Subsequently, the first draft of the script of "Seventeen Again" was handed over to Zongju for review, and the film is about to start filming.
Before all domestic films are shot, the script must be submitted for review. Only after passing the approval can the machine be turned on, otherwise it will be regarded as not authorized. A certain degree of re-creation is allowed during the filming process, but in principle it cannot be too much.
When the film is completed, regardless of whether there are any new creations, it must be submitted for review again. This is double insurance and double patching.
If you fail to pass any link, you will not be able to obtain the Long Label, and the film will become a black market film, an underground film; and the director will also become an unrecognized underground director, and his future will be limited.
This double insurance rule originated from Fang Yi's senior brother Zhang Mazi, and the movie "The Devils Are Coming" was the trigger.
At that time, there was no need to submit a script first, so Jiang Wen made a banned film under Shang Feng's nose. After it failed to pass the review, he went to Cannes to engage in guerrilla warfare, essentially announcing his film to the world.
Never forget the man who dug the well. From now on, every director who makes a movie will "thank" Zhang Mazi for his great virtue.
Directors also have different creative styles, take Guoshi and Jiang Wen as examples.
The former wrote eight or nine minutes of the script and basically followed the predetermined plan, so he could operate on multiple lines. Before shooting, the real movie had already been played out in his mind.
The latter claims to have written four to five minutes of the script before starting filming. Whether the remaining half will be successful depends on the sky, and it will be difficult to make one.
Fang Yi is somewhere in between.
"Seventeen Again" will use a lot of special effects shots. The original storyline may not be possible with existing technology, so he didn't dare to write the script too hard.
On the first weekend of January, Fang Yi, who had just come out of the hospital, went straight to the base company.
After chatting with Lao Ke, people from Base used a machine to scan Fang Yi's face and build a three-dimensional model. Soon, his entire face from the neck up appeared on the computer.
Then, he started to make expressions and follow the instructions.
"Take the emotion of laughter as an example. We divide your laughter into thirteen levels, and then..."
Fang Yi couldn't help but interrupt Lao Ke, "Thirteen levels?"
"Yes."
"How can I do it? How can you tell the difference?"
"You don't need to do so much here, Fang, you just need to laugh, laugh, smile... We will simulate the other links, and the video information you currently provide is very comprehensive and can also be used as our database.
It will make our simulations more accurate."
"But, I discovered an interesting thing," Lao Ke said. "Your smile now is a little different from last year. Do you want to take a look?"
He said, "We are now using a machine to analyze a similar expression you made, rather than judging it with the naked eye... because the muscle movements captured by the machine cannot deceive people."
There are three videos in total, including Fang Yi’s early short films in Yangma, his close-up interview as a guest on the program "A Date with Lu Yu", and finally his appearance at Tissot's "ALS Charity Event" a few days ago.
HD video.
All these videos were cut out and converted into rougher three-dimensional portraits. After removing the redundant images around them, only three identical lips were left in the picture, making smiles at the same time.
Lao Ke asked, "Can you see anything?"
Fang Yi hesitated and said, "There seems to be a change, but it's not obvious."
The lips were eventually simplified into two upper and lower arc segments, and the playback speed was adjusted to one-third of the normal speed.
The first and second ones are very similar, but the second one is more lively. Fang Yi now imitated that line and found that his smile was slightly tilted to the left - this movement is indeed more lively.
In the third video, the lower line wraps the upper edge, which is a slightly contemptuous or complacent smile.
"Above Heaven"
However, what does this prove?
Fang Yi frowned and looked at Lao Ke.
Lao Ke thought that Fang Yi was overwhelmed by his series of skills. He proudly said,
"In order to reduce bias, I tried my best to use footage from your real interviews, which represent your real-life reactions; rather than taken from your movies or TV series - in fact, in those footage, this trend is more obvious. I think your Acting comes from your life... It's impossible for life to come from acting."
"Haha." When he said this, he felt that it was ridiculous and couldn't help but laugh a few times.
"So I think you must have changed in the past year, your acting skills have changed, and your subtle movements have also changed. It's really strange."
Fang Yi didn't believe what Lao Ke said: "When I was eighteen or nineteen, my smile was certainly different from when I was twenty."
Lao Ke nodded, "Yes, Fang, it's possible for you to say so. I hope you won't be angry. This is an interesting by-product of our sampling discovery. I just found it interesting, so I showed it to you."
"Does this really mean anything?"
"The average person, regardless of whether they are fat or thin, old or young, will not become that fast within a year. To be honest, if you are not very rich and very healthy... I would suggest you see a psychiatrist. But I think it is a good thing. Because you smile more and more. If you really change, this is also a good change."
Fang Yi doesn't want to go to the hospital.
Liu Tianxian was recently ordered by her mother to undergo regular check-ups after she suffered a serious injury to her neck. Fang Yi went there twice and disliked the smell of disinfectant.
"Since it's a good change, don't worry about it."
——In the afternoon, the special makeup team from the China Film Base also went to the base to do special makeup on Fang Yi.
Currently, in film and television shootings, there are two ways to get older. One is the same as making braces, which is to make a set of facial masks for the face. When filming the middle-aged person, put the mask on and take it off at ordinary times.
This thing looks fake on its own, but combined with the pre- and post-processing, it becomes difficult for the audience to tell.
The disadvantage is that the expression is not delicate because there is a layer of skin.
Fang Yi is now using another method, uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com to apply special makeup directly on his face. It also requires pre- and post-processing, making it difficult for the audience to see.
This was the case in the Hollywood movie "The Man in Disguise" six years ago. Actor Jim Carrey is known for his rich expressions. In order not to miss his exquisite facial movements, the makeup artist even used green paint to make up.
The disadvantage is that it is expensive and actors have to spend a long time putting on makeup, which is also a psychological burden on the actors themselves.
Base also recorded various expressions of his special makeup, and the work continued until late at night.
When Fang Yi took off his makeup and came back, Lao Ke's computer was already displaying two faces from different periods. After inputting the corresponding emotion codes, the two faces would match the corresponding expressions.
Some of the expressions, such as crying in the storm, have never been performed by Fang Yi before.
Fang Yi: "He can act by himself?"
Lao Ke said proudly, "Yes, technology changes life. Everything in the world is a combination of 0 and 1. The destination of philosophy is mathematics. Now let him ogle people..."
"Oh, it seems like teasing. Can it be more intense? Let me try."
"More...oh, wait."
Lao Ke was in a hurry.
The expressions on the faces on the screen were extremely exaggerated, and gradually there was a sense of discomfort caused by the "uncanny valley". Lao Ke, who had previously boasted, licked his lips, "After all, this is the first generation of technology, and we still need to improve it."
Fang Yi smiled and said: "It seems that it still doesn't work."
"No! Fang, you can't say that my skills are not good."
While they were preparing for the movie, Sister Zhen also followed Fang Yi's instructions and sent a very formal email to Liu Mi's agent. It was as light as a letter smelling of ink, lying on Liu Mi's computer.
On the screen, she thought she was dreaming, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it.