Exclusive interview with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actors and visual effects team to talk about behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
"Ninja Turtles, brave and invincible.Teenage Ninja Turtles cut through thorns.Teenage ninja turtles are invincible. "
Special feature of 1905 film network On October 31st, it was released in China mainland.Michael bay Studio and Paramount Pictures have been coveting this live-action series for a long time, and they are waiting for visual special effects.Surgical maturity. In order to create the four most realistic ditch heroes in history, the special effects team of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles developed a dynamic capture system, takingIt’s called the Muse. To put it simply, the characteristic of this system is to make the sensing points of dynamic capture the densest (each actor’s faceThere are as many as 138 light spots), Muse can also directly transmit and edit the captured high-definition dynamic and facial expression data wirelessly on the spot, which greatly reduces.Blurred interface and captured differences. In other words, this system is more accurate than the dynamic capture used in the Rise of the Planet of the Apes series.Quasi.
So, what exactly does this system need to accomplish? How many staff do you need to operate it? You may wish to refer to the following information.
579 animated scenes
Close-ups of more than 200 special effects synthesis
The eyes of the turtles are all post-produced, and the fidelity is the highest among the special effects today.
More than 60 animators
A 48-minute special effects shot of the turtle in the whole film
On the eve of the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paramount Pictures, the producer and distributor, invited 1905 Film Network to visit the film’s special effects company — — Industrial lightMagic. The North American correspondent in 1905 not only had the opportunity to watch the exclusive shooting tidbits of Teenage Ninja Turtles, but alsoBehind-the-scenes heroes of this popular "turtle" blockbuster laughed and talked about anecdotes. In fact, it can’t be said to be "laughing" because after three years.After the production of visual effects and animation, the behind-the-scenes teams want to talk about all kinds of "bitter water".
Pablo Helman, director of special effects: "I put teeth on the turtle."
Herman was born in the composition department of UCLA. He said that making music in Hollywood in the mid-1980 s didn’t make any money.So he began to do some editing work, and the occasional opportunity made him come into contact with the green screen synthesis technology at that time. Worked in the field of visual effects for three yearsTen years later, Herman said brilliantly: "Doing special effects, like arranging music, is all about finding fault with yourself." Cartoons in the 1990sIn the series, the four Teenage Ninja Turtles all look the same, and everyone distinguishes them by eye patches of different colors. Moreover, their teethThey are all white, and some shots even omit the part of teeth. Herman said with a smile, since you want to make a real version, then teeth don’t.It’s all the same. Every tortoise must have its own teeth. The whole special effects team increased after Herman put forward the request of this pothole.After a lot of work, "they all want to kill me", Herman laughed.
Tim Harrington, director of animation: "I like turtle’s bad smile best."
Harrington’s studio is the most childlike one in the industrial light and magic base of the whole "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" later group, and various old versions of the animation are posted on the wall.The reference drawing and conceptual design drawing of the painting, the coffee table is full of various clay turtle toys. When he walked into the animation director’s office, heHe showed a small mirror enthusiastically and said, "No matter how powerful the special effects are, we can’t do animation without the mirror. I have to look in the mirror every day.Ensure that you are the most handsome in the company. In this way, looking in the mirror every day, Harrington and his team created 181 different kinds of turtles.Animation expressions, 50% of which are mouth animations, he said that with this "turtle expression database", animators can directly find what they need.The expression saves a lot of time. "From the first to the last expression, every choice is a process of finger cramps and presbyopia!"Harrington wry smile way, "so many expressions, I like turtle’s bad smile best, because I feel they are very much like when I was a teenager, every day in my mind.It’s all bad ideas "
Robert Weaver, director of computer synthesis: "I have been staring at the toes of turtles for three years."
