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In recent years, the special effects of film and television dramas have improved compared with before, and many martial arts and fantasy dramas rely on special effects.
More high-end AI technology has also been introduced into film and television works, mainly for face replacement.
Recently, Jackie Chan used this technology in his new movie, but it was complained about by the audience.
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Jackie Chan's new film filmed this "Legend" under the banner of continuing to write "Myth".
How classic "Myth" is, "Legend" has a lot of crossing.
Jackie Chan used AI technology to "return" himself to his youth and fell in love with Nazha.
Compared with some other face-swapping dramas, the technology of "Legend" is relatively very advanced, and there is not much sense of disobedience.
But knowing that Jackie Chan is now 70 years old, looking at that face again, there is no sense of amazement, only a poor sense of substitution.
And even if it is high-tech, it can still be seen that it is not original.
The expressions in many clips are very unnatural and do not show the emotions that the characters should have.
The person who used Jackie Chan as a stand-in is also a famous actor - Zheng Yecheng.
Zheng Yecheng was born as a martial arts actor, and it is also very suitable for Jackie Chan to be a face-changing stand-in.
But AI can't replace humans, and people will pull a lot of muscles on their faces when making facial expressions, which AI can't do.
The expression of the general played by Jackie Chan when he is dying is really intriguing, crying, and like laughing.
is in the same frame as other actors, as if it was cut out, and the skin looks even better than Naza.
The biggest disadvantage of AI face swapping is that even if you know who the actor after the face swap is, you can still vaguely see what the original actor looked like.
Young Jackie Chan still has the shadow of Zheng Yecheng between his gestures.
Wouldn't it be better for this role to directly let Zheng Yecheng come?
However, the good thing about this face change is not because the artist is immoral, more AI face change is used on some bad artists.
It's really hard to change the face of the actors, so that the audience has to complain.
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Zhao's new collapse really made it difficult for many dramas to be broadcast.
He gained a lot of popularity because of the show "Sound Immersion", and there were many TV series looking for him in those years.
His professionalism is unquestionable, but his words are truly embarrassing!
And the drama party can't let those dramas smash in their hands, and they have to find other actors to change their faces in order to broadcast it.
"Wind and Rain Sending Spring Back" is a good drama that was delayed by Zhao Mouxin.
This is an anti-corruption drama, with Wang Zhiwen's old drama bones, it is said that it will not be ugly.
But this drama was only broadcast after 6 years of filming, and the response was mediocre after the broadcast, and it did not become a big hit.
A large part of the reason is Zhao Mouxin's role, he can be called the second male lead in this drama, which is the opposite of the male lead played by Wang Zhiwen.
The scene is so important, but Zhao Mouxin's house collapsed, and the filmmaker had no choice but to find Yu Zhen to remedy it.
But the effect is really unsatisfactory.
Yu Zhen is tall, and his long face is coordinated in his entire proportions.
And Zhao Mouxin is 10 centimeters shorter than Yu Zhen, and his long face looks top-heavy when he puts it on his body.
And Zhao Mouxin's hairline is higher, coupled with Yu Zhen's long face, don't mention how strange!
The technology of AI face swapping is very immature in TV dramas, and people's expressions and demeanor are very blunt.
Even if there are few scenes, it is still an important villain, and changing the face will greatly weaken the expressiveness of this character.
The TV series "The Wind" also suffered from it, and Zhao Mouxin collapsed not long after filming, which was really a heavy blow to the crew.
The crew found Zhou Yiwei, who was 12 centimeters taller than Zhao, to change his face.
This time, there is no high hairline comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty elder brother, but this synthetic face still looks strange.
The gestures still revealed Zhao's new appearance.
It looks like Zhou Zhouwei up close, but it's still Zhao Mouxin from a distance, it's really a play!
This drama has a higher praise rate than "Spring Rain Sends Spring Back", but this kind of face change still affects the perception very much.
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Zhao Mouxin is not the first old drama bone to collapse the house, there is another one, that is, Wang Moubing.
"The Great Qin Empire" is a big IP, the first "Fission" and the second "Vertical and Horizontal" both have a high score of 9.3 on Douban.
The third installment, Rise, was originally scheduled to air in 2015 after filming began in 2011.
But when it was submitted for trial, Wang Moubing, who played the second male lead, had an accident, and his role was also very heavy, often for a total of 239 minutes.
As the second male lead, it is impossible to cut his scenes, and if it is not broadcast, then the 11 months of hard work of the whole group will be in vain.
In the end, in desperation, the drama party invited Xing Jiadong to make up the filming.
Xing Jiadong worked hard enough to shoot this, there were no actors who played with him, and he was alone in front of the green screen throughout the whole process.
