Hollywood Domination Chapter 173: Who is the hero?

"This is our existing studio." Cameron enthusiastically showed Jenny this small studio, pointing to the cameras above the studio, "the absolute number is not too many now, so just Can cover this space."

He pointed to an open space, which is really not big, only 3 or 4 square meters. On the edge of the open space, many wearable devices are stacked in a large basket, "but the performances here can already realize virtual and The combination of reality - Glenn, show us a demonstration?"

His close partner, Glenn, who is also the technical support director of "Avatar", put on a motion capture suit and a special helmet covered with rubber tentacles. He fixed his face camera like a fixed microphone, and pasted dots for expression capture on his face. He smiled kindly at Jenny and Leonardo, made a grimacing expression, and almost Immediately, Glenn made a grimacing movement appeared on the computer screen on one side, and then a Pandora star face on the same screen also made a grimacing movement. Although it was only a prototype, it could be seen that this Emotes are 'created' based on Glenn's emotes.

"Prior to this, we have been puzzled by the facial expression of real CG, which is of course a major difficulty," Cameron said quickly, "Pure CG is a disastrous idea, if you don't pay attention, you will fall Entering the Uncanny Valley, have you watched the "Final Fantasy" made by the Japanese last year? Facts have proved that there is no human participation and 'attraction'—”

He made a gesture, "Movies with humans as the protagonists will always lack soul, which is why I want to call this project Avatar, just like the basic concept of the movie, actually filming The process is also the process of infusing our will into these digital models. Funny, you are it, but you are not it - I wonder if the Indian gods think of their avatars in this way."

Jenny softly explained to the somewhat confused Leonardo, "In fact, Avatar is a Hindu term. In India, the three main gods have many well-known avatars, such as Vishnu and Krishna. In fact, This allusion is quite related to the background story of the movie script. The technological difference between human beings and Pandora stars is almost as huge as the difference between gods and humans in Hinduism. The main **** enters the world in the form of Black Sky, just like the male protagonist enters Pandora in the form of Pandora stars. Planets, of course, their purpose is not the same."

"It seems that someone has done their homework beforehand." Cameron glanced at Jenny appreciatively, if he was a bit doting and strict with Leonardo - when Leo appeared in the studio with a cheeky face today, Cameron mocked him well, so for Jenny, a potential investor, Cameron's attitude is not condescending, but more of equal appreciation and favor. "And someone came here with a completely empty head."

Leonardo didn't think it was disobedient, he pointed to the computer screen, "Is this a real-time effect?"

In reality, Glenn has already walked into the open space of the studio, but in the computer, a Pandora star walks into a jungle, looking around with the same range of motion as Glenn, Glenn wearing Cameron's rubber helmet became Pandora's hair in the computer, and his pointed ears were also reflected. Cameron nodded proudly, "Glenn, make an angry face."

Glenn bared his teeth and growled, and the Pandora star also bared his teeth, but the movements were a bit stiff, Cameron explained, "This is the preliminary effect, and further calculations and simulations will be carried out in the later stage. The current effect Just to meet the needs of on-site guidance."

He manipulated it skillfully through the interactive interface on the computer, and saw that as soon as the camera on the computer changed, it had turned to a depression angle, and Glenn's movements became more vivid, and the breathing in Pandora's chest rose and fell. Almost all in sync with Glenn. Cameron pointed to the rendering, "The high-definition cameras surrounding Glenn will transmit data back to the host computer. According to the program settings, Glenn's model will become more and more realistic as the details of the data become more and more full. In the end, what you see will be a real avatar."

He clicked on a finished video, which showed Glenn running into the jungle and running away. Leonardo unconsciously bent down to get closer to the screen, and he watched back and forth. Looking at Glenn himself and the video, "Yes, the details of the expression are very full, leaving strong traces of Glenn... It's like Glenn reappeared in front of the camera after plastic surgery, and then the real person completed the performance."

"That's true." Cameron's tone also cheered up. He was about to continue explaining, but a staff member suddenly walked over.

"Christopher Hanks is at the door." She said with flushed cheeks, obviously excited by the news. "He said he made a date with you."

Jenny stood still immediately, and took her mind back from these fantasy details. She turned her head to look at Leonardo, and expressed her innocence and surprise by shrugging her shoulders and spreading her hands. Leo replied The movement of the flat mouth - obviously, he also knew nothing about Christopher's sudden visit.

"Christopher also has a certain interest in "Avatar." Cameron didn't understand the subtle change in the atmosphere at all, but looked at Leo, as if putting pressure on him, "So I think, since you all It’s a friend—oh, by the way, Jennifer, you and him play really well together—and I’m about to give you a tour guide, so it’s better to save time with everyone.”

Jenny smiled, "Of course, James, why not?"

She glanced at Leo: Judging from James' tone, he should actually want Leo to play the role, otherwise he wouldn't deliberately stimulate Leo's emotions again and again, and he might even deliberately set the time for Christopher's visit. After making an appointment with the two of them, it was to catch Li Ao off guard and reduce his arrogance.

Actually, this is also a method that producers often use to "pursue" actors-to deceive you into auditioning with sweet words, so that your confidence is extremely inflated before the audition, and you even think that the role is yours, and then wait. When you arrive at the audition and find out that there are actually many other actors of your caliber - also tricked by sweet words - auditioning with you, of course your confidence will take a hit and you may even feel like you can get the role It's already a success, and I don't have the money to negotiate about the performance fee and other conditions.

