Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 361 Catching up with the others from five years ago

[China Film Group and Sugon Supercomputing team up to create the most powerful special effects! ]

[Supercomputers help with movie special effects, and top-notch visual blockbusters will be born! ]

[China Film Digital Film Project will be officially launched at the end of the year! ]

【The perfect combination of art and technology! 】

The day after the press conference, various media outlets reported on the event extensively.

When supercomputing and movies are combined, many people feel dizzy.

Is there any necessary connection between this?

Is making movies so awesome?
Isn’t supercomputing the most advanced technology?
How awesome would a movie made with this kind of high technology be!

My blood is boiling after reading what was said in the newspaper. I really want to see what the movie is like at the end!
However, some people think that using supercomputers to make movies is a bit of an overreaction?
Wouldn’t it be better to use it to support major scientific research fields?

But those who know the matter know that this is not an exaggeration.

If a movie is well made, it can create a lot of profits and boost the economy even more.

Especially since the report said that a series of 3D animations will be created, how many peripheral products will there be by then?

Small commodity merchants near Jiangsu and Zhejiang have begun to inquire about the subsequent animated character images of China Film.

The fairy tale is there, but the characters are not there.

We want to check out the market potential for China Film Group in advance!
However, the blueprints are definitely not available, so manufacturers have to design them themselves and then pretend that they are authentic.

This is a good thing as it helps to develop the market.

Compared with discussions outside the circle, people inside the circle discuss more.

Many related practitioners don’t understand the relationship between supercomputing and special effects at all.

But one thing you know is that supercomputing is super expensive!

When each film studio only had a few computers, you had a supercomputer?
This, this, this. This is simply too bullying!

Many people in the film studio feel that their own film studio and China Film Group are from completely different eras.

They use all kinds of technology to assist, but we just carry a camera and start working.

It’s like you are hunting with a stick, while the opponent is holding a Gatling gun and shooting wildly.

Powerless, inferior, envious, and want a hug!

Chen Shiping’s phone was flooded with calls from people curious about the situation.

But there was no time to explain everything step by step, so Chen Shiping directly invited them to visit.

It’s better to see it in person than to explain it to others.

The key point is that he is not an expert on this stuff, and his explanation would not be as clear as that of an expert.

The best way is to let professionals do professional things.

Besides, Chen Shiping now has to meet those people who were poached from the Shangmei factory.

It has been several days now, and they are familiar with the situation in the factory, so they need him to go and meet them.

Beijing Children's Film Studio.

In the production workshop, dozens of employees who had jumped ship from the Shangmei factory were sitting there and whispering.

“Why do they want to do 3D right after we got here? What should we do?”

"3D is all done by computers, and we don't understand it."

"Could he have been tricked into coming here to be killed?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Director Dou said there is a lot of work for us to do."

"Wait until Chen Shiping comes over and ask him."

"You should call him Mr. Chen now. He is our leader now."

“I’m used to it.”

At this time, Chen Shiping and Director Dou and several others walked into the workshop.

"Hello everyone, I am very glad that you can join China Film Group. On behalf of the group, I welcome you all!"

As soon as Chen Shiping entered, he greeted everyone loudly and shook hands with everyone very cordially.

Be respectful to the wise and humble to the humble!
After everyone shook hands, Chen Shiping officially said: "Everyone has seen the big news of the group in the past two days, and I believe everyone has a lot of questions to ask.

Let me explain here that the group’s future animation plan will not only focus on the development of 3D animation, but D animation is also a very important link.

In this regard, we still need everyone's help to create animated films with Chinese characteristics."

Chen Shiping said a lot of things, mainly to reassure people.

Otherwise everyone would think he was tricked into coming in and killed.

Besides, how can we just cut out two-dimensional animation? It is a representative animation with Chinese aesthetics.

If you want to make a name for yourself internationally, you must not lose your own characteristics.

The banner of animation art cannot be lost, and a concept must be instilled in the audience.

When it comes to Chinese animation, it is all about Chinese aesthetics, and it is one of the pinnacle representatives of animation art.

Hollywood animations excel in creativity but lack artistic foundation.

This is the key to Chinese animation’s breakthrough.

How can we lose our own characteristics?

This is the foundation of life!
Chen Shiping sat among a group of people at the Shanghai Animation Studio, chatting with them about animation, ink-and-wash animation, and paper-cut animation.

