my time as a director

"Can the expressions of four different people look good together?" Teacher You Bencang was a little curious, asking non-stop like a child.

Li Qian explained, "Therefore, after constant reorganization, it is not a certain expression, but a certain subtle muscle change. After tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even more reorganizations, a human face is formed. .”

"This is amazing. This is the power of technology. We didn't have this at that time." Teacher You Bencang sighed in surprise.

"However, how can Director Li be sure that we will definitely be willing to participate in the performance? It seems that you have started collecting materials very early?" Chen Daoming asked.

""Rejuvenation" is not only a romance film, but also an epic since the founding of the Republic, an epic of a powerful country standing proudly on top of the world. I think this kind of movie will not disappoint the two teachers and Brother Hanyu."

Li Qian said confidently, "Furthermore, among the male actors in the 60s and [-]s, the three are also the most suitable. Teacher You Bencang, your heartfelt hearty smile, and Teacher Chen Daoming, your wisdom and style are all must-haves for male protagonists in movies. characteristics."

You Bencang smiled even more happily, and did not forget to correct him, "I was born in the 30s."

Li Qian hurriedly said, "But why don't you say it, people who often laugh look young."

"What about me, there is a big difference between me and Chen Kun." Zhang Hanyu interjected and asked him, co-authoring to miss him.

"In terms of tough guys, who else is Brother Hanyu?" Li Qian said with a smile.

The filming plan had been determined long ago. The five, six, and seven age groups, Li Qian also decided on You Bencang, Chen Daoming and Zhang Hanyu after careful consideration.

Sincerity, kindness, cheerfulness, wisdom, masculinity, and hesitation are all the qualities needed for a character in a movie.

Although there is such a saying, acting on the big screen depends entirely on a pair of eyes.

However, it is not enough to rely on the eyes alone. A little bit of subtle muscle changes on the face is another key point in the composition of expressions.

Thousands of expressions, countless muscle changes, composed of tens of thousands, even tens of thousands of celestial models, and this face has to look like Chen Kun, after all, it is an old Chen Kun.

20 years old and 70 years old, although the appearance is definitely different, but 99 years old, there will always be some similarities.

Not only the face, but also the limbs. Of course, the limbs of the four actors are not used to reorganize. The size and length are different. The amplitude, strength, and angle of the limb movements are collected, and then modeled to make countless models. Make scan adjustments.

Expressions, eyes, body, and language are the basic elements that constitute a person's behavior.

Do the same thing, what kind of expression matches what kind of language, eyes and body, different actors have the same expression, other eyes and so on will be different.

All elements must be coordinated, and if a real person is presented, there should be no awkwardness in the slightest.

I have made a lot of character models before, with live smiles, or sadness, or pain. After Chen Kun was confirmed as the actor, he was given a week to familiarize himself with the script, and then he was pulled to the special effects company, and began to collect facial expressions and eyes. processed into the model.

There are already finished products coming out, and seeing those old cg men who look like Chen Kun, but don't look like Chen Kun at all, nor like You Bencang, Chen Daoming, Zhang Hanyu themselves, they are full of praise.

"Unexpectedly, the domestic special effects are already so powerful."

"Actually, the difficulty of facial expression capture technology does not lie in the technology, but in the heavy workload. In Hollywood, the lack of enough animation engineers is too tiring and complicated. However, the animation engineers in Huaguo are more dedicated than Hollywood. Too much." Rob explained on the sidelines.

This kind of busy, tiring, numerous, complicated, and detailed work does not necessarily cost a lot of money, and those skilled animation engineers in Hollywood may not be willing to do it.

Although the Hollywood special effects industry is in crisis and many people are unemployed, the global film industry is developing, and it is impossible to lack special effects. It is impossible for those who are truly skilled to lose their jobs. Only low-level special effects artists will have this concern.

It's so troublesome, and the money is not much, so no one will do it, but it's different in China, especially animation engineers, there are quite a few in China, and the Chinese people have never lacked hard work.