And the refilming of this role took more time than the filming time of the whole play, which took 14 months!
This drama was not broadcast until 2017, and although it did not have such a high rating as the first and second parts after the broadcast, the overall results were still good.
Xing Jiadong is actually not a simple face change, but a whole body change, so the various expressions and actions in the play have not been greatly discounted.
In some group scenes, only the face has been replaced, although the overall presentation effect is passable, but there are still some drawbacks.
The audience jokingly said: My 1080p Bai Qi stands proudly in the crowd of 720p.
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It is rare to say that two TV series collapse at the same time.
The TV series "Illuminate You" collapsed twice, resulting in two years of being suppressed before it was broadcast.
The two male artists who collapsed were all because of emotional reasons.
Actor Wang Dong plays the boss of the heroine Zhang Ruonan in the play, and part of the heroine's career line is with him.
Wang Dong was officially removed from the crew because of domestic violence, and found Dai Xiangyu to change his face.
Wang Dong and Dai Xiangyu's faces are different, one is rounder and the other is longer.
Therefore, after changing his face, he still looks full of disobedience, Dai Xiangyu's originally narrow face looks like it is puffy, and his expression is also very unnatural.
The other is Zhang Tianai's ex-boyfriend Xu Kaicheng, and the news of his splitting is well known.
He plays a firefighter in the play, and he is good friends with the male protagonist, and the setting of this role is very pleasing, but after changing his face, how awkward it looks.
After Wang Zirui changed his face, he could still see that it was Xu Kaicheng from many angles.
Moreover, Wang Zirui's facial features did not completely fit Xu Kaicheng's face, and he could often feel that this face was moving.
Fortunately, neither of them is a very important role, but it still affects the perception very much.
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There is also an online drama "Three Thousand Crows Killed", which also has a role change because of bad artists.
The male protagonist of this drama is Zheng Yecheng, who was mentioned in the article as a face-changing stand-in for Jackie Chan, but it was not him who changed his face in this drama.
was replaced for a very unimportant role, to say that this actor is not very famous, the shelf is quite big.
After being checked out of contraband at the train station, he lost his temper and scolded the staff on the spot, arrogant, and felt that he was a character!
Such a high-profile follow-up was terminated by the economic company, and the role played was also changed.
The cost of online dramas is too low, and it will not spend a lot of money to invest too much money in an unimportant role.
Therefore, this character is the weirdest one of all the face-changing characters.
The ratio of facial features to the face is really discordant, and the facial features feel like they are about to run out of the face if they are not careful!
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The artists who collapsed their houses have their own methods of collapse, but the one who is pulled out and whipped by thousands of graduates every year is none other than Zhai Tianlin.
To say that Zhai Tianlin's acting skills are beating many actors of the same age as him now, but the "HowNet Incident" is really unforgivable.
He played the male lead in "I Love You", and the workload of this face change is very large!
This drama was filmed in 2018, but it took 4 years to broadcast it.
The drama party found Yang Shize to change Dr. Zhai's face, the audience is relatively unfamiliar with this actor, although the heroine is Tang Yixin, but the overall broadcast effect is still not ideal.
The face change in this drama is also more out of proportion.
After the face change, the actor's neck is really too thick, and a small face on such a thick neck looks very weird.
In the vista and some side faces, it can still be seen that it is Dr. Zhai himself.
The more difficult scenes were also removed, so the plot didn't look so smooth.
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Of course, there are also some TV series that have not been changed because of bad artists.
In the past few years, many TV dramas like to invite some Korea actors to play the male and female protagonists, and "Odds" is no exception.
The heroine found Han Chaeying, who is more familiar to Chinese audiences, to play the role.
But as soon as the filming was over, the Korean restriction order came, and the crew had to find Su Qing to save the scene.
Su Qing also starred alone in front of the green screen, and when the drama was broadcast, many viewers felt that this character was always "smiling in a mystery".
There are still some clips involving Han Chaeyoung in the middle that have been deleted directly, and there are also some faceless clips that have been retained.
Han Chaeyoung's back is a curly hairstyle, and when it cuts to Su Qing's picture, it becomes straight hair.
The broadcast effect of this drama is average, and the plot is compressed into 10 episodes, so it does not look coherent in some segments.
epilogue
AI technology is now relatively mature, but AI still can't replace humans when it comes to performance.
Artists still have to cherish their feathers, and watching AI face-swapping dramas is really torture for the audience!
What other characters do you know that have been swapped by AI?
Sources:
Douban Movie|"Legend"
Douban Movie|"The Rise of the Great Qin Empire"
Tencent Video|"I Love You"