Xiao Qian attaches great importance to special effects, so Starlight's special effects team is very large, with more than 400 people.
These people are all top students in computer science and art majors from major universities at home and abroad in recent years.
After entering Starlight, after receiving basic training, they were sent to Weta Digital in batches to be driven and tortured by Peter Jackson and others.
It's tiring, and it's really hard, but you can learn a lot.
The two groups of people who came back before and after have already supported the skeleton of the starlight special effects.
After finishing the post-production special effects for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" this time, Starlight Special Effects will form an independent group and become an independent subsidiary like Starlight Film and Television, Starlight Music, Starlight Entertainment, and Starlight Entertainment.
In the future, their business will not only undertake the film and television post-production of the company, but also include the business of the entire film and television industry.
After all, such a large special effects department costs a lot of money, and it is unacceptable to rely solely on group investment without making a profit.
So far, Starlight Group’s investment in starlight special effects has reached a terrifying five billion yuan.
This scale of funding has caught up with the total output value of the domestic film industry.
When this decision was first made, everyone in Xingguang was extremely nervous and entangled, and there were endless objections.
But Xiao Qian was very tough and pushed hard to achieve the scale and strength of Starlight Special Effects today.
Apart from anything else, the equipment currently used for starlight special effects is on the same level as Weta Digital, or even a bit higher.
Except for Starlight Group, no other domestic company is willing to invest such a large amount in special effects.
The person responsible for the post-production of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" this time is Shi Weiguang, the deputy director of Starlight Special Effects.
He studied computer science at MIT and was a postdoctoral fellow. He was recruited by many large companies before graduating.
In the end, I was moved by the sincerity of Starlight Film and Television, and felt that doing movie special effects was a very charming job, so I came here.
He is one of the second batch of professionals who went to Weta Digital for further study. He has a flexible mind, superb skills and is very imaginative.
He participated in the design of the Ringwraiths in "The Lord of the Rings" and was highly praised by Peter Jackson.
Jackson even contacted Xiao Qian and wanted to send Shi Weiguang over, but Xiao Qian refused.
Just kidding, this is the talent he cultivated for Chinese movies. How could it be possible that Hollywood could be cheaper?
Shi Weiguang studied for two years. After returning, he took charge of the on-site work of starlight special effects.
This is a technical geek who likes to do things with his hands and doesn't like to sit in an office. He is very comfortable in the field and never misses his days.
"Look, Mr. Xiao, we have completed the matte painting (scene pick-up), and next we need to light the matte painting. Once the model of the big sculpture is made, we can proceed with CG placement, keying, background replacement, etc."
, the audience will definitely not be able to discover that the giant eagle and the surrounding scenery are composite."
Film special effects and synthesis are the largest.
For almost a special effects team, more than 60% of the people are compositing people.
On the contrary, green cloth shooting is the most basic type of special effects work.
Shi Weiguang no longer did this part of the work himself. He just stood aside with Xiao Qian and watched the young people working.
The green cloth filming was extremely boring and completely incomparable to the scenes presented to the audience.
A tall staff member walked up to the green cloth after wrapping the patch on his body.
One moment he waved his arms, making the action of a giant eagle spreading its wings; another moment it paced back and forth, like a god patrolling; and the next moment it jumped and swooped, imitating the attack of a giant eagle.
After working on it for more than five hours, the actor was really tired and drank ten bottles of water.
After shooting these actions, the next thing to shoot is the giant venomous snake.
This is the scene where Yang Guo first encounters the divine eagle and the poisonous snake fighting.
The big eagle can use people to simulate its movements, but the snake cannot. But the special effects team has already made a lifelike model, which is also put in front of the green screen, flying high and low, just like a toy.
When simulated with people or props, the movement is actually very slow.
The lightning-fast movements that the audience saw in the movie may look like a turtle crawling in front of a green cloth.
For green screen special effects, speed is not the key.
The key is to do all the designed actions well.
As for whether it is fast or slow in the movie, you can just adjust the speed later.
A scene of a fight between a giant eagle and a snake may only take a few minutes to appear in the film. But in the special effects production, it took five days to complete all the green screen settings.
