John UM
OVA Theater Animation “Morning Glory and Coronation Classmates. “It is currently being released in Japan. The soft and beautiful light and shadow is a feature of this book. The watercolor-like picture has left a deep impression on the audience, thanks to the excellent performance of photography in this film. Newtype interviewed the supervisor of this work, Sato Zhuo, and the photography supervisor, Yu Yi, and listened to how they applied light and shadow magic. .
Photography Supervisor Mouth Yiyi first introduced the work of photography to the reader. Photography is a combination of painting, art background, CG and other materials, and then using the filter plug-in that can change the picture atmosphere to get the final picture. The reason why this morning glory can bring you a feminine impression is thanks to the help of the filter. .
Sato Supervisor added that the animated watercolor-like style was set in the poster of the main visual map. Since then, it has become the basis of the Animation Clip “Your Light” and the theater OVA. .
The production of the theater OVA, the most valued point of Sato supervision is the performance of light. Because the youthfulness of Yamada and Coronation shines with light, often in order to reflect this shining youth on the picture, the emphasis of light is very important. For this reason, Mouth and Sato have repeatedly conducted many discussions on how to express light. .
In general, the light in an animation is generated directly by software. However, most of the light in this film is to first paint the specific shape of the light, and then through post-processing to get the final result. For example, incident light, other animations are directly handed over to the post-production software for processing, but the film is first hand-painted the position and shape of the incident light, and then handed over to the photographic processing. .
Sato wants to show the light that does not exist in daily life through this practice. However, in order not to let the audience feel the spicy eyes, the final effect of light is still determined by the mouth feather. For Mouth, this is also the first time he tried to hand-paint and then photographic processing. Now, using computers to create animated images is all in a more realistic direction, but “Morning Glory and Coronation.” “There is going in the opposite direction. Although there are no strange pictures, the scenery in the film is not a common scene in daily life. .
Sato Supervisor does animation very much, because all the materials are collected in the photographer. Only when the photography work is completed, the animation is completed, so when you make the film, Sato will run to the mouth. At the table, then the two stared at the monitor to see the effect of the picture, while discussing how to make better results. .
Whether it is the experimental picture of the mouth feathers to try the effect, or the final picture of the finished production, Sato will give the evaluation as long as it is a good picture, which gives the mouth feather a lot of help. Basically, almost all the shots in the Animation Clip “Your Light”, the mouth feathers are completed under the discussion with Sato, there is no scheduled routine, the photography processing is a specific analysis of the specific problem. For example, when the last light is dimmed, the lens of the pan is up, where the mouth feathers are adjusted one by one. .
The photo work of this theatrical version begins with the two cards of the landing of the petals and the entrance of the corridor. Since the background art department was also replaced by the animated ZEXCS when making the OVA, the background of the OVA is somewhat more realistic than “Your Light”, so the theatrical version of the photography work starts with how to use a slightly different background. . .
The two cards of the petals and the corridor door have also become important references for other scenes. The lens of the corridor entrance has fewer photographic effects and becomes the benchmark for everyday scenes. Since the OVA uses the expression of the shadows that have not been used in “Your Light”, the card at the entrance of the corridor has also become the experimental lens of the new shadow. The lens of the petal landing is adjusted to the atmosphere of the work without destroying the aesthetics of the hand-painted art background. .
In addition to the above two shots, the dusk scene of Yamada and Kagyu kissing in the sunset left a deep impression on Mouth. At first, the mouth feathers considered the advantage of the hand-painted background, so it might be better to think that it would not be confusing the background to make a deep focus. Although there is no blurring of the background in “Your Light”, in order to show the mood of Yamada and Coronation in the theater OVA, Sato finally chose to blur the background.
However, Mouth also tried to make some shots to reduce the effect of photography. Sato saw that the atmosphere of the mouth made by Mouto was very good, even if it was used directly, it also gave Sato a heavy atmosphere in the second half of the theatrical version. Part of the courage to choose another photographic processing program. “Your Light” and the first half of OVA are sunny summer seasons. In order to match the latter part of the story, Sato wants to divide the front and back of the work by showing the humidity during rainfall. .
Compared to the different photographic effects before and after OVA, “Your Light” photography processing is much simpler. Mouth believes that this is because the content that the two want to express is different. The selection of “Your Light” is the part of the two people who put the flash, so there is no photographic processing that affects the atmosphere like Para. OVA has a lot of emotions, so the photography process is more complicated. .
At the same time, Mouth feathers also admitted that the filming of this film is very expensive no matter where it is, but he also hopes that the final climax part of the film will attract everyone’s attention. In order to resonate with the story that is getting higher and higher, Mouth Feather has gradually increased its efforts in photography. Sato also praised Mouth as a performer-like perspective that is very interesting and can be used to make all the effects he wants through photography. Mouth feathers also like to think like a performance, because he does not want to simply complete the performance requirements, but also want to make a better effect on this. .
The secret of photography processing.
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To emphasize the backlighting effect in the sunset, pull out the shoulders and hair lines, and let the part of the drawn lines shine brightly. The shadow of the coronation is not a purely pure color shadow. In order to make a strong thought of the coronation of Yamada, a gradient effect is attached to Yamada. .
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In order to express the backlight effect, the faces of the two people were shaded, and the glow effect was added to the edges of the faces of the two faces. The light in these shot is computer generated. Sato, who checks the photographic effect in front of the monitor, said: “I want a stronger dramatic effect.” Yuki completed the photographic processing of this lens under Sato’s guiding ideology. .
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The scene of Okinawa’s study tour. The prototype of the incident light here is drawn first and then processed by photography. Draw the reflected light of the glass, emphasizing the position of Yamada standing in front of the water tank, and reflecting the appearance of Yamada through the sink. At the same time, the filter shows the moisture floating in the aquarium air. .
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Combine the characters and art backgrounds, and then illuminate the picture through photographic processing. Basically all the light in this film is made in this way. Then use the filter to make the picture brighter than the original material, to create a non-daily dream image that can’t be seen anywhere. .
Reference: NEWTYPE July issue