"This is expression capture technology?" Li Xiuxiu asked half-understanding.
"No, this is motion capture technology, used to design the way a gorilla moves. To capture real human facial expressions, the technology required is very complex. It not only requires marking reflective points, but also covering the mask with many microscopic
Camera to record the actor's muscle movement module."
Seeing that Li Xiuxiu was confused, Shao Shuaijun immediately waved to a director's assistant to come over: "Go and get the mask of the expression capture equipment, and call an engineer from the CG team to come over and demonstrate the expression capture program."
"Don't bother." Li Xiuxiu shook her head.
"What's the trouble? I'm the boss of this crew, and whatever I say is what I say. Wife, don't you want to switch careers and become a producer? In the future, we will be like Christopher Nolan's husband and wife team. Nolan makes movies and his wife helps him produce them. I
After the movie is made, you, my wife, will be the producer." Shao Shuaijun said arrogantly, why he likes to be a director. On the one hand, it can make the audience dream with him, and on the other hand, being a director is majestic.
"How can I?"
"Study, my wife is so smart, she is more than enough to be a producer."
As he spoke in a numb voice, the assistant director came over with an expression capture mask. This mask was just a layer of gauze with many micro-cameras the size of soybean grains evenly distributed on it. Shao Shuaijun immediately put the mask on his face, and then
Instruct the engineer to turn on the equipment.
On the computer screen, the capture system software running immediately displayed Shao Shuaijun's expressions and movements on the computer one by one. This software was specially designed for the chimpanzee Caesar. After processing by the server, it can directly convert the captured facial trajectory into
Chimpanzee face module.
Shao Shuaijun made a face, and the three-dimensional chimpanzee's head on the computer also made a face. Shao Shuaijun blew a kiss, and the chimpanzee also pursed his lips and blew a kiss.
"Haha, it's so interesting and fun." Li Xiuxiu said, clapping her hands.
Shao Shuaijun took off his mask and waved it in front of Li Xiuxiu: "Would you like to try it?"
"No." Li Xiuxiu has a slight mysophobia, and she has always been polite and insensitive to things that countless people have touched.
"This is still a simple indoor expression capture headgear. We also have more complex outdoor expression capture jumpsuits and headgear. That set requires professionals to operate it."
After taking half a day to let the curious Li Xiuxiu understand how "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was filmed, the two returned to Shao Shuaijun's temporary residence. In fact, it seems that a lot of novel equipment and high-tech auxiliary means were used to film this kind of science fiction movie.
, it’s fun. But I really understand that making movies is quite boring.
Take the mask and headgear as an example. It was fun when I first played with it, but wearing it every day became torturous. Andy Serkis and others almost immediately threw away the headgear when the director told him to stop.
I don't want to wear it too much.
Li Xiuxiu's interest was even less than Shao Shuaijun imagined, and she was not very interested in these high-tech equipment.
After arriving at Shao Shuaijun's temporary residence and opening the door, Li Xiuxiu immediately opened her mouth.
The entire room was piled up in a mess, with all kinds of copies, video tapes, and photographic equipment. The living room and hallways were all stained. There were also some dirty clothes thrown aside casually.
"Oh my God, husband, is this where you live? I remember that you love to be clean?" Li Xiuxiu said in surprise.
Shao Shuaijun laughed awkwardly: "This is only temporary. Recently, a photo studio is being built here. Many props cannot be accommodated, so they are placed here. Anyway, I live alone and don't use much space. These video tapes and copies
, of course, I need to watch them often, they are all Discovery Channel videos, and some original copies of the "Planet of the Apes" series, I brought them over to compare."
Li Xiuxiu touched Shao Shuaijun's face and said distressedly: "Hubby, being a director is so hard."
"My wife's heartache is not painful at all." Feeling Li Xiuxiu's tenderness, Shao Shuaijun said happily.
Who knew that Li Xiuxiu's face changed, and she immediately hummed and said: "Since it's not hard work, why don't you send these dirty clothes to be washed? Can't you afford a housekeeper? Look at you, you have only been in the United States for a long time, and you have become like this
You're so sloppy. Do you know that at the Oscars, your hair looks like a bear's hair, and you can't shave your beard cleanly. The whole world is watching. It's true. If I leave you in one step, you won't take care of me.
Own!"
Shao Shuaijun said aggrievedly: "My wife, calm down, I don't have time."
"Why don't you have time? Don't you even have time to change clothes?"
"Well, my house has a first-level security status and no one is allowed to enter without permission. The laundry worker here comes to collect clothes every two days. When he comes, I am often busy filming and have no time to let him pick up the clothes.
, so there are more and more piles."
"You, you, you!" Li Xiuxiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Forget it, I'll sort it out for you."
"Stop packing, let's go to San Francisco after getting our things. There is a Taylor Swift concert in San Francisco tonight. We just happen to go and listen to it together. Don't you really like her songs?"
"I like it, but you can listen to her songs anytime. Why don't we go to Silicon Valley to have some fun? Obvious, a subsidiary of Summit Entertainment, recently set up a R&D center in Silicon Valley to specialize in smartphone projects. I haven't found the time yet.
We're going on an inspection, shall we?"
