and tragic 10 hours in history."

"Crack!"

The picture on the screen began to play, this is a war scene:

On the sea, gunpowder smoke filled the air.Bombers roared through the sky.A dozen tanks on the surface of the water turned up layers of waves.Amidst the hail of bullets, a shell fell, and a tank in front of us "huh" a ball of fire, and in the billowing thick smoke, the fragments of the explosion flew out, as if they were about to pierce the eyes of the audience...

"boom!"

When Fang Yi and Guo Fan couldn't help but step back, the video stopped abruptly.

Lao Ke was triumphant, "Fang, how is it?"

"How long have you been doing this?"

"Two weeks."

Fang Yi and Guo Fan looked up and were shocked by the degree of burning money.

　The author found out that the game "Black Myth Wukong" and the 3D animation of "Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" use the same motion capture technology, so he contacted a classmate in elementary school who was doing the catching actor of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals to confirm, but I haven't contacted for a long time, still No response yet.How embarrassing.

　　
　
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