【Global Internet Reporter Interview Reporter Lin Limin】 Jay Barton, the Hollywood special effects master, first visited China in the first day of the week. On the afternoon of May 16, he hosted the first “New Digital Imaging Forum” jointly organized by Digital Kingdom and Communication University of China. , Jay Barton and China's special effects of the industry elite and media students to share the mysteries and experience of Hollywood's top special effects production.

Jay Barton is regarded as one of Hollywood's top visual effects masters. He joined the digital realm in 1988 and has produced six feature films and commercial films. He is currently the visual effects director of the digital kingdom, in the "X-Men: First Battle," He has served as visual effects director for "Rolling Age," "Star Trek Nemesis," "Creation: Wartime," and recently released "Speed ​​and Passion 8".

Jay Barton introduced the international frontiers and production experiences in special effects areas such as commercial advertisements and movies, including two ad works that won the VES advertising best visual effects award and the classic special effects scene of the movie “Speed ​​and Passion 7”. . These amazing special effects images are created by professional production methods such as material modeling, motion capture, face capture, and screen synthesis. Jay Barton explains in detail and reveals to the audience the technical and creative nature of the complex special effects screen.

Digital Kingdom boosts Chinese special effects to international standards

The "New Digital Imaging Forum" marks the world's leading technologies in the areas of visual effects, virtual reality (VR), and virtual humans. Exchanges with related industries in China and personnel training will continue. It aims to aggregate the resources of all parties in the imaging industry and build a two-way communication platform for industry technology and talents.

Since the Digital Kingdom formally entered Greater China in 2016, it has continued its active deployment in areas such as business development, technology research and development, and talent cultivation. In the future, we will continue to promote the Greater China Region's special effects, virtual reality (VR), and virtual human resources industry technologies in line with international standards, and strive to build a new ecology of the "technology + entertainment" industry in Greater China.

In April last year, Hollywood’s top digital company, Kings Special Effects, acquired the special effects production company, Chaochao Koo, established in Hong Kong. Nicholas Tse also officially assumed the chairmanship of Digital Kingdom Greater China, continuing to deepen its visual effects. It is reported that Jay Barton was also invited by the Digital Kingdom Greater China Region to fly from the United States to Beijing. He shared the secrets of the top special effects with the current Digital Kingdom Greater China Chairman, Nicholas Tse, and a group of Chinese special effects artists.

As early as the beginning of 2003 when he created the PO Hajj, Nicholas Tse once said that special effects production was mostly contracted by foreign countries. The Chinese still have to work hard: "We hope that one day we can start from scratch, and we will make it from the beginning, middle and later stages." And this time, Nicholas Tse. Jay Barton, the “chasing star” Hollywood special effects master, also highlights the positive layout of the digital kingdom behind it to the Greater China region, and strives to promote talents in China’s special effects industry to keep up with international standards and inject more vitality into the Chinese entertainment industry.

Regarding how China's film industrialization is in line with the world, Jay Barton believes that for Hollywood, it has been a long time since Hollywood began to move from a relatively junior stage to industrialization. So he believes that we need companies all over the world to join forces, share resources, and help each other reach a better stage.

Cool tricks always need to consider practical issues

Jay Barton pointed out that a successful special effects movie is not a single team, and often requires the cooperation of the pre-shooting team and the post-event team. For example, many scenes in the movie "Speed ​​and Passion 7" require multiple cameras to capture the trajectory and path of the vehicle's sliding, and calculate the precise dimensions, routes, and angles of all the props. Then follow the actor's performance and car rhythm simulation. When combined together into the overall picture, it can show a perfect sense of realism.

Especially the fantasy world depicted in the United States blockbuster, because it is not the real world, in a certain sense is a combination of real people shooting and animation. Most of the time, when you just decided to shoot, you will do pre-stage previews or early-stage shots. Actually, it is mainly produced by the producer. However, if it involves more complex effects, such as the face-lifting part of the “rejuvenation”, it is mainly In the late stage of the company's challenges, the production work in the later period requires the visual effects division to do some mirroring or rehearsal according to their technical capabilities.

According to Jay Barton, visual effects supervisors often have a trade-off between production costs while imagining an action scene they can achieve. Moreover, the budget is always insufficient to support the expected results to be achieved.

He hopes that the large-area shooting in the future can use the space of established virtual reality to freely choose the angle or mode, instead of the cartoon. Because of this, the process will be more sleek. Unfortunately, there are currently some restrictions, such as the actor's schedule and other related factors, may affect the shooting. And I also encountered this situation, is that before the script has not been written, has rented a camera and related equipment ready to start shooting, but the effect of that kind of situation is basically not very good.

Although the most pleasing visual effects are not necessarily physical in reality, such as the explosion of Speed ​​and Passion 7 and the effect of ice-breaking ice, for Jay Barton, he will be more Think about art or final effects. He admitted that there will be some visual effects. Although it is physically correct, the possible effects are not convincing. Even if it is true, there may be no way to tell the story better. Jay Barton laughed. "I don't believe a submarine could break through four-foot ice, but it looks really cool."

Actors are irreplaceable

In the production of realistic films, the actual shooting is basically to collect the actors' performances and actions, and then complete the production of the films with virtual images. When asked if it is possible to break through the situation in the future, that is to build a star's digital image to shape the character, do not need the actor to appear in the mirror, or complete the movie completely in the computer? Or can an actor not perform, but can later be processed on the computer, add a lot of micro-expressions, to complete the film production? So, after the performance awards need to consider who should be given to the actors or special effects artists?

Jay Barton thinks unlikely. He believes that this part of the actor's performance is actually the most touching and may not be completely replaced by digital images. He pointed out that “one person who does not know how to perform is crying and everyone will not be infected”. Jay Barton exemplifies the film "Rejuvenate". They replaced the actor's head lately, but they are based on Pitt's performance. If there is no performance, then the animator may be an actor. He emphasizes that there must be certain performances. Ingredients.

Future game engine and animation have great potential for visual effects

Regarding the use of game engines to make movies, Jay Barton pointed out that there are actually many people who are already using them. For example, the Digital Kingdom has a very large motion capture shed and also modified the game engine. When realizing a specific motion capture, you can see the live preview screen. At present, this is mainly for the convenience of the director looking at the lights, including the setting of these scenes. It may be possible to make an adjustment at any time. Therefore, there is still great potential for the game engine and animation visual effects. Finally, he also suggested that Chinese students interested in special effects areas should not worry about the low start. They also encouraged young people to accumulate experience and exercise themselves by introducing their first job as an example of visual effects video production in the court. Good chips enter the top production company.

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