John UM
The story of Boy meets girl and the overwhelmingly exquisite scene description can be said to be synonymous with Xinhaicheng supervision. The events in the world that are out of control in the weather, the performance of the “rain” that rivals the sense of existence of the protagonists, is also a major challenge in this number of times. The role of this visual effect (VFX) is Li Zhoumei, who was born in South Korea. Li Zhoumei likes painting since she was a child. She likes illustrations. She likes Japanese animations such as Evangelion. She went to Japan with the encouragement of her mother. She studied animation in the animation department of the college. Later, she felt the charm of photography. After working in the photography company
Just entering the industry, Li was recommended by a friend of Xin Haicheng’s “Sound of the Stars”, which is her first contact with Xinhai. “This turned out to be a work made by one person!” Li was greatly shocked, and Xin Haicheng was branded in her mind as “another strong man”. “Catch the Stars of the Child” is her first time to participate in the work of Xinhai with a member of the photography team, but also let her directly feel the power of Xinhaicheng
This time Lee is not a photographic identity, but a “child of the weather” who participates as a visual special effect. “The Son of the Weather” is a rainless work. The performance of the rain is more important than the previous works. Li’s initial stage of participation was to develop the rain treatment as a general visual special effects material, and then handed it to the photography team for freedom. Use
Because of the need to be responsible for the entire rain scene, there is a lot of special lenses from the production of the material to the final photography are Li Zhoumei responsible. Materials other than rain, such as “fish” special effects are also produced by Li Zhoumei. In the last 2 to 3 weeks, I will help with photography, Layout (Original Drawing), CG, etc. Although it is responsible for visual effects, it is basically equivalent. In the “chores”
For the first week or so, Lee shut himself in the room, watched movies on the iPad and collected rainy scenes that impressed him. After that, I will confirm these rain scenes with Xinhai Supervisor, Miki Yoko help supervision, and Tsuda Ryosuke photography supervision. Listening to Xinhai’s speech in the movie, although it is vague, I can feel the impression that Xinhai Supervision wants from the impression. Rain scene
Every two weeks after the start of production, the representatives of each link will gather to meet the progress and other related matters. At the meeting, Li will listen to the feedback of the test materials made by the visual effects, and the materials will be used before the next meeting. Repeated corrections determine the overall direction
The material used for this rain is not 3DCG, but a hand-painted material made with digital painting. For example, the “bounce” of raindrops falling on the road, in order to fit the picture, almost the photography team combined with the visual effects material one by one
Li originally considered using 3DCG to make “bounce” material, but after using CG simulation, it was found that the deformation of CG is still limited by current technology. Half of the unique relaxation of animation is “deceptive”, and it is difficult for CG to make such “lie”. Li can’t find the answer he wants in CG. Relatively speaking, the hand-painted approach is more intuitive, so the final choice is to use digital painting to depict each drop of rain
The bounce of raindrops is a picture that is generally omitted from the general works, but in “The Son of the Weather”, it is necessary to give the rain a performance, so the bounce of the raindrops can be said to be the most worthwhile scene in this work. In short, it needs Huge “bounce” material to express the softness of the rain. The close-up and distant view of the original painting alone makes it possible to feel the difference between the ripples and the bounce. The strength of the rain and the place where it falls are different, and the way of bounce will also change
Li Guang studied on the bounce of raindrops for nearly a year, sometimes looking at the rain outside, muttering “3 frames, 5 frames, 2 frames…” during the production of “The Son of the Weather”, Li Because she still has children, so time is limited, but she will also spend free time to increase the material in the production, open the iPad animation software RoughAnimator to move the draft material, and then import the dynamic material into the studio computer, use Adobe Photoshop reads the video layer, and then draws the lines of the digital painting, the highlights of the lines, the colors, the highlights, and the shadows. Finally, it’s organized into visual effects material that can be used in Adobe After Effects, and it’s been repeated
In the notice, the scene of the sail running high in the depth of the rain in the downpour has a deep meaning for Li. The rainy part is stacked with 7 layers of different rain materials, holding the department to be photographed. The skunk’s awareness was made. In order to change the impression of raindrops, the paint was broken up with a hard brush pen, the material was processed, various elements were added, and the raindrops on the lens were also elements of Lee’s personal improvisation. It is Li’s work to complete the processing of the materials, and the beautiful picture that everyone finally sees is the work of photography
“The Son of the Weather” has a lot of photo-realistic renderings. If you only use rain as a mark of your work, then you will lose to the background, so Lee will be able to add rain every time. Part of it is added to the rain, leaving a deeper impression
Li has also participated in the “Ying Ye Zhi Ting” in the past as a photographer. In Li’s opinion, although there is a special scene of rain in “Yi Ye Zhi Ting”, Li realized that he must transcend the “Ying Ye Zhi Ting”. In the test phase, when making the material of the leeches, Li requires at least four or more elements, such as rain particles, ripples, and bounce, to be included in the reflection. Photographic supervision Tsuda also realized that in the rain scene, lighting must be noticed, and the corresponding materials must be prepared in advance
As a member of the main creative team, when he first saw the video section of Xinhai Supervisor, Li said that he would make every effort to complete the work. In the process of production, how to shape the impression of the supervisory mind, each person in the production team challenges the supervised video segment every day. After seeing the finished work, Li also watched it many times. There will be new discoveries. Regrettably, I am not able to feel the age of youth, but as the story progresses, the heart of the heart does not stop. It is such an excellent work, I hope everyone can experience it in the cinema
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- Wacom:ずっと雨のことを考えていた1 yearだった——“Weather Son”の雨を作ったクリエイターが语るLCDペンタブレットのExpressive