We also talked about where we should develop in the future.

People who jumped from Shangmei Factory also put forward a lot of suggestions, and Chen Shiping took a notebook and wrote them down one by one.

After chatting for more than two hours, Chen Shiping waved goodbye and left.

After he left, those people couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder he is successful."

"What Mr. Chen said just now is very good. He has really put a lot of effort into animation, focusing on both art and marketing without neglecting either."

"Yes, they are thinking about development and becoming the best in the world, while we are thinking about how to survive. We are totally on different levels."

“I really came to the right place this time, even though I did it for a living at first.

But now I really feel like I’m back to when I first started in the industry ten years ago, wanting to create a classic animation! ”

"work together!"

"work together!"

He could not hear these people's praise for Chen Shiping, but he could see it from the smiles on their faces when they left.

In fact, this is a very simple question. Artists are simple most of the time.

I just want a comfortable creative environment and I’m not so sensitive to politics and workplace struggles.

Chen Shiping can provide this, and also offers very good welfare benefits.

Compared to the profits brought by the success of the movie, the salary they are paid is so little.

At this time, Chen Shiping had already turned a corner and went to the Kung Fu Panda preparatory team next door.

The working group was arguing fiercely at this time, and Chen Shiping heard the noise as soon as he entered.

"How do you do Snake Form? A snake is nothing more than a catapult. This move is really poorly designed."

"The snake shape is for humans, it would be weird to put it on a snake."

"Of course it is. It's really hard to design a pirated product to be authentic."

The reason for the quarrel between the preparation team and the action design team was the character of Qiao Xiaolong.

A snake knows kung fu, but they can't think of too many moves.

What moves can you do without hands and feet?

It's nothing more than a launch pad.

The key is that Chen Shiping requires that it must be distinctive and the movements must look good.

My brain is going bald from thinking so much.

Chen Shiping listened for a while and then walked over and said, "Designing a snake is not only for the kung fu element of the snake-like trick, but also for the convenience of production."

“The more fur an animal has, the more work it takes to render, and if all the people were furry, it would be very expensive.”

"As for action design, the key is rhythm and dexterity, just like that."

Chen Shiping thought for a moment and continued, "The inch punch in Wing Chun is about accumulating power to attack. What's needed is a sense of rhythm. The snake head shoots out, the snake tail hits acupoints, and the snake body wraps around. The key is to use the scene well. As long as the rhythm is well grasped, the sense of kung fu will come out immediately."

Chen Shiping suddenly appeared and said something that made everyone quiet down temporarily. The reason for his words was very realistic. We can't use all the characters with fur, otherwise the funds will continue to burn.

Both the mantis and the snake are for the convenience of post-production.

It can also be combined with Mantis Fist and Snake Fist.

Chen Shiping looked at them and asked, "If you have a problem, think about it. Arguing is useless."

He looked around and asked, "Where's Yuan Heping? Why isn't he here?"

No wonder these martial artists are quarreling since their leader is not here.

"Master Ba went to the special effects studio and should be back later." A martial artist said immediately.

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Okay, then you guys go ahead and design according to the character image. Don't complain. If you encounter problems, just want to change the character. Why did I invite you here?"

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Chen Shiping took a look around and left. The supercomputer has been installed, and you are still complaining about this and that.

If it’s so easy to do, why would I need you?
I don’t know if it’s because he’s been to Hollywood a few times that he starts to show off.

The martial arts moves in The Matrix are actually not that good. It's just too weird when foreigners perform Chinese Kung Fu.

A feeling of stiffness.

The action design of the Kung Fu Panda car was not easy to do, but it was not that difficult.

Just let your imagination run wild. Just because humans can't do something doesn't mean animation can't do it.

These martial artists still have old mindsets and have not changed their thinking.

I'll have to tell Yuan Heping later not to be so rigid.

Times have changed, and martial arts directors must keep up with the development of the times.

Chen Shiping has now mastered the hardware, and he also needs to work on the software.

He took a bus to Peking University to see how the software that Peking University had previously developed was doing.

When filming The Truman Show, Peking University developed its own special effects software.

The opening sequence of The Truman Show was made using self-developed software.

It's just that it wasn't very mature at that time.

Now, a few years later, the software development situation is much better than before.

However, for 3D animation, modeling is only the basis, and post-rendering is the big part.

