my movie years

Whether a movie is exciting enough and of high quality is determined by many factors.

But the core part of the movie is actually the story itself.Telling a story well is more important than anything else.

Take the "Transformers" series for example. There have been so many films. Except for the first three films, which still tell a good story, the rest basically rely on Autobots and special effects.

So the movie makes money every year, but it can hardly be called a good movie.

But thinking about it, as long as he can make money, Michael Bay will not make any changes. After all, this is his pension insurance.

And movies like "Inception" and "Interstellar" can not only attract people with their excellent pictures, but also impress people with their wonderful stories.

This is the great thing about Zhang Hao. He has managed to combine technology with stories, business with art.

This is why he has so many fans online, and he even exaggerates too much and arouses resentment from some people. He is in the same situation as Jay Chou.

In fact, the two of them are quite similar, one is a musical genius and the other is a film genius.

However, in terms of influence, movies are still higher than music. After all, Zhang Hao has made himself and his movies known to people all over the world.

And Jay Chou is still far behind in this regard.

This has nothing to do with personal ability, but from the perspective of artistic communication. Movies that pay more attention to the audio-visual experience are ultimately much better than music that can only be experienced aurally.

If you look at it now, you will know that the Chinese music industry is already at a stage where the gods are withering and rookies are pecking each other. Basically, what everyone listens to are old songs from more than ten years ago, or even two or three decades ago.

New songs generally only become popular for less than three months before being eliminated.

As for the Chinese film industry, although the level of comparison is almost the same, there are always a few people who are competing at the top and even going abroad.

As for a more advanced cultural output than movies, it may be the game industry that is disliked by parents and considered to be a waste of time.

While making "Country Teacher" in the later stages, Zhang Hao also went to the Game Science Studio in Hangzhou to see the progress of "Black Myth: Wukong" he invested in.

In the game science office, Zhang Hao played the level "Black Wind Mountain" used for game display.To be honest, reaching this level was completely beyond Zhang Hao's expectations.

He originally thought it was just an ordinary 3A action stand-alone game, but he didn't expect that the game's art quality, music, and storyline were all very attractive.

If there is any minor problem, it is that the game has some problems with actions, such as character movement and blow feedback.

But the problem is not big. It is still in the early and middle stages of development and can be solved.

"When do you expect this game to be completed?" Zhang Hao asked Mr. Ka, the CEO of Game Science.

Mr. Ka thought about it and replied: "It is expected to be released in the summer of 2024."

"It seems that you have a complete production cycle, so I, the investor, can relax." Zhang Hao said with a smile.

Yang Qi, the main artist on the side, said gratefully: "We would also like to thank Director Zhang for his support. From the beginning of the project to the replacement of the engine, we followed your suggestions and scanned a large number of digital assets across the country, which became our precious wealth."

“Yes,” Mr. Ka agreed, “Now we also have our own motion capture performance studio and professional motion capture actors.

It is also very pleasant to cooperate with special effects studios such as Tiangong Yicai and Yuegong. Together, we have developed many new technologies and applied them to games. "

The technologies Mr. Ka mentioned are derived from the new systems currently under development.

Using this new system, Zhang Hao and his team have completed the huge special effects production of "Country Teacher", and it is now also used in the production of games.

In fact, many times, game production and special effects production have something in common, and many technologies are common.

This system, which Zhang Hao named the Origin System, not only has the latest and best rendering system, digital imaging technology, but also the latest AI module.

The application of AI technology in game production is even more powerful, allowing game science that originally encountered many development problems to solve them.

After Zhang Hao listened to the information about the game introduced by Mr. Ka and Yang Qi, and then tried the game himself, he felt quite reassured about the quality of the game.

"In my opinion, the announcement can start now." Zhang Hao said: "On 820 this year, let's release the first live video!"

"We also mean the same thing. At present, the team still needs to recruit more people, and it just needs to build a reputation." Mr. Ka and Zhang Hao coincided with each other.

After talking about these things, Zhang Hao, led by the card manager, visited their studio and met with the developers.Zhang Hao also promised that when his new movie is released, he will invite everyone to watch it.

"Is it an IMAX theater?" an engineer asked.

Zhang Hao nodded and said: "Of course, just go to IMAX, I'll cover it all."

"Popcorn and Coke also included?"

“All inclusive, you can eat as much as you want.”

"Great!" cheers came from the office.

Mr. Ka clapped his hands and said: "Director Zhang is so generous, but you can't fish for fish, you all have to work hard."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ka, this is for sure."

"That's right, just wait for us to produce results!"

On the way to the animal capture shed, Zhang Hao also chatted with Mr. Ka: “We are really lucky to be able to gather this group of people, who have dreams, technology and strength.

Maybe we will never have this opportunity to gather such an excellent team again, and we must seize this opportunity. "

Mr. Ka agreed: "Of course, we will not disappoint everyone's expectations."

The boss of the production team that developed "Sword and Sword 7" once said that even if all the talents in the capital were gathered together, there would not be enough for a 3A development team.

It can be seen that Game Science’s development team of more than 150 people is already the most elite group of people in the Chinese gaming industry today.

Many of these people were talents poached by the director of Moon Palace Studio using his connections in North America.

After all, he had worked in Industrial Light and Magic before, and the special effects industry and the game industry are relatively close and familiar with both.

"Has Mi Mi done motion capture before?" Zhang Hao asked again after watching the motion capture process.

"It's done. She plays the role of a beautiful snake. She has a weird charm. Let me show you the effect." After saying that, Mr. Ka played a powerful motion capture clip for Zhang Hao.

"Looking at it, the head is quite beautiful, but a little weird." Zhang Hao said.

"Indeed, this time because of your call, Director Zhang, we have many celebrities joining the motion capture cast, especially the spider spirits. I believe all male players like them very much." Mr. Ka said with a smile.

Letting Da Mi Mi become a motion capture actor was just Zhang Hao's whim suggestion. Unexpectedly, Da Mi Mi was very interested.

No, I've been here before, playing a beautiful snake who doesn't have many roles.

With the call for greater power, many second- and third-tier stars have come to participate in motion capture performances, which saves game science a lot of trouble.

The most important thing is to solve a difficult problem, that is, the problem of facial capture.

You know, because of this type of game, it is too difficult to express the facial changes through technology with the classical oriental appearance.

In this regard, there is a big gap between game science and overseas game companies.

In order to take advantage of the situation, many domestic game companies usually adopt a face shape with few facial expressions, commonly known as Internet celebrity face.

But the biggest problem with doing this is that when the plot is performed, the face of the paralyzed Internet celebrity is not vivid and natural enough.

It is easy to solve. One is to manually polish the collected data, but the disadvantage is that it is more time-consuming.

The other is to hire professional motion capture actors to achieve vivid facial feedback.But the disadvantage is that there are not that many professional motion capture actors, and big-name actors with good acting skills rarely do this.

But the great power has made this possible, which means that it is no longer impossible for professional actors to participate in this matter.

Many well-known foreign actors have participated in motion capture performances in games, such as Kevin Spacey in "Call of Duty 11" and Keanu Reeves in "Cyberpunk 2077".

After visiting Game Science, Zhang Hao continued to work on "Country Teacher", getting closer to the release date of the movie. (End of chapter)