An excellent cast is like a popular girl. The boy from the producer is willing to use any bad tricks to get her. A good trick to win the price. Of course, with Jenny and Leo's current positions, as well as Cesare's shrewdness, strong desire to control the artists under his banner, and excellent control, it should have been a long time since no one bullied Leo like this, but since doing so If the person in charge is Cameron, then Leo can only accept the fact that although Leonardo had already made his mark before "Titanic", without the sinking ship, he would not have been able to make his debut in a few years. On the a-list, and sit firmly until today. This kind of gracious relationship, coupled with Cameron's own status, caused him to have no temper at all in front of Cameron. Even if Cameron held a "double king meeting" on the spot, he could only She smiled awkwardly, imitating Jenny's tone childishly, "Yeah, James, why not."

"James." Chris walked into the studio with brisk steps, "Long time no see."

"Chris." James shook hands with him with a smile, and it was obvious that he also admired Christopher.

He shook hands with Leo, "Leo."

"Chris." The tone of both of them was a bit salty.

"Jen." Chris hugged Jenny warmly, and his tone was much more lively than when he called and lost his temper before.

"Chris." Jenny responded with some hesitation. She glanced at Chris suspiciously, but Chris ignored her eyes.

"Is this where the miracle happens? Show me!" He looked around curiously, his emotions were almost hypocritical, as excited as a little boy eating popping candy, "—I've already Some can't wait."

Although she was a little worried about Chris's intentions, Jenny quickly focused on James' commentary, and the two male stars also showed their professionalism, and did not perform in front of world famous directors to be jealous Instead, they listened intently to the technical details revealed by James himself—these things were highly confidential during the film preparation stage, and after they left the studio, they had no other channels to learn about the latest technologies in the industry developed.

"Then this is where the technology is most advanced." After spending a little time catching up with the progress, Christopher quickly showed his strengths - professional, clear and quick thinking ability, he held his chin Looking at the display screen, "In the past, in green screen shooting, the director could only judge whether the actor's performance was qualified by imagination, but now we have this virtual camera, everything becomes more intuitive."

"Yeah." Cameron, who is easy to please in some ways, said cheerfully, "You know motion capture usually has a hard time attracting good actors because -- let's be honest, a lot of the time they're just Provide performance materials, you will not even ng their performances, and many people think that they cannot be regarded as actors, but only as working members of the special effects team. I think if Andy Serkis has a second choice, he may not be Gollum, but the technology changes everything, and now Glenn is really playing the role, without him the model would be dull—he really gave it soul and personality that couldn’t be replaced.”

Christopher touched his chin, he seemed genuinely impressed, "Can we give it a try? I mean, what would we see on the computer screen if I walked in there."

"It won't be such a clear image." Cameron's tone is still full of confidence, but Jenny seems to have caught a trace of his guilt: this should be the weakness that restricts this technology, "We need to put you in a cage first ——Did you see there?"

There is a large woven cage in the corner of the studio, and cameras are scattered throughout the cage nodes. The team members walked up to it, "You have to stay in the cage for a while, and then the photo data will be transferred to the computer, according to Your facial data features, the artist makes a model of your face, and then we go back to the camera area, and you can get the performance effect of Glenn.”

"How many days does the whole production process take?" Christopher asked, "It should cost a lot."

"It takes about 4 or 5 working days." Cameron replied, "It costs a lot. In fact, most of the production budget for this film is spent on special effects-of course."

"So, if we want to see the results of our performance before making a decision, the cost should be more expensive?" Leonardo also played a reasoning game with Chris, "This should be The movie with the smallest auditions ever, right? Considering the auditions are so expensive?"

"Maybe this is also the movie with the lowest demand for actors' looks in history." James replied a little coldly, "Considering that it is still the animated image that will finally appear on the big screen."

"Yeah—but you always need box office appeal, don't you?" Christopher sings.

And Li Ao also let out a knowing laugh, and he murmured, "Yeah, after all, everyone needs box office appeal."

"I know what you're doing," said James, amused rather than further irritated, "well, if this is all that important to you, I can make a model—but you also have to commit to Permission to use these models for cameos in movies."

The budget is very precious, especially now that Universal has not given the green light, James will be so budget-conscious, which is the embodiment of him as a high-quality director. And the two male actors looked at each other, and they both readily made a promise, "If it's just a cameo appearance, of course it's fine."

Leonardo turned to Jenny with some faint dissatisfaction, "What about you, Jennifer?"

Jenny smiled at him gratefully: In the actor-producer game just now, she didn't say anything, she was just taking advantage of it, and Leo would take the initiative to ask this question, which is quite loyal and gentlemanly . However, the friendship between the two is obviously not so deep that Leo can cover her without complaint.

"I'd be fine with a cameo, of course," she says honestly, "I'd actually like to see how much my performance would be reflected in an avatar, too."

This is the truth. It can be said that her participation in the film is purely for her big dream. Jenny also wants to find out whether the effect of this film is the same for everyone.

"Then we can start now." Cameron said impatiently, and turned around to greet, "Robo, let's activate the camera ball——"

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Put on a special photoshoot T-shirt, remove makeup——by the time Jenny finished the photoshoot process, reapplied makeup and walked out of the lounge, James had already gone to a meeting, and Leonardo had already finished his photoshoot, and even Lian Xingzhi's random parade was over, and he drove away from the studio first. Christopher was still pestering Glenn asking questions, until he saw Jenny, he left Glenn and trotted over. "Hey."

Jenny crossed her arms with a half-smile, "Hey?"

Christopher spread his hands, "Your place or mine?"

Well, it looks like this conversation is inevitable. Jenny sighed and gestured, "——just lead the way, dear Chris, just lead the way."