Of course, the premise is that the salary is in place.

The whole movie will use 500 special effects personnel, regardless of the number of people, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will have 2000, but these 500 people will not do other special effects for various big scenes. There are no such in the movie, only expression capture.

Then, Li Qian asked the three of them to familiarize themselves with the data collection work in the current special effects company. After all, what was collected before was only the data from their previous works, and it still needs to be collected by real people.

As for Chen Kun, he took the time to ponder the script and the characters. Li Qian also explained what should be told to him. In fact, as an actor with his experience, it is not difficult to analyze a character.

Li Qian was also preparing for the upcoming filming, and spent ten days visiting live-action filming locations across the country.

Including the two major battlefields of Changjin Lake and Songgufeng, they are also the two most intense positions on the Beibai battlefield.

In this regard, the Northeast Military Region provided a certain amount of cooperation, and all the equipment of that era was provided by the army.

as for money

Just kidding, the army is still short of equipment, and a test launch of a Dongfeng missile will cost hundreds of millions.

What's more, the Soviet-style equipment of that era has long been outdated, and it is not necessary to sell it to Ah San's family. They only need American equipment, and at most they sell it to Africa.

Selling to Africa, it is better to support Li Qian.

When the script was submitted for review, all departments including the military agreed, and even Optoelectronics vaguely reminded that if possible, there should be more war scenes.

What Han Sanping said should not affect the peace between China and the United States, and should not vilify the U.S. military, no one mentioned it at all.

Even the battlefield was specially photographed by a division of the Northeast Military Region to direct and arrange the staff.

In addition, for the relatively big movement, Li Xuejian's speech on the Gobi Desert, as long as people are enough, there is no problem.

In 97, Xiangjiang returned to raise the national flag. This can be filmed directly. Unlike the Bird’s Nest Olympics, there is no way to re-shoot. We can only shoot a part around the protagonist and complete it by switching the lens.

Everything is being prepared in an intense and orderly manner, and Li Qian has also confirmed the rest of the actors.

In fact, except for the hero and heroine, no one else is important.

The one with more roles is the daughter of the hero and heroine. The smooth growth of this daughter is the result of the hero giving up his life with his lover in exchange for his departure.

Therefore, this daughter must be as perfect as possible in order to meet the hero's sacrifice and expectations.

That is the common standard of oriental people. An actress like Zhang Ziyi is not good enough to be close to perfection. Neither is Liu Yufei, nor is Fan Binbin.

After much deliberation, Li Qian still chose Gao Yuanyuan, the actress in the circle, who most conforms to the general aesthetics in China, and there is no other suitable one besides her.

Even if it's not perfect, it's at least eighty or ninety percent.

The elderly heroine is Teacher Qin Yi. She looks very kind on the outside, but she has experienced hardships and hardships.

In order to make the character fit Tong Liya, expression capture technology must be used, at least the eyes and demeanor must have some resemblance.

Working in a nursing home, the mother who adopted the leading actor needs to be gentle and kind, and take care of so many people at the same time. She must also be smart and capable. Liu Mingtao, who is also the eldest sister in "The Pretender", was recruited.

She is the same age as Chen Kun, both in 76, but unlike most actresses, her appearance is what she should have in 76.

The military actors needed for the two major battlefields of Changjin Lake and Songgu Peak are easy to find. Duan Yihong plays the leading actor's company commander.

Li Xuejian in the Gobi Desert.

Erma is still playing Erma's true colors, just find two young actors with similar reminders.

In the crew of "Journey to the West", Mr. Six is ​​willing to act in his true colors. Monkey King is better, after all, he has a pretense on his face.

Tang Seng and the others, as they get older, still need to use expression capture technology to restore the four masters and apprentices when they were young.

In the scene where the protagonist participated, Li Qian chose Daughter Country, and Mr. Zhu Lin played the role of the king of Daughter Country again.