Li Rushan didn't understand much, but he was greatly shocked.
Is this still possible?
Are the face and body models to be played by different people separately?
As a result, he followed Lu Zhixing's statement and did a simple search on the Internet, and found that there were quite a few game manufacturers doing this!
For example, in a classic foreign survival horror game, the supporting female characters who played a lot of roles were split into four different actors.
A face model is responsible for capturing facial expressions and facial appearance.
A phantom responsible for collecting body data.
A motion capture, responsible for capturing actions such as running and climbing over obstacles in the game.
A dub.
So the last female character we saw in the game was actually performed by four people. If you just look at the face, it must be the most similar to the face model.
But the figure of the face model may not be that good, not convex enough, while the figure of the body model is more popular.
As for motion capture, we need to find extra people because although the face models and body models we find look good, some of the actions of climbing over obstacles or climbing are definitely not as good-looking as those made by professional motion capture actors.
Not to mention dubbing. Ordinary people really can't do this job. No matter how good-looking the face model and body model are, it's useless. Good-looking people don't necessarily have good-sounding voices, but good-sounding voices don't necessarily mean clear enunciation and full of emotion.
In short, a classic role requires four actors to perform it to the extreme.
Of course, in addition to striving for excellence, manufacturers also do this to avoid risks.
It is relatively risky to tie a game character to an actor. For example, when a sequel is released, what should the actor do? Or what should I do if the actor made some bad remarks that caused a bad impact? Or what if the actor simply doesn’t want to continue working together and needs to be replaced?
If there is a high degree of binding with an actor, manufacturers will find it very difficult in these situations.
And if there are four actors, then replacing one or two of them won't be a big problem.
This opened up new ideas for Li Rushan.
"You can actually do this? Mr. Lu, we are also looking for two groups of people? One group of body molds and one group of face molds?"
Lu Zhixing explained: "Strictly speaking, we are also looking for four groups of people, but the motion capture and dubbing do not need to be strictly one-to-one correspondence. We can directly find a motion capture and dubbing team of a few people to complete the task." Most of the characters.
"The key is still the body model and the face model. The former is mainly responsible for body shaping and the performance of some basic movements, while the latter is mainly responsible for the interpretation of facial details and expressions. Of course, if the face model is an experienced actor, his own lines will be relatively good. Okay, you can also let him do the dubbing work."
Li Rushan was in awe: "I understand Mr. Lu, this is indeed the idea of striving for excellence!
"I'll give it a try.
“First of all, in order to better express literary opera, we can directly invite the classic old artists from the Three Kingdoms and let them perform some key scenes. This is a huge plus point.
“Their function is equivalent to the face models in ordinary games.
"Secondly, when filming some key action scenes, we need professional motion capture actors. For example, using specific weapons to perform martial arts, quickly getting on and off a horse, etc.
"Finally, we had to find a professional dubbing team to dub the characters. Except for a few veteran actors with excellent line skills, all other characters were modified to their best condition using dubbing.
"Wait, it seems like the question is coming, what will we choose in the audition?
"Mannequin? It seems that there is no need to choose it deliberately. Can't we just find a motion capture actor and make do with it?"
After thinking about it like this, Li Rushan suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether he did the audition or not.
Lu Zhixing shook his head: "No, no, no, this is actually very necessary! People with different body types will have very different harvesting effects.
“The body model is not only body modeling, but also responsible for some simple movements, such as basic movements such as walking.
"Do you know what Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms was criticized for most?"
Li Rushan thought for a while: "...I don't know."
In his impression, the characters in the Lao Sanguo are quite classic, and there doesn't seem to be any particular criticism, right?
Lu Zhixing said: "Shape! The biggest problem with Lu Bu from the Lao San Kingdom is that he is not tall enough.
"Although the original work did not directly mention Lu Bu's specific height, it was written that Lu Bu could lift Ji Ling with one hand, 'like lifting a child.'
"Ji Ling is already a strong man over eight feet tall. If Lu Bu could lift him up with one hand, he must be nine feet or even ten feet tall, and his weight is probably quite exaggerated.
"Calculated this way, even based on the size at that time, he would have been about 2.23 meters tall.
"The actor Lu Bu from the Three Kingdoms is 18cm tall, which is indeed quite tall, but when everyone is very tall, this height is a bit insufficient. Standing in a crowd, he doesn't feel like he stands out from the crowd.
"Think about it, there will be a difference between a person with a height of 180cm and a person with a height of 220cm, even in some very simple movements.
"For example, when simply entering the door, a person with a height of 180cm may straighten his back and come in, but a person with a height of 220cm has to bow his head and bend slightly. This is different in terms of movement.
"With such a difference in details, it is definitely unrealistic to adjust the movements in post-production."
Li Rushan suddenly realized: "I see! That means that when we choose Lu Bu's body model, we have to choose this very tall one?"
Lu Zhixing nodded: "Yes, and he must be tall and similar in appearance to Lu Bu."
Li Rushan nodded slightly: "Well...it is reasonable to use this term to spend money.
"Hey, wait a minute, Mr. Lu, how do we judge what is closer to Lu Bu?"
Lu Zhixing smiled: "This, of course, depends on how I feel."
Li Rushan nodded: "Okay! Then I believe in your feelings, Mr. Lu!"
To him, it doesn't matter what Mr. Lu says. After all, this is Wolong and he is still trustworthy.
It's better to choose someone yourself than to find a few famous directors to make a decision together, right?
"Then I'm going to set up a task now and let the news of the audition for the mannequin actors out as soon as possible!"
The development time of "Sword Shadow and Firefight" is very tight, and auditioning actors is quite time-consuming, so it has to be done as soon as possible.
Since he had a goal, Li Rushan has become quite active. Although he can't help much, running around here and there has indeed played a role in boosting morale.
After Li Rushan left, Lu Zhixing silently opened the material library in his field of vision.
This time his goal is: the original painting in the material library!
Lu Zhixing has always used the system mainly to obtain materials. After all, obtaining materials is much cheaper than purchasing materials directly.
But in some special cases, it is cost-effective to purchase the materials directly.
Such as now.
There are various styles and types of Three Kingdoms materials in the material library. There are even dozens or hundreds of original paintings of different styles for the same general.
Going directly to auditions is like looking for a needle in a haystack. How many photos do you have to look at to find a suitable one?
But looking for it in the material library is different.
Take Lu Bu as an example. Lu Zhixing could first find an image of Lu Bu that he was most satisfied with in the material library, and then take this image and go directly to private auditions to find the closest body model.
In this way, wouldn’t you get twice the result with half the effort?
(End of chapter)