If the renderer doesn't work, it's all in vain.

If all else fails, you'll have to use a foreign renderer, otherwise the supercomputer will be wasted.

After Chen Shiping arrived at the digital special effects laboratory, he happened to meet Yuan Heping who was about to leave.

"Mr. Chen!" Yuan Heping greeted with a smile, "You're here too."

Chen Shiping nodded and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see how motion capture is done. I'm worried that it will be different from what Hollywood does." Yuan Heping said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shiping immediately pulled Yuan Heping to sit down and said, "After experiencing it, do you think the gap between our motion capture and Hollywood's is huge?"

Yuan Heping hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a difference. Hollywood's motion capture has a better grasp of details. We still have a little gap."

"When you were filming The Matrix, your motion capture system was better than ours now?" Chen Shiping asked with a frown.

Yuan Heping nodded and said helplessly: "It is indeed better."

Chen Shiping was a little sad. He sighed and said, "We are still relatively late in development, but we will definitely catch up in the future!"

"I heard DreamWorks is preparing a 3D animation that can easily capture facial expressions."

Yuan Heping glanced at Chen Shiping and continued, "That means their animated characters will move similarly to normal people."

Chen Shiping took out a cigarette, lit it and said, "I know, it's Shrek the Monsters, right?"

He took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "It's nothing, we can make it with a little effort.

However, the motion capture system is indeed the top priority. If you have nothing to do during this period, come over more often and give your suggestions to the expert group.

There are not many people in China who have used Hollywood motion capture, and you are the one who knows the most about it.”

Yuan Heping nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." After chatting with him for a few words, Chen Shiping put out his cigarette and went to find Director Hu.

Director Hu is leading his team in modeling.

Currently, the panda model is only one-third complete.

A cute panda is easy to deal with, but adding fur becomes a headache.

It would be great to have some original leather, why would we need hair?

The engineers who built the model are almost bald, their hair is all over the panda.

Director Hu knew that Chen Shiping still had a copy of How to Train Your Dragon in his hand, so it would be great if he could take it out.

Those dragons don't have feathers, so it's much easier to make.

Chen Shiping leaned over to take a look and said, "Can such a detailed model be rendered?"

"Of course!" Director Hu said unconvincedly, "We have been doing this for seven years! We don't get paid that much every year for nothing!"

How dare you look down on Peking University?
Chen Shiping said, "Do you have a finished product for me to see?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe it!" Director Hu exited the software, opened a picture and said, "Look, isn't it lifelike?"

Chen Shiping looked at the picture of a kitten with its fur standing on end and couldn't help but nod. The effect was indeed good.

"The picture is fine, but what about the animation? Dynamic rendering is the key. Don't lose hair while walking."

Director Hu snorted and played another one-second video.

"It took two and a half weeks to render and I scrapped a computer to make it."

Director Hu said with some pride: "This effect is no worse than Hollywood's Toy Story!"

Chen Shiping continued to attack: "Toy Story was made five years ago."

Director Hu: “.” I’m so angry!

"Then do you want to watch it?"

"Look, you're just bragging."

"I will endure."

Director Hu clicked on the video, and a kitten in the video instantly stood up, and then it ended.

Chen Shiping's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Put it aside!"

Director Hu then snorted and played the video again.

The furry kitten appeared and disappeared in an instant.

Chen Shiping was a little surprised. The effect was really good.

I feel like I can really catch up with Hollywood.

"Why only one second? Make it longer." Chen Shiping couldn't help but say with regret.

Director Hu said angrily: "A workstation costs hundreds of thousands, just for a few seconds of animation."

Chen Shiping immediately slammed the table and said, "Go to Sugon and try it out with 2,000 Sugon coins. It would be best if you could make a short film to prove our animation production capabilities and whet the audience's appetite."

"We just started working together. I don't have any materials right now. Please wait for me to finish modeling the panda."

"Oh, then you remember the part where you did the panda eating noodles."

"Why do we have to eat noodles? Baozi is simpler!"

"Then eat buns!"

Chen Shiping thought for a moment and asked again, "By the way, we haven't come up with a name for this software yet, right?"

"I've gotten up. My name is Beiguang."

"It sounds so ugly, it's called Longtu!"

"No! Bei Guang!"

"I invested in it, so I have the right to name it!"

"Then you should invest more every year!"

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(End of this chapter)