Weaver said that the process of computer synthesis is the most complicated, because it has to go through three main processes: first, the scene and megan fox play.The role of the big living person is opposite to the play, and the main movements and expressions are captured at the same time; Then, the whole team returned to the dynamic capture shed of industrial light magic, and thenSubstitute extras for the leading role and help the actors of the four turtles make up some more shots; Finally, materials, polishing and rendering are applied. So, finally calculate.Weaver has watched every second of the film for more than a hundred times. Among them, the most helpless thing for him is to make the material of turtle toes, in order to chase.Seeking fidelity, he bought several turtles and put them in the office, and studied the different materials of their feet under various lights every day.
From the special effects of the industrial light magic to the lifelike turtles on the screen, four actors who play the turtles also contributed. 1905 film network correspondent arrival ratioThe Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills made a special trip to interview a new generation of tortoise groups. Before the interview started, I could feel four big boys in the corridor.The excitement. After entering the door, the four actors are all dressed in jeans and big-headed sneakers, which is completely different from the image of the tortoise, but as soon as they open their mouths, they will have the "tortoise"There is a heroic temperament in the base with Meng and Meng. It can be seen that these four stooges have been trained and filmed for half a year.There is already a "Taoyuan sworn" style.
These four brothers include: pete ploszek (who plays Leonardo da Vinci), alan ritchson (Raphael) and Noel.Fisher (Michelangelo) and Jeremy Howard (Donatello). They said that in order to achieve the most realistic dynamic capture effect,What wonderful methods and props are used.
1905 Movie Network: I heard that you used table tennis as props. What was that? (Four actors suddenly exploded the pot)
Prouzek: Haha, how do you know about table tennis?
1905 Movie Network: Visual effects director Pablo told me.
Fisher: Ah! I cann’t believe he betrayed us What a shame!
Richardson: Actually, it’s not a shame. Table tennis is definitely Pablo’s idea. The day after we started shooting, michael bay came.A phone call.
Prouzek: Yes, the furious kind. He was furious with the whole group: "Are you shooting the baby version of the turtle?" They are so short, why?Do you want to be a turtle? They should be giant mutant turtles! They are so small, how can they scare people? "
Fisher: I thought he was talking about me because I was the shortest of the four.
1905 Movie Network: How did you deal with this phone storm?
Prauzek: I guess Pablo didn’t sleep a wink that night. The next day, we went to the set as usual and met the crew before shooting.The waiter brought us a basket of table tennis, some wire and four pairs of shoes with loose paste.
1905 Movie Network: Loose Paste Shoes?
Howard: Yes, that’s the kind of loose cream shoes that Asian girls like to wear with thick heels. Then, they fixed the table tennis with wire, let’sPut it on your head, and everyone has two balls.
Prauzek: Then Pablo said to megan fox, "Don’t look at these people’s eyes in the future, look at their heads."Table tennis. "In this way, from the perspective of Megan’s eyes and eyes, we are very tall and powerful, but in fact, we are playing table tennis on the set.Ball, stepping on Asian girls’ loose paste shoes in acting. We all think it’s hard to be a girl!
1905 Movie Network: This move is amazing. I see you still have some classic pictures of eating pizza, but when you are filming, your faces are covered with it.In order to capture the light spot, I also installed a camera. How can I eat this?
Richardson: Yes, the camera of facial motion capture is very small. When eating pizza, we can’t just put the whole piece in our mouth, otherwise.The pizza got stuck between two cameras.
Howard: These pizzas are real. I once got the oil on them on the camera, which made the captured pictures all mushy.
1905 Movie Network: You four still have a musical scene in the elevator. Please tell us how the scene was filmed.
Prauzek: That scene was also made by Pablo. At that time, we had taken the last few shots in the shed. What were the lines?I have said it several times. Between shots, the four of us started to be funny. It seems that Jeremy first started to make percussion with props in his hand.Then the other three of us cooperated with him very tacitly. Pablo, without our knowledge, asked the camera and motion capture team to put this footageIt was recorded and used in the last movie.
1905 Movie Network: There are many funny scenes in this film, but the villain seems to be very serious. What do you want to see most in the sequel?Bad guy role?
Fisher: That is definitely the boss of Schleede — — Langer
Richardson: I want to see the bull’s head and the pig’s face. If there is a sequel, they should have a lot of stupid dialogues.