Chapter 908 Mask
Except for Natalie Portman, these four actors have conflicts in the world view. After all, no one knows Marvel's next plan. Some of them are not able to transition to other related works, and they will not be able to make scenes, while the other three have their own advantages and disadvantages.
But after Lehman confirmed, Kevin Feige was not very worried. At the end of the last round, he decisively discussed the details of the film contract with Scarlett's agent team.
Because Black Widow doesn't have many roles in appearance and has a long-term contract limit, the salary you can get is just like that, and what you need is additional bonuses. The first "Iron Man 2" is 300,000, Scarlett's team is still very happy.
Just as Pixar Studios' annual animation masterpiece "Flying House" which was newly added to the summer battlefield by Pixar Studios, soared to the sky with a first week of US$68.2 million, Lehman and several senior executives from Colombia came to Cameron's studio.
“This is the studio where we experiment.”
As the owner of this place, Cameron roughly shows that this scale and area are small, and may even be temporarily built. He pointed to the complex camera operation system inside and introduced with some interest: "It seems that only covers a small piece of space now, but the corresponding lens can be taken. In the future, the shooting stage will be more demanding for cameras."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately waved to him. A staff member in his 30s in charge of maintenance was wearing the dynamic capture modeling equipment. "Lloyd, do a few moves and demonstrate a few times."
Cameron said as he looked at Lehman, "You will know how interesting it is."
Lehman looked at the experienced man, known as Lloyd, and with the help of another person, he finally fixed a helmet with rubber contacts on his head, and a microphone-style recording device in front of his face.
Facing several camera positions, dense green dots captured by expressions were pasted according to the angle of the camera.
Everything was ready, Lehman and the senior executives of Colombia came to the director's monitor and stared at the scene that was fed back carefully.
Lloyd blinked a lot, his mouth opened and closed, and the monitor was still his own movements. The processor on the same screen was the face of a Pandora, and he did the same movements and expressions. Although it was just a prototype and was a bit rough after being rendered, it can basically be seen that this is a character blueprint created by Lloyd's face modeling.
"sharp."
"A very delicate expression, even the eyes changed." Everyone was amazed.
Especially Lehman, who has been exposed to these technologies, is working hard in the digital field to PR and catch. Of course, he knows how awesome this system of Vita Digital is.
"Haha. In fact, we were also trapped before, real person CG could not be as flexible as humans. This is the biggest difficulty." Cameron said proudly: "We all know that pure computer synthesis CG audiences do not buy it at all. If you are not careful, you will fall into the uncanny valley and be boycotted by movie fans. The death of "Final Fantasy" has taught our team a great lesson.
This is the truth. Without anyone's participation and enlightenment, there will be a lack of some kind of soul. This is why I named this movie "Avatar". I want to know if the Indian gods view their incarnation this way."—
Avatar is a Hindu ranking (avatar), most commonly believed to be related to the physical manifestations of the gods on the ground.
It is also clear to deconstruct the script from this perspective. The male protagonist is unable to move, so he turns into a Pandora star and walks in the new world.
"Although you can see the shadow of Lloyd's performance from this character, it always feels a little strange?" said a senior Colombia executive. "I heard that Mr. Cameron rejected Leonardo's request for appearance. Why?"
"If possible, I'm willing to increase my budget. Ask a superstar to be more guaranteed to all of us." Lehmann was not vague and agreed with the words, looking very good at speaking.
Cameron frowned, but what he said made sense, "You all guessed it was a budget issue, but in fact, the real money spent on "Avatar" has always been the film itself and the post-production. It's not that it's not good to hire some popular actors, but it's just that it's not cost-effective.
First of all, it is always troublesome to work with big-name stars, and their agency team is difficult to deal with, just like Leo. Even if I am very familiar with him, he is not the carefree, dared to try anything when filming "Titanic". After I talked to him about the role, his first reaction was not the issue of pay, but was that walking around in front of the green screen with equipment is still a performance?
How much room does the character play? Will too little face-to-face scenes damage his image?
Look, he and his team are full of this minds and don’t care about why the movie is filmed like this. His agent also suggested that Leo’s scenes be reduced if he acted, but how could this be possible? I would not agree to this at all.
Secondly, the biggest role of movie stars in a movie should be to increase competition and raise chips, but "Avatar" has little demand for this. I am sure that the biggest reason why it can attract audiences to the theater in the end must be the special effects wonders that are different from any movie. I am very confident in this regard, and you have also seen some of them.
Therefore, performance opportunities are not something that can take up the weight of this work, they are ranked behind many elements."
Cameron pointed to the effect shot, "Anyway, actors only need to be familiar with how to control facial expressions. The high-definition cameras around them will transmit all the data back to the host, and then build a model according to the program settings. As long as the data is constantly refined and the data becomes more and more abundant, the final character image will be a true incarnation and leave traces of people. I think many actors can do it.
Perhaps, this is the movie with the lowest demand for actors' appearance and figure in history? If this technology is available, Schwarzenegger would not have to finish the show every day and would have to exercise and shape his body, and scold me for torture him."
"Haha." Lehman couldn't help laughing.
Sometimes, Cameron is still a little humorous, but it is not difficult to see from his words that this technology is simply erasing the future of the actor.
Just performing with a "mask", the threshold is really too low, and there are fewer things to consider.
What restricts the actor's path is most likely to be his appearance and temperament. For example, Heath Ledger, even if he relies on the role of the Joker to overwhelm Batman, Hollywood investors will not give him that American hero role. It is only in some strange characters or spectacular subjects that he has high value.
Otherwise, it will be very inconsistent. With a mask on it, all incongruity will be reduced to the lowest point. As long as he wants, he can play any role. Anyway, what he gives is only traces of the soul and expression, and nothing else is involved.
Chapter completed!