After getting the photographed materials, the art team started adding elements.
The human shape of the patch needs to be perfected through the computer art system, turning it into a real eagle.
The art team first made a large sculpture out of a real thing, photographed it, recorded it into the computer, and then matched the movements of the humanoid patch with the large sculpture.
After completion, the large sculptured model of the dead object becomes a divine object that is full of spirituality.
This process took another ten days, and it was already very fast.
The art team submitted the work to Shi Weiguang, who reviewed it together with Xiao Qian. Any deficiencies pointed out were returned and revised again. After the second revision was completed, it was already early June.
It will be another month later when the scene with the poisonous snake is finished.
Xiao Qian had nothing to do during this time, so she always went to the starlight special effects.
However, in early July, Xiao Qian ushered in two minor public events.
Yoona and Zhien were on summer vacation, and as expected they didn't want to stay for a moment and ran to China.
"Oppa, I want to eat hot pot!"
Classmate Li Zhien is a good girl in front of her mother, but she is very cheerful when she is in front of Xiao Qian. Because she knows that this oppa loves her infinitely and can make requests that she would not normally dare to make.
Compared with her, Yoona is a bit calm.
This is her first time in China. Everything around her is unfamiliar and she is still in the adaptation stage.
"Is this Yoona? She's so beautiful. Do you have a boyfriend?"
Li Qingjue's eyes lit up when he saw Yoon'er. He pulled her to his side and looked at her carefully, feeling vaguely threatened.
"My sister is beautiful, just like a fairy."
Yoona raised her little face and looked at Li Qingjue's stunning face, and she actually fell.
Many people usually compliment her on her beauty, and she also thinks she is very beautiful. But this sister in front of her is really beyond her knowledge.
Even the most beautiful stars on TV can't compare with this sister.
As soon as he met Yoona's eyes that were as bright as starlight, Li Qingjue knew that she was telling the truth, and his heart was filled with excitement, and the last bit of vigilance dissipated.
"What do you want to play Yoona? Sister will take you there."
But Yoona looked at everything in the recording studio and asked: "Sister, do you want to sing?"
Li Qingjue nodded.
Yoona said, "I want to hear my sister sing."
Xiao Qian and Li Qing absolutely looked at each other and were shocked.
This little girl who is only ten years old is too considerate.
Zhien also came over.
"Sister Qingjue, do you want to sing? Will you take us to sing together?"
The last time a group of them sang "Sakura Ending" in Yeouido, Ji-eun couldn't forget it, and unexpectedly, she became interested in music.
“Do you want to sing Zhien?”
Li Qingjue's eyes were darting around, and he was about to do something bad at a glance.
Poor classmate Li Zhien didn't know that he had met a shady sister, so he nodded happily.
"I want to sing, I want to sing."
Xiao Qian had already had a premonition of something and covered her forehead in pain.
Classmate Li Zhien, my condolences!
Yoona looked at Zhien who was cheering and cheering, and then at Xiao Qian who was extremely avoidant, and she vaguely noticed something.
"Oppa, sister Qingjue is going to cause trouble?"
Xiao Qian leaned close to her ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Don't be fooled by your sister Qingjue's face. Her temper is not that of a lady."
There are so many ghosts and ghosts in the little girl from Modu, and he is the biggest victim.
Over there, Li Qingjue had already revealed a devilish smile.
"Come on, Zhien, my sister will teach you."
【This life is crazy because of you】
【This love is unparalleled in the world】
As soon as the two lyrics came out, classmate Li Zhien's eyes began to sparkle.
It sounds so good, as if an angel is singing in my ears.
The lyrics were not difficult and she memorized them instantly.
[This life... is because of you... ahem... crazy...]
【This love...the world...hiccup...】
The poor child, because he couldn't hit the high notes, turned his eyes white and actually burped.
"Sister, you seem to be lying to me."
"No, my sister loves you so much. Come on, let's continue."
Next to her, Yoona's hair stood on end. For some reason, she felt a little afraid of music.
Poor Zhien, I hope you won't die today because of singing.