"Hey, hey, wife, are you here for a date or to talk about work? Instead of going to Silicon Valley, find a place to eat, and then go to the hotel to book a room after dinner!" Shao Shuaijun made a decision, not caring about Li Xiuxiu's objections.
He pulled her into the car and asked the driver to drive towards Chinatown in San Francisco.
San Francisco's Chinatown can be said to be the largest Chinatown in American cities. Shao Shuaijun has been famous here for a long time, but he just doesn't have time to visit. Li Xiuxiu came over today and happened to go shopping in Chinatown together.
To go to Chinatown in San Francisco, you first have to pass through an archway. On the archway, there is Sun Yat-sen's "The world is for us".
There are four big characters for "公" and there are several dragons around, which is very vivid. After entering Chinatown, you can see store names and signs in Chinese and English everywhere. They found a parking lot and parked the car. Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu walked arm in arm in Chinatown.
Several bodyguards were vigilantly guarding the surroundings, allowing Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu to play with peace of mind.
The Chinatown we visited first is called Duban Street. There are many gift shops, antique shops, Chinese medicine stores, Chinese restaurants, and many signs with the names of hometown associations and guild halls. The bustling streets look like Chinese streets. Of course, the Chinese here
Most of the speech was in Cantonese, which sounded awkward.
Li Xiuxiu has always been very interested in shopping. Shao Shuaijun felt bored, but he couldn't help Li Xiuxiu's interest. While Li Xiuxiu was choosing products, he stood aside in a daze.
I kept shopping, and when the lanterns started to turn on, I ordered a few dishes at a Chinese restaurant on Stockton Street next door. While eating, I chatted happily, talking about interesting things that happened during this period, or sketching out the future.
The owner of the Chinese restaurant was a slightly fat bald man. When serving the food, he suddenly pointed at Shao Shuaijun.
Shao Shuaijun quickly made a silence gesture. The bald man understood and asked in a low voice: "Can I sit down?"
"OK."
The uncle rubbed his hands with a smile: "Hehe, hehe, hello, Director Shao, I really didn't expect to meet you here. Are you and Mrs. Shao coming to San Francisco to play together?"
"Yeah, I heard that Chinatown here is very famous, so I came over to take a look around."
"Oh, you've come to the right place. Of all the Chinatowns in the world, San Francisco is the largest and liveliest one. There are so many fun places..." The uncle continued to introduce. The waiter had already come to remind him several times. The bald uncle
They all waved their hands to let him go away, but then they had no choice but to say angrily, "Director Shao, can I get an autograph from you? I, my wife and my son all like to watch your movies, especially "Old Man"
"Boy", I shed tears watching it."
"Okay." Shao Shuaijun did not refuse, "Where can I sign it?"
"Here...you guys eat slowly, I'll get some paper and pen." The uncle couldn't wait to run away, and ran over again after a few minutes, "Just sign here, I like you very much, bring honor to us Chinese people, okay
Something like that.”
What the uncle brought was a poster of "Oldboy", the one with Shao Shuaijun playing the guitar and Huang Bo posing. The signature pen turned out to be a soft pen. Shao Shuaijun rarely wrote with his hand in recent years and could write faster with a fountain pen.
I couldn't write well, but my boss unexpectedly gave me a difficult soft pen.
Blinking her eyes, she saw Li Xiuxiu covering her mouth and snickering. She knew that Shao Shuaijun's handwriting was very sloppy.
Not only did the uncle not notice Shao Shuaijun's embarrassment, but he also said cheerfully: "Director Shao, can you write 'I wish Li Ji Lao Yutou a prosperous business'?"
"Haha, of course." Shao Shuaijun's heart changed. He was so embarrassed that he wrote it out in one fell swoop. After signing his name, he took a closer look and found that although the writing was not good-looking, it was not ugly either. All the twists and turns were decent.
, I didn’t expect that after not writing for many years, my handwriting would actually improve.
"Hey, hey, Director Shao's calligraphy is so beautiful. Can you sign another one for my son? Just say, 'Li Chunxin, study hard and make progress every day'?" After the uncle finished speaking, he took out another poster, and it turned out to be that of Master Liu.
School beauty poster.
"Um, shouldn't Master Liu sign this?"
"It's okay, I want it from you, Director Shao. You are so good, my son admires you very much." After signing, the uncle created another poster, which was the group poster of "Oldboy", "This, this is signed for me.
For my wife, just write a few sentences, hehe."
Shao Shuaijun had no choice but to continue signing, and then put the pen back on him: "Is it gone now?"
"No, no, hey, Director Shao, we really like you! Just order tonight, I'll take the order for free!" After receiving the signature, the bald man said proudly.
"Haha, then we have to have a good meal, uncle, it will hurt you."
"Don't worry, even if you eat with open arms, you won't be able to eat as much as Uncle Shao. Director Shao, Mrs. Shao, you can enjoy it slowly and I won't bother you. I've bothered you so much. Eat well and drink well."
"This uncle is really interesting..." Shao Shuaijun was about to say something with emotion when he raised his eyelids and suddenly his face fell. Because he signed the autograph for the bald uncle, it attracted the attention of other people in the hotel, and now they all recognized Shao Shuaijun. , all smiling and gathered around with paper and pens they got from nowhere. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)