1905 Film Network News A few days ago, a group of Chinese filmmakers gathered in Chongqing. Sponsored by Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism Development, Chongqing Yongchuan District Committee of the Communist Party of China, Yongchuan District People's Government of Chongqing Municipality, China Science and Technology Journalism Society, Chinese University Institute of Creative Industry technology, Chinese University Cultural science and technology park, Chongqing Yungu Yongchuan Big Data Industrial Park, Chongqing iQIYI Chaoxing Technology Service Co., Ltd., Geek Film, Dawa Future (Chongqing) Imaging Technology Co., Ltd. the "2021 China Science and Technology Film and Television Summit Forum" was held.
At the forum, a revolutionary production technology - virtual production became the core topic, from the Chinese University, communication university of China, Chongqing Municipal Government and municipal departments, Yongchuan District Committee and District Government relevant leaders, the world's leading film and television technology companies, the top enterprises and leaders of the domestic virtual production industry, well-known film and television directors and producers, More than 300 guests, including authoritative experts and scholars in related fields and industry organizations, discussed the subversive effect of virtual production on existing industry processes and rules and how to reshape the entire chain of the film and television industry in the future.
The first cinematic full LED virtual shooting concept film in China was released
At this summit forum, as a practical application case of virtual shooting technology in movies, this conference focused on the release of the concept film "Unknown Planet" produced by Dawa Future Imaging Technology Co., Ltd. and using the global film industry's current hot all-LED virtual shooting technology. This film is based on the original science fiction story of director Zhou Xiaofan, and plans to develop a feature film. The film combines suspenseful thriller elements with adventure action, revolves around the adventure of the Cosmic Science And Research Committee to set foot on the "unknown planet", and portrays the touching friendship established by scientist Tian Lingxiao and Captain Ye Qihang in the mission of exploring extraterrestrial life.
This "Unknown Planet" concept film was filmed in the virtual shooting studio of Dawa Future Image in Yongchuan, Chongqing, from preparation to completion of the shooting in only 22 days, this "Unknown Planet" as a science fiction background short film, in the art set and actor costume design widely used glass, metal and other reflective materials, borrowing the self-luminous characteristics of LEDs, creating an environmental reflection effect in the real scene, with the filming scene of the exquisite dynamic lighting, so that the virtual scene and the real scene are integrated.
Director Zhou Xiaofan said: "I hope to make a space science fiction adventure film with a Chinese emotional core, from which we Chinese understanding of family affection, inheritance and life and death." At the conference site, "Unknown Planet" also officially signed a contract with Yongchuan District of Chongqing City, which will be developed into a feature film in the future. Wang Shuang, producer of "Unknown Planet", said, "I hope to be able to gather more excellent teams like Dawa to complete the science fiction films that belong to Chinese in the form of virtual shooting." ”
Set up an LED virtual studio on the spot to experience the magic of the movie on the spot
The conference built an LED virtual studio covering an area of 200 square meters at the scene, and the original concept film team recreated the "Unknown Planet" concept film "Space Elevator" scene on the spot. With director Zhou Xiaofan's "start shooting", the camera on the on-site orbit rocker arm began to slowly stretch, and the digital scene "space elevator" in the LED screen came into view and began to run slowly, and the male and female protagonists met for the first time in the elevator.
On the main stage in front of the conference, the audience can simultaneously see the real-time shooting through the live camera, as if it is the final film that no longer needs to be filmed with any green screen keying and special effects synthesis. The director controls the lifting and lowering of the space elevator in real time through the tablet in his hand, which works seamlessly with the actor's performance in front of the LED. The male and female protagonists talk in the picture, as if they are in this real future scene, until the elevator finally rises to the top floor of the entire space base, countless spaceships roar past the heads of the male and female protagonists, and the grand sci-fi scene makes people shine.
Through this carefully choreographed "space elevator" one-shot performance, not only let everyone see the power of virtual shooting in real time, but also provide an immersive experience of close contact with the virtual shooting set, which is the first time in the domestic industry conference, causing the guests to get up and take pictures. Some guests exclaimed: "The magic of film technology is at hand."
Cross-border collision of ideas, virtual production feast
The conference brought together many top-notch experts in the field of domestic virtual production, and high-density broadcasting delivered many practical experiences and the latest trend judgments. The conference opened with a "breakthrough" speech by Wang Xin, technical director of Dawa Technology Laboratory, "The Digital Content Co-innovation Revolution Triggered by Virtual Production", which laid the core topic of the day - virtual production.
Under the auspices of Li Dongdong, a member of the Science and Film Integration Professional Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology, the famous director Li Weiran, the famous animation director Zhao Ji, the famous producer Chen Hongwei, the founder and chief content officer of Ciwen Media Ma Zhongjun, and the technical director of Dawa Science and Technology Laboratory Wang Xin jointly launched a collision of art and technology.
Chris Brambo, founder and CEO of Doubleview Media, shared his company's project experience in the field of virtual production and announced some new projects that will adopt virtual production technology.
Mi Chunlin, founder and CEO of Novartis, shared the light matching technology in the virtual technology and emphasized the importance of the automatic lighting system in the "advanced" LED virtual shooting studio. Wang Quanwei, founder and CEO of FACEGOOD,a top domestic 3D facial capture technology company, shared the breakthroughs and achievements of facial technology around face modeling, binding and driving.
Sun Dan, co-founder of Naguang Intelligent Technology Company, in addition to introducing the needs and operating budget issues to be paid attention to before building led intelligent studios for virtual production, also reminded everyone to pay attention to some "pits" in virtual production. Zhu Ziwei, CTO of Dawa Future Imaging Technology Co., Ltd., stands in the perspective of technology geeks, looking forward to some problems that technology can produce for film and television in the future.
In the second roundtable forum session of the conference, "Application Scenarios and Market Prospects of Virtual Production Technology", Zhu Liang, Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Production Department of iQIYI, Wang Chunshui, Director of the Virtual Production Laboratory of the Future Imaging High-tech Innovation Center of Beijing Film Academy and Director of Beijing Image and Graphics Society, Li Zhifei, founder and CEO of "Mobvoi", Deng Yu, head of virtual production business of Double Vision Media, and Yu Gang, director of science fiction films, discussed.
Everyone agrees that virtual production technology will shorten the production process, improve production efficiency, break the traditional post-production process of film and television, and greatly improve the working conditions of staff and reduce the cost of film and television production, hoping that the film and television production industry can seize the dividends brought by technology in time.
From creativity, production to distribution, virtual production technology is like an unstoppable whirlwind, setting off an all-round revolution in the film and television industry. This year, as the official release of Unreal Engine 5 approaches, we have ushered in the eve of the outbreak of "virtual production"; many Chinese companies that integrate technology and art have also accumulated a lot of related technologies, tools and experience to jointly create China's "virtual production ecology", and take the innovative turning point of the film and television industry as the starting point, using the leverage of technology to leverage the infinite possibilities of high-quality development of